Cecil
Encyclopedia
Places
- Cecil CollegeCecil CollegeCecil College is a community college in North East, Maryland, named for its location in Cecil County.-History:Cecil Community College was founded in 1968 to meet the educational needs of Cecil County residents...
, a community college - Cecil County, MarylandCecil County, MarylandCecil County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is part of the Delaware Valley. It was named for Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore , who was the first Proprietary Governor of the colony of Maryland from 1632 until his death in 1675. The county seat is Elkton. The newspaper...
, United States - Cecil FieldCecil FieldCecil Airport is a public joint civil-military airport located in Jacksonville, a city in Duval County, Florida, United States. The airport is owned by the Jacksonville Aviation Authority and services military aircraft, corporate aircraft, general aviation, and air cargo. The Florida Army National...
, an airport in Jacksonville, Florida, United States - Cecil, GeorgiaCecil, GeorgiaCecil is a town in Cook County, Georgia, United States. The population was 286 at the 2010 census. It is most known as the home of South Georgia Motorsports Park.-Geography:Cecil is located at ....
, United States - Cecil, OhioCecil, OhioCecil is a village in Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The population was 216 at the 2000 census.-History:A post office with the name Crane was established December 31, 1866; the name was changed to Cecil with effect from June 8, 1868.-Geography:...
, United States - Cecil, OregonCecil, OregonCecil is an unincorporated community in Morrow County, Oregon, United States. It is located about 14 miles northwest of Ione, on Oregon Route 74. The Oregon Trail crossed Willow Creek here, and it was once an important stagecoach stop....
, United States - Cecil, Pennsylvania, United States
- Cecil, WisconsinCecil, WisconsinCecil is a village in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 466 at the 2000 census. The village was named after a railroad man, Cecil Leavitt when the Railroad was finished in 1884.-Geography:...
, United States
People
- Brett CecilBrett CecilBrett Aarion Cecil is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. Cecil was drafted as the 38th overall pick in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft by the Blue Jays...
(born 1986), Canadian baseball pitcher - Caecilius of ElviraCaecilius of ElviraSaint Caecilius is venerated as the patron saint of Granada, Spain. Tradition makes him a Christian missionary of the 1st century, during the Apostolic Age. He evangelized the town of Iliberri or Iliberis , and became its first bishop. He is thus considered the founder of the archdiocese of...
, patron saint of Granada - Cecil Banes-WalkerCecil Banes-WalkerFrederick Cecil Banes-Walker was an English first-class cricketer who played five matches for Somerset County Cricket Club. He also played rugby for Clifton Rugby Football Club, and hockey for Gloucestershire...
(1888–1915), English first-class cricketer - Cecil BødkerCecil BødkerCecil Bødker is a Danish writer, most famous for the use of the character "Silas" in her books. In 1977, "The Leopard" won The Mildred L...
(born 1927), Danish writer - Cecil Boyd-RochfortCecil Boyd-RochfortSir Cecil Charles Boyd-Rochfort CVO was a British thoroughbred racehorse trainer who was British flat racing Champion Trainer five times....
(1887–1983), British thoroughbred racehorse trainer - Cecil Brooks IIICecil Brooks IIICecil Brooks III is an American jazz drummer who has worked with, among others, Marvin Peterson, Andrew Hill, Arthur Blythe, Russell Gunn, Etta Jones and Jimmy Ponder....
(born 1961), American jazz drummer - Cecil Charles Worster-DroughtCecil Charles Worster-DroughtCecil Charles Worster-Drought was an English physician. He discovered and named Worster-Drought syndrome....
(1888–1971), English physician - Cecil ClarkeCecil ClarkeCecil Phillip Clarke is a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented the riding of Cape Breton North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, from 2001 to 2011...
(born 1968), Canadian Legislative Assemblymen - Cecil CooperCecil CooperCecil Celester Cooper , nicknamed "Coop," is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball and the former manager of the Houston Astros. From through , Cooper played for the Boston Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers...
(born 1949), American baseball player and manager - Cecil Day-LewisCecil Day-LewisCecil Day-Lewis CBE was an Irish poet and the Poet Laureate from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake...
(1904–1972), Irish poet and the British Poet Laureate - Cecil DolecheckCecil DolecheckCecil A. Dolecheck is the Iowa State Representative from the 96th District. He has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 1997....
