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Tosh (surname)
Tosh is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrew Tosh (born 1967), reggae singer, son of Peter * Daniel Tosh (born 1975), stand-up comedian and TV host * Donald Tosh (1935–2019), BBC screenwriter * Dwight Tosh (born 1948), American politician * George Tosh (1813–1900), Scottish engineer and metallurgist * J. R. Tosh (1872–1917), Scottish marine zoologist * John Tosh, British historian * Lawson C. Tosh (1879–?), American politician from Maryland * Murray Tosh (born 1950), Scottish politician * Paul Tosh (born 1973), Scottish football player * Peter Tosh (1944–1987), Jamaican reggae musician, The Wailers * Steve Tosh (born 1973), football player * Stuart Tosh Stuart Mcbeath Tosh (born 26 September 1948) is a Scottish drummer, songwriter and vocalist. He recorded and toured with a succession of bands during the 1970s and 1980s, including Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project, 10cc, Camel, and Roger Daltre ... (born 1951), drummer, songwriter and vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Tosh
Andrew Tosh (born Carlos Andrew McIntosh, 19 June 1967) is a Jamaican reggae singer and the son of Peter Tosh.Andrew Tosh Biography ", Hermosa Records He is the nephew of reggae singer , also an original member of . Andrew has a strong vocal resemblance to his late father and like his father, rides the . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Tosh
Daniel Dwight Tosh (born May 29, 1975) is an American comedian, writer, and producer. After graduating from the University of Central Florida with a degree in marketing, Tosh moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in comedy. His career accelerated in 2001 after a performance on the ''Late Show with David Letterman''. He would go on to appear in other national shows, leading to his own 30-minute special on Comedy Central Presents two years later. From 2009 to 2020, Tosh was the host of Comedy Central series '' Tosh.0'', a showcase of popular Internet video clips with the addition of Tosh's narrative comedic dialogue. Daniel Tosh also went on his own series of comedy tours from 2010 to 2015. In addition to ''Tosh.0'', he is known for his deliberately offensive and controversial style of black comedy and as the star of stand-up comedy tours and specials. Early life Born in Boppard, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany to American parents, Tosh grew up in Titusville, Florida, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Tosh
Donald Tosh (16 March 1935 – 3 December 2019) was a British screenwriter who contributed to ''Doctor Who'' in 1965. He was the last surviving script editor and writer from the William Hartnell era. Career Before working on ''Doctor Who'' Tosh was briefly script editor on the series ''Compact'', and had helped to develop the show that eventually became ''Coronation Street''. Tosh was the story editor for the ''Doctor Who'' stories between '' The Time Meddler'' and '' The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve'', working with producers Verity Lambert and John Wiles. On Tosh's final story, '' The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve'' by John Lucarotti, Tosh performed a substantial rewrite of the scripts, both to align them with historical accuracy and also to accommodate William Hartnell's dual role as both the Doctor and the Abbot of Amboise. On the final episode the story editor's credit was given over to his successor Gerry Davis and Tosh was co-credited. He also performed an exten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dwight Tosh
Dwight Crandall Tosh (born November 12, 1948) is a retired trooper of the Arkansas State Police from Jonesboro, Arkansas, who is a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 52 in Craighead, Poinsett, Jackson, and Independence counties in the northeastern portion of his state. Biography Tosh and his wife, Joan, have two children. He is a non-denominational Christian. He formerly resided in Newport, Forrest City, and Bentonville, Arkansas. In 1962, at the age of 13, Tosh was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. He received treatment at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Situated along the Mississippi River, it had a population of 633,104 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Tenne ..., where he was the hospital's seventeenth patient. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tosh, Dwight 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Tosh
George Tosh (1813–1900) was a Scottish engineer and metallurgist who pioneered the use of steel in certain aspects of steam locomotive design. Career His earlier career is not known (his obituaries speak of an early association with the Stephensons and the Stockton and Darlington Railway), but from children's birthplaces in census returns he was apparently resident in Newcastle by 1839, in Parton, Cumberland, during 1843–1848, and in Maryport by 1851. He became Locomotive Superintendent of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR), in 1850 on the termination of the lease of the M&CR by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway and continued to serve in that capacity until 1870, becoming also Engineer to the Cockermouth and Workington Railway during its existence as an independent company. On leaving the Maryport & Carlisle Railway in 1870, he became the manager of the North Lincolnshire Iron Works. Innovations During his tenure at the Maryport & Carlisle Railway, Tosh was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tosh
