Infobox Scientist name AugustusPittRivers image A H Pitt Rivers.jpg thumb center caption birth date ... General Augustus Henry Lane Fox PittRivers 14 April 1827 4 May 1900 was an England English British ... the surname PittRivers in honour of his benefactor. Three notable descendants of Augustus are his grandson, the anthropologist and eugenicist , George PittRivers , his great grandson, the anthropologist and ethnographer , Julian A. PittRivers , and his great great grandson, William Fox Pitt , the Equestrianism equestrian . Another grandson was Michael PittRivers who gained notoriety in United Kingdom Britain in the 1950s when he was put on trial charged with buggery . PittRivers interests ... Memorial to PittRivers geograph.org.uk 223649.jpg thumb Memorial to AugustusPittRivers in St Peter s Church at Tollard Royal . PittRivers created the Larmer Tree Gardens , a public pleasure garden , on the Rushmore estate near Tollard Royal in Wiltshire . From 1882 PittRivers served as Britain ..., Mark 1991 PittRivers The life and archaeological work of Lieutenant General Augustus Henry Lane Fox PittRivers . Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0 521 40077 5 Bowden, Mark 2000 http www.ucl.ac.uk prehistoric past past34.html pittrivers Lieutenant General A.H.L.F. PittRivers , Past Newsletter of the Prehistoric ... Category People associated with the PittRivers Museum de AugustusPittRivers pl Augustus Lane Fox PittRivers sr sv AugustusPittRivers ... General. Two years before retirement, Lane Fox inherited the estates of a cousin Henry PittRivers ..., was a revolutionary innovation in museum design. PittRivers ethnological collections today form the basis of the PittRivers Museum which is still one of Oxford s leading attractions. The estates that Pitt ... Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury John Lubbock who was married to PittRivers daughter, Alice. Charged with cataloguing ... volumes Excavations on Bokerly and Wansdyke. References Bowden, Mark 1984 General PittRivers The father ... more details
PittRivers is an English surname adopted by the later Baron Rivers . People William Horace PittRivers, 3rd Baron Rivers 1777 1831 . Born William Beckford, he adopted the name on inheriting the title from his brother in law George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers . George PittRivers, 4th Baron Rivers 1810 1866 Henry Peter PittRivers, 5th Baron Rivers 1849 1867 Horace PittRivers, 6th Baron Rivers 1814 1880 AugustusPittRivers 1827 1900 , ethnologist and archaeologist . Born Augustus Henry Lane Fox, he adopted the surname after inheriting the estates and fortune but not the title of his cousin, the 6th Baron Rivers. George Henry Lane Fox PittRivers 1890 1966 , anthropologist, grandson of Augustus. Julian A. PittRivers 1919 2001 , anthropologist and ethnographer , son of George Henry. Rosalind PittRivers 1907 1990 , physiology physiologist . At the National Institute for Medical Research , PittRivers and Jack Gross discovered the active thyroid hormone triiodothyronine , publishing http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pubmed 14898765 The identification of 3 5 3 L triiodothyronine in human plasma in The Lancet . Places The PittRivers Museum at the University of Oxford , founded by AugustusPittRivers. surname ... more details
otherpersons William Pitt Infobox Military Person name William AugustusPitt lived c. 1728 &ndash 29 ... Wars laterwork awards Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath General Sir William AugustusPitt ... Persondata NAME Pitt, William Augustus ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British eighteenth century ... 1809 PLACE OF DEATH Highfield Park, Hampshire DEFAULTSORT Pitt, William Augustus Category 1720s births ... from a notable political family his father was also an MP and his elder brother became Baron Rivers . Military career Pitt was born in approximately 1728, the sixth but second surviving son ref http ... Pitt, Volume 3 By John Almon ref of George Pitt d. 1745 George Pitt , MP for Wareham and his wife ... his early life. He may have attended Winchester College as a schoolboy as his elder brother George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers George is known to have done, but nothing is known for sure of his activities ... Pitt registered solid if unspectacular service and was not engaged on active service ... 22328 22340?docPos 5 Pitt, George , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , G. F. R. Barker, Retrieved 28 November 2007 ref Pitt s wartime records are vague, but he gained distinction for his bravery ... on parole, Pitt returned to his regiment at the war s conclusion and was made a full colonel . ref name ODNB Between 1754 and 1761 Pitt had been the Member of Parliament for Wareham UK Parliament ... of Lords . In 1763 Pitt married Mary Howe, the daughter of Emanuel Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe . They had no children. ref name ODNB In 1770 Pitt was promoted to major general while maintaining the colonelcy ... in 1793, Pitt was promoted to full general but his age and lack of military service precluded any active ... uneventful service, Pitt continued to exert influence at Army headquarters throughout his life. Notes reflist References cite web title Pitt, George work Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ... after Thomas Erle Drax br John Pitt of Encombe John Pitt years 1754 1761 s mil succession box before ... more details
