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Phillis
Phillis is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Dennis Phillis (born 1948), Australian rules footballer * Jodi Phillis (born 1965), Australian guitarist * Rob Phillis (born 1956), Australian retired motorcycle road racer * Tom Phillis (1931–1962), Australian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer Given name * Phillis Lydia Macbeth, birth name of Lydia Bilbrook (1888–1990), English actress * Phillis Emily Cunnington (1887–1974), English doctor and historian * Phillis Levin (born 1954), American poet * Phillis Meti (born 1987), New Zealand golfer * Phillis Nolan (1946–2022), Irish lawn bowler * Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784), first published African-American poet See also * Operation Phillis, the British service-assisted evacuation operation for British citizens in Côte d'Ivoire in November 2004 * James Fillis * , also spelled ''Phillis'' *Phyllis (other) * Phillips (other) {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley Peters, also spelled Phyllis and Wheatly ( – December 5, 1784), was an American writer who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. Gates Jr., Henry Louis, ''Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters with the Founding Fathers'', Basic Civitas Books, 2010, p. 5. The core of this work is available online as delivered by Gates in his March 26, 2002 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities "The Case of a Slave Poet, A Forgotten Historic Episode," https://usinfo.org/usia/usinfo.state.gov/usa/blackhis/homepage.htm. Born in West Africa, she was kidnapped and subsequently sold into slavery at the age of seven or eight and transported to North America, where she was bought by the Wheatley family of Boston. After she learned to read and write, they encouraged her poetry when they saw her talent. On a 1773 trip to London with the Wheatleys' son, seeking publication of her work, Wheatley met prominent peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Phillis
Thomas Edward Phillis (9 April 1934 – 6 June 1962) was an Australian professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He won the 1961 125cc motorcycle road racing World Championship and was the first person to lap the Isle of Man TT mountain circuit at over 100 mph on a pushrod engined motorcycle. He was also the first person to win a World Championship motorcycle race on a Japanese machine. Personal and early life Phillis was born in Sydney and grew up in Marrickville where his father was a despatch rider. He became a keen bicycle racer, but retired from that sport after a serious crash at Henson Park. After leaving school at 16, Phillis had taken up a motor mechanic apprenticeship. His first experience of motorcycling came with the job, where he had to use a 125cc Excelsior motorcycle to deliver messages around Sydney, and it was there that he began to develop an interest in motorcycles. His father was supportive, and when he was 17, Phillis bought his first bike, a 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillis Emily Cunnington
Phillis Emily Cunnington (1 November 1887 – 24 October 1974) was an English medical doctor and collector, writer and historian on costume and fashion. She and her husband Cecil Willett Cunnington (1878–1961) worked together not only in their medical practice but also on their collection and writing. In 1947, the Cunningtons' extensive costume collection was acquired by the Manchester City Art Gallery and the Gallery of Costume at Platt Hall was opened."Dr. C. Willett Cunnington." Times ondon, England24 January 1961: 14. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 23 June 2014. Early life She was born as Phillis Emily Webb in 1887 in Calcutta in India, the oldest of four children born to Isabel Mary ''née'' Aldis (1864–1952) and William Trego Webb (1847–1934), an author formerly of the Bengal Education Department who collaborated with F. J. Rowe to produce a number of English grammar books for Indian students. Her youngest brother was Captain Noel William Ward Webb (1896â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Phillis
Dennis Keith "Fred" Phillis (born 9 September 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Background Born Dennis Keith Phillis, his schoolmates likened him to noted English Test cricket pace bowler Fred Trueman. He is almost exclusively known by his nickname. Phillis is the brother of fellow Glenelg player and businessman Wayne Phillis. History Phillis began his senior career with Glenelg in the SANFL in 1966 as a Centre half back under the coaching of Len Fitzgerald. He was soon moved to Centre half-forward and later Full-forward by incoming 1967 coach Neil Kerley. This lateral thinking paid off with Phillis kicking a then SANFL record of 137 goals in 1969. He polled 18 votes in the 1969 Magarey Medal to be the first player to win the medal having played chiefly at full-forward for the season. He played in Glenelg's 1973 Grand Final win over North Adelaide at the Adelaid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodi Phillis
Jodi Christine Phillis (born 11 April 1965 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian singer-songwriter-guitarist and founding member of the band The Clouds. Phillis is best known for her vocal ability in many of her songs, such as "Hieronymus", "Souleater" and "Ghost of Love Returned". Early life Born in Melbourne, Phillis spent her childhood in California, and moved back to Sydney, Australia to begin school. She quit school at 15, then spent eight years working as a graphic artist with surfwear company Mambo Graphics until she formed the band The Clouds, where she met fellow frontwoman and bassist Trish Young. Career 1989–1997: The Clouds The Clouds formed in December 1989 and released four studio albums between 1990 and 1996, all of which peaked within the ARIA top 50.Australian (ARIA) chart peaks: *Top 50 peaks: *Top 100 peaks to December 2010: 1996–present: Solo While still in The Clouds, Phillis explored a more mellow, acoustic direction with her debut solo album ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillis Levin
Phillis Levin (born 1954 Paterson, New Jersey) is an American poet. Life Levin is the daughter of Charlotte E. Levin and Herbert L. Levin of Yardley, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1976, and Johns Hopkins University in 1977. She was an Associate Professor of English at The University of Maryland, College Park, and is currently a visiting professor in the graduate writing program at New York University and a teaching poet-in-residence at Hofstra University. She is also an elector of the American Poets' Corner of the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, and the co-director of the Sarah Lawrence Language Exchange. She is a member of PEN. Her poems have been published in ''Poets for Life'', ''Poetry'', ''Ploughshares'', ''AGNI'', and ''The New Yorker''. On May 17, 2008, she married Jack Shanewise, at the Century Association in New York. They live in New York City. Awards * 1986 Ingram Merrill Award * 1988 Norma Farber First Book Award * 1995 Fulbri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillis Meti
