Geobox Range name DicksonRange image image caption country Canada region type Provinces and territories of Canada Province region British Columbia parent Chilcotin Ranges area 302 border geology period orogeny length imperial length orientation width imperial width orientation highest Dickson Peak highest elevation 2809 highest lat d 50 highest lat m 53 highest lat s 53.9 highest lat NS N highest long d 122 highest long m 59 highest long s 12.1 highest long EW W map Vancouver Island relief DicksonRng.png map caption Location of DicksonRange The DicksonRange is a subrange of the Chilcotin Ranges subset of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in southwest central British Columbia . It is located just west of the town of Gold Bridge, British Columbia Gold Bridge between the valley of Slim Creek to the north a tributary of Gun Creek and Downton Lake Reservoir to the south. At its eastern ... River basin from that of the Lord River , which feeds the Taseko Lakes . The range is approximately 3,500 km 1350 sq mi in area and about 35 km in length. Its highest Peak, Dickson Peak aka Mount Dickson , is 2809 m 9216 ft , is a stunning pyramidal peak towards the eastern end of the range ... in the Flathead area of Montana also bears his name. Penrose is the best known summit in the Dickson after Dickson Peak, but farther east along the range are Scherle Peak 2677 m 8783 ft and Tillworth ... a separate ridge on the northwest end of the range, adjacent to the Leckie Range just north across Slim Creek. To the north and northeast of the DicksonRange is the Spruce Lake Protected Area aka the South Chilcotin , while to the northwest is Ts il?os Provincial Park . References BCGNIS 17334 DicksonRange http bivouac.com ArxPg.asp?ArxId 1129 DicksonRange entry in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia ... from Dickson s summit to Downton Lake is c.2075m 6775 in only 5 km 3.1 mi . Just southeast of Dickson Peak is Mount Penrose 2634 m 8642 ft , which a cockscomb like summit which ... more details
Dickson may refer to People Dickson surname Places In Australia Dickson, Australian Capital Territory in Canberra Dickson College in Canberra Dickson Centre, Australian Capital Territory in Canberra Division of Dickson , Electoral Division, Queensland In Canada Dickson, Alberta Dickson Hill, Ontario In the United States Dickson, Oklahoma Dickson, Tennessee Dickson City, Pennsylvania Dickson County, Tennessee Dickson Township, Michigan Dickson Tavern Erie, PA Historical Building In Malaysia Port Dickson Literature Dickson , a collection of short stories by Gordon R. Dickson Ships SS Dickson , a cargo ship leased to the Soviet Union during the Second World War See also Dikson disambiguation Dixon disambiguation disambig de Dickson fr Dickson it Dickson nl Dickson pl Dickson pt Dickson ru vo Dickson ... more details
Refimprove date December 2010 Infobox book name Dickson title orig translator image Image Dickson nesfa.jpg 200px image caption Dust jacket from the first edition author Gordon R. Dickson illustrator cover artist Frank Kelly Freas country United States language English language English series genre Science fiction short stories publisher NESFA Press release date 1984 english release date media type Print Hardcover Hardback pages xii, 193 pp isbn 0 915368 27 7 dewey 813 .54 19 congress PS3554.I328 D5 1984 oclc 11676814 preceded by followed by Dickson is a collection of science fiction stories by Gordon R. Dickson . It was first published by NESFA Press in 1984 and was issued in honor of Dickson s appearance as guest of honor at the 42nd World Science Fiction Convention . Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines SFWA Bulletin , Astounding , Analog Science Fiction and Fact , Ellery Queen s Mystery Magazine and Science Fiction Stories . The book contains introduction to each story by Sandra Miesel . Contents Introduction, by Poul Anderson Childe Cycle Status 1984 The Law Twister Shorty Steel Brother The Hard Way Out of the Darkness Perfectly Adjusted References Cite web last Brown first Charles N. authorlink Charles N. Brown coauthors William G. Contento title The Locus Index to Science Fiction 1984 1998 work publisher date url http www.locusmag.com index t4.htm A379 format doi accessdate 2008 01 20 Cite book last Chalker first Jack L. authorlink Jack L. Chalker coauthors Mark Owings title The Science Fantasy Publishers A Bibliographic History, 1923 1998 location Westminster, MD and Baltimore publisher Mirage Press, Ltd. pages 457 date 1998 cite book last Clute first John authorlink John Clute coauthors Peter Nicholls writer Peter Nicholls title The Encyclopedia .... Citation last Soltys first Keith title Weak Dickson Collection, Mostly a Memento journal Fantasy ... Category Short story collections by Gordon R. Dickson Category Books with cover art by Frank Kelly ... more details