Use dmy dates date March 2011 Julian Alfred PittRivers 16 March 1919, Chelsea, London 12 August 2001, Paris , was a United Kingdom British social anthropologist , ethnographer , and a professor at universities in three countries. PittRivers was a great grandson of the archeologist AugustusPittRivers . His father was the anthropologist and propertied aristocrat , George Henry Lane Fox PittRivers and his mother, Emily Rachel Forster was an actress and daughter of the Governor General of Australia governor general of Australia , Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster the 1st Baron Forster . Through ... his father. George PittRivers was, at one point, a Oswald Mosley Moselyite eugenics eugenicist who ... view article 76137? fromAuth 1 ref PittRivers attended Eton College and Worcester College, Oxford ... en Sciences Sociales . PittRivers was married three times. His first wife, whom he married on 17 August ... Professor Julian PittRivers . The Independent , 25 August 2001, obituary. Retrieved 11 November 2007. ref Publications PittRivers, Julian. The fate of Shechem or, The politics of sex essays ..., 1977. PittRivers, Julian, Ed., Mediterranean countrymen essays in the social anthropology of the Mediterranean , Paris Mouton, 1963. PittRivers, Julian Alfred, The people of the Sierra . Introd. by E .... http news.independent.co.uk people obituaries article35543.ece Professor Julian PittRivers Obituary ... news articles 0,,551848,00.html Julian PittRivers Obituary , The Guardian , September 14, 2001. Freeman, Susan Tax. Julian A. PittRivers 1919 2001 Obituary , American Anthropologist . Vol. 106, No. 1. 2004 , pp. 216 218. Julian PittRivers Obituary , The Times , September 12, 2001. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME PittRivers, Julian A. ALTERNATIVE ... PittRivers, Julian A. Category British anthropologists Category Ethnographers Category Alumni ... hautes tudes faculty Category 1919 births Category 2001 deaths sv Julian PittRivers ... more details
Major Michael Augustus Fox PittRivers 27 May 1917 &ndash December 1999 was a West Country landowner who gained notoriety in United Kingdom Britain in the 1950s when he was put on trial charged with buggery . This trial was instrumental in bringing public attention and opposition to the laws against homosexuality as they then stood. PittRivers was the son of Captain George Henry Lane Fox PittRivers and the Hon. Emily Rachel Forster, who died in 1979. A West Country landowner and conservationist of colourful antecedents, his great grandfather was Lt Gen AugustusPittRivers A.H. Lane Fox PittRivers whose Ethnography ethnographic collection, donated to University of Oxford Oxford University in 1883, formed the basis of the PittRivers Museum named after him. ref name Peerage He served in World ... by Montagu s cousin Michael PittRivers. At the subsequent trial the two airmen turned Turn state ... ref Arrested on 9 January 1954, in March of that year PittRivers was brought before the United Kingdom ... a McCarthyism McCarthy like purge of High society group Society homosexuals. ref name Mail PittRivers ... of Beaulieu and Peter Wildeblood . PittRivers and Lord Montagu denied the charges and denied also ... pittrivers wildeblood&source bl&ots MQJK2NMtCW&sig tZv34gXpVMcE3VR134BHoslLy5I&hl en&ei tRMiTN3AJMjKjAfTlYyxAQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 5&ved 0CCMQ6AEwBA v onepage&q pittrivers 20wildeblood ... Assizes, on 24 March 1954 PittRivers and Wildebood were sentenced to 18 months and Lord ... Kingdom . Michael PittRivers married Sonia Brownell , the widow of George Orwell , in 1958. They were divorced in 1965. ref name Peerage http thepeerage.com p6854.htm PittRivers on The Peerage website ..., Hamish Hamilton 2002 ref PittRivers spent much of his wealth on a lifetime of travel, financed by selling ... British Sex Scandal ref Michael PittRivers died in December 1999 aged 82. Publications PittRivers .... ref name Pitt http www.independent.co.uk arts entertainment outdoors the thrill of the chase 1170311.html ... more details
Infobox Museum name PittRivers Museum image Pittrivers m2.jpg imagesize 220 caption PittRivers Museum interior map type Oxford central map caption PittRivers Museum latitude 51.7586 longitude 1.2550 established 1884 dissolved location Parks Road , Oxford , England type University museum of archaeology and anthropology visitors director curator publictransit website http www.prm.ox.ac.uk http www.prm.ox.ac.uk The PittRivers Museum is a museum displaying the archaeology archaeological and anthropology anthropological collections of the University of Oxford in Oxford , England . ref cite web url http www.culture24.org.uk se000393 title PittRivers Museum accessdate March 13, 2011 publisher Culture 24 , UK ref The museum is located to the east of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History , and can only be accessed through that building. The museum was founded in 1884 by General AugustusPittRivers , who donated his collection to the University of Oxford with the condition that a permanent lecturer in anthropology must be appointed. Museum staff are involved in teaching Archaeology ... of General PittRivers himself, who intended for his collection to show progression in design ... tol arts and entertainment visual arts article6187254.ece title The PittRivers Museum in Oxford ... control system has also been installed. The PittRivers Museum, along with the Oxford University ... Museum , 1993. Contains photographic documention of the PittRivers collection and essays on ethnographic collecting Chapman, William Ryan. Arranging Ethnology A. H. L. F. PittRivers and the Typological .... The General s Gift A Celebration of the PittRivers Museum Centenary, 1884 1984. Oxford JASO, 1984. External links http www.prm.ox.ac.uk PittRivers Museum website Category 1884 architecture Category ... of Oxford Category History of museums Category Grade I listed museum buildings ca Museu PittRivers de PittRivers Museum es Museo PittRivers ... more details
William RiversPitt born November 9 th, 1971 is an author, editor, and political activist. Background Pitt was born in Washington, D.C. , and lived several years in Alabama where his father, Charles Redding Pitt , served as chairman chair of the state United States Democratic Party Democratic Party before eventually moving to Boston, Massachusetts Boston . He was educated in English literature at College of the Holy Cross Holy Cross College , a Catholic college in Massachusetts, and after graduation spent two years in San Francisco, California San Francisco doing law related work. Formerly, Pitt taught English literature , journalism , grammar and history at a small private school outside Boston. He set aside teaching in 2003 and became a full time professional writer. Writing career Pitt had been writing about politics off and on for several years, but became devoted to the practice during ... others with Scott Ritter isbn 1 893956 38 5 References Reflist Persondata NAME Pitt, William Rivers ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pitt, Will SHORT DESCRIPTION writer DATE OF BIRTH 1971 PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, D.C. DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pitt, William Rivers Category 1971 births Category Living ... President George W. Bush took office on January 20, 2001, Pitt has worked to fight what he describes as the rising tide of conservative fundamentalism in American government . In 2002, Pitt wrote ... with former United Nations Special Commission United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter . In it, Pitt ... books 2003 jan 25 iraq.politics accessdate 2010 03 09 ref Pitt has worked as the managing editor ... 2004, Pitt took over for David Swanson as the Press Secretary for Dennis Kucinich , who was seeking ... campaign, Pitt decided to push his career in teaching to the side in order to focus on political ... with Will Pitt Bot generated title Dead link date May 2009 ref As a result, he joined the staff ... 2005 04 23 pitt will.php Audio Postcard from Mimi Kennedy Progressive Democrats of America Bot ... more details
Image Replace this image male.svg right 140px Sir AugustusRivers Thompson , Order of the Star of India KCSI , Order of the Indian Empire CIE b. 1829 d. 1890 served as British rule in Burma Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma from April 1875 to March 1878. He was appointed a CSI in 1877, a CIE in 1883 and knighted with the KCSI in 1885. start box succession box title Chief Commissioner of British Crown Colony of Burma years 1875&ndash 1878 before Ashley Eden after Charles Umpherston Aitchinson succession box title List of British rulers and high officials in Bengal Lieutenant governor of Bengal years 1882&ndash 1885 before Stewart Colvin Bayley after Horace Abel Cockerell acting end box External links http www.worldstatesmen.org Myanmar.htm Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thompson, AugustusRivers ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1829 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thompson, AugustusRivers Category Administrators in British Burma Category 1829 births category 1890 deaths Category Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India Category Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire UK gov bio stub ... more details
