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Shuttleworth (surname)
Shuttleworth is an English surname that originated from the place name Shuttleworth, either in Lancashire, in Yorkshire, or in Derbyshire. The name may refer to: * A. R. B. Shuttleworth, British politician * Anna Shuttleworth, British cellist * Archie Shuttleworth, character from ''Coronation Street'' played by Roy Hudd * Bobby Shuttleworth, American goalkeeper * Charles Shuttleworth, Canadian politician * Daryl Shuttleworth, Canadian actor * Edythe Shuttleworth (1907–1983), Canadian mezzo-soprano * Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baronet, English politician * Jane and John Shuttleworth, co-founders of '' Mother Earth News'' magazine * John Shuttleworth (industrialist), English industrialist * John Shuttleworth (character), created by English comic actor Graham Fellows * Ken Shuttleworth (architect), English architect * Ken Shuttleworth (cricketer), English cricketer * Mark Shuttleworth, South African entrepreneur * Obadiah Shuttleworth, English composer * Rachel Kay-Shuttl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuttleworth, Greater Manchester
Shuttleworth is a hamlet at the northeastern extremity of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the South Pennines, north of Bury and south of Edenfield; Scout Moor Wind Farm lies to the immediate east. Effectively a suburb of Ramsbottom, the M66 motorway divides Shuttleworth from the main core of that town. Historically a part of Lancashire, the name Shuttleworth derives from the Old English ''scyttels'' and ''worth'' meaning a gated enclosure. The first element refers to a bar. It was documented as Suttelsworth in 1227 and Shuttelesworthe in 1296. During the Middle Ages, Shuttleworth lay within the township of Walmersley (sometimes called Walmersley-cum-Shuttleworth), parish of Bury, and hundred of Salford. Following the Local Government Act 1894, the area became a civil parish, but in 1933 was dissolved and amalgamated into the Ramsbottom Urban District. Shuttleworth is bounded to the south by Holcombe Brook and Sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Shuttleworth (architect)
Ken Shuttleworth (born September 1952 in Birmingham) is an English architect. Shuttleworth studied architecture at the Leicester School of Architecture, De Montfort University, where his fluid draftsmanship earned him the nickname "Ken the Pen". Shuttleworth became a partner at Foster and Partners where he worked on some of the world's most iconic buildings. He joined the practice in 1977, moving to Hong Kong in 1979 to oversee the design and construction of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation’s headquarters. Returning to the UK in 1986, he proceeded to build up a diverse portfolio of experience including the Carré d'Art in Nîmes, the ITN building in London, Cranfield University Library, Hong Kong’s Chek Lap Kok airport, the Al Faisaliah development in Riyadh, London Millennium Bridge, London’s Millennium Bridge, 30 St Mary Axe ('The Gherkin’) and City Hall, Southwark, City Hall. Shuttleworth left Foster and Partners to set up his own practice, Make Archit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuttlesworth
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Shuttlesworth is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ed Shuttlesworth (born 1952), former American football fullback *Fred Shuttlesworth (1922–2011), born Freddie Lee Robinson, was a U.S. civil rights activist as a minister in Birmingham, Alabama Fictional characters *Jesus Shuttlesworth, a character in the film ''He Got Game'' See also * Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, serves Birmingham, Alabama and Central Alabama, United States *''Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham'', 394 U.S. 147 (1969), United States Supreme Court case *Shuttleworth (other) Shuttleworth may refer to: * Shuttleworth (surname) * Shuttleworth, Greater Manchester (historically in Lancashire), a hamlet at the northeastern extremity of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, England * Shuttleworth (canvassing) * The Shuttleworth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth
Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth, (18 December 1844 – 20 December 1939), known as Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, Bt, between 1872 and 1902, was a British landowner and Liberal politician. He was Under-Secretary of State for India and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under William Ewart Gladstone in 1886 and Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty under Gladstone and Lord Rosebery between 1892 and 1895. Background Shuttleworth was the son of the physician, civil servant and social reformer James Kay-Shuttleworth. His father, born James Kay, had assumed the additional surname of Shuttleworth on his marriage to Janet Shuttleworth, the only child and heiress of Robert Shuttleworth, of Gawthorpe Hall in Padiham, Lancashire. His father's brothers included the economist Joseph Kay and the Lord Justice of Appeal Sir Edward Kay. The Shuttleworth family had been landowners in Lancashire from medieval times. Tradition states they made th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Shuttleworth
Timothy Shuttleworth (born 24 April 1997) is a British swimmer. He competed in the men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 .... References External links * 1997 births Living people British male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming British male freestyle swimmers 21st-century British people {{UK-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malacologist
Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, and cephalopods, along with numerous other kinds, many of which have shells. One division of malacology, conchology, is devoted to the study of mollusk shells. Malacology derives . Fields within malacological research include taxonomy, ecology and evolution. Applied malacology studies medical, veterinary, and agricultural applications; for example, mollusks as vectors of disease, as in schistosomiasis. Archaeology employs malacology to understand the evolution of the climate, the biota of the area, and the usage of the site. In 1681, Filippo Bonanni wrote the first book ever published that was solely about seashells, the shells of marine mollusks. The book was entitled: In 1868, the German Malacological Society was founded. Zoological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert James Shuttleworth
