Salter

Salter, derived from Salt, meaning extractor or trader of salt (from the Middle Ages), is a surname or more rarely a first name, and may refer to:

• Albert Salter of Salter's Meridian fame
• Andrew Salter (1914–1996), U.S. psychotherapist.
• Hans J. Salter (1896–1994), American film composer.
• James Salter (born 1925), U.S. novelist
• James Arthur Salter (1881–1975), British politician and academic
• John William Salter (1820–1869), English naturalist and palaeontologist
• June Salter (1932–2001), Australian actress.
• Lewis Salter (1926–1989), American physicist
• Mandy Salter fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Mark Salter, American speechwriter
• Mark Salter (born 1980), English footballer
• Martin Salter (born 1954), UK member of parliament
• Mary Jo Salter U.S. poet
• Richard Salter
• Robert B. Salter (1924–2010), Canadian pediatric orthopaedic surgeon.
• Robert M. Salter, U.S. engineer for RAND
• Stephen Salter, Emeritus Professor of Engineering Design and inventor of the Salter duck
• Susanna M. Salter (1860–1961), U.S. politician, first woman mayor in the United States
• William Salter

Organisations

• Worshipful Company of Salters, one of the Livery Companies of the City of London
• Salters Steamers, a boating company on the River Thames, England, founded by John and Stephen Salter
• Salter Brecknell, a manufacturer of light commercial weighing scales, part of Avery Weigh-Tronix
• Salter Housewares, a manufacturer of consumer weighing scales

See also

• Psalter
• Drysalter