Unsourced image removed Image George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers 1721 1803 , British diplomat and politician.jpg thumb George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers 1721 1803 , British diplomat and politician. deletable image caption George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers 1 May 1721 7 May 1803 was a United Kingdom British diplomat and politician. Family He born in Geneva , the eldest son of George Pitt d. 1745 George Pitt of Stratfield ... William AugustusPitt Sir William AugustusPitt was his younger brother. He was educated at Winchester ... Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers 1751 1828 Hon. Penelope Pitt , married Edward Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier in 1766 divorced in 1771 and married Capt. Smith in 1784 Hon. Louisa Pitt 1754 1791 , married English peerage Peter Beckford hunter Peter Beckford 1740 1811 on 22 March, 1773 Hon. Marcia Lucy Pitt 1756 ... was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Dorset in 1793. In 1802, be obtained a new patent as Baron Rivers Lord Rivers with special remainder in default of male issue to the husband of his daughter Louisa, William PittRivers, 3rd Baron Rivers William Beckford . Beckford took the surname PittRivers in 1828, on succeeding to the title and estates of his brother in law George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers . ref Burke s Peerage 1939 , s.v. Rivers ref Legacy Rivers Inlet , a fjord on the British Columbia Coast Central Coast of British Columbia , was named by Captain George Vancouver for George Pitt. ref BCGNIS 26972 Rivers Inlet ref References G. F. R. Barker, Pitt, George, first Baron Rivers 1721 1803 , rev ... s aft after George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers George Pitt br Humphry Sturt s dip s bef before James Stuart ... rows 2 creation s ttl title Baron Rivers of Stratfieldsaye years 1776 1803 s aft rows 2 after George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers George Pitt s ttl title Baron Rivers of Sudeley years 1802 1803 end box DEFAULTSORT Rivers, George Pitt, 1st Baron Category 1721 births Category 1803 deaths Category Alumni of Magdalen ... Peerage In 1776, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Rivers Lord Rivers . In 1780, he was appointed ... more details
George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers 1751 1828 was a Great Britain British politician. He was the only son of George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers and his wife Penelope, daughter of Sir Henry Atkins, 4th baronet of Clapham, Surrey. He succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Dorset UK Parliament constituency Dorset in 1774, retaining the seat until 1790. In 1803, he succeeded his father as Baron Rivers . He was a Lord of the Bedchamber from 1804 to 1819. He sold part of the family estates, those around Stratfield Saye House to the nation in about 1814, so that it could be given to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington . On his death in 1828, one of his baronies Baron Rivers of Stratfieldsaye became extinct, but the other passed like his remaining estates to his brother in law William PittRivers, 3rd Baron Rivers William Beckford , who thereupon took the surname PittRivers. ref Burke s Peerage 1939 , s.v. Rivers ref References G. F. R. Barker, Pitt, George, first Baron Rivers 1721 1803 , rev. R. D. E. Eagles, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004 http www.oxforddnb.com view article 22328 , accessed 24 Aug 2008 Rayment hc Reflist start box s par gb s bef before George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers George Pitt br Humphry Sturt s ttl title Dorset UK Parliament constituency Member of Parliament for Dorset years with br small Humphry Sturt 1774 1784 br Francis John Brown 1784 1790 small s aft after William Morton Pitt br Francis John Brown s reg gb s bef rows 2 before George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers George Pitt s ttl title Baron Rivers of Stratfieldsaye years 1803 1828 s non reason Extinct s ttl title Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle years 1803 1828 s aft after William PittRivers, 3rd Baron Rivers William PittRivers end box DEFAULTSORT Rivers, George Pitt, 2nd Baron Category 1751 births Category 1828 deaths Category Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Pitt, George Category Barons in the Peerage of Great Britain Category ... more details
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, England PittRivers Museum in the University of Oxford, England founded in 1884 by AugustusPittRivers ... of Parliament 1981 1983 William RiversPitt , leftist author and essayist Pitt also refers to Pitt ...Pitt is a surname of England English origin. ref http www.britishsurnames.co.uk surnames PITT origin British surnames PITT origin ref Used on its own, in Europe or History it most commonly refers to one of two British statesmen William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham William Pitt the Elder 1708&ndash 1778 , British Prime Minister & 1st Earl of Chatham 1766&ndash 1768 Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania was named for Pitt the Elder and is sometimes referred to as Pitt William Pitt the Younger , British Prime Minister 1783&ndash 1801 and 1804&ndash 1806, son