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Watkin Owen
Watkin is an English surname formed as a diminutive of the name Watt (also Wat), a popular Middle English given name itself derived as a pet form of the name Walter. First found in a small Welsh village in 1629. Within the United Kingdom it is associated with being a Welsh surname. It may refer to: ;People *Arthur Watkin, English footballer * Billy Watkin, English footballer * Cyril Watkin, English footballer *Edward Watkin, Victorian railway chairman ** Edward Watkin (other) *Evan Watkin, New Zealand cricket umpire * Frank Watkin, English footballer * George Watkin, English footballer * Louise Watkin, British paralympic swimmer *Pierre Watkin, an American actor *Steve Watkin, English cricketer *Steve Watkin (footballer), Welsh footballer *Thomas Glyn Watkin, Welsh lawyer *Watkin Tench, British marine officer in Australia's First Fleet *Watkin Tudor Jones, also known as Ninja, South African rapper *Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet, Welsh politician * William Thompson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diminutive
A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A (abbreviated ) is a word-formation device used to express such meanings. In many languages, such forms can be translated as "little" and diminutives can also be formed as multi-word constructions such as " Tiny Tim". Diminutives are often employed as nicknames and pet names when speaking to small children and when expressing extreme tenderness and intimacy to an adult. The opposite of the diminutive form is the augmentative. Beyond the ''diminutive form'' of a single word, a ''diminutive'' can be a multi-word name, such as "Tiny Tim" or "Little Dorrit". In many languages, formation of diminutives by adding suffixes is a productive part of the language. For example, in Spanish can be a nickname for someone who is overweight, and by adding an suffix, it becomes which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Watkin
Steven Llewellyn Watkin (born 15 September 1964) is a former Welsh cricketer who played for Glamorgan County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. A reliable seam bowler who never suffered serious injury despite several lesser niggles, he played three Test matches in 1991 and 1993, and four One Day Internationals in 1993 and 1994. He was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1994, the only one of that year's five who was not Australian. Life and career Watkin made his first-class debut against Worcestershire in 1986, taking the wickets of Graeme Hick and Phil Neale, and also played two Sunday League games, but had to wait until 1988 for a second chance. That year he established himself as an important member of the Glamorgan first team, taking 8 for 59 (which was to remain his career best) against Warwickshire, and claiming 46 first-class scalps in all that season. His best year in terms of wickets was 1989, when he captured 94, and in his career he took a total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atkinson (surname)
Atkinson is an English-language surname. The name is derived from a patronymic form of the Middle English ''Atkin''. The personal name ''Atkin'' is one of many pet forms of the name ''Adam''. The name corresponds to the Scottish name Aitchison. The name Atkinson is particularly common in Northern England. At the time of the British Census of 1881, Retrieved 25 January 2014 its relative frequency was highest in Westmorland (19.8 times the British average), followed by Cumberland, County Durham, Northumberland, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Lancashire, Cheshire and Rutland. In Ireland the name is common only in Ulster and particularly in counties Antrim and Down. Some Atkinsons are descended from Planters, although the name was recorded in Ireland before that period. Acheson is a variation of the name in Scotland and the Border region, having been originally spelled ''Atzinson'' (with the 'z' being pronounced as 'y', as in ''yet''). People with the surname A * Adeline Detroit Woo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atkins (surname)
Atkins is a surname of English origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881, Retrieved 25 January 2014 its frequency was highest in Buckinghamshire (6.0 times the British average), followed by Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Rutland, Kent, Dorset, Norfolk, and Berkshire. Atkins may refer to: * Al Atkins (born 1947), British singer * Anna Atkins (1799–1871), British pioneer of photography * Barry K. Atkins (1911–2005), American admiral * B. T. S. Atkins (Sue Atkins) (born 1931), British lexicographer * Brett Atkins (born 1964), Australian rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s * Charlotte Atkins (born 1950), United Kingdom Member of Parliament * Chet Atkins (1924–2001), guitarist and record producer * Cholly Atkins (1913–2003), American choreographer for Motown artists * Christopher Atkins (born 1961), American actor * Chucky Atkins (born 1974), NBA basketball player * C. Clyde Atkins (1914–1999), American judge * Colin Atkins, Canadian poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atkin (other)
Atkin is an English language, English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * A. O. L. Atkin (1925–2008), British mathematician * Harvey Atkin (1942–2017), Canadian actor * Isabel Atkin (born 1998), British-American skier * James Atkin, Baron Atkin, James Atkin (1867–1944), British judge * Jerry Atkin (born 1949), American businessman * John Atkin (fl. 1980s), American politician * Leon Atkin (1902–1976), British minister, human rights activist, and politician * Paul Atkin (born 1969), English footballer * Pete Atkin (born 1945), British singer-songwriter * Ralph Atkin (born 1943), American businessman * Robert Travers Atkin (1841–1872), Irish-Australian politician * Tim Atkin, British journalist, broadcaster, and commentator * Tommy Atkin (1906–1986), English footballer * Victoria Atkin (born 1986), English actress * Wendy Atkin (1947–2018), British professor See also *Template:Atkin & Low family tree, Atkin & Low family tree, showing the relationshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watkins (surname)
