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Best (surname)
Best is a surname. In England the surname is of Anglo-Norman origin meaning the beast (beste). People with this surname: * Adam Best (actor) (born 1983), British actor * Adolfo "Fito" Best (1891–1964), Mexican painter, film director and screenwriter * Ahmed Best (born 1973), American voice actor * Alan Best (filmmaker) (born 1959), Canadian animator * Alan Best (sculptor) (1910–2001), Canadian sculptor * Alfred M. Best (1876–1958), American insurance executive * Alonzo L. Best (1854–1923), American politician * Andy Best (born 1959), former British footballer * Art Best (1953–2014), American football player * Calum Best (born 1981), TV personality, son of George Best * Carlisle Best (born 1959), former West Indian cricketer * Charles Alexander "Sandy" Best (1931–1978), Canadian politician * Charles Herbert Best (1899–1978), American/Canadian physiologist * Carrie Best (1903-2001), The first black owner and publisher of a Nova Scotia newspaper * Clarence Leo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Best (footballer)
David Best (born 6 September 1943) is an English former professional footballer. A goalkeeper, he made over 200 appearances for AFC Bournemouth, nearly 100 appearances for Oldham Athletic and 168 appearances for Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn professio ... between 1968 and 1974. References External links David Best at Pride of Anglia Living people 1943 births Men's association football goalkeepers AFC Bournemouth players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Portsmouth F.C. players Ipswich Town F.C. players People from Wareham, Dorset Footballers from Dorset Dorchester Town F.C. managers English football managers English footballers {{England-footy-goalkeeper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Best (American Football)
Gregory Lee Best (born January 14, 1960) is a former American football defensive back who played in the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Browns. Early life Best was born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania and attended Blackhawk High School in nearby Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. He was named second-team All-Conference in football as a junior and first-team All-Conference his senior year. College Football He matriculated at Kansas State where he walked on to the football team as a wide receiver. He became a four-year starter as a cornerback and kickoff returner, although he redshirted his sophomore season due to injury. As a senior in 1982, Best was named to the All-Big Eight Conference team. He was invited to play in the Blue–Gray Football Classic all-star game following his senior season in 1982. He caught two interceptions in the game and was named the game's defensive MVP. Professional Football Best went undrafted in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Best
Gregory Alan Best (born July 23, 1964, in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an Equestrianism, equestrian competitor and coach in the sport of show jumping who won two silver medals for the United States in the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea riding the famous Gem Twist. In 1992, Best suffered a fall that shattered his shoulder."Gem Twist, U.S. Star, To Take His Final Bows" Finn, Robin. ''The New York Times''. October 28, 1997. Referenced January 25, 2010. After this, he moved to New Zealand, where he rode for the New Zealand League, winning the World Cup Series. He has also served as a New Zealand National Show Jumping Selector, a National Show Jumping Coach and a member of the New Zealand Show Jumping High Performance Committee. Best coached New Zealand's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Newton Best
George Newton Best (October 16, 1846 – June 18, 1926) was an American bryologist, expert on moss taxonomy, and second president of the Sullivant Moss Society.Snell, James P., and Franklin EllisHistory of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey: with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers Everts & Peck, 1881. Biography Best attended Lafayette College for three years before leaving to teach high school in Riegelsville, Pennsylvania. He resumed his education at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with a degree in medicine in 1875. He took up his medical practice in the Rosemont section of Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Best was also a prominent bryologist, contributing often to Torrey Botanical Club publications. He was instrumental in revising and reclassifying many moss genera, including '' Thuidium'', '' Claopodium'', '' Heterocladium'', '' Leskea'', and '' Pseudoleskea''. Best served as associate editor of '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Best
George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United. A highly skilful dribbler, Best is regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. He was named European Footballer of the Year in 1968 and came fifth in the FIFA Player of the Century vote. Best received plaudits for his playing style, which combined pace, skill, balance, feints, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to get past defenders. Born in Belfast, Best began his club career in England with Manchester United, with the scout who had spotted his talent at the age of 15 sending a telegram to manager Matt Busby which read: "I think I've found you a genius". After making his debut aged 17, he scored 179 goals from 470 appearances over 11 years and was the club's top goalscorer in the league for five consecutive seasons. He won two League titles and the European Cup with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve Best
Emily "Eve" Best (born 31 July 1971) is an English actress and director. She is known for her television roles as Dr. Eleanor O'Hara in the Showtime series ''Nurse Jackie'' (2009–13), First Lady Dolley Madison in the ''American Experience'' television special (2011), and Monica Chatwin in the BBC miniseries ''The Honourable Woman'' (2014). She also played Wallis Simpson in the 2010 film ''The King's Speech''. Best won the 2006 Olivier Award for Best Actress for playing the title role in ''Hedda Gabler''. She made her Broadway debut in the 2007 revival of ''A Moon for the Misbegotten'', winning the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, and receiving the first of two nominations for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play; the second was for the revival of ''The Homecoming'' in 2008. She returned to Broadway in the 2015 revival of '' Old Times''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsdon Best
Elsdon Best (30 June 1856 – 9 September 1931) was an ethnographer who made important contributions to the study of the Māori of New Zealand. Early years Elsdon Best was born 30 June 1856 at Tawa Flat, New Zealand, to William Best and the former Hannah Haynes Nibbs. When his father obtained a position at the Colonial Treasury, the family moved from its farmstead at Grasslees Farm to Wellington, where Best, now aged 9, went to school. After completing his formal education, he took and passed the Civil Service examination and became a clerk in 1873. Within a year he found the work uncongenial and moved to Poverty Bay, where he worked in farming and forestry. In 1881 Best joined the Armed Constabulary. Based in the Taranaki at a time of increased tensions between the Māori and the colonial settlers in the area, he became involved in the arrests of protesters. Through the influence of his brother-in-law, Walter Gudgeon, he transferred to a Māori contingent and later that yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Best
Eleanor Best (1875-1957) was a British oil painter known for her portrait and figure paintings. Biography Best was born in Amport in Hampshire and studied at the Slade School of Art in London during 1909. She continued to live in London throughout her life, settling in Richmond. Best exhibited at the Royal Academy several times, with the New English Art Club and also at the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers. She also exhibited in the United States and Sweden. The Contemporary Art Society hold examples of her work and she was included in the 1986 ''Slade Ladies'' exhibition held by the Parkin Gallery. From 1928 to 1930 Best exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in Paris. For several years she was a member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists The Royal Society of Marine Artists (RSMA) is an association of artists in London, England, that promotes contemporary marine art. This includes painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eike Best
Eike Best (born 13 March 1951) is a German computer scientist, best known for his contributions to concurrency theory. Early life and education Eike Best was born in Neustadt an der Weinstraße. During his childhood, he lived in Argentina, Germany, and Turkey, where his father worked as high school teacher. Best received a high school diploma from thGerman School of Istanbulin 1969, a Diploma in Computer Science from the Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe in 1974, and a PhD from Newcastle University in 1981 for a dissertation on semantics, verification, and design of concurrent programs, supervised by Peter Lauer and Brian Randell. He habilitated in 1988 at the University of Bonn with a thesis on causal semantics of non-sequential programs. Career and contributions Best was research assistant in Carl Adam Petri's research group at the Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung near Bonn (1981–1988), and professor in the Computer Science departments at the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edna Best
Edna Clara Best (3 March 1900 – 18 September 1974) was a British actress. Early life Born in Hove, Sussex, England, she was educated in Brighton and later studied dramatic acting under Miss Kate Rorke who was the first professor of Drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. Career Edna Best was known on the London stage before she entered films in 1921, having made her debut at the Grand Theatre, Southampton, in ''Charley's Aunt'' in 1917. She also won a silver swimming cup as the lady swimming champion of Sussex. She appeared with husband Herbert Marshall in John Van Druten's 1931 play '' There's Always Juliet'' on both Broadway and London. For Gainsborough Pictures, she starred in the melodramas '' Michael and Mary'' and '' The Faithful Heart'' alongside her husband. She is best remembered for her role as the mother in the original 1934 film version of Alfred Hitchcock's '' The Man Who Knew Too Much''. Her subsequent roles were a mixture of British and Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Best
Earl Best (December 26, 1947December 27, 2021), a community organizer better known as the "Street Doctor", was a convicted bank robber who spent 10 years in solitary confinement and worked with the poor on the streets of Newark, New Jersey. He founded the Street Warriors organization in 2003. From 2011 until his death in 2021, Best was active preaching nonviolence and delivering blankets, food and supplies to poor people of Newark with his van and on his feet. Biography Best grew up in the city's List of neighborhoods in Newark, New Jersey#South Ward, South Ward.Brian Falzarano'Street Doctor' Leaves His Mark on Newark with 'The Fingerprint', West Ward Patch, August 8, 2011 He was arrested for bank robbery on June 13, 1983, and subsequently convicted, at least partially on the basis of fingerprint evidence. He spent ten years in solitary confinement while serving 17 years in prison for the robbery. During his solitary imprisonment, he studied spiritual writings, psychology, and law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