Phillis-Jean Meti (born 11 July 1987) is a New Zealand golfer who won the Volvik World Long Drive (WLD) championship, title in 2006, 2016, 2018, 2022 and 2024. She holds the female world record for the longest ball in WLD women's competition with distances of 406 yards in July 2017, then 408 and 413 yards in April 2019. Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Meti was introduced to golf at age 11 by her father Raz at Redwood Park, Swanson. Career Meti won her first WLD title in 2006 at age 19. in Mesquite, Nevada. In 2009, she started competing in professional golf tournaments in New Zealand, Australia, China, the United States, and the South Pacific. In 2016, Meti returned to long drive competition and won the 2016 WLD Championship In 2017, Meti achieved second place in the 2017 Mile High Showdown in Colorado. It was during this tournament that she made the record 406 yard drive in her semi-final match. Her long drive may have been aided by a bounce off a marker or sprinkler he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Phillis
Rob Phillis (born 27 April 1956) is a retired motorcycle road racer from Australia. He began his motorcycling career competing in dirt bike and motocross events before crossing over to road racing in 1974. He won the Australian Superbike and Australian Endurance title in 1987 and also won the Australian 1000cc title in 1989 riding a ZXR750 Kawasaki winning himself a sponsorship from Team Kawasaki Australia in the Superbike World Championship. He began competing at the international level full-time, finishing third overall in and on a Kawasaki. In his career, he totalled 4 wins, 23 other podiums, 3 poles and 6 fastest laps. He remained close friends with Aaron Slight Aaron Tony Slight (born 19 January 1966) is a New Zealand former professional motorcycle road racing, road racer. He competed in the Superbike World Championships from to , finishing second in the championship twice and third four times. He l ..., his teammate at the time, and was Slight's first visitor f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillis Nolan
Phillis Nolan (10 February 1946 – 16 March 2022) was an Irish lawn bowler. Bowls career World Outdoor Championship Nolan partnered Margaret Johnston in a very successful pairs team and they won three consecutive World Outdoor Bowls Championships gold medals. The three world titles came at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. Atlantic Championships In 1993, she won the pairs gold medal with Barbara Cameron at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships. She went on to win three more medals at the Championships. British Isles She also won the British Isles Bowls Championships singles title three times in 1992, 1993 and 2005, a record only bettered by fellow Irish bowler Margaret Johnston At the Irish National Bowls Championships bowling for the Blackrock Bowls Club, she won the singles title six times (1989, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2007), the pairs in 1983, 1992, 1996, 2005 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lydia Bilbrook
Lydia Bilbrook (born Phillis Lydia Macbeth; 6 May 1888 – 4 January 1990), sometimes credited as "Bilbrooke", was an English actress whose career spanned four decades, first as a stage performer in the West End, and later in films. She is best known to today's audiences as "Lady Ada Epping" opposite comedian Leon Errol in the '' Mexican Spitfire'' movie comedies of the 1940s. She took her professional name from her home town of Bilbrook. She made her first stage appearance in 1906 and her last in 1924. She created roles in '' Where the Rainbow Ends'' (1911), '' The Great Adventure'' (1913), and '' Dear Brutus'' (1917). She played the role of Alice Hobson in the first London production of '' Hobson’s Choice'' (1916). She retired from the stage after her second marriage, in 1924, but appeared in several films between 1940 and 1949, most of them made during her residence in the US during the Second World War and early postwar years. Life and career Early years Bilbrook was bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Phillis
Operation Phillis was the British service-assisted evacuation operation for British citizens in Côte d'Ivoire in November 2004. It was put into effect on 11 November of that year in response to the Civil war in Côte d'Ivoire. A company of the Royal Gurkha Rifles was initially deployed to neighbouring Ghana, Royal Air Force transport aircraft were put on standby and HMS ''Albion'' was also directed towards the area to assist. Later troops of the 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment were placed on standby to move to the area if reinforcements were needed. On 12 November the evacuation began to proceed as two RAF Hercules and a C17 Globemaster aircraft flew evacuees to Ghana, with 120 Ghurkas escorting the evacuees from Abidjan to the airport and then forming a perimeter as the aircraft took off. 50 hours after it began the operation was complete, with 300 people evacuated including the British ambassador David Coates, and his staff. No British military or civilian casualties o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllis (other)
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Phyllis is a feminine given name. Phyllis may also refer to: __NOTOC__ Places * Phyllis Township, Ontario, Canada * Phyllis Province, Greece * Phyllis, Kentucky, United States, an unincorporated community * Phyllis Lake, Idaho, United States * Phyllis Bay, Montagu Island, part of the South Sandwich Islands * 556 Phyllis, an asteroid Transportation * ''Phyllis'' (ship), a British ship that was shipwrecked in 1795 * Fiat Phyllis, a prototype fuel cell-type hydrogen vehicle * ''Phyllis'', a LCDR Acis class steam locomotive Other uses * ''Phyllis'' (TV series), a 1970s American sitcom * Typhoon Phyllis (other) * ''Phyllis'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae See also * Phillis Phillis is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Dennis Phillis (born 1948), Australian rules footballer * Jodi Phillis (born 1965), Australian guitarist * Rob Phillis (born 1956), Australian retired motor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
