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Collett (name)
Collett is both an English surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Collett (Norwegian family), including ** Axel Collett (1880–1968), Norwegian landowner ** Camilla Collett (1813–1895), Norwegian author ** James Collett (1655–1727), English-Norwegian merchant; origin of the Norwegian Collett family ** Johan Collett (1775–1827), Norwegian politician ** Johan Christian Collett (1817–1895), Norwegian politician, son of Johan Collett ** Jonas Collett (1772–1851), Norwegian politician ** Robert Collett (1842–1913), Norwegian zoologist Other people with Collett as a surname: * Andy Collett (born 1973), English retired football goalkeeper * Anthony Collett (1877–1929), English author * Arthur Henry Collett (1870–1930), an Australian politician who served as the mayor of Parramatta * Ben Collett (born 1984), English footballer * Charles Collett (1851–1952), British chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway * Charles E. Collett ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Collett
Lt. Colonel Gilbert Faraday Collett DSO (18 July 1879 – 25 February 1945) was an English sportsman who was an international rugby union wing and first-class cricketer for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. As a rugby footballer he represented Cambridge University and Cheltenham at club level. Collett also played international rugby for the British Isles during the 1903 tour of South Africa but was never selected for the England national team. Personal history Collett was born in 1879 in Wynstone Place, near Gloucester to John Martin Collett, of Guy's Cliff, Wolton. He was educated at Cheltenham College before matriculating to Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1898. He gained his BA in 1901, and his MA in 1905, before becoming managing director of family company, J. M. Collett and Co. Ltd, a chemical manufacturer. A prewar officer in the 5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment of the Territorial Force, Collett was called up on the outbreak of the First World War, and later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Collett
Mark Adrian Collett (; born October 1980) is a British neo-Nazi, anti-semitic conspiracy theorist and political activist. He was formerly chairman of the Young BNP, the youth division of the British National Party (BNP), and was director of publicity for the party. Collett first drew media attention after his appearance in a 2002 British TV documentary, where, in his role as a representative of the BNP, he made statements celebrating the death of Africans and homosexuals from HIV-AIDS, specifically referring to them as "AIDS monkeys". After the documentary was aired on Channel 4, resulting in negative publicity for the BNP, Collett was temporarily expelled from the party. He later rejoined the BNP, until his membership was suspended in 2010, following an internal conflict with party leadership. Since 2010, Collett has concentrated on his online political commentary, in which he promotes white supremacy, neo-Nazism, and conspiracy theories about Jews. In 2019, Collett founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Collett
Lucy Victoria Collett, also known as Lucy V and Lucy Vixen, is a British glamour model from Warwick, England. She won '' The Sun'' newspaper's Page 3 Idol 2012 modeling contest, and she frequently appeared as a Page 3 girl in that newspaper. She has been featured regularly in men's magazines, such as ''Nuts'', '' Zoo'', ''Front'', '' Loaded'', and ''Maxim''. In addition to her own subscription based website, she has modelled for several internet based erotic websites, such as '' Suicide Girls'', ''Pinup Wow'', ''Onlytease'', ''CurvedFX'', and ''Xtreme Playpen''. In May 2013, '' FHM'' magazine named her one of its 100 Sexiest Women in the World, placing 89th on the list. Career Collett attended Myton School in Warwick. She began her modeling career at age 17 as a hair model for Toni & Guy salons. At this time, she began dyeing her naturally brown hair blond and, later, her signature red colour. In December 2011, at the age of 22, she was declared the winner of ''The Sun''s P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorraine Collett
Lorraine Collett Petersen (December 9, 1892 – March 30, 1983) was an American model hired to promote a corporate trademark as the "Sun-Maid Girl". Lorraine Collett was born to George Dexter Collett and Martha Elizabeth Falkenstein in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1915, Collett was attending high school and working part-time as a seeder and packer for the Griffin & Skelley Fruit Packing Company in Fresno, California for $15 a week. That May she was spotted by Leroy Payne, one of the executives of the raisin cooperative, while drying her curly brown hair and wearing her mother's red bonnet in the backyard of her family's home. She was hired to promote the California Associated Raisin Co. by handing out free samples at the Panama-Pacific Exposition and participating in an unusual promotion that had her dropping raisins from an airplane flying over San Francisco. The company later commissioned a watercolor portrait of Collett from San Francisco artist Fanny Scafford to use as the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eventing
Eventing (also known as three day eventing or horse trials) is an equestrian event where a single horse and rider combine and compete against other competitors across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. This event has its roots in a comprehensive cavalry test that required mastery of several types of riding. The competition may be run as a one-day event (ODE), where all three events are completed in one day (dressage, followed by show jumping and then the cross-country phase) or a three-day event (3DE), which is more commonly now run over four days, with dressage on the first two days, followed by cross-country the next day and then show jumping in reverse order on the final day. Eventing was previously known as Combined Training, and the name persists in many smaller organizations. The term "Combined Training" is sometimes confused with the term "Combined Test", which refers to a combination of just two of the phases, most commonly dressage an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Collett
