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Towns (other)
Towns are settlements that are generally larger than villages but smaller than cities. Towns may also refer to: People * Charles B. Towns (1862–1947) American an expert on alcoholism and drug addiction * Colin Towns (born 1948), English composer * Darryl Towns (born 1961), American politician and member of New York State Legislature * Edolphus Towns, (born 1934), American politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York * Forrest Towns (1914–1991), American track and field athlete and Olympic champion * George W. Towns (1801–1854), American lawyer, legislator, and politician * Greg Towns (born 1954), former Australian rules footballer * Karl-Anthony Towns (born 1995), Dominican–American basketball player * Kevin Towns (born 1948), former men's field hockey player and coach of New Zealand * Lester Towns (born 1977), former American football linebacker * Marcy Towns, American chemist * Morris Towns (born 1954), former American football offensive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an origin with the German word , the Dutch word , and the Old Norse . The original Proto-Germanic word, *''tūnan'', is thought to be an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *''dūnom'' (cf. Old Irish , Welsh ). The original sense of the word in both Germanic and Celtic was that of a fortress or an enclosure. Cognates of ''town'' in many modern Germanic languages designate a fence or a hedge. In English and Dutch, the meaning of the word took on the sense of the space which these fences enclosed, and through which a track must run. In England, a town was a small community that could not afford or was not allowed to build walls or other larger fortifications, and built a palisade or stockade instead. In the Netherlands, this space was a garden, more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris Towns
Morris M. Towns (born January 10, 1954) is a former American football offensive tackle who played for the Houston Oilers and the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Missouri and was selected by the Oilers in the first round of the 1977 NFL Draft. College career Morris Towns attended the University of Missouri where he played offensive tackle for the Missouri Tigers football team from 1974-1976. He won his first letter as a sophomore. He started becoming more noticed in his junior season and was noted for holding more than his own against future 1976 NFL Draft first-overall pick Lee Roy Selmon. Towns was a part of the 1976 College Football All-America Team in his senior year. In college, Towns was selected to the Blue–Gray Football Classic, the Hula Bowl, and the Japan Bowl. Towns was inducted into the 2006 class of the University of Missouri Athletics Hall of Fame. Professional career Houston Oilers Towns was sele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towne
Towne, an archaic spelling of the word town, is a surname, and may refer to: * Benjamin Towne publisher of the first American daily newspaper, the ''Pennsylvania Evening Post'' in 1783 * Chari Towne (born 1960), American rower * Charles A. Towne (1858–1928), U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative from Minnesota * Charles Towne (artist) (1763–1840), English painter * Francis Towne (1739 or 1740–1816), British landscape painter * Gene Towne (1904–1979), American screenwriter * Henry R. Towne (1844–1924), American mechanical engineer and entrepreneur * John Towne (1711?–1791), British religious controversialist * Joseph Towne (1806–1879), British anatomical modeller * Laura Matilda Towne (1825-1901), African-American educator * Mary Eastey (1634–1692), née Towne, executed for witchcraft by the government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay during the Salem witch trials * Rebecca Nurse (1621–1692), née Towne, sister of Mary East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towns (video Game)
''Towns'' is a 2012 simulation video game. ''Towns'' was initially developed by the three-person group SMP, consisting of Xavi Canal, Alex Poysky, and Ben Palgi. In February 2014, development was passed on to Florian Frankenberger. The game's influences are cited as '' Diablo'', '' Dungeon Keeper'' and '' Dwarf Fortress'' on the official website. It was released on Steam Greenlight on November 7, 2012, as a beta product, causing some who purchased the game to complain that it was not made clear that the game was unfinished. The game was among the first ten games approved from Steam Greenlight to be sold in the Steam store. Towns is a city-builder game viewed in a top-down isometric view with multiple levels of height, allowing the landscape to boast large hilly areas and deep caverns, and allowing the player to build tall structures, either high in the air, or deep under the ground; beginning a new game, the player has the option of choosing from a number of different biomes such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towns County, Georgia
Towns County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,493. Its county seat is Hiawassee. The county was created on March 6, 1856, and named for United States lawyer, legislator, and politician George W. Towns. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (3.2%) is water. Towns is mostly in the Hiwassee River sub-basin of the Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee basin, with a part of the county in the Tugaloo River sub-basin in the larger Savannah River basin, as well as a small portion of the county's southwestern corner in the Chattahoochee River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin), near the source of the Chattahoochee in neighboring Union County. Towns County is inside the Bible Belt. Towns County is located amidst the Blue Ridge Mountains, (part of the Appalachian Mountains), some of which are protected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towns, Georgia