Refimprove date June 2008 Infobox settlement official name Port Dickson nickname PD motto website http www.mppd.gov.my Port Dickson Municipal Council image skyline Malaysia Negeri Sembilan Port Dickson PD lighthouse Jun 2001 00.JPG image caption Port Dickson lighthouse image flag image seal pushpin map Malaysia pushpin mapsize map caption Location of Port Dickson in Peninsular Malaysia coordinates ... longEW E footnotes Image Portdickson01.jpg thumb right 1750px Map of Port Dickson File Avillion Resort 4.jpg thumb 200px A view of Port Dickson s beaches Port Dickson or PD to locals is a beach and holiday ... from Kuala Lumpur to Port Dickson along the North South Expressway, Malaysia North South Expressway ... by the British during the Straits Settlement period. Port Dickson was also known as Tanjung. In the Malay ... Port Dickson was also called Arang charcoal in the Malay language. Tin ore was plentiful in Lukut , an area within the Port Dickson district, during the 1820s, and it attracted Chinese immigrant miners ... the port in Pengkalan Kempas. The in charge officer s name was Dickson, and thereafter the town was named Port Dickson. Others claim that John Frederick Dickson Sir John Frederick Dickson founded Port Dickson and Pulau Arang in 1889. Port Dickson evolved into a busy trading centre. Railways were constructed to facilitate the growth and development of Port Dickson. Although Port Dickson experienced rapid development, the beautiful beaches are fairly well preserved. Now, Port Dickson has become ... invested in holiday homes in and around Port Dickson. In the 1990s, Port Dickson boomed with new hotels ... of these projects stalled, leaving many unfinished buildings scattered along the Port Dickson coastline .... In September 2009, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak declared that Port Dickson shall be known as Port Dickson Army Town in recognition of her role in the nation s military services. ref http ... trade, expats founded the Royal Port Dickson Yacht Club in 1927, which still offers dinghy sailing ... more details
In mathematics, the Dickson invariant , named after Leonard Eugene Dickson , may mean The Dickson invariant of an element of the orthogonal group in characteristic 2 A modular invariant of a group studied by Dickson mathdab ... more details
Chris Dickson may refer to Chris Dickson footballer born 1984 , English born Ghanaian international footballer Chris Dickson sailor , New Zealand yacht racer hndis name Dickson, Chris ... more details
Ian Dickson may refer to Ian Dickson footballer , Scottish footballer Ian Dickson TV personality , Australian TV and radio personality and former music mogul hndis Dickson, Ian ... more details
Steven Dickson is the name of Stephen Dickson 1951 1991 , American singer Steve Dickson born 1962 , Australian politician See also Steven Dixon disambiguation hndis Dickson, Steven ... more details
Alexander Dickson may refer to Alexander Dickson British Army officer 1777 1840 , British army officer Alexander Dickson botanist 1836 1887 , Her Majesty s Botanist Alexander George Dickson 1834 1889 , Conservative MP hndis Dickson, Alexander ... more details
Edward Dickson may refer to Edward Thompson Dickson 1850 1938 , British Army officer Edward Stirling Dickson , Royal Navy admiral Ed Dickson , American football player See also Edward Dixon disambiguation hndis Dickson, Edward ... more details
Orphan date November 2010 Dickson Icefalls Coord 76 2 S 133 25 W source GNIS display inline,title are north draining icefall s of moderate slope at an elevation of convert 1,800 to 2000 m , located between Mount Moulton and Mount Bursey in the Flood Range of Marie Byrd Land . They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959 65, and were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Donald T. Dickson , a United States Antarctic Research Program glaciologist with the Byrd Station Traverse of 1962 63. ref name gnis References Reflist refs ref name gnis cite gnis type antarid id 3851 name Dickson Icefalls accessdate 2012 01 19 ref usgs gazetteer id 3851 Category Icefalls of Antarctica Category Landforms of Marie Byrd Land MarieByrdLand geo stub ... more details
Michael Dickson may refer to Michael Dickson Irish republican , Scottish former Provisional Irish Republican Army IRA volunteer Michael Dickson engineer , structural engineer See also Michael Dixon disambiguation Hndis Dickson, Michael ... more details
David Dickson may refer to David Dickson footballer , Australian rules footballer at Carlton David Dickson politician , Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi and United States Congressman David Dickson professor 1583? 1663 , Scottish theologian David Dickson the younger 1780 1842 , Scottish minister David Dickson swimmer born 1941 , triple bronze medal winning Olympic swimmer from Australia, who competed in the 1960s David Catchings Dickson 1818 1880 , Lieutenant Governor of Texas, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives See also David Dickson Rogers , Canadian politician David Dixon disambiguation hndis Dickson, David DEFAULTSORT Dickson, David de David Dickson ... more details
John Dickson may refer to John Dickson New York politician 1783 1852 , U.S. Representative from New York John Dickson railway contractor c1819 1892 John Dickson author , Australian Christian author John Dickson basketball born 1945 , former ABA basketball player John B. Dickson born 1943 , American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints John Dickson Carr 1906 1977 , American author of detective stories John Dickson, pseudonym of Sigrid Schultz 1893 1980 , American war correspondent John Dickson MP , British Member of Parliament for Peeblesshire UK Parliament constituency Peeblesshire John Dickson composer , film TV composer See also John Dixon disambiguation hndis Dickson, John ... more details
James Dickson may refer to James Dickson botanist 1738 1822 , Scottish botanist James Dickson adventurer , explorer in McLeod County, Minnesota James Robert Dickson 1832 1901 , Australian politician and 13th Premier of Queensland James Hill Dickson 1863 1938 , Northern Irish politician James McColl Dickson 1854 1937 , New Zealand politician James Samuel Dickson 1870 1939 , New Zealand politician James Dickson Lanark MP , Member of Parliament for Lanark Burghs UK Parliament constituency 1768 1771 James Dickson MP 1850 1941 , Irish Liberal Member of Parliament for Dungannon 1880 1885 Jim Dickson , British politician Jim Dickson baseball born 1938 , pitcher for the Houston Colt .45s, Cincinnati Reds, and Kansas City Athletics See also James Dixon disambiguation hndis Dickson, James da James Dickson sv James Dickson ... more details
Robert Dickson may refer to Robert Dickson writer , Canadian poet and academic, winner of the Governor General s Award for French language poetry in 2002 Robert Dickson fur trader ca 1785 1823 , fur trader and official in the Indian Department in Upper Canada Robert Dickson Upper Canada politician 1796 1846 , lawyer and political figure in Upper Canada Robert Dickson 1843 1924 , Swedish politician, governor in J nk ping and Stockholm Rob Dickson , Australian rules footballer, contestant on Australian Survivor , and film director Robert Dickson ice hockey Robert Dickson bassist , professional bassist residing in Atlanta, Georgia Brian Dickson , full name Robert George Brian Dickson, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Bob Dickson , American golfer Bobby Dickson born 1955 , Scottish former footballer Robert Dickson III , legislator Sir Robert Dickson, 1st Baronet of the Dickson Baronets Sir Robert Dickson, 2nd Baronet of the Dickson Baronets See also Robert Dixon disambiguation Robert Dickinson disambiguation Dickson surname hndis name Dickson, Robert ... more details
William Dickson may refer to William Dickson Australian politician 1893 1966 , a member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, 1925 1934 and 1940 1966 William Dickson bishop died 1804 , Bishop of Down and Connor, 1784 1804 William Dickson congressman 1770 1816 , American congressman from Tennessee William Dickson Falklands died 1833 , administrator of Fort Louis in the Falklands in 1833 William Dickson footballer born 1866 1866 1910 , Scottish footballer William Dickson footballer born 1923 1923 2002 , Northern Irish footballer William Dickson footballer born 1945 , Scottish footballer William Dickson Nova Scotia politician 1779 1834 , politician in Nova Scotia William Dickson RAF officer 1898 1987 , British Chief of the Air Staff, 1953 1956 William Dickson Upper Canada 1769 1846 , lawyer, businessman and political figure in Upper Canada William A. Dickson 1861 1940 , U.S. Representative William Kennedy Dickson 1860 1935 , Franco Scottish inventor and film pioneer William Kirk Dickson 1860 1949 , Scottish advocate, librarian and writer See also William Dixon disambiguation hndis Dickson, William de William Dickson es William Dickson desambiguaci n fr William Dickson ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2006 There have been two Baronetcies created for people with the surname Dickson , once in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and once in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom . The Dickson Baronetcy , of Sornbeg in the County of Ayr, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 28 February 1695 for Robert Dickson . The title became either extinct or dormant on the death of the second Baronet in 1760. The Dickson Baronetcy , of Hardingham Hall in the County of Norfolk, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 21 September 1802 for Archibald Dickson . The sixth holder of this creation was elevated to the peerage as Baron Islington in 1910. Dickson Baronets, of Sornbeg 1695 Sir Robert Dickson, 1st Baronet d. 1711 Sir Robert Dickson, 2nd Baronet 1694 1760 Dickson Baronets, of Hardingham Hall 1802 see the Baron Islington Category Baronetcies Dickson ... more details
Thomas Dickson may refer to Thomas Dickson athlete born 1974 , Saint Vincent track and field sprinter Thomas Dickson Upper Canada politician ca 1775 1825 , Upper Canada businessman and political figure Thomas Dickson Nova Scotia politician 1791 1855 , Nova Scotia lawyer and political figure Thomas Dickson industrialist 1822 1884 , industrialist, founder of The Dickson Manufacturing Company, president of the Delaware and Hudson Railway Tom Dickson , figure skater Tom Dickson, creator of Will It Blend? Tommy Dickson , Northern Irish former footballer Thomas Law Dickson b. ca 1769 , farmer, judge and politician in Nova Scotia Thomas Scott Dickson , Member of Parliament for Lanark, 1923 1924 and 1929 1931 Thomas Alexander Dickson 1833 1909 , Member of Parliament for Dungannon 1874 1880, Tyrone 1881 1885, and Dublin St Stephen s Green 1888 1892 Thomas Dixson ca 1733 1809 , soldier and politician in Nova Scotia See also Thomas Dickson Archibald , Canadian businessman and politician Thomas Dixon disambiguation hndis name Dickson, Thomas ... more details
Infobox Film name Dickson Greeting image Dickson greeting.jpg director William Kennedy Dickson William Dickson producer William Dickson br William Heise starring William Dickson cinematography William Heise released film date 1891 runtime 1 minute country film US language silent Dickson Greeting is credited as one of the world s first films. Directed, produced by and starring motion picture pioneer William Kennedy Laurie Dickson William Dickson , it displays a 3 second clip of him passing a hat in front of himself, and reaching for it with his other hand. It was filmed on May 20, 1891 in the Photographic Building at Edison s Black Maria studio, West Orange, New Jersey West Orange , New Jersey , in collaboration with Thomas Edison using his kinetograph . The film was played for viewers at National Federation of Women s Clubs, one of the first public presentations of a motion picture. File Dickson Greeting.ogv thumb center 200px Dickson Greeting Monkeyshines , no.2 External links http hdl.loc.gov loc.mbrsmi edmp.4014 Dickson Greeting , Library of Congress imdb title id 0241373 title Dickson Greeting Category 1891 films Category American films Category Silent short films Category Black and white films Category Films shot in New Jersey Category Films directed by William Kennedy Dickson short film stub ca Dickson Greeting de Dickson Greeting es Dickson Greeting fr Dickson Greeting nl Dickson Greeting pl Dickson Greeting ru uk ... more details
Mark Dickson may refer to Mark Dickson athlete , Australian hammer thrower Mark Dickson footballer , Northern Irish football soccer player Mark Dickson tennis , professional tour tennis player of the 1980s and from the United States See also Mark Dixon , American football player Mark Dixon businessman , English founder of Regus hndis Dickson, Mark ... more details
Walter Dickson may refer to Walter Dickson author , Swedish author Walter Dickson politician , Canadian Senator Walter Michael Dickson , Scottish rugby player Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. hndis Dickson, Walter ... more details
No footnotes date July 2010 Dickson or, as is common in England, Dixon, is a patronymic surname, traditionally ..., Clan Dickson is considered a sept of Clan Keith. Richard Keith s son, Thomas, took the surname Dickson, meaning Dick s son or Richard s son. Thomas Dickson 1247 1307 himself has quite a history ... descent from Thomas Dickson living in 1268 are of the same origin as the Scottish Dicksons ... in 1307. The Dickson s coat of arms shew the Keith pallets gules and the Douglas mullets argent ... Fortes fortuna juvat , Coelum versus , for Dickson translated as Fortune favours the brave , Heavenward ... include James Dickson 1784 1855 and his brother Robert Dickson 1782 1858 who both settled ... born and raised. Their parents were James Dickson 1748 1826 merchant and bailie of Montrose, who was born ... at Montrose, where they were married in 1780. James Dickson who arrived in Sweden in 1807 founded in 1816 the firm James Dickson & Co as a trading house based in Gothenburg in 1816 Robert Dickson joined his brother in the company. Their youngest brother Peter Dickson 1786 1867 managed the British ..., philanthropists, politicians, and shipowners, the family were ennobled in 1880 and Oscar Dickson 1823 1897 was created Baron Dickson in 1885. Four members of the family were members of the Swedish parliament these were Charles Dickson 1814 1902 M.D., M.P. for Gothenburg, in 1867 he was appointed ... Dickson 1843 1924 was M.P. for Jonkoping County he also was governor of Stockholm between the years of 1902 1911. Axel Edwin Dickson 1850 1927 M.P. and landowner of the estate of Vikaryd, outside Alingsas, in Sweden. His son James Ivan Axel Dickson of Vikaryd 1899 1980 married his cousin Vanya Margaret Dickson 1903 2004 in 1923, and became an M.P. in 1941 standing as a Conservative. He was both a Knight ... was founded by David Dickson of Clocksbriggs and Rescobie J.P., Officier L gion d honneur 1811 ... include David Dickson, Director of the Regional School of Agriculture, Arras, France, and later Professor ... more details
File Oskar Dickson 1823 1897 .jpg thumb Oscar Dickson Oscar Dickson , or Oskar Dickson born December 2, 1823 in G teborg , Sweden died June 6, 1897 at Almn s Castle his estate at Almn s , close to Stockholm was a Swedish magnate, bulk merchant, industrialist and philanthropist from a family of Scotland Scottish origin. In his time he was considered the most affluent of all Swedes. Dickson, along with Oscar II of Sweden King Oscar II of Sweden and Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Sibiryakov , was the patron of a number of Arctic expeditions in the 19th century. He sponsored Adolf Erik Nordenski ld s explorations to the Russia n Arctic and Greenland , as well as Fridtjof Nansen s Polar journey on the Fram . Ever an Arctic enthusiast, Oscar Dickson contributed to sponsor several important Polar ventures between the years 1860 and 1900. Dickson was made a Baron in 1885 by King Oscar. Dickson was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1878. Honors Dikson Island in the Kara Sea was named after Oscar Dickson. ref http www.arcticwar.com timeline2.htm Timeline 1942 1945 Bot generated title ref References reflist http links.jstor.org sici?sici 0016 7398 189707 10 3A1 3C106 3AOBOD 3E2.0.CO 3B2 3 http query.nytimes.com gst abstract.html?res F6071FFF395A16738DDDA90A94DA405B8685F0D3 http www.springerlink.com index 306W3448P1284VM5 http www.kirjasto.sci.fi aenord.htm http encyclopedia.jrank.org PIG POL POLAR REGIONS.html Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dickson, Oscar ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1823 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1897 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dickson, Oscar Category Swedish people Category Swedish people ... of Sciences Category 1823 births Category 1897 deaths sweden business bio stub ca Oscar Dickson da Oscar Dickson de Oscar Dickson es Oscar Dickson fr Oscar Dickson no Oscar Dickson ru , sv Oscar Dickson ... more details
Samuel Dickson may refer to Samuel Dickson American politician 1807 1858 , United States Representative from New York Samuel Henry Dickson 1798 1872 , American poet, physician, writer and educator Samuel Dickson died 1850 , Member of the UK Parliament for County Limerick UK Parliament constituency County Limerick , 1849 1850 Samuel Auchmuty Dickson , Member of the UK Parliament for County Limerick UK Parliament constituency County Limerick , 1859 1865 Sam Dickson , mechanic See also Samuel Dixon disambiguation hndis Dickson, Samuel ... more details
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