Arrowsmith
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Arrowsmith as a surname may refer to:
- A person who makes arrows (see fletchingFletchingFletching is the aerodynamic stabilization of arrows or darts with materials such as feathers, each piece of which is referred to as a fletch. The word is related to the French word flèche, meaning "arrow," via Old French; the ultimate root is Frankish fliukka...
) - Arrowsmith (novel)Arrowsmith (novel)Arrowsmith is a novel by American author and playwright Sinclair Lewis that was published in 1925. It won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for Lewis but he refused to accept it. Lewis was greatly assisted in its preparation by science writer Dr. Paul de Kruif, who received 25% of the royalties on sales, but...
, by Sinclair Lewis- Arrowsmith (film)Arrowsmith (film)Arrowsmith is a 1931 film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was written by Sidney Howard from the Sinclair Lewis novel Arrowsmith, and directed by John Ford.-Plot:...
, 1931 adaptation of the novel
- Arrowsmith (film)
- Arrowsmith (comics)Arrowsmith (comics)Arrowsmith is a fantasy comic book by writer Kurt Busiek and penciller Carlos Pacheco, published by Wildstorm's Cliffhanger imprint. It first premiered as a six-issue miniseries in 2003.-Plot:...
- Arrowsmith SchoolArrowsmith SchoolThe Arrowsmith School is a school for children with learning disabilities. Its Director and founder is Barbara Arrowsmith Young, who claims she was able to fix her own learning disabilities with the principles she now teaches. The original Arrowsmith school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was founded...
, a school for children with learning disabilities - Arrowsmith Holidays, a British holiday tour operator later part of Laker AirwaysLaker AirwaysLaker Airways was a wholly private, British independentindependent from government-owned corporations airline founded by Sir Freddie Laker in 1966. It originally was a charter airline flying passengers and cargo worldwide...
- J. W. ArrowsmithJ. W. ArrowsmithJ. W. Arrowsmith Ltd is a book printer and publisher based in Bristol, England.Records of the company are stored by the National Register of Archives....
, British book printer, publisher, and imprint
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- Arrowsmith PeninsulaArrowsmith PeninsulaArrowsmith Peninsula is a cape about long on the west coast of Graham Land, west of Forel Glacier, Sharp Glacier and Lallemand Fjord, and northwest of Bourgeois Fjord, with Hanusse Bay lying to the northwest. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955-58 and named for...
, Antarctica - Mount Arrowsmith (disambiguation)Mount Arrowsmith (disambiguation)Mount Arrowsmith is the name of several mountains in various locations:*Mount Arrowsmith, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada*Mount Arrowsmith *Mount Arrowsmith...
, mountains in Canada, Antarctica, and New Zealand - Arrowsmith, Western AustraliaArrowsmith, Western AustraliaArrowsmith is a town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. Its local government area is the Shire of Irwin and it is located from the town of Dongara....
, a town - Arrowsmith RiverArrowsmith RiverThe Arrowsmith River in the Mid West region of Western Australia.The first European to discover the river was the explorer George Grey in 1839 who named it after the distinguished English geographer John Arrowsmith....
, a river in Western Australia - Arrowsmith Township, McLean County, IllinoisArrowsmith Township, McLean County, IllinoisArrowsmith Township is located in McLean County, Illinois. The population was 569 at the 2000 census. Arrowsmith Township is named for Ezekiel Arrowsmith , the first supervisor of the township...
- Arrowsmith, IllinoisArrowsmith, IllinoisArrowsmith is a village in McLean County, Illinois, United States. The population was 294 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Bloomington–Normal Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Arrowsmith is located at ....
, a village in the township
- Arrowsmith, Illinois
Arrowsmith as a surname may refer to:
- Aaron ArrowsmithAaron ArrowsmithAaron Arrowsmith was an English cartographer, engraver and publisher and founding member of the Arrowsmith family of geographers. He moved to Soho Square, London from Winston, County Durham when about twenty years of age, and was employed by John Cary, the engraver and William Faden. He became...
