Kelso
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Places
Australia- Kelso, New South WalesKelso, New South WalesKelso is a suburb of Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, in the Bathurst Regional Council area.-History:Kelso was the original European settlement in the area. In 1816, the initial settlement of Bathurst was established on the eastern banks of the Macquarie River, in current-day Kelso...
, a suburb of Bathurst - Kelso, TasmaniaKelso, TasmaniaKelso, Tasmania is a populated place in northern Tasmania located west of George Town. It was settled in the early 19th century and is located on Kelso Bay, a small bay on the Tamar River. Kelso is known as a fishing resort for flathead, whiting and mullet. Kelso is also located near the...
, a small village in the north of Tasmania - Kelso, QueenslandKelso, QueenslandKelso is a suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia, the last of three suburbs along Riverway Drive. Kelso is the only suburb on Riverway Drive that has homes backing onto the Ross River.-History:...
, a suburb of Townsville, Queensland
Canada
- Kelso, a small village in Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario, located beside Lake Kelso
New Zealand
- Kelso, New ZealandKelso, New ZealandKelso was a small settlement in Otago, New Zealand, located ten kilometres north of Tapanui on the Kelso River, close to its junction with the larger Pomahaka River...
, an abandoned town in OtagoOtagoOtago is a region of New Zealand in the south of the South Island. The region covers an area of approximately making it the country's second largest region. The population of Otago is...
Scotland
- Kelso, Scottish Borders, a town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders
- Kelso AbbeyKelso AbbeyKelso Abbey is what remains of a Scottish abbey founded in the 12th century by a community of Tironensian monks first brought to Scotland in the reign of Alexander I. It occupies ground overlooking the confluence of the Tweed and Teviot waters, the site of what was once the Royal Burgh of Roxburgh...
- Kelso RacecourseKelso RacecourseKelso Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Kelso, Scotland. The official website describes the course as Britain's Friendliest Racecourse. In 2007, it was voted the Best Small Course in Scotland and the North of England.-History:...
- Kelso Abbey
- New Kelso, Scottish Highlands, an ancient Settlement in Wester Ross
- New Kelso Cottages
- New Kelso Farm
- New Kelso House and Lodge
- New LodgeNew LodgeNew Lodge may refer to:*New Lodge, Winkfield near Windsor, Berkshire, England*New Lodge, South Yorkshire, England*New Lodge, Belfast, an area of North Belfast, Northern Ireland...
South Africa
- Kelso, KwaZulu-NatalKelso, KwaZulu-NatalKelso, Kwazulu-Natal is located in the Umdoni Coast region of South Africa facing the Indian Ocean. Kelso is located 65 kilometers south of Durban, the largest city in Kwazulu-Natal.-History:...
, small coastal village south of Durban
United States
- Kelso, CaliforniaKelso, CaliforniaKelso is a ghost town and defunct railroad depot in the Mojave National Preserve in San Bernardino County, California, USA. It was named after a railroad worker who won a contest to have the town named after him...
, a ghost town in the Mojave Desert National Preserve- Kelso Depot, Restaurant and Employees HotelKelso Depot, Restaurant and Employees HotelThe Kelso Depot, Restaurant and Employees Hotel or Kelso Depot, now also the Mojave National Preserve Visitors Center, is located in the Mojave Desert within the National Park Service Mojave National Preserve, on Kelbaker Road in Kelso, California, between Baker and Interstate 15 to the north and...
, a historic landmark in the Mojave Desert National Preserve - Kelso DunesKelso DunesKelso Dunes, also known as the Kelso Dune Field, is the largest field of eolian sand deposits in the Mojave Desert. The region is protected by the Mojave National Preserve and is located near the town of Baker, San Bernardino County, California and the Preserve Visitor Center...
