What is "eastman"

EaStMAN (The Edinburgh and Stirling Metropolitan Area Network) is one of the regional networks that make up JANET. EaStMAN connects universities and colleges to one another and to Janet in the Edinburgh, Stirling, West Lothian and Borders areas of Scotland.

Eastman is a crater on Mercury first seen by MESSENGER during the mission's first Mercury flyby. Eastman exhibits some features characteristic of a fresh, relatively young crater. The walls of Eastman have clearly visible terraces, and the central peak structure is well preserved. Eastman is located near Xiao Zhao crater.

It is named for Charles Eastman (Santee Dakota), known as one of the first Native American to graduate from an American medical school, Boston University, and to be licensed as a doctor. He worked on Sioux reservations in South Dakota, where he met and married Elaine Goodale from Massachusetts, who headed BIA schools. They had several children together. In later life he became known as an important author of the Native American culture, publishing nine books about his Santee Sioux childhood.

Eastman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• A. Theodore Eastman, American bishop
• Carole Eastman (1934–2004), American screenwriter
• Charles Eastman (1858–1939), Native American physician, writer, national lecturer and reformer
• Charles S. Eastman (1864-1939) American lawyer and politician
• Crystal Eastman (1881–1928) American lawyer, anti-militarist, feminist, socialist and journalist
• David Eastman, (b. 1945) Australian convicted murderer
• Edward Eastman, American politician
• George Eastman (1854–1932), American inventor and philanthropist, founder of Kodak
• George Eastman (actor) (b. 1942), Italian actor
• Howard Eastman (b. 1970), middleweight boxer
• John A. Eastman, Wisconsin politician
• John C. Eastman (b. 1960), American law professor and politician
• John H. Eastman (1861–1938), Louisiana politician
• Joseph Bartlett Eastman (1882–1944), American government official in various capacities
• Julius Eastman (1940–1990), African-American composer, pianist, vocalist and dancer
• Kevin Eastman (b. 1962), co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series
• Kevin Eastman (basketball) (born 1955), American basketball player and coach, currently assistant to Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers
• Lee Eastman (1910–1991), American attorney and art collector
• Leroy D. Eastman (1872-1945), American politician
• Linda McCartney née Eastman (1941–1998), American photographer, musician and animal rights activist, wife of Paul McCartney, daughter of Lee Eastman
• Linda Eastman (1867–1963), American librarian
• Marilyn Eastman (b. 1933), American actress
• Marvin Eastman (b. 1971), American mixed martial artist and kickboxer

• Mary H. Eastman (1818–1887), born Mary Henderson; American writer on Native American life; wife of Seth
• Max Eastman (1883–1969), American writer, poet and political activist
• Monk Eastman (1875–1920), New York gangster
• P. D. Eastman (1909–1986), cartoonist and author of children's books
• Rebecca Lane Hooper Eastman (1877–1937), American writer
• Rodney Eastman (b. 1967), Canadian actor
• Seth Eastman (1808–1875), US Army officer, mapmaker and illustrator; husband of Mary H.
• Seth and Mary Eastman (1808–1875 and 1818–1887), recorders of Native American life
• W. Dean Eastman (b. 1948), American educator