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Burwell (name)
Burwell is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *Alan Burwell (born 1943), English rugby league player * Armistead Burwell (planter), American planter *Bill Burwell (1895–1973), American baseball player *Bryan Burwell (1955–2014), American sportswriter *Carter Burwell (born 1955), American film score composer * Cliff Burwell (1898–1977) American pianist and songwriter * Dick Burwell (born 1940), American baseball player * Guy Burwell (born 1965), American illustrator * Jim Burwell (1898–1974), Alcoholics Anonymous founding member * Leonidas Burwell (1817–1879), Canadian businessman and politician *Lilian Thomas Burwell (born 1927), American artist * Lois Burwell (born 1960), British makeup artist * Mahlon Burwell (1783–1846), Canadian politician * Paul Burwell (1949–2007), English musician * Sylvia Mathews Burwell (born 1965), American businesswoman and 22nd U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services *William A. Bur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Burwell
Alan Burwell (born December 1942) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, Great Britain (Under-24s) and Yorkshire, and at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers and Canterbury-Bankstown (captain), as a or . Background Alan Burwell's birth was registered in Hull district, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, he worked as a chemist at Reckitt and Colman, Dansom Lane South, Kingston upon Hull. Playing career International honours Alan Burwell won a cap(s) for Great Britain Under-24s against France Under-24s at Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne, France during 1966, and appeared as a substitute in Great Britain's 3–11 defeat by Australia 1967–68 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France match at Station Road, Swinton, England on 9 December 1967, he played as a and scored a try in the 22–13 victory over France at Parc des Princes, Paris, France on 11 February 1968, he play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lois Burwell
Lois Burwell (born 1960) is a British Academy Awards, Oscar-winning makeup artist. She won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Makeup Oscar at the 68th Academy Awards for the film ''Braveheart'', which she shared with Peter Frampton (make-up artist), Peter Frampton and Paul Pattison. She received her second Academy Award nomination at the 71st Academy Awards for ''Saving Private Ryan'' (losing to ''Elizabeth (film), Elizabeth''), which she shared with Conor O'Sullivan (make-up artist), Conor O'Sullivan and Daniel C. Striepeke. She frequently collaborates with Steven Spielberg, having worked on five of his films. Personal life Lois Burwell has been married since 14 November 1998 to cinematographer John Toll, who has won two Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for the critically and commercially successful films ''Braveheart'' and ''Legends of the Fall''. She holds dual citizenships in the United States and the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burwell Boykin Lewis
Burwell Boykin Lewis (July 7, 1838 – October 11, 1885) represented both Alabama's 6th congressional district and Alabama's At-large congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Early life Lewis was born in Montgomery, Alabama and soon moved, with his parents, to Mobile, Alabama. Both parents died while in Mobile and young Lewis went to Montevallo, Alabama in Shelby County, Alabama to live with an uncle. While there he attended private schools. Upon completion he moved to Tuscaloosa where he attended the University of Alabama. He next moved to Selma where he studied law. Lewis was admitted to the bar in 1859 and began to practice law in Montevallo. With the outbreak of the American Civil War Lewis enlisted in the Confederate States Army. He served with the Second Alabama Cavalry and attained the rank of captain Political life Lewis was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives The Alabama State House of Representatives is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burwell Jones
Burwell Otis Jones (March 23, 1933 – February 6, 2021) was an American former competition swimmer and Pan American Games champion. Career At the 1951 Pan American Games held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he won the bronze medal in the men's 100-meter backstroke, and a gold medal in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay event, alongside teammates Dick Cleveland, Ronald Gora and Bill Heusner. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, Jones swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Although the U.S. team finished first, Jones did not receive a medal under the 1952 rules because he did not swim in the event final. Jones attended the University of Michigan, where he swam for the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1952 to 1954. See also * List of University of Michigan alumni A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Burwell may refer to: People * Burwell (name) Places * Burwell, Cambridgeshire * Burwell, Lincolnshire * Burwell, Nebraska * Burwell Creek, a stream in Georgia * The Burwell, an NRHP-listed high-rise in Knoxville, Tennessee Ships * USS ''Laub'' (DD-263), a destroyer renamed HMS ''Burwell'' when she was transferred to the Royal Navy in World War II Government * Sylvia Mathews Burwell (born 1965), United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, who due to that role, has been named as the defendant in several related lawsuits: ** '' Burwell v. Hobby Lobby'' ** '' King v. Burwell'' ** ''Zubik v. Burwell ''Zubik v. Burwell'', 578 U.S. ___ (2016), was a case before the United States Supreme Court on whether religious institutions other than churches should be exempt from the contraceptive mandate, a regulation adopted by the United States Depart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burwell Bassett
