Skelton

Skelton

Skelton may refer to:

Places

;United Kingdom
*Skelton, Cumbria, England, location of the Skelton transmitter site
*Skelton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
*Skelton, North Yorkshire, England
*Skelton-on-Ure, North Yorkshire, England
*Skelton, York, England
*Skelton-in-Cleveland, Redcar and Cleveland, England
*North Skelton, Redcar and Cleveland, England;United States
*Skelton, Indiana

People

*Betty Skelton Frankman (b. 1926), women's land speed record holder and aviator
*Charles Skelton (1806–1879), politician
*Ike Skelton (b. 1931), congressman
*John Skelton (c.1460–1529), poet
*Matt Skelton (b. 1967), boxer
*Matthew Skelton, writer
*Raleigh Ashlin Skelton (1906–1970), cartographer
*Red Skelton (1913–1997), comedian
*Reginald William Skelton (1872–1956), polar explorer
*Roy Skelton (b. 1932), actor

In the sixteenth-century, Shelton and Skelton were alternate spellings of the same name. Those who used both include:
*Mary Shelton, mistress of Henry VIII of England and maid-of-honour to his wife and her cousin, Anne Boleyn
*Anne Shelton (courtier), mother of the above, head of the household of the future Elizabeth I and aunt of Anne Boleyn
*Sir John Shelton, head of the household of the future Elizabeth I and father of Mary Shelton


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  • SKELTON (J.) — SKELTON JOHN (1460 env. 1529) Poète anglais, longtemps négligé, John Skelton refait surface grâce à l’admiration que lui ont vouée quelques poètes modernes, dont W. H. Auden, qui lui a consacré un essai en 1935 (The Great Tudors ), et Robert… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • Skelton —   [skeltn], John, englischer Dichter, * Diss (bei Norwich) um 1460, ✝ Westminster (heute zu London) 21. 6. 1529; Geistlicher, war Erzieher des späteren Königs Heinrich VIII. Skelton schrieb Verssatiren (»The bowge of courte«, entstanden um 1498,… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Skelton [1] — Skelton (spr. ßkellt n), Stadt in Cleveland, einem Gau des Nordbezirks von Yorkshire (England), mit Eisengruben und einschließlich Brotton (1901) 13,240 Einw …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Skelton [2] — Skelton (spr. ßkellt n), John, engl. Dichter und Gelehrter, geb. um 1460, gest. 21. Juni 1529 in Westminster, studierte in Cambridge, wurde 1490 Poeta laureatus in Oxford, später auch in Cambridge und Löwen und erwarb sich gelehrte Verdienste… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Skelton — [skelt′ n] John 1460? 1529; Eng. poet …   English World dictionary

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