of Pitt the Elder In the U.S. mainly in education or sports it most commonly refers to Portal PITT break yes University of Pittsburgh Pitt , located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pitt Panthers athletics teams The Pitt News , student managed newspaper Pitt Poetry Series , large published list of contemporary American poetry Pitt Band , the varsity marching band Pitt Rep , the university s repertory theatre company Pitt Stadium , now demolished William Pitt Union , the student union William Pitt Debating Union , the student debating club Hail to Pitt , athletic slogan and school fight song It may also refer to Pittsburg State University Pitt State , located in Pittsburg, Kansas In American popular culture it commonly refers to Brad Pitt born 1963 , an American actor It may also refer to the following people Andrew Pitt motorcycle racer , from New South Wales, Australia Charles Redding Pitt born 1944 , attorney and current chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party 2003 2007 Courtney Pitt , English footballer David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead , 1913 1994 , civil rights campaigner and Labour politician in the United Kingdom Harvey Pitt , former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission SEC Ingrid Pitt born 1937 in Poland , actress ... more details
File Pitt the Younger.jpg right thumb William Pitt the Younger by Thomas Gainsborough To Pitt was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published in the 26 December 1794 Morning Chronicle as part of the Sonnets on Eminent Characters series. Describing William Pitt the Younger and his role as Prime Minister of Great Britain, the poem is one of the few in the series that is not about a hero of Coleridge. Instead, Pitt is described as Judas, the betrayer of Christ, because of, among other issues, his treatment of political dissidents. Background During the end of 1794, Coleridge began work on the series Sonnets on Eminent Characters which he dedicated to people he respected. The first, To Erskine , was printed on 1 December in the Morning Chronicle , and was followed by 10 further sonnets. To Pitt , printed on 23 December, was the sixth in the series and was Coleridge s attempt to write a poem ..., Pitt suspended Habeas Corpus in response to allegations that both the London Constitutional Society ... Erskine s defense of the accused. Although Coleridge was an opponent of Pitt s at the time of writing the sonnet To Pitt , he was to later change his mind about politics and Pitt s government. ref Ashton 1997 pp. 53, 156, 209 ref Coleridge changed his mind about the content of To Pitt , but still included ... was to Justice. ref name Mays p. 213 Themes To Pitt is one of the few poems in the Sonnets ... s response to those opposed to Pitt s actions. As Rosemary Ashton, the 20th century Coleridge ... of the emotive allusion to Britain as Christ betrayed by Judas Pitt. ref Ashton 1997 p. 61 ref Fellow biographer Richard Holmes described the poem as Coleridge having daringly attacked Pitt. ref ... ... as in the sonnet to Pitt it is too frequently only another word ford for an ephemeral violence ... poem, the abusive figure is seen as a male dominating a female image. Pitt, as Judas, kisses a female ... Britain. Other female characters, justice and mercy, are said to destroy Pitt, but it is uncertain ... more details
uses of AugustusAugustus disambiguation pp vandalism small yes pp move indef Featured article Infobox Roman emperor name Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus title Roman Emperor 1st Emperor of the Roman Empire image File Statue Augustus.jpg 250px The statue known as the Augustus of Prima Porta , 1st century. imgw 200px caption The statue known as the Augustus of Prima Porta , 1st century. reign 16 January ... Caesar Augustus from 27 BC until death in AD 14 successor Tiberius heir spouse 1 Clodia Pulchra ... place of burial Mausoleum of Augustus , Rome Ancient Rome and the fall of the Republic Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus 23 September 63 BC 19 August AD 14 is considered the first emperor of the Roman ... rule are contemporary dates Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian after 45 BC. Due to departures from Julius Caesar s intentions, Augustus ... BC the Senate awarded him the honorific Augustus honorific Augustus the revered one , and thus consequently he was Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus . ref group note Formally Imperator Caesar title Caesar , Divi filius, Augustus honorific Augustus which means Imperator Caesar, Son of the Divus Julius Caesar Divus Julius , Augustus. ref Because of the various names he bore, it is common to call ... to events between 44 and 27 BC, and Augustus when referring to events after 27 BC. In Greek sources, Augustus is known as Polytonic Octavius , Polytonic Caesar , Polytonic Augustus , or Sebastos , depending on context. The young Octavius came into his ... . ref name ccaa 35 Gruen 2005 , 35. ref By law, Augustus held a collection of powers ... honors granted by the Senate, ref name eck 3 and the respect of the people. Augustus control over ... governments. The reign of Augustus initiated an era of relative peace known as the Pax Romana ... centuries. Augustus enlarged the empire dramatically, annexing Roman Egypt Egypt , Dalmatia Roman ... more details
