Montague
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Montague is a French
surname derived from Old French
Mont Agin (Modern French
: Montagne) meaning "mountain." The name Montague can refer to the following:
Canada
United States
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
surname derived from Old French
Old French
Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in territories that span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from the 9th century to the 14th century...
Mont Agin (Modern French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
: Montagne) meaning "mountain." The name Montague can refer to the following:
Surnames
- Andrew Jackson MontagueAndrew Jackson MontagueAndrew Jackson Montague was a U.S. politician from Virginia. He served as the 44th Governor of Virginia, from 1902 to 1906, and a Congressman from 1912 until his death in 1937...
- Bruce MontagueBruce MontagueBruce Montague is a British actor, best known for his role as Leonard Dunn in the television sitcom Butterflies. In 2000, he guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio adventure The Genocide Machine and, in the following year, he starred alongside Paul McGann in the Doctor Who story Sword of...
- Charles Edward MontagueCharles Edward MontagueCharles Edward Montague, , was an English journalist, known also as a writer of novels and essays.He was born and brought up in London, the son of an Irish Roman Catholic priest who had left the church to marry. He was educated at the City of London School and Balliol College, Oxford. In 1890 he...
, British author - Ed Montague (shortstop)
- Ed Montague (umpire)Ed Montague (umpire)Edward Michael "Ed" Montague is a former umpire in Major League Baseball. He worked in the National League in 1974 and from 1976 to 1999, and officiated throughout both leagues between 2000 and 2009. The most senior active umpire in the major leagues at the time of his retirement, he wore uniform...
, son of the baseball player - Edwin MontagueEdwin MontagueEdwin Herbert Montague was a British athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.Montague won his preliminary heat in the 400 metres with a time of 50.2 seconds. He dropped his time to 49.8 seconds in the semifinals, but lost to Wyndam Halswelle who set a new Olympic record at...
- Henry James MontagueHenry James MontagueHenry James Montague was the stage name of Henry James Mann, , and American actor born in England.-Biography:He was born in 1844.He appeared in...
- John Montague (poet)John Montague (poet)John Montague is an Irish poet. He was born in New York and brought up in Tyrone. He has published a number of volumes of poetry, two collections of short stories and two volumes of memoir. He is one of the best known Irish contemporary poets...
, a 20th century Irish poet and writer - John Montague (golfer)John Montague (golfer)John Montague was an American golfer, held by some to among the greatest golfers in the world during the early 1930s. He played some minor-league baseball...
, American golfer, 1930s, self-styled as "The Mysterious Montague" - Lee MontagueLee MontagueLee Montague is an English actor noted for his roles on film and television, usually playing tough guys.Film credits include: Moulin Rouge, The Camp on Blood Island, The Savage Innocents, Billy Budd, The Secret of Blood Island, Deadlier Than the Male, The Legacy and Brother Sun, Sister...
- Magnificent MontagueMagnificent MontagueNathaniel "Magnificent" Montague , is an American R&B disc jockey notable not only for the soul music records he helped promote on KGFJ Los Angeles and WWRL New York City, but whose trademark catch-phrase, "Burn, baby! Burn!" became the rallying cry of the 1965 Watts riots.Semi-retired by the...
, DJ - Richard MontagueRichard MontagueRichard Merett Montague was an American mathematician and philosopher.-Career:At the University of California, Berkeley, Montague earned an B.A. in Philosophy in 1950, an M.A. in Mathematics in 1953, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy 1957, the latter under the direction of the mathematician and logician...
, American philosopher- Montague grammarMontague grammarMontague grammar is an approach to natural language semantics, named after American logician Richard Montague. The Montague grammar is based on formal logic, especially higher order predicate logic and lambda calculus, and makes use of the notions of intensional logic, via Kripke models...
- Montague grammar
- Sarah MontagueSarah MontagueSarah Montague is a British Journalist, best known for her work on BBC Radio 4 as one of the regular presenters of the Today programme.-Early life:...
, British journalist - Stephen MontagueStephen MontagueStephen Montague is a composer who grew up in West Virginia and Florida.-Education:After studying piano, conducting and composition at Florida State University B.M 1965 with Honors, M.M 1967, he received a doctorate in composition from Ohio State University in 1972...
- Trevor MontagueTrevor MontagueTrevor Howard Montague is a British author and sports and fitness enthusiast who compiles books of facts. Best known for A to Z of Almost Everything, he has since compiled A to Z of Sport and A to Z of Britain And Ireland....
- Walter Humphries MontagueWalter Humphries MontagueWalter Humphries Montague, PC was a Canadian politician. He was a federal cabinet minister in the governments of Mackenzie Bowell and Charles Tupper, and subsequently a provincial cabinet minister in the Manitoba government of Rodmond Palen Roblin...
- William Pepperell MontagueWilliam Pepperell MontagueWilliam Pepperell Montague was a philosopher of the New Realist school. Montague stressed the difference between his philosophical peers as adherents of either "objective" and "critical realism"....
Forenames
- Montague AldousMontague AldousMontague Aldous was a Dominion Topographical Surveyor from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He was a participant in foundation surveys of the Northwest Territories. He was associated with A.L. Russell in 1877 in a survey west to the third meridian...
- Sir Montague Barlow
- Montague Eliot, 8th Earl of St GermansMontague Eliot, 8th Earl of St GermansMontague Charles Eliot, 8th Earl of St Germans, KCVO, OBE , styled Hon. Montague Eliot from 1923 to 1942, was a British peer and courtier....
- Montague SummersMontague SummersAugustus Montague Summers was an eccentric English author and clergyman. He is known primarily for his scholarly work on the English drama of the 17th century, as well as for his idiosyncratic studies on witches, vampires, and werewolves, in all of which he professed to believe...
- Montague UllmanMontague UllmanMontague Ullman was a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and parapsychologist who founded the Dream Laboratory at the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York and for over three decades actively promoted public interest in dreams and dream sharing groups.Ullman received his Bachelor of Science...
- Montague WilmotMontague WilmotMontague Wilmot was an 18th century British colonial Governor of Nova Scotia.-Early life:Little is known of Wilmot's origins, such as his exact place of birth, although he was born in England...
- Montague John Druitt
Names in fiction
- The Montague family, one of the main families in the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
- Romeo MontagueRomeo MontagueRomeo is one of the fictional protagonists in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Romeo is the son of old Montague and his wife, who secretly loves and marries Juliet, a member of the rival House of Capulet...
- Romeo Montague
- Duck the Great Western EngineDuck the Great Western EngineDuck the Great Western Engine is a fictional steam engine from The Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry and the spin-off television series Thomas and Friends. He is a green 0-6-0 pannier tank locomotive and lives and works on the Island of Sodor....
, real name Montague, an engine from The Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry and the spin-off television series Thomas and Friends
Places
Montague Island- Montague Island (Australia)
- Montague Island (Alaska)Montague Island (Alaska)Montague Island is an island in the Gulf of Alaska lying at the entrance to Prince William Sound in the state of Alaska, USA. The island has a land area of 790.88 km² , making it the 26th largest island in the United States. As of the 2000 census, Montague did not have a permanent resident...
- Montague Island (Mexico)Montague Island (Mexico)Montague Island, known in Spanish as Isla Montague, is an island at the mouth of the Colorado River in the municipality of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, and is part of the Colorado River Delta and part of a broader region called the Salton Trough...
Canada
- Montague, OntarioMontague, OntarioMontague is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the County of Lanark on the Rideau River.-Communities:The township comprises the communities of Andrewsville, Atironto, Kilmarnock, Nolans Corners, Numogate, Poolers Corners, Rosedale and Welsh....
- Montague, Prince Edward IslandMontague, Prince Edward IslandMontague is a Canadian town and the largest population centre in Kings County, Prince Edward Island.The town straddles the Montague River which is the dividing line between the townships of Lot 52 and Lot 59. The town functions as a regional service centre for a rural population of 20,000...
- Montague-KilmuirMontague-KilmuirMontague-Kilmuir is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada.-Members:The riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:-Election results:|Liberal|Allen Roach...
, an electoral district
- Montague-Kilmuir
- Montague Gold Mines, Nova ScotiaMontague Gold Mines, Nova ScotiaMontague Gold Mines is a community in the Halifax Regional Municipality of Nova Scotia, located on the Montague Road off of exit 14 of Highway 107 three kilometers from Dartmouth.-History:...
United States
- Montague, CaliforniaMontague, CaliforniaMontague is a city in Siskiyou County, California, United States. The population was 1,443 at the 2010 census, down from 1,456 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Montague is located at ....
- Montague, MassachusettsMontague, MassachusettsMontague is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 8,489 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts metropolitan statistical area....
- Montague, MichiganMontague, MichiganMontague is a city in Muskegon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,407. The city is located within Montague Township, but is politically independent....
- Montague, New YorkMontague, New YorkMontague is a town in Lewis County, New York, United States. The population was 108 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Mary Montague Pierpont, the daughter of the original owner....
- Montague, TexasMontague, TexasMontague is an unincorporated community in Montague County, Texas, United States. It is the county seat of Montague County and had an estimated population of 400 in 2000, according to the Handbook of Texas.-Geography:...
- Montague Township, MichiganMontague Township, MichiganMontague Township is a civil township of Muskegon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,637 at the 2000 census. The city of Montague is located within the township, on the shores of White Lake.-Geography:...
- Montague Township, New JerseyMontague Township, New Jersey-Transportation:One U.S., state, and county route traverse the township. U.S. Route 206 passes through in the western part and crosses the Delaware River at the Milford-Montague Toll Bridge. Route 23 passes through the eastern part and serves as the entrance road to High Point State Park and ends...
- County Route G4 (California), the Montague Expressway, in the Silicon Valley