(born 1951), Iowa State Representative from the 96th District - Cecil FielderCecil FielderCecil Grant Fielder is a former professional baseball player who was a noted power hitter in the 1980s and 1990s. He attended college at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas . He played with the Toronto Blue Jays , Detroit Tigers , New York Yankees , Anaheim Angels and Cleveland Indians...
(born 1963), American baseball player - Cecil Frank PowellCecil Frank PowellCecil Frank Powell, FRS was a British physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and for the resulting discovery of the pion , a heavy subatomic particle.Powell was born in Tonbridge, Kent, England, the son of a local...
(1903–1969), British physicist and Nobel laureate - Cecil GriggCecil GriggCecil Burkett "Tex" Grigg was an American football player who played running back for eight seasons in the National Football League for the Canton Bulldogs, the Rochester Jeffersons, the New York Giants, and the Frankford Yellow Jackets...
(1891–1968), American football player - Cecil HeftelCecil HeftelCecil Landau Heftel, popularly known as Cec Heftel was an American politician and businessman from Hawai'i...
(1924–2010), American politician in Hawaii - Cecil Humphery-SmithCecil Humphery-SmithCecil Raymond Julian Humphery-Smith, OBE, FSA is a British genealogist and heraldist. He was educated at Hurstpierpoint College...
(born 1928), British genealogist and heraldist - Cecil MamiitCecil MamiitCecil Valdeavilla Mamiit is a tennis player from the United States who now represents the Philippines. He began his professional career in 1996. He reached his highest individual ranking in the ATP Tour on October 11, 1999, when he became World No...
(born 1977), American tennis player representing the Philippines - Cecil McBeeCecil McBeeCecil McBee is an American post bop jazz bassist, described by the Guinness Who's Who of Jazz as "a full-toned bassist who creates rich, singing phrases in a wide range of contemporary jazz contexts." Allmusic called him "One of post-bop's most advanced and versatile bassists".-Biography:McBee...
(born 1935), American post bop jazz bassist - Cecil MountfordCecil MountfordCecil "Ces" Mountford MBE was a New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach.Mountford was one of ten siblings, he and four of his brothers played rugby league for the South Island whilst Bill Mountford and Ken Mountford played for New Zealand...
(1919–2009), New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach - Cecil ParkerCecil ParkerCecil Parker was an English character and comedy actor with a distinctive husky voice, who usually played supporting roles in his 91 films made between 1928 and 1969....
(1897–1971), English character and comedy actor - Cecil ParkinsonCecil ParkinsonCecil Parkinson, Baron Parkinson, PC , is a British Conservative politician and former Cabinet Minister.-Early life:...
(born 1931), British politician - Cecil PotterCecil PotterCecil Bertram Potter was a former professional manager at Huddersfield Town, Derby County and Hartlepools United.-References:*99 Years & Counting — Stats & Stories — Huddersfield Town History...
(born 1888), former professional manager - Cecil PurdyCecil PurdyCecil John Seddon Purdy was an Australian chess International Master and inaugural World Correspondence Chess champion. Purdy earned the Grandmaster title at Correspondence Chess in 1953...
(1906–1979), Australian chess player - Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), British imperialist and businessman
- Cecil SandfordCecil SandfordCecil Charles Sandford is a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was a two-time World Champion and a two-time Isle of Man TT winner....
(born 1928), British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer - Cecil Spring-RiceCecil Spring-RiceSir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice GCMG GCVO , was a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1912 to 1918.-Early life:...
(1859–1918), British diplomat and Ambassador to United States 1912–1918 - Cecil TaylorCecil TaylorCecil Percival Taylor is an American pianist and poet. Classically trained, Taylor is generally acknowledged as one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an extremely energetic, physical approach, producing complex improvised sounds, frequently involving tone clusters and...
(born 1929), American pianist and poet - Cecil Tyndale-BiscoeCecil Tyndale-BiscoeCecil Earle Tyndale-Biscoe was a British missionary and educationalist, working in Kashmir. He was born with the family name Biscoe. It was changed to Tyndale-Biscoe in 1883....
(1863–1949), British missionary and educationalist, working in Kashmir\ - Cecil WilliamsonCecil WilliamsonCecil Williamson was an influential English Neopagan Witch. He was the founder of both the Witchcraft Research Center which was a part of MI6's war against Nazi Germany, and the Museum of Witchcraft...
(1909–1999), influential English Neopagan Witch - Cecil Woodham-SmithCecil Woodham-SmithCecil Blanche Woodham-Smith was a British historian and biographer. She wrote four popular history books, each dealing with a different aspect of the Victorian era.-Early life:...
(1896–1977), British historian and biographer - Chuck CecilChuck CecilCharles Douglas "Chuck" Cecil , was the defensive coordinator of the NFL's Tennessee Titans. He is also a former NFL Pro Bowl safety.-Early years:Cecil is a native of Red Bluff, California...
(born 1964), American football player - Henry Cecil LeonHenry Cecil LeonHenry Cecil Leon , who wrote under the pen-names Henry Cecil and Clifford Maxwell, was a judge and a writer of fiction about the British legal system. He was born near London in 1902 and was called to the Bar in 1923. Later in 1949 he was appointed a County Court Judge, a position he held until 1967...
(1902–1976), judge and author - Malcolm CecilMalcolm CecilMalcolm Cecil is a British jazz bassist and Grammy Award-winning record producer.A founding member of the UK's leading jazz quintet of the late 1950s, The Jazz Couriers, he went on to join a number of British jazz combos led by Dick Morrissey, Tony Crombie and Ronnie Scott in the late 50s and...
(born 1937), British jazz bassist and Grammy Award-winning record producer - Rex CecilRex CecilRex Rolston Cecil was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox . Cecil batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
(1916–1966), American baseball pitcher 1944–1945 - Cecil, Edgar Algernon Robert, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
- William Cecil, 1st Baron BurghleyWilliam Cecil, 1st Baron BurghleyWilliam Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley , KG was an English statesman, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer from 1572...
or Lord Burghley (1520–1598), English statesman, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I - Cecil Saint-Laurent, the nom de plume of Jacques Laurent
Cecil may also refer to:
- Marquess of SalisburyMarquess of SalisburyMarquess of Salisbury is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1789 for the 7th Earl of Salisbury. Most of the holders of the title have been prominent in British political life over the last two centuries, particularly the 3rd Marquess, who served three times as Prime Minister...
, which has a family name of Cecil - Marquess of ExeterMarquess of ExeterMarquess of Exeter is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1525 for Henry Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon...
, which has a family name of Cecil
Characters
- Cecil Harvey (Final Fantasy), main character of Square's Final Fantasy IV video game
- Cecil AdamsCecil AdamsCecil Adams is a name, possibly a pseudonym, designating the American author of The Straight Dope, a popular question and answer column published in The Chicago Reader since 1973. Ed Zotti is Adams' current editor....
, an author pseudonym in The Straight Dope newspaper column - Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent, from the TV animated cartoon "Beany and Cecil"
Other
- The CecilThe CecilThe Cecil is a historic luxury hotel located in the hill station Shimla, India. It was established in 1884 by the British. The address is at Chaura Maidan...
, a heritage hotel in Shimla, India, built in 1884 - Cecil (programming language), prototype-based programming language
- CeCILLCeCILLCeCILL is a free software license adapted to both international and French legal matters, in the spirit of and retaining compatibility with the GNU General Public License....
, a French free software licence - Beany and CecilBeany and CecilBeany and Cecil was an animated cartoon series created by Bob Clampett, who had previously worked for Warner Bros.. As a puppet show entitled Time for Beany, it originally aired in 1949, with the animated series first appearing in Matty's Funday Funnies in 1959, later renamed Matty's Funnies with...
, a 1960s American animated series - CECIL, a Learning Management System by University of Auckland, New Zealand
- Cecil, Danish cigarette brand by House of PrinceHouse of PrinceHouse of Prince A/S, is a Danish cigarette manufacturer. As Denmark’s only cigarette manufacturer, it was an independent subsidiary of Scandinavian Tobacco Company until its sale to British American Tobacco in 2008....
- Cecil (soil)Cecil (soil)]Originally mapped in Cecil County, Maryland in 1899, more than 10 million acres of the Cecil soil series are now mapped in the Piedmont region of the southeastern United States...
, the dominant red clay soil in the American South - Cecil (Passions)
- Long CecilLong CecilLong Cecil was a unique one-off gun, designed by George Labram, a United States citizen, and built in the workshops of the De Beers mining company in Kimberley for use by the British during the Siege of Kimberley in the Second Boer War....
, a gun