William Pitt is most likely to refer to William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham 1708 1778 , Prime Minister of Great Britain 1766 1768 often known as William Pitt the Elder William Pitt the Younger 1759 1806 , his son and Prime Minister of Great Britain 1783 1801 and 1804 1806 William Pitt may also refer to People William AugustusPitt c. 1728&ndash 1809 , 18th century British general Ali i William Pitt Kalanimoku d. 1827 , Prime Minister of Kamehameha the Great who adopted the name of the British Prime Minister at the time Ali i William Pitt Leleiohoku I 1821 1848 , husband of Princess Hariett Nahienaena and Princess Ruth Keelikolani and son of Kalanimoku William Pitt Kinau 1842 1859 , prince of Hawaii and son of Keelikolani and Chief Leleiohoku William Pitt Leleiohoku II 1854 1877 , Crown Prince of Hawaii and heir apparent of King David Kalakaua William Baker Pitt 1856 c.1920 , founder of Swindon Town F.C. and Catholic prebendary William RiversPitt b. 1971 , left wing American essayist William Pitt architect 1855 1918 , Australian 19th century architect William Pitt Canada , inventor of the underwater cable ferry in the early 1900s William Pitt Mormon 1813 1873 , early Mormon bandleader William Pitt ship builder d. 1840 , author of The Sailor s Consolation Bill Pitt b. 1937 , British politician and Liberal Member of Parliament for Croydon North West 1981 1983 Brad Pitt , American actor birth name William Bradley Pitt Other uses William Pitt Union , the student union at the University of Pittsburgh William Pitt Debating Union , a debating society at the University of Pittsburgh hndis Pitt, William bg da William Pitt de William Pitt es William Pitt fr William Pitt ko it William Pitt he nl William Pitt pl William Pitt pt William Pitt ru , ... more details
George Pitt may refer to George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers 1721 1803 , British diplomat and politician George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers 1751 1828 , British politician George Dean Pitt 1772 or 1781 1851 , British soldier and Lieutenant Governor of the former New Zealand Province of New Ulster George Morton Pitt died 1756 , administrator of India George Pitt 1625 1694 , British Member of Parliament for Wareham UK Parliament constituency Wareham George Pitt 1663 1735 , British Member of Parliament for Hampshire UK Parliament constituency Hampshire , Stockbridge and Old Sarum George Pitt d. 1745 , British Member of Parliament for Wareham UK Parliament constituency Wareham and Dorset hndis Pitt, George ... more details
Image Mrs. Peter Beckford Hon. Louisa Pitt 1754 1791 , 1782, by Sir Joshua Reynolds.jpg thumb Mrs. Peter Beckford Hon. Louisa Pitt 1754 1791 , 1782, by Sir Joshua Reynolds . Hon. Louisa Pitt 1754 1791 , was born in 1754 or 1756 in Stratfield Say, Southampton, Hampshire, England, the daughter of the British diplomat and politician George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers 1721 1803 and Penelope Atkins. She married English peerage Sir Peter Beckford hunter Peter Beckford 1740 1811 on 22 March 1773 in Dorset. Sir Peter Beckford was a writer, a huntsman, and the cousin of the English novelist William Thomas Beckford 1760 1844 who is the author of the famous Gothic novel Vathek . From 22 March 1773, her married name became Louisa Beckford Mrs. Peter Beckford . Louisa Beckford had an affair with her husband s cousin William Beckford after her marriage. She died in 1791. Child of Hon. Louisa Pitt and Sir Peter Beckford Horace William PittRivers, 3rd Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle b. 2 Dec 1777 External links http www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk ladylever collections mrspeterbeckford.asp http www.classicartrepro.com artistsb.iml?artist 262 http thepeerage.com p34983.htm i349830 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pitt, Louisa ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1754 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1791 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pitt, Louisa Category 1754 births Category 1791 deaths ... more details
