Fell (disambiguation)
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Fell
is a term used to designate mountains and upland in northern England and other parts of Europe.
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Fell
“Fell” is a word used to refer to mountains, or certain types of mountainous landscape, in Scandinavia, the Isle of Man, and parts of northern England.- Etymology :...
is a term used to designate mountains and upland in northern England and other parts of Europe.
Other articles on Fell include:
People
- Alfred FellAlfred FellAlfred Nolan Fell MB ChB was an international rugby union player for Scotland as a member of Edinburgh University RFC....
, Scottish international rugby player (1901-1903) - Anthony Fell (disambiguation)
- Barry FellBarry FellBarry Fell was a professor of invertebrate zoology at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology. His primary research was on starfish and sea urchins...
, zoologist and writer on epigraphy - Charles FellCharles FellCharles Yates Fell, was a New Zealand barrister, councillor, mayor and watercolour artist.- Background :Fell was born in Nelson in 1844...
, Mayor of Nelson, New Zealand and painter - Graeme FellGraeme FellGraeme Vincent Fell is a former 3000 meters steeplechase runner. In 1982 he competed for England at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, winning a silver medal in the 3000m steeplechase behind Julius Korir of Kenya...
, former 3000 meters steeplechase runner - Hans-Josef FellHans-Josef FellHans-Josef Fell is a member of the Green Party in the German Parliament. Fell framed the German Renewable Energy legislation, together with Hermann Scheer...
, German Member of Parliament - Heather FellHeather FellHeather Fell is a British modern pentathlete. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal in the women's modern pentathlon event.-Early life:...
, British modern pentathlete - Jesse FellJesse FellJesse Fell was an early political leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was the first to successfully burn anthracite coal on an open air grate. His method and 'discovery' in 1808 led to the widespread use of coal as the fuel source that helped to foster America's industrial revolution. He lived...
, anthracite experimenter from Pennsylvania - Jesse W. FellJesse W. FellJesse W. Fell was a Bloomington, Illinois businessman and land owner instrumental in the establishment of communities throughout Central Illinois and for the founding of Illinois State University. A close friend of Abraham Lincoln it was Fell who urged him to challenge his opponent, Stephen A...
, Illinois businessman and friend of Abraham Lincoln - John Fell (disambiguation)
- John Fell (clergyman)John Fell (clergyman)John Fell was an English churchman and influential academic. He served as Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and later concomitantly as Bishop of Oxford.-Education:...
(1625–1686) - John Barraclough FellJohn Barraclough FellJohn Barraclough Fell , was a British railway engineer and inventor of the Fell mountain railway system.Fell spent the early part of his life in London, living with his parents. About 1835 he moved with them to the Lake District. In 1840, he married a 25-year-old woman named Martha in Kirkstall,...
(1815–1902), engineer - Julian FellJulian FellJulian Fell is a winning contestant from the British game show Countdown. He was the 48th champion of the show. He scored 924 points in the heats, beating the previous record held by Chris Wills, and was the first player to score 100 points or more in all eight heat games.During his eighth game, he...
, a winning contestant from the British game show Countdown - Margaret FellMargaret FellMargaret Fell or Margaret Fox was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends. Known popularly as the "mother of Quakerism", she is considered one of the Valiant Sixty early Quaker preachers and missionaries.-Life:...
or Margaret Fox (1614–1702), one of the founding members of the Religious Society of Friends - Norman FellNorman FellNorman Fell , born Norman Noah Feld, was an American actor of film and television, most famous for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on the sitcom Three's Company and its spin-off, The Ropers.-Early life:...
(1924–1998), American actor of film and television - Richard FellRichard FellRichard Taylor Fell CVO was the British High Commissioner to New Zealand and the colonial Governor of the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands from 2001 to 2006....
, British High Commissioner to New Zealand from 2001 to 2006 - Sam FellSam FellSam Fell is a British film director, screenwriter, voice actor and animator.Sam started his career as director on the short film The Big Cheese for 3 Peach Animation...
, animator - Simon FellSimon FellSimon H. Fell is a bassist and composer; he is primarily known for his work as a free improviser and the composer of ambitiously complex post-serialist works.Fell began playing double bass in 1973...
