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Tilton (surname)
Tilton is the surname of: People * Alfred Tilton (1897–1942), Latvian-born Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU) chief, spy, and recruiter * Cathy Tilton (born ?), American politician and real estate broker *Charlene Tilton (born 1958), American actor and singer * Chris Tilton (born 1979), American soundtrack composer * Daniel Tilton (1763–1830), American territorial judge *Edward Lippincott Tilton (1861–1933), American architect * Edwin B. Tilton (1859–1926), American silent movie-era actor *Elizabeth Richards Tilton (1834–1897), American suffragist and newspaper poetry editor; wife of Theodore Tilton * Frances Tilton Weaver (1904–2003), American attorney * Franklin T. Tilton (born ?), American politician * Frederic W. Tilton (1839–1913), American educator and administrator * George Tilton (1923–2010), American geochemist * George Fred Tilton (1861–1932), American master mariner, whaler, storyteller, and author * Glenn Tilton (born 1948), American airline and oil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Tilton
Alfred Tilton or Alfred Matisovich Tyltyn (russian: Альфред Матисович Тылтынь, lv, Alfrēds Tiltiņš; 4 March 1897 – 11 February 1942) was the head of Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU) in the United States in the late 1920s. He is best remembered for having recruited Latvian-American communist Nicholas Dozenberg to work for the GRU late in 1927. Early life Alfred Tilton was born on 4 March 1897, in Mežotne parish, Latvia, then part of the Russian empire. Tilton was the son of peasants of ethnic Latvian descent."Al'fred Matisovich Tyltyn'," Khronos website, Hrono.ru/ (In Russian). Retrieved 23 August 2010. A well-educated individual, Tilton eventually learned Russian, German, French, and English as well as his native Latvian. Education Tilto ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Tilton
James Tilton (June 1, 1745 – May 14, 1822) was an American physician and soldier from Dover, Delaware. He was a delegate for Delaware in the Continental Congress of 1783 and 1784 and served as Surgeon General of the United States Army during the War of 1812. Early life James was born in 1745 to Thomas Tilton, a farmer in Kent County, Delaware. After attending the West Nottingham Academy in Cecil County, Maryland, he attended the College of Philadelphia, which later became the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1768 and earned a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in 1771. He started a medical practice at Dover and served as an infantry Lieutenant in Dover's Company of the Kent County militia. American Revolutionary War When the Revolutionary War began, his militia became part of the 1st Delaware Regiment of the Continental Army. Colonel John Haslet quickly reassigned him to duty as the regimental surgeon. He served with distinction and saw action at the battles of Brookl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Tilton
Ronald John Tilton (born August 9, 1963) is an American former college and professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL) for a single season in 1986. Tilton played college football for the University of Florida and Tulane University, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Washington Redskins of the NFL. Early years Tilton was born in Homestead, Florida.Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players Ron Tilton Retrieved March 19, 2011. He attended Plant High School in Tampa, Florida,databaseFootball.com, Players Ron Tilton. Retrieved March 19, 2011. where he played high school football for the Plant Panthers. College career Tilton attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Charley Pell's Florida Gators football team in 1981 and 1982. 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 186 (2011). Retrieved August 31, 2011. Tilton transferred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Tilton
Roger Tilton (1924-2011) was an American filmmaker and documentarian. Tilton has been recognized as a pioneer in the development of IMAX large screen film format due to his work in the Omnimax format in the 1970s and 1980s. Background Roger Tilton was born in East St. Louis in 1924. During World War II, Tilton served as a combat merchant marine in the U.S. Navy. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University, a Master of Arts from Columbia University, and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa. In the 1950s, Tilton taught film at Columbia University and the City College of New York. Career In the 1950s, Roger Tilton founded a film company named Roger Tilton Films, Inc. Roger Tilton was an innovator in the development of Omnimax film technology. In 1968, Tilton was awarded at the Atlanta Film Festival. In addition to his work in cinema, Tilton also directed advertisements for television. Jazz Dance In his 1954 film ''Jazz Dance'', Tilton attempted to illus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberta Elizabeth Odell Tilton
Roberta Elizabeth Odell Tilton (September 20, 1837 – May 28, 1925) was an American-born Canadian social reformer. She helped found the National Council of Women of Canada. The daughter of Daniel Ingalls Odell and Hannah Elizabeth Peavey, she was born Roberta Elizabeth Odell in Whiting, Maine. In 1858, she married John Tilton. Originally a businessperson in Saint John, New Brunswick, he came to Ottawa to join the federal civil service. Born a Unitarian, Tilton became an Anglican like her husband. In 1878, she was named first vice-president for the Ontario Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). Tilton became a founding member of the Ottawa WCTU in 1881; she also was president and chair of the Sunday school department. At the national level of the WCTU, she served as treasurer from 1892 to 1895, as superintendent of soldiers and volunteer camps/militia from 1895 to 1897 and as official auditor from 1898 to 1901. Tilton was the main founder of the women's auxiliary to the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Tilton
Robert Gibson Tilton (born June 7, 1946) is an American televangelist and the former pastor of the Word of Faith Family Church in Farmers Branch, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. At his ministry's peak in 1991, Tilton's infomercial-style program, ''Success-N-Life'', aired in all 235 American television markets (on a daily basis in the majority of them) and brought in nearly $80 million per year; it was described as "the fastest growing television ministry in America.""The Apple of God's Eye", produced by Robbie Gordon, ''Primetime Live'', first broadcast November 21, 1991. When ABC's '' Primetime Live'' raised questions about Tilton's fundraising practices, a series of investigations into the ministry were initiated, and ''Success-N-Life'' was taken off the air. Tilton later returned to television on a new version of the program airing on BET and The Word Network. Life and career Robert Tilton was born in McKinney, Texas, on June 7, 1946. He attended Cooke County Junior College and T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Tilton
Nathaniel Tilton (born October 8, 1972) is an American former professional blackjack player, author of ''The Blackjack Life'' (Huntington Press, 2012), and Certified Financial Planner. Blackjack Tilton was introduced to card counting by reading the books '' Bringing Down the House'' and ''Busting Vegas'' by Ben Mezrich, which later served as the inspiration for the movie 21. In 2005, Tilton enrolled in a private instructional program offered by Semyon Dukach, the former MIT Blackjack team manager who was featured in ''Busting Vegas''. There, Tilton also met fellow attendee, D.A., and the two developed into skilled blackjack professionals. Beginning in 2006, they received additional mentorship from Mike Aponte ("MIT Mike"), another member of the MIT Blackjack team, who was the basis for one of the main characters, Jason Fisher, in ''Bringing Down the House''. Mike Aponte, winner of the World Series of Blackjack, further groomed the pair into world-class players. The meticulous traini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Tilton
Martha Tilton (November 14, 1915 – December 8, 2006) was an American popular singer during America's swing era and traditional pop period. She is best known for her 1939 recording of "And the Angels Sing" with Benny Goodman. Tilton was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. Her family moved to Edna, Kansas, when she was three months old. They relocated to Los Angeles when she was seven years old. While attending Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, she was singing on a small radio station when she was heard by an agent who signed her and began booking her with larger stations. She then dropped out of school in the eleventh grade to join Hal Grayson's band. After singing with the quartet Three Hits and a Miss, she joined the Myer Alexander Chorus on Benny Goodman's radio show, ''Camel Caravan''. Goodman hired Tilton as a vocalist with his band in August 1937. She was with Goodman in January 1938, when the band performed at Carnegie Hall. She continued to appear a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Tilton
Mark Tilton (born 1962 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England) is an English screenwriter, filmmaker, actor and musician. Tilton is a frequent collaborator with director George Milton. Their screenplay ''The Truth'', a darkly comic murder-mystery satirising new age therapy, was directed by Milton and features Elizabeth McGovern, Elaine Cassidy and Karl Theobald amongst an ensemble cast. With Milton, Tilton co-wrote the screenplay for the multi-award-winning film A Bullet Wasted, in which a young partisan is forced to choose between executing her Commander or her brother. The film was made as part of the Directors UK / ARRI Challenge Trinity scheme and was shot in a single uninterrupted take using the Arri Trinity. It was directed by George Milton and shot by Oscar and BAFTA nominated Robbie Ryan (cinematographer). The film won Best Short Film and Best Cinematography at London Independent Film Awards 2019 and Best Short Film at Edinburgh Independent Film Awards 2019. ''Infidel'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Tilton
Lynn G. Tilton (born April 22, 1959) is an American businesswoman and collateralized loan obligation (CLO) creator, owner and manager. She is the chief executive officer and sole principal of Patriarch Partners, LLC and its affiliated entities, a holding company managing 75 companies. She worked for Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch as an investment banker. Early life and education Tilton was born in The Bronx and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey where she attended Teaneck High School and played on the tennis team before graduating in 1977. Her father, Jerry Garfinkle, was a New York City schoolteacher and a strong influence on her. He died of a brain tumor during her junior year in college.Pressler, Jessica.What Does It Take for a Female Tycoon to Get Noticed Around Here", New York Magazine, April 18, 2011 She states that she comes from a long line of Kabbalah scholars. She obtained a BA degree in American Studies from Yale University in 1981 and an MBA degree in Finance from Colu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lydia H
Lydia ( Lydian: 𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern western Turkish provinces of Uşak, Manisa and inland Izmir. The ethnic group inhabiting this kingdom are known as the Lydians, and their language, known as Lydian, was a member of the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family. The capital of Lydia was Sardis.Rhodes, P.J. ''A History of the Classical Greek World 478–323 BC''. 2nd edition. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, p. 6. The Kingdom of Lydia existed from about 1200 BC to 546 BC. At its greatest extent, during the 7th century BC, it covered all of western Anatolia. In 546 BC, it became a province of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, known as the satrapy of Lydia or ''Sparda'' in Old Persian. In 133 BC, it became part of the Roman province of Asia. Lydian coins, made of silver, are among t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lois Tilton
Lois Tilton is a science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, and horror writer. She won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in the short form category for her story "Pericles the Tyrant" in 2006. In 2005, her story, "The Gladiator's War" was a nominee for the Nebula Award for Best Novelette. She has also written several novels concerning vampires and media-related novels, one each in the ''Babylon 5'' and ''Deep Space Nine'' universes. She was a short fiction reviewer for the website ''Locus Online'' from March 2010 till January 2016. Previously, she reviewed short fiction for ''The Internet Review of Science Fiction''. Novels *''Vampire Winter'' (1990) *''Darkness on the Ice'' (1993) *''Written in Venom'' (2000) *''Darkspawn'' (2000) Star Trek novels *''Betrayal'' (1994) Babylon 5 novels *'' Babylon 5: Accusations'' (1995) Short stories * ''The Craft of War'' (1998) (collected in Harry Turtledove's anthology ''Alternate Generals Bibliography of science fiction, fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