Laura Collett (born 31 August 1989) is a British equestrian who competes in eventing. Early life and career Collett won the supreme pony title at Horse of the Year Show in 2003 when she was 13. She won nine medals during her youth career, including three individual golds, in the juniors in 2006 on Fernhill Sox, in the juniors in 2007 on Rayef, and the young riders in 2009 again on Rayef. Career Laura has been selected for three European Eventing Championships as an individual. She was eliminated on the cross-country on her senior championship debut at Luhmühlen in 2011, but finished 13th at the 2015 championships at Blair Castle on Grand Manoeuvre. Collett was second at Luhmühlen five-star in 2018 on Mr Bass, but she achieved her first five-star win in October 2020 when she took the title at the Pau Horse Trials, France, riding her own, Keith Scott and Karen Bartlett's horse London 52 and therefore has the honour of winning the only five-star of 2020 because the eventing cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Collett
Joseph Collett (1673–1725) was a British administrator in the service of the British East India Company. He served as the deputy-governor of Bencoolen from 1712 to 1717 and as governor of the Madras Presidency from 1717 to 1720. He re-built Hertford Castle in England and stood for election to the British Parliament. Early life Joseph Collett was born in 1673 in England to glover John Collett(1642–1698) and Mary Holloway. He married Mary Ross at a young age. He joined the British East India Company after Mary's death in 1710 and was appointed Deputy-Governor of Sumatra. In 1711, while sailing to Rio de Janeiro, his ship ''Jane'' was captured by the French. However, he secured his release after paying a huge ransom. As deputy-governor of Bencoolen On 1 September 1712, Collett arrived at York Fort in Bencoolen in Sumatra and was subsequently appointed deputy-governor of Bencoolen under the authority of the governor of Madras. In 1714, he built a new fort and restored ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Collett (MP)
John Collett (1798 – 28 November 1856) was an Irish Whig politician. He was elected Whig MP for at a by-election in 1843—caused by the previous poll being declared void—and held the seat until 1847 when he did not seek re-election. His father, Ebenezer John Collett, was also Tory A Tory () is a person who holds a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalism and conservatism, which upholds the supremacy of social order as it has evolved in the English culture throughout history. Th ... MP for from 1814 to 1818, and then from 1819 to 1830. He was also brother of William Rickford Collett, MP for from 1841 to 1847. Collett was a member of the Reform Club, Union Club, Portland Club and Graham's Club. He committed suicide by shooting himself in the library of his home, Arnewood House, near Salisbury in December 1856. He was buried with his first wife Emma in a tomb in Kensal Green Cemetery. It was listed Grade II on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Collett (composer)
John Collett (c1735-1775) was an English violinist and composer. He is credited with composing the first British four movement symphony. Little is known of Collett's life. He may have been the son of Richard Collett or Thomas Collett, both members of the Royal Society of Musicians from 1739. John Collett was a violinist at both Vauxhall Gardens and the Foundling Hospital The Foundling Hospital in London, England, was founded in 1739 by the philanthropic sea captain Thomas Coram. It was a children's home established for the "education and maintenance of exposed and deserted young children." The word " hospita .... He later moved to Scotland, where he remained for the rest of his life.Jürgen Schaarwächter.Two Centuries of British Symphonism', Vol 1, pp.43-45 His ''Six Solos for the Violin'' (with harpsichord thoroughbass) were published around 1758. He wrote pantomime theatre music for David Garrick at Drury Lane, songs for the pleasure gardens, and several cantatas. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Collett (artist)
John Collet or Collett (1725 – 6 August 1780) was an English satirical artist. Life He was born in London about 1725, and son of a gentleman holding a public office. He was a pupil of painter George Lambert, and studied at the art school in St Martin's Lane. He first exhibited at the exhibition of the Free Society of Artists in 1761, to which he sent three landscapes. In 1762, he exhibited with the same society ''A Gipsy telling some Country Girls their Fortune.'' From this time, though he occasionally exhibited landscapes, portraits, animals, and other subjects, his pictures are mainly of a humorous description, based on the style of William Hogarth, whose 'comedy in art' he strove to imitate, if not to surpass. There was a large demand for his pictures, and the engravings from them, many by first-class engravers, were published by Carington Bowles, Smith & Sayer, Boydell, and other well-known publishers. Collett continued to exhibit with the Free Society of Artists up t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Collett
Jason Collett is a Toronto-based Canadian singer-songwriter. He has released six solo studio albums, and is a former member of Broken Social Scene. His latest album, ''Song & Dance Man'', was released in February, 2016. Early life Collett was born in Bramalea, Ontario, a Greater Toronto Area suburb. He began writing songs at a young age to escape the boredom of his suburban life, and cites Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson and Nick Lowe as influences. Eventually, Collett moved to downtown Toronto where he worked as a woodworker and carpenter, doing renovations and custom home building, while he pursued his music. In the late 1980s, Collett co-founded the band Lazy Grace with Kathryn Rose and Kersti McLeod, performing every Monday at Toronto’s Spadina Hotel at the popular indie music gathering, Radio Mondays, alongside The Weakerthans and artists on the record label Arts & Crafts, who would perform and write songs together. Collett has mentioned how Radio Mondays were great com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
