Whitworth
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- Whitworth rifleWhitworth rifleThe Whitworth Rifle was a single-shot muzzle-loaded rifle used in the last half of the 19th century.-History:The Whitworth rifle was designed by Sir Joseph Whitworth, a prominent British engineer and entrepreneur. Whitworth had experimented with cannons using twisted hexagonal barrels instead of...
, a British made rifle used by the Confederacy in the American Civil War - Whitworth, County DurhamWhitworth, County DurhamWhitworth was a civil parish in County Durham, in England, centred around Whitworth Hall. It was one of several parishes abolished in 1937 to create the parish of Spennymoor. Whitworth Hall is on the road between Spennymoor and Brancepeth, and is close to Tudhoe...
, a former civil parish in England - Whitworth, LancashireWhitworth, LancashireWhitworth is a town and civil parish within the Borough of Rossendale in Lancashire, England. It is set amongst the foothills of the Pennines, between the towns of Bacup, to the north, and Rochdale, to the south. It has a population of 7,263....
, a town in England - Whitworth, Quebec, an Indian reserve in Canada
- Whitworth UniversityWhitworth UniversityWhitworth University is a private Christian liberal arts college located in Spokane, Washington, United States, that offers Bachelor's and Master's degrees in a variety of academic disciplines. It is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church...
, a private, liberal-arts institution in Spokane, Washington - British Standard WhitworthBritish Standard WhitworthBritish Standard Whitworth is one of a number of imperial unit based screw thread standards which use the same bolt heads and nut hexagonal sizes, the others being British Standard Fine thread and British Standard Cycle...
(BSW), a specification for screw fasteners, named after Joseph Whitworth, below - WhitworthsWhitworthsWhitworths is a dried fruit, home baking and snack products company, established in 1886 based in Irthlingborough Northants UK. As of March 2009 it employed 310 people....
, a dried fruit, home baking and snack products company
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- Armstrong WhitworthArmstrong WhitworthSir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd was a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century. Headquartered in Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Armstrong Whitworth engaged in the construction of armaments, ships, locomotives, automobiles, and aircraft.-History:In 1847,...
, English manufacturing company - Brian Whitworth, American businessman
- Earl Whitworth, extinct English title
- John WhitworthJohn WhitworthAir Commodore John Nicholas Haworth Whitworth CB, DSO, DFC and Bar, RAF was a Royal Air Force pilot in the 1930s and a commander during and after the Second World War....
, RAF officer - Joseph WhitworthJoseph WhitworthSir Joseph Whitworth, 1st Baronet was an English engineer, entrepreneur, inventor and philanthropist. In 1841, he devised the British Standard Whitworth system, which created an accepted standard for screw threads...
, English engineer - Kathy WhitworthKathy WhitworthKathy Whitworth is an American professional golfer. Throughout her playing career she won 88 LPGA Tour tournaments, more than anyone else has won on either the LPGA Tour or the PGA Tour. In 1981 she became the first woman to reach career earnings of $1 million on the LPGA Tour...
, American golfer - Steve WhitworthSteve WhitworthStephen "Steve" Whitworth is an English former professional footballer who made nearly 600 appearances in the Football League playing for Leicester City, Sunderland, Bolton Wanderers and Mansfield Town. He was capped seven times for England.-Club career:Whitworth was born in Coalville,...
, (born 1952) English footballer - Whitworth (jockey), rode the 18411841 Grand NationalThe 1841 Grand Liverpool Steeplechase was the third official annual running of a Steeple-chase, later to become known as the Grand National Steeplechase handicap Horse race which took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on March 3rd 1841 and attracted a then smallest ever field of eleven...
and 1842 Grand National1842 Grand NationalThe 1842 Grand Liverpool Steeplechase was the fourth official annual running of a Steeple-chase, later to become known as the Grand National Steeplechase handicap Horse race which took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on March 2, 1842 and attracted fifteen runners.Although recorded by the...
s - William WhitworthWilliam WhitworthAdmiral Sir William Jock Whitworth KCB DSO was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.-Naval career:...
, an Admiral in the Royal Navy