Kell
Encyclopedia
Places
- Kell (volcano)Kell (volcano)Kell is a stratovolcano located in the southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.- References :*...
, an extinct stratovolcanoStratovolcanoA stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a tall, conical volcano built up by many layers of hardened lava, tephra, pumice, and volcanic ash. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile and periodic, explosive eruptions...
in Kamchatka Krai, Russia - Kell, IllinoisKell, IllinoisKell is a village in Marion County, Illinois, United States. The population was 231 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Kell is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....
, a village in the United States - Kell am SeeKell am SeeKell am See is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Hunsrück, approx. 20 km southeast of Trier.Kell am See is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Kell am See....
, a village and a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
People
- George KellGeorge KellGeorge Clyde Kell was an American baseball third baseman who played for the Philadelphia Athletics , Detroit Tigers , Boston Red Sox , Chicago White Sox , and Baltimore Orioles in the American League, who went on to become a baseball broadcaster for 40 years.-Playing career:In college, Kell...
, a third baseman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983 - John McIntosh Kell, Confederate States Navy (1823-1900), Executive Officer of CSS AlabamaCSS AlabamaCSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built for the Confederate States Navy at Birkenhead, United Kingdom, in 1862 by John Laird Sons and Company. Alabama served as a commerce raider, attacking Union merchant and naval ships over the course of her two-year career, during which she never anchored in...
- Joseph Kell, a pseudonym used by Anthony BurgessAnthony BurgessJohn Burgess Wilson – who published under the pen name Anthony Burgess – was an English author, poet, playwright, composer, linguist, translator and critic. The dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange is Burgess's most famous novel, though he dismissed it as one of his lesser works...
for his novels Inside Mr. EnderbyInside Mr. EnderbyInside Mr Enderby is the first volume of the Enderby series, a quartet of comic novels by the British author Anthony Burgess.The book was first published in 1963 in London by William Heinemann under the pseudonym Joseph Kell. The series which began with the publication, in 1963, of Inside Mr...
and One Hand ClappingOne Hand Clapping (novel)One Hand Clapping is a 1961 work by Anthony Burgess published originally under the pseudonym Joseph Kell.The novel was intended as an indictment of what Burgess saw as the degradation of contemporary Western education and culture.... - Raymond D. KellRaymond D. KellRaymond Davis Kell, most often known as Ray Kell, was a television researcher at RCA. He was awarded the Stuart Ballantine Medal in 1948 for being a pioneer in the development of color television.-External links:* *...
, a television researcher at RCA - Reginald KellReginald KellReginald Clifford Kell was a British clarinetist.-Career:Born in York, England, Kell was the first prominent player to apply vibrato consciously and consistently to his tone, in which respect he modelled himself on his colleague the oboist Léon Goossens...
, a British clarinetist - Richard KellRichard KellRichard Kell is an English footballer playing as a midfielder. He has broken his leg twice in his career....
, an English footballer - Vernon Kell, the founder and first director general of the British Security Service, otherwise known as MI5
Fictional characters
- A character in the online comic strip Kevin and KellKevin and KellKevin and Kell is a furry comedy webcomic strip by syndicated cartoonist Bill Holbrook. The strip began on September 3, 1995. It is one of the oldest continuously running webcomics....
- Jarmen Kell, a mercenary for the Global Liberation Army in the video game Command and Conquer: Generals and Command and Conquer: Generals Zero Hour
- The Kell dragon, a creature in the Star Wars universe
- Kell Tainer, a character in the Star Wars Expanded Universe
- Kell-El, the "real" name of Superman X, a character in the television series Legion of Super HeroesLegion of Super Heroes (TV series)Legion of Super Heroes is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation that debuted on September 23, 2006, based on characters appearing in the DC Comics comic book series. The series centers on the young Superman's adventures in the 31st century, fighting alongside a...
. - Morgan and Patrick Kell, founders of the mercenary unit Kell Hounds in the BattleTechBattleTechBattleTech is a wargaming and science fiction franchise launched by FASA Corporation in 1984, acquired by WizKids in 2000, and owned since 2003 by Topps. The series began with FASA's debut of the board game BattleTech by Jordan Weisman and L...
universe. - Phelan Kell, son of Morgan Kell and Salome Ward, junior Khan of Clan Wolf, and later senior Khan of Clan Wolf in Exile in the BattleTechBattleTechBattleTech is a wargaming and science fiction franchise launched by FASA Corporation in 1984, acquired by WizKids in 2000, and owned since 2003 by Topps. The series began with FASA's debut of the board game BattleTech by Jordan Weisman and L...
universe.
Other
- The Kell antigen systemKell antigen systemThe Kell antigen system is a group of antigens on the human red blood cell surface which are important determinants of blood type and are targets for autoimmune or alloimmune diseases which destroy red blood cells. Kell can be noted as K, k, or Kp...
, a group of antigens on the human red blood cell surface, peptides found within the Kell protein - The Kell calculus, a family of distributed process calculi based on the π-calculusPi-calculusIn theoretical computer science, the π-calculus is a process calculus originally developed by Robin Milner, and David Walker as a continuation of work on the process calculus CCS...
, used to study component-based distributed programming http://sardes.inrialpes.fr/programming-languages/kell-calculus/the-kell-calculus.html - The Kell factorKell factorThe Kell factor, named after RCA engineer Raymond D. Kell, is a parameter used to limit the bandwidth of a sampled image signal to avoid the appearance of beat frequency patterns when displaying the image in a discrete display devices, usually taken to be 0.7. The number was first measured in 1934...
, a parameter used to determine the effective resolution of a discrete display device - Kell High SchoolKell High SchoolCarlton J. Kell High School is a public high school in the Cobb County School District in Georgia. The school is located in Marietta, Georgia, just northwest of Atlanta. The school was founded in 2002 and serves 1,818 students in the Cobb County area. It is also an Advanced Placement Certified...
, a high school in Marietta, Georgia - The Seeress of Kell, a novel in The MalloreonThe MalloreonThe Malloreon is a five part fantasy book series written by David Eddings, which follows The Belgariad. The Malloreon is set in the same world as The Belgariad, but expands on several aspects of the setting, especially the eastern continent of Mallorea....
series by David Eddings - A kilnKilnA kiln is a thermally insulated chamber, or oven, in which a controlled temperature regime is produced. Uses include the hardening, burning or drying of materials...
, particularly an oast houseOast houseAn oast, oast house or hop kiln is a building designed for kilning hops as part of the brewing process. They can be found in most hop-growing areas and are often good examples of vernacular architecture...
kiln. Kell is a Kentish dialect word for kiln.
See also
- Kehl
- Kells
- Kelly