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Denzil
Denzil may refer to: People *Denzil Batchelor, British journalist and writer *Denzil Best, American jazz percussionist * Denzil Botus, Trinidadian pannist * Denzil Angus Carty, American Episcopal priest *Denzil Davies, British politician *Denzil Dean Harber, British Trotskyist leader * Denzil Dennis, Jamaican reggae singer * Denzil Dolley, South African field hockey player *Denzil Douglas, former Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis * Denzil Dowell, police shooting victim * Denzil Doyle, Canadian entrepreneur * Denzil Fernando (1923-2010), Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician * Denzil Forrester, Grenada artist *Denzil Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue, British lieutenant colonel *Denzil Foster, one half of the American R&B duo Foster & McElroy * Denzil Franco, Indian footballer *Denzil Freeth, British politician *Denzil Hale, English footballer *Denzil Haroun, Manchester United Football Club club director *Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician * Denzil Hoaseb, Nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Denzil Forrester
Denzil Forrester (born 1956) is a Grenada-born artist who moved to England as a child in 1967.Niru Ratnam"Denzil Forrester" in Alison Donnell (ed.), ''Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture'', Routledge, 2002, p. 117. Previously based in London, where he was a lecturer at Morley College, he moved to Truro, Cornwall, in 2016.Joshua Surtees"Artist Denzil Forrester: 'When I tell people I’ve moved to Cornwall they say, "Why, there are no black people there!""(interview), ''The Observer'', 12 May 2018. Biography Born in 1956 in Grenada in the Caribbean, Denzil Forrester moved to England when he was aged 10., Denzil Forrester website. He attended the Central School of Art, earning a BA degree, and was one of only a few Black artists to gain an MA in Fine Art (Painting) at the Royal College of Art in the early 1980s.Eddie Chambers''Black Artists in British Art: A History Since the 1950s'' I.B. Tauris, 2014, p. 80. Since then, his work has been widely shown in many exhibiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Denzil Meyrick
Denzil Meyrick (28 November 1965 – 14 February 2025) was a Scottish bestselling novelist. Prior to that, he served as a police officer with Strathclyde Police then a manager with Springbank Distillery in Campbeltown, Argyll. From 2012 onwards, Denzil Meyrick worked as a writer of Scottish crime fiction novels. He was also an executive director of media production company Houses of Steel. Life and career Denzil Meyrick was educated at Campbeltown Grammar School, Argyll and then completed tertiary education at the University of Paisley. He was an author and his main series of novels are eleven books of the Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Jim Daley crime thriller series, set in the fictitious town of 'Kinloch', which is modelled on Campbeltown. Denzil Meyrick draws from experience during his twenties when he saw service as a police officer with Strathclyde Police. After his time there he followed a varied career, including the management of a distillery in Campbeltown. He had ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Denzil Lacey
Denzil Lacey is an Irish radio producer, currently employed by SiriusXM. Radio stations he has worked at since 2006 include 98FM, East Coast FM, Dublin's Country Mix 106.8, Dublin City FM, RTÉ 2fm and FM104. Early life Lacey was born in Dublin, Ireland and grew up in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. He attended primary school in Glounthaune, Cork and secondary school in Presentation College, Bray. Biography Lacey began his radio career on Dublin Special Interest Radio Station, Dublin City FM at the age of 14 and then later moved on to East Coast FM in County Wicklow. His Late Night Sessions Show ran on RTÉ 2FM for three years where he presented the Jamaican music show '' Black Echoes''. Lacey worked across Classic Hits 4FM and Sunshine 106.8 as an imaging producer for the stations owned by Bay Broadcasting Ltd. He left Classic Hits 4FM in 2015 for a new position with Spin South West in a similar role. He has also worked for 98FM and East Coast FM and was assistant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Denzil Minnan-Wong
Denzil Minnan-Wong (born ) is a former Canadian politician who was the statutory deputy mayor of Toronto from 2014 to 2022, representing North York. Minnan-Wong served on Toronto City Council from 1995 to 2022, representing a succession of wards in the Don Mills. Background Born in 1963, Minnan-Wong is the son of Denzil Minnan-Wong, Sr. (a Chinese Canadian who became a prominent member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario) and Josephine Cazabon (born in Timmins, Ontario). His father died in 1988 at age 53. He was educated at Osgoode Hall Law School and became a lawyer specializing in immigration issues. He lives in Toronto with his wife Colleen and their three children. Political career In 1994 North York councillor Barry Burton died of cancer and the North York city council appointed Minnan-Wong as interim councillor for Ward 12. He was subsequently elected to the position in the November 1994 municipal election. In 1997 he was elected as one of two councillors r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, (31 October 1598 – 17 February 1680) was an English statesman, best remembered as one of the Five Members whose attempted arrest by Charles I in January 1642 sparked the First English Civil War. When fighting began in August, Holles raised a Parliamentarian regiment which fought at Edgehill before it was nearly destroyed at Brentford in November 1642. This marked the end of Holles' military career and he became leader of the Parliamentarian 'Peace Party', those who favoured a negotiated settlement with the king. A social conservative from a wealthy family, he came to see political radicals like the Levellers and religious Independents like Oliver Cromwell as more dangerous than the Royalists. Following victory in the First English Civil War, he led those who opposed Cromwell and his supporters, and was one of the Eleven Members suspended in June 1647. Recalled prior to the Second English Civil War in June 1648, he was excluded again by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Denzil Davies
