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Chubb (surname)
Chubb is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adam Chubb (born 1981), American basketball player *Andrew Chubb (born 1975), Australian pianist, composer, teacher, and lecturer *Basil Chubb (1921–2002), English-born Irish political scientist *Bradley Chubb (born 1996), American football player *Caldecot Chubb (born 1950), American film producer *Cecil Chubb (1876–1934), previous owner of Stonehenge *Charles Chubb (businessman) (1779–1846), British lock and safe manufacturer, the founder of Chubb Locks *Charles Chubb (ornithologist) (1851–1924), British ornithologist *Charles Chubb, 2nd Baron Hayter (1871–1967), British businessman *Charles E. Chubb (1845–1930), Australian judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland *Geoff Chubb (1911–1982), South African cricketer *George Chubb, 1st Baron Hayter (1848–1946), British businessman *George Chubb, 3rd Baron Hayter KCVO CBE (1911–2003), British industrialist and politician *Hendon Chubb (1874–1960), Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Chubb
Adam Edward Chubb (born July 5, 1981) is an American former basketball player. Chubb was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he was a dual athlete: basketball and track and field. Chubb held the University of Pennsylvania high jump record at from 2001 until it was broken by Maalik Reynolds () in 2011. After college, he went on to have a successful, 12-season professional basketball career in Asia and Europe. During his career, Chubb won the German Basketball Cup three times (2008, 2009, 2015), and was a Eurocup runner-up in 2010 with Alba Berlin. Chubb was MVP of the German Basketball Cup (2008) with the Artland Dragons. Also, Chubb was a three-time German League All-Star Team member (2008, 2012, 2014). Chubb is 14th in all-time points, 7th in all-time rebounds, and 6th in all-time blocked shots in the German Bundesliga. Chubb now resides in Charleston, South Carolina Charleston is the List of mun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian National University
The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and institutes. Established in 1946, ANU is the only university to have been created by the Parliament of Australia. It traces its origins to Canberra University College, which was established in 1929 and was integrated into ANU in 1960. ANU enrols 13,329 undergraduate and 11,021 postgraduate students and employs 4,517 staff. The university's endowment stood at A$1.8 billion as of 2018. ANU counts six List of Nobel laureates, Nobel laureates and 49 Rhodes Scholarship, Rhodes scholars among its List of Australian National University people, faculty and alumni. The university has educated the incumbent Governor-Gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Caldecot Chubb
Thomas Caldecot Chubb (14 November 1834 – 10 August 1887) was an English-born American founder of Chubb & Son. Early life Chubb was born on 14 November 1834 in London. He was a son of John and Sarah Chubb of St Pancras, Soper Lane, London. Career In 1882 Chubb and his son, Percy, opened a marine underwriting business in the seaport district of New York City. They collected $1,000 each from 100 prominent merchants to start their venture, initially focusing on insuring ships and cargoes. After his death in 1887, Percy took over as head of the firm and his youngest son, Hendon, became a partner in 1895. Percy also founded Federal Insurance Company. His eldest son, Sidney, was also a partner until retiring in 1921 and moving to California, then Paris. After Percy's death in 1930, Hendon became senior partner, serving in that role until his retirement in 1959. Personal life In 1855, Chubb married Victoria Edds (1833–1917), a daughter of William Edds. Together, they were the paren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Chubb
Thomas Chubb (29 September 16798 February 1747) was a lay English Deist writer born near Salisbury. He saw Christ as a divine teacher, but held reason to be sovereign over religion. He questioned the morality of religions, while defending Christianity on rational grounds. Despite little schooling, Chubb was well up on the religious controversies. His ''The True Gospel of Jesus Christ, Asserted'' sets out to distinguish the teaching of Jesus from that of the Evangelists. Chubb's views on free will and determinism, expressed in ''A Collection of Tracts on Various Subjects'' (1730), were extensively criticised by Jonathan Edwards in ''Freedom of the Will'' (1754). Life Chubb, the son of a maltster, was born at East Harnham, near Salisbury. The death of his father in 1688 cut short his education, and in 1694 he was apprenticed to a glover in Salisbury, but subsequently entered the employment of a tallow-chandler. He picked up a fair knowledge of mathematics and geography, but t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Chubb
Ralph Nicholas Chubb (8 February 1892 – 14 January 1960) was an English poet, printer and artist. Heavily influenced by Whitman, Blake, and the Romantics, his work was the creation of a highly intricate personal mythology, one that was anti-materialist and sexually revolutionary. Life Ralph Chubb was born in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. His family moved to the historic town of St Albans before his first birthday. Chubb attended St Albans School and Selwyn College, Cambridge, before becoming an officer in the First World War. He served with distinction but developed neurasthenia, and he was invalided out in 1918. From 1919 to 1922 Chubb studied at the Slade School of Art in London. It was there that he met Leon Underwood and other influential artists. He went on to contribute several articles and poems for Underwood's magazine, ''The Island''. Although his work was displayed at such venues as the Goupil Gallery and the Royal Academy of Art, his paintings did not sell. There ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Chubb
Paul Dunford (14 January 1949 – 9 June 2002), professionally billed as Paul Chubb, was an Australians, Australian film, television and stage actor and scriptwriter primarily in genres of comedy and drama. Early life He was born in Arncliffe, New South Wales, Arncliffe, a suburb of Sydney, and had two brothers Greg (Timothy Bean) and Fred (Fred Dunford) . Career Chubb began his career as an 'everyman' character actor by studying under Hayes Gordon at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre, and began to appear in television commercials, soap operas including ''Number 96 (TV series), Number 96'', and television dramas including ''Silent Number (TV series), Silent Number''. He acted on stage alongside Judy Davis in Louis Nowra, Louis Nowra's ''Inside the Island''. He wrote, directed and acted in pub plays and pantomimes before segueing to feature film work such as ''Stan and George's New Life'' (1990) alongside Julie Forsyth, which "remains a defining portrayal in a body of work" that includes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Chubb
Nicholas Jamaal Chubb (born December 27, 1995) is an American professional football running back for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs and was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the second round of the 2018 NFL draft. Across his seven seasons with the Browns, Chubb was a four-time Pro Bowler and a second-team All-Pro in 2022. Early life Chubb attended Cedartown High School in Cedartown, Georgia, where he was a two-sport star for the Bulldogs' football and track teams. In football, he led the state of Georgia in rushing yards with 2,721 with 38 touchdowns as a junior. As a senior, he had 2,690 yards and 41 touchdowns. He finished his high school career with 6,983 rushing yards and 102 rushing touchdowns. As a standout track & field athlete, Chubb competed from 2011 to 2015 in events ranging from the 100-meters to the shot put. At the 2013 4A Sectionals, he took fifth place in the long jump event with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melvin F
Melvin is a masculine given name and surname, likely a variant of Melville and a descendant of the French surname de Maleuin and the later Melwin. It may alternatively be spelled as Melvyn or, in Welsh, Melfyn and the name Melivinia or Melva may be used a feminine form. Of Norman French origin, originally Malleville, which translates to "bad town," it likely made its way into usage in Scotland as a result of the Norman conquest of England. It came into use as a given name as early as the 19th century, in English-speaking populations. As a name Given name Academics *Melvin Calvin (1911–1997), American chemist who discovered the Calvin cycle *Melvin Day (1923–2016), New Zealand artist and art historian *Melvin Hochster (born 1943), American mathematician *Melvin Konner (born 1946), Professor of Anthropology *Melvin Schwartz (1932–2006), American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1988 *Melvin Alvah Traylor, Jr. (1915–2008), American ornithologist Business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Chubb
Mary Chubb (22 March 1903 – 22 January 2003) was a British writer and archaeologist. She has been described as "the first professional excavation administrator". Personal life She was the daughter of John Burland Chubb A.R.I.B.A. (1861–1955), and a descendant the Bridgwater artist John Chubb (1746–1818). She was a sister-in-law of the Egyptologist Stephen Glanville. At her death she was buried in the churchyard of Froyle, Hampshire, near her parents. Career Archaeology Chubb has been described as an "accidental archaeologist". She took as job at the Egypt Exploration Society (EES) to fund her study of sculpture at the Central School of Art in London, and not because she had an interest in archaeology or Egyptology. After a year as the under-secretary at the EES's London base, doing odd jobs as the secretary refused to pass any real work onto her, she felt like quitting. Having been sent into the basement to look for a drawing that was to be included in one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Chubb
Sir Lawrence Wensley Chubb (21 December 1873 – 18 February 1948) was an Anglo-Australian professional Secretary known for his work on environmentalist causes. Early life Chubb was born at Lauraville in the Colony of Victoria, the son of Lawrence Wensley Chubb and Esther Lydle Collins. He migrated to England and, in 1891, was working as an auctioneer’s clerk while living with an uncle in Southwark, who was an undertaker. Career In 1895, through the influence of Sir Robert Hunter, Chubb became the first Secretary of the newly formed National Trust and was later called "the first man to make what we call the environment his professional career". Since at least 1906 was the Secretary of the Coal Smoke Abatement societyhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/146642400602700405?journalCode=rsha] A knighthood for Chubb was announced in the 1930 New Year Honours, with the citation noting that he had been Secretary of the Commons and Footpaths Preservation Society for thirty- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chubb (locksmith)
John Chubb (10 December 1816 – 30 October 1872), was an English locksmith and inventor who patented many improvements to locks, safes and strong rooms. He succeeded his father Charles Chubb, who had founded the family company of Chubb & Son. He wrote an important paper on locks and keys, for which he was awarded the Telford Medal in 1850 by the Institution of Civil Engineers. He married twice. His three sons John, George and Henry succeeded him in running the business, of whom George became Baron Hayter of Chislehurst in 1928. References 1816 births 1872 deaths 19th-century English inventors Locksmiths 19th-century metalsmiths 19th-century British artisans English metalsmiths English non-fiction writers English male non-fiction writers 19th-century English male writers Businesspeople from Portsmouth John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chubb (artist)
John Chubb (1746-1818) was an amateur artist from Bridgwater in the English county of Somerset. He was born in 1746. His parents were Jonathan Chubb (1715-1805), a Bridgwater timber and wine merchant, and his wife Mary Morley, (1715-1787). John did not become a professional artist, but kept his work private. He helped run the family business, and took an active part in town politics in the Whig cause, and was Mayor of Bridgwater in 1788. He was active in the local campaign to abolish the Slave Trade. Biography of the Chubb family Jonathan Chubb (1715-1805) was the son of James Chubb (born 1691?) and his wife Elinor Venicot. He was related to the family of Thomas Chubb The Deist, and through his mother to the mother of the actress and author Mary Robinson (poet). Jonathan Chubb was a merchant, importing wine, timber, coopers' supplies such as barrel staves and also builders' supplies such as glass and tiles. He married Mary Morley (1715-1787) of North Petherton, and she had link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
