Wingate
Encyclopedia
Places
In New Zealand:- Wingate, New ZealandWingate, New ZealandWingate is a north-eastern suburb of Lower Hutt City situated at the bottom of the North Island of New Zealand....
, A suburb of Lower Hutt
In the United Kingdom:
- Wingate, County DurhamWingate, County DurhamWingate is a village in County Durham, EnglandWingate is a former pit village with a mixture of 19th-century, post-war, and more recent housing developments, it was originally enhabited by around 30 farmers before 1839 when coal was discovered. It is located in the East of County Durham, three...
- Old WingateOld WingateOld Wingate is a small village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a short distance to the west of Wingate. Most of the village was deserted in the Middle Ages....
, County Durham - WingatesWingatesWingates is a small settlement located in the town of Westhoughton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.Historically part of Lancashire, it lies mainly along the A6 road between Blackrod and Walkden. It is the home of Wingates Band, one of best-known brass bands in...
, Bolton, Greater Manchester
In the United States:
- Wingate, IndianaWingate, IndianaWingate, formerly known as Pleasant Hill, is a town in Coal Creek Township, Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. The population was 263 at the 2010 census.-History:...
- Wingate, BrooklynWingate, BrooklynWingate is a neighborhood in the north central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The area is east of Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and south of Crown Heights. Wingate is bounded by Empire Boulevard to the north, Troy Avenue to the east, Winthrop Street to the south and Nostrand Avenue...
, New York - Wingate, North CarolinaWingate, North CarolinaWingate is a town in Union County, North Carolina and a suburb of the city of Charlotte. The population was 2,406 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wingate is located at ....
- Wingate, TexasWingate, TexasWingate is an unincorporated community in Runnels County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 216 in 1990 and 132 in 2000.-Geography:Wingate is located at...
- Fort WingateFort WingateFort Wingate is near Gallup, New Mexico. There were two locations in New Mexico that had this name. The first one was located near San Rafael. The current fort was established on the southern edge of the Navajo territory in 1862. The initial purpose of the fort was to control the large Navajo...
, New Mexico
People
- Anne WingateAnne WingateAnne Wingate, born in 1943 as Martha Anne Guice, is a mystery writer currently living in Salt Lake City, Utah. Most of her mysteries are set somewhere within Texas. She is an adult convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and this sometimes shows in her works...
(born 1943), American mystery writer - Ashmore Kyle Paterson Wingate (1881-?), writer
- Catherine WingateCatherine WingateDame Catherine Leslie Wingate DBE , née Catherine Leslie Rundle, was a British humanitarian.She was the daughter of Royal Navy Captain Joseph Rundle and his wife, Renira Catherine , and the sister of General Sir Leslie Rundle. On 18 June 1888 she married Reginald Wingate, a Royal Artillery officer...
(1858–1946), British humanitarian - David Wingate (basketball) (born 1963), American basketball player
- David Wingate (poet)David Wingate (poet)David Wingate was a Scottish poet and miner, sometimes known as 'the collier poet'.His father died when he was five years old. Wingate started work in the coal-fields near his home in Cowglen, Renfrewshire when he was nine, and at 17 he was the main breadwinner for his mother and family...
(1828–1892), Scottish poet and miner - David B. WingateDavid B. WingateDr David Balcombe Wingate OBE, born October 11, 1935, is an ornithologist, naturalist and conservationist. He was born in Bermuda.In 1951 he helped Robert Cushman Murphy and Louis S...
(born 1935), Bermudian ornithologist - David Robert WingateDavid Robert WingateDavid Robert Wingate was an American lumber businessman and plantation farmer who served in the Confederate Army as the commissioner of defense for Jefferson County, Texas, during the American Civil War. Overcoming numerous financial setbacks throughout his lifetime, he remained a successful...
(1819–1899), American businessman, farmer and soldier - George Wood WingateGeorge Wood WingateGeorge Wood Wingate was an American lawyer and organizer of rifle practice. During the Civil War he served in a New York regiment, and later supervised the construction of elevated railways in Brooklyn. In 1867 Wingate drew up rules for systematic rifle practice by Company A, 22d regiment, New...
(1840–1928), American lawyer, and rifle specialist - Guy Wingate (born 1967), British brand strategist
- Guy A.S. WingateGuy A.S. WingateDr. Guy A.S. Wingate is Chair of International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering's GAMP Forum who are responsible for developing Good Automated Manufacturing Practice guidance. Dr Wingate founded Supplier Forum with support of UK Government Department of Trade and Industry in 1995. Supplier...
, British manufacturing practice expert - Heath WingateHeath WingateHeath L. Wingate is a former American football center in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Bowling Green State University and was drafted in the thirteenth round of the 1966 NFL Draft....
(born 1944), American football player - Jason Wright WingateJason Wright WingateJason Wright Wingate is an American composer, cellist and poet based in New York City. Notable works include the chamber work Landscapes of Consciousness, and the Symphony No...
(born 1971), American composer - John WingateJohn WingateJohn Wingate is a writer and communications consultant based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. A graduate of Illinois State University , Wingate spent 16 years as an award-winning broadcast journalist in Illinois and Minnesota before becoming a public relations/development communications...
, American writer and broadcast journalist - Joseph F. WingateJoseph F. WingateJoseph Ferdinand Wingate , son of Joshua and Hannah Carr Wingate, was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, Wingate received a limited schooling....
(1786–unknown), American politician - Orde Wingate (1903–1944), British army officer
- Paine WingatePaine WingatePaine Wingate was an American preacher, farmer, and statesman from Stratham, New Hampshire. He served New Hampshire in the Continental Congress and both the United States Senate and House of Representatives....
(1739–1838), American preacher, farmer and statesman - Rachel O. WingateRachel O. WingateRachel Orde Wingate was an English linguist and missionary to Chinese Turkistan. She served with the Swedish Missionary Society.-Family:...
(c. 1901–1953), English linguist and missionary - Reginald Wingate (1861–1953), British general and administrator in Egypt and the Sudan
- Ronald Wingate (1889-1978), British colonial administrator, soldier, author and delegate to the Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary GoldTripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary GoldThe Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold, also known as the Tripartite Gold Commission, was a panel established in September 1946 by the United Kingdom, United States and France to recover gold stolen by Nazi Germany from other nations and eventually return it to the rightful...
- Roger WingateRoger WingateRoger Christopher Wingate was born 29 November 1940 in Montreal. He returned to the UK with his family in 1942. Educated at Clifton College Bristol and London University he took over the Chairmanship of Chesterfield Properties PLC in the mid 60s which was subsequently sold in 1999.Roger Wingate’s...
(born 1940), British theatre manager
Miscellaneous
- WinGateWingate-Places:In New Zealand:* Wingate, New Zealand, A suburb of Lower HuttIn the United Kingdom:* Wingate, County Durham* Old Wingate, County Durham* Wingates, Bolton, Greater ManchesterIn the United States:* Wingate, Indiana...
, integrated gateway management system for Microsoft Windows - Wingate and Finchley F.C.Wingate and Finchley F.C.Wingate & Finchley F.C. is an English football club based in Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet. The club are currently members of the Premier Division of the Isthmian League and play at The Harry Abrahams Stadium.-History:...
, London-based football club - Wingate Memorial TrophyWingate Memorial TrophyThe Wingate Memorial Trophy was the award given to the national champion in men's college lacrosse prior to the inception of an NCAA tournament format in 1971....
, U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) national college lacrosse title from 1934 through 1970. - Wingate SandstoneWingate SandstoneWingate Sandstone is a geologic formation in the Glen Canyon Group that is spread across the Colorado Plateau province of the United States, including northern Arizona, northwest Colorado, Nevada, and Utah. This rock formation is particularly prominent in southeastern Utah, where it forms...
, geologic formation, found in the Colorado Plateau - Wingate By Wyndham, a hotel chain under Wyndham Hotels & ResortsWyndham Hotels & ResortsWyndham Hotels and Resorts is a group of chains of hotels and resorts located mainly in the United States and Canada, but also in Mexico and the Caribbean.-History:...
- Wingate InstituteWingate InstituteThe Wingate Institute is a sports training facility located south of Netanya, Israel, established in 1957. Named after Orde Wingate, the facility serves as the host facility for numerous Israeli national teams as well as a military training base....
, a sports training facility in IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea... - Wingate testWingate testThe Wingate test is an anaerobic test, most often performed on a cycle ergometer, that is used to measure peak anaerobic power, as well as anaerobic capacity. The test, which can also be performed on an arm crank ergometer, consists of a set time pedaling at maximum speed against a constant force...
, a cycle ergometer test