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Erskine (given Name)
Erskine is a given name. Notable people with the name include: People * Erskine Bowles (born 1945), American businessman and political figure * Erskine B. Ingram (1866–1954), American businessman and philanthropist * E. Bronson Ingram II (1931–1995), American billionaire heir and philanthropist * Erskine Caldwell (1903–1987), American author * Erskine Childers (other), several people * Erskine Hawkins (1914–1993), American trumpeter and big band leader * Erskine May (1815–1886), British constitutional theorist * Erskine Mayer (1889–1957), American major league baseball player * Erskine Ramsay (1864–1953), Amnerican industrialist and philanthropist Fictional characters * Erskine Ravel, in the ''Skulduggery Pleasant'' series by Derek Landy See also * * Erskine (surname) Erskine is a Scottish surname. The name is derived from a habitational name from a location ( Erskine) on the southern bank of the River Clyde, near Glasgow. This place was first recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erskine Bowles
Erskine Boyce Bowles ( ; born August 8, 1945) is an American businessman and political figure from North Carolina. He served as the 19th White House Chief of Staff from January 1997 to October 1998, under President Bill Clinton, and as the president of the University of North Carolina system from 2005 to 2010. He also ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in 2002 and 2004 to represent North Carolina. In 2010, Bowles served as the Democratic co-chair of President Barack Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform with Alan Simpson. Bowles and Simpson founded an advocacy group, The Campaign to Fix the Debt. Early life and education Bowles was born and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina, and is the son of Jessamine Woodward Boyce Bowles and Skipper Bowles, a Democratic politician who ran unsuccessfully for Governor of North Carolina in 1972. Siblings include Hargrove Bowles III, Mary Holland Bowles Blanton and the late Martha Thomas Bowles. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Erskine may refer to: Places * Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland * Erskine, South Australia, Australia * Erskine, Western Australia, Australia * Erskine, Alberta, Canada * Erskine, Oregon, U.S. * Erskine, Minnesota, U.S. * Erskine, West Virginia, U.S. * Erskine Island, in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia * Erskine Valley, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia Businesses and organisations *Erskine College, South Carolina, U.S. *Erskine College, Wellington, New Zealand * Erskine Theological Seminary, South Carolina, U.S. *Erskine Veterans Charity, a veterans care and support non-profit organisation People * Erskine (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Erskine (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname * Clan Erskine, a Lowland Scottish clan * Baron Erskine of Restormel Castle in the County of Cornwall, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created 1806 * Baron Erskine of Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erskine Caldwell
Erskine Preston Caldwell (December 17, 1903 – April 11, 1987) was an American novelist and short story writer. His writings about poverty, racism and social problems in his native Southern United States, in novels such as '' Tobacco Road'' (1932) and ''God's Little Acre'' (1933), won him critical acclaim. With cumulative sales of 10 million and 14 million copies, respectively, ''Tobacco Road'' and ''God's Little Acre'' rank as two of the best-selling American novels, all-time, with the former being adapted into a 1933 play that set a Broadway record for consecutive performances, since surpassed. Early years Caldwell was born on December 17, 1903, in the small town of White Oak, Coweta County, Georgia. He was the only child of Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church minister Ira Sylvester Caldwell and his wife Caroline Preston (née Bell) Caldwell, a schoolteacher. Rev. Caldwell's ministry required moving the family often, to places including Florida, Virginia, Tennessee, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erskine Childers (other) (1929–1996), UN civil servant, Senior Adviser to UN Director-General for Development and International Economic Co-operation, son of the above
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Erskine Childers may refer to: * Erskine Childers (author) (1870–1922), author and Irish nationalist, who served as secretary-general of the Irish delegation that negotiated the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921 * Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905–1974), Fianna Fáil minister who became President of Ireland, son of the above * Erskine Barton Childers Erskine Barton Childers (11 March 1929 – 25 August 1996) was an Irish writer, BBC correspondent and United Nations senior civil servant. Early life and family Childers was born in Dublin to Erskine Hamilton Childers (Ireland's fourth Presid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erskine Hawkins
