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Maxwell (given Name)
Maxwell is a masculine given name. It is of English language, English and Scottish Gaelic, Scottish origin, meaning "From Mack's Spring". The name originates as a place name from a location on the River Tweed in Scotland and first recorded in 1144 CE, spelled Mackeswell. People with this given name A * Maxwell Acosty, Ghanaian footballer * Maxwell Aitken (other) * Maxwell Akora, Ugandan politician * Maxwell Amponsah, Ghanaian boxer * Maxwell Anderson, American playwright and writer * Maxwell L. Anderson, American art historian and museum director * Maxwell Anikwenwa, Nigerian Anglican bishop * Maxwell Ariston Burgess, Bermudian politician * Maxwell Armfield, English painter * Maxwell Arnow, American film producer * Maxwell Arthur, Ghanaian footballer * Maxwell Atoms, American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, and voice actor * Maxwell Ayrton, British architect B * Maxwell Baakoh, Ivorian footballer * Maxwell Bates, Canadian architect and artist * Maxwell Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Male
Male (Planet symbols, symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or Egg cell, ovum, in the process of fertilisation. A male organism cannot sexual reproduction, reproduce sexually without access to at least one ovum from a female, but some organisms can reproduce both sexually and Asexual reproduction, asexually. Most male mammals, including male humans, have a Y chromosome, which codes for the production of larger amounts of testosterone to develop male reproductive organs. In humans, the word ''male'' can also be used to refer to gender, in the social sense of gender role or gender identity. Overview The existence of separate sexes has evolved independently at different times and in different lineage (evolution), lineages, an example of convergent evolution. The repeated pattern is sexual reproduction in isogamy, isogamous species with two or more mating types with gametes of identic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxwell Atoms
Adam Maxwell Burton, known professionally as Maxwell Atoms, is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, and voice actor. He is the creator of the Cartoon Network series '' Grim & Evil'' and its subsequent spin-offs, '' The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' and '' Evil Con Carne''. Career Atoms is the creator of Cartoon Network's animated television series '' The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'', '' Evil Con Carne'', and has developed a ''Billy & Mandy'' spin-off Halloween special called '' Underfist: Halloween Bash''. Atoms attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Before he started working on his own series, Atoms was an intern at Film Roman, a freelance artist at Warner Bros., had a brief stint at WildBrain, and had also worked on ''The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat''. Atoms got a job at Hanna-Barbera and as a story and storyboard artist on '' Cow and Chicken'' and '' I Am Weasel''. Atoms also performed the voice of Jeff the Spider and Piff on ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxwell Caulfield
Maxwell Caulfield (born Maxwell P.J. Newby; 23 November 1959) is a British actor. He has appeared in ''Grease 2'' (1982), ''Electric Dreams (film), Electric Dreams'' (1984), ''The Boys Next Door (1985 film), The Boys Next Door'' (1985), ''The Supernaturals (film), The Supernaturals'' (1986), ''Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat'' (1989), ''Waxwork 2'' (1992), ''Gettysburg (1993 film), Gettysburg'' (1993), ''Empire Records'' (1995), ''The Real Blonde'' (1997), ''The Man Who Knew Too Little'' (1997), and in ''A Prince for Christmas'' (2015). In 2015, Caulfield toured Australia with his wife Juliet Mills and sister-in-law Hayley Mills in the comedy ''Legends!'' by Pulitzer Prize winner James Kirkwood, Jr., James Kirkwood. He voiced James Bond in the video game ''James Bond 007: Nightfire'' (2002). He most recently stars in the Netflix movie ''The Merry Gentlemen'' (2024). He is best remembered internationally for his starring role as Miles Colby during the 1980s on the American TV ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxwell Carpendale
Maxwell John Carpendale (1865–1941) was an Irish rugby international and a British Army officer. He won four caps between 1886 and 1888. Biography Carpendale was born in Bombay. He was a militia officer in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, where he was appointed a major Major most commonly refers to: * Major (rank), a military rank * Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits * People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames * Major and minor in musi ... in the 5th battalion (Prince of Wales′s Own Donegal Militia) on 19 July 1899. He was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel on 17 January 1903. Notes ReferencesMaxwell Carpendaleat Scrum.comIRFU Profile* 1865 births 1941 deaths Irish rugby union players Ireland international rugby union players Monkstown Football Club players Rugby union three-quarters {{Ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxwell Button
Charles Maxwell Button (August 5, 1913 – 1983) was a former civil servant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Trinity South in the Newfoundland House of Assembly The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly () is the Unicameralism, unicameral deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It meets in the Confederation Bu ... from 1949 to 1956. The son of Elisha Button and Minnie Thistle, he was born in New Melbourne in 1913 and was educated there. He joined the Newfoundland Constabulary in 1931, becoming sergeant in charge of Labrador police patrols in 1934. From 1938 to 1949, he worked as a relief inspector in the Department of Public Welfare. Button was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1949 and was re-elected in 1951. He retired from politics in 1956. In 1944, Button married Winnifred Barbour. He died in 1983.Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. (12 December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxwell Bury