John A. Tosh is a British historian and Professor Emeritus of History at Roehampton University. He gained his BA at the University of Oxford and his MA at the University of Cambridge. He was awarded his PhD by the University of London in 1973; his thesis topic being "Political Authority among the Langi of Northern Uganda, circa 1800–1939". He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1987–88, he held a visiting appointment at the University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Davis, California, United States. It is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University .... At Roehampton University, he teaches History, specifically "Reading and Writing History". He served as Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society from 1999 to 2002. He has also published several works on the history of masculinity in nineteenth-century Britai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawson C
Lawson may refer to: Places Australia * Lawson, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra * Lawson, New South Wales, a town in the Blue Mountains Canada * Lawson, Saskatchewan * Lawson Island, Nunavut United States * Lawson, Arkansas * Lawson, Colorado * Lawson, Missouri * Lawson, Mesquite, Texas * Balmoral, Wisconsin, previously known as Lawson Music * Lawson (band), a British pop rock band ** ''Lawson'' (EP), a 2015 EP by the band * ''Lawson'' (album), a 2005 album by John Schumann and the Vagabond Crew Transport Aircraft * Lawson Airplane Company-Continental Faience and Tile Company, a historic demolished factory complex in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US ** Lawson L-2, a 1920s biplane airliner ** Lawson L-4, a 1920 biplane airliner designed for long-distance flights Ships * HMS ''Lawson'', an American-built British Royal Navy frigate 1943–1946 * ''Thomas W. Lawson'' (ship), a seven-masted, steel-hulled schooner built in 1902 and destroyed 1907 Other uses * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray Tosh
Neil Murray Tosh (born 1 September 1950) is a retired Scottish Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South of Scotland region (1999–2003) and the West of Scotland region (2003–07). Early life and career Born in Ayr, Tosh was educated at Kilmarnock Academy and the University of Glasgow, where he was president of the Liberal Club and graduated with a second-class honours degree in history and politics. He trained as a schoolteacher at Jordanhill College in Glasgow, and for nearly 25 years taught history at several schools in Ayrshire. Before being elected to the Scottish Parliament he was head of the history department at Belmont Academy in Ayr. Political career Tosh contested Ayr at the October 1974 general election as a Liberal, and Glasgow Hillhead at the 1983 general election for the Conservatives. From 1987 to 1996, he represented Troon South-West ward on Kyle and Carrick District Council, where he rose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Tosh
Paul James Tosh (born 18 October 1973 in Arbroath) is a Scottish footballer. He started his career with his local club Arbroath before a move in 1993 to Tayside neighbours Dundee who paid £120,000 to take Paul to Dens Park. Following three years at Dens Park, he moved to Hibernian with Lee Power for a combined fee of £200,000.Jeffrey, pp162. However, Jim Duffy, who had signed Tosh, was soon fired from his position as manager. After struggling to get into the first team under Alex McLeish, he was sent out on loan to Partick Thistle and then Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third level of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ..., before he moved to Raith Rovers. Paul scored 13 goals over his two seasons there but was released by the Kirkcaldy outfit. A former Second Division player of the year, Tos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Tosh
Winston Hubert McIntosh (19 October 1944 – 11 September 1987), professionally known as Peter Tosh, was a Jamaican reggae musician. Along with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, he was one of the core members of the band Bob Marley and the Wailers, the Wailers (1963–1976), after which he established himself as a successful solo artist and a promoter of Rastafari. He was murdered in 1987 during a home invasion. Early life Tosh was born Winston Hubert McIntosh on 19 October 1944 in Westmoreland Parish, Westmoreland, the westernmost parish of Jamaica. He was abandoned by his parents and "shuffled among relatives". When McIntosh was fifteen, his aunt died and he moved to Trenchtown in Kingston, Jamaica. He was educated in Bluefields, Jamaica, Bluefields up to age 17, then moved to Kingston to live with his aunt. He began an apprenticeship as a welder. He first learned guitar after watching a man in the country play a song that captivated him. He watched the man play the same so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Tosh
Steven William Tosh (born 27 April 1973) is a Scottish former professional footballer. A midfielder of many Scottish clubs, Tosh's last club was Cove Rangers. Playing career Tosh, who was born in Kirkcaldy, played for Leven Royals then played for Savoy Thistle, Abbey Star, Leven Hibs then Glenrothes Strollers during his youth career. He started his senior career with Arbroath. Tosh signed for Perth side St Johnstone in 1995. Tosh scored 5 goals in 44 league appearances for the club. Tosh signed for Raith Rovers (his hometown football club) in 1998. Tosh scored eight goals in 69 league appearances for the club. He moved to Livingston in 2000 and scored three goals in 55 league appearances for the club. Tosh signed for Falkirk in 2002 and scored one goal in 16 league appearances for the club. Tosh signed for Aberdeen in 2003 and scored 6 goals in 55 league appearances for the club. Tosh was a popular figure at Pittodrie after Steve Paterson signed him. Tosh left Aberdeen i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
