Eccles
Encyclopedia
Places
- Eccles, Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
- Eccles, Greater ManchesterEccles, Greater ManchesterEccles is a town in the City of Salford, a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England, west of Salford and west of Manchester city centre...
, a town in North West England - Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)Eccles was a parliamentary constituency of the United Kingdom, centred on the town of Eccles in Greater Manchester, England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.- History :The constituency...
— an electoral division represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom - Eccles, KentEccles, KentEccles is a village in the English county of Kent, part of the parish of Aylesford and in the valley of the River Medway.-Archaeology:It is the site of a Roman villa estate and pottery kiln, excavated between 1962 and 1976. It replaced an Iron Age settlement , and was occupied until the end of...
, England - Eccles on SeaEccles on SeaEccles-on-Sea is an ancient Norfolk coastal fishing village, now virtually all swept into the North Sea.- History :...
, Norfolk, England
- Eccles, NordEccles, NordEccles is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It is about southeast of Maubeuge.-Heraldry:-References:*...
, a commune in Nord department, France
- Eccles Avenue Historic DistrictEccles Avenue Historic DistrictThe Eccles Avenue Historic District, also known as the David Eccles Subdivision is a historic neighborhood located between 25th and 26th streets in Ogden, Utah, and Jackson and Van Buren Avenues...
, Ogden, Utah - Eccles Broadcast CenterEccles Broadcast CenterThe Eccles Broadcast Center, formally known as the Dolores Doré Eccles Broadcast Center, is headquarters of three broadcast stations and a statewide educational consortium. The center houses KUED, KUER, KUEN and the Utah Education Network. The facility sits on the southern edge of a nine hole golf...
, Salt Lake City, Utah - Eccles BuildingEccles BuildingThe Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building houses the main offices of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. It is located at 20th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., in Washington, D.C. The building, designed in the stripped-down classical style, was designed by Paul...
, Washington, D.C. - EcclesEccles, West VirginiaEccles is an unincorporated census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Eccles is located on West Virginia Route 3 west of Beckley. Eccles has a post office with ZIP code 25836. As of the 2010 census, its population is 362....
, an unincorporated community in West Virginia
Sports
- Eccles ColiseumEccles ColiseumEccles Coliseum is an 6,200-seat multi-purpose stadium in Cedar City, Utah. It is home to the Southern Utah University Thunderbirds track & field team and football team. The stadium also hosts the Utah Summer Games opening ceremonies and several events. The facility opened in 1967.-External links:*...
, in Cedar City, Utah, home of the Southern Utah University football team - Rice-Eccles StadiumRice-Eccles StadiumRice-Eccles Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, on the campus of the University of Utah. It is the home field of the Utah Utes of the Pacific-12 Conference...
, in Salt Lake City, Utah, home of the University of Utah football team
People
- Clancy EcclesClancy EcclesClancy Eccles was a Jamaican ska and reggae singer, songwriter, arranger, promoter, record producer and talent scout. Known mostly for his early reggae works, he brought a political dimension to this music...
(1940–2005), Jamaican musician - David Eccles (businessman)David Eccles (businessman)David Eccles was an American businessman and industrialist who founded many businesses throughout the western United States and became Utah's first multimillionaire.-Biography:...
(1849–1912), American businessman who became Utah's first multimillionaire - David Eccles, 1st Viscount EcclesDavid Eccles, 1st Viscount EcclesDavid McAdam Eccles, 1st Baron Eccles and 1st Viscount Eccles, CH, KCVO, MP, PC was an English Conservative politician....
(1904–1999), British Conservative politician - George S. Eccles (born 1900), businessman and philanthropist
- Graham EcclesGraham EcclesGraham Eccles is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, '70s and '80s who at club has played for Leeds, and Wakefield Trinity, playing , i.e. number 11 or 12....
, rugby league footballer of the 1960s, '70s and '80s for Leeds, and Wakefield Trinity - Henry Eccles (composer)Henry Eccles (composer)Henry Eccles was an English composer.-Early life:He was the son of John Eccles and Sally Eccles and the grandson of Solomon Eccles.-Accomplishments:...
(1670–1742), - Henry E. EcclesHenry E. EcclesHenry Effingham Eccles was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy and a major figure at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island from the late 1940s through the 1970s, as a thinker and writer on naval logistics and military theory.-Early life and education:The son of an Episcopal...
(1898–1986), Rear Admiral in the United States Navy - James EcclesJames EcclesJames Eccles FGS was an English mountaineer and geologist who is noted for making a number of first ascents in the Alps during the silver age of alpinism.-Life:...
(1838–1915), English mountaineer and geologist - John Carew EcclesJohn Carew EcclesJohn Carew Eccles, AC FRS FRACP FRSNZ FAAS was an Australian neurophysiologist who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synapse. He shared the prize with Andrew Huxley and Alan Lloyd Hodgkin....
(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
- Mary Eccles, Viscountess Eccles (1912–2003), book collector and scholar
- Solomon EcclesSolomon EcclesSolomon Eccles , also known as Solomon Eagle, was an English composer.-Life:Solomon Eagle was mentioned in Daniel Defoe's semi-fictional account of the plague of 1665 titled A Journal of the Plague Year. Defoe wrote:...
(1618–1683), English musician - Spencer EcclesSpencer EcclesSpencer Fox Eccles is a prominent financier and philanthropist in Salt Lake City, Utah and chairman emeritus of the Intermountain Region of Wells Fargo Corporation...
(born 1934), a prominent financier and philanthropist in Salt Lake City, Utah - Tony EcclesTony EcclesTony Eccles is a Winmau sponsored darts player currently residing in Hartlepool. He uses the nickname The Viper.-BDO career:...
(1970), English darts player - William Henry Eccles (1875–1966), British physicist
- William J. EcclesWilliam J. EcclesWilliam John Eccles , commonly known as W. J. Eccles, was a historian of Canada.Born in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, England, his family immigrated to to Canada in the 1920s. He attended college at McGill University and the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1953, he joined the faculty at the University of Manitoba...
(1917–1998), historian of Canada
Miscellaneous
- Eccles, abbreviation for EcclesiastesEcclesiastesThe Book of Ecclesiastes, called , is a book of the Hebrew Bible. The English name derives from the Greek translation of the Hebrew title.The main speaker in the book, identified by the name or title Qoheleth , introduces himself as "son of David, king in Jerusalem." The work consists of personal...
, an Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) book - Eccles cakeEccles cakeAn Eccles cake is a small, round cake filled with currants and made from flaky pastry with butter and can sometimes be topped with demerara sugar.-Name and origin:Eccles cakes are named after the English town of Eccles...
, a currant-filled cake - Eccles Road railway stationEccles Road railway stationEccles Road railway station is a rural railway station in the English county of Norfolk. It is served by local services operated by East Midlands Trains and National Express East Anglia on the Breckland Line from Norwich to Peterborough and Cambridge. The station is unstaffed and has two...
in Norfolk, England