Kirkham
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Places
- Kirkham, LancashireKirkham, LancashireKirkham, or as it once was known, Kirkam-in-Amounderness is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England, midway between Blackpool and Preston and adjacent to the smaller town of Wesham. It owes its existence to Carr Hill upon which it was built and which was the location...
, England - Kirkham, North YorkshireKirkham, North YorkshireKirkham is a village in North Yorkshire, England, close to Malton, situated in the Howardian Hills alongside the River Derwent, and is notable for the nearby ruins of Kirkham Priory, an Augustinian establishment....
, England - Kirkham, New South WalesKirkham, New South WalesKirkham is a suburb of the Macarthur Region of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia in Camden Council. The suburb is largely undeveloped at present and possibly will remain so since much of it is on low-lying flood-prone land.-History:...
, Australia - Kirkham (HM Prison)Kirkham (HM Prison)HM Prison Kirkham is a Category D men's prison, located southwest of Kirkham in Lancashire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.-RAF Kirkham:...
, a prison in Lancashire, England
People
- Don KirkhamDon KirkhamDon Kirkham was a distinguished soil scientist regarded as the founder of mathematical soil physics. His special interest was the flow of water through soils and drainage of agricultural land. He was awarded the 1983/4 Wolf Prize in Agriculture and the Robert E. Horton Medal in 1995.* Don and...
, American soil scientist - Frances KirkhamFrances KirkhamFrances Margaret Kirkham CBE is a British Judge and member of the Judicial Appointments Commission.Kirkham was educated at King's College London where she obtained a BA degree and an AKC qualification, and became a solicitor in 1978. She is also a Chartered Arbitrator...
, British Judge - Fred KirkhamFred KirkhamBorn Frederick Angus Benfield , Fred Kirkham was an Australian Olympic-level rower, songwriter and Judge.-Early life:Kirkham was born in Leichhardt, New South Wales and attended Newington College...
(1937 – 2007), Australian rower, songwriter and judge - Fred Kirkham (football manager)Fred Kirkham (football manager)Frederick Thomas Kirkham was an English domestic and international football referee and football manager for Tottenham Hotspur between 1903 and 1908.-Career as referee:...
(died 1949), English football referee and manager of Tottenham Hotspur - Glenn KirkhamGlenn KirkhamGlenn Charles W. Kirkham is an English field hockey player.-Early life:He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Alford...
, English hockey player - Ian KirkhamIan KirkhamIan Kirkham is a world-renowned saxophonist, who has been the saxophone player for Simply Red since 1986. He started learning piano at five, and saxophone at eleven.-References:...
(born 1963), English saxophonist - John KirkhamJohn KirkhamJohn Charles Kirkham was a British adventurer, hotelier and ship's steward who fought with William Walker in Nicaragua and Charles George Gordon in China during the Taiping Rebellion before landing in Ethiopia at the beginning of the British campaign against Emperor Tewodros II in 1868...
(c.1830 - 1876), British adventurer - Kathleen KirkhamKathleen KirkhamKathleen Kirkham was a silent film actress from Menominee, Michigan.Her mother, Mrs. L.B. Kirkham, resided at 1135 Windsor Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. She was a stage actress prior to marriage.-Film actress:...
(1895 – 1961), silent film actress - Millie KirkhamMillie KirkhamMildred 'Millie' Kirkham is an American singer who was featured on many classic hit recordings from the mid 1950s through the 1980s.-Early life:Kirkham was born in Nashville, Tennessee...
, American backing singer - Oscar A. KirkhamOscar A. KirkhamOscar Ammon Kirkham was a general authority in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and one of the seven presidents of Seventy....
(1880 – 1958), leading figure in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Paul KirkhamPaul KirkhamPaul Kirkham is a former professional footballer who played as a striker in the Football League for Huddersfield Town.-Early career:...
(born 1969), English footballer - Reg KirkhamReg KirkhamReginald Kirkham was an English footballer who played as full back for Burnley Football Club between 1947 and 1951. He played 15 games for Burnley and played in the Central League championship side of 1949. He scored one goal for Burnley at Turf Moor against Portsmouth in 1950.Reg Kirkam joined...
(1919 – 1999), English footballer - Richard KirkhamRichard KirkhamRichard Ladd Kirkham is an American philosopher. Among his published works are the much-cited Theories of Truth , "Does the Gettier Problem Rest on a Mistake?" Mind , and "On Paradoxes and a Surprise Exam" Philosophia . Kirkham graduated from Cornell College in 1977 and received his Ph.D...
(born 1955), American philosopher - Rick KirkhamRick KirkhamRick Kirkham was a reporter for Inside Edition who appeared on a segment called "Inside Adventure". From the age of 14, he filmed more than 3,000 hours of a video diary; this included footage during his tenure on Inside Edition during which he was addicted to crack cocaine.He appeared on The Oprah...
, American journalist - Stanton Davis KirkhamStanton Davis KirkhamStanton Davis Kirkham was a naturalist, philosopher, ornithologist and author. Although widely travelled, he resided primarily in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. He was born in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France, the only child of Major Murray S...
(1868 -1944), American naturalist, philosopher, ornithologist and author - Tom KirkhamTom KirkhamThomas "Tom" Kirkham was the referee of the 1902 FA Cup Final.At the end of the first match in the 1902 Cup Final between Sheffield United and Southampton, United's goalkeeper William Foulke protested to the officials that Southampton's equalizing goal should not have been allowed. Foulke left his...
, English football referee - Tommy KirkhamTommy KirkhamTommy Kirkham is a Northern Ireland loyalist political figure and former councillor. He was previously associated with the Ulster Defence Association and the Ulster Political Research Group although he has since been expelled from both groups. He was a former deputy mayor of Newtownabbey and was...
, Northern Ireland loyalist politician - Tony KirkhamTony KirkhamTony Kirkham is the head of the Arboretum at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where he had worked since 1978. Tony started his life as an apprentice at Tilhill Forestry Nursery in Frensham in 1974. In 1976 he attended Merrist Wood Agricuktural College where he gained his NCH in Arboriculture and the RFS...
(born 1957), English botanist - Wilf KirkhamWilf KirkhamWilfred Thomas "Wilf" Kirkham was a Port Vale football player who scored a record 164 goals in 276 Vale appearances, including a record 38 goals in one season...
(1901 – 1974), English footballer