Infobox lake lake name Pitt Lake image lake 12 mapleridge pp.JPG caption lake Pitt Lake is at upper left in this aerial view of Pitt Meadows L and Maple Ridge R . Alouette Lake is at upper right, Fraser River and Langley, British Columbia district municipality Langley in foreground. image bathymetry caption bathymetry location British Columbia coords coord 49 25 N 122 33 W region CA BC type waterbody display inline,title ref name bcgnis type Fjord Fjord lake inflow Pitt River outflow Pitt River catchment basin countries Canada length 24 km width 4.5 km area 53.5 km depth max depth volume residence ... reference ref name bcgnis BCGNIS 16884 Pitt Lake ref Image Pitt Lake bog and dike.jpg thumb right Pitt ... upstream from that river s estuary into the Strait of Georgia . Its southern tip, where the Pitt River resumes, is 40 km east of Downtown Vancouver Downtown Vancouver . The upper Pitt River valley is a typical .... The community of Pitt Meadows occupies the marshy lowland at the southern end of the lake, some of which has become drained and is known as the Pitt Polder . Just southwest of the lake is the community of Port Coquitlam , which is across the Pitt River from Pitt Meadows . At the north end of the lake ... companies and their employees. The Upper Pitt, meaning the valley upstream from the lake, is considered BC s best fly fishing rivers and one of its best steelhead streams. item about garbage ... of it is protected by BC Parks as the Pitt Polder Ecological Reserve . There is a destination golfing resort in the Pitt Polder area called Swan e set. Also at the south end of Pitt Lake, adjacent to the Polder, is Pitt Lake Indian Reserve 5. ref http archive.ilmb.gov.bc.ca bcgn bin bcg10?name 32958 BCGNIS entry Pitt Lake Indian Reserve 5 ref The area along the east side of the lake is somewhat famous for being the reputed location of Slumach s Pitt Lake Gold lost gold mine , the location of many ... Columbia Category History of British Columbia Category Lower Mainland pl Pitt jezioro ... more details
The Pitt Ministry or Pitt Government may refer to several historical administrations of Britain Devonshire Pitt Ministry , a 1756 57 government dominated by William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Second Newcastle Ministry , a 1757 62 government often known as the Pitt Newcastle Ministry because of the prominent role played by Pitt Chatham Ministry , a 1766 68 government led by Pitt now made Earl of Chatham First Pitt the Younger Ministry Second Pitt the Younger Ministry Disambig ... more details
About the river in Somerset, England the river in British Columbia, Canada Pitt River Geobox River Name section name River Pitt native name other name Piddy other name1 Image image image size image caption Etymology etymology Country etc. country England country1 state Somerset state1 region region1 district South Somerset district1 city Shepton Montague city1 Pitcombe landmark landmark1 Geography length imperial 5.5 watershed imperial discharge location discharge imperial discharge max imperial discharge min imperial discharge1 location discharge1 imperial Source source name source location Brewham source district South Somerset source region source state source country England source lat d 51 source lat m 05 source lat s 55 source lat NS N source long d 2 source long m 24 source long s 41 source long EW W source elevation imperial source length imperial Mouth mouth name River Brue mouth location Cole, Somerset Cole mouth district South Somerset mouth region mouth state Somerset mouth country England mouth lat d 51 mouth lat m 06 mouth lat s 05 mouth lat NS N mouth long d 2 mouth long m 28 mouth long s 38 mouth long EW W mouth elevation imperial Tributaries tributary left tributary left1 tributary right tributary right1 Free fields free name free value Map section map map size map caption The River Pitt , also known as the Piddy , is a short tributary of the River Brue in Somerset , England. It rises near Hardway in the parish of Brewham , and flows for convert 5.5 mi km 1 lk on through the parishes of Shepton Montague and Pitcombe to join the Brue at Cole, Somerset Cole . External links http www.pittriver.org River Pitt website DEFAULTSORT Pitt, River Category Rivers of Somerset Somerset geo stub ... more details
at Pitt Stadium, which they continued until moving to Three Rivers Stadium in 1970. ref cite ...Infobox Stadium name Pitt Stadium nickname image File InsidePittStadium.jpg 250px fullname Terrace Street ... 1958 1969 capacity 56,500 69,400 dimensions scoreboard Pitt Stadium was a stadium located on the campus ... football. Pitt Stadium also served as the second home of the Pittsburgh Steelers , the city s National ... games at Three Rivers Stadium in 2000, before moving to Heinz Field in 2001. History The Pittsburgh ... and 1920s, Pitt football achieved great success under head coach Glenn Scobey Pop Warner, completing ... for alumni and students, the general public s demand for tickets to see Pitt play at Forbes Field ... property for the Pitt Stadium site. University and private funding provided US 2.1 million for site acquisition and construction. W. S. Hindman, a Pitt graduate, was the stadium s designer ...&q1 Pitt Stadium&frm frameset&view image&seq 214 accessdate 2010 02 01 ref On September 26, 1925, Pitt played its first football game at the new Pitt Stadium, a 26 0 victory over Washington ... seq 242 page root size s frm frameset pages 222 last Alberts first Robert C. title Pitt the story ... was replaced with metal bleachers. Temporary lighting was installed at Pitt Stadium in 1985, but was made ... t text pageviewer idx?c pittathletics cc pittathletics q1 Pitt 20Stadium rgn full 20text idno 31735038318790 ... idx?c pittathletics cc pittathletics q1 Pitt 20Stadium rgn full 20text idno 31735038318790 didno ..., the Steelers split home games between Forbes Field and Pitt Stadium. Fans were able to purchase season ... at Pitt Stadium in 1964 following a Giants loss to the Steelers. The photo, taken by Pittsburgh ... thumb left Pitt Stadium at the University of Pittsburgh prior to its last game 1999 The final game at Pitt Stadium took place on November 13, 1999, when the Panthers defeated Notre Dame Fighting Irish football Notre Dame 37 27. ref cite news first Shelly last Anderson title Pitt comes up ... more details