Maxwell Bury (28 July 1825 – 9 September 1912) was an English-born architect who was active in New Zealand in the 19th century. He is best remembered for his buildings for the University of Otago. Life Born in Nottinghamshire on 28 July 1825, Bury was the son of an Anglican clergyman and spent part of his youth in Cambridgeshire. He trained as an engineer near Derby and is thought to have been familiar with Aston Hall near Birmingham which has been seen as the inspiration of some of his New Zealand work, notably the Nelson Provincial Government Buildings. He also served as an engineer in the merchant marine. He married Eleanor Sarah Deighton on 11 August 1853 at Ellesmere in Shropshire and in 1854 sailed with her to Australia in the ''Zingari'' a steam-assisted ship he had had a hand in building. After a brief time in Melbourne the ship and the couple arrived at Nelson in New Zealand on 12 December 1854. Bury got a contract to provide a postal service between Nelson and W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxwell Struthers Burt
Maxwell Struthers Burt (October 18, 1882 Baltimore, Maryland – August 29, 1954, Jackson Hole, Wyoming), was an American novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Life Struthers Burt grew up in Philadelphia, where he attended private schools and worked at a city newspaper.Richard Walser"Burt, (Maxwell) Struthers" ''Dictionary of North Carolina Biography'' (Chapel Hill: North Carolina Press, 1979). He graduated from Princeton University in 1904, then attended the University of Munich, and Merton College at Oxford University. Following his return to the United States, he taught English at Princeton. In 1908, he moved to Wyoming and co-founded the JY Ranch with Louis Joy, which would later become the famous Rockefeller ranch of the same name. In 1912, following a dispute with Joy, he established his own dude ranch, the Bar B C Ranch. That same year, he met and married his wife, Katharine Newlin Burt, an author of Western novels. They had two children: Nathaniel Burt (1913-2003) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxwell Brander
Major General Maxwell Spieker Brander CB OBE (11 October 188430 October 1972) was a senior British Army officer during the Second World War. Military career Born on 11 October 1884, Maxwell Brander was educated at Bedford School and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He received his first commission in the British Army in 1906. He served during the First World War and was mentioned in dispatches. Promoted to the rank of major general in 1936, he was Director of Supplies and Transport at the War Office between 1937 and 1940, and Deputy Director-General of Mechanisation at the Ministry of Supply between 1941 and 1947 and Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Army Service Corps from 1942 to 1949. Major General Maxwell Brander became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1925, and a Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1937. He retired from the British Army The British Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of the United Kingdom. the British Army com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxwell Bolus
Maxwell Bolus (26 June 1890 – 19 January 1956) was a South African cricketer. He played in three first-class matches for Eastern Province in 1924/25 and 1925/26. See also * List of Eastern Province representative cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for Eastern Province cricket team in South Africa. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the intervening seaso ... References External links * 1890 births 1956 deaths South African cricketers Eastern Province cricketers Cricketers from Cape Town {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxwell Bodenheim
Maxwell "Bogey" Bodenheim (May 26, 1892 – February 6, 1954) was an American poet and novelist. A literary figure in Chicago, he later went to New York where he became known as the King of Greenwich Village Bohemians. His writing brought him international notoriety during the Jazz Age of the 1920s. Early life Born Maxwell Bodenheimer in Hermanville, Mississippi, he was the son of Jewish parents, Solomon Bodenheimer (born July 1858) and Carrie (born April 1860). His father was born in Germany and his mother in Alsace-Lorraine. Carrie emigrated to the United States in 1881 and Solomon in 1888. In 1900, the family moved from Mississippi to Chicago. The Federal census gave their residence as 431 46th Street, Chicago.. Work The young Bodenheim and the even younger writer Ben Hecht met in Chicago and became literary friends about 1912. (At the time, Bodenheim was nicknamed "Bogey." The nickname was also applied in his later years in Greenwich Village). They co-founded ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxwell Blacker
Maxwell Julius Blacker (6 June 1822 — 11 June 1888) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman. The son of Valentine Blacker, he was born in June 1822 at Marylebone. He was educated at Eton College, before going up to Merton College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1841. Batting twice in the match, he ended Oxford's first-innings of 157 all out unbeaten on 5, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 23 runs by Henry Walker. Upon graduating from Oxford he took holy orders in 1848, taking his first ecclesiastical post as curate of North Cove, Suffolk from 1848–49. He moved to Brussels in 1850, where he was a chaplain until 1856, marrying Emily Georgina Daveney at Antwerp during his first year in Belgium. Returning to England, he took up the post of curate at St Mary-the-Less in Lambeth in 1859, before becoming the chaplain of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxwell Becton
Maxwell Wilber Becton (August 22, 1868 – January 2, 1951) was an American industrialist and businessman. He co-founded Becton, Dickinson and Company in 1897 with Fairleigh S. Dickinson. He also co-founded Fairleigh Dickinson College. Early life Becton was born on his family's plantation in Kinston, North Carolina on August 22, 1868. His parents were Eliza and Jarman Becton. Growing up, he attended the Woodington Methodist Church. He attended local schools. He attended Rutherford College. However, the college burned in 1888, so he only completed two years of college. He then moved to New York. Career In New York in 1888, Becton worked as a salesman. In 1891, he moved to Montana where he worked in real estate. He moved to Boston in 1895 and co-founded Randall and Becton, a medical thermometer company. While in Texas on a sales trip, he met Fairleigh S. Dickinson (1866–1948), co-founder of Becton Dickinson and the named benefactor of Fairleigh Dickinson University who wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
