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Huddleston
Huddleston is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alex Huddleston (born 1986), American mixed martial artist * Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831–1919), British novelist * Arthur Huddleston (1880–1948), British colonial civil servant * Bill Huddleston (1873–1962), English cricketer * David Huddleston (1930–2016), American actor * David Huddleston (gymnast) (born 2000), Bulgarian gymnast * David Huddleston (Canadian general), Commander, Air Command from 1991 to 1993 * David Winfield Huddleston (born 1943), American minister and author * Deserie Huddleston (born 1960), Australian sport shooter * Eric T. Huddleston (1888–1977), American architect * Ernest Whiteside Huddleston (1874–1959), Indian Navy officer * Ferdinand Huddleston (1812–1890), English cricketer * Floyd Huddleston (1918–1991), American songwriter, screenwriter, and TV producer * George Huddleston (1869–1960), American Congressman * George Huddleston Jr. (1920–1971), American C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertie Huddleston
Gertie Huddleston ( 1916/1933–2013) was a contemporary Indigenous Australian artist who worked in the Ngukurr community. Early life and influences Gertie Huddleston's date of birth is uncertain, and estimates range from 1916 to 1933. She was born and raised at the Roper River Mission, now the Ngukurr community, an Anglican mission in Southern Arnhem Land. Her Warndarrang and Mara heritage stems from her father, while her Ngandi and Yugul heritage stems from her mother. Her upbringing at the mission, along with her parents' beliefs, influenced Huddleston's Christian faith, and her work addressed both her faith and her roots in Aboriginal culture. Her time spent at the mission enlarged her knowledge of gardening and caring for the landscape, and she spoke highly of her time spent working on the mission gardens with her family. Mission gardens are a recurring theme in Huddleston's paintings, focusing on the use of the natural landscape, depicting scenes of abundance in the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Huddleston
Rodney D. Huddleston (born 4 April 1937) is a British linguist and grammarian specializing in the study and description of English. Huddleston is the primary author of ''The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language'' (), which presents a comprehensive descriptive grammar of English. Early life and education Huddleston was born in Cheshire, England, and attended Manchester Grammar School. Upon leaving school, he spent two years in the military completing National Service before enrolling at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, with a scholarship, where he graduated in 1960 with a First Class Honours degree in Modern and Medieval Languages. After graduating from Cambridge, Huddleston earned his PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Edinburgh in 1963 under the supervision of Michael Halliday. Academic career Huddleston held lectureships at the University of Edinburgh, University College London, and the University of Reading. In 1969, he moved to the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Huddleston
David William Huddleston (September 17, 1930 – August 2, 2016) was an American actor. An Emmy Awards, Emmy Award nominee, Huddleston had a prolific television career, and appeared in many films, including'' Rio Lobo'', ''Blazing Saddles'', ''Crime Busters'', ''Santa Claus: The Movie'', and ''The Big Lebowski''. Early life Huddleston was born in Vinton, Virginia, the son of Ismay Hope (Maiden and married names, née Dooley) and Lewis Melvin Huddleston. Huddleston attended Fork Union Military Academy for high school (postgraduate class of 1949), where he listed Villamont, Virginia, as his hometown, and he is listed among the school's prominent alumni. He was briefly an officer in the United States Air Force before beginning his formal education in acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Career Known mainly as a character actor, Huddleston starred in the title role of 1985's big-budget film ''Santa Claus: The Movie'', which featured a top-billed Dudley Moore as an elf. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Huddleston
Nigel Paul Huddleston (born 13 October 1970) is a British politician who has served as co-chairman of the Conservative Party since November 2024, serving alongside The Lord Johnson of Lainston. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Droitwich and Evesham, previously Mid Worcestershire, since 2015 and was Financial Secretary to the Treasury from November 2023 to July 2024. He previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2020 to 2022 and as Minister of State for International Trade from February to November 2023. Early life and career Nigel Huddleston was born on 13 October 1970 in Lincoln. He was educated at the Sir Robert Pattinson Academy, a state secondary school in North Hykeham in Lincolnshire, followed by Christ Church, Oxford, where he studied politics and economics. He received an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management in Los Angeles, California. Huddleston started his c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Huddleston
Mark W. Huddleston was the 19th president of the University of New Hampshire (UNH), having been elected to that position on April 18, 2007. Biography Huddleston received his bachelor's degree in political science from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York in 1972. He earned his master's and doctoral degrees in political science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1973 and 1978 respectively. He has worked extensively in Bosnia and Kazakhstan for USAID and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in Europe. He also has managed programs for the United States Information Agency in Slovenia, Mexico, Botswana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. He has published several articles on consensus building in higher education, and several books on the American civil service. Huddleston took up the position at UNH after stepping away from his post as the 15th president of Ohio Wesleyan University. Huddleston specializes in public administration, a field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Huddleston
George Huddleston (November 11, 1869 – February 29, 1960) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, father of George Huddleston, Jr. Life and career Huddleston was born on a farm near Lebanon, Tennessee, the son of Nancy Emeline (Sherrill) and Joseph Franklin Huddleston. Huddleston attended the common schools. He studied law at Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee. He was admitted to the bar in 1891 and practiced in Birmingham, Alabama, until 1911, when he retired from practice. During the Spanish–American War, Huddleston served as a private in the First Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry. Huddleston was elected as a Democrat Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **Democratic Party (Cyprus) (DCY) **Democratic Part ... to the Sixty-Fourth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Huddleston (gymnast)
