Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
a male given name: from a Welsh family name meaning “rock.”
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Last year, Salesforce appointed Craig Shull to become its first-ever chief pricing officer.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Michael Eisenberg, who co-owns the swim equipment business with his brother, Craig, worries about losing clientele.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
“In general, yes, if benefit costs are accelerating, it limits what is available for salary increases,” said Craig Copeland, director of wealth-benefits research with the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
After she was announced as Labour's candidate to succeed Westminster-bound Burnham, Craig said she was ready to "deliver the next chapter for the region".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
My parents had spent almost their entire lives living within a couple of square miles in Chicago, but they had no illusions that Craig and I would do the same.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Ay," he replied, "there is as much between the craig and the woodie* as there is between the cup and the lip.
From Rob Roy — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir
She sought him east, she sought him west, She sought him braid and narrow; Syne, in the cleaving of a craig She found him drown'd in Yarrow.
From In the Border Country by W. S.
The steamer meanwhile kept nearing the giant craig, which was a bare rock from summit to the sea.
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9 by Dodge, Mary Mapes
But whaur Tam hung there was naething but the craig, and the sea belaw, and the solans skirling and flying.
Tak’ you care, my bonnie young man, that your craig doesna feel the wecht o’ your hurdies.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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