Robert James Shuttleworth (February 1810 – 18 April 1874) was an English botanist and malacologist. Life Shuttleworth was born in Dawlish, Devonshire, the eldest son of James Shuttleworth (died 1846) of Barton Lodge, Preston, Lancashire, by his first wife, Anna Maria, daughter of Richard Henry Roper, dean of Clonmacnoise. His mother died of consumption a few weeks after his birth. His father married again in 1815, and settled in Switzerland, subsequently (in 1834) selling the Barton property. Shuttleworth, who was mainly brought up by his mother's relatives, was sent to school at Geneva, first under Rodolphe Töpffer, and afterwards under the botanist Nicolas Charles Seringe, keeper of the De Candolle Herbarium. He studied plants on the mountains near Geneva. At age 17 Shuttleworth went to Germany, passing a winter at Saxe-Weimar, where he saw court life and came to know Goethe. He spent some time at Frankfurt and Heidelberg, before his father recalled him to Soloth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Shuttleworth (other) (1909–1940), racing motorist, aviator and prolific collector of veteran cars and aircraft
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Richard Shuttleworth may refer to: *Richard Shuttleworth (MP for Preston) (1587–1669), English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1659 * Richard Shuttleworth (MP for Clitheroe) (died 1648), English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1648 *Richard Shuttleworth (MP for Lancashire) (1683–1749), MP for Lancashire from 1705 to his death *Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth (16 July 1909 – 2 August 1940) was a racing motorist, aviator and prolific collector of veteran cars and aircraft. His collection forms the nucleus of the Shuttleworth Collection. He was killed in an air crash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth
The Hon. Rachel Beatrice Kay-Shuttleworth MBE (1886–1967) was an English embroiderer, lace-maker, textile collector, teacher and philanthropist. Her textile collection is held at Gawthorpe Hall in Burnley, Lancashire, her family home. Early life Kay-Shuttleworth was born on 17 February 1886 and was the daughter of Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth (1844–1939) and Blanche Marion Parish (died 1924).As reported in deprecated source "The Peerage", ''citing'' Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. She learned to sew, draw and paint in her childhood, and often visited the Victoria and Albert Museum when staying at her family's South Kensington home. She was influenced by the Arts and Crafts Movement and believed in the importance of creativity and craft for social and economic development; she taught textile skills in the community. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obadiah Shuttleworth
Obadiah Shuttleworth (died 1734), English composer, violinist and organist, was the son of Thomas Shuttleworth of Spitalfields in London. Thomas was a professional music copyist and harpsichord player.Hawkins, John (1776/1963). ''A General History of the Science and Practice of Music''. New York: Dover, 791 The exact date of Shuttleworth's birth is uncertain. Shuttleworth was an excellent violinist and in the early 18th century he took part in the influential public concerts arranged by the London coal merchant Thomas Britton (known as 'the musical small coal man') at his business premises in Clerkenwell to which musical professionals and amateurs from all ranks of London society were drawn. Shuttleworth also led concerts that were later established about 1728 at the Swan Tavern, Cornhill. The 18th-century musical historian, Sir John Hawkins, wrote of him that he 'played the violin to such a degree of perfection, as gave him a rank among the first masters of his time'.Hawkins, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Shuttleworth
Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African and British entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Canonical, the company behind the development of the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system. In 2002, Shuttleworth became the first South African to travel to space as a space tourist, and the first African from an independent country to travel to space. He lives on the Isle of Man and holds dual citizenship from South Africa and the United Kingdom. According to the ''Sunday Times Rich List'' in 2020, Shuttleworth is worth an estimated £500 million. Early life Shuttleworth was born in Welkom, Free State, South Africa, to a surgeon and a nursery-school teacher, Shuttleworth attended school at Western Province Preparatory School (where he eventually became Head Boy in 1986), followed by one term at Rondebosch Boys' High School, and then at Bishops/Diocesan College, where he was Head Boy in 1991. Shuttleworth obtained a Bachelor of Business Science degree in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Shuttleworth (cricketer)
Kenneth Shuttleworth (born 13 November 1944) is an English former cricketer. He played five Test matches and one One Day International for England in the early 1970s. Life and career Shuttleworth made his first-class cricket debut for Lancashire in 1964 when he was aged nineteen, tall, raw, but genuinely a fast bowler. He took fifty wickets in 1967, but really started to burst through in 1968, when Brian Statham was fading from the scene. His best season was in 1970, when he took seventy-four wickets at 21.60 runs each, and played for England against The Rest of the World, at Lord's. He went to Australia with Ray Illingworth's Ashes-winning team and started his Test career with five for 47 at Brisbane. He played five times in all for England - four of them that winter in Australia and New Zealand, the other against Pakistan in 1971 - and took twelve wickets at 35.58 each. Shuttleworth opened the English bowling with John Snow in the first-ever One Day International, in Mel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