Burwell Bassett, Jr. (March 18, 1764 – February 26, 1841) was an American planter and politician from New Kent County and for two decades from Williamsburg in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Like his father, he served in both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly, and in addition won election (and lost re-election) several times to the United States House of Representatives, where he served for more than a decade in three different districts, because of census-required reorganizations. Early and family life Born in at the family slave plantation, known as Eltham, in New Kent County, to the former Anna Marie Dandridge and her husband Burwell Bassett Sr. He was their second of four sons, and fifth of the couple's eight children, and received a private education appropriate to his class, then attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg. Although he was his father's principal heir and married twice, he had no children. Both sides of his family were among the First ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Sylvia Mary Burwell (; born June 23, 1965) is an American government and non-profit executive who has been the 15th president of American University since June 1, 2017. Burwell is the first woman to serve as the university's president. Burwell earlier served as the 22nd United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. President Barack Obama nominated Burwell on April 11, 2014. Burwell's nomination was confirmed by the Senate on June 5, 2014, by a vote of 78–17. She served as Secretary until the end of the Obama administration. Previously, she was the Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget from 2013 to 2014. A West Virginia native, Burwell first worked for the United States government in Washington, D.C., during the presidency of Bill Clinton. Burwell helped form the National Economic Council in 1993. Burwell later served as Chief of Staff to Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin, Deputy White House Chief of Staff to Erskine Bowles, and finally, de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Burwell
Paul Dean Burwell (24 April 1949 – 4 February 2007) was a British thaumaturge and percussionist, influential in the fields of free improvisation and experimental art. Born in Ruislip, he studied at Ealing Art College and in the workshops organised by drummer John Stevens. Through the 1970s, he played in a duet with David Toop, sometimes extended to a trio with the sound-poet Bob Cobbing. He was also a founder member of the London Musicians Collective, holding membership card no 1, and wrote for the magazine '' Musics'' among others. Paul was also a member of the Resisters. The Resisters played gigs in London and Germany in the late 1970s. During the 1980s he formed the industrial performance group Bow Gamelan Ensemble with Anne Bean and Richard Wilson. In 2000, Burwell moved into the old Kingston Rowing Club in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, turning it into an experimental art space for both local and nationally recognised artists and musicians. Few recordings of his wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahlon Burwell
Mahlon Burwell (February 18, 1783 – January 25, 1846) was a surveyor and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in New Jersey in 1783 and came to Upper Canada with his family in 1796. He was largely self-schooled and was employed by the government of the province to survey the Talbot settlement and the Talbot Road in 1809 and settled near Port Talbot some time after that. During the War of 1812, he served in the local militia, was captured by raiders and his property was destroyed. After the war, he continued his survey work in Kent and Essex Counties, and on the Talbot Road. This difficult work took its toll on Burwell's health. He was often paid in land, rather than cash, and acquired large land holdings scattered across the southwestern part of the province. In 1830, he laid out the plan for the village of Port Burwell on Lake Erie; he also set up a company to develop the harbour and export timber from the area. In 1812, he was elected to the 6th Parliam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilian Thomas Burwell
Lilian Thomas Burwell (born 1927) is a Washington, DC ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ... sculptor and painter whose shaped paintings often blur the line between the two disciplines. Her artwork uses abstraction to create a personal response to the natural world. Early life and education Lilian Thomas Burwell was born in Washington, DC on June 7, 1927. Born into a creative family, her father was a photographer and her mother was an artist and craftsperson, and both taught art. Her aunt, Hilda Rue Wilkinson Brown, Hilda Wilkinson Brown, was a renowned painter. She was educated at the prestigious The High School of Music & Art, High School of Music and Art in New York City and Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.), Dunbar High School in Washington, DC. She then went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armistead Burwell (planter)
Armistead Burwell (December 13, 1777 – March 17, 1841) of Dinwiddie County, Virginia was a planter and a colonel of the United States Army in the War of 1812. Early life and education Armistead Burwell, born on December 13, 1777, was the son of John and Ann Powell Burwell, who were married on December 5, 1771. He was the third of six children: Elizabeth, Anne, Armistead, Frances, Hannah, and Anna. Family Marriage and children On December 13, 1800, Burwell married Mary Cole Turnbull of White Hill, near Petersburg, Virginia. Their children were: * Robert, who was a Presbyterian minister. He operated the Burwell School in Hillsborough, North Carolina. * John * Anne Burwell Garland, the wife of the proslavery Hugh A. Garland, a St. Louis lawyer. * Lewis * Mary Cole * Armistead Burwell of Mississippi, a Union loyalist during the American Civil War. * Benjamin Powell * Frances King * Charles who died at 8 days old. * Charles Blair * William Turnbell Burwell, who was killed in the Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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