(1750–1823), English cartographer - Alf ArrowsmithAlf ArrowsmithAlf Arrowsmith was an English footballer.Arrowsmith began his career in non-league football with Ashton United before signing for Liverpool in 1960 for £1500...
(1942–2005), English footballer - Anna Arrowsmith (born 1972), under the pseudonym Anna SpanAnna SpanAnna Arrowsmith , who works under the pseudonym Anna Span, is an English pornographic film director. She is also a public speaker on sex, pornography, and feminism.-Early life:...
, British pornographic film director and politician - Arthur ArrowsmithArthur ArrowsmithArthur Arrowsmith was a footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He made forty one appearances for Stoke.-References:...
(1880–?), English footballer who played for Stoke City - Alex ArrowsmithAlex ArrowsmithAlex Arrowsmith is a rock/pop musician from Portland, Oregon. He has released 12 albums on his independent label, Ectoplasmic Records. All of his albums are self-produced and self-released. In spring 2010, Alex Arrowsmith joined The Shaky Hands on keyboard/guitar.-Studio albums:- Compilations...
(born 1982), rock musician - Cheryl ArrowsmithCheryl ArrowsmithCheryl H. Arrowsmith is a Canadian-based structural biologist and is the Chief Scientist at the Toronto laboratory of the Structural Genomics Consortium. Her contributions to protein structural biology includes the use of NMR and X-ray crystallography to pursue structures of proteins on a proteome...
, Canadian structural biologist - Edmund ArrowsmithEdmund ArrowsmithSaint Edmund Arrowsmith SJ is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. The main source of information on St Edmund is a contemporary account written by an eyewitness and published a short time after his death...
(1585–1628), Roman Catholic martyr and saint - John Arrowsmith (scholar)John Arrowsmith (scholar)John Arrowsmith was an English theologian and academic.-Life:He was born near Gateshead and entered St John's College, Cambridge in 1616. In 1623 he entered the fellowship of St Catherine Hall, Cambridge....
(1602–1659), English theologian and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge - John Arrowsmith (cartographer)John Arrowsmith (cartographer)John Arrowsmith was an English geographer and member of the Arrowsmith family of geographers. He was born at Winston, County Durham....
(1780–1873), geographer and map publisher - Pat ArrowsmithPat ArrowsmithPat Arrowsmith is a British author and peace campaigner.Arrowsmith was educated at Cheltenham Ladies College, read history at the University of Cambridge, and then read Social Science at the University of Liverpool and at Ohio University as a US-UK Fulbright Scholar...
(born 1930), British author and peace campaigner - Percy and Florence ArrowsmithPercy and Florence ArrowsmithPercy Arrowsmith and Florence Arrowsmith were, until Percy's death, a married couple residing in Hereford, England. On June 1, 2005 they erroneously made it into the Guinness Book of Records for the longest marriage for a living couple and the oldest aggregate age of a married couple...
, a British couple erroneously included in the Guinness Book of Records - Robert ArrowsmithRobert ArrowsmithRobert Arrowsmith is an English former cricketer who played 43 first-class matches and one List A game for Lancashire County Cricket Club between 1975 and 1979. After leaving Lancashire, he later played for Northumberland in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship.-External links:...
(born 1952), English cricketer - Tony ArrowsmithTony ArrowsmithJohn Thomas Arrowsmith was a footballer who played in the Football League for Grimsby Town.-References:...
(1887–?), English footballer who played for Grimsby Town - William ArrowsmithWilliam ArrowsmithWilliam Ayres Arrowsmith was an American classicist, academic, and translator.-Life:Born in Orange, New Jersey, the son of Walter Weed Arrowsmith and Dorothy Arrowsmith, William grew up in Wellesley, Massachusetts...
(1924–1992), American classicist, academic and translator