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Charles Edwards (carver)
Charles Edwards may refer to: * Charles Edwards (1933–1989), African American blues harmonica player; known as Good Rockin' Charles * Charles Edwards (Labour politician) (1867–1954), Labour Member of Parliament for Bedwellty, 1918–1950 * Charles Edwards (Liberal politician) (1825–1889), Member of Parliament for Windsor * Charles Edwards (actor) (born 1969), English actor * Charles Edwards (English cricketer) (1884–1938), English cricketer * Charles Edwards (footballer) (1854–1943), Wrexham F.C. and Wales international footballer * Charles Edwards (journalist) (1906–1983), Canadian journalist and news agency executive * Charles Edwards (New Zealand cricketer) (1856–1924), New Zealand cricketer * Charles Edwards (Rastafari) (1915–1994), influential leader of the Rastafari movement and head of the Bobo Shanti mansion * Charles Edwards (stage designer) (born 1965), English opera designer and director * Charles Edwards (writer) (1628?–1691?), Welsh writer and preacher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Rockin' Charles
Good Rockin' Charles (March 4, 1933 – May 17, 1989) was an American Chicago blues and electric blues harmonicist, singer and songwriter. He released one album in his lifetime and is best known for his work with Johnny "Man" Young, Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers, Arthur "Big Boy" Spires and Jimmy Rogers. Biography He was born Henry Lee Bester in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and was later known as Charles Edwards. He relocated from his birthplace to Chicago, Illinois, in 1949, and was inspired by the harmonica players Sonny Boy Williamson I, Sonny Boy Williamson II and Little Walter. In the following decade, Charles found steady work with the Chicago blues musicians Johnny "Man" Young, Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers and Arthur "Big Boy" Spires. In 1955 he was a member of the backing band for the blues singer Jimmy Rogers. Two years later, the short-lived independent record label Cobra Records offered Charles the opportunity to record his own work, but he turned it down. Because of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Edwards (boxer)
Charlie Edwards (born 8 February 1993) is a British professional boxer who has held the WBC World flyweight title, the British super-flyweight title and the European bantamweight title during his career. He is the older brother of former flyweight world champion, Sunny Edwards. Early life Edwards was born on 8 February 1993, in Sutton. He started boxing at the age of 11 as a means to lose weight and it was apparent early on that there existed a bright path for him within the sport if pursued with true commitment . He would then go on to represent the long-standing Repton Boxing Club in London, whilst also getting his brother Sunny into boxing. He grew up being influenced by legendary boxers Sugar Ray Leonard and Manny Pacquiao. Amateur career He won the 2011 Amateur Boxing Association British light-flyweight title, when boxing out of the Lynn ABC. Three years later in 2014 he won the flyweight title boxing out of Repton ABC. Professional career Edwards turned professional i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bud Edwards
Charles Halleck "Bud" Edwards (March 21, 1908 – August 11, 1986) was an American football player. Edwards was born in 1907 in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Moses Brown High School in Providence, Rhode Island. He then enrolled at Brown University Where he played college football from 1926 to 1929. He was selected as the captain of the 1929 Brown Bears football team. He also played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as a halfback and fullback for the Providence Steam Roller in 1930 and 1931 and for the Chicago Bears in 1931. He appeared in 19 NFL games, seven as a starter. He also played for the Passaic Red Devils of the Interstate Football League as an end in 1933. After his football career ended, Edwards worked as an investments executive. In 1981, he moved from Indiana to Paradise Valley, Arizona. He died in 1986 in Scottsdale, Arizona Scottsdale is a city in eastern Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and is part of the Phoenix metropol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Edwards (character)
Hotel Babylon may refer to: Television * ''Hotel Babylon'' (BBC series), a 2000s BBC drama series * ''Hotel Babylon'' (music programme), a 1990s ITV late night music programme Literature * ''Hotel Babylon'' (novel), a novel by Imogen Edwards-Jones * ''The Grand Babylon Hotel ''The Grand Babylon Hotel'' is a novel by Arnold Bennett, published in January 1902, about the mysterious disappearance of a German prince. It originally appeared as a serial in the ''Golden Penny''. The titular Grand Babylon was modelled on th ...'', a novel by Arnold Bennett Film * ''The Grand Babylon Hotel'' (1916 film), a British silent thriller film directed by Frank Wilson * ''The Grand Babylon Hotel'' (1920 film), a German silent mystery film directed by E.A. Dupont Other uses * Babylon Rotana Baghdad Hotel, a hotel in Baghdad, Iraq {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Uzzell-Edwards
Charles Uzzell-Edwards (born 1968) is a Welsh graffiti artist known by the moniker "Pure Evil". He is the son of painter John Uzzell Edwards. Career In the early 1990s, Uzzell-Edwards was one of the designers for Anarchic Adjustment with Alan Brown and Nick Philip and released electronic ambient music on Pete Namlook's FAX label, recording "Octopus" 1, 2 & 3 and "Dada" (under the pseudonym Drum Machine Circle) solo, producing "A New Consciousness" and "Create" 1 & 2 with Pete Namlook, recording "Supergroup" with Thomas Bullock, and "Audio" with Tetsu Inoue and Daimon Beail. He runs the Pure Evil Gallery in Shoreditch, London. In 2011, Uzzell-Edwards created a special edition of prints to raise money for the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. In the spring of 2016, Uzzell-Edwards served as artist-in-residence of the Quin Arts program at the Quin Hotel in New York City. His solo exhibit, curated by DK Johnston, channeled Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (;''Rand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Marcus Edwards
