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Stirton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Brent Stirton, photographer * David Stirton (1816–1908), Canadian politician * James Stirton (1833–1917), Scottish botanist and physician * Robert Stirton Thornton (1863–1936), Canadian politician * Ruben Arthur Stirton (1901–1966), American paleontologist See also * Stirton Smith (1926–2010), Scottish footballer * Stirton with Thorlby * Stirton's Deer Mouse * Stirton, Ontario Stirton is an unincorporated rural community in Mapleton Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. The Conestogo River flows west of Stirton, and the land between the settlement and the river are part of the Conestogo Lake Conservation Are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Stirton
Brent Stirton is a Senior Photographer for Getty Images, based in New York. His award-winning work has been widely recognized for its powerful depiction of issues related to conflict, health and environmental issues. Stirton specializes in documentary work and is known for his alternative approaches to photojournalism, including lighting portraiture in the field, and his prolific work rate. He travels an average of nine months of the year, working exclusively on commissioned assignment. Stirton’s work has appeared in ''Newsweek'', ''National Geographic'', ''CNN Traveler'', ''The New York Times Magazine'', ''The Washington Post Magazine'', '' The Sunday Times Magazine'', '' Le Monde 2'', '' GQ'', ''Geo'' and many other respected international titles. He also writes a blog for the Discovery Channel. In working to visually interpret a story, Stirton often works in tandem with journalists from the world’s leading publications. In the last two years he has worked regularly with CN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Stirton
David Stirton (June 13, 1816 – August 16, 1908) was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Wellington South from 1867 to 1876. He was born in Angus, Scotland in 1816, the son of James Stirton. His family settled near the current site of Guelph, Ontario in Upper Canada around 1827. Stirton bought his own farm in 1841. He served as reeve for Puslinch Township from 1853 to 1857 and was captain in the local militia. He represented South Wellington in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1858 to 1867. He was elected in the same riding following Confederation A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a union of sovereign groups or states united for purposes of common action. Usually created by a treaty, confederations of states tend to be established for dealing with critical issu ... and served until 1876, when he was appointed postmaster for Guelph. Stirton died in Guelph at the age of 92. Electoral record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stirton
James Stirton (1833, Coupar Angus, Perthshire – 14 January 1917, Glasgow) was a Scottish physician and one of Scotland's leading experts on cryptogamic botany. His investigations in bryology and lichenology earned him a world-wide reputation. Biography Stirton taught mathematics from 1856 to 1858 at the Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh. At the University of Edinburgh he graduated in 1857 L.R.C.P.Edin and in 1858 M.D.Edin. Soon after acquiring his M.D. he moved to Glasgow and established an extensive practice in obstetrics and gynaecology. In 1876 Stirton was appointed a lecturer in gynaecology at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where for many years he had charge of the gynaecological wards. In 1889 he became a professor of midwifery at Anderson’s College Medical School and held the professorship for about fifteen years. Stirton made many visits to the Scottish mountains to investigate lichens and mosses and there discovered numerous species that were previously undescribed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Stirton Thornton
Robert Stirton Thornton (8 May 1863 – 17 September 1936) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1910, and again from 1914 to 1922. Thornton was a Liberal, and served as a cabinet minister in the government or Tobias Norris. Thornton was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was educated at Heriots School and the University of Edinburgh, receiving medical certification from the latter institution in 1884. He moved to Canada in 1884, and received an LL.D. from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Thornton worked as a physician, serving as president of the Manitoba Medical Council (1896) and the Medical Council of Canada. He was also a horticulturalist and an active freemason, serving as Grand Master from 1900 of 1902. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1907 provincial election, defeating Conservative incumbent Edward Briggs by 41 votes in the constituency of Deloraine. Premier Rodm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruben Arthur Stirton
Ruben Arthur Stirton (1901-1966), known to his friends as "Stirt", was an American paleontologist, specializing in mammals, who was active in South America, the United States and Australia. Stirton was closely associated with the University of California Museum of Paleontology, receiving an appointment as curator in 1930 and as its fourth director from 1949 to 1966. His career also saw engaged as a lecturer, associate professorship and then as a professor in 1951, from which time he was director of the University's Department of Paleontology. Stirton was born in Kansas on 20 August 1901, and graduated from the state's university in the field of zoology. He served as the mammalogist on expeditions led by Donald R. Dickey to El Salvador in the 1920s. His expeditions included a return to El Salvador in the 1940s, as well as another collecting fossils in Colombia. In 1953, he directed his studies to the marsupials of Australia, with the intent of discovering primitive species of ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stirton Smith
Stirton Smith (28 October 1926 – 2010) was a Scottish professional footballer. Smith died in Midlothian Midlothian (; gd, Meadhan Lodainn) is a historic county, registration county, lieutenancy area and one of 32 council areas of Scotland used for local government. Midlothian lies in the east-central Lowlands, bordering the City of Edinburgh, ... in 2010, at the age of 83. References External links * 1926 births 2010 deaths Date of death missing Footballers from Midlothian Scottish men's footballers Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Third Lanark A.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Arniston Rangers F.C. players Men's association football wingers Scottish Football League players {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stirton With Thorlby
Stirton with Thorlby is a civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. The parish includes the settlements of Stirton and Thorlby. The population at the 2011 census was 204, an increase on the 2001 census figure of 173. History Stirton with Thorlby was formerly a township in the parish of Skipton Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the East Division of Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is on the River Air ..., in 1866 Stirton with Thorlby became a civil parish in its own right. On 1 April 1938 7 acres was transferred to Skipton. References Civil parishes in North Yorkshire Craven District {{Craven-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stirton's Deer Mouse
Stirton's deer mouse (''Peromyscus stirtoni'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. ''P. stirtoni'' is widely distributed and is presumed to have a large population and a tolerance of habitat destruction, though its biology is poorly understood. The species is named after Ruben A. Stirton (1901-1966), an American zoologist associated with the University of California at Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant univ .... References Peromyscus Rodents of Central America Mammals described in 1928 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Peromyscus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |