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Caryl
Caryl is both a unisex given name and surname. As a given name, it is an alternate form of Carol that is common for women and Carroll that is uncommon for men. It is also an uncommon surname. Given name * Caryl Bagot, 6th Baron Bagot (1877–1961), Irish Guards officer * Caryl Brahms (1901-1982), pseudonym of English writer Doris Caroline Abrahams (1901–1982) * Caryl Chessman (1921–1960), convicted robber and rapist * Caryl Churchill (born 1938), English playwright * Caryl Parry Jones (born 1958), Welsh singer * Caryl Kristensen (born 1960), American comedian, sitcom actor and daytime talk show host * Caryl Parker Haskins (1908–2001), American scientist, author, inventor and philanthropist * Caryl Phillips (born 1958), Kittitian-British writer * Caryl Righetti (born 1984), Swiss footballer * Caryl Thomas (born 1986), Welsh rugby union player Surname * Joseph Caryl (1602-1673), English theologian * Ronnie Caryl (born 1953), English guitarist See also * Caral * Carel * Carel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caryl Churchill
Caryl Lesley Churchill (born 3 September 1938) is a British playwright known for dramatising the abuses of power, for her use of non- naturalistic techniques, and for her exploration of sexual politics and feminist themes.Caryl Churchill profile ''Encyclopædia Britannica''; accessed 26 January 2018. Celebrated for works such as '''' (1979), '' Top Girls'' (1982), '' Serious Money'' (1987), '' Blue Heart [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caryl Phillips
Caryl Phillips (born 13 March 1958) is a Kittitian-British novelist, playwright and essayist. Best known for his novels (for which he has won multiple awards), Phillips is often described as a Black Atlantic writer, since much of his fictional output is defined by its interest in, and searching exploration of, the experiences of peoples of the African diaspora in England, the Caribbean and the United States. As well as writing, Phillips has worked as an academic at numerous institutions including Amherst College, Barnard College, and Yale University, where he has held the position of Professor of English since 2005. Life Caryl Phillips was born in St. Kitts to Malcolm and Lillian Phillips on 13 March 1958. When he was four months old, his family moved to England and settled in Leeds, Yorkshire. In 1976, Phillips won a place at Queen's College, Oxford University, where he read English, graduating in 1979. While at Oxford, he directed numerous plays and spent his summers work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caryl Parry Jones
Caryl Parry Jones (born 16 April 1958) is a Welsh singer, actress and presenter. She was born in the Flintshire village of Ffynnongroyw and attended Ysgol Glan Clwyd in St. Asaph, but now lives in Cowbridge, in the Vale of Glamorgan. Career Parry Jones started her career as a singer in the vocal group Sidan (Silk) and was an accomplished pianist, playing for artists such as Dafydd Iwan, the founder of the Welsh music label Sain. In 1976, she became a singer with the short-lived Injaroc, an eight-piece rock band which included Geraint Griffiths, Endaf Emlyn, Sioned Mair and Cleif Harpwood. The group split after just nine months and one album, ''Halen y Ddaear'' (''Salt of the Earth''). In 1979, she formed Bando with musicians Rhys Ifans, Gareth Thomas, Huw Owen, Martin Sage and Steve Sardar. Bando went onto produce two albums ''Yr Hwyl Ar Y Mastiau'' (''Fun on the Masts'') and ''Shampw'' (''Shampoo'') – both with a disco theme – before separating in 1982. The making of ''Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caryl Chessman
Caryl Whittier Chessman (May 27, 1921 – May 2, 1960) was a convicted robber, kidnapper and serial rapist who was sentenced to death for a series of crimes committed in January 1948 in the Los Angeles area. Chessman was charged with 17 counts and convicted under a loosely interpreted "Little Lindbergh law" – later repealed, but not retroactively – that defined kidnapping as a capital offense under certain circumstances. His case attracted worldwide attention, and helped propel the movement to end the use of capital punishment in the state of California. While in prison, Chessman was considered vexatious, with one judge writing in 1957, "hessman isplaying a game with the courts, stalling for time while the facts of the case grow cold." Chessman wrote four books, including his 1954 memoir '' Cell 2455, Death Row''. The book was adapted for the screen in 1955 and stars William Campbell as a character modelled after Chessman. He was executed in California's gas chambe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caryl Parker Haskins
Caryl Parker Haskins (1908–2001) was an American scientist, author, inventor, philanthropist, governmental adviser and pioneering entomologist in the study of ant biology. Along with Franklin S. Cooper, he founded the Haskins Laboratories, a private, non-profit research laboratory, in 1935. He was professor at Union College. He was also on the boards of non-profits such as the Carnegie Institution of Washington and the Smithsonian Institution. Career Haskins was initially educated at Yale University, where he was awarded a B.S. degree in 1930. He went on to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1935. During his career, he was awarded an Sc.D. from multiple institutions. Haskins taught at Union College as a research professor from 1937 to 1955. He was also a research associate at MIT from 1935 to 1945. In the late 1940s, he began to study the evolution of guppies in the streams of Trinidad. He found that male guppies in stream ponds further upstream were more color ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caryll
Caryll is both a given name and a surname. Given name * Caryll Houselander (1901–1954), woodcarver and ecclesiastical artist * Caryll Molyneux, 3rd Viscount Molyneux (1624–1699), English army officer Surname *Billy Caryll of Billy Caryll and Hilda Mundy (1892–1953), British husband-and-wife comedy duo *John Caryll (senior) (1625–1711), English Baron * John Caryll the younger (1667–1736), English Baron *John Baptist Caryll (1713–1788), English Baron * Ivan Caryll (1861–1921), Belgian composer See also * Caral * Carel * Carell * Caril * Carol (other) * Caroll Caroll is a name, a variant of Carol, Carrol, or Carroll. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Caroll Spinney (1933–2019), American puppeteer and cartoonist Middle name * DeRosey Caroll Cabell (1861 – 1924), American genera ... * Caryl {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caryl Brahms
