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Shelton (other)
Shelton may refer to: Places United Kingdom *Shelton, North Bedfordshire, in the parish of Dean and Shelton, Bedfordshire * Lower Shelton, in the parish of Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire * Upper Shelton, in the parish of Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire * Shelton, Norfolk * Shelton, Nottinghamshire * Shelton, Shropshire * Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire United States *Shelton, Connecticut *Shelton, Nebraska *Shelton, Washington People Surname General * Alfred Shelton (1865–1923), English international footballer * Amy Shelton, U.S. cognitive psychology professor * Anne Shelton (1475–1555), aunt of Anne Boleyn and mother of Henry VIII's mistress, Mary Shelton; wife of Sir John Shelton * E. Dolby Shelton (1856–1944), English printer, publisher, and activist * George M. Shelton (1877–1949), Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipient * Herbert M. Shelton (1895–1985), Prominent American health educator, pacifist, vegetarian, and advocate of raw foodism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelton, North Bedfordshire
Shelton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Dean and Shelton, in the Borough of Bedford, Bedford district, in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 101. On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Dean, Bedfordshire, Dean to form "Dean and Shelton". It is close to the county border with Northamptonshire and the district of Huntingdonshire in Cambridgeshire. The 14th century Church of St Mary the Virgin, Shelton, North Bedfordshire, Church of St Mary the Virgin is located in the village. It is a grade I listed building. References Villages in Bedfordshire Former civil parishes in Bedfordshire Borough of Bedford {{Bedfordshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Shelton
Sir John Shelton (1476/7 – 1539) of Shelton, Norfolk, Shelton in Norfolk, England, was a courtier to King Henry VIII of England, Henry VIII. Through his marriage to Anne Shelton (courtier), Anne Boleyn, a sister and co-heiress of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire of Blickling Hall in Norfolk, he became an uncle of Queen Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII. He was appointed comptroller of the joint household of Princesses Mary I of England, Mary and Elizabeth I of England, Elizabeth, the King's daughters, and together with his wife was Governor to the King's children. Life Sir John Shelton was the son of Sir Ralph Shelton (c. January 1431 – 16 July 1497) and Margaret Clere (d. 16 January 1500), daughter of Robert Clere, esquire, of Ormesby St Michael, Norfolk, and Elizabeth Uvedale, daughter of Thomas Uvedale, esquire. Sir John had four siblings: Ralph Shelton (died 1538), who married Mary Brome (d. 29 August 1540), Richard Shelton, a priest, Elizabeth She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Shelton (photographer)
Ann Shelton (born 1967) is a New Zealand photographer and academic. Early life and education Shelton was born in Timaru. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland in 1995 and a Master of Fine Arts at the University of British Columbia in 2002. Career Shelton began her career as a photojournalist working for daily newspapers, before deciding she wanted more control over her images and deciding to go to art school. As an artist, her work mixes conceptual and narrative traditions of photography. In large-scale, hyper-real photographs she explores histories of people and of places, often bringing forgotten or controversial histories to light. Shelton has also shown a steady interest in the nature of the archive, exploring the collections of others in her work. Shelton first came to attention with the series ''Redeye''. Selected from thousands of photographs taken over a period of two years, the work documents Auckland's art scene a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winston L
Winston may refer to: People * Winston (name), both a given name and surname; includes lists of notable people with the name Places Antarctica * Winston Glacier Australia * Winston, Queensland, a suburb of the City of Mount Isa United Kingdom * Winston, County Durham, England, a village * Winston, Suffolk, England, a village and civil parish United States * Winston, Florida, a former census-designated place * Winston, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Winston, Missouri, a village * Winston, Montana, a census-designated place * Winston, New Mexico, a census-designated place * Winston, Oregon, a city * Winston County, Alabama * Winston County, Mississippi * Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a city * Winstonville, Mississippi, a town Buildings *Winston Manor (other), several houses in England * Winston Theatre, at the University of Bristol in England *Winston Tower, a skyscraper in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Business *Winston (cigarette), an American ciga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William L
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Shelton (translator)
Thomas Shelton (''fl.'' 1604–1620) was a translator of ''Don Quixote'' from Spanish into English. Shelton's translation of the first part of the novel was published in London in 1612. It was the first translation of ''Don Quixote'' into any language. Shelton published his complete translation of the novel in 1620. Life Shelton was a Roman Catholic from Dublin. He may have been educated in Spain, where a "Thomas Shelton, Dublinensis" was listed as a student in Salamanca. Shelton's activities in Ireland brought him to the attention of the English intelligence service. He seems to have been employed in carrying letters to persons in England from Lord Deputy Fitzwilliam at Dublin Castle. However, evidence emerged that he was hostile to the English crown: a letter was intercepted in which he offered his services to Florence MacCarthy, who was seeking to arrange a military intervention by the king of Spain—the Spanish sent an expedition to Kinsale, Ireland in 1601. In 1600 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Shelton (stenographer)
