Underhill
Encyclopedia
Places
- Underhill, DorsetUnderhill, DorsetUnderhill is the name given to the area of land at the northern end of the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England, which is very steep and contains the villages of Chiswell, Castletown and Fortuneswell. The rest of the island is known as Tophill....
, England - Underhill SchoolUnderhill SchoolUnderhill School was built in 1932. School’s name is from its location in Underhill, London Borough of Barnet.-External links:* * *...
, Barnet, England - Underhill StadiumUnderhill StadiumUnderhill is the home of Barnet F.C. It is situated in Barnet in the London Borough of Barnet and has a capacity of 6,200. The stadium is famous for its slope from the North to South end. It is also used for Arsenal reserve games....
, Barnet, England, the home ground of Barnet F.C. - Underhill, VermontUnderhill, VermontUnderhill is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,980 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 51.4 mi2 , of which 51.3 mi2 is land and 0.1 mi2 is water.-Education:Underhill...
, United States - Underhill, WisconsinUnderhill, WisconsinUnderhill is a town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 846 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Hintz and Underhill are located in the town...
, a town, United States - Underhill (community), WisconsinUnderhill (community), WisconsinUnderhill is an unincorporated community located in the town of Underhill, Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. Underhill is located on the Oconto River west-southwest of Gillett....
. an unincorporated community, United States
People
- Barbara UnderhillBarbara UnderhillBarbara Ann Underhill is a Canadian pair skater. With partner Paul Martini, she is the 1979-1983 Canadian national champion, the 1984 World champion, and the 1978 World Junior champion...
(1963-), Canadian figure skater - Cave UnderhillCave UnderhillCave Underhill was an English actor in comedy roles.For over 40 years, as a member of the Duke's Company, Underhill played the first Gravedigger in Hamlet. He was also successful in playing Gregory in Romeo and Juliet, the clown in Twelfth Night, and Trinculo in The Tempest...
(1634-1710?), English actor - Evelyn UnderhillEvelyn UnderhillEvelyn Underhill was an English Anglo-Catholic writer and pacifist known for her numerous works on religion and spiritual practice, in particular Christian mysticism....
(1875–1941), British writer - Frank UnderhillFrank UnderhillFrank Hawkins Underhill, was a Canadian historian, social critic and political thinker.Frank Underhill, born in Stouffville, Ontario, was educated at the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford where he was a member of the Fabian Society...
(1889–1971), Canadian historian and social activist - Henry Underhill (1914–1993), British politician
- Hugh Underhill (1518–1593), English keeper of the wardrobe under Queen Elizabeth I
- Captain John UnderhillCaptain John UnderhillJohn Underhill was an early English settler and soldier in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Province of New Hampshire, the New Haven Colony, New Netherland, and later the Province of New York...
(1597–1672), English colonist and soldier in the Massachusetts Bay Colony - John Edward Underhill (1574–1608), English diplomat and exile
- Isaac Underhill WilletsIsaac Underhill WilletsIsaac Underhill Willets was a Long Islander and prominent farm owner best known today for the road named after him, I.U. Willets Road.-I.U. Willets Road:...
(1819–1899), a prominent Long Island farm owner - John Q. UnderhillJohn Q. UnderhillJohn Quincy Underhill was a U.S. Representative from New York, representing the state's 16th congressional district....
(1848–1907), American politician - John R. UnderhillJohn R. UnderhillJohn R. Underhill is Professor of Stratigraphy in the Grant Institute of Earth Sciences in the University of Edinburgh, Scotland and Associate Professor in the Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University...
(born 1961), British geologist and football referee - Paco UnderhillPaco UnderhillPaco Underhill is an environmental psychologist, the author of the books Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping, Call of the Mall: The Geography of Shopping and What Women Want: The Global Marketplace Turns Female Friendly, and the founder of a market research and consulting company called Envirosell...
, American environmental psychologist - Robert L. M. UnderhillRobert L. M. UnderhillRobert Lindley Murray Underhill was an American mountaineer best known for introducing modern Alpine style rope and belaying techniques to the U.S. climbing community in the late 1920s and early 1930s....
(1889–1983), American mountaineer - Roy UnderhillRoy UnderhillRoy Underhill was raised in Washington, D.C., and was the first master housewright at the Colonial Williamsburg reconstruction. Since 1979, he has been the host of the PBS series The Woodwright's Shop...
(born 1950), American woodwright and host of the television series "The Woodwright's Shop" - Steven UnderhillSteven UnderhillSteven Underhill is an American photographer. He grew up in Northern California and graduated from University of California, Los Angeles....
(born 1962), American photographer - Wilbur Underhill, Jr.Wilbur Underhill, Jr.Wilbur Underhill, Jr. , often called "Mad Dog" or the "Tri-State Terror", was an American criminal, burglar, bank robber and Depression-era outlaw...
(1901–1934), American criminal, burglar, bank robber and Depression-era outlaw
Fiction
- "Mr Underhill", the traveling name of Frodo BagginsFrodo BagginsFrodo Baggins is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.He is the main protagonist of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. He was a hobbit of the Shire who inherited Sauron's Ring from Bilbo Baggins and undertook the quest to destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom...
in the novel The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien - Underhill, the name of the first settlement on Mars in the novel Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Underhill, fictional character in the short story The Rule of NamesThe Rule of Names"The Rule of Names" is a short story by Ursula K. Le Guin, first published in the April 1964 issue of Fantastic, and reprinted in collections such as The Wind's Twelve Quarters. This story and "The Word of Unbinding" convey Le Guin's initial concepts for the Earthsea realm, most importantly its...
by Ursula K. Le Guin - Underhill, an alternate reality inhabited by any multitude of fantasy creatures in Mercedes LackeyMercedes LackeyMercedes "Misty" Lackey is a best-selling American author of fantasy novels. Many of her novels and trilogies are interlinked and set in the world of Velgarth, mostly in and around the country of Valdemar...
's urban fantasy novels - Sherkaner Underhill, fictional non-human character in the novel A Deepness in the SkyA Deepness in the SkyA Deepness in the Sky is a Hugo Award–winning science fiction novel by Vernor Vinge. Published in 1999, the novel is a loose prequel to his earlier novel A Fire Upon the Deep...
by Vernor Vinge - Ted Underhill, fictional individual being scammed by Chevy Chase's character in the movies FletchFletch (film)Fletch is a 1985 comedy film about a wisecracking investigative newspaper reporter, Irwin M. Fletcher , who writes under the name of Jane Doe...
and Fletch LivesFletch LivesFletch Lives is a 1989 comedy film starring Chevy Chase. It was directed by Michael Ritchie with a screenplay by Leon Capetanos based on the character created by Gregory Mcdonald. Fletch Lives was released by Universal Pictures. It is a sequel to the 1985 film Fletch.- Plot :Chevy Chase once again...
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