Doris Caroline Abrahams (8 December 1901 – 5 December 1982), commonly known by the pseudonym Caryl Brahms, was an English critic, novelist, and journalist specialising in the theatre and ballet. She also wrote film, radio and television scripts. As a student at London's Royal Academy of Music, Brahms was dissatisfied with her own skill as a pianist, and left without graduating. She contributed light verse, and later stories for satirical cartoons, to the London paper '' The Evening Standard'' in the late 1920s. She recruited a friend, S.J. Simon, to help her with the cartoon stories, and, in the 1930s and 40s, they collaborated on a series of comic novels, some with a balletic background and others set in various periods of English history. At the same time as her collaboration with Simon, Brahms was a ballet critic, writing for papers including ''The Daily Telegraph''. Later, her interest in ballet waned, and she concentrated on reviewing plays. After Simon's sudden death in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Caryl
Joseph Caryl (November 1602 – 25 February 1673) was an English ejected minister. Life He was born in London, educated at Merchant Taylors' School, and graduated at Exeter College, Oxford, and became preacher at Lincoln's Inn. He frequently preached before the Long Parliament, and was a member of the Westminster Assembly in 1643. By order of the parliament he attended Charles I in Holmby House, and in 1650 he was sent with John Owen to accompany Cromwell to Scotland. In 1662, following the Restoration, he was ejected from his church of St Magnus-the-Martyr near London Bridge. He continued, however, to minister to an Independent congregation in London till his death in March 1673, when John Owen succeeded him. Works His piety and learning are displayed in his commentary on Job (12 vols., 1651–1666; 2nd ed., 2 vols., fol. 1676–1677). Family Joseph Caryl married, and his daughter Elizabeth married the merchant Benjamin Shute; their child John Shute, the lawyer and theolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caryl Kristensen
Caryl J. Kristensen (née McKellogg; born November 23, 1960) is an American businessperson and former comedian who was one-half of the comedy troupe The Mommies. The duo had a half-hour sitcom, called '' The Mommies'', that ran from 1993–1995 and a daytime talk show, '' Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends'', which ran during the 1996–1997 season. Kristensen, the ninth of eleven children, graduated from Rosary High School in Fullerton, California Fullerton ( ) is a city located in northern Orange County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 143,617. Fullerton was founded in 1887. It secured the land on behalf of the Atchison, Topeka and Sa ... in 1978 and California State University, Chico with a degree in graphic design. She is married to contractor Len Kristensen; they have two sons, Eric and Bryce. Post-comedy career From 2004 to 2011, Kristensen was a college counselor at Campbell Hall School. Since 2009, Kristensen ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caryl Thomas
Caryl Thomas (born 19 February 1986) is a Welsh Rugby Union player. She plays loosehead prop for Bristol Bears and Wales, and fullback for Worcester Warriors. She represented Wales at the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship. Club career Thomas began her club career with Bath Rugby before moving to Bristol Bears as prop in 2019, and to Worcester Warriors as fullback in 2020. International career Thomas made her debut for the Wales women's national rugby union team in 2006 against Italy as a loosehead prop. She then returned to the Wales squad for the 2010 World Cup campaign, and has played regularly for the team since, including the Women's Rugby World Cup in 2014 and 2017, and the Six Nations Championships in 2017, 2019 and 2021. Thomas has earned 58 caps over the course of her career. She was selected in Wales squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Personal life When she's not playing rugby professionally, Thomas can still be found on the pitch, either as he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caryl Righetti
Caryl Righetti (born 18 July 1984) is a footballer from Switzerland who plays as midfielder. He last played for FC Luzern in the Swiss Super League The Swiss Super League (known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a Swiss professional league in the top tier of the Swiss football league system and has been played in its current format since the 2003–04 seaso .... References External links * 1984 births Swiss men's footballers Living people FC Luzern players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players Association football midfielders {{Switzerland-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caryl Bagot, 6th Baron Bagot
Caryl Ernest Bagot, 6th Baron Bagot (9 March 1877 – 5 August 1961), was the son of Rev. Lewis Richard Charles Bagot (1846–1922) Vicar of Stanton Lacy, Shropshire. He succeeded to the Barony of Bagot's Bromley and the Baronetcy of Blithfield Hall on the death of his cousin Gerald Bagot, 5th Baron Bagot on 5 April 1946. He was educated at Radley College, Abingdon, and served in the Irish Guards in World War I reaching the rank of lieutenant. He married twice; firstly in 1911 and secondly to Nancy Spicer of Sydney, Australia, in 1940. His predecessor the 5th Baron had sold the family estate at Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire, in 1945 to a waterworks company. He was able to buy back the house and of land and began a long programme of renovation and restoration of the property. In 1956 he was able to open the house to the public. On his death he bequeathed the property to his widow Nancy, Lady Bagot, and to the family of his sister Enid Bagot Jewitt. He was succeeded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
