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Akroyd is an
English surname.
Notable people with the
surname include:
Annette Beveridge (née
Akroyd; 1842–1929),
British Orientalist Bayly Akroyd (1850–1926)...
- Lincolnshire,
England under the
title Hornsby Akroyd Patent Oil
Engine under licence. Some
years later,
Akroyd-Stuart's
design was
further developed in the...
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Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM OOnt (/ˈækrɔɪd/ AK-royd; born July 1, 1952) is a
Canadian and
American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and musician....
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Herbert Akroyd-Stuart (28
January 1864 – 19
February 1927) was an
English inventor who is
noted for his
invention of the hot bulb engine, or
heavy oil...
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Lieutenant Colonel Edward Akroyd (1810–1887),
English manufacturer, was born into a
textile manufacturing family in 1810, and when he died in 1887, he...
- The Hornsby-
Akroyd oil engine,
named after its
inventor Herbert Akroyd Stuart and the
manufacturer Richard Hornsby & Sons, was the
first successful design...
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Beveridge (née
Akroyd) (1842–1929) was a
British Orientalist known for her
translation of the Humayun-nama and the Babur-nama.
Annette Akroyd's father William...
- Joe
Akroyd is best
known for his work at Royd
Loudspeakers Co. Ltd. (commonly
known as Royd Audio) a
small low
volume Hi-Fi
loudspeakers manufacturer that...
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Quotation The
Spirit shall look out
through Matter's gaze / And
Matter shall reveal the Spirit's face. Sri
Aurobindo (born
Aurobindo Ghose; 15
August 1872 –...
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manufacture of the oil
engine developed by
Herbert Akroyd Stuart,
which was
marketed under the Hornsby-
Akroyd name. The
company developed an
early track system...
