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Platts (other)
S&P Global Commodity Insights, previously known as Platts (1923–2000, and the default that "Platts" still en.wikilinks to) and S&P Global Platts (2000–2022), is a provider of energy and commodities information. The word Platts still exists in a number of the renamed company's services. Platts may also refer to: * Bob Platts (1900–1975), English footballer * John Thompson Platts (1830–1904), British scholar of Urdu and Persian * Kenneth Platts (1946–1989), British composer * Mark Platts (other) * Robin Platts (born 1949), Canadian jockey * Todd Russell Platts (born 1962), American politician * Una Platts (1908–2005), New Zealand artist and art historian See also * Platt (other) * Platte (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights is a provider of energy and commodities information and a source of benchmark price assessments in the physical commodity markets. The business was started with the foundation in 1909 of the magazine ''National Petroleum News'' by Warren C. Platt. S&P Global Commodity Insights is recognized as one of the most significant price reporting agency, price reporting agencies for the oil market. Overview From an original focus on the oil industry, S&P Global Commodity Insights gradually expanded its purview to include metals, agriculture, shipping, and all energy-related markets – oil, coal, natural gas, electricity, nuclear power, petrochemicals, renewables, and exhaust gas, emissions. Corporate history Warren C. Platt (1883–1963) started the magazine ''National Petroleum News'' in Cleveland, Ohio in 1909. He expanded the business with the publication of the newsletter called ''Platts Oilgram'' in 1923, which went on to be recognized as an influenti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Platts
Robert Platts (21 February 1900 – 1975) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football, football club in Nottingham, England, which competes in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of Football in England, English football, following promotion and relegation, promotion .... References 1900 births 1975 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football forwards English Football League players Notts County F.C. players Southend United F.C. players Heanor Town F.C. players Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham Footballers from South Yorkshire 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-forward-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Thompson Platts
John Thompson Platts (1830–1904), was a British language scholar. His Persian and Urdu grammars were a marked advance upon the work of any English predecessor, and are still in use today. Biography Platts was born in Calcutta, India, on 1 August 1830, the second son of Robert Platts of Calcutta, who died young leaving behind a large family and a widow in difficult circumstances. After being educated at Bedford School in England, Platts returned to India and, between 1858 and 1859, worked as mathematics master at Benares College and in charge of Saugor School in the Central Provinces. In 1861 he was appointed mathematical professor and headmaster of Benares College. In 1864, Platts became assistant inspector of schools, second circle, Northwest Provinces and, in 1868, he became officiating inspector of schools, northern circle, Central Provinces. He retired in March 1872, owing to ill-health. Platts then returned to England, and settling in Ealing, occupying himself by teaching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Platts
Kenneth Platts (1946—1989) was a British composer. He studied composition at the London College of Music with W. R. Pasfield and Lennox Berkeley. He is often classed as a composer of 'light music'. He wrote in an accessible style, and produced many works suitable for children and amateurs. His better-known compositions include a ''Concerto for Brass Band'' (?1978), a ''Sonatina'' (1979) for guitar, ''Delta Dances'' (1980) for wind band, and a ''Divertimento'' for string orchestra A string orchestra is an orchestra consisting solely of a string section made up of the bowed strings used in Western Classical music. The instruments of such an orchestra are most often the following: the violin, which is divided into first a .... References 1946 births 1989 deaths 20th-century British classical composers British male classical composers 20th-century British male musicians 20th-century British musicians {{UK-composer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Platts (other)
Mark Platts may refer to: * Mark Platts (footballer) (born 1979), English football midfielder * Mark de Bretton Platts (born 1947), moral philosopher See also * Marc Platt (other) {{hndis, Platts, Mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Platts
Robin Platts (born c. 1949 in Leicester, England) is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began his jockey career at age 16 and went on to become the winner of the 1979 Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey, a record four-time winner of Canada's most prestigious horse race, the Queen's Plate, and the recipient of the 1992 Avelino Gomez Memorial Award. Robin Platts retired at age 51 in 2000 with 3,244 wins, including more than 250 stakes race victories. In 1997 he was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame and today has been working as a jockey agent Agent may refer to: Espionage, investigation, and law *, spies or intelligence officers * Law of agency, laws involving a person authorized to act on behalf of another ** Agent of record, a person with a contractual agreement with an insuran .... References Robin Platts at the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame {{DEFAULTSORT:Platts, Robin 1949 births Living people Avelino Gomez Memoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Russell Platts
Todd Russell Platts (born March 5, 1962) is an American attorney and Republican Party politician who serves as a Judge on the York County Court of Common Pleas and is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2001 to 2013. The district, since redrawn and renumbered, encompassed south-central Pennsylvania, including all of York and Adams Counties, and a large portion of Cumberland County. York, Hanover, Gettysburg and Carlisle were some of the prominent cities and towns included. In January 2012, Platts announced his intention to retire from Congress. Early life and education Platts was born in York, Pennsylvania, on March 5, 1962. He graduated from York Suburban Senior High School in 1980. He continued his education locally, graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania in 1984. He then attended Pepperdine University School of Law, and graduated cum laude with a Juris Doctor degree in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Una Platts
Una Platts (1908 – 6 July 2005) was a New Zealand artist and one of the country's first art historians. Life and career Platts was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1908. Her father was Charles Oakley Platts, a government official; her mother was Flora Galbraith. The family later moved to Auckland where Platts attended the Diocesan School for Girls and Auckland University College from 1926 to 1927. On graduating, she began work as a teacher. In the 1950s, Platts worked for the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki curating a series of exhibitions showcasing colonial artists and the early history of Auckland. Her most notable work, ''Nineteenth century New Zealand artists: a guide and handbook'', published in 1980, was the result of 26 years of research and is considered the finest single source of information on early New Zealand artists. Notable New Zealand artists Colin McCahon Colin John McCahon (; 1August 191927May 1987) was a New Zealand artist whose work over 45 yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platt (other)
__NOTOC__ Platt may refer to: Places * Platt, Austria * Platt, Florida, an unincorporated community in DeSoto County, Florida, United States * Platt, Texas, a ghost town in Angelina County, in the U.S. state of Texas * Platt, Kent, England People * Platt (surname) * Platt (given name) * Platt baronets, two baronetcies of the United Kingdom Other uses * Leggett & Platt, manufacturing company * Low German, in German known as "Plattdeutsch", "Plattdüütsch", "Platt" * Platt Amendment, a 1901 U.S. law pertaining to Cuba-U.S. relations * Platt Brothers, manufacturers of textile machinery in Oldham, England * Platt Fields Park, a park in Fallowfield, Manchester, England * Platt Island, an archaeological site near Miles City, Florida * Platt-LePage Aircraft Company, an American aircraft company * Platt Music, an American music retailer * ''Platt National Park'', which became part of Chickasaw National Recreation Area * Platt Technical High School * Platt Build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |