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Adrian Biddle (1952–2005), English cinematographer; Charles J. Biddle (aviator) (1890–1972), American World War I fighter pilot Dick Biddle (1947–2023), American football player and coach
The Biddle family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is an Old Philadelphian family descended from English immigrants William Biddle (1630–1712) and Sarah Kempe (1634–1709), who arrived in the Province of New Jersey in 1681.
Biddle Motor Car Company, brass era automobile company based in Philadelphia; USS Biddle, several United States Navy ships; Biddle University, historical name of Johnson C. Smith University; Biddle Memorial Hall, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina
Lena is a feminine given name with several origins and meanings. In Greek, it is a short form of Helena (Ἑλένη), meaning “torch” or “shining light.” In Germanic cultures, it may be a diminutive of names like Magdalena or Alena, [1] meaning “elevated,” “exalted,” “great,” or “bright,” or derived from the Germanic suffix -lein, meaning “little.”
Megger site in Dover, England, UK. Megger Group Limited (also known as Megger) is a British manufacturing company that manufactures electronic test equipment and measuring instruments for electrical power applications.
Biddulph's name may come from Anglo-Saxon/Old English bī dylfe = "beside the pit or quarry". It may also stem from a corruption of the Saxon/Old English Bidulfe, meaning "wolf slayer", and the Biddulph family crest is a wolf rampant.
Johnson C. Smith University was established on April 7, 1867, as the Biddle Memorial Institute at a meeting of the Catawba Presbytery in the old Charlotte Presbyterian Church. Mary D. Biddle donated $1,400 to the school. The school was then named after her late husband, Henry Jonathan Biddle, who had died after the Battle of Glendale in 1862.
The Biddle family had a summer home outside of Philadelphia that was furnished sumptuously with English furniture and paintings. [8] Together, they were the parents of ten children, including: [10] [11] Mary Biddle (d. 1854), who married John Gideon Biddle (1793–1826), the fourth son of Clement Biddle, in 1820. [12]