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Tranter may refer to: * Clement John Tranter * George Tranter (footballer, born 1886) (1886–1958), English footballer *George Tranter (footballer, born 1915) (1915–1998), English footballer * Jane Tranter * John Tranter (1943–2023), Australian poet * Nigel Tranter * Penny Tranter * Richard Tranter (1893–1957), English footballer * William Tranter * Walter Tranter See also * Battle of Tranter's Creek * Tranter (revolver) The Tranter revolver was a double-action cap & ball revolver invented around 1856 by English firearms designer William Tranter (1816–1890). Originally operated with a special dual-trigger mechanism (one to rotate the cylinder and cock the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clement John Tranter
Clement John Tranter, (16 August 1909 – 27 October 1991) was a British mathematics professor, researcher and the author of several key academic textbooks. Born in 1909 into a family of scientists, he served as a captain in the Second World War, before receiving his doctorate from the University of Oxford and later becoming professor of mathematical physics at the Royal Military College of Science in Shrivenham. His published works became popular in schools during the 1970s and were the standard textbooks used by A-level students for several years; they are still used in Far Eastern schools today. He was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire and died of a sudden heart attack at his home in Highworth, close to Swindon Swindon () is a town and unitary authority with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Wiltshire, England. As of the 2021 Census, the population of Swindon was 201,669, making it the largest town in the county. The Swindon un .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Tranter (footballer, Born 1886)
George Henry Tranter (24 February 1886 – 18 October 1958) was a professional footballer who is best known for his time with Aston Villa Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park .... Before playing for Villa (1906–1918) Tranter played for Stourbridge. In Tony Matthews' book ''Who's Who of Aston Villa'' he was described as "as hard as nails, he never shirked a tackle, was totally committed, had an infallibly cool temperament and was a good passer of the ball, very rarely hoofing it downfield." Tranter had to retire due to injury. Personal life Tranter's son George also became a footballer. References External links Bioat Aston Villa Player Database 1886 births 1958 deaths English men's footballers Aston Villa F.C. players Men's association football midfiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Tranter (footballer, Born 1915)
George Henry Tranter (11 September 1915 – 28 September 1998) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre half in the Football League for West Bromwich Albion. He later coached at Birmingham City. Personal life Tranter's father George was also a footballer. After retiring from football, he became a pub A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...lican. Career statistics References English Football League players Southern Football League players English men's footballers 1915 births 1998 deaths Men's association football wing halves People from Yardley Birmingham City F.C. non-playing staff West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Hereford United F.C. players {{England-footy-midfielder-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Tranter
Jane Tranter (born 17 March 1963) is an English television executive who was the executive vice-president of programming and production at BBC Worldwide's Los Angeles base from 2009 until 2015. From 2006 to 2008, she was the BBC's controller of fiction; in this capacity she oversaw the corporation's output in drama and comedy, as well as films and programmes acquired from overseas, across all BBC TV channels. Critics were concerned that the BBC had invested too much creative power in one person, and following Tranter's move to the United States, the position of controller of fiction was abolished and the responsibilities divided up among four other executives. Early career After studying English Literature at King's College London and taking a secretarial course back in Oxford, she joined the staff of the BBC in 1985, initially working as a secretary in the radio drama department. Two years later, she made the switch into television, working as a floor manager on dramas such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tranter
John Ernest Tranter (born 29 April 1943) is an Australian poet, publisher and editor. He has published more than twenty books of poetry; devising, with Jan Garrett, the long running ABC radio program ''Books and Writing''; and founding in 1997 the internet quarterly literary magazine ''Jacket'' which he published and edited until 2010, when he gave it to the University of Pennsylvania. The Australia Council awarded him a Creative Arts Fellowship in 1990; some Australian poets "acknowledge his role as innovator and experimentalist".Wilde et al. (1994) Life Tranter was born in Cooma, New South Wales and attended country schools, then took his BA in 1970 after attending university sporadically. He has worked mainly in publishing, teaching and radio production, and has travelled widely, making more than twenty reading tours to venues in the U.S., Britain and Europe since the mid-1980s. He has lived in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in Australia, and overseas in London, Cambridg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Tranter
