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Catto (propellers)
Catto may refer to: Places * Cairn Catto, a prehistoric monument in Aberdeenshire, Scotland * Catto, Switzerland, a village in the Swiss municipality of Quinto, Ticino People * Catto (singer) (born 1987), Brazilian singer, instrumentalist, composer, illustrator, and designer * Charles Catto (1934–2006), ice hockey director of player personnel and general manager * Charles Gray Catto (1896–1972), American flying ace in World War I * Edoardo Catto (1900–1963), Italian professional footballer * Graeme Catto (born 1945), Scottish doctor, president of the General Medical Council * Harry Catto (1865–1912), American Negro league baseball outfielder * Henry E. Catto Jr. (1930–2011), American businessman and ambassador * Jamie Catto (born 1968), British singer/songwriter * Jeremy Catto (1939–2018), British historian * Malcolm Catto, English drummer and record producer * Max Catto (1907–1992), English playwright and novelist * Octavius Catto (1839–1871), American c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairn Catto
Cairn Catto is a Neolithic long cairn near the village of Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Historic Environment Scotland established the site as a scheduled monument in 1973. Description Cairn Catto is located southeast of Longside, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The site is four miles north-west of Cruden Bay, to the west of the minor road between the A952 and the A950. The existing monument measures . It consists of several mounds of Granite, pink-granite stones of great length. The southwest end of the cairn has been robbed. Several holes have been discovered on the southeastern edge of the cairn. The Arbuthnot Museum in Peterhead houses two stone axes that were found at Cairn Catto in 1885. Historic Environment Scotland established the site as a scheduled monument in 1973. See also * Longman Hill * Morris Wells * Skelmuir Hill References Archaeological sites in Aberdeenshire Cairns in Scotland Tumuli in Scotland Scheduled monuments in Aberdeenshire Buchan {{Scotland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Catto
Malcolm Catto is an English drummer and record producer. He is the co-founder and producer of the English psychedelic/jazz/experimental music group The Heliocentrics. They have so far released four of their own albums but have also issued collaborations with DJ Shadow, Mulatu Astatke, Lloyd Miller, Orlando Julius and Melvin Van Peebles. Apart from his work with The Heliocentrics, Catto has taken part as a drummer in many projects including MRR-ADM, Madlib, DJ Shadow Joshua Paul Davis (born June 29, 1972 in San Jose, California, San Jose, California), better known by his stage name DJ Shadow, is an American DJ and record producer. His debut studio album, ''Endtroducing.....,'' was released in 1996. He uses l ..., Connie Price and the Keystones, Quantic, The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Redback, J. Rocc, M. Chop and The Poets of Rhythm. He has also previously released a solo album under the name Popcorn Bubblefish on the Mo Wax label in 2001. Along with all The Heliocentrics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cato (other)
Cato typically refers to either Cato the Elder or Cato the Younger, both of the Porcii Catones family of Rome. It may also refer to: People Ancient Romans * Porcii Catones, a plebeian family at Ancient Rome * Cato the Elder (Cato Maior) or "the Censor" (Marcus Porcius Cato 234–149 BC), Roman statesman ** Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus, son of Cato the Elder by his first wife Licinia, jurist *** Marcus Porcius Cato, son of Cato Licinianus, consul 118 BC, died in Africa in the same year --> *** Gaius Porcius Cato, son of Cato Licinianus, consul 114 BC ** Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus, son of Cato the Elder by his second wife Salonia, (born 154 BC, when his father had completed his eightieth year) *** Marcus Porcius Cato, son of Cato Salonianus and father of Cato the Younger **** Cato the Younger (Cato Minor) "Cato of Utica" (Marcus Porcius Catō Uticēnsis 95–46 BC), politician and statesman in the late Roman Republic ***** Marcus Porcius Cato (son of Cato the Younger), fell a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catt (other)
Catt or CATT may refer to: People * Alfred Catt (1833–1919), Australian parliamentarian * Anthony Catt (1933–2018), English cricketer *Carrie Chapman Catt (1859–1947), American women's suffrage leader * Helena Catt, New Zealand public servant and academic * Ian Catt (fl. 1990s), British record producer and musician *Mike Catt (born 1971), English rugby player * Nathan Catt (born 1988), English rugby union player Acronyms * Card agglutination test for trypnosomiasis or card-agglutination trypanosomiasis test, a serologic test used to detect human African trypanosomiasis * Center for Advanced Transportation Technology, at the University of Maryland * Centre d'Analyse Théorique et de Traitement, an economics research organisation at the University of Pau, France * Children's Accelerated Trauma Technique, a treatment for PTSD in children * China Academy of Telecommunications Technology, a Chinese institute * Combined Arms Tactical Trainer, a British Army training installat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Catto
Baron Catto, of Cairncatto in the County of Aberdeen, is a title in the peerage of the United Kingdom. The only hereditary peerage newly conferred during the reign of King Edward VIII, the barony was created on 24 February 1936 for the businessman, banker and public servant, Sir Thomas Catto, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a baronet, of Peterhead, on 5 July 1921. the titles are held by his grandson, the third baron, who succeeded his father in 2001. Catto baronets (1921) * Thomas Sivewright Catto, 1st Baronet (1879–1959) Baron Catto (1936) * Thomas Sivewright Catto, 1st Baron Catto (1879–1959) * Stephen Gordon Catto, 2nd Baron Catto (1923–2001) *Innes Gordon Catto, 3rd Baron Catto (b. 1950) The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother, the Hon. Alexander Gordon Catto (b. 1952). The heir presumptive's heir apparent An heir apparent is a person who is first in the order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William D
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Catto, 1st Baron Catto
