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Gilkes
Gilkes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Gilkes (born 1979), British businessman * Arthur Herman Gilkes (1849–1922), English educationalist, author, and clergyman, father of Christopher H. *Cheryl Townsend Gilkes (born 1947), American sociologist and womanist scholar * Christopher H. Gilkes (1898–1953), English educationalist, son of Arthur Herman * Gilbert Gilkes (1845-1924), English engineer * James Gilkes (born 1952), Guyanese sprinter * Marshall Gilkes (born 1978), American trombonist * Michael Gilkes (fffootballer), Michael Gilkes (footballer) (born 1965), English footballer * Michael Gilkes (writer) (1933–2020), Guyanese critic and dramatist See also * Ebe Gilkes Quartet * Gilkes Wilson and Company, British locomotive engineering firm based in Middlesbrough (1843-1880) *Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon, British hydropower engineering firm based in Kendal, established 1853 * Gilks {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Gilkes
Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon, known as Gilkes, is an English hydropower engineering company based in Kendal, Cumbria, founded in 1853. The company makes hydropower turbines and engine cooling pumps. One of the company's notable products is the Turgo turbine, invented in 1919 by Eric Crewdson whose grandson Charles Crewdson Order of the British Empire, OBE is, the company chairman. History In 1853 two brothers named Williamson established a company at Canal Head, Kendal. The first turbine they built in 1856 was installed at Holmescales Farm at Old Hutton and powered farm machinery there for more than a century. This, the "Williamson Bros Vortex Turbine No. 1", survives and is in the collection of Lakeland Arts; it was part of the Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry in Kendal, closed during redevelopment of Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Abbot Hall. In 1881 Gilbert Gilkes (1845-1924) bought Williamson Brothers, and remained the company chairman until 1920, when he was succeeded by his nephew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Gilkes
Alexander Mark Heming Gilkes (born July 1979) is a British businessman. He is the co-founder of venture studio Squared Circles, which launched in 2020. He was previously the co-founder and president of online auction house Paddle8 from 2011 to 2018, when it was sold to The Native. Early life Gilkes is the son of Jeremy Gilkes, a dermatologist, and was born and raised in London. He was educated at Eton College and at the University of Bristol. Career Gilkes has been based in New York since 2008. He served as an auctioneer at Phillips de Pury & Company and worked at LVMH. Gilkes presided as an auctioneer for auctions including Madonna's Raising Malawi, Elton John AIDS Foundation, and amFAR. In 2011, he founded Paddle8, an online auction website selling fine art, photography, street art and collectibles. In 2013, the company did $US20 million in sales. By 2015, the company reported "$US140 million" in sales. Paddle8 was sold in 2015 to The Native. Gilkes stepped down from his ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Herman Gilkes
Arthur Herman Gilkes MA, (1849 – 13 September 1922) was a noted educationalist, author, and clergyman, and was Master of Dulwich College from 1885 to 1914. His final years were spent as Vicar of St Mary Magdalen's Church, Oxford. Early life Gilkes was born in Leominster, a son of William Gilkes, a chemist. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and went on to Christ Church, Oxford, from where he received a First Class Honours degree in Literae Humaniores in 1872, having achieved a first class in Mods in 1870. He was promoted to MA in 1885. On 19 May 1892 Gilkes married Millicent Mary Clarke, a daughter of Bennett Michell Clarke, and the sister of three brothers who attended Dulwich College. They had four sons, all of whom went to Dulwich College,Ormiston, T. L., (1926), ''Dulwich College Register'',page 53, (J J Keliher & Co Ltd: London) and one daughter.''Who Was Who 1916–1928'', (A&C Black: London) One of his sons, Christopher, would later become Master of Dulwich College. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes (born 1947) is an American sociologist, womanist scholar, college professor, and ordained Baptist minister. Biography Cheryl Townsend was born on November 2, 1947, in Boston, Massachusetts. She is the daughter of Murray Luke Townsend Jr. and Evelyn Townsend (née Reid). In 1968, she married Carlton I. Gikes. They were married for three years and divorced in 1971. Gilkes earned three degrees in sociology from Northeastern University, in Boston. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1970, a Master of Arts in 1973, and then earned her Ph.D. in 1979. From 1978 to 1987, she taught sociology at Boston University as an assistant professor. From 1981 to 1982, she was a research assistant at the Women's Studies in Religion Program at Harvard University. In 1987, she joined the faculty at Colby College, where she is the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies. She also heads the African American Studies program. An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher H
Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρειν (''phérein''), "to bear"; hence the "Christ-bearer". As a given name, 'Christopher' has been in use since the 10th century. In English, Christopher may be abbreviated as "Chris", "Topher", and sometimes " Kit". It was frequently the most popular male first name in the United Kingdom, having been in the top twenty in England and Wales from the 1940s until 1995, although it has since dropped out of the top 100. Within the United Kingdom, the name is most common in England and not so common in Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland. Cognates in other languages *Afrikaans: Christoffel, Christoforus *Albanian: Kristofer, Kristofor, Kristoforid, Kristo *Arabic: كريستوفر (''Krīstafor, Kristūfar, Krístufer''), اصطفر (''ʔi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gilkes
James Wren Gilkes (born 21 September 1952) is a former sprinter from Guyana who specialised in the 200 metres. He competed at two Olympic Games. Career He was the 1975 Pan American 200 metre champion, and in 1979 he took the silver medal in the same event. He was runner up to Don Quarrie of Jamaica in the 1978 AAA's 200 metres event. At the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton he finished fourth in the 100 metre final, then took the silver medal in the 200 metres, finishing behind Allan Wells of Scotland. In 1978, Gilkes was denied a world record for the 4x200 m relay; while the Tobias Striders team he was a member of broke the old world record with a time of 1:20.23, but this was rejected as a record because the team members were from different countries. The other members of the team were: Guy Abrahams, Panama; Michael Simmons, USA; and Don Quarrie, Jamaica. The team from the University of Southern California ( Joel Andrews, James Sanford, Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshall Gilkes
Marshall Gilkes (born September 30, 1978) is an American jazz trombonist and composer. Biography Marshall Gilkes was born in Camp Springs, Maryland to a musical family; his mother was a classical vocalist and pianist and his father was a Euphonium player in the US Air Force Band in Washington DC and, later, conductor of several Air Force bands including the premier US Air Force Academy Band in Colorado Springs, CO. Due to his father's military profession, he had an itinerant upbringing in Washington, D.C., New Hampshire, New Jersey, Alabama, Illinois, and Colorado. He received his early musical training at the Interlochen Arts Academy, University of Northern Colorado, and William Paterson University. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Juilliard School. His teachers include Joseph Alessi, Conrad Herwig, CMSgt (ret) Mark Burditt, Buddy Baker, Ed Neumeister, and Wycliffe Gordon. In 2003, Gilkes was a finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Gilkes (fffootballer) (born 1933), Caribbean critic, dramatist, filmmaker and university lecturer
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Michael Gilkes may refer to: * Michael Gilkes (footballer) (born 1965), English former footballer * Michael Gilkes (writer) Michael Arthur Gilkes (5 November 1933 – 14 April 2020)"Obituary – Michael Gilk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Gilkes (writer)
Michael Arthur Gilkes (5 November 1933 – 14 April 2020)"Obituary – Michael Gilkes" '''', 19 April 2020. (Compiled by Al Creighton, Vanda Radzik, Marina Taitt and Jocelyn Dow.)"Guyanese playwright Michael Gilkes dies from COVID-19 complications" ''Guyana Chronicle'', 15 April 2020. was a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebe Gilkes Quartet
The Ebe Gilkes Quartet was a Guyanese band that became very popular on Barbados in the 1950s, led by Trinidadian jazz pianist Edwin "Ebe" Gilkes. Other members: * James Gilkes * Jesus Gilkes * Gilkes Gilkes *Arturo Tappin History In the 1950s, low wages for jazz musicians led to many Barbadians immigrating abroad to Canada, US, or the UK. Additionally, travel between British Commonwealth countries encouraged movement between countries of the Caribbean, so clubs and hotels in Barbados were bringing in acts from neighboring countries such as Guyana. Gilkes was a part of the Billy Green Quartet that played in the Coconut Creek Nightclub in Barbados, and by the end of the decade he was the only one to remain in Barbados. By the 1960s, he played at the Bel Air Nightclub in Bridgetown, a venue that was a part of the middle-class nightlife, playing contemporary jazz and bossa nova. Through the 1960s and 1970s, support for jazz was mainly by foreign tourists, and he played in venues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilkes Wilson And Company
Gilkes Wilson and Company was a British locomotive manufacturer at Teesside Engine Works in Middlesbrough which opened in 1843. Initially repairing locomotives, the company built its first engines in 1847. History Gilkes and Wilson was formed as a partnership between Quakers Isaac Wilson (English politician), Isaac Wilson and Edgar Gilkes. Edgar Gilkes was a Middlesbrough councillor, mayor (1863-64) and alderman. He died in Grange-over-Sands in 1894. In 1865 the company merged with Hopkins and Company (establishers of the Tees Side Iron Works, 1857) to become Hopkins Gilkes and Company. The firm undertook design, construction and manufacture of the ironwork for the Deepdale and Belah Viaduct, Belah viaducts (b.1857-1860) on the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway to a design of Thomas Bouch and Robert Henry Bow. In 1875, the name changed again to the Tees-side Iron and Engine Works Company Limited, having built 351 locomotives in total. Subsequently the firm worked with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
