Atkin is an
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A. O. L. Atkin
Arthur Oliver Lonsdale Atkin (31 July 1925 – 28 December 2008), who published under the name A. O. L. Atkin, was a British mathematician.
As an undergraduate during World War II, Atkin worked at Bletchley Park cracking German codes. He re ...
(1925–2008), British mathematician
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Harvey Atkin
Elliot Harvey Atkin (18 December 1942 – 18 July 2017) was a Canadian actor best known for his roles as Morty Melnick in ''Meatballs'', Sergeant Ronald Coleman in ''Cagney & Lacey'', and for voicing King Koopa in '' The Super Mario Bros. Super ...
(1942–2017), Canadian actor
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Isabel Atkin
Isabel Atkin (born 21 June 1998) is a British-American freestyle skier who competes internationally for Great Britain.
She won bronze in women's slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the first British Olympic medal in skiing.
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(born 1998), British-American skier
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James Atkin
James Richard Atkin, Baron Atkin, (28 November 1867 – 25 June 1944), commonly known as Dick Atkin, was an Australian-born British judge, who served as a lord of appeal in ordinary from 1928 until his death in 1944. He is especially remembere ...
(1867–1944), British judge
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Jerry Atkin
Jerry C. Atkin (born February 27, 1949) is the chairman of SkyWest, Inc., which operates SkyWest Airlines and (until January 2019) ExpressJet Airlines. He helped consolidate the merger between ASA and SkyWest.
Atkin joined the company in July 197 ...
(born 1949), American businessman
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John Atkin
John Atkin is a former two term Democratic member of the Connecticut Senate from Norwalk, Connecticut's 25th Senate district and a former three term member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk, Connecticut's 140th House dis ...
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''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...
1980s), American politician
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Leon Atkin
Leon Atkin (1902–1976) was a Welsh Methodist and Congregationalist minister, human rights activist, and politician.
Early life and education
Atkin was born on 26 July 1902 in Spalding, Lincolnshire. His father was a gas manager and his fam ...
(1902–1976), British minister, human rights activist, and politician
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Paul Atkin
Paul Anthony Atkin (born 3 September 1969 in Nottingham, England) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Fou ...
(born 1969), English footballer
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Pete Atkin
Pete Atkin (born 22 August 1945) is a British singer-songwriter and radio producer, notable for his 1970s musical collaborations with Clive James and for producing the BBC Radio 4 series, '' This Sceptred Isle''.
Early life
Born in Cambridge, ...
(born 1945), British singer-songwriter
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Ralph Atkin Ralph Atkin (born Jeffery Ralph Atkin in 1943) is the founder of SkyWest Airlines in the United States.
He founded SkyWest Airlines in 1972 and served first as CEO, then as Chairman of the Board for 20 years
A lifelong resident of St. George, Uta ...
(born 1943), American businessman
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Robert Travers Atkin
Robert Travers Atkin (29 November 1841 – 25 May 1872) was an Irish-born newspaper editor and politician in colonial Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Early life
Atkin was born in Fernhill, County ...
(1841–1872), Irish-Australian politician
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Tim Atkin
Tim Atkin is a British Master of Wine, and a wine journalist, broadcaster and commentator. He is also a judge of several international wine competitions and a photographer.
Career
Atkin writes for a number of publications, including: a monthly c ...
, British journalist, broadcaster, and commentator
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Tommy Atkin
Thomas Lowes Atkin (19 August 1906 − 1986) was an English footballer who played as an outside right for several clubs.
Playing career
Born in Darlington, Tommy Atkin started out with his home town club Darlington in 1925 who were in the S ...
(1906–1986), English footballer
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Victoria Atkin
Victoria Atkin is an English actress, best known for roles in '' Extinct'', ''Hollyoaks'', and '' Assassin's Creed: Syndicate''.
Early years and education
Atkin attended Fernhill School and Language College, studied Dance and Theatre Performance a ...
(born 1986), English actress
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Wendy Atkin
Wendy Sheila Atkin (née Green; 5 April 1947 – 2 October 2018) was Professor of Gastrointestinal Epidemiology at Imperial College London.
Early life and education
Aitken was born in London on 5 April 1947 to Gella (née Binder) and David Gre ...
(1947–2018), British professor
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Atkin & Low family tree Atkin is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* A. O. L. Atkin (1925–2008), British mathematician
* Harvey Atkin (1942–2017), Canadian actor
* Isabel Atkin (born 1998), British-American skier
* James Atkin (1867–1944), ...
, showing the relationship between some of the above
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Sieve of Atkin In mathematics, the sieve of Atkin is a modern algorithm for finding all prime numbers up to a specified integer. Compared with the ancient sieve of Eratosthenes, which marks off multiples of primes, the sieve of Atkin does some preliminary work a ...
, mathematical algorithm
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Atkins (disambiguation) Atkins may refer to:
Places in the United States
* Atkins, Arkansas, a city
* Atkins, Iowa, a city
* Atkins, Louisiana, an unincorporated community
* Atkins, Nebraska, an unincorporated community
* Atkins, Virginia, a census-designated place
* Atki ...
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Atkins (surname) Atkins is a surname of English origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881, Retrieved 25 January 2014 its frequency was highest in Buckinghamshire (6.0 times the British average), followed by Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Rutl ...
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Atkinson (disambiguation) Atkinson may refer to:
Places
*Atkinson, Nova Scotia, Canada
* Atkinson, Dominica, a village in Dominica
*Atkinson, Illinois, U.S.
* Atkinson, Indiana, U.S.
*Atkinson, Maine, U.S.
*Atkinson Lake, a lake in Minnesota, U.S.
*Atkinson, Nebraska, U. ...
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Atkinson (surname)
Atkinson is an English-language surname. The name is derived from a patronymic form of the Middle English ''Atkin''. The personal name ''Atkin'' is one of many pet forms of the name ''Adam''.
The name corresponds to the Scottish name Aitchison. ...
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Aitken (disambiguation) Aitken may refer to:
* Aitken (crater), a crater on the Moon, named after Robert Grant Aitken (1864–1951), an American astronomer
* South Pole–Aitken basin, an immense impact crater on the far side of the Moon. At roughly in diameter and dee ...
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Adkins Adkins is a surname of English origin. Notable people with the surname include:
*Adele, Adele Adkins (born 1988), British singer
*Amanda Adkins (politician), Amanda Adkins (born 1974/1975), American politician and businesswoman
*Amanda Adkins (swim ...
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Adkinson Adkinson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Joseph B. Adkinson (1892–1965), American Medal of Honor recipient
* Mary Osburn Adkinson
Mary Osburn Adkinson (July 28, 1843 – 1918) was an American social reformer active in ...
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Watkin Watkin is an English surname formed as a diminutive of the name Watt (also Wat), a popular Middle English given name itself derived as a pet form of the name Walter.
First found in a small Welsh village in 1629.
Within the United Kingdom it is ass ...
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