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Henry Davies (other)
Henry Davies may refer to: * Henry Davies (physician) (1782–1862), English physician *Henry Davies (journalist) (1804–1890), British journalist and publisher * Henry E. Davies (judge) (1805–1881), Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, 1866–1867 * Sir Henry Davies (1824–1902), British colonial official, Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab *Henry Eugene Davies (1836–1894), American soldier, writer and lawyer * Henry Davies (jockey) (1865–1934), British jockey and cricketer * Henry Davies (Oxford University cricketer) (born 1970), English cricketer *Henry Rodolph Davies (1865–1950), British Army general * Henry Lowrie Davies (1898–1975), British Army general *Sir Henry Walford Davies (1869–1941), British composer * Henry Thomas Davies (1914–2002), British lifeboatman * Henry Davies (Baptist minister) (1753–1825), Welsh Baptist minister * Henry Davies (rugby league) (born 1998), English rugby league player *Henry Naunton Davies (1827–1899), Welsh physician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Davies (physician)
Henry Davies (1782 – 9 January 1862) was an English physician. Biography Davies was the son of a surgeon, was born in London in 1782. He was apprenticed to a surgeon at Malling, Kent, and in 1803 was admitted a member of the College of Surgeons. He became a surgeon in the army, and after serving for several years, resigned his commission and took a house in London in 1817. He received the then easily obtained medical degree of the university of Aberdeen, 26 September 1823, and became a licentiate of the College of Physicians of London 22 December 1823. He gave up all practice but midwifery, became physician to the British Lying-in Hospital, and was also for some years lecturer on midwifery and the diseases of women and children in the medical school of St. George's Hospital. He edited a tenth edition of Dr. Michael Underwood Michael Paul Underwood (born 26 October 1975) is an English television presenter, best known as a children's TV presenter on CBBC and CITV. He can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Davies (journalist)
Henry Davies (2 March 1804 – 4 March 1890) was a Wales-born journalist, publisher and librarian at Cheltenham, England, who took an active part in the town's political life, and edited the ''Cheltenham Looker-On'' for 57 years. Early life Davies was the son of John and Ann Davies and was born at Bridgend, Glamorgan. Little is known of his childhood, but he had a good literary education, while at the same time becoming steeped in the traditions of Wales and the Welsh language. At the age of 18 in 1822 he wrote patriotic Welsh poetry that was read at the Brecon Eisteddfod. In his early twenties, he spent a few years in London, establishing friendships at the London Institution, and began his literary career by contributing both prose and verse to the ''Literary Souvenir'' and other publications edited by Alaric Watts. He was living at Throgmorton Street in 1826 when he wrote another "spirited poetic address" for the opening of the Brecon Eisteddfod that year. He was librarian of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry E
Henry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Henry (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters * Henry (surname) * Henry, a stage name of François-Louis Henry (1786–1855), French baritone Arts and entertainment * ''Henry'' (2011 film), a Canadian short film * ''Henry'' (2015 film), a virtual reality film * '' Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer'', a 1986 American crime film * ''Henry'' (comics), an American comic strip created in 1932 by Carl Anderson * "Henry", a song by New Riders of the Purple Sage Places Antarctica * Henry Bay, Wilkes Land Australia * Henry River (New South Wales) * Henry River (Western Australia) Canada * Henry Lake (Vancouver Island), British Columbia * Henry Lake (Halifax County), Nova Scotia * Henry Lake (District of Chester), Nova Scotia New Zealand * Lake Henry (New Zealand) * Henry River (New Zealand) United States * Henry, Illinois * Henry, Indiana * Henry, Nebraska * Henry, South Dakota * Henry Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Henry Davies
Sir Robert Henry Davies, (20 September 1824 – 23 August 1902), known as Sir Henry Davies, was a British colonial official in British India, who served as Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab. Biography Davies was born in 1824, the son of a Welsh physician, Sir David Davies, who was a physician to King William IV. He was educated at Charterhouse School and the East India Company College ("Haileybury"). He became a writer (clerk) in the Bengal civil service in 1844 and was an official under the East India Company and the British Raj for the rest of his career. He served as assistant to the Commissioner of the Sutlej states, and later as settlement officer of the Lahore division. Transferring to Oudh State, he was Chief Commissioner there from 1868 until 1871 (having acted in the post 1865–66), then became Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab in 1871, serving until 1877. Davies was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI) in 1874, and appointed a Compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Eugene Davies
Henry Eugene Davies (July 2, 1836 – September 7, 1894) was an American soldier, writer, public official and lawyer. He served in the Union Army as a brigadier general of volunteers in cavalry service during the American Civil War ("Civil War") and was promoted to the grade of major general of volunteers at the end of the war. Davies was one of the few nonprofessional soldiers in the Union cavalry in the East to be promoted to the grade of general. He led his brigade in several major battles, especially during the Overland Campaign, the Battle of Trevilian Station, the Siege of Petersburg and the Appomattox Campaign at the end of the war. Early life Henry Eugene Davies was born in New York City, the eldest son of Judge Henry E. Davies. He was educated at Harvard, Williams, and Columbia colleges, and was admitted to the bar in 1857. On August 10, 1858, he married Julia Rich, daughter of John T. Rich and Julia Van Voorhies, at Fishkill-on-Hudson, New York. They had one son, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Davies (jockey)