David Justus Huddleston (born 9 August 2000) is a Bulgarian artistic gymnast. He represented Bulgaria at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Early life Born in the Netherlands to a Bulgarian mother and an American father, Huddleston has spent time living in the Cayman Islands, the USA and Bulgaria. He has mostly been a distance learner, though he was enrolled in a Bulgarian school between grades 3 and 7. He has an older sister, Veselina, who is a medical student, as well as a younger brother, Matey, who is a marathon runner. Gymnastics career Huddleston began gymnastics at the age of three in the Cayman Islands and continued his training after moving to Bulgaria in 2008. Junior Huddleston made his international debut at the 2014 Junior European Championships when he was 13 years old, making him one of the youngest at the competition. He finished 12th in the all-around final and also advanced to the pommel horse and parallel bars finals, finishing fifth in both. He was the first re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Batten Huddleston
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Batten Huddleston OBE VD (22 January 1864 – 7 March 1944),Death Notice, ''The Times'', March 10, 1944, p.1 also known as H.B. Huddleston, was Chief Agent and later a Director of the Burma Railways. During World War I, Huddleston commanded the Burma Railway Battalion of the Indian Defence Force. He was Honorary Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor of Burma and Chairman of the Rangoon Port Trust. Life Henry Batten Huddleston was born in Barrackpore, India, on 22 January 1864, the son of Graham Egerton Huddleston by his second wife, Amelia Frances Sophia (née Batten). He was educated at Bedford Modern School. Huddleston was Chief Agent and later a Director of the Burma Railways. During World War I, Huddleston commanded the Burma Railway Battalion of the Indian Defence Force. He was Honorary Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor of Burma and Chairman of the Rangoon Port Trust. On 27 October 1887, Huddleston married Mary Louise Fraser at Purneah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mac Huddleston
Elton Mac Huddleston Jr. (September 16, 1943 – August 27, 2023) was an American politician of the Republican Party. He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing the 15th district, from 2008 until his death. Early life Huddleston was born on September 16, 1943, in Holmes County, Mississippi, where he was raised by his grandparents. He graduated from Mississippi State University, where he studied accounting, and from the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine. Huddleston served with the 9th Division as a lieutenant in the Mekong River Delta during the Vietnam War, operating a UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopter. Huddleston worked as a veterinarian, serving as executive secretary of the Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association and the Mississippi Board of Veterinary Medicine. Political career Huddleston was first elected to the state legislature in 2007. He intended to retire after the 2023 elections, but died before the end of his term. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Whiteside Huddleston
Captain Sir Ernest Whiteside Huddleston (18 August 1874 – 10 October 1959) was a British military commander who was Deputy Director and officiating Commander of the Royal Indian Marine.Obituary in The Times, 12 October 1959 He was later Shipping Surveyor and Adviser to the High Commissioner for India and ADC to the Viceroy. Early life Ernest Whiteside Huddleston was born in 1874 at Murree in the Punjab. Like his brother Willoughby Baynes Huddleston, at the age of 7 he was sent to Bedford Modern School which he attended between 1881 and 1888, leaving the school at fourteen to join the Merchant Navy. Career Having joined the Merchant Navy in 1888, Huddleston received his certificate as Second mate of a Foreign Going Ship on 30 May 1895. He then joined the Royal Indian Marine initially serving in the Egyptian Campaign. He took the Officer's course at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and in 1897 was in the troopship, Warren Hastings, when she was wrecked at sea off the coas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Huddleston
Mike Huddleston is an American comic book artist. Biography Huddleston started working in comics in the mid-1990s at the age of 21, doing creator-owned projects for Spoon Ink and Caliber, as well as some work for DC Comics, including a short run on ''Deathstroke'' with Marv Wolfman up until the title's cancellation. He later called this initial two-year stint a "false start", which prompted him to leave mainstream comics to join Jim Mahfood's 40 Oz Comics studio. Huddleston returned in 2000 with the creator-owned '' The Coffin'' for Oni Press, written by Phil Hester. Since then, Huddleston worked for independent publishers, Marvel and DC Comics, as well as latter's Vertigo and Wildstorm imprints, including lengthy runs on ''Harley Quinn'' with A. J. Lieberman and '' Gen13'' with Scott Beatty and creator-owned mini-series such as '' Mnemovore'' with Ray Fawkes and Hans Rodionoff and '' Deep Sleeper'', again with Phil Hester. His latest assignment was '' Butcher Baker, the Righ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floyd Huddleston
Floyd Huddleston (August 19, 1918 – September 27, 1991) was an American lyricist, screenwriter, and television producer. He wrote hundreds of songs, often for movies, and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1974. Career Huddleston was born in Leland, Mississippi, and would later sing and write songs for Glenn Miller's Army Air Force Band during World War II. After he was discharged, Huddleston came to California where he was under contract with Decca Records in 1949. There, he co-wrote with Al Rinker an estimated 800 songs, some of which were recorded by Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, and Sarah Vaughan. Soon after, Huddleston would compose lyrics for theater productions such as '' Shuffle Along'' and ''The New Ziegfeld Follies''. Later in his life, he wrote lyrics for songs in several films, including '' The Ballad of Josie'' (1967) and ''Midnight Cowboy'' (1969). For Disney, he contributed the song, "Everybody Wants to be a Cat", to ''The Aristocats'' (1970). For ''Robin Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