David John Denzil Davies (9 October 1938 – 10 October 2018) was a Welsh Labour Party politician. He served for 35 years as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Llanelli from 1970 to 2005. He was a Treasury Minister (1975–1979); a member of Labour's Shadow Cabinet team (1979–1988); and a member of the Privy Council. Early life The son of a colliery blacksmith, Denzil Davies was born and brought up in Cynwyl Elfed, in rural Carmarthenshire. From his childhood in this Welsh-speaking area, Davies spoke Welsh fluently. He attended Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Boys in Carmarthen, and then Pembroke College, Oxford, where he graduated with a First Class Honours BA in Law and Gray's Inn where he qualified as a barrister. He lectured in Law at the University of Chicago in 1963 and the University of Leeds from 1964. He practised at the tax bar between 1967 and 1975. Later he also practised in the field of personal injuries and served as a head of chambers. Parliamentary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Denzil Angus Carty
Denzil Angus Carty (March 30, 1904 – August 24, 1975) was an Episcopal priest and civil rights leader. Carty advocated for fair housing and against discrimination and worked primarily in St. Paul, Minnesota. Early life and education Denzil Angus Carty was born on March 30, 1904, in St. John's, Antigua. Carty attended primary and secondary school in the New York City Public School System, and completed a bachelor's degree at the City College of New York and a bachelor of divinity degree from General Theological Seminary in New York. He did graduate work at Xavier University; earned a master of arts degree in psychology at Wayne State University; and eventually graduated from the Episcopal seminary in 1934. Military service and early career Over the course of the 1930s, Carty worked in three parishes across New York City: All Souls' Church, St. Philip's Episcopal Church, and the Church of St. Luke in the Fields. The dancer Donald McKayle was among Carty's congregants at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Denzil Douglas
Denzil Llewellyn Douglas (born 14 January 1953) is a Saint Kittitian and Nevisian politician and the longest-serving prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in office from 1995 to 2015. He was the leader of the Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) from 1989 to 2021. He was the leader of the parliamentary opposition from 1989 to 1995 and from 2015 to 2022. Biography Early life and pre-political career Born on 14 January 1953 in the village of St. Pauls, Douglas studied medicine as a young man. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in 1977 and a Degree in Medicine in 1984 from the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill. In 1986 he established a private medical practice as a family physician and served as President of the St. Kitts-Nevis Medical Association in the late 1980s. Political life Douglas was elected M.P. for St. Christopher (No.6) ward ( Newton Ground, St. Paul's, Dieppe Bay, Saddlers, and Harris) in the National Assembly of Saint Kitts and Nevis in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Denzil Franco
Denzil Franco (born 30 June 1985) is an Indian professional footballer who last played as a defender for Bardez in the Goa Professional League. Also an All India Trinamool Congress politician. Franco currently works as a colour commentator and analyst, covering Indian football for Star Sports. Career Early career Born in Saligao, Goa, Franco began his footballing career through his father, Joe Franco, who was a footballer in Mumbai. He soon joined the Sesa Football Academy and stayed there until he signed with Salgaocar of the National Football League. He then joined Sporting Goa in 2005 and stayed with the club until 2008. He rejoined Salgaocar temporarily for the Goa Professional League before signing with I-League side Mahindra United. Churchill Brothers In November 2010, it was confirmed that Franco had signed with Churchill Brothers prior to the start of the 2010–11 season and after Mahindra United disbanded. While with Churchill Brothers, Franco helped the club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Denzil Kobbekaduwa
Lieutenant General Denzil Lakshman Kobbekaduwa, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP (; 27 July 1940 – 8 August 1992) was a senior Sri Lankan Army officer who served in the 1971 Insurrection and the Sri Lankan Civil War. Having trained with the British Army, Kobbekaduwa started his military career as an armoured corps officer. He was suspended following an alleged Ceylonese coup d'état attempt in 1966 and was reinstated in 1970, attached to internal security prior to and during the 1971 Insurrection. Following a brief stint as an officer instructor, he served as a staff officer attached to several commands before commanding the 1st Reconnaissance Regiment, Sri Lanka Armoured Corps. In the mid-1980s he served as district military coordinating officer before joining the general staff of the Joint Operations Command. At Joint Operations Command, he led the planning of the Vadamarachchi Operation, during which he commanded one of the three brigades. He served as the general officer comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Denzil Keelor
Air Marshal Denzil Keelor PVSM, KC, AVSM, VrC (7 December 1933 – 28 August 2024) was an air officer of the Indian Air Force and a hero of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.Sabre Killers- Keelor Brothers Denzil Keelor at Mangalorean.com accessed June 2007 He had a younger brother Trevor, who was also honoured for his service in the . The brothers were both awarded the Vir Chakra for shooting down |
Denzil Hoaseb
Denzil Haoseb is a Namibian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Namibia Premier League club Orlando Pirates and the Namibia national team. International career Haoseb made his debut for the senior Namibia national football team in a friendly against Botswana in Maun on 16 March 2011. He was part of the Namibia squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2019 or CAN 2019), known as the Total SE, Total 2019 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's associati .... References External links * * Living people Men's association football defenders Namibian men's footballers Namibia men's international footballers Black Africa S.C. players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players Jomo Cosmos F.C. players Highlands Park F.C. players Namibian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