Henry Gwyn Davies-Scourfield (2 February 1865 — 4 December 1934), born Henry Gwyn Saunders Davies, was a Welsh horse racing jockey and first-class cricketer. The son of Arthur Henry Saunders Davies, he was born in Pembroke in January 1865. He was educated in England at Winchester College, where he played for his college cricket team. He played first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1883, making a single appearance against Sussex at Hove. Batting twice in the match, he top-scored in Hampshire's first innings with 42 runs, before being dismissed by John Juniper, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 3 runs by C. Aubrey Smith. It was as a horse racing jockey that Davies was better known. In 1882, Davies had his first competitive ride in the Lawrenny Hunt Cup, while the following year he rode his first winner, Jane Shore, in the Tivyside Hunt steeplechase meeting. He twice rode a horse to fourth place in the Grand National's of 1897 and 1900, and won the Welsh Gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Davies (Oxford University Cricketer)
Henry Richard Davies (born 2 September 1970) is an English former first-class cricketer. Davies was born at Camberwell in September 1970. He was educated at St Dunstan's College, before going up to Christ Church, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against Hampshire in 1990. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1992, making a total of seventeen appearances. He scored a total of 178 runs in his seventeen matches, averaging 12.71 and with a high score of 39. With his right-arm off-break bowling, he took 13 wickets at a bowling average In cricket, a player's bowling average is the number of runs they have conceded per wicket taken. The lower the bowling average is, the better the bowler is performing. It is one of a number of statistics used to compare bowlers, commonly use ... of 105.92, with best figures of 3 for 93. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Henry 1970 births Livin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Rodolph Davies
Major General Henry Rodolph Davies, (21 September 1865 – 4 January 1950) was a British Army officer who commanded the 11th (Northern) Division during the First World War. Military career Davies was born in Windsor, Berkshire on 21 September 1865, the younger son of Henry Fanshawe Davies, a British Army officer who would rise to the rank of lieutenant general. His grandfather was General Francis John Davies and his great-grandfather was Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Byam Martin. The family seat was Elmley Castle, Pershore, Worcestershire. His elder brother was Francis Davies, who later became a full general in the British Army. Henry junior was educated at Eton College, where he was proficient in Oriental languages.Mullaney, p. 45 Davies joined the British Army, initially being commissioned as a lieutenant into the 4th (Militia) Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment in January 1883. He resigned his commission over a year later, in February 1884, and, after graduating f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lowrie Davies
Major General Henry Lowrie Davies (25 January 1898 – 6 July 1975) was a British Indian Army officer, who commanded the 25th Indian Division during the Second World War. Following the Partition of India, he briefly served as Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Pakistan before returning to the United Kingdom to work as a civil servant. Early life and military career Davies was born in 1898, to a British Army officer. He was educated at Dover College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, before joining the 39th Garhwal Rifles (later the 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles) in India in 1916. He served with them in the Mesopotamian campaign of the First World War and as part of the "Army of the Black Sea" during the Turkish War of Independence. It was for 'distinguished service in the Field with the British Army of the Black Sea' that he was awarded the Military Cross as a captain with the 2/39th Garhwal Rifles. Returning to British India, he was in service during operations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walford Davies
Sir Henry Walford Davies (6 September 1869 – 11 March 1941) was an English composer, organist, and educator who held the title Master of the King's Music from 1934 until 1941. He served with the Royal Air Force during the First World War, during which he composed the '' Royal Air Force March Past'', and was music adviser to the British Broadcasting Corporation, for whom he gave commended talks on music between 1924 and 1941. Life and career Early years Henry Walford Davies was born in the Shropshire town of Oswestry. He was the seventh of nine children of John Whitridge Davies and Susan, ''née'' Gregory, and the youngest of four surviving sons.Dibble, Jeremy"Davies, Sir (Henry) Walford (1869–1941)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, online edition, January 2011, retrieved 6 December 2015 His father, although an accountant by profession, was an amateur musician who founded and conducted a choral society at Oswestry and was choirmaster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Thomas Davies
Henry "Shrimp" Thomas Davies BEM (19 February 1914 – 25 June 2002) was a lifeboatman from Cromer on the north coast of Norfolk, England. His uncle, Henry Blogg, gave him the nickname "Shrimp" after seeing him as a tiny baby. In 1931 he joined the crew of the Cromer lifeboat ''H F Bailey'' and became coxswain in 1947, taking over from Henry Blogg. Davies retired in February 1976, after serving as coxswain of lifeboats ''Henry Blogg'' and '' Ruby and Arthur Reed'', having been one of Cromer Lifeboat Station's longest serving coxswains. ''English Trader'' Shrimp Davies had a near-fatal involvement in the famous rescue of the on 26 October 1941. At 8.15 am the Cromer lifeboat ''H F Bailey'', crewed by twelve men including Shrimp Davies and coxswain Henry Blogg, was launched to aid the stricken ship. By 11.35 am the lifeboat had reached the site, the Hammond Knoll sandbank. The gale was at full force and three of the ''English Traders crew had been swept off the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Davies (Baptist Minister)
Henry Davies (1753 – 9 May 1825) was a Welsh Baptist minister. His family lived in the Letterston area of Pembrokeshire, where he trained to work as a shoemaker. He attended services at the local chapel, and in 1775 began to preach at Letterston, before, in 1780, being ordained a joint pastor of Llangloffan (a position which he held for forty-five years). After marrying, he lived as a farmer on a farm at Pencerrig near Fishguard. When the French landed near Fishguard in 1797, the invaders raided his farm, but, despite this, he was charged with ‘collaboration.’ The charge was later dropped, but his effigy was burnt by demonstrators at Fishguard Fishguard (, meaning "Mouth of the River Gwaun") is a coastal town in Pembrokeshire, Wales, with a population of 3,400 (rounded to the nearest 100) as of the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. Modern Fishguard consists of two parts, Lowe ... Fair in February 1798. He died in 1825, in his early seventies, and was buried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
