Parkin (surname)
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Parkin is a surname, and may refer to
- Arthur ParkinArthur ParkinWilliam Arthur Parkin is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:*...
(born 1952), New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
field hockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player. - Ben ParkinBen ParkinBenjamin Theaker Parkin was a British teacher and politician who served as Member of Parliament for Stroud and for Paddington North...
(1906-1969), BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
LabourLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, MP for StroudStroud (UK Parliament constituency)Stroud is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
(1945-1950) and Paddington NorthPaddington North (UK Parliament constituency)Paddington North was a borough constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington in London which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system...
(1953-69). - Bonnie D. ParkinBonnie D. ParkinBonnie Dansie Parkin was the fourteenth general president of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2002 to 2007. Parkin was also a member of the general presidency of the church's Young Women organization from 1994 to 1997.Bonnie Dansie was raised in a...
(born 1940), American 14th general president of the Relief SocietyRelief SocietyThe Relief Society is a philanthropic and educational women's organization and an official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . It was founded in 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois, USA and has approximately 6 million members in over 170 countries and territories...
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. - Brian ParkinBrian ParkinBrian Parkin is the football academy director at Team Bath and a former professional goalkeeper....
(born 1965), EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
footballer. - Cec Parkin (1886-1943), English cricketerCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
. - Darren Parkin (born 1985), Australia sports radio presenterRadio personalityA radio personality is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality can be someone who introduces and discusses various genres of music, hosts a talk radio show that may take calls from listeners, or someone whose primary responsibility is to give news, weather,...
. - David ParkinDavid ParkinDavid Parkin is a former Australian rules footballer and four-time premiership coach.- Pre-football career :He attended Melbourne High School and during his time there, was the school vice-captain and captain of football....
(born 1942), Australian Australian Rules football playerAustralian rules footballAustralian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
and coachCoach (sport)In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
. - Dean Parkin, British poetPoetA poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
. - Derek ParkinDerek ParkinDerek Parkin is an English former football player who made a record number of appearances for Wolverhampton Wanderers .-Career:...
(born 1948), English footballer. - Dante Parkin (1873-1936), South AfricanSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
cricketer. - Edmond T. ParkinEdmond T. ParkinEdmond T. Parkin was a landscape architect and partner of his brother's firm John Parkin and Associates in Toronto in 1947. Retired in 1964, Parkin is no longer with the current Parkin firm.-External links:* *...
, CanadianCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
. - Frank ParkinFrank ParkinDr. Frank Parkin was a British sociologist and novelist. He was a professor emeritus at the University of Kent and editor of the Concepts in the Social Sciences series published by Open University Press.-Biography:...
(born 1931), British sociologist. - George ParkinGeorge ParkinGeorge Parkin was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half.-References:...
(1903-1971), English footballer. - George Robert ParkinGeorge Robert ParkinSir George Robert Parkin KCMG was a Canadian educator, imperialist, and author.Born at Parkindale near Salisbury, New Brunswick, he was a graduate from the University of New Brunswick. From 1867 to 1871, he taught at the Bathurst Grammar School...
, (1846-1922), Canadian educatorTeacherA teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
and authorAuthorAn author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
. - Gerard ParkinGerard ParkinGerard "Ged" Parkin is a professor at the Columbia University.-Biography:Gerard Parkin worked under Malcolm Green during both his undergraduate and graduate studies, at Queens College of Oxford University. His work involved exploring the chemistry of tungsten phosphine derivatives...
, American chemistChemistA chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
and metallurgist. - Ian ParkinIan ParkinIan Parkin was a musician who played rhythm guitar with the first incarnation of Bill Nelson's Be-Bop Deluxe....
(1950-1995), British musicianMusicianA musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
(Be-Bop Deluxe). - Jennifer Parkin, Canadian musician (Ayria).
- John ParkinJohn Parkin (infomercial presenter)John Parkin is a well-known presenter of US infomercials.Originally from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, he was working as a successful department store salesman when he was offered a job by US informercial producers who were unable to find a suitable American presenter.Since the 1980s he has presented...
, British television presenter. - John B. Parkin (1911-1975), Canadian architect.
- John C. Parkin (1922-1988), Canadian architect.
- Jon ParkinJon ParkinJon "The Beast" Parkin is a journeyman English footballer who plays for Huddersfield Town on loan from Cardiff City as a striker.-Early career:...
(born 1981), English footballer. - Jonty ParkinJonty ParkinJonathon "Jonty" Parkin was an English rugby league footballer of the 1910s, '20s and '30s. He joined Wakefield Trinity as an 18-year-old in 1913 and gave 17 years' service, playing 349 times and earning 17 Great Britain Test caps, 12 England appearances and 17 for Yorkshire...
(1894-1995), English rugby league playerRugby leagueRugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
. - Lance ParkinLance ParkinLance Parkin is a British author, best known for writing fiction and reference books for television series, in particular Doctor Who and Emmerdale...
, British author. - Leonard ParkinLeonard ParkinLeonard Parkin, Leonard Parkin, Leonard Parkin, (2 June 1929 - 20 September 1993 in Thurnscoe, Yorkshire, England, was a British TV journalist and newscaster who worked for both the BBC and ITN.He was educated at Hemsworth Grammar School, Yorkshire...
(1929-1993), British televisionPresenterA presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an exhibit. Likewise, a master of ceremonies is a person that hosts or presents a show...
and news presenterNews presenterA news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
. - Liam Patrick Parkin, British artistArtistAn artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
. - Molly ParkinMolly ParkinMolly Parkin , is a Welsh painter, novelist and journalist, who became most famous for exploits in the 1960s.Parkin was the second of two daughters, born and raised in Pontycymer in the Garw Valley, Wales...
(born 1932), WelshWalesWales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
artist and journalistJournalistA journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
. - Owen ParkinOwen ParkinOwen Parkin is a retired English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. Born in Coventry, his first-class career began with Glamorgan in 1994, playing twice during the 1994 County Championship, and taking 5/28 on his Sunday League debut, after a season in which...
(born 1972), English cricketer. - Philip ParkinPhilip ParkinAndrew Philip Parkin is a Welsh professional golfer who has also worked as a golf commentator and analyst.Parkin was born in Doncaster, England and raised in Newtown, Powys. He attended Texas A&M University in the United States, where he was the first person to receive a full scholarship for the...
(born 1971), Welsh golferGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
and commentatorSports commentatorIn sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...
. - Ray ParkinRay ParkinRay Parkin was an Australian writer, amateur artist, and self-taught historian, noted for his memoirs of World War II and a major work on Captain Cook's Endeavour voyage.-Early life:...
(1910–2005), Australian writerWriterA writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, artist and historianHistorianA historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
. - Ray Parkin (1911–1971), English footballer.
- Sam ParkinSam ParkinSamuel "Sam" Parkin is an English professional footballer who plays for St Johnstone.-Chelsea:...
(born 1981), English footballer. - Sara ParkinSara ParkinSara Parkin is a former Green Party of England and Wales activist and politician. She rose to prominence during and after the 1989 European election, in which the Green Party received 15% of the vote...
, British Green PartyGreen Party of England and WalesThe Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...
politician and environmental campaignerEnvironmentalismEnvironmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...
. - Scott ParkinScott ParkinScott Parkin Scott Parkin Scott Parkin (b. 1969, Garland, Texas is a peace, environmental and global justice organizer, community college history instructor, and a founding member of the Houston Global Awareness Collective. He has been a vocal critic of the American invasion of Iraq, and of...
(born 1969), American environmental campaigner. - Sophie ParkinSophie ParkinSophie Parkin is an English writer, artist and actor, born in London in 1961.She was schooled at Frensham Heights Boarding School, then Camborne School of Mines, Pool, nr Redruth, Cornwall...
(born 1961), British author and actress. - Steve ParkinSteve ParkinStephen John "Steve" Parkin is an English former footballer and manager, currently working as assistant manager at Bradford City.-Mansfield Town:...
(born 1965), English footballer and managerCoach (sport)In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
. - Steve ParkinSteve Parkin (musician)Stephen R Parkin is an Australian musician and singer-songwriter. Originally from United Kingdom he was raised in Perth. He has been in various bands including Autopilot and Basement Birds. He co-wrote material for Eskimo Joe's 2009 album Inshalla, which peaked at number one on the Australian...
, Australian musician. - Stuart ParkinStuart ParkinStuart Stephen Papworth Parkin, Ph.D. is an experimental physicist, IBM Fellow and manager of the magnetoelectronics group at the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California. He is also a consulting professor in the Department of Applied Physics at Stanford University and director of the...
, British experimental physicist. - Terence ParkinTerence ParkinTerence Parkin is a deaf swimmer from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 200 metres breaststroke...
(born 1980), South African OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
swimmer. - Tim ParkinTim ParkinTimothy John "Tim" Parkin is a former English footballer.-Playing career:Parkin passed through the ranks at Blackburn Rovers to earn a contract in 1976, in three years with the club he made 13 league appearances...
(born 1957), English footballer and manager. - Tommy ParkinTommy ParkinTommy Parkin is a retired English professional football defenderParkin spent his youth career with Ipswich Town. In December 1973, he turned professional with Ipswich, but did not see any first team time until January 1978. In 1977, the team sent him on loan to the Connecticut Bicentennials of...
(born 1956), English footballer. - Travis ParkinTravis ParkinTravis John Parkin is a music programmer, public radio personality, artist, graphic designer, and progressive-minded entrepreneur most recognized as the alternating-Thursdays host of Afternoon Freeform Travis John Parkin (born Mark William Viola, July 30, 1949) is a music programmer, public radio...
(born 1949), American radio DJDisc jockeyA disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
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