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Twigg
Twigg is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Derek Twigg (born 1959), British politician *Gary Twigg (born 1984), Scottish footballer *Georgie Twigg (born 1990), English field hockey player * George Twigg III (1932–2017), American politician *Rebecca Twigg (born 1963), American cyclist *Stephen Twigg (born 1966), British politician *Thurston Twigg-Smith (1921–2016), American businessman and philanthropist *William Twigg-Smith (1883–1950), New Zealand artist See also * Twiggs (other) *Twig A twig is a thin, often short, branch of a tree or bush. The buds on the twig are an important diagnostic characteristic, as are the abscission scars where the leaves have fallen away. The color, texture, and patterning of the twig bark are ... * Twigge {{surname, Twigg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Twigg
Stephen Twigg (born 25 December 1966) is a British Labour Co-op politician who was Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate from 1997 to 2005, and for Liverpool West Derby from 2010 to 2019. He came to national prominence in 1997 by winning the seat of Defence Secretary Michael Portillo. Twigg was made the Minister of State for School Standards in 2004, a job he held until he lost his seat in 2005. He returned to parliament in 2010, after he was elected Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby when longtime MP Bob Wareing retired. Following Ed Miliband's election to the Labour leadership, he made Twigg a Shadow Foreign Office Minister. In his October 2011 reshuffle, Miliband promoted Twigg to the post of Shadow Secretary of State for Education. However, on 7 October 2013 he was replaced in the reshuffle. In August 2020, Stephen Twigg was appointed as the 8th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Early life He was born on Christmas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Twigg
Gary Twigg (born 19 March 1984) is a Scottish former association footballer who played as a forward. Career Derby County Twigg began his career in 2000 with English club Derby County, having graduated through the youth system. He made his debut for Derby at the age of 17 as a striker in a Premier League match against Sunderland in May 2002, his only appearance that season. In the 2002–03 season, he made eight first-team appearances, seven as a substitute, branching out into the position of left wing when needed. Loan to Burton Albion In September 2003 he joined Burton Albion on loan, for whom he made four appearances. Airdrie United Having been released by Derby, and following an unsuccessful trial period at League of Ireland club Derry City, he placed roots at Airdrie United in August 2005, where he went on to make 65 league and cup appearances in two years, scoring 18 goals. He won the SFL Player of the Month award for December 2006 after scoring six goals in six gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Twigg-Smith
William Twigg-Smith (né Smith; November 2, 1883 – April 21, 1950) was a New Zealand-born painter, illustrator and musician, who lived most of his life in Hawaii. During World War I, he was one of the first artists to serve in the American Camouflage Corps. After the war, he worked full-time as an illustrator for the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association. He also had solo shows, featuring his landscapes of the region. Several of his works are held by the Honolulu Museum of Art. Early life Twigg-Smith was born, the third of four children, in Nelson, New Zealand to Frederick Charles Smith (1847 - 1905) and Alice Madeline Smith (née Thomas) (1858 - 1884). He left home for the U.S. to study art at age 16 at the Art Institute of Chicago under Harry M. Walcott. In 1916, Twigg-Smith moved to Hawaii. He worked with Lionel Walden and D. Howard Hitchcock on creating the Pan-Pacific Carnival dioramas, which were exhibited in 1917. In September 1916, Twigg-Smith held his first art exh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurston Twigg-Smith
Thurston Twigg-Smith (August 17, 1921 – July 16, 2016) was an American businessman and philanthropist from Hawaii. Biography Twigg-Smith was a fifth-generation descendant of missionary settlers in Hawaii. He was born in 1921 in Honolulu, Hawaii, the son of William and Margaret Carter Twigg-Smith (née Thurston) (1895–1976). He was the great-great-grandson of two missionary couples: Asa and Lucy Goodale Thurston and Lorrin Andrews and his wife Mary Ann Wilson. He was the grandson of an American lawyer, politician, and businessman born and raised in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, Lorrin A. Thurston, who played a key role in the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. His father William was an artist and a musician, who supported his family as an illustrator at the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Twigg-Smith grew up in the lower Nuuanu Valley on Bates Street, in a house his father built. At the time, L.A. Thurston was publisher of the '' Honolulu Advertiser''. Twigg-Smith, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Twigg
