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Wigginton Voltage Tester (b. 1977), American baseball player
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Wigginton may refer to: England * Wigginton, Hertfordshire * Wigginton, North Yorkshire * Wigginton, Oxfordshire * Wigginton, Shropshire, a location * Wigginton, Staffordshire Surname * Eliot Wigginton (b. 1942), American oral historian * Giles Wigginton (16th century), English clergyman * Lindell Wigginton (b. 1998), Canadian basketball player * Peter D. Wigginton (1839–1890), American politician * Randy Wigginton, American computer engineer * Ron Wigginton (b. 1944), American artist * Searson Wigginton (1909–1977), English cricketer * Tracey Wigginton (b. 1965), Australian murderer * Ty Wigginton Ty Allen Wigginton (born October 11, 1977) is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles, Colorado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wigginton, Hertfordshire
Wigginton (''Wigentone'' - 1086) is a large village and civil parish running north–south and perched at on the edge of the Chiltern Hills and aside the border with Buckinghamshire. It is part of Dacorum district in the county of Hertfordshire. The nearest towns are Tring in Hertfordshire (1.5m NW) and across the other side of the A41, Chesham (6m S) and Wendover (6m W), both in Buckinghamshire. Adjacent to the main village is the settlement of Wigginton Bottom where a number of farmworkers cottages were built during the 19th century. History There is evidence of prehistoric settlement, possibly dating from the Iron Age, in the form of Grim's Ditch, with a short length of the Chilterns Hills section remaining just south of the village settlement.Historic Monuments of Hertf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wigginton, North Yorkshire
Wigginton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated north of York. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 3,714, reducing to 3,610 at the 2011 Census. The village was historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. It was then a part of the district of Ryedale in North Yorkshire from 1974 until 1996. Since 1996 it has been part of the City of York unitary authority. Wigginton is bordered on the east by the township of Haxby, the A1237 road, A1237 York Outer ring Road to the south, the B1363 road, B1363 to the west and open farmland to the north. History The village name derives from the Old English pre-7th century personal name "Wicga", meaning "a beetle", plus the Old English suffix, "-tun", meaning a "settlement or enclosure, hence "Wigca's settlement". The village was named in the ''Domesday Book'' and noted as belonging to the cathedral church of St Peter i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wigginton, Oxfordshire
Wigginton is a village and civil parish about southwest of Banbury in Oxfordshire. The village is beside the River Swere, which forms the southern boundary of the parish. A Channel Four documentary, ''Hitler's British Girl'', investigated the possibility that Unity Mitford gave birth to the son of Adolf Hitler in Hill View Cottage, Wigginton. Archaeology About northeast of the parish church is the site of an Iron Age enclosure, on which a large Roman villa was added in about the 2nd century AD. The occupied part of the villa seems to have been reduced in size in the 4th century AD. The site is a scheduled monument. Parish church The nave and north and south aisles of the Church of England parish church of Saint Giles were built late in the 13th century. The chancel is early Decorated Gothic, built in about 1300. Each aisle is linked with the nave by an arcade of three bays. The Perpendicular Gothic porch and west tower were added in the 15th or late 14th century. The nave cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wigginton, Staffordshire
Wigginton is a village in the district of Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England. The population was included in the 2011 census with that of Tamworth, about to the north. History The name ''Wigginton'' is believed to come from Old English, and to mean ''Wicga's farm''. The name was also sometimes written as ''Wiggington''. The village lies on a medieval trade route, the Portway, possibly used for transporting salt from the River Mease at Edingale to Tamworth. Ecclesiastically, Wigginton had been a chapelry attached to the parish of St Editha in Tamworth. For civil government it had been a township – the township was more than just the village, and included the hamlets of Comberford and Coton, the latter now part of the borough of Tamworth. In 1866 the township became a civil parish, and in 1894 part of Tamworth Rural District. In 1934 the civil parish was extended to become Wigginton and Hopwas, and became part of Lichfield Rural District. In 1861 the population of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliot Wigginton