Fort Pitt may refer to Fort Pitt Pennsylvania , on the site of present day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States Fort Pitt, Kent , in the United Kingdom Fort Pitt Saskatchewan , a trading post of the Hudson s Bay Company in Canada Fort Pit , a TV pilot starring James Badge Dale Fort Pitt Amtrak , a former train operated by Amtrak between Pittsburgh and Altoona in Pennsylvania disambig de Fort Pitt ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Summer Pitt is a fictional character , the daughter of Dirk Pitt from the Dirk Pitt series of adventure novels written by Clive Cussler . She and her twin brother, Dirk Pitt, Jr. were raised by their mother, Summer Moran , without Dirk Pitt s knowledge. Upon reaching adulthood, and following their mother s death, they united with Dirk Pitt. Both she and her brother currently work as researchers for National Underwater and Marine Agency NUMA . Despite being twins with her brother, she looks exactly like her mother, 6 feet tall and having flaming red hair and pearl grey eyes. In Treasure of Khan , Summer is kidnapped on a diving expedition and later escapes with the help of her brother. Along with her brother and dad, they discover a secret under water cave. Category Dirk Pitt characters Pitt, Summer Lit char stub fi Summer Pitt ... more details
This article is about an Image Comics character. For other uses, see Pitt disambiguation pages Superherobox Wikipedia WikiProject Comics image Image Pitt2.jpg 200px caption Cover to Pitt 2 comic color background c0c0c0 character name Pitt publisher Full Bleed Studios debut Youngblood comics Youngblood ... close to the end of vol.1 where his claws are constantly extended Pitt is a fictional character who ... Keown , he first appeared in Pitt 1 1993 . Pitt is a human Extraterrestrial life alien Therianthrope ... began publishing his character Pitt at Image Comics . In 1995, publication of Pitt was moved over .... While the Brackens were on Earth with what would become Pitt s brother Timmy, Zoyvod combined his genetic structure with the fertilized egg that would become Pitt. In the Creed Imperial stronghold ... caught and Wroth, another Creed hybrid and half brother to Pitt , assaulted him. Believing him dead, a Creed alien named Quagg was supposed to get rid of the body, but was attacked by Pitt while flying to the corpse dumping grounds. In the fight, Pitt was blasted out through the door of the shuttle. On the ground Pitt clawed his way out of the dumping ground and lived in the wilds until Zoyvod ... the mission. Pitt was then trained by Quagg and given his name. For years he worked as Zoyvod s assassination ... of the child Jereb an alien with immense spiritual power with Pitt. The merger apparently changed Pitt, turning him into a fugitive. Eventually he ended up on Earth. When Pitt arrived on Earth ... similar to Pitt, was attacked instead of Pitt, bringing Timmy and Pitt together again. This was also the first time Rai Kee met Pitt, who had been masquerading as Bobbie Harras a New York City Police Officer. During the fight, Jereb left Pitt and entered Timmy, enabling him to defeat Zoyvod. After the fight Timmy was kidnapped by the Creed. To effect his rescue, Pitt teamed up with Axiom a New York based superhero group. Pitt s half brother Wroth was working with Professor Holdsworth, the leader ... more details
John Pitt may refer to John Pitt warden , Warden of Wadham College, Oxford 16?? 1648 John Pitt of Crow Hall c.1673 1731 , British Member of Parliament for St Ives UK Parliament constituency St Ives and Stockbridge UK Parliament constituency Stockbridge , probably son of George Pitt of Strathfieldsaye d. 1694 John Pitt colonel c.1698 1754 , British Member of Parliament and Governor of Bermuda John Pitt of Encombe 1704 1787 , British Member of Parliament for Dorchester UK Parliament constituency Dorchester and Wareham UK Parliament constituency Wareham and Lord of Trade and the Admiralty John Pitt attorney c.1727 1805 , British Member of Parliament for Gloucester UK Parliament constituency Gloucester John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham 1756 &ndash 1835 British statesman, brother of William Pitt the Younger John R. Pitt 1885 1971 , Canadian politician Jack Pitt , footballer See also John Pitts disambiguation hndis Pitt, John ... more details
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