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Childs (surname)
Childs is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Amy Childs (born 1990), English television personality and model * Barney Childs (1926–2000), American composer * Barry and Sally Childs-Helton, American singer/songwriters *Billy Childs (born 1957), American composer and jazz pianist * Brevard Childs (1923–2007), American Biblical scholar * Chris Childs (other), several people * Cupid Childs (1867–1912), American Major League baseball player * David Childs (born 1941), American architect * David Childs (born 1933), British academic and political historian * David L. Childs, American computer scientist *Earle Childs (1893–1918), American submariner * Ebenezer Childs (1797–1864), American pioneer * Euros Childs (born 1975), Welsh singer/songwriter * George William Childs (1829–1894), American publisher * Jeremy Childs, American actor and writer * John Childs (other), several people *Joe Childs (1884–1958), French-born, British-based flat ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Childs
Amy Andrea Childs (born 7 June 1990) is an English television personality and model. She appeared in the first two series of the ITV2 reality series '' The Only Way Is Essex'', and subsequently starred in her own reality series ''It's All About Amy'' from 2011 to 2012. Childs came in fourth place in the Channel 5 series '' Celebrity Big Brother 8'' in 2011, and in 2014, she participated in the Channel 4 series '' The Jump''. Childs returned to ''The Only Way Is Essex'' in 2020. Early life Childs was born on 7 June 1990 in Barking, London, but relocated to Brentwood, Essex. She attended Raphael Independent School, where she was head girl.AMy Childs talks TOWIE rivalry and why she quit t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Childs
Major Joseph Childs (1787–1870) was a British Royal Marines officer and penal administrator; he was commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, from 7 February 1844 to August 1846. Early life and military career Joseph Childs was born at Roche, Cornwall in 1787. Childs was commissioned as a Second-Lieutenant in the Plymouth Division of the Royal Marines on 21 April 1809 and served aboard H.M.S. ''Gibraltar'' during the Napoleonic wars. During the War of 1812 against the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ... Childs served with the 1st Battalion, Royal Marines commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Richard Williams (Royal Marines officer), Richard Williams. In 1813 he participated in landings on Craney Island (Virginia), Craney Island and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Harold Joseph Childs
Prof William Harold Joseph Childs FRSE (19 January 1905 – 26 April 1983) was a British physicist and academic author. Life He was born in Bromley-by-Bow in London on 19 January 1905, the son of William and Elizabeth Jane Childs. He was educated at East Ham Grammar School and then attended the University of London, graduating with a BSc in 1924. He continued as a postgraduate, being awarded a PhD in 1928. He then received a position on the Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory (forming part of the Royal Institution where he worked from 1931 to 1940. During the Second World War, he worked in the Armaments Research Department at the Ministry of Supply and stayed in this role until demobbed in 1947. In 1947, he received a professorship from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and lectured in physics there until retirement in 1969. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1949, his proposers including Norman Feather Norman Feather FRS FRSE PRSE (16 November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracey Childs
Tracey Childs (born 30 May 1963) is an English actress, known for playing Lynne Howard in the 1980s drama series '' Howards' Way''. Her other television roles include Marianne Dashwood in '' Sense and Sensibility'' (1981), Linda Cosgrove in '' Born and Bred'' (2002–05), Patty Cornwell in ''Hollyoaks'' (2003–04) and Elaine Jenkinson in '' Broadchurch'' (2013). Career Born in London, Childs’ first on-screen role was in the ''Upstairs, Downstairs'' episode, '' Wanted - a Good Home''. She also appeared in '' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' as Rose Stanley, '' Sense and Sensibility'', '' The Scarlet Pimpernel'' and the 1982 '' Bergerac'' episode "A Perfect Recapture". She appeared as Pompeiian citizen Caecilius's wife Metella in " The Fires of Pompeii", in the fourth series of the BBC's relaunched '' Doctor Who''. Childs was married to her ''Howards' Way'' co-star Tony Anholt, from 1990 to 1998 and toured with him, Marc Sinden and Gemma Craven in Noël Coward's '' Privat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Childs
Toni Childs (born October 29, 1957) is an American-Australian singer-songwriter. She is best known for her songs "Don't Walk Away" (a ''Billboard'' Hot 100 hit in the United States in 1988), " I've Got to Go Now", a Top 5 hit in Australia in 1991, and the Emmy-winning "Because You're Beautiful" (released as a single in 2004, and featured on her 2008 album ''Keep the Faith''). In New Zealand she has had six Top 40 hit singles and three platinum albums. Early life Toni Childs was born Annette Bard in Orange, California, but lived in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Nevada during her childhood. Raised in a household dominated by her parents' religious values, Childs stated in a 1988 article for ''Time'' magazine that she and her three brothers "were not allowed to listen to pop music or rock or even go to the movies. There was a lot I missed out on." At the age of 15, Childs ran away from home and became a blues musician. In 1972, she saw Pink Floyd in concert and decided to purs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Childs