''Mississippi Cold Case'' is a 2007 feature documentary produced by David Ridgen of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation about the Ku Klux Klan murders of two 19-year-old black men, Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore, in Southwest Mississippi in May 1964 during the Civil Rights Movement and Freedom Summer. It also explores the 21st-century quest for justice by the brother of Moore. The documentary won numerous awards as a documentary and for its investigative journalism. As a result of the documentary and related investigations, state and federal officials re-opened the case, prosecuting James Ford Seale of Franklin County for the kidnappings and deaths. He was convicted in 2007 in federal court and sentenced to three life terms. Families of Dee and Moore filed a civil suit in 2008 for damages against Franklin County, Mississippi, charging that its law enforcement officials had been complicit in these events. The county settled the suit with the plaintiffs in 2010 for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lincoln Edwards
Charles Lincoln Edwards (December 8, 1863 – May 6, 1937) was an American zoologist. His research included studies of development in reptiles and sea cucumbers, chromosomes of ''Ascaris'' roundworms, and taxonomy of sea cucumbers and copepods, naming at least five species of copepods found in sea cucumber body cavities. Edwards was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Society of Zoologists, the American Society of Naturalists, and Southern California Academy of Sciences, as well as the Mexican Society for Geography and Statistics, Mexican Society of Natural History, and Antonio Alzate Scientific Society. He had a secondary interest in folklore, being the author of ''Bahama Songs and Stories,'' and was in 1889 the president of the American Folklore Society. Edwards was a member of Delta Tau Delta and was inducted into the Distinguish Service Chapter in recognition of his lifetime involvement. Edwards was born in Oq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Gordon Edwards
Charles Gordon Edwards (July 2, 1878 – July 13, 1931) was an American lawyer and political figure from the state of Georgia, serving a total of 8 terms over two separate stints in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1907 and 1931. Early years and education Edwards was born in Daisy, Georgia in 1878 and attended the Gordon Institute in Barnesville, Georgia and Florida State College in Lake City (now the University of Florida). He then studied law at the University of Georgia School of Law, was a member of the Phi Kappa Literary Society and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree in 1898, gained admission to the state bar and began the practice of law in Reidsville, Georgia. After moving to Savannah, Georgia in 1900, Edwards joined the Savannah Volunteer Guards, Company B, Coast Artillery, and served as a sergeant in 1902 and 1903 and as a second lieutenant in the Oglethorpe Light Infantry of the First Georgia Regiment of Infantry in 1903 and 1904. Polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles C
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was ''Churl, Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinisation of names, Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as ''Carolus (other), Carolus''. Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as wikt:churl, churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its deprecating sense in the Middle English period. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch language, Dutch and German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Edwards (Australian Footballer)
Charlie Edwards is a professional Australian rules footballer who was selected by the Adelaide Football Club at pick number 21 in the 2023 AFL draft. Early life At amateur level, Edwards played junior football for Sandhurst in the Bendigo Football League before boarding at Melbourne Grammar School, where he was the Vice-Captain of both Football and Cricket, as well as the Captain of Perry House in his final year. Edwards played for the Sandringham Dragons in the Talent League. Playing 12 games across the 2023 season, Edwards played as a midfielder in the 2023 Talent League Grand Final against Eastern Ranges, despite starting the season as a defender. He became a premiership player for the under-18 team, scoring a goal in the Final. Edwards' prolific finals series showcased his versatility as a young player, succeeding as a forward, defender, and midfielder. Edwards, a bolter in the 2023 draft, was taken by the Adelaide Crows at pick 21 in the first round of the national draft. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Edwards (writer)
Charles Edwards ( – ) was a Welsh Puritan cleric and writer, whose works made him a major figure in the literary history of Welsh Puritanism. Life Edwards was born in about 1628 in Llansilin, Denbighshire, north Wales. He was elected to a Bible clerkship at All Souls College, Oxford in 1644, but it is unknown where he went to school. After being removed from the clerkship in 1648 by the Puritan visitors (who had taken charge of the university during the English Commonwealth), he was given a scholarship at Jesus College, Oxford later the same year and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1649. In his memoirs, ''An Afflicted Man's Testimony Concerning his Troubles'' (1691), he said that he had been promised a Fellowship but that this was denied because of his views on the rule of Oliver Cromwell. He left Oxford and, whatever his views might have been, he then became a preacher in Wales under the auspices of the approvers of the Act for the Better Propagation of the Gospel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Edwards (Labour Politician)
Sir Charles Edwards (19 February 1867 – 15 June 1954) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. Edwards initially served as an Assistant Miners' Agent in the Blackwood Offices of the South Wales Miners%27 Federation where he and his wife lived in the attached housing accommodation. Afterwards they moved to Risca. Edwards was elected at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the newly-created Bedwellty constituency in Monmouthshire. He held the seat until he retired from Parliament at the 1950 general election. Edwards was made a Privy Councillor in 1940. And from 1940 to 1942 he was government chief whip The Chief Whip is a political leader whose task is to enforce the whipping system, which aims to ensure that legislators who are members of a political party attend and vote on legislation as the party leadership prescribes. United Kingdom I ... in the war-time Coalition Government. References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |