Pitman
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Pitman may refer to:
as a surname:
- Pitman, New JerseyPitman, New JerseyPitman is a Borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the borough population was 9,331.-Geography:Pitman is located at ....
- Pitman, PennsylvaniaPitman, PennsylvaniaPitman is a small valley located in Schuylkill County in east central Pennsylvania, United States. The valley's economy is mainly agriculture.Pitman was once the home to a small convenience store and restaurant. Currently Schrefflers Equipment, a US Post Office with the zip code of 17964, and the...
- Pitman, Saskatchewan
- Pitman ShorthandPitman ShorthandPitman shorthand is a system of shorthand for the English language developed by Englishman Sir Isaac Pitman , who first presented it in 1837. Like most systems of shorthand, it is a phonetic system; the symbols do not represent letters, but rather sounds, and words are, for the most part, written...
, a system of shorthand - Pitman armPitman armThe Pitman arm is a steering component in an automobile or truck.The Pitman arm is a linkage attached to the steering gear sector shaft, that converts the angular motion of the sector shaft into the linear motion needed to steer the wheels. The Pitman arm is supported by the sector shaft and...
, a vehicle steering component - A connecting rod in an engine
- Pitman (video game), a videogame for the Game Boy
as a surname:
- Benjamin PitmanBenjamin PitmanBenjamin Pitman , also known as Benn Pitman, was an English-born author and popularizer in the United States of Pitman shorthand, a form of what was then called phonography . He was also active in the arts and crafts movement in the United States.-Biography:He was born at Trowbridge, Wiltshire,...
, promoter of Pitman's shorthand in the United States - Benjamin Pitman (Hawaii)Benjamin Pitman (Hawaii)Benjamin Pitman, , was an American businessman who married Hawaiian nobility.-Life:Benjamin Pitman born October 12, 1815 in Salem, Massachusetts....
, New England and Hawaiian businessman - Chris PitmanChris PitmanChris Pitman is an American musician best known for his involvement with hard rock band Guns N' Roses. A multi-instrumentalist, Pitman is known to play keyboards, guitar and drums, in addition to his role as a lead or backing vocalist...
, synthist for the U.S. band Guns N' Roses - Andrew PitmanAndrew PitmanAndrew Pitman is an atmospheric scientist who was born in Bristol in 1964 and educated at Liverpool University . He holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Educational Leadership from Macquarie University. In 2002 became a Professor at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, moving to University of...
, Australian climate scientist - Brett PitmanBrett PitmanBrett Douglas Pitman is a Jersey-born footballer who plays for Bristol City. He signed for Bournemouth as a 16 year-old after being spotted playing for Jersey league side St. Pauls and went on to become a regular in the Bournemouth first team. In August 2010, he moved to Championship side Bristol...
, a professional footballer currently playing for Bristol City FC - E.J.G. Pitman, a statistician noted for the Pitman-Koopman-Darmois theorem concerning exponential families of probability distributions
- Frederick PitmanFrederick PitmanFrederick Archibald Hugo Pitman was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Pitman was born in Edinburgh, the son of Frederick I Pitman, an eminent rower. He was educated at Eton College where he was a successful half-miler and a member of the college eight. He went on to New...
, British Olympic rower - Frederick I PitmanFrederick I PitmanFrederick Islay Pitman was a British rower who rowed in the Boat Race three times and won the Diamond Challenge Sculls and the Wingfield Sculls in 1886.-Biography:...
, British rower and Boat Race umpire (father of Frederick) - Herbert PitmanHerbert PitmanHerbert John "Bert" Pitman MBE was the Third Officer on board the . He was the only deck officer who was not a member of the Royal Naval Reserve.-Early life and career:...
, third officer on the RMS Titanic - Isaac PitmanIsaac PitmanSir Isaac Pitman , knighted in 1894, developed the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman shorthand. He first proposed this in Stenographic Soundhand in 1837. Pitman was a qualified teacher and taught at a private school he founded in Wotton-under-Edge...
, inventor of Pitman Shorthand - James PitmanJames PitmanSir James Pitman, KBE was a British businessman, civil servant, publisher, politician and spelling reformer.Sir James was vitally concerned with the teaching of children to write the English language...
, inventor of the Initial Teaching Alphabet - Jenny PitmanJenny PitmanJenny Pitman is a former British racehorse trainer and author. She became the first woman to train a Grand National winner, when Corbiere won the race in 1983. She went on to win a second Grand National with Royal Athlete in 1995...
, British racehorse trainer and author - Kent PitmanKent PitmanKent M. Pitman is the President of and has been involved for many years in the design, implementation and use of Lisp and Scheme systems. He is often better known by his initials KMP.Kent Pitman is the author of the Common Lisp Condition System...
, Lisp expert - Marie J. Davis Pitman (pen name Margery Deane), United States author of the 19th century (see )
- MC PitmanMC PitmanMC Pitman is a rapper and hip-hop producer from Coalville, Leicestershire, UK.MC Pitman is the alter-ego of Styly Cee, a former Pirate Radio DJ based in Nottingham. Prior to creating Pitman, he was member of Lost Island, with another rapper called Frisco....
, an East Midlands English rapper - Robert Carter PitmanRobert Carter PitmanRobert Carter Pitman was a Superior Court judge in Massachusetts, a temperance advocate, and a legislator in the Massachusetts General Court....
, 19th century Massachusetts legislator and author - Walter PitmanWalter PitmanWalter George Pitman, OC, O.Ont is an educator and former politician in Ontario, Canada.Born in Toronto, Ontario, he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1952 and a Master of Arts in 1954 from the University of Toronto....
, an educator and former politician in Ontario, Canada - Walter C. Pitman, IIIWalter C. Pitman, IIIWalter Clarkson Pitman, III is a geophysicist and a professor emeritus at Columbia University. His measurements of magnetic anomalies on the ocean floor supported the Morley–Vine–Matthews hypothesis explaining seafloor spreading. With William Ryan, he developed the Black Sea deluge theory...
, a geophysicist and a professor emeritus at Columbia University