Thomas Shelton (1600/01–1650(?)) was an English stenography, stenographer and the inventor of a much-used British 17th- and 18th-century stenography. Life The 1647 edition of Thomas Shelton's ''Tachygraphie'' contains a portrait giving his age as 46, implying that he was born in 1600/01. Nothing sure is known about his origin and education, but it was supposed that he came from the well-known Shelton family which owned much land in Norfolk. In the English Civil War (1642–49), Shelton stood on the side of the Parliament of England, Parliament; his religious sympathies were for Puritanism. Thomas Shelton made his living from shorthand, teaching the subject in London over a period of thirty years while he developed his stenographical systems. Shelton knew the stenography of John Willis (stenographer), John Willis and took over its geometrical basic principle for his own shorthand. He published several books about shorthand which he sold from his house. Shelton's shorthand Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Shelton
Sandra Waller Shelton (1954–2021) was an American economist, specializing in auditing and accounting. She was a professor in the School of Accountancy & MIS at DePaul University, where she was named KPMG Alumni Distinguished Professor in 2012 and KPMG Neil F. Casson Endowed Professor in 2016. Education and career Shelton attended Hamilton High School and was a 1976 graduate of Rhodes College, where she majored in economics. After a Master of Business Administration from Indiana University, she began working for one of what at that time were the big six accounting firms, but returned to academia after guest-lecturing at Chicago State University. She completed a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Wisconsin A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Uni ... in 1994, and joine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Gaines-Shelton
Ruth Ada Gaines-Shelton (April 8, 1872 – 1938) was an American playwright and educator. She is a playwright of the Harlem Renaissance era and is best known for her allegorical comedy,''The Church Fight'', written in 1925. Biography Gaines-Shelton was born on April 8, 1872, in Glasgow, Missouri. Her father was Reverend George W. Gaines, a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and her mother was Mary Elizabeth Gaines. Gaines-Shelton was raised by her father following her mother’s early death when Gaines-Shelton was only a little girl. Throughout her life, Gaines-Shelton assisted her father with church work as he directed the building of the Old Bethel AME Church on Dearborn Street in Chicago. Gaines-Shelton attended Wilberforce University in Ohio and graduated in 1895. She taught in public schools in Montgomery, Missouri from 1894 to 1899. In 1898, Gaines-Shelton married William Osbern Shelton and together they had three children. Gaines-Shelton is most well know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie Shelton
Ronald Shelton (October 1, 1961 – September 25, 2018), better known as The West Side Rapist, was an American convicted serial rapist. He was convicted of raping over 30 women in Cleveland, Ohio, over a 6-year period. He may have raped up to 50 women. Shelton was caught on video using an ATM with his victims' bank cards. He was the subject of the book ''Unfinished Murder: The Pursuit of a Serial Rapist'' by James Neff. Crimes Shelton's ''modus operandi'' was to break into victims' homes wearing something to obscure his face. He would initially tell victims he was going to rob them, but then rape them. He would insist victims not look at him and threaten them if they reported him to police. His language and pattern of sexual assaults helped link his crimes. Trial Timothy J. McGinty prosecuted the case in 1989. Shelton was found guilty of 220 charges, including 49 rapes of over 30 women in Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Shelton
J. Nicole Shelton is an American psychologist and Stuart Professor of Psychology at Princeton University. Her research focuses on racial prejudice and interactions between whites and ethnic minorities. Early life and education Shelton grew up in Virginia and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the College of William & Mary in 1993. She received a Master of Arts in 1996 and a Ph.D. in psychology in 1998, both from the University of Virginia. Career Shelton joined the Department of Psychology at Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ... in 2000 and is currently a Stuart Professor of Psychology. She leads the Stigma and Social Perception Lab there with professor Stacey Sinclair. From 2012 to 2020, Shelton also served as the head of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Shelton
Lee Shelton (March 16, 1865 – March 11, 1912), popularly known as "Stagolee", "Stagger Lee", "Stack-O-Lee", and other variations, was an American criminal who became a figure of folklore after murdering Billy Lyons on December 25, 1895. The murder, reportedly motivated partially by the theft of Shelton's Stetson hat, made Shelton an icon of toughness and style in the minds of early Folk music, folk and blues musicians, and inspired the popular folk song "Stagger Lee". The story endures in the many versions of the song that have circulated since the late 19th century. Background The historical Lee Shelton was an African American man born in 1865 in Texas. He later worked as a carriage driver in St. Louis, Missouri, where he gained a reputation as a pimp and gambler, and evidently served as a captain in a black "Four Hundred Club", a political and social club with a dubious reputation. He was not a common pimp — as described by Cecil Brown, "Lee Shelton belonged to a group o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