Thomas Sivewright Catto, 1st Baron Catto, CBE, PC (15 March 1879 – 23 August 1959) was a Scottish businessman and later Governor of the Bank of England. Early life and education Catto was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, to William and Isabella Catto. His father, a shipwright, had moved to Newcastle to find work, but died less than a year after Thomas was born and the family returned to their hometown of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. They later moved back to Newcastle and Catto won a scholarship to Heaton School (later Rutherford College of Technology). Shipping At the age of fifteen, Catto joined the Gordon Steam Shipping Company as a clerk. In 1898 he became secretary to William Horwood Stuart, managing partner of F. A. Mattievich & Co, based in Batumi and Baku, Russia. In 1904 he was offered the management of the new London office of MacAndrews & Forbes, an American firm with interests in the East, one of whose partners was David Forbes, a fellow Scot with whom he had become f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Catto, 2nd Baron Catto
Stephen Gordon Catto, 2nd Baron Catto (14 January 1923 – 3 September 2001), was a British banker and businessman. Catto was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, and then spent four years in the Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve. In 1948, he joined merchant bank Morgan Grenfell & Co., where his father had previously been a partner. He was appointed a director in 1957 and chairman of the bank in 1974. He became chairman of the group holding company, Morgan Grenfell Holdings, in 1979. Other directorships held included Yule Catto & Co plc (from 1960, Chairman from 1971 until 23 May 2000) and Times Newspapers Holdings Ltd. From 1963-8 he was a part-time member of the London Transport Board.''Annual Report and Accounts for the Year ended 31st December 1969'', London Transport Board The London Transport Board was the organisation responsible for public transport (except main-line trains) in London, England, and its environs from 1963 to 1969. In common wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Catto
Sally Catto is general manager for programming at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Catto has explained the balancing act she and her colleagues must tread, in choosing productions to fund that help preserve a Canadian identity. In a profile in ''Playback magazine'' Catto described how her team had a mandate to take risks, when taking CBC programming in a new direction. The profile offered the recently broadcast The Book of Negroes (miniseries), ''Book of Negroes'' miniseries as an example of the success of this new initiative. Prior to joining the ''CBC'' Catto worked as a lawyer, and as a literary agent. Prior to taking on responsibility for all programming Catto was a producer for several well-reviewed series, including Intelligence (Canadian TV series), ''Intelligence'' and ''Murdoch Mysteries''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Catto, Sally Living people Canadian television producers Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian women television producers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavius Catto
Octavius Valentine Catto (February 22, 1839 – October 10, 1871) was an American educator, intellectual, and civil rights activist. He became principal of male students at the Institute for Colored Youth, where he had also been educated. Born free in Charleston, South Carolina, in a prominent mixed-race family, he moved north as a boy with his family. After completing his education, he went into teaching, and became active in civil rights. He also became known as a top cricket and baseball player in 19th-century Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He helped organize and played for the Philadelphia Pythians baseball team. He was shot and killed on election-day in Philadelphia, where ethnic Irish of the Democratic Party, who were anti-Reconstruction and had opposed black suffrage, attacked black men to prevent their voting. Early life Octavius Catto was born free. His mother Sarah Isabella Cain was a free member of the city's prominent mixed-race DeReef family, which had been free for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Catto
Maxwell Jeffrey Catto (29 July 1907 – 12 March 1992) was born Mark Finkell in Manchester, England and was an English playwright and novelist. Writing career Catto wrote adventure novels and dramas for more than four decades and also wrote under the pseudonym Simon Kent. Ten of his works were adapted for film, the most notable of which was the novel ''The Killing Frost'', which became Carol Reed's 1956 film ''Trapeze''. Although he was a holder of a degree in electrical engineering from Manchester University, Catto began writing novels and plays in the late 1930s. After a stint in the Royal Air Force during World War II, Catto returned to writing fiction. Exotic settings and fast-paced action were the trademarks of his novels, defying categorization into any one genre, instead blending elements of many popular literary styles. Much of his work has been translated into other languages. Works Novels under his own name * ''River Junk'' – Arthur Barker, 1937 * ''The Hairy Man'' � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Catto
Robert Jeremy Adam Inch Catto (27 July 1939 – 17 August 2018) was a British historian who was a Rhodes fellow and tutor in Modern History at Oriel College, Oxford between 1970 and 2006. His research interests lay in the politics and religion of later medieval England. In a piece in ''The Spectator'' to commemorate his retirement in June 2006, Alan Duncan MP described him as "the quintessential Oxford don ... if one were to devour C. P. Snow, '' Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' and '' Porterhouse Blue'', there is a smattering of Catto in each." He died of cancer on 17 August 2018 at the age of 79. Academic career Catto was born on 27 July 1939 in Newcastle upon Tyne to Archibald and Grace Catto. His father was a businessman who operated a rubber plantation in British Malaya and his mother was a teacher; his uncle Thomas Catto was Governor of the Bank of England between 1944 and 1949. Catto was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne before winning a Brackenbury Schol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
