Lister or Lyster may refer to:
Names
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Lister (surname)
Lister or Lyster is an English occupational surname, and may refer to a textile dyer, from the Middle English word "litster", meaning to dye. It dates back to the 13th century in Scotland with the recording of Aleyn le Littester of Edinburghshir ...
, also Lyster and Litster
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Lyster Kirkpatrick (1885–1921), Australian rules footballer
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Lyster Hoxie Dewey (1865–1944), American botanist
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Joseph Lister
Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, (5 April 182710 February 1912) was a British surgeon, medical scientist, experimental pathologist and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery and preventative medicine. Joseph Lister revolutionised the craft of ...
(1827–1912), British physician
* David "Dave" Lister, commonly referred to simply as Lister, is a
fictional character
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from the British
science fiction
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situation comedy
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Red Dwarf
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'', portrayed by
Craig Charles
Craig Joseph Charles (born 11 July 1964) is an English actor, comedian, television and radio presenter. He is best known for his roles as Dave Lister in the science fiction sitcom ''Red Dwarf'' and Lloyd Mullaney in the soap opera ''Coronation ...
Places
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Lister, British Columbia, Canada, a small community
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Lyster, Quebec, Canada, a municipality
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Lyster Lake (Estrie, Canada), Estrie, in Quebec, Canada
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Lister Region
Lister Region ( no, Listerregionen) is a region in Southern Norway. It consist of the municipalities Farsund, Flekkefjord, Hægebostad, Kvinesdal, Lyngdal, and Sirdal. The region borders to Kristiansand Region in the east, Setesdal to the north ...
, comprising the western parts of Vest-Agder county, Norway
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Luster, Norway
Luster is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative centre is the village of Gaupne. Other villages in Luster include Fortun, Hafslo, Indre ...
, formerly called Lyster, a municipality
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Lister Hundred
Lister Hundred, or ''Listers härad'', was a hundred of Blekinge in Sweden.
Parishes
Parishes ordered by municipality:
#Karlshamn Municipality
#* Elleholm Parish
#* Mörrum Parish
#Olofström Municipality
#* Jämshög Parish
#* Kyrkhult Paris ...
, part of Blekinge in Sweden
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Lister Park
Lister Park (also known as Manningham Park) is a picturesque public park in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, between Manningham, Heaton and Frizinghall. It has won various national awards.
About the park
It is situated about a mile outsi ...
, a public park in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
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Lister (river), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Businesses
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Lister Cars, a British sports car manufacturer
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Lister Mills
Lister's Mill (otherwise known as Manningham Mills) was the largest silk factory in the world. It is located in the Manningham district of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England and was built by Samuel Cunliffe Lister to replace the original Mann ...
, a large former silk factory and landmark in the Manningham district of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
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Lister Petter, manufacturer of industrial internal combustion engines in Gloucestershire, England
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R A Lister and Company
R A Lister & Company was founded in Dursley, Gloucestershire, England, in 1867 by Sir Robert Ashton Lister (1845–1929), to produce agricultural machinery.
History 1867–1906: Foundation and growth
The founder of R A Lister and Company w ...
, an engineering company in Gloucestershire, England, merged with Petters Limited to become Lister Petter
Other uses
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Lister Community School
Lister Community School is a co-educational secondary school located at St Mary's Road, Plaistow, Newham, London.
The school uses vertical tutoring to integrate the community of students across the range of ages and year groups. It is one o ...
, in east London, England
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Lister District Court, in Vest-Agder, Norway
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Lister Hospital (disambiguation)
* Lister, title of a town tax appraiser (see
tax assessment
Tax assessment, or assessment, is the job of determining the value, and sometimes determining the use, of property, usually to calculate a property tax. This is usually done by an office called the assessor or tax assessor.
Governments need ...
) in Vermont
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Lister v Romford Ice and Cold Storage Co Ltd
is an important English tort law, contract law and labour law, which concerns vicarious liability and an ostensible duty of an employee to compensate the employer for torts he commits in the course of employment.
Facts
Martin Lister and his fat ...
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Lister D, a stationary engine on petrol or petrol/paraffin (fuel) built between 1926-1965
* Corn lister, a type of
planter (farm implement) no longer widely used
See also
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Lista
Lista is a former municipality located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The administrative centre was the village of Vanse where Vanse Church is located. Lista municipal ...
, Vest-Agder, Norway
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