Carver
Encyclopedia
People
- Bob CarverBob CarverRobert W. Carver is an American designer of audio equipment based in the Pacific Northwest.Educated as a physicist and engineer, he found an interest in audio equipment at a very young age. He applied his talent to produce numerous innovative high fidelity designs since the 1970s...
, American physicist and audio equipment designer - Caroline CarverCaroline CarverCaroline Carver, author. Her debut novel, Blood Junction , won the Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger Award.Caroline Carver's critically acclaimed novels have been translated into over sixteen languages, and published in the United States as well as the United Kingdom.-Current work:Her latest...
(born 1959), thriller writer, award winner and adventurer - Dante CarverDante Carveris an American actor working in Japan. He moved to Japan in 2005, and became well known following his appearance in a series of TV commercials for SoftBank Mobile from 2006 in which he first played the Japanese-speaking character , and later the older brother of the character played by Aya Ueto as...
(born 1977), American actor - George Washington CarverGeorge Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver , was an American scientist, botanist, educator, and inventor. The exact day and year of his birth are unknown; he is believed to have been born into slavery in Missouri in January 1864....
(1864–1943), American botanist and inventor - Jeffrey CarverJeffrey CarverJeffrey A. Carver is an American science fiction author. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from Brown University. He currently lives in Arlington, Massachusetts...
(born 1949), American science fiction author - Jesse CarverJesse CarverJesse Carver was an English footballer, best remembered for his enlightened management of some of Europe's finest clubs.-Biography:...
(1911–2003), English football player and club manager - John CarverJohn CarverJohn Carver was a Pilgrim leader. He was the first governor of Plymouth Colony and his is the first signature on the Mayflower Compact.-Mayflower:...
(c. 1576–1621), first governor of Plymouth Colony (Massachusetts) - John Carver (footballer)John Carver (footballer)John William Carver is a former English footballer and current assistant manager of Newcastle United.-Biography:...
(born 1965), English football coach - Jonathan CarverJonathan CarverJonathan Carver was an American explorer and writer. He was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts and then moved with his family to Canterbury, Connecticut. He later married Abigail Robbins and became a shoemaker. He is believed to have had seven children.In 1755 Carver joined the colonial militia at...
(1710–1780), American explorer - Lisa Crystal CarverLisa Crystal CarverLisa Crystal Carver , also known as Lisa Suckdog, is an American writer known for her writing in Rollerderby. Through her interviews, she introduced the work of Vaginal Davis, Dame Darcy, Cindy Dall, Boyd Rice, Costes , Nick Zedd, GG Allin, Kate Landau, Queen Itchie & Liz Armstrong to many...
(born 1968), writer and transgressive artist - Martin CarverMartin CarverMartin Oswald Hugh Carver FSA , is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of York, England, director of the Sutton Hoo Research Project and a leading exponent of new methods in excavation and survey. He specialises in the archaeology of early Medieval Europe...
(born 1941), English archaeologist - Michael Carver, Baron CarverMichael Carver, Baron CarverField Marshal Richard Michael Power Carver, Baron Carver GCB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC was a British soldier. He served as the Chief of the Defence Staff of the United Kingdom and thus the professional head of the British Armed Forces.-Army career:Educated at Winchester College, Michael Carver was...
(1915–2001), British soldier and Chief of the General Staff - Raymond CarverRaymond CarverRaymond Clevie Carver, Jr. was an American short story writer and poet. Carver is considered a major American writer of the late 20th century and also a major force in the revitalization of the short story in the 1980s....
(1938–1988), American short story writer and poet - Robert Carver (composer)Robert Carver (composer)Robert Carver was a Scottish Renaissance monk and composer of Christian sacred music.He spent much of his life at Scone Abbey in Perthshire and is regarded as Scotland's greatest sixteenth-century composer. He is best known for his sacred choral music, of which there are five surviving masses and...
, Scottish composer - Robert Carver (painter)Robert Carver (painter)Robert Carver was a Dublin born Irish painter, who worked as a painter of theatre scenery as well as painting framed works.-Career:...
(c. 1730–1791), Irish painter - Carver MeadCarver MeadCarver Andress Mead is a US computer scientist. He currently holds the position of Gordon and Betty Moore Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology , having taught there for over 40 years.Mead studied electrical engineering at Caltech, getting...
(born 1934), U.S. computer scientist - Thomas Nixon CarverThomas Nixon CarverThomas Nixon Carver was an American economics professor. He grew up on a farm, the son of Quaker parents. He received an undergraduate education at Iowa Wesleyan College and the University of Southern California. After studying under John Bates Clark and Richard T...