, a dune field in the Mojave Desert National Preserve
- Kelso Depot, Restaurant and Employees Hotel
- Kelso, Fresno County, CaliforniaKelso, Fresno County, CaliforniaKelso is a former settlement in Fresno County, California. It was located northeast of Fresno.A post office operated at Kelso from 1891 to 1893. The name honors its first postmaster, Napoleon B. Kelso.-References:...
- Kelso, the former name of Claraville, CaliforniaClaraville, CaliforniaClaraville is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located north of Emerald Mountain, at an elevation of 6302 feet ....
, in Kern County - Kelso, MissouriKelso, MissouriKelso is a village in Scott County, Missouri, United States. The population was 527 at the 2000 census.The Kelso ZIP code of 63758 appears to be for residents who wish to receive their mail at the Kelso post office; direct mail delivery in Kelso appears to use the Scott City ZIP code of 63780...
- Kelso, WashingtonKelso, WashingtonKelso is a city in southwest Washington State, United States, and is the county seat of Cowlitz County. At the 2010 census, the population was 11,925. Kelso is part of the Longview, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 102,410. Kelso shares its long western border...
- Kelso Township, Sibley County, Minnesota
Surname
- Ben KelsoBen KelsoBen Kelso is an American former NBA player for the Detroit Pistons. He has coached basketball for schools in the Detroit area and was accused of an alleged scandal in this capacity...
(1949- ), American basketball player and coach - Beverley KelsoBeverley KelsoBeverley Kelso is a Jamaican singer. She was a backing vocalist, and one of the founding members of The Wailers . The death of Junior Braithwaite in 1999 and the death of Cherry Smith in 2008 left Kelso and Bunny Wailer as the only surviving founding members of the Wailers Beverley Kelso is a...
, Jamaican singer - Bill KelsoBill KelsoWilliam Eugene Kelso was an American professional baseball player who played four seasons for the Los Angeles/California Angels and Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball....
(1940-2009), Major League Baseball pitcher - Bob KelsoBob Kelso (footballer)Robert "Bob" Robison Kelso was a Scottish footballer who played for Renton, Newcastle West End F.C., Preston North End, Everton, Dundee, Bedminster Town F.C. and the Scotland national team...
(1865-1942), Scottish soccer player - Frank B. Kelso IIFrank B. Kelso IIFrank Benton Kelso II is a retired admiral of the United States Navy, who served as Chief of Naval Operations in the early 1990s.-Early life:...
(1933- ), United States Navy admiral - J. A. Scott KelsoJ. A. Scott KelsoJ. A. Scott Kelso is a neuroscientist, and Professor of Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Professor of Psychology, Biological Sciences and Biomedical Science at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida and The University of Ulster in Derry, N...
(1947- ), neuroscientist - J. J. KelsoJ. J. KelsoJohn Joseph Kelso was a newspaper reporter and social crusader who immigrated to Canada from Ireland with his family in 1874 when he was ten years old...
(1864-1935), creator of the Children's Aid Society in Canada - Jack Kelso (1917-1993), West Coast Jazz reedReed (instrument)A reed is a thin strip of material which vibrates to produce a sound on a musical instrument. The reeds of most Woodwind instruments are made from Arundo donax or synthetic material; tuned reeds are made of metal or synthetics.-Single reeds:Single reeds are used on the mouthpieces of clarinets...
player known for giving Chico HamiltonChico HamiltonChico Hamilton , is an American jazz drummer and bandleader.-Early life through 1960s:Hamilton was born in Los Angeles, California. He had a fast-track musical education in a band with Charles Mingus, Illinois Jacquet, Ernie Royal, Dexter Gordon, Buddy Collette and Jack Kelso...
and Dexter GordonDexter GordonDexter Gordon was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and an Academy Award-nominated actor . He is regarded as one of the first and most important musicians to adapt the bebop musical language of people like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell to the tenor saxophone...
their starts in professional music. - Jack W. KelsoJack W. KelsoJack William Kelso was a United States Marine who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for heroism on the night of October 2, 1952, when he was killed while covering the escape of fellow Marines from a besieged bunker...
(1934-1952), Medal of Honor recipient - Jackie KelsoJackie KelsoJohn Joseph Kelson Jr., better known by his stage name Jackie Kelso is an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist....
(1922- ), American jazz saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist - Jamie KelsoJamie KelsoJamie Kelso is Administrator and owner of the American White Nationalist websites WhiteNewsNow.com and TheWhiteRace.com . He hosts daily webradio programs, including The Jamie Kelso Show on the Voice of Reason Broadcast Network ReasonRadioNetwork.com.-Early life and background:Kelso was born in...
(1948- ), political activist - Jim KelsoJim KelsoJames Kelso was a Scottish footballer.-Playing career:Kelso played for Helensburgh, Dumbarton and Bradford Park Avenue before joining Port Vale in June 1934. He made his debut in a 4–1 home win over Southampton on 3 September 1934 and started the next nine games, but lost his place to Ernest...
(1910-1987), Scottish soccer player - John R. KelsoJohn R. KelsoJohn Russell Kelso was a nineteenth century politician, author, lecturer and school principal from Missouri.-Biography:...
(1831-1891), politician and author - Kyle Kelso, American record producer
- Iain KelsoIain KelsoIain Kelso is a Canadian film score composer.- Filmography :* 2003: Love Wine* 2006: Blind Eye* 2008: The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens* 2009: Billy Owens and the Secret of the Runes* 2011: Jacob...
(1975- ), Canadian film score composer - Lee KelsoLee KelsoLee Kelso is a former television news anchor. He is currently co-owner of a telecommunications consulting company, and freelance spokesman/host/actor seen in television commercials and corporate video productions...
, television news anchor - Louis O. KelsoLouis O. KelsoLouis Orth Kelso was a political economist in the classical tradition of Smith, Marx and Keynes. He was also a corporate and financial lawyer, author, lecturer and merchant banker who is chiefly remembered today as the inventor and pioneer of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan , the prototype of...
(1913-1991), lawyer and economic thinker - Mark KelsoMark KelsoMark Alan Kelso is a former American football player who was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the tenth round of the 1985 NFL Draft. A 5'11", 177 lbs. safety from North Hills High School and the College of William & Mary, Kelso played in eight NFL seasons and his entire career with the...
(born 1963), former Buffalo Bills defensive back - Mayme KelsoMayme KelsoMayme Kelso , was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 79 films between 1911 and 1927.She was born in Columbus, Ohio, and died in South Pasadena, California from a heart attack.-Selected filmography:...
(1867-1946), American actress - Megan KelsoMegan KelsoMegan Kelso is an American comic book artist and writer.Kelso started working in the 1990s, with the minicomic Girlhero, which won her a Xeric Foundation grant in 1993. She has since published several other projects including Queen of the Black Black and The Squirrel Mother...
(1968- ), comic book artist - Phil KelsoPhil KelsoPhil Wade Kelso , born in Largs on the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, was a Scottish football manager.Kelso was manager of Hibernian for one season, before taking over as manager of newly-promoted Woolwich Arsenal in 1904...
(1871-1935), Scottish soccer player - Sylvia KelsoSylvia KelsoSylvia Kelso is an author of both fantasy and science fiction, usually set in analogue or outright Australian landscapes. She has a Creative Writing MA built around one science-fiction novel using alternate North Queenslands and she earned her Ph.D...
, Australian author - Thomas KelsoThomas KelsoThomas Kelso was born in Clonis, Ireland, August 28, 1784. He died July 26, 1878 at his home on East Baltimore St. in Baltimore, Maryland.-Life:...
(1784-1878), philanthropist - William KelsoWilliam KelsoWilliam M. Kelso , often referred to as Bill Kelso, is an American archaeologist specializing in Virginia's colonial period. Currently he serves as the Director of Research and Interpretation for the Preservation Virginia Jamestown Rediscovery project. Kelso earned a B.A. in History from...
