What is "erskine"

Erskine is a town in the council area of Renfrewshire, and historic county of the same name, situated in the West Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies on the southern bank of the River Clyde, providing the lowest crossing to the north bank of the river at the Erskine Bridge, connecting the town to Old Kilpatrick in West Dunbartonshire. Erskine is a commuter town at the western extent of the Greater Glasgow conurbation, bordering Bishopton to the north and Renfrew, Inchinnan, Paisley and Glasgow International Airport to the south. Originally a small village settlement, the town has expanded since the 1970s as a new town, boosting the population to over 15,000. In 2014, it was rated one of the most attractive postcode areas to live in Scotland.

Erskine is a town in Scotland. It can also refer to: Harry Erskine a psychic, played by Tony Curtis, who helps a woman with a monster growing on her neck; in the 1978 movie The Manitou.

The Erskine was an American automobile brand produced by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana, United States, from 1926 to 1930. The marque was named after Albert Russel Erskine (1871–1933), Studebaker's president at the time.

During his term as president, Erskine encouraged Studebaker engineers to develop advanced engines. As a result, the company achieved numerous racing wins and a bigger share of the upper-price market. This left Studebaker without an entry level automobile in the United States, and Erskine, who had always been fascinated by smaller European vehicles, saw market potential in a short-wheel-base compact car, especially if it could expand Studebaker's presence in the European market. The Erskine Six was therefore first launched in Paris.

When introduced in time for the American 1927 model year, the car was named after its creator, and marketed as The Little Aristocrat. To make the Erskine affordable, Studebaker fitted the cars with six-cylinder Continental engines rather than the more advanced Studebaker units and priced the cars at $995. Body design was by Ray Dietrich; the design proved to be quite a head-turner, and received numerous accolades from the British and French press. Initially, sales demand was promising. However, within a year Ford introduced its Model A and priced it at $525, undercutting the Erskine by $470.

To remedy this, Studebaker marketing suggested that the Erskine become a larger car which, when implemented, grew the wheelbase from to . The Erskine was no longer small, and became more like its Studebaker brethren. Ultimately, the Erskine was absorbed into Studebaker by May 1930. A little over a year later, Studebaker would try again with the 1931 Rockne brand automobile.

To his credit, Albert Russel Erskine successfully strengthened Studebaker’s core automobile business and helped to guide the corporation toward technical advancements that eventually would help the company through the first few years of the depression.

However Erskine also encouraged the payment of stockholder dividends from Studebaker’s capital reserves as the depression deepened; this inflated the value of the stock, and eventually weakened the company. In addition to the two failed marques he created (Rockne and Erskine), Erskine also had purchased luxury car maker Pierce-Arrow during the high rolling 1920s, which had to be sold off to investors as a means of improving cash flow.

Faced with loss of control of Studebaker, Albert Russel Erskine committed suicide in 1933 on the Studebaker proving grounds (now Bendix Woods Park) outside of South Bend, Indiana.

Erskine is a facility in Erskine, Scotland, that provides long-term medical care for veterans of the British Armed Forces. The charity opened and established itself as Princess Louise Scottish Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers in 1916. Its name was then shortened to Erskine Hospital and then simply Erskine in later years. It was opened due to the need to treat the thousands of military personnel who lost their limbs in the First World War. The charity has gone on to offer help to British veterans of the First World War and every subsequent war. It has gone on to become the biggest ex-services facility in the country.

Erskine is a Scottish surname. Members of nobility and other Scottish people with the name include:

• Ebenezer Erskine (1680-1754)
• Ralph Erskine (1685-1752), younger brother of Ebenezer
• Henry Erskine (1746-1817), younger brother of David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan
• Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (1750-1823), younger brother of David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan
• John Erskine (disambiguation)
• Thomas Erskine (theologian) (1788-1870)

Other people with this name include:

• Albert Russel Erskine (1871–1933), an American businessman who served as president of the Studebaker Corporation from 1915 to 1933
• Carl Erskine (born 1926), former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Emmanuel Erskine, Ghana army general and former commander of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
• Graves B. Erskine (1897-1973), a U.S. Marine Corps General
• Joe Erskine (American boxer) (1930-2009), former welterweight boxer and long distance runner
• Joe Erskine (Welsh boxer) (1934-1990), former British heavyweight boxing champion
• Kenneth Erskine (born 1962), a British serial killer
• Laurie York Erskine (1894-1976), writer and author
• Peter Erskine (born 1954), drummer
• Ralph Erskine (architect) (1914-2005), London-born architect, who lived and worked in Sweden for most of his life
• Robert Erskine (1735–1780), map-maker to George Washington during the Revolutionary War
• Scott Erskine (born 1963), an American serial killer

Category:Surnames

Erskine is a Scottish surname. The name is derived from a habitational name from a location ( Erskine) on the southern bank of the River Clyde, near Glasgow. This place was first recorded in 1225 as Erskin. Early spellings of the place include: Yrskin (1227); Ireskin (1262); Harskin (1300), and Irschen (1300). The Scottish Gaelic form of the surname is Arascain. Legend dictates that the name was given by King Malcolm II to a man who killed the Danish General Enrique at the Battle of Murthill. He is said to have shown the bloody knife to king and said eris-skyne, meaning "upon the knife". The King, in honour of his valour, granted him the surname Eriskine.