Eccles

Eccles

Eccles can refer to:

Places

*Eccles (UK Parliament constituency) — a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
*Eccles Avenue Historic District, Ogden, Utah
*Eccles Broadcast Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
*Eccles, Berwickshire, Scottish Borders.
*Eccles, Greater Manchester, England
*Eccles, Kent, England
*Eccles, Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
*Eccles, Nevada, in Lincoln County, Nevada
*Eccles, Nord, a commune in Nord department, France

ports

*Eccles Coliseum, in Cedar City, Utah, home of the Southern Utah University football team
*Rice-Eccles Stadium, in Salt Lake City, Utah, home of the University of Utah football team

People

* Clancy Eccles (* 1940; † 2005), Jamaican musician
* David Eccles (businessman) (*1849; † 1912), American businessman who became Utah's first multimillionaire
* David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles (*1904; † 1999), British Conservative politician
* Henry Eccles (composer) (* 1670; † 1742),
* Henry E. Eccles (* 1898; † 1986), Rear Admiral in the United States Navy
* John Carew Eccles (* 1903; † 1997), Australian physiologist
* John Eccles (* 1668; † 1735), British composer
* Marriner Stoddard Eccles (* 1890; † 1977), U.S. banker, economist, and Chairman of the Federal Reserve
* Solomon Eccles (* 1618; † 1683), English musician
* Spencer Eccles (* 1934), a prominent financier and philanthropist in Salt Lake City, Utah
* W. J. Eccles, Canadian professor and author of multiple Canadian history books.
* William Henry Eccles (* 1875; † 1966), British physicist

* Eccles (character), a character in "The Goon Show"

Education

* Eccles College
* Eccles Elementary School in Canby, Oregon

Miscellaneous

* Eccles, abbreviation for Ecclesiastes, an Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) book
* Eccles cake, a currant filled cake
* Eccles used to be a manufacturer of caravans in the UK (see [http://www.ecclescoc.co.uk www.ecclescoc.co.uk] )


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  • Eccles — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Clancy Eccles (1940–2005), jamaikanischer Musiker David Eccles (1849–1912), US amerikanischer Unternehmer David McAdam Eccles, 1. Viscount Eccles (1904 1999), britischer Politiker der Conservative Party… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Eccles —    ECCLES, a parish, in the county of Berwick, 6 miles (W. by N.) from Coldstream; containing, with the villages of Leitholm and Birgham, 1946 inhabitants. The name of this parish is derived from the classical word signifying a church, supposed… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

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  • Eccles — (spr. Eckls), Kirchspiel in der englischen Grafschaft Lancashire, bedeutende Baumwollenmanufacturen, von der Manchester Liverpool Eisenbahn durchschnitten; 34,000 Ew …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Eccles — (spr. éckels, Ecclesia), anmutig gelegene Stadt (municipal borough) in Lancashire (England), am Irwell, 6 km westlich von Manchester, mit vielen Landsitzen und gotischer Marienkirche, treibt Baumwollindustrie und hat mit den einverleibten Orten… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Eccles — (spr. ekkl s), Stadt in der engl. Grafsch. Lancaster, am Irwell, (1901) mit Vororten 34.369 E …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Eccles. — Eccles. abbr. Bible Ecclesiastes. * * * …   Universalium

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  • Eccles — (Ecclesiastes) book of the Old Testament thought to be written by King Solomon …   English contemporary dictionary

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