Lister or Lyster may refer to:
Names
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Lister (surname)
Lister or Lyster is an English occupational surname, and may refer to a textile dyer, from the Middle English word "litster", meaning to dye. It dates back to the 13th century in Scotland with the recording of Aleyn le Littester of Edinburghshir ...
, also Lyster and Litster
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Lyster Kirkpatrick
Lyster Adam Kirkpatrick (11 July 1885 – 20 November 1921) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Austral ...
(1885–1921), Australian rules footballer
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Lyster Hoxie Dewey
Lyster Hoxie Dewey (1865–1944) was an American botanist from Michigan.
Lyster Dewey was born in Cambridge, Michigan on March 14, 1865. In 1888, he graduated from Michigan State Agricultural College where, for the next two years, he taught bot ...
(1865–1944), American botanist
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Joseph Lister (1827–1912), British physician
* David "Dave" Lister, commonly referred to simply as Lister, is a
fictional character from the British
science fiction situation comedy
A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ne ...
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Red Dwarf
''Red Dwarf'' is a British science fiction comedy franchise created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, which primarily consists of a television sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999, and on Dave since 2009, gaining a cult following. T ...
'', portrayed by
Craig Charles
Places
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Lister, British Columbia, Canada, a small community
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Lyster, Quebec, Canada, a municipality
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Lyster Lake (Estrie, Canada)
Lac Lyster is a lake located in the municipality of Coaticook (Baldwin Mills), in the Coaticook Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, in Québec, in Canada.
Geography
The lake is located to the south of ...
, Estrie, in Quebec, Canada
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Lister Region, comprising the western parts of Vest-Agder county, Norway
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Luster, Norway, formerly called Lyster, a municipality
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Lister Hundred
Lister Hundred, or ''Listers härad'', was a hundred of Blekinge in Sweden.
Parishes
Parishes ordered by municipality:
#Karlshamn Municipality
#* Elleholm Parish
#* Mörrum Parish
#Olofström Municipality
#* Jämshög Parish
#* Kyrkhult Parish
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, part of Blekinge in Sweden
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Lister Park
Lister Park (also known as Manningham Park) is a picturesque public park in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, between Manningham, Heaton and Frizinghall. It has won various national awards.
About the park
It is situated about a mile outsid ...
, a public park in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
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Lister (river), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Businesses
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Lister Cars, a British sports car manufacturer
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Lister Mills
Lister's Mill (otherwise known as Manningham Mills) was the largest silk factory in the world. It is located in the Manningham district of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England and was built by Samuel Cunliffe Lister to replace the original Mann ...
, a large former silk factory and landmark in the Manningham district of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
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Lister Petter, manufacturer of industrial internal combustion engines in Gloucestershire, England
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R A Lister and Company
R A Lister & Company was founded in Dursley, Gloucestershire, England, in 1867 by Sir Robert Ashton Lister (1845–1929), to produce agricultural machinery.
History 1867–1906: Foundation and growth
The founder of R A Lister and Company w ...
, an engineering company in Gloucestershire, England, merged with Petters Limited to become Lister Petter
Other uses
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Lister Community School
Lister Community School is a co-educational secondary school located at St Mary's Road, Plaistow, Newham, London.
The school uses vertical tutoring to integrate the community of students across the range of ages and year groups. It is one of ...
, in east London, England
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Lister District Court, in Vest-Agder, Norway
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Lister Hospital (disambiguation)
* Lister, title of a town tax appraiser (see
tax assessment) in Vermont
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Lister v Romford Ice and Cold Storage Co Ltd''
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Lister D, a stationary engine on petrol or petrol/paraffin (fuel) built between 1926-1965
* Corn lister, a type of
planter (farm implement) no longer widely used
See also
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Lista, Vest-Agder, Norway
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