(1941- ), archeologist
Given Name
- Archibald Kelso RobertsKelso RobertsArchibald Kelso Roberts was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as the Member of Provincial Parliament for the Toronto riding of St...
, Canadian politician - Blanche Kelso BruceBlanche BruceBlanche Kelso Bruce was a U.S. politician who represented Mississippi as a Republican in the U.S. Senate from 1875 to 1881 and was the first elected African-American senator to serve a full term. Hiram R. Revels, also of Mississippi, was the first to ever serve in the U.S...
, American politician - John Kelso HunterJohn Kelso HunterJohn Kelso Hunter was a self-taught Scottish portrait painter and author of two books.-Life:Hunter was the second son and in 1799 his father moved the Hunter family moved from Chirnside where he had been born in a village in Berwickshire. His father was a gardener at a South Ayrshire estate owned...
(1802-1873), Scottish painter - Kelso CochraneKelso CochraneKelso Cochrane was an Antiguan immigrant to Britain whose unsolved murder sparked tensions in London.Cochrane had moved to London in 1954, where he had settled in Notting Hill and worked as a carpenter. He aimed to save sufficient money to study law. After fracturing his thumb in a work accident,...
(~1936-1959), Antiguan immigrant to Britain whose murder sparked tensions in London - Kerry Williams Kelso O'BrienKerry O'Brien (politician)Kerry Williams Kelso O'Brien , is an Australian politician. O'Brien has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Tasmania since September 1996, representing the Australian Labor Party.-Background:O'Brien was born in Sydney...
(1951- ), Australian politician - Martin Kelso WallaceMartin Kelso WallaceMartin Wallace was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Wallace worked as a company director and was elected as an Ulster Unionist Party member of the Belfast Corporation. He was elected as Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1961 and served for two years.-References:...
(born ~1898), Northern Ireland politician - William Kelso MorrillWilliam Kelso MorrillWilliam Kelso Morrill was a college lacrosse player and coach. He served as the head lacrosse coach at his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University from 1935 to 1950, where he won two Wingate Memorial trophies representing the National lacrosse title...
(1903-1968), National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
Fictional people
- Bob KelsoBob KelsoRobert "Bob" Kelso, M.D. , is a fictional character played by Ken Jenkins in the American comedy-drama Scrubs....
, Chief of Medicine from the TV show ScrubsScrubs (TV series)Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
, played by Ken JenkinsKen JenkinsKen Jenkins is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Bob Kelso, the Chief of Medicine on the American comedy Scrubs.... - Michael KelsoMichael KelsoMichael Christopher Kelso usually referred to simply as Kelso by his friends is one of the five male leads on Fox Network's That '70s Show, portrayed by Ashton Kutcher. Tall, lanky and long-haired , he is the dim-witted pretty-boy of the group, coasting through life on his good looks...
, character on the television series That '70s ShowThat '70s ShowThat '70s Show is an American television period sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenage friends living in the fictional suburban town of Point Place, Wisconsin, from May 17, 1976, to December 31, 1979...
, played by Ashton KutcherAshton KutcherChristopher Ashton Kutcher , best known as Ashton Kutcher, is an American actor, producer, former fashion model and comedian, best known for his portrayal of Michael Kelso in the Fox sitcom That '70s Show... - Casey KelsoCasey KelsoCasey George Kelso is a fictional character who appeared on the long-running comedy series That '70s Show as the older brother of Michael Kelso. He was played by Luke Wilson.-Fictional character biography:...
, That '70s Show character and Michael Kelso's brother, played by Luke WilsonLuke WilsonLuke Cunningham Wilson is an American film actor known for his roles in Old School, Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tenenbaums, Legally Blonde, Idiocracy and Death at a Funeral.-Early life:... - 'Wyoming Bill' Kelso, character in the 1968 movie The PartyThe Party (film)The Party is a 1968 comedy film directed by Blake Edwards, starring Peter Sellers and Claudine Longet. The film has a very loose structure, and essentially serves as a series of set pieces for Sellers's improvisational comedy talents...
, played by Denny MillerDenny MillerDenny Scott Miller is an American actor, perhaps best known for his guest-starring roles on Gilligan's Island and as Tarzan in the late 1950s....
Sports
- Kelso (horse)Kelso (horse)Kelso was an American thoroughbred race horse considered among the best racehorses of the 20th century. In the list of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century by The Blood-Horse magazine Kelso ranks 4th, behind only Man o' War , Secretariat and Citation...
, a famous thoroughbred racehorse from the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... - Premier Kelso Hurdle, national hunt hurdle race in Scotland
- Kelso RFCKelso RFCKelso Rugby Football Club are a rugby union team founded in 1876. They play their home games at Poynder Park, Kelso in the Scottish Borders.Team team currently play in Premiership Division Two and Border League .Kelso's Sevens Tournament takes place annually in August and the competition is part of...
, rugby club based in Kelso, Scotland - Kelso Stakes, American Thoroughbred Horse Race in Elmont, New YorkElmont, New YorkElmont is an unincorporated census-designated place located in the northwest corner of the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, along its border with the borough of Queens in New York City...
- Kelso United F.C.Kelso United F.C.Kelso United F.C. are a senior football club based in Kelso, Scotland, currently playing in the East of Scotland League.Founded in around 1924, they play their home matches at Woodside Park on Dry House Lane. The first league the club played in was the Border Junior League. Their first notable...
, soccer club based in Kelso, Scotland
Schools
- Kelso High SchoolKelso High School (Scotland)Kelso High School is a secondary school in Kelso, Scotland, under the control of the Scottish Borders Council. It is one of nine secondary schools in the Scottish Borders and the only one in Kelso. Pupils come to Kelso High School from the town of Kelso, the villages of Ednam, Eckford, Heiton,...
, Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland - Kelso High School, Kelso, Washington, United States
- Kelso High CampusKelso High CampusKelso High Campus or as it was once known, Kelso High School, is a secondary school in Bathurst founded in 1967.Along with Bathurst High Campus it makes up the Denison College of Secondary Education.- History :...
, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Ships
, a Tristan da Cunha fishing vessel, also known as RV Kelso- SS Kelso Victory, United States Navy ship in World War II
Other
- John of Kelso, 12th century Tironensian monk and bishop
- Kelso BranchKelso BranchThe Kelso Branch was a twin track branch railway in Northumberland, England and Berwickshire, Scotland that ran from on the East Coast Mainline via seven intermediate stations and a junction with the Cornhill Branch to Kelso.-History:...
, a former railway from Tweedmouth, Scotland to Kelso, Scotland - Kelso Home for GirlsKelso Home for GirlsKelso Home for Girls , formerly Towson Family YMCA, is currently the Y of Central Maryland Towson Family Center.Relocation of the Kelso Home for Girls to Towson took place September 27, 1925...
, orphanage in Towson, Maryland - Kelso RiverKelso River-See also:*List of rivers of Minnesota-References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota...
, a river in Minnesota - The Spirit of Kelso CochraneThe Spirit Of Kelso CochraneThe second full-length cd release from Ipswich ska band The Ballistics, released in 2006 on Dental Records. The title refers to Kelso Cochrane.-Track listing:*My Uncle Fred*City In Decay*Slow Down*Spike*Another Zero*Untouchable*Sucked In, Spat Out...
, album by The BallisticsThe BallisticsThe Ballistics were a ska band from Ipswich, England. Formed in 2002, they have built up a healthy following across the UK and have garnered airplay in the U.S., Germany, Argentina and Brazil. The band's first album, Go Ballistic, was released in 2003 in a limited run and sold out quickly. A first...