Watkins is an English and Welsh surname derived as a patronymic from Watkin, in turn a diminutive of the name Watt (also Wat), a popular Middle English given name itself derived as a pet form of the name Walter. Notable people with the surname include: * A. W. Watkins (1895–1970), English sound engineer * Aaron Watkins (golfer) (born 1982), American golfer * Aaron S. Watkins (1863–1941), American academic and politician * Alan Watkins (1933–2010), Welsh journalist * Alfred Watkins (1855–1935), English proponent of ley lines, pioneer photographer, author * Alfred Ernest Watkins (1878–1957), Welsh footballer * Ali Watkins (born 1992), American journalist * Allan Watkins (1922–2011), Welsh cricketer * Anna Watkins (born 1983), English rower * Arthur Vivian Watkins (1886–1973), American politician * Austin Watkins (born 1998), American football player * Barry Watkins (1921–2004), Welsh footballer * Ben Watkins, English musician * Beverly Watkins (1939–2019), Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ward Watkin
William Ward Watkin (January 21, 1886 – June 24, 1952) was an architect primarily practicing in Houston, Texas. He was the founder of the Architecture Department of Rice University in 1912, and remained on the Rice faculty until his death. Concurrently, he also designed a number of important projects, mostly in the Houston area. Watkin was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 21, 1886, and grew up in Danville, Pennsylvania, where he graduated from high school in 1903. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1908, he spent a year in Europe and then moved to Boston, Massachusetts to join the architecture firm of Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson. Watkin was then sent to Houston, TX to work on plans for Rice Institute (now named Rice University) and was the firm's representative supervisor there. Edgar Odell Lovett, the President of Rice Institute, offered Watkin a faculty position in architectural engineering when the Institute opened in 1912. He later became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Thompson Watkin
William Thompson Watkin (15 October 1836 – 23 March 1888) was a British archaeologist, interested in Roman Britain, particularly of the north of England. Life Watkin was born in Salford in 1836, son of John Watkin (1808–48) of Salford and wife Mary Hamilton, who was born in the USA. A second cousin was the railway entrepreneur Edward Watkin. He received his education at private schools, and afterwards began a career as a merchant in Liverpool. From early life he was greatly interested in archaeological studies. Between 1871 and 1888 he wrote 123 books and articles, dealing mostly with the Roman occupation of Britain, in the north-west and in Yorkshire and Northumbria. His most important works were ''Roman Lancashire'' (1883) and ''Roman Cheshire'' (1886), both full of careful research and accurate descriptions of objects. From 1884 Watkin was a council member, and from 1885 honorary librarian, of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, a Liverpool institution. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet (22 May 1820 – 9 May 1885) was a Welsh Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1841 to 1885. Biography Williams-Wynn was born at the family's London property, the eldest son of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet, and his wife Lady Henrietta Antonia Clive, eldest daughter of Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was a cornet in the 1st Life Guards in 1839 and a lieutenant in 1842. He succeeded his father to the baronetcy on 6 January 1840. He was also at Magdalene College, Cambridge and graduated MA in 1842. Williams-Wynn was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Denbighshire in 1841 and held the seat until his death in 1885, aged 64. The seat had previously been held by his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, all of whom were also named Watkin Williams-Wynn. Williams-Wynn was lieutenant colonel of the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry from 1844 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watkin Tudor Jones
Watkin Tudor Jones (born 26 September 1974), better known by his stage names Ninja and Max Normal, is a South African rapper, songwriter, record producer, performance artist, and director. Jones found international success as a member of Die Antwoord, with Yolandi Visser. He was formerly a member of Max Normal and The Constructus Corporation. Jones also has had a number of acting roles, including a self-styled role as Ninja in the 2015 Neill Blomkamp film '' Chappie''. Early life Jones was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1974. He frequented nightclubs where he would develop his skills as a rapper. He attended Parktown Boys High where he would meet his Original Evergreen band members. Career 1993–1999: The Original Evergreen Jones was part of the South African rap band The Original Evergreen, which was signed to Sony Music. He released one single with the group, "Puff the Magik," which was banned from radio for its controversial lyrics about marijuana usage. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Fleet
The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 ships that brought the first European and African settlers to Australia. It was made up of two Royal Navy vessels, three store ships and six convict transports. On 13 May 1787 the fleet under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip, with over 1400 people (convicts, marines, sailors, civil officers and free settlers), left from Portsmouth, England and took a journey of over and over 250 days to eventually arrive in Botany Bay, New South Wales, where a penal colony would become the first European settlement in Australia. History Lord Sandwich, together with the President of the Royal Society, Sir Joseph Banks, the eminent scientist who had accompanied Lieutenant James Cook on his 1770 voyage, was advocating establishment of a British colony in Botany Bay, New South Wales. Banks accepted an offer of assistance from the American Loyalist James Matra in July 1783. Under Banks's guidance, he rapidly produced "A Proposal for Establishing a S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
