Jarvis
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Jarvis
is a surname
and, less frequently, a male given name
.
"Jarvis" can also refer to:
In fictional characters:
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In other uses:
Jarvis (name)
Jarvis is a British surname and occasional masculine given name. Alternate spellings include Jervis, Jervois, Jervoise, Gervase, Gervis, and Jarvie...
is a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
and, less frequently, a male given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
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- Ann JarvisAnn JarvisAnn Maria Reeves Jarvis was a social activist and organizer during and after the American Civil War...
(1832 - 1905), social activist, founder of Mother's day holiday. - Anna JarvisAnna JarvisAnna Marie Jarvis is the founder of the Mother's Day holiday in the United States.-Biography:...
(1864 - 1948), daughter of Ann Jarvis. - Jarvis CockerJarvis CockerJarvis Branson Cocker is an English musician and frontman for the band Pulp. Through his work with the band, Cocker became a figurehead of the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s. Following Pulp's hiatus Cocker has led a successful solo career...
(b. 1963) is a British musician and frontman for the band PulpPulp (band)Pulp are an English alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. Their lineup consists of Jarvis Cocker , Russell Senior , Candida Doyle , Mark Webber , Steve Mackey and Nick Banks ....
. - Jarvis "Joe" Deane was a photographer who lost an eye in the 1896 Crash at CrushCrush, TexasCrush, Texas, was a temporary "city" established as a one-day publicity stunt in 1896. William George Crush, general passenger agent of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad , conceived the idea to demonstrate a train wreck as a spectacle. No admission was charged, and train fares to the crash site...
. - Gregory JarvisGregory JarvisGregory Bruce Jarvis was an American engineer who died during the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where he was serving as Payload Specialist.-Education:...
(1944 - 1986), was a NASA astronaut killed aboard the Space Shuttle ChallengerSpace Shuttle ChallengerSpace Shuttle Challenger was NASA's second Space Shuttle orbiter to be put into service, Columbia having been the first. The shuttle was built by Rockwell International's Space Transportation Systems Division in Downey, California...
. - Matt Jarvis (b. 1986), an EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
footballer who plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers. - Howard JarvisHoward JarvisHoward Arnold Jarvis was an American businessman, lobbyist, and politician. He was an anti-tax activist responsible for passage of California's Proposition 13 in 1978.-Early life and education:...
(1903 - 1986), an American businessman, lobbyist, and politician.
"Jarvis" can also refer to:
In fictional characters:
- Edwin JarvisEdwin JarvisEdwin Jarvis is a fictional supporting character in the Marvel Comics titles, The Avengers, Iron Man, and Spider-Man.-Publication history:...
, fictional Marvel Comics butler - "'Jarvis LorryJarvis Lorry-Cinematic and Theatrical Portrayals:In the 2008 Broadway musical adaptation of 'A Tale of Two Cities,' Jarvis Lorry is played by Michael Hayward-Jones.-External links:*...
"', a secondary character in the A Tale of Two CitiesA Tale of Two CitiesA Tale of Two Cities is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature....
novel - Jarvis, the 20th ghost that Luigi encounters in Luigi's MansionLuigi's MansionLuigi's Mansion, known as in Japan, is an action-adventure game published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube. It was released in Japan on September 14, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, and in Europe on May 3, 2002. The game was a launch title for the GameCube...
- Jarvis McBallsy, the main character in the PlayStation 3PlayStation 3The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
video game PAINPain (video game)Pain is a 2007 video game for the PlayStation 3, developed by games studio Idol Minds. It was originally released as a downloadable title available from the PlayStation Store and was first released in North America on November 29, 2007 and in Europe on March 20, 2008 and became the most popular... - Jarvis is the mascot of American Science & Surplus
In places:
- Jarvis, OntarioJarvis, OntarioJarvis is a small community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. Jarvis is located near the towns of Simcoe, Townsend, Cayuga, Port Dover and Hagersville. It is located at the crossroads of Highway 3 and Highway 6.- Facilities :...
, Canada, a small town near Lake Erie in Haldimand County, Ontario - Jarvis IslandJarvis IslandJarvis Island is an uninhabited 4.5 square kilometer coral island located in the South Pacific Ocean at , about halfway between Hawaii and the Cook Islands...
, a territory of the U.S., located in the South Pacific
In other uses:
- JarvisJarvis (album)Jarvis is the debut solo album by Pulp vocalist and musician Jarvis Cocker, released in the UK on November 13, 2006.-Production:...
, debut solo album by Jarvis CockerJarvis CockerJarvis Branson Cocker is an English musician and frontman for the band Pulp. Through his work with the band, Cocker became a figurehead of the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s. Following Pulp's hiatus Cocker has led a successful solo career... - Jarvis AlgorithmGift wrapping algorithmIn computational geometry, the gift wrapping algorithm is an algorithm for computing the convex hull of a given set of points.-Planar case:In the two-dimensional case the algorithm is also known as Jarvis march, after R. A. Jarvis, who published it in 1973; it has O time complexity, where n is the...
, also known as the gift wrapping algorithm - Jarvis (CTA)Jarvis (CTA)Jarvis is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, on the Red Line at 1523 W. Jarvis Avenue in Chicago, Illinois...
, a rapid transit station in Chicago, Illinois - Jarvis Collegiate InstituteJarvis Collegiate InstituteJarvis Collegiate Institute is a high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Jarvis is located on Jarvis Street. Founded in 1807 it is the second oldest high school in Ontario after the Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute, and the oldest high school in Toronto.-History:Jarvis Collegiate was...
, a high school located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Jarvis PLCJarvis PLCJarvis plc is a British company that provides support services to the British railway industry. It also runs rail freight operations. The most significant feature of the modern firm is its leading share of the UK’s railway maintenance and infrastructure services.-19th and 20th centuries:The...
, United Kingdom public sector contractor - USS JarvisUSS JarvisThree ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Jarvis for James C. Jarvis.* The first USS Jarvis was a Paulding-class destroyer launched in 1912, served in World War I and decommissioned in 1919....
, a series of three ships with the name - 3353 Jarvis3353 Jarvis3353 Jarvis is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on December 20, 1981 by Edward L. G. Bowell at Flagstaff . It is named in memory of Gregory Jarvis, one of the astronauts who died in the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster...
, an asteroid named after Gregory Jarvis - Jarvis (rocket)Jarvis (rocket)Studied in 1985, long after the Saturn V had been retired, the Jarvis would be used for Pacific launches and would once again utilize the engines from the Saturn V, except that the Jarvis' third stage would use an R-4D engine that was developed for the Apollo Service and Lunar Module used in...
, an launch vehicle named after Gregory Jarvis