Erskine Ramsay Hawkins (July 26, 1914 – November 11, 1993) was an American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham, Alabama, dubbed "The 20th Century Gabriel". He is best remembered for composing the jazz standard " Tuxedo Junction" (1939) with saxophonist and arranger Bill Johnson. The song became a hit during World War II, rising to No. 7 nationally (version by the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra) and to No. 1 nationally (version by the Glenn Miller Orchestra). Vocalists who were featured with Erskine's orchestra include Ida James, Delores Brown, and Della Reese. Hawkins was named after Alabama industrialist Erskine Ramsay. Early years Erskine Hawkins was named by his parents after Alabama industrialist Erskine Ramsay who was rewarding parents with savings accounts for them for doing so. Hawkins attended Councill Elementary School and Industrial High School (now known as Parker High School) in Birmingham, Alabama. At Industrial High School, he played in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erskine May
Thomas Erskine May, 1st Baron Farnborough, (8 February 1815 – 17 May 1886) was a British constitutional law, constitutional theorist and Clerk of the House of Commons during the Victorian era. His seminal work, ''A Treatise upon the Law, Privileges, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament'' (first published in 1844) has become known as ''Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice'' or simply ''Erskine May'': this parliamentary authority (book of parliamentary procedure, procedural rules) is currently in its 25th revised edition (2019) and is informally considered part of the constitution of the United Kingdom. Following his retirement as Clerk of the House of Commons in May 1886, May was created "Baron Farnborough, of Farnborough, Hampshire, Farnborough, in the Hampshire, county of Southampton" just a week before his death. Since he left no heirs, the barony became extinct, making it the second-shortest-lived peerage in British history. Biography Thomas Erskine May was born in High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erskine Mayer
Jacob Erskine Mayer (born James Erskine Mayer, January 16, 1889 – March 10, 1957) was an American baseball player who played for three different Major League Baseball teams during the 1910s. In his eight-year career, Mayer played for the Philadelphia Phillies, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Chicago White Sox. A right-handed pitcher, Mayer's repertoire of pitches included a curveball which he threw from a sidearm angle. As a result of his curveball, then Brooklyn Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson called Mayer "Eelskine" because the pitch was "so slippery." Mayer won 20 games in a single season in both and . He appeared in the 1915 World Series as a member of the Phillies and in the 1919 World Series as a member of the White Sox, a series noted for the Black Sox Scandal. He was 91–70 in his career, with a 2.96 ERA. He was one of the all-time best Jewish pitchers in major league history through 2010, 3rd career-wise in ERA (behind only Barney Pelty and Sandy Koufax), 7th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erskine Ramsay
Erskine Ramsay (September 24, 1864 – August 15, 1953) was an Alabama industrialist and financier An investor is a person who allocates financial capital with the expectation of a future return (profit) or to gain an advantage (interest). Through this allocated capital the investor usually purchases some species of property. Types of in .... He died on August 15, 1953, at age 88. In his lifetime, Ramsay gave almost $5 million to charitable organizations. References External linksAlabama Hall of Fame: Erskine RamsayAIME biography [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skulduggery Pleasant
''Skulduggery Pleasant'' is a series of Dark fantasy, dark fantasy novels written by Irish author Derek Landy. Tom Percival is the series' illustrator. The books revolve around the adventures of fledgling detective Valkyrie Cain and her mentor Skulduggery Pleasant, along with other friends and allies. The central story arc, story concerns Valkyrie's struggle to stop evil forces threatening the world and her internal struggle to resist the darkness within. The novels are broken up into three phases with multiple prequels and short tales. Since the release of the first novel in 2007, ''Skulduggery Pleasant (novel), Skulduggery Pleasant'', the series has been praised by both readers and critics. History The first novel was published in April 2007. The following novels were released each year afterward, with the exception of the fourth and fifth novels, ''Dark Days'' and ''Mortal Coil'', which were both released in 2010. Landy was initially contracted to write three books, with any ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
