Crofts

Crofts

Crofts is a surname of English origin. The name refers to:

  • Andrew Crofts (b. 1953), English writer
  • Andrew Crofts (b. 1984), Welsh professional football player
  • Daniel Webster Crofts (1828–1852), American lawyer and Mason; founder of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity
  • Dash Crofts (b. 1940), American musician; half of the 1970s singing duo Seals and Crofts
  • Ernest Crofts (1847–1911), English painter
  • Freeman Wills Crofts (1879–1957), Irish-English mystery author
  • Hayley Crofts (b. 1988), New Zealand netball player
  • Lewis Crofts (b. 1977), English journalist and author
  • Thomas Crofts (1722–1781), English Anglican priest, bibliophile, and Fellow of the Royal Society
  • William Carr Crofts (1846–1894), English lawyer and entrepreneur
  • William Crofts, 1st Baron Crofts (b. unknown, d. 1677), English nobleman

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  • Crofts — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Andrew Crofts (* 1984), walisischer Fußballspieler Ernest Crofts (1847–1911), englischer Maler Freeman Wills Crofts (1879–1957), irischer Schriftsteller Siehe auch: Croft …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Crofts — Crofts, Ernest, engl. Maler, geb. 15. Sept. 1847 in Leeds, lernte in London bei A. B. Clay und begab sich 1870 nach Düsseldorf, wo er sich den Schlachtenmaler Hünten zum Lehrer erwählte. Das Bild, mit dem er den ersten Erfolg davontrug, war… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Crofts — Crofts, Ernest, engl. Schlachtenmaler, geb. 15. Sept. 1847 zu Leeds, in Düsseldorf gebildet; bes. Napoleonische Schlachtenbilder (Napoleon begrüßt die alte Garde u.a.) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Crofts — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and has a number of possible sources. Firstly, the surname may be a nickname for a smart, cunning person, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century craeft , craft, skill. The surname may… …   Surnames reference

  • Crofts End Church — Formation 1895 Location Bristol, England Official languages English Pastor Andrew Yelland Crofts End Church is a nonconformist church, located in …   Wikipedia

  • Crofts Baronets — The Crofts Baronetcy, of Stow in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 16 March 1661 for John Crofts. The title became extinct on his early death in 1664. William Crofts, 1st Baron Crofts, was the… …   Wikipedia

  • Crofts, Anna Helen —    Amateur writer and collaborator with HPL. Crofts lived in North Adams, Mass., in the far northwestern corner of the state. She collaborated with HPL on the story “Poetry and the Gods” ( United Amateur, September 1920), published as by “Anna… …   An H.P.Lovecraft encyclopedia

  • Crofts, Freeman Wills — ▪ British writer born June 1879, Dublin died April 11, 1957, Worthing, Sussex, Eng.  internationally popular Irish author of detective novels whose tight plots and exact and scrupulous attention to detail set new standards in detective fiction… …   Universalium

  • crofts — krÉ’ft n. small plot near the house used for growing vegetables for household needs; very small farm (Scottish usage); small filing cabinet that can be opened into a table …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Andrew Crofts (footballer) — Football player infobox playername = Andrew Crofts fullname = Andrew Lawrence Crofts height = height|ft=5|in=9 dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|5|29|df=yes cityofbirth = Chatham, Kent countryofbirth = England currentclub = Gillingham… …   Wikipedia

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