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Wilkin (surname)
Wilkin is a surname. People of note with the surname Wilkin * Abra Prentice Wilkin, American philanthropist * Alexander Wilkin, American military officer * Catherine Wilkin, Australian actress * Catherine Wilkin, UK actor * Jacob W. Wilkin, American judge * Jeremy Wilkin, British actor * Jon Wilkin, British rugby player * Karen Wilkin, American museum curator and art critic * Marijohn Wilkin, American songwriter Fictional persons * Bingo Wilkin, character in That Wilkin Boy ''That Wilkin Boy'' is a comic book series published by Archie Comics about a teenage boy, Bingo Wilkin, who lives in Midville, next door to his girlfriend, Samantha Smythe. ''That Wilkin Boy'' debuted with issue 1 dated January 1969 (so it was o ... * Wilbur Wilkin, character in Wilbur Comics See also Wilkins (surname) Surnames from given names References {{Reflist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abra Prentice Wilkin
Abra Prentice Wilkin (born July 30, 1942) is an American philanthropy, philanthropist. She is the daughter of John Rockefeller Prentice (1902–1972) and his wife, Abbie Cantrill Prentice. Wilkin is a great-granddaughter of Standard Oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937).Prentice Wilkin attended both The Latin School of Chicago and The Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Connecticut, Simsbury, Connecticut. She has been married twice. Her first marriage was to journalist Jon Anderson, and she has three children by that marriage: two daughters, Ashley Anderson Norton and Abra Anderson, and a son, Anthony Anderson. The couple was divorced in 1976 and Anderson died in 2014 aged 77. After their divorce, She married James Wilkin, a consultant on architectural Millwork (building material), millwork. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Wilkin
Alexander Wilkin (December 1, 1819 – July 14, 1864) was a soldier during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. Wilkin also played a role in the development of the Minnesota Territory, having been its second territorial secretary from 1851 till 1853. In 1861, he was deployed in the Civil War, where he would die at the Battle of Tupelo. Life Wilkin was born on December 1, 1819, in Goshen, New York. His father Samuel J. Wilkin as well as his grandfather James W. Wilkin were politicians. Alexander studied law at Yale and became an attorney. In 1847, he joined the Tenth United States Army and became a captain. The army was deployed to Northern Mexico. Wilkin saw little action during his deployment, but gained a reputation as a serious soldier, and a man not to trifle with. However, on January 20, 1848, he shot and killed Joshua W. Collett in a duel. Despite his later regrets, he quoted that he "never felt cooler in his life". On March 6, 1848, he resigned his po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Wilkin
Catherine Wilkin (born October 1950) is a New Zealand actor who has worked in New Zealand and Australia. Career Wilkin has acted in many Australian television shows, with a mix of guest and multi-episode recurring roles. She played the recurring role lawyer Kate McGrath in ''Cop Shop'' in 1981. Her then-partner, Bill Stalker, was at that time a regular in the series. In 1983 she played Janice Young in ''Prisoner''. Other roles include Paulyne Grey in ''Rafferty's Rules'', Katherine Jensen in ''Embassy'', Sally Downie in ''Blue Heelers'' and Liz Ryan in ''McLeod's Daughters''. Wilkin also starred in the Saddle Club as the well-loved Mrs. Reg, the mother of the owner of the stable, in 2001. Theatre performances include Miss Prism in ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' by Oscar Wilde in 2010 for Auckland Theatre Company. In 2012 she played Linda in the Peach Theatre Company production of Death of a Salesman. Personal life She was injured in the November 1981 motorcycle acci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Wilkin (actor)