Eliot Wigginton (born Brooks Eliot Wigginton on November 9, 1942) is an American oral historian, folklorist, writer and former educator. He is most widely known for developing with his high school students the Foxfire Project, a writing project consisting of interviews and stories about Appalachia. The project was developed into a magazine and series of best-selling ''Foxfire'' books. The series comprised essays and articles by high school students from Rabun County, Georgia focusing on Appalachian culture. In 1987, Wigginton was named "Georgia Teacher of the Year," and in 1989, he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. In 1992, Wigginton confessed to and was convicted of child molestation. Early life Brooks Eliot Wigginton was born in West Virginia on November 9, 1942. His mother, Lucy Freelove Smith Wigginton, died eleven days later of "pneunomia due to acute pulmonary edema," according to her death certificate. His maternal grandmother, Margaret Pollard Smith, was an assoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giles Wigginton
Giles Wigginton (''Floruit, fl.'' 1564 – 1597) was an English clergyman who became a fringe religious activist towards the end of the sixteenth century. Life Wigginton was born at Oundle in Northamptonshire and was educated at the Oundle School and the University of Cambridge, under the patronage of Sir Walter Mildmay. He matriculated as a sizar of Trinity College, Cambridge, Trinity College in October 1564, and in 1566 was elected a scholar. He proceeded B.A. in 1569, and was subsequently elected a Fellow, over opposition from the Master John Whitgift who disliked his Puritan views. He commenced M.A. in 1572, having studied divinity, Greek, and Hebrew. On 3 September 1579 Wigginton was instituted to the vicarage of Sedbergh, then in Yorkshire, on the presentation of Trinity College, but found his Calvinism unpopular. In 1581 Edwin Sandys (bishop), Edwin Sandys, archbishop of York, wrote concerning Wigginton to his diocesan William Chaderton, bishop of Chester, remarking ‘H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindell Wigginton
Lindell Shamar Wigginton (born March 28, 1998) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Iowa State Cyclones. High school career Wigginton's mother grew up in Halifax's Uniacke Square and his father is from North Preston. He played one year at Prince Andrew High School in his native Dartmouth, Nova Scotia before moving to the United States to join Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia at the age of 15. A four-star recruit in ESPN's ranking, he committed to Iowa State in October 2016, choosing the Cyclones over schools such as Arizona State and Oregon. Representing the World Select Team, Wigginton saw 22:16 minutes of action at the 2017 Nike Hoop Summit, scoring eleven points and handing out a team-high seven assists. College career As a freshman, Wigginton was one of the best pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter D
Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Culture * Peter (actor) (born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, Japanese dancer and actor * ''Peter'' (album), a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip * ''Peter'' (1934 film), a 1934 film directed by Henry Koster * ''Peter'' (2021 film), Marathi language film * "Peter" (''Fringe'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Fringe'' * ''Peter'' (novel), a 1908 book by Francis Hopkinson Smith * "Peter" (short story), an 1892 short story by Willa Cather Animals * Peter, the Lord's cat, cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London * Peter (chief mouser), Chief Mouser between 1929 and 1946 * Peter II (cat), Chief Mouser between 1946 and 1947 * Peter III (cat), Chief Mouser between 1947 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Wigginton
Randy Wigginton was one of Apple Computer's first employees (#6), creator of MacWrite, Full Impact, and numerous other Mac applications. He used to work in development at eBay, Quigo, Inc and Move.com. In November 2010, he left his position as a " site reliability engineer" at Google Inc., purportedly after leaking news of a $1,000 holiday cash bonus to employees. Early life Wigginton was a student at Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, California, interested in computers just as the earliest microprocessor-based computers were being assembled by hobbyists. Around the age of 14, he had heard about the Homebrew Computer Club, but had no way to get there until he started getting rides with another club member, Steve Wozniak, who lived down the street from Wigginton's family home. The two became friends, and Wigginton became one of Apple's earliest employees in 1976, and was present with Wozniak when the Apple I was first presented to the world at a Club meeting. Caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Wigginton
Ron Wigginton (born October 1, 1944, in Oakland, California) is an American artist and landscape architect. His paintings and sculptures are found in West Coast museums and many private collections. His landscapes are known for their narrative and aesthetic qualities, and his artwork typically involves and explores human perceptions of natural and built landscapes. Wigginton is considered to be one of the first Landscape Architects to approach the design of a landscape as a conceptual work of art, for which he has received international recognition through publication and awards. Education and influences Wigginton graduated from El Cerrito High School, El Cerrito (California) High School. He received a B.F.A. from the University of Montana and an M.F.A from the University of Oregon. As a young man he studied briefly with painter David Simpson (artist), David Simpson, and in Montana he worked with ceramicist and sculptor Rudy Autio and poet Richard Hugo. In Oregon he met and befriend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