, bassist and composer - Stuart FellStuart FellStuart Fell is a professional actor and stuntman. He has appeared on British television many times, with his earliest role being in the LWT comedy series Hark at Barker, in which he plays the driver of a car that crashes when he's distracted by Ronnie Barker carrying a mannequin...
, professional actor and stuntman
Farming and animals
- Fell farmingFell farmingFell farming is the farming of fells, i.e. areas of uncultivated high ground used as common grazing. It is a term commonly used in Northern England, especially in the Lake District and the Pennine Dales...
- Fell ponyFell ponyThe Fell Pony is a versatile, working breed of mountain and moorland pony originating in the north of England in Cumberland and Westmorland and Northumberland. It was originally bred on the fell farms of northwest England, and is used as a riding and driving pony...
, a British pony breed - Rough Fell (sheep)Rough Fell (sheep)The Rough Fell is an upland breed of sheep, originating in the UK. It is common on fell and moorland farms, its distribution embracing a large proportion of South Cumbria, parts of the West Riding of Yorkshire, North Lancashire and, more recently, upland parts of Devon...
Places
- Fell, Rhineland-PalatinateFell, Rhineland-PalatinateFell is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.Near Fell there is the Slate mine Fell and the Feller Bach, joining the Moselle River....
, a village in Germany - Fell Exhibition Slate MineFell Exhibition Slate MineThe Fell Exhibition Slate Mine is a former slate mine in Germany located about 20 km east from Trier and about 60 km east of Luxembourg near the villages Fell and Thomm. The exhibition mine can be visited every day from April to October...
, an exhibition mine in Germany - Fell Township, PennsylvaniaFell Township, PennsylvaniaFell Township is a township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,178 at the 2010 census.-Pattern of Settlement:...
- The FellsThe FellsThe Fells, in Newbury, New Hampshire, was originally the summer home of John Milton Hay, a 19th-century American statesman.-History:John Hay served the United States in various capacities in a career that lasted over 40 years. He was Abraham Lincoln's private secretary during the Civil War and...
, the historic John Hay Estate in Newbury, NH, USA
Other
- Fell (comics)Fell (comics)Fell is an American comic book, written by Warren Ellis, illustrated by Ben Templesmith, and published by Image Comics. It began publication in 2005, and has been on hiatus since 2008...
, a comic book written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Ben Templesmith, published by Image - Fell mountain railway systemFell mountain railway systemThe Fell system uses a raised centre rail between the two running rails on steeply-graded railway lines to provide extra traction and braking, or braking alone. Trains are propelled by wheels or braked by shoes pressed horizontally onto the centre rail, as well as by means of the normal running...
, a railway configuration using a raised centre rail (named after John Barraclough Fell) - Fell Engine MuseumFell Engine MuseumThe Fell Engine Museum in Featherston, New Zealand, is a museum based around the only remaining Fell railway locomotive in the world.This locomotive, number H 199, climbed up the Rimutaka Incline using John Barraclough Fell's unique method of four grip wheels on a raised center rail.H 199 is one...
, Featherston, New Zealand - Fell Diesel, the popular name for the British Rail 10100British Rail 10100British Railways 10100 was an unusual experimental diesel locomotive known informally as The Fell Diesel Locomotive . It was the joint production of Davey Paxman & Co, Shell Refining & Marketing Co and Lt-Col L.F.R. Fell, built for them by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at Derby. Sir...
locomotive (named after Lt. Col. L.F.R. Fell) - Fell (novel)Fell (novel)Fell is a novel, written by David Clement-Davies as a follow-up to The Sight. The book was published in 2007 by Amulet Books. It follows the story of Fell, a wolf who left his pack after the events of The Sight.-Plot summary:...
, the name of the book that is a sequel to one of David Clement-Davies' books, The Sight
See also
- Fall (disambiguation)Fall (disambiguation)Fall or Autumn is a season of the year.Fall or The Fall may also refer to:- Common generic uses :* Falling , movement due to gravity* Falling , accident caused by a fall...
: 'fell' is the past tense of 'to fall'