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Gosling (surname)
Gosling is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Armine Nutting Gosling (1861–1942), Canadian women's-rights activist *Sir Audley Charles Gosling (1836-1913), British diplomat * Charles Gosling (1868-1917), British Army officer * Clint Gosling (born 1960), New Zealand footballer *Dan Gosling (born 1990), English footballer *R. Cunliffe Gosling (1868–1922), nineteenth century England football captain *Harry Gosling (1861–1930), British politician and trade union leader *Jake Gosling, English producer and songwriter *Jake Gosling (born 1993), British footballer *James Gosling (born 1955), Canadian software developer, considered father of Java * Joanna Gosling (born 1971), British journalist * John Gosling (other) *John Gostling (1644–1733), English singer *Mark Gosling (1886-1980), Australian painter and politician * Mike Gosling (born 1980), United States former Major League Baseball pitcher *Paula Gosling(born 1939), English crime writer *Ray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Gosling
Mark Gosling (7 August 1886 – 3 May 1980) was an English Australian painter, building contractor and Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the districts of Electoral district of St George, St George (1920–1927), Electoral district of Oatley, Oatley (1927–1930) and Electoral district of Kogarah, Kogarah (1930–1932). He served as Chief Secretary of New South Wales, Colonial Secretary of New South Wales from May to October 1927 and again from November 1930 to May 1932. Biography The son of labourer Samuel Gosling and Hannah Nelms, Mark Gosling was born on 7 August 1886 in Birmingham, England. In 1913 he married Florence Thorneycroft, daughter of William Joseph Thorneycroft and Esther Morgan of Warwickshire and Staffordshire, England, and they had three sons, Ronald, Derek and Robert. He received only a primary education, but would later attend tutorials at the University of Sydney from 1916 to 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gilbert Gosling
William Gilbert Gosling (September 8, 1863 – November 5, 1930) was a politician, businessman and author. From 1916 to 1920, he served as the mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland. Early life William Gilbert Gosling was born in Paget Parish, Bermuda to Charles Gray Gosling and Elizabeth Gilbert. The second of their six sons, Gosling attended Pembroke Grammar School in Hamilton, Bermuda. On June 22, 1881, he moved to St. John's, Newfoundland (now a province of Canada) to work as a clerk for the fish exporting firm Harvey and Company. Taking charge of the wholesale side of the business, Gosling was described as having a "marked aptitude" for the job.Gosling, William Gilbert - |
William Gosling (engineer)
William Gosling (born 1932) is a British electrical engineer, Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Bath, and pioneer of system design in electrical engineering. Biography Gosling received his ARCS at the Imperial College in London in 1953 under George Paget Thomson, and spent his career both in industry and education. Early 1960s he wrote a series of books, which contributed to the establishment of systems design and systems engineering. In 1967 Gosling became Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Swansea University. From 1969 to 1971 he was Chair of the Design Research Society. In 1974 he became Professor of Electronic Engineering at the University of Bath.,William Gosling (1999) ''Radio Spectrum Conservation: Radio Engineering Fundamentals'General info/ref> where he remained affiliated for the rest of his career. In the 1970s he also became Technical Director of Plessey, a British-based international electronics, defence and telecommunic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gosling (VC)
Major William Gosling VC (15 August 1892 – 12 February 1945) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. William Gosling was born in Wanborough, Wiltshire, one of four children to farmer Albert Gosling and his wife Elizabeth. After his education in the village school he worked alongside his father as a wheat farmer. Following his father's death in a farming accident, the family relocated to Wroughton where Elizabeth, assisted by William and his two elder brothers, took up tenancy of Artis Farm. In 1908, Gosling enlisted with the Territorial Force. At the age of 18 he emigrated to Canada, where he worked on grain silos before becoming a fireman on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Following the outbreak of the First World War, he paid for his passage home and enlisted with the 3rd Wessex Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He departed for Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Gosling
Simon "Goose" Gosling (born 9 April 1969) is a British designer and builder of special effects Scale model, models and props. He is best known for his work on the Millennium Falcon cockpit for ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' in 2014. Also his work on commercials featuring stop-frame animation for Brisk (beverage), Brisk, Apple Jacks and Chips Ahoy in America, and the Windy Miller adverts for Quaker Oats in Britain. Gosling has created Theatrical property, props and models for films including ''The Brothers Grimm (film), The Brothers Grimm'' (2005), ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' (2005) and ''Stormbreaker (film), Stormbreaker'' (2006). In 2006, he supervised the building of Hex (Discworld), Hex during the Sky One production of ''Terry Pratchett's Hogfather, Hogfather'', an adaptation of the ''Discworld'' novel by author Terry Pratchett. On 22 April 2007, ''Hogfather'' won the BAFTA Television Craft Award for best special e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