(1865–1961), American economist
Characters
- The Carver (Nip/Tuck)Carver (Nip/Tuck)The Carver is a fictional character on the television show Nip/Tuck. Introduced during the second season, he became the primary antagonist of the third season.- Background :...
, mysterious serial rapist/killer/attacker from the TV series Nip/Tuck - Elliot CarverElliot CarverElliot Carver is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies. In the film, he is portrayed by Welsh actor Jonathan Pryce. Screenwriter Bruce Feirstein modelled the character on Robert Maxwell, but many viewers analysed Carver as a satirical take on...
, villain in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies - Ellis CarverEllis CarverEllis Carver is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Seth Gilliam. Carver is an African American lieutenant and formerly in command of the Baltimore Police Department's Western District Drug Enforcement Unit...
, police officer in HBO drama The Wire - Holden CarverHolden CarverHolden Carver is the protagonist of the DC Comics/Wildstorm comic book series Sleeper written by Ed Brubaker and drawn by Sean Phillips.- Early years :...
, character in the comic book series Sleeper - Jack Carver, protagonist in the first-person shooter game Far Cry
- Jim Carver, police officer in long-running British police drama The Bill
- Paris CarverParis CarverParis Carver is a fictional character who appeared in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies . She was portrayed by Teri Hatcher....
, wife to the villain in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies - Rex CarverRex CarverRex Carver is a fictional British private eye created by the prolific writer Victor Canning. He appeared in 5 fast-paced, irreverently narrated novels in the 1960s. Although strictly a private eye, Carver knows a number of people who work for a shadowy British undercover agency and he frequently...
, British private eye in books by Victor Canning - Rosie Carver, character in the James Bond film Live and Let Die
- Zeus Carver, black activist and John McClane's partner in the film Die Hard with a Vengeance
Places
In the United States:- Carver, MassachusettsCarver, MassachusettsCarver is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,163 at the 2000 census, with an estimated 2008 population of 11,574. It is named for John Carver, the first governor of the Plymouth Colony.- Demographics :...
- Carver, MinnesotaCarver, MinnesotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 1,266 people, 458 households, and 349 families residing in the city. The population density was 328.6 people per square mile . There were 467 housing units at an average density of 121.2 per square mile...
- Carver, OregonCarver, OregonCarver is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, which as of 2004, is part of the city of Damascus, Oregon. Before 2004, when the city of Damascus incorporated, Carver was an independent, unincorporated community...
- Carver (Richmond, Virginia)
- Carver Center for Arts and TechnologyCarver Center for Arts and TechnologyCarver Center for Arts and Technology is a public magnet high school located in Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland. In any given year, about 800 students attend, and typical class size is just under 20. The school is primarily known for its ten primes, for which students must apply in order to...
, public high school in Towson, Maryland
Other meanings
- Carver (automobile)Carver (automobile)The Carver is a tilting three wheeled vehicle using an automatic balancing technology to balance the passenger compartment under all conditions. The first commercial Carver product, the Carver One, was designed to seat two people, and manufactured and distributed by Carver Europe in the Netherlands...
- Carver (crater)Carver (crater)Carver is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, due east of the walled plain Van der Waals. To the northeast is the crater Rosseland, and to the south-southeast lies Kozyrev....
, lunar crater - Carving knife
- CARVER matrixCARVER matrixThe CARVER matrix was developed by the United States special operations forces during the Vietnam War. CARVER is an acronym that stands for Criticality, Accessibility, Recuperability, Vulnerability, Effect and Recognizability and is a system to identify and rank specific targets so that attack...
, a target prioritization method - Carver YachtsCarver YachtsCarver is a powerboat company located in Pulaski, Wisconsin in the United States.Their models have ranged from 17 feet to 65 feet as of Nov. 2007.-History:...
, a powerboat company located in Pulaski, Wisconsin in the United States - Carver (film)Carver (film)Carver is the second horror film directed by Franklin Guerrero Jr., after The 8th Plague. Made in 2008, it stars Matt Carmody, Neil Kubath, and Erik Fones.-Plot:...
, a 2008 horror film directed by Franklin Guerrero, Jr. - Carver (novel)Carver (novel)Carver is the fifth novel of the Samuel Carver series by English thriller writer, Tom Cain, released on 18th August 2011 through Bantam Press.-Plot:...
, the fifth novel of the Samuel Carver series by Tom Cain - Carver (play)Carver (play)Carver is a radio drama by the Scottish composer and writer John Purser about the 16th century Scottish composer Robert Carver. It premiered on BBC Radio 3 on 31 March 1991, in a production recorded on 2 December 1990, produced by Stewart Conn and with music by the Taverner Consort conducted by...
, a radio drama by the Scottish composer and writer John Purser