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Matson Shipping Lines
Matson may refer to: * Matson (surname) *Matson, Gloucester, England, a suburb of Gloucester *Matson, Missouri Matson is an unincorporated community in southern St. Charles County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately three miles south of Defiance on Route 94 and is near the Missouri River The Missouri River is a river in the Cen ..., an unincorporated community * 2586 Matson, an asteroid * Matson, Inc., a shipping company, formerly Matson Navigation Company * Matson Films, American film distributor See also * Mattson {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matson (surname)
Matson is an English-language surname of multiple possible origins. citing ''Dictionary of American Family Names'' Notable people with the surname include: * Aaron Matson (1770–1855), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire * (born 1981), American actress * (born 1947), American TV anchor * Canute R. Matson (1843–1903), Norwegian-born American politician * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matson, Gloucester
Matson is a suburb of Gloucester, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 40. History Unlike neighbouring villages, such as Brookthorpe and Upton St Leonards, Matson is not mentioned in the Domesday Book. It appears to have been a part of Kings Barton at the time of the survey. The origins of the name are unclear but early versions recorded include ''Matesknolle'', ''Mattesdune'' and ''Matesden''''The History of the County of Gloucester'' Thomas Rudge, Rudge, Thomas. page 171. 1803 and it is likely that the names refer to Robinswood Hill, a large hill which lay entirely within the ancient parish of Matson and on the flanks of which the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matson, Missouri
Matson is an unincorporated community in southern St. Charles County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately three miles south of Defiance on Route 94 and is near the Missouri River The Missouri River is a river in the Central United States, Central and Mountain states, Mountain West regions of the United States. The nation's longest, it rises in the eastern Centennial Mountains of the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Moun .... History A post office called Matson was established in 1893, and remained in operation until 1971. The community most likely has the name of Abraham Matson, a pioneer citizen. References Unincorporated communities in St. Charles County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{StCharlesCountyMO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2586 Matson
__NOTOC__ Year 586 ( DLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 586 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Spring – Emperor Maurice rejects a peace proposal of the Persians, in exchange for renewed payments in gold. * Battle of Solachon: A Byzantine army under command of Philippicus defeats the Sassanid Persians, near Dara. * The Avars besiege Thessalonica (Central Macedonia), the second city of the Byzantine Empire.History of the Byzantine Empire from DCCXVI to MLVII, George Finlay, p. 316 * The Vlachs are first mentioned in a Byzantine chronicle (approximate date). Europe * April 21 – King Liuvigild dies at Toledo after an 18-year reign, and is succeeded by his second son Reccared I. * Slavs advance to the gates of Thessaloniki and the Peloponnese. * Avars dest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matson, Inc
Matson, Inc., is an American shipping and navigation services company headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii. Founded in 1882, Matson, Inc.'s subsidiary Matson Navigation Company provides ocean shipping services across the Pacific to Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Micronesia, the Pacific islands, China, and Japan. History William Matson (1849–1917) founded Matson Navigation Company. He was born in Lysekil in Västra Götaland County, Sweden, and orphaned during childhood. He arrived in San Francisco after a trip around Cape Horn in 1867. Working aboard the Dickel family yacht, he struck up a friendship with tycoon Claus Spreckels, who financed many of Matson's new ships. In 1882, he sailed his three-masted schooner ''Emma Claudina'' into the Hilo Bay of the Hawaiian Islands. The enterprise began in the carrying of merchandise, especially of plantation stores, to the islands and returning with cargoes of sugar, later expanding interests at each end of the line. In 1924, Matson completed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matson Films
Matson Films is an American independent film distributor based in San Francisco. Founded in 2004, it specializes in the distribution, production and sales of independent feature films. Matson Films released the award-winning (Toronto Film Festival, Gen Art Film Festival, U.S. Comedy Arts Festival) comedy ''It's All Gone Pete Tong'' to 30 markets in April 2005, and in 2009 released the award-winning drama '' Sinner''. Releases * '' Gurukulam'' (2014) * '' Sinner'' (2009) * '' Towncraft'' (2007) * ''Snowblind'' (2006) * ''The World's Best Prom'' (2006) * ''It's All Gone Pete Tong ''It's All Gone Pete Tong'' is a 2004 British-Canadian mockumentary-drama film about a DJ (Paul Kaye) who goes completely deaf. The title uses a rhyming slang phrase used in Britain from the 1980s (Pete Tong = "wrong"), referring to the BBC Ra ...'' (2005) References External links Matson Films official website Film distributors of the United States Film production companies of the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