Thomas Childs (16 March 1796 – 8 October 1855) was a U.S. soldier who served with distinction during the Mexican–American War. Childs was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the son and grandson of Revolutionary War veterans. He graduated from West Point in 1814 and fought in the Niagara campaign during the War of 1812 as an officer of artillery. He was later sent to Florida where he fought against Indians during the Seminole Wars. For his distinguished services there he received a brevet promotion of lieutenant colonel in 1841. Sent to Texas, he took command of an artillery battalion which he commanded at the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. He received a brevet to colonel for these two battles. At the battle of Monterrey, General William J. Worth placed Childs in charge of an attacking column composed of infantry and artillery. He successfully attacked the Bishop's Palace on the western end of the city. He transferred to Winfield Scott's army with the res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Childs
Ted Childs is a British television producer, screenwriter, and director. Career Childs commenced training as a programme director with ABC Weekend TV in 1962. He went on to produce and direct a wide variety of factual programmes and documentary films, including episodes of ''This Week'', the then ITV current affairs flagship, and also contributed to the acclaimed series ''The World at War''. He was one of the founders of Euston Films, the film production company established by Thames Television in the early 1970s. Whilst there he produced ''The Sweeney'', ''Special Branch'' and the '' Quatermass'' series, together with a number of theatrical and television films, as well as writing and/or directing films and series episodes for both ITV and the BBC. In 1984, Childs was appointed Controller of Drama at Central Independent Television and, subsequently, Managing Director of Central Films. In this dual role, he acted as executive producer on an extensive range of films and seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Childs
Roy Alan Childs Jr. (January 4, 1949 – May 22, 1992) was an American libertarian essayist and critic. Career Childs edited the magazine '' Libertarian Review'' from 1977 until it folded in 1981. He was also a research fellow and later a policy analyst with the Cato Institute from 1982 to 1984. Childs's most visible public role was as lead book reviewer for Laissez Faire Books in which he produced a number of memorable short essays. He held this position from 1984 until his death. Views Childs counted among his early influences Ayn Rand, Ludwig von Mises, Rose Wilder Lane and Robert LeFevre. In his essay "An Open Letter to Ayn Rand", Childs rejected Objectivism as being true libertarianism, asserting that the establishment of government is in violation of self-ownership and the non-aggression principle. In the 1960s, Childs endorsed anarcho-capitalism, but he later expressed doubts about anarchism. In the 1960s, Ayn Rand wrote an essay entitled "America's Persecuted Minorit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris Childs
Morris H. Childs (born Moishe Chilovsky; June 10, 1902– June 5, 1991) was a Ukrainian-American political activist and American Communist Party functionary who became a Soviet espionage agent (1929) and then a double agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1952) until leaving both services by 1982. Beginning in 1958, Childs acted as a secret courier on behalf of the American party, briefing Soviet officials on political affairs in the American party and carrying funds to support the American Communist movement from Moscow to New York City, reporting details all the while to his FBI handlers. Over the course of two decades of activity in this role, Childs played a major part in the transfer of more than $28 million in Soviet subsidies to the American movement. For his activity as a courier on behalf of the Soviet government, Childs was awarded the Order of the Red Banner in 1975. His work as a spy for the American intelligence community was recognized in 1987 when Childs (tog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Louise Milliken Childs
Mary Louise Milliken Childs (1873-1936) was a noted philanthropist in the 20th Century for building over twenty hospitals and two churches throughout the United States. Her greatest accomplishments include the West Jersey Cooper Hospital in New Jersey and the Milliken Memorial Community House in Elkton, Kentucky Elkton is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Todd County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,062 at the 2010 census. History The city was founded by Major John Gray and established by the state assembly in 1820. It is .... American philanthropists 1873 births 1936 deaths {{Philanthropist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ellen Childs
Mary Ellen Childs (born April 13, 1957 in Lafayette, Indiana) is an American composer and multimedia artist and founder of the ensemble Crash. She grew up as a dancer and writes music often influenced by dance rhythms. She currently administers the McKnight Artist Fellowships for Dance. Her music is chiefly for small instrumental groups, especially for percussion, string groups or solo piano, and it usually has an essential theatrical or visual dimension. Her collaboration with accordionist Guy Klucevsek led to several works for that instrument. Her works have been widely performed by major ensembles, including a commission from the Kronos Quartet. Her 2007 recording of ''Dream House'' features the string quartet ETHEL. Reviews of her work have been published in newspapers nationwide, including ''The New York Times''.Steve Smith,Worlds Colliding but Never Crashing" Rev. of Bang on a Can Marathon. ''The New York Times'', June 28, 2010. She is based in the twin city Minneapolis-S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
