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Beddoes
Beddoes is a surname of Welsh origi Notable people with the name include: * Alex Beddoes (born 1995), athlete from the Cook Islands * Clayton Beddoes (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey coach and player * Dick Beddoes (c. 1926–1991), Canadian sports journalist * Emma Beddoes (born 1985), English squash player * Ivor Beddoes (1909–1981), British matte painter, costume and set designer, and artist * Lance Beddoes (born 1992), New Zealand squash player * Mick Beddoes, Fijian politician and businessman * Ronald Beddoes (1912–2000), Anglican priest * Thomas Beddoes (1760–1808), English physician and scientific writer * Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849), English poet, dramatist and physician * Zanny Minton Beddoes (born 1967), British journalist See also * Bedo (other) * Beddoe Beddoe is a surname of Welsh origin. It originates from Bettws or Betws (), a Welsh name that is derived from the Anglo-Saxon Old English —i.e. a bead-house: a house of prayer, or orator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Beddoes
Thomas Beddoes (13 April 176024 December 1808) was an English physician and scientific writer. He was born in Shifnal, Shropshire and died in Bristol fifteen years after opening his medical practice there. He was a reforming practitioner and teacher of medicine, and an associate of leading scientific figures. He worked to treat tuberculosis. Beddoes was a friend of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and, according to E. S. Shaffer, an important influence on Coleridge's early thinking, introducing him to the higher criticism. The poet Thomas Lovell Beddoes was his son. A painting of him by Samson Towgood Roch is in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Early life and education Beddoes was born in Shifnal, Shropshire on April 13th, 1760 at Balcony House. He was educated at Bridgnorth Grammar School and Pembroke College, Oxford. He enrolled in the University of Edinburgh's medical course in the early 1780s. There he was taught chemistry by Joseph Black and natural history by Kendall Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Beddoes
Mick Malcolm Millis Beddoes, widely known as Mick Beddoes, is a Fijian politician and businessman from Nadi, who led the United Peoples Party (formerly the United General Party) from 2000 to 2013, and was the Leader of the Opposition at the time of the military coup of 5 December 2006. He was also the Chief Executive of the World Netball Company, and was Chairman of the organising committee for the 2007 World Netball Championships, but announced his resignation on 24 January 2006, citing a possible conflict of interest, as his company would be working as a ground operator during the championships. First term as Leader of the Opposition Beddoes won the West Central General Electors Communal constituency, one of three reserved for ethnic minorities, for the United General Party in the 2001 parliamentary election. Despite being the sole parliamentary representative of his party, he served as Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2004, because Mahendra Chaudhry, leader of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivor Beddoes
Ivor William Gilmour Beddoes (28 April 1909 – 14 March 1981) was a British matte painter, sketch and storyboard artist, costume and set designer, painter, dancer, composer and poet. He is best known for his film work, spanning more than thirty years, from ''Black Narcissus'' and '' The Red Shoes'' to ''Star Wars'' and ''Superman''. Early life and education Beddoes was born in Muswell Hill, North London, the eldest child of Rex and Helen (née Laird) Beddoes. As a child he studied the piano and joined in with his younger sister Gwen's dance classes. They performed song and dance acts at the frequent family musical evenings and later at local concert parties. He attended Tollington School, at fifteen winning a scholarship to the Hampstead School of Art and at its closure after two years he was transferred to Hornsey College of Art. A few months after beginning his art study, Beddoes was invited by Horace (Hodge) Bryant to join his concert party, working at least two nights a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Beddoes
Richard Herbert Beddoes ( – 24 August 1991) was a Canadian sports journalist. He was a columnist for ''The Vancouver Sun'' and '' The Globe and Mail'' and later appeared on television and radio. Early life Beddoes was born in Daysland, Alberta at his family's farm residence. He referred to his home town as "Sheep Tracks, Alberta". He attended the University of Alberta, first in the agriculture program, then transferring to its education faculty. Career In 1951, Beddoes joined the '' Edmonton Bulletin, '' just before that historic newspaper folded. Later that year, he joined the ''Vancouver Sun'' as a police reporter, writing his first sports columns by late 1951. In 1959, Beddoes won the British Columbia men's curling championship playing lead for the Barry Naimark rink. They represented the province at the 1959 Macdonald Brier. He moved to Toronto to work for '' The Globe and Mail'' in 1964. As the paper's senior sports columnist, he wrote a column which predicted that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Thomas Lovell Beddoes (30 June 1803 – 26 January 1849) was an English poet, dramatist and physician. Biography Born in Clifton, Bristol, England, he was the son of Dr. Thomas Beddoes, a friend of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Anna, sister of Maria Edgeworth. He was educated at Charterhouse and Pembroke College, Oxford. He published in 1821 ''The Improvisatore'', which he afterwards endeavoured to suppress. His next venture, a blank-verse drama called ''The Bride's Tragedy'' (1822), was published and well reviewed, and won for him the friendship of Barry Cornwall. Beddoes' work shows a constant preoccupation with death. In 1824, he went to Göttingen to study medicine, motivated by his hope of discovering physical evidence of a human spirit which survives the death of the body. He was expelled, and then went to Würzburg to complete his training. He then wandered about practising his profession, and expounding democratic theories which got him into trouble. He was depor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clayton Beddoes