Nigel Tranter OBE (23 November 1909 – 9 January 2000) was a writer of a wide range of books on castles, particularly on themes of architecture and history. He also specialised in deeply researched historical novels that cover centuries of Scottish history. Early life Nigel Tranter was born in Glasgow and educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh. He trained as an accountant and worked in Scottish National Insurance Company, founded by his uncle. In 1933, he married May Jean Campbell Grieve and had two children, Frances May and Philip. He joined the Royal Artillery and served in East Anglia in the Second World War. Writings From childhood onwards, Tranter took a great interest in castles and their associated history. As a result, in 1935, at age 25, he published his first book, '' The Fortalices and Early Mansions of Southern Scotland''. Encouraged by his wife, he wrote his first novel, ''In Our Arms Our Fortune'', which was rejected by the publishers. However, ''Tres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penny Tranter
Penny Tranter was a BBC Weather weather forecaster from 1992 to 2008. Biography Tranter was born in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland. Her interest in weather started after living through the Great Glasgow Storm of 1968. A few years later, after a family move to England, her interest intensified and, after attending South Wilts Grammar School in Salisbury, graduated from the University of East Anglia in 1982 with a degree in Environmental Sciences. She joined the Met Office in 1983 as a graduate trainee weather forecaster. Penny worked as a forecaster across the UK at the Norwich, Glasgow and Southampton Weather Centres before joining the Commercial division in 1990. In 1992 Penny joined the team at the BBC Weather Centre, as a broadcast meteorologist, making her first television appearance on 7 November of that year. She appeared regularly on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC News 24, BBC World, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4 and Radio Five Live. Penny was also involved in Children in Need over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Tranter
Richard Arthur Tranter (1893–1957) was an English professional footballer who played for Burnley in the Football League as an inside forward. Personal life Tranter served as a lance corporal in the King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) during the First World War and received a gunshot wound to the head in February 1917. The wound led to his discharge from the army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on .... Career statistics References Footballers from Bolton English men's footballers Burnley F.C. players English Football League players 1893 births 1957 deaths Men's association football inside forwards Padiham F.C. players King's Own Royal Regiment soldiers British Army personnel of World War I British shooting survivors Military personnel from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Tranter
William Tranter (1816 – January 7, 1890) was a British gunmaker and gun designer famous for inventing the Tranter revolver. His youth and early career Born in Oldbury in Worcestershire, William Tranter was the eldest son of a blacksmith. Birmingham was for many years the centre of arms manufacture in England and in 1830, at the age of 14, Tranter was apprenticed to the gunsmithing firm of Hollis Bros & Company. In 1839 a small legacy allowed him to buy out another Birmingham gunsmith. Tranter went into partnership with his former employers, John and Isaac Hollis, in 1844. The partnership dissolved five years later, and Tranter is known to have had an extensive manufactory, together with sales offices, at 50 Loveday Street between 1854 and 1860. Modifications and alterations on revolvers By about the year 1853 Tranter had manufactured over 8000 Adams double-action revolvers under licence. Together with James Kerr, Tranter developed modifications to the Adams action and ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Tranter
Walter Rogers Tranter (22 August 1874 – 14 July 1945) was an English footballer who played as a left-back. Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Tranter played as a left-back for Thames Ironworks, the team that would later become West Ham United. The club handbook described him as a player that "rushes in where others feared to tread". He was a part of the team that won the London League during the 1897-98 season, and captained the side to the Southern League Second Division championship in 1898–99. He then left to play for Chatham, but returned to the newly renamed club, along with teammate Albert Kaye, for the 1900–01 season. He played in the inaugural game for the new club, a 7–0 battering of Gravesend on 1 September 1900, and made a further three Southern League appearances for West Ham that season. His last two games for the club were in the FA Cup Qualifying Round 4 against New Brompton, which went to a replay on 21 November 1900. In June 1901, he and Kaye joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Tranter's Creek
The Battle of Tranter's Creek was fought on June 5, 1862, in Pitt County, North Carolina, as part of Union Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's North Carolina expedition during the American Civil War. On June 5, Col. Robert Potter, garrison commander at Washington, North Carolina Washington is a city in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States, located on the northern bank of the Pamlico River. The population was 9,744 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Beaufort County. It is commonly known as "Original W ..., ordered a reconnaissance in the direction of Pactolus. The 24th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 24th Massachusetts, under Lt. Col. F. A. Osborne, advanced to the bridge over Tranter's Creek, where it encountered the 44th North Carolina Infantry, 44th North Carolina, under Col. George Singletary. Unable to force a crossing, Osborne fired his artillery (Companies A–G, 1st New York Marine Artillery) at the mill buildings in which the Confedera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |