- Leighton
- biographical name Frederick 1830-1896 Baron Leighton of Stretton English painter
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Leighton — may refer to: Places In Australia: *Leighton, Western Australia, a beachside locality in Western AustraliaIn the United Kingdom: *Leighton, Cambridgeshire *Leighton, Cheshire *Leighton, North Yorkshire *Leighton Reservoir, a small reservoir near… … Wikipedia
Leighton — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Bernie Leighton (1921–1994), US amerikanischer Jazzpianist Edmund Blair Leighton (1853–1922), britischer Maler Elaine Leighton (* 1926), US amerikanische Jazz Schlagzeugerin Frederic Leighton (1830–1896),… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Leighton — Leighton, AL U.S. town in Alabama Population (2000): 849 Housing Units (2000): 414 Land area (2000): 0.989735 sq. miles (2.563401 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.989735 sq. miles (2.563401 sq.… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Leighton — [ leɪtn], Frederic, Baron Leighton of Stretton [ stretən] (seit 1896), britischer Maler, Grafiker und Bildhauer, * Scarborough 3. 12. 1830, ✝ London 25. 1. 1896; studierte u. a. in Frankfurt am Main, Rom und Paris. Leighton malte im Stil des… … Universal-Lexikon
Leighton, AL — U.S. town in Alabama Population (2000): 849 Housing Units (2000): 414 Land area (2000): 0.989735 sq. miles (2.563401 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.989735 sq. miles (2.563401 sq. km) FIPS code … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Leighton, IA — U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 153 Housing Units (2000): 59 Land area (2000): 0.076321 sq. miles (0.197671 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.076321 sq. miles (0.197671 sq. km) FIPS code:… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Leighton — m English: transferred use of the surname, which originated as a local name from any of several places named with the Old English elements lēac leek + tūm enclosure, settlement; of these the best known is Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire. Variant … First names dictionary
Leighton — (spr. līt n), Frederick, Lord, engl. Maler und Bildhauer, geb. 3. Dez. 1830 in Scarborough (Yorkshire), gest. 25. Jan. 1896 in London, machte schon als elfjähriger Knabe Kunststudien in Rom unter Francesco Meli, um dann die Akademie in Berlin zu… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Leighton — (spr. leht n), Frederick, Lord, engl. Maler, geb. 3. Dez. 1830 zu Scarborough, gebildet in Berlin und Frankfurt a.M., seit 1878 Präsident der Akademie in London, 1896 zum Lord ernannt, gest. 25. Jan. 1896 in London; bes. mytholog. Stoffe in… … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Leighton — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie des personnes (réelles ou fictives) partageant un même patronyme. Edmund Blair Leighton (1853 1922), peintre britannique du mouvement préraphaélite ; Frederic Leighton (1830 1896), artiste peintre et… … Wikipédia en Français
Leighton — Recorded as Layton, Laytoun, Leaton, Leighton, Leyton, and Leaton, this is a famous surname of English or sometimes Scottish, origins. It is locational from either Leaton, a village near Shrewsbury in Shropshire, or one of the various villages… … Surnames reference