Clayton Beddoes (born November 10, 1970) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey centre. He played two seasons in the National Hockey League. He last coached the Italian team HC Bolzano, and has coached the Italian national team at two World Championships. Playing career He spent four years playing college ice hockey at Lake Superior State University between 1990 and 1994, earning All-NCAA Second Team honors along with NCAA's Championship All-Tournament Team and All-CCHA Second Team distinction his senior year. He also served as the Lakers' team captain in his final year at LSSU. Beddoes was signed as a free agent by the Boston Bruins in 1994 and spent the 1994-95 season with the team's AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins. He played sixty career NHL games between 1995 and 1997, scoring two goals and eight assists for ten points. Beddoes scored his first NHL goal on December 2, 1995 in Boston's 6-4 home victory over the Buffalo Sabres. After spendi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zanny Minton Beddoes
Susan Jean Elisabeth "Zanny" Minton Beddoes (born July 1967) is a British journalist. She is the editor-in-chief of ''The Economist'', the first woman to hold the position. She began working for the magazine in 1994 as its emerging markets correspondent. Education and early life Born in Shropshire, Minton Beddoes was educated at Moreton Hall School near Oswestry, received a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Oxford, where she studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) as an undergraduate student of St Hilda's College, Oxford. She earned a master's degree at Harvard University as a Kennedy Scholar from 1989-1990, and had the scholarship fully renewed for an additional year. Career After graduation, she was recruited as an adviser to the Minister of Finance in Poland, in 1992, as part of a small group headed by Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Harvard. She then spent two years as an economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), where she worked on macroecon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Beddoes
Alex Beddoes (born 9 July 1995) is a runner and athlete from the Cook Islands who has represented the Cook Islands at the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Pacific Games, and Pacific Mini Games. Career Beddoes first participated in the Oceania Closed Junior Championships. There, he successfully defeated Guamanian Cory Morrison at tennis. He competed in the 2013 Pacific Mini Games in Mata Utu, and then at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Port Vila, where he won gold in the 800 meters. Beddoes competed in the Men's 800 metres at the 2016 Summer Olympics, but finished ninth in his heat, for last place with a time of 1:52.76, and was eliminated. However, he did set a personal best. He was flag bearer for the Cook Islands during the closing ceremony. Beddoes competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Men's 800 metres. He finished 7th in his heat with a time of 1:51.64 but was eliminated. Beddoes participated at the 2019 Pacific Games. He won the men's 800 metres and the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Beddoes
Emma Beddoes (29 August 1985 in Leamington Spa) is a former English professional squash player who represented England. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. #11 in September 2015. Career Beddoes made her first Tour appearance in 2004 and went on to reach the world's top 50 in less than two years. She won her first Tour title at the 2007 Colombo Open where she defeated number one seed Tricia Chuah in straight games. In 2014, she was part of the team that helped England reclaim the world team title by winning the gold medal at the 2014 Women's World Team Squash Championships. Also in 2014, she won the bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, competing in the women's doubles with Alison Waters they reached the semi final stage before securing the medal by beating the Australian pair of Rachael Grinham and Kasey Brown Kasey Brown (born 1 August 1985) is a former professional squash player from Australia. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Beddoes
Ronald Alfred Beddoes (14 September 2012 – 1 November 2000) was an Anglican Priest. He was born on 14 September 1912, educated at St Chad's College, Durham and ordained deacon in 1936 and priest in 1937. He was President of the Durham Union for Easter term of 1936. After a curacy at Dawdon, County Durham he was Priest in charge of Grindon. He then held incumbencies at Greatham and Easington (including during the 1951 Easington Colliery explosion) until his appointment as the fourth Provost of Derby Cathedral in 1953. He resigned in 1981 and was Priest in charge of St Anne's, Beeley and St Peter's Church, Edensor St Peter's Church, Edensor, is a Grade I listed church in Edensor, Derbyshire. St Peter's is the closest parish church in the Church of England to Chatsworth House, home of the Dukes of Devonshire, most of whom are buried in the churchyard. St P ... until 1997. He died in autumn 2000, aged 88. References 1912 births Alumni of St Chad's Colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance Beddoes
Lance Beddoes (born 3 November 1992 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand professional squash player. He attended Massey High School Massey High School is a co-educational state secondary school in West Auckland, New Zealand established in 1969. The school is located on the western edge of the city, thus obtaining students from both suburban and rural backgrounds. In 2017 it w ... in West Auckland from 2006 to 2010. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 89 in November 2015. He has represented New Zealand in two Commonwealth Games, Glasgow in 2014 and Gold Coast 2018. References External links * * New Zealand male squash players Living people 1992 births Squash players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand Sportspeople from Auckland {{NewZealand-squash-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedo (other)
Bedo may refer to: People *Bedo Aeddren, Welsh poet *Bedo Brwynllys, Welsh poet *Bedo Hafesp, Welsh poet *Bedo Phylip Bach, Welsh poet Places *Bedo, village in Haiti *Bedő, village in Hungary See also *Beddoe *Beddoes *Nicolas Bedos, French actor and comedian {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