Catherine Wilkin (born October 1950) is a New Zealand actor who has worked in New Zealand and Australia. Career Wilkin has acted in many Australian television shows, with a mix of guest and multi-episode recurring roles. She played the recurring role lawyer Kate McGrath in ''Cop Shop'' in 1981. Her then-partner, Bill Stalker, was at that time a regular in the series. In 1983 she played Janice Young in ''Prisoner''. Other roles include Paulyne Grey in ''Rafferty's Rules'', Katherine Jensen in ''Embassy'', Sally Downie in ''Blue Heelers'' and Liz Ryan in ''McLeod's Daughters''. Wilkin also starred in the Saddle Club as the well-loved Mrs. Reg, the mother of the owner of the stable, in 2001. Theatre performances include Miss Prism in ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' by Oscar Wilde in 2010 for Auckland Theatre Company. In 2012 she played Linda in the Peach Theatre Company production of Death of a Salesman. Personal life She was injured in the November 1981 motorcycle acci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob W
Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jacob first appears in the Book of Genesis, where he is described as the son of Isaac and Rebecca, and the grandson of Abraham, Sarah, and Bethuel. According to the biblical account, he was the second-born of Isaac's children, the elder being Jacob's fraternal twin brother, Esau. Jacob is said to have bought Esau's birthright and, with his mother's help, deceived his aging father to bless him instead of Esau. Later in the narrative, following a severe drought in his homeland of Canaan, Jacob and his descendants, with the help of his son Joseph (who had become a confidant of the pharaoh), moved to Egypt where Jacob died at the age of 147. He is supposed to have been buried in the Cave of Machpelah. Jacob had twelve sons through four women, hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Wilkin
David Jeremy Wilkin (6 June 1930 – 19 December 2017) was an English actor, best known for his contributions to the television productions of Gerry Anderson. Born in Byfleet, Surrey, Wilkin emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada after completing his studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He had previously trained as a doctor. Returning to Britain in the mid-1960s, Wilkin provided the voice of Virgil Tracy for the second series of '' Thunderbirds'' following the departure of the character's original voice actor, David Holliday, in 1965. In 1968 he provided the voice of Captain Ochre, the original Captain Black and many supporting characters for ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons''. He was also a recurring cast member for the live-action series ''UFO''. Other Gerry Anderson credits include ''Joe 90'' and ''The Secret Service''. Wilkin played one of the leads in the 1965 TV sci-fi series '' Undermind ''as Drew Heriot, a personnel manager inadvertently drawn into a sinis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Wilkin
Jon David Wilkin (born 1 November 1983), also known by the nicknames of "Wilko" or "Jean Jean", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a and for St Helens in the Super League, the Toronto Wolfpack in the Betfred Championship and Betfred Super League and Hull Kingston Rovers in the Northern Ford Premiership. He played for England and Great Britain at international level. Background Wilkin was born in Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England. Club career Hull Kingston Rovers Wilkin started his career at Hull Kingston Rovers . He made his debut for the club in 2002 which was also his only season at his boyhood club as he signed for Super League club St. Helens for Super League VIII in 2003. St Helens Wilkin soon broke into the first team and has been dubbed by some as one of the most promising running backs in the game. By the age of 24, Wilkin had impressed many and played in some high octane matches. However, the 2006 season was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Wilkin
Karen Wilkin (born 1940) is a New York-based independent curator and art critic specializing in 20th-century modernism. Biography Educated at Barnard College (1962) and Columbia University, she was awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship and a Fulbright Scholarship, to Rome. Wilkin has organized numerous exhibitions internationally and is the author of monographs on Stuart Davis, David Smith, Anthony Caro, Kenneth Noland, Helen Frankenthaler, and Hans Hofmann. Her recent projects include a Hofmann retrospective for the Naples Art Museum, Naples, Florida, and, with William C. Agee, the introductory essays for the Stuart Davis Catalogue Raisonné. Wilkin met Clement Greenberg in the early 1970s. When the Portland Art Museum, Oregon, acquired the critic’s collection, she was asked to contribute the main essay to the catalogue, because of her long friendship with Greenberg and her expertise on his writings, his studio practices, and the artists with whom he was closely associated. Rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marijohn Wilkin