Towns is an unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ... in Telfair County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. History A post office called Towns was established in 1870, and remained in operation until 1953. Johnson C. Towns, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name. References Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) Unincorporated communities in Telfair County, Georgia {{TelfairCountyGA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Towns
William Towns (1936–1993) also known as Bill Towns was a British car designer. Design career Towns began his training as a designer at Rootes in 1954, where he was mainly involved in the styling of seats and door handles. Later he was also involved with the styling of their Hillman Hunter. He moved to Rover in 1963 and worked there for David Bache and designed the body of the Rover-BRM gas turbine Le Mans car. In 1966, he left Rover to join Aston Martin as a seat designer, eventually becoming the force behind the Aston Martin Lagonda. He left Aston Martin in 1977 for more remunerative industrial design work, setting up his own design studio, Interstyl. As a freelance designer, he worked on the Jensen-Healey, the successful Hustler kit-car, the Reliant SS2 and the short-lived Railton F28/F29. Death Towns died at the age of 56 or 57 from cancer in June 1993 at his home in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. Car collection Up until July 2005, his own cars were on display at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Towns
Tom Towns (March 17, 1953) was a star linebacker for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. Towns played his university football with the University of Alberta Golden Bears. In 1972 he was on the starting lineup in the Vanier Cup Championship team. In 1973 he played on offense and defense for the Golden Bears, and was named as a Canada West All Star in 1973 and 1974. He was also selected to the All Canadian CIAU Team. He began a ten-year career with the Eskimos on 1975. During this time, he was paired with Danny Kepley Daniel "Danny" Kepley (born August 24, 1953) is a former star linebacker for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. Kepley played college football at East Carolina University. He tried out with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys before star ... and Dale Potter for eight years, forming a linebacking unit that led Edmonton to 7 Grey Cups and 6 Grey Cup victories. Towns was an all-star in 1980, and finished his career in 1985, after being tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Towns
Simon James Towns (born 17 September 1972, in Wellington) is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed ''The Black Sticks'', in 1992 against Kenya. In the 2007 New Year Honours he was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to hockey. International senior tournaments * 1995 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 1997 – World Cup Qualifier, Kuala Lumpur * 1998 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 1998 – World Cup * 1998 – Commonwealth Games * 1999 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 2000 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 2000 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament * 2001 – World Cup Qualifier, Edinburgh * 2002 – World Cup * 2002 – Commonwealth Games * 2003 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 2003 – Champions Challenge * 2004 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament * 2004 – Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Towns
Robert Towns (10 November 1794 – 11 April 1873) was a British master mariner who settled in Australia as a businessman, sandalwood merchant, colonist, shipowner, pastoralist, politician, whaler and civic leader. He was the founder of Townsville, Queensland. After a career at sea as a master mariner based in Britain, Towns came to Australia in 1843 as the agent for London merchant Robert Brooks (MP). He also became a merchant in his own right in Sydney with involvement in the sandalwood and pelagic whaling trades. He was an importer of sugar and tea, and an exporter of wool, whale oil, cotton and other commodities. He became a pastoralist and pioneered the cultivation of cotton in Queensland. The head office of Robert Towns & Company was in Sydney with branch offices in Melbourne, Brisbane, Dunedin and Townsville. His far flung trading connections saw him do business with merchants in Mauritius, India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), the Philippines, New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcy Towns
Marcy Hamby Towns is an American chemist who is Professor of Chemistry Education at Purdue University. Her research considers the development of innovative ways to teach undergraduate chemistry. She was awarded the IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry Award in 2021. Early life and education Towns is the daughter of a chemist. She was an undergraduate student at Linfield University and moved to Purdue University for graduate studies. After completing college, she started teaching chemistry at Valley Catholic School, where she became interested in chemistry education. Research and career Towns joined the chemistry department at Ball State University in 1995. She taught chemistry in Indiana for twelve years, after which she returned to the faculty at Purdue University and developed a research program in chemistry education and evidence-based learning. She is particularly interested in undergraduate chemistry teaching and laboratory assessment. Awards and honors * 2009 Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles B
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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