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Fyfe House
Fyfe is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name *Fyfe Dangerfield, (born 1980), English musician * Fyfe Ewing, (born 1970), Northern Irish drummer *Fyfe Robertson (1902–1987), Scottish television journalist People with the surname * David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir (1900–1967) * Iain Fyfe (born 1982), Australian footballer * Iona Fyfe (born 1998), Scottish singer * James Fyfe (1942–2005), American criminologist * Lee Fyfe (1879–1942), baseball umpire * Liz Fyfe (born 1987), Canadian curler * Maria Fyfe (1938–2020), Scottish politician * Nat Fyfe (born 1991), Australian rules footballer * Robert Fyfe (1930–2021), Scottish actor * Theodore Fyfe (1875–1945), Scottish architect * Tom Fyfe (1870–1947), New Zealand mountaineer * William Fyfe (1927–2013), New Zealand geologist * William Patrick Fyfe (born 1955), Canadian serial killer * William Hamilton Fyfe (1878–1965), English and Canadian classi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fyfe Dangerfield
Fyfe Antony Dangerfield Hutchins (born 7 July 1980) is an English musician and songwriter, best known as the founding member of the indie rock band Guillemots. Early life Born in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1980, he moved to Bromsgrove at the age of eight. He studied at Bromsgrove School where he was also the singer in the band Senseless Prayer. He was also a music teacher at Cranbrook College for a brief period. Career Compositions Dangerfield composed a choral piece performed at The Lichfield Festival in 2000 – a setting of Christina Rossetti's "A Better Resurrection". This led to a commission from Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir to write a choral setting of one of the 'O Antiphons' for Ex Cathedra's Christmas Music by Candlelight concert in 2000. This has been performed many times since, was included on Ex Cathedra's Christmas Music by Candlelight CD which received some glowing reviews, and has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM. In 2002, Dangerfield was commission ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fyfe
Robert Douglas Fyfe (25 September 1930 – 15 September 2021) was a Scottish actor, best known for his role as Howard in the long-running British sitcom ''Last of the Summer Wine'' from 1985 to 2010. Early life Fyfe was born in Kirkcaldy on 25 September 1930, the son of Douglas Fyfe, a watchmaker, and Mary Fyfe née Irvine. He attended Kirkcaldy High School, before studying English literature at Edinburgh University. He did not complete his degree and instead trained under Esmé Church at the Northern Theatre School in Bradford, graduating in 1954. Whilst studying, he performed in Halifax, York and Scarborough, including appearing in the York Mystery Plays in 1954. Career Fyfe appeared in the films '' Xtro'', '' The 51st State'', '' Around the World in 80 Days'', ''Gaolbreak'' and ''Babel''. In 2012 he appeared in '' Cloud Atlas''. Other credits include guest appearances on ''Z-Cars'', '' Survivors'', ''The Gentle Touch'', ''The Return of Sherlock Holmes'' and '' Monarch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Dixon (musician)
Paul Dixon (born 8 August 1989 in London, England) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was known in the years 2010–2012 as David's Lyre, but is now using the musical project name Fyfe. He picked the name David's Lyre during his university studies in Manchester, in reference to the musical skills of the biblical King David with the lyre. He was featured by ''The Guardian'' as 'New band of the day' in 2010, by which time he had received attention for cover versions (of Ellie Goulding among others), remixes of other artists – notably, Marina and the Diamonds and Everything Everything – and had himself been remixed by producers The Last Skeptik and JaKwob. His debut EP release in 2011, ''In Arms'', was described as "promising" by BBC reviewer Mike Diver, and drew comparisons with Patrick Wolf for its blend of folk and electronic instruments. A music video was released for "In Arms", using a short film animation which fitted the song. Dixon had signed a record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Baxter Collier Fyfe
William Baxter Collier Fyfe (10 July 1835 - 15 September 1882) was a Scottish Genre art, genre and portrait painter. He was born at Dundee in 1835. He became at an early age a student of the Royal Scottish Academy, and exhibited his first picture of importance, ''Queen Mary resigning her Crown at Loch Leven Castle,'' in the Exhibition of 1861; but this was surpassed in later years by ''The Raid of Ruthven.'' In 1863 he settled in London, and from that time onward was busily engaged with portraiture, which he varied with landscapes and genre subjects of interest and merit. Some of his most important portraits are those of the Baron Dufferin and Claneboye, Earl and Countess of Dufferin, John Pascoe Grenfell, Admiral Grenfell, Alderman Sir William McArthur (Lord Mayor of London), William McArthur, Dr. Lorimer, and John Faed, Royal Scottish Academy, R.S.A. He died suddenly at his residence in St John's Wood, London in 1882.5 Works His best-known genre pictures are: *''A Girl of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