Marijohn Wilkin ( Melson; July 14, 1920 – October 28, 2006) was an American songwriter, famous in country music for writing a number of hits. Wilkin won numerous awards over the years and was referred to as "The Den Mother of Music Row," as chronicled in her 1978 biography ''Lord, Let Me Leave a Song'' (authored with Darryl E. Hicks). It was honored as “One of the 100 Most Important Books about Nashville’s Music Industry.” Biography Wilkin was born in Kemp, Texas and raised in Sanger, Texas, north of Dallas. She became a teacher, and was widowed when her husband Bedford Russell was killed in World War II. She remarried in 1946, with one son; her 1950 marriage to Art Wilkin, Jr. was her third. Her father, a baker, had been a fiddle player. From 1955 she toured with Red Foley, and in 1956 her songs were recorded by Mitchell Torok and Wanda Jackson. In 1958, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and had major hits, written with John D. Loudermilk, for Stonewall Jackson (th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Wilkin Boy
''That Wilkin Boy'' is a comic book series published by Archie Comics about a teenage boy, Bingo Wilkin, who lives in Midville, next door to his girlfriend, Samantha Smythe. ''That Wilkin Boy'' debuted with issue 1 dated January 1969 (so it was on sale in late 1968), and ran until issue 52 dated October 1982. The book, which spotlights Bingo's garage band the Bingoes, was released as Archie's more well-known title character had found real-world recording success with the release of The Archies' "Sugar, Sugar". Characters Principal characters ;Woodrow "Bingo" Wilkin III: The brown-haired rambunctious 17-year-old main protagonist who's a popular student at Midville High School. He's steady with his girlfriend Samantha (see below), which is a source of trouble for her father. Bingo also leads his pop rock group ''The Bingoes''—he's the lead vocalist and plays lead guitar. He also plays sports for Midville High School. Bingo was eventually revealed to be the cousin of "Jughead" J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilbur Comics
''Wilbur Comics'' was a comic book published from 1944 to 1965. The comic featured the fictional character Wilbur Wilkin, a contemporary of Archie. Wilbur Wilkin actually made his first appearance in ''Zip Comics'' #18, three months before Archie's first appearance. Wilbur also made appearances in several other Archie comics, such as ''Pep Comics'', as a backup feature. Of particular note, popular Archie character Katy Keene made her first appearance in ''Wilbur Comics'' #5. This title was published originally under the imprint of MLJ Magazines, which then became Archie comics starting with issue #8. After issue #87 (December 1959), the book went on hiatus until August 1963's #88. After 1 more issue in 1964 and 1 in 1965, the series was canceled with issue #90. In the late 1960s, Archie Comics reused the last name " Wilkin" in a new title, ''That Wilkin Boy''. It is unknown if this was an attempt at relaunching ''Wilbur Comics'' (the new character Bingo Wilkin does not closely re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilkins (surname)
Wilkins is a surname. People of note with the surname Wilkins * Given names A-C: ** Alan Wilkins, Welsh cricketer ** Alan Wilkins, Scottish playwright ** Andy Jones-Wilkins, American ultrarunner ** Ann Wilkins (1806–1857), American missionary teacher ** Arnold Frederic Wilkins (1907–1985), radar pioneer ** Barry Wilkins, Canadian ice hockey player ** Beriah Wilkins (1846–1905), American politician ** Billy Wilkins, American musician and teacher ** Bob Wilkins (1932–2009), American TV personality ** Bobby-Gaye Wilkins, Jamaican Olympic athlete ** Brooke Wilkins, Australian softball player ** Bray Wilkins, founder of Middleton, Massachusetts and figure in the execution of John Willard and others during the Salem Witch Trials ** Carolyn A. Wilkins, Canadian economist ** Carolyn F. Wilkins (born 1945), Australian botanist ** Charles Wilkins (1749–1836), English orientalist ** Charles Wilkins Webber (1819–1856), American journalist and explorer ** Chris Wilkins (194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
