Tupper

Tupper may refer to: One of the first settlers in the Continental United States, more specific, the state of Vermont. The surname Tupper is loosely translated as a "peaceful ruler" contribed from English history Historical figures:

  • Anselm Tupper (1763-1808), Continental Army officer, pioneer to the Ohio Country, son of Benjamin Tupper
  • Benjamin Tupper (1738-1792), Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country
  • Sir Charles Tupper (1821-1915), Prime Minister of Canada
  • Frances Tupper, his wife
  • Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper (1855-1927), their son, Solicitor General and Minister of Justice of Canada
  • William Johnston Tupper (1862-1947), also their son, Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba
  • Earl Silas Tupper (1907-1983), American businessman, inventor of Tupperware
  • Ferdinand Brock Tupper (1795-1874), British historian
  • Jeff Tupper, the creator of Tupper's self-referential formula
  • Rev. Henry Martin Tupper (1831–1893), founder of Shaw University
  • Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810-1889), English poet and antiquarian
  • Stanley Roger Tupper (1921-2006), American politician, United States Congressman from Maine

Fictional characters:

  • Alf Tupper, comic strip character
  • Amos Tupper, sheriff on U.S. television's Murder, She Wrote
  • George Tupper, in P.G. Wodehouse's stories
  • Tommy Tupper, from The Benny Hill Show
  • Martin Tupper, from U.S. television's Dream On (TV series)
  • Hannah Tupper, in The Witch of Blackbird Pond
  • Tupper the Bulldog, mascot of Bryant University
  • Tupper, a meth dealer from The Green Hornet

Locations:

  • Tupper Lake, New York
  • Tuppers Plains, Ohio
  • Point Tupper, Nova Scotia
  • Tupper Lake, Michigan

Famous quotes containing the word tupper:

    A good book is the best of friends, the same today and for ever.
    —Martin Tupper (1810–1889)