John Derek Twigg (born 9 July 1959) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Halton in Cheshire since the 1997 general election. Early life Twigg attended Bankfield High School (now Ormiston Chadwick Academy) in Widnes, and afterwards Halton College of Further Education (now Riverside College). At the age of 16, he joined the Civil Service and worked for the Department for Employment (at Runcorn) for the following 19 years. At 18, Twigg became Branch Secretary of the Civil and Public Services Association (now part of the Public and Commercial Services Union) before joining the Labour Party in 1979. He was elected to Cheshire County Council at the age of 21, serving as a county councillor until 1985. In 1983 he was elected to Halton Borough Council. Between 1996 and 1997, he also worked as a political consultant. Parliamentary career At the general election in 1997, Twigg succeeded Gordon Oakes as Member of Parliament for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgie Twigg
Georgina Sophie Twigg (born 21 November 1990) is an English international field hockey player and an Olympic gold medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Hockey career She plays club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League Premier Division for Surbiton. Twigg played as a midfielder for England and Great Britain from 2010 to 2016. In that time, results have included: * Gold at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, * Gold at the 2015 European Championship * Silver at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, * Silver medal with Great Britain at the 2012 Champions Trophy in Argentina, * Bronze with England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, scoring the winning goal in the Bronze medal match, * Bronze medal with England at the 2010 Argentina World Cup, * Bronze medal at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. She was named England Hockey's Young Performance Player of the Year in 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013. She made her international debut at the 2010 Champions Trophy and was the youngest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Twigg
Rebecca Twigg (born March 26, 1963) is an American former racing cyclist. Cycling career An academic prodigy, she enrolled at the University of Washington in Seattle at the age of 14 and rode for the school's team. US national team coach Eddie Borysewicz saw her and invited her to join his team when she was 17. She earned degrees in biology and computer science from UW. Twigg won six world track cycling championships in the individual pursuit. She also won 16 US championships (the first – the individual time trial – when she was 18) and two Olympic medals, the silver medal in the 1984 road race in Los Angeles, and a bronze medal in the pursuit in Barcelona in 1992. She won the first three editions of the Women's Challenge on the road. Twigg was a three-time Olympian (1984, 1992, and 1996). However, her final Olympic appearance, in Atlanta in 1996, ended in controversy when she quit the team in a disagreement with the coach Chris Carmichael and the U.S. Cycling Federat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twiggs (other)
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Twiggs may refer to: In ships: * USS ''Twiggs'' (DD-127), a US Navy destroyer during World War I * USS ''Twiggs'' (DD-591), a US Navy destroyer during World War II ;Geography * Twiggs County, Georgia *Twiggs, West Virginia People with the surname Twiggs: * David E. Twiggs (1790–1862), US soldier during the War of 1812 and Mexican War, and a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War * John Twiggs (1750–1816), leader in the Georgia Militia during the American Revolutionary War * Levi Twiggs (1793–1847), officer in the US Marine Corps during the War of 1812, the Seminole Wars and the Mexican–American War * Sarah Lowe Twiggs (1839-1920), American poet See also * Twigg Twigg is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Derek Twigg (born 1959), British politician *Gary Twigg (born 1984), Scottish footballer *Georgie Twigg (born 1990), English field hockey player * George Twigg III (1932–2017), America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Twigg III
George Twigg III (February 24, 1932 – December 1, 2017) was an American politician. He served as a Republican member for the Belknap 4th district of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Life and career Twigg was born in Newark, New Jersey. He attended Boston University and served in the United States Navy. Twigg was a rental agent, had been the president of the Boston University Alumni Association and was a Republican state convention delegate. Twigg served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court, the bicameral legislature of the state of New Hampshire. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 204 legislative district ... from 1972 to 1974. Twigg died December 1, 2017, at the age of 85. References 1932 births 2017 deaths Politicians from Newark, New Jersey Republican Party members of the New Hampshire House of Representati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twig
A twig is a thin, often short, branch of a tree or bush. The buds on the twig are an important diagnostic characteristic, as are the abscission scars where the leaves have fallen away. The color, texture, and patterning of the twig bark are also important, in addition to the thickness and nature of any pith of the twig. There are two types of twig: vegetative twigs and fruiting spurs. Fruiting spurs are specialized twigs that generally branch off the sides of branches and are stubby and slow-growing, with many annular ring markings from seasons past. The age and rate of growth of a twig can be determined by counting the winter terminal bud scale scars, or annular ring marking, down the length of the twig. Twigs can be useful in starting fire Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction Product (chemistry), products. At a certain point in the combustion reaction, call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |