Blackwell
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Places
Canada- Blackwell, Ontario
United Kingdom
- Blackwell, County DurhamBlackwell, County DurhamBlackwell is a suburb in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated towards the edge of the West End of Darlington, beside the River Tees. Blackwell consists of large 1930s style semi-detached and detached houses, and private, newly-built homes...
, England - Blackwell, CumbriaBlackwell, CumbriaBlackwell is a village in the parish of St Cuthbert Without, in City of Carlisle District, in the English county of Cumbria. It is just south of the city of Carlisle. There is Carlisle Racecourse in the village....
, England - Blackwell, BolsoverBlackwell, BolsoverBlackwell is a village in Derbyshire, England. It is one of the four villages that make up the civil parish of Blackwell within the District of Bolsover - the other villages being Hilcote, Newton and Westhouses. The Parish Council meets monthly...
, Alfreton, Derbyshire, England - Blackwell, WorcestershireBlackwell, WorcestershireBlackwell is a village located in the North-East of Worcestershire and comes under the jurisdiction of Lickey Parish Council.Nearby large towns include Barnt Green and Bromsgrove. Worcester and Birmingham are also influential...
, England - Blackwell in the PeakBlackwell in the PeakBlackwell is a village in the Derbyshire Dales local government district of Derbyshire, England, on the A6 main road between Bakewell and Buxton.It is sometimes referred to as "Blackwell-in-the-Peak" to distinguish it from Blackwell near Alfreton....
, Derbyshire, England
United States
- Blackwell, OklahomaBlackwell, OklahomaBlackwell is a city in Kay County, Oklahoma, United States, located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 177 and State Highway 11 along Interstate 35. The population was 7,668 at the 2000 census. Blackwell was established following the September 16, 1893 Cherokee Outlet land run by A. J. Blackwell...
- the Blackwell meteorite of 1906 which fell in Oklahoma (see Meteorite fallsMeteorite fallsMeteorite falls, also called observed falls, are those meteorites that were witnessed by people or automated devices as they moved through the atmosphere or hit the Earth, and were subsequently collected. All other meteorites are called "finds"...
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- the Blackwell meteorite of 1906 which fell in Oklahoma (see Meteorite falls
- Blackwell, TexasBlackwell, TexasBlackwell is a city in Coke and Nolan counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 360 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Blackwell is located at ....
- Blackwell, MissouriBlackwell, MissouriBlackwell is an unincorporated community in extreme northern St. Francois County, Missouri. It is located about seven miles south of De Soto....
- Blackwell, WisconsinBlackwell, WisconsinBlackwell is a town in Forest County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 332 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated community of Blackwell is located in the town...
, a town - Blackwell (community), WisconsinBlackwell (community), WisconsinBlackwell is an unincorporated community in the town of Blackwell, Forest County, Wisconsin, United States. Blackwell is east-southeast of Crandon....
, an unincorporated community
Miscellaneous
- Blackwell (historic house)Blackwell (historic house)Blackwell is a large house designed in the Arts and Crafts style by Baillie Scott. It was built 1898–1900, and is listed grade I as an outstanding example of British domestic architecture. The house was built as a holiday home for Sir Edward Holt, a wealthy Manchester brewer...
, England - Blackwell HouseBlackwell HouseBlackwell House is an historic house on Roosevelt Island in New York, New York.It was built in 1796 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972....
, New York - Blackwell UK, a chain of bookshops based in Oxford, England
- Blackwell Publishing, now part of Wiley-Blackwell
- Blackwell, a character in the manga series Gals!Gals!Gals! is a shōjo manga written and illustrated by Mihona Fujii. The manga was serialized in Ribon and published in the U.S. by CMX.An anime adaptation, , aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between 2001 and 2003, running a length of 52 episodes...
- The Blackwell SeriesThe Blackwell SeriesBlackwell is an independent adventure video game series consisting of four games: The Blackwell Legacy, Blackwell Unbound, Blackwell Convergence and Blackwell Deception. The first game was released on 23 December 2006, the second on 4 September 2007, the third on 22 July 2009, and the fourth was...
, adventure games for the PC
People
- Ace Blackwell, fictional sitcom character
- Alex BlackwellAlex BlackwellRobert Alexander Blackwell is a retired American professional basketball player, who had a brief stint with the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA...
(Robert Alexander Blackwell), basketball player - Alexander BlackwellAlexander BlackwellAlexander Blackwell was a Scots adventurer.He was born in Aberdeen, studied medicine, took to printing, and was thrown into prison for debt. His wife Elizabeth Blackwell supported him by writing and publishing a herbal...
, Scots adventurer - Alice Stone BlackwellAlice Stone BlackwellAlice Stone Blackwell was an American feminist, journalist and human rights advocate.-Biography:The daughter of Henry Brown Blackwell and Lucy Stone, she was born in East Orange, New Jersey....
, feminist, journalist and human rights advocate - Basil BlackwellBasil BlackwellSir Basil Blackwell was born Henry Blackwell in Oxford, England. He was the son of the founder of Blackwell's bookshop in Oxford, which went on to become the Blackwell's family publishing and bookshop empire, located on Broad Street in central Oxford...
, son of founder of Blackwell's bookshops in the UK - Ben BlackwellBen BlackwellBen Blackwell is the creator and director of , one of two drummers in the Detroit-based rock band the Dirtbombs, an accomplished writer and a nephew of Jack White of the White Stripes.-The Dirtbombs:...
, director of Cass Records, drummer, roadie - Brian BlackwellBrian BlackwellBrian Blackwell is an English murderer. He killed his parents - 72-year-old Brian and 61-year-old Jacqueline - at their home in Melling, a village in the northern suburbs of Liverpool, England, on July 25, 2004...
, an English schoolboy who murdered his parents - Bumps Blackwell, American songwriter and record producer
- Carlyle BlackwellCarlyle BlackwellCarlyle Blackwell was an American silent film actor and a minor director and producer.Born in Troy, Pennsylvania, he made his film debut in the 1910 Vitagraph Studios production of Uncle Tom's Cabin directed by J. Stuart Blackton. Between then and 1930, when talkies ended his acting career, he...
, silent film actor - Chris BlackwellChris BlackwellChristopher Percy Gordon "Chris" Blackwell is a British record producer and businessman, who was the founder of Island Records, acknowledged as the most successful and groundbreaking independent record company in history. Blackwell has been a music industry mogul for over fifty years...
, founder of Island Records - David BlackwellDavid Blackwell-Honors and awards:*President, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 1956*National Academy of Sciences, 1965*American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1968*Honorary Fellow, Royal Statistical Society, 1976*Vice President, American Statistical Association, 1978...
, mathematician - Douglas BlackwellDouglas BlackwellDouglas Blackwell was an English actor with many television and film credits.Douglas blackwell is also the name pod many children it is the 17 most common first namee...
, British actor - Ed BlackwellEd BlackwellEd Blackwell was an American jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana, known for his extensive work with Ornette Coleman....
, jazz drummer - Elise BlackwellElise BlackwellElise Blackwell is an American novelist, born in Austin, Texas and raised primarily in southern Louisiana. She studied creative writing at Louisiana State University before entering the MFA Program of the University of California, Irvine...
, novelist - Elizabeth Blackwell (doctor), activist and first female doctor in the US
- Elizabeth Blackwell (illustrator)Elizabeth Blackwell (illustrator)Elizabeth Blackwell , was a Scottish botanical illustrator and author. She achieved fame as a botanical illustrator, and was both artist and engraver for the plates of "A Curious Herbal", published between 1737 and 1739...
, English botanical illustrator - Emily BlackwellEmily BlackwellEmily Blackwell was the second woman to earn a medical degree at what is now Case Western Reserve University, and the third openly identified woman to earn a medical degree in the United States.-Biography:...
, one of the first American women physicians - Ernley BlackwellErnley BlackwellSir Ernley Robertson Hay Blackwell KCB, was a British lawyer and career civil servant...
, British bureaucrat - Ewell BlackwellEwell BlackwellEwell Blackwell was a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "The Whip" for his sidearm, snap-delivery, Blackwell played for the Cincinnati Reds for most of his career ....
, baseball pitcher - Francis Blackwell ForbesFrancis Blackwell ForbesFrancis Blackwell Forbes was a China merchant, opium trader and botanist, son of Rev. John Murray Forbes, Rector of St. Luke's, New York and his wife Francis Blackwell Forbes (New York, August 11, 1839 - Boston, Massachusetts, May 2, 1908) was a China merchant, opium trader and botanist, son of...
, China merchant and botanist - George BlackwellGeorge BlackwellFather George Blackwell was Roman Catholic Archpriest of England from 1597 to 1608.-Biography:Blackwell was born in Middlesex, England about 1545, perhaps the son of the pewterer Thomas Blackwell. He was admitted as a scholar to Trinity College, Oxford on 27 May 1562...
, an Archpriest of England - Grey BlackwellGrey BlackwellGrey Blackwell is an American artist who has worked in print illustration and web animation. Some of his previous illustration clients include MAD Magazine, Entertainment Weekly and Sport Illustrated for Kids. In 1998, Blackwell received the National Cartoonist Society Newspaper Illustration Award...
, illustrator and animator - Harolyn BlackwellHarolyn BlackwellHarolyn Blackwell is an African-American lyric coloratura soprano who has performed in many of the world's finest opera houses, concert halls, and theaters in operas, oratorios, recitals, and Broadway musicals...
, soprano - Henry Browne Blackwell, social activist and husband of Lucy Stone
- Henry Blackwell (cricketer)Henry Blackwell (cricketer)Henry Blackwell was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1895 and 1898.Blackwell was born at Wirksworth Derbyshire, the son of William Blackwell, a butcher and his wife Fanny...
- Ian BlackwellIan BlackwellIan David Blackwell is an English cricketer. A left-arm orthodox spinner and powerful middle-order batsman, he has played for England in one-day and Test sides, and plays county cricket for Durham, having left Somerset at the end of the 2008 season.-Career:Blackwell was called up for the England...
, cricketer - Jannie L. BlackwellJannie L. BlackwellJannie L. Blackwell is a Democratic Councilwoman representing the Third District on the City Council of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She has served since 1991...
, Philadelphia City Council member, widow of Lucien Blackwell - Jerry BlackwellJerry BlackwellJerry Blackwell was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Crusher" Jerry Blackwell. Blackwell competed in the 1979 World's Strongest Man contest, but withdrew early in the competition due to an injury...
("Crusher"), professional wrestler - John Blackwell (disambiguation), several people.
- Julius W. BlackwellJulius W. BlackwellJulius W. Blackwell was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives that represented fourth and third districts of Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...
, US Congressman from Tennessee - Kate BlackwellKate BlackwellKathryn Anne Blackwell in Wagga Wagga, but raised in Yenda, a small rural town outside of Griffith, NSW. She and her identical twin sister Alex Blackwell were part of the Australian national team that won the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup in South Africa...
, Australian cricketer - Ken BlackwellKen BlackwellJohn Kenneth Blackwell is an American politician and activist who served as the mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio from 1979 to 1980 and Ohio Secretary of State from 1999 to 2007. A Republican, he was the first African-American to be the candidate for governor of a major party in Ohio. In 2006, Blackwell...
, American politician in Ohio - Kevin BlackwellKevin BlackwellKevin Patrick Blackwell is an English former professional football goalkeeper who since retiring as a player has worked as a coach and a manager. He has an identical twin, Noel.-Early career:...
, football goalkeeper - Leslie BlackwellLeslie BlackwellLeslie Egerton Blackwell was a Canadian politician.A graduate of Osgoode Law School, Blackwell was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1943 election that brought George Drew's Ontario Progressive Conservative Party to power with a minority government...
, Canadian politician - Lucien E. BlackwellLucien E. BlackwellLucien Edward Blackwell was a United States Congressman who represented West Philadelphia and parts of Delaware County, Pennsylvania from 1991 to 1995. He was a Democrat.-Early life:...
, late US Congressman from Pennsylvania, husband of Jannie Blackwell - Luke BlackwellLuke BlackwellLuke Blackwell is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for Claremont in the West Australian Football League . He formerly played for Carlton in the Australian Football League...
, Australian footballer - Morton BlackwellMorton BlackwellMorton C. Blackwell is an American Republican Party activist. He is president and founder of the Leadership Institute , a 5013 non-profit educational foundation that teaches political technology....
, conservative activist - Otis BlackwellOtis BlackwellOtis Blackwell was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist, whose work significantly influenced rock 'n' roll...
, American songwriter - Paul BlackwellPaul BlackwellPaul Blackwell is a well-known Australian stage actor and occasional film actor.He attended the National Institute of Dramatic Arts from 1980 to 1982 and has appeared in many productions from some of Australia's best-known theatre companies, including Company B, Sydney Theatre Company, State...
, Australian actor - Richard BlackwellRichard BlackwellRichard Blackwell was an American fashion critic, journalist, television and radio personality, artist, former child actor and former fashion designer, sometimes known just as Mr. Blackwell. He was the creator of the "Ten Worst Dressed Women List", an annual awards presentation he unveiled in...
(aka Mr. Blackwell), fashion critic best known for his annual "worst dressed" lists - Robert BlackwellRobert BlackwellRobert "Bumps" Blackwell was an American songwriter, arranger, and record producer, best known for his work overseeing the early hits of Little Richard, as well as grooming Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Lloyd Price, Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert, Larry Williams, and Sly and the Family Stone at the start of...
, American songwriter, nicknamed "Bumps" - Roger BlackwellRoger BlackwellRoger Blackwell is an American recognized marketing expert and public speaker. He has a reputation throughout that country.He has written several books on marketing including Consumer Behavior , From Mind to Market : Reinventing the Retail Supply Chain and Customers Rule! .Blackwell was a...
, marketing expert and public speaker - Samuel C. BlackwellSamuel C. Blackwell-Biography:Blackwell was born in England, the son of Bristol sugar refiner Samuel Blackwell and Hannah Lane, who moved their family of nine children to the United States in 1832. They first lived in New York City, and later in New Jersey...
, Anglo-American abolitionist and husband of Antoinette Brown - Scrapper (Francis) BlackwellScrapper BlackwellFrancis Hillman "Scrapper" Blackwell was an American blues guitarist and singer; best known as half of the guitar-piano duo he formed with Leroy Carr in the late 1920s and early 1930s, he was an acoustic single-note picker in the Chicago blues and Piedmont blues style, with some critics noting...
, American blues musician - Thomas Blackwell (disambiguation), several people.
- Thomas Blackwell (scholar) (1701–1757), Scottish classical scholar
- Tom BlackwellTom BlackwellThomas Leo "Tom" Blackwell is an United States Photorealist of the original first generation of Photorealists. Blackwell is one of the photorealists most associated with the style...
, photorealist - Trevor BlackwellTrevor BlackwellTrevor Blackwell is a computer programmer, engineer and entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley.Blackwell is a developer of humanoid robots. He is also the inventor of the Eunicycle, essentially a one-wheeled Segway. Dr. Blackwell is the founder and CEO of Anybots and a partner at Y Combinator.- Life...
, computer programmer and inventor - Unita BlackwellUnita BlackwellUnita Blackwell is an American civil rights activist who was the first African-American woman, and the tenth African-American, to be elected mayor in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Blackwell was a project director for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and helped organize voter drives...
, the first African American woman mayor of Mississippi and civil rights activist