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Francis Roberts (other) (1860–1919), Welsh academic
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Francis Roberts (1609–1675) was an English clergyman. Francis Roberts may also refer to: * Francis H. Roberts (1784–1809), servant of the East India Company * Francis Roberts (cricketer) (1882–1916), English cricketer * Frank Roberts (boxer) (Francis Roy Roberts, 1945–2011), the first indigenous Australian Olympian * Francis Roberts (MP), member of parliament for Bishop's Castle in 1621 See also * Frank Roberts (other) * Thomas Francis Roberts Thomas Francis Roberts (1860–1919) was a Welsh academic and second Principal of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Born at Aberdyfi, he received his education at Tywyn and the UCWA before taking a scholarship to St John's College, O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Roberts
Francis Roberts (1609–1675) was an English puritan clergyman, author and librarian. Born in Methley, near Leeds, Roberts was educated at Trinity College, Oxford between 1625 and 1632. He studied as a curate under John Burges in Sutton Coldfield, and by 1635 was established as the resident minister at St Martin in the Bull Ring, the parish church of Birmingham, where he married in 1635 and where two of his children – Mary and Elizabeth – were baptised in 1637 and 1638. While in Birmingham he founded the first Birmingham Library, one of the first public libraries in England, and developed a reputation as a "famed lecturer". During the Battle of Birmingham of April 1643, when the town – noted for its Parliamentarian and puritan support – was attacked by the Royalist Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Royalist troops attacked a minister reported to be a lunatic, "whereupon they supposing him to be Mr. Roberts, Minister of Birmingham, did most cruelly mangle and hack him to dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis H
Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places *Rural Municipality of Francis No. 127, Saskatchewan, Canada *Francis, Saskatchewan, Canada **Francis (electoral district) *Francis, Nebraska *Francis Township, Holt County, Nebraska *Francis, Oklahoma *Francis, Utah Other uses *Francis (film), ''Francis'' (film), the first of a series of comedies featuring Francis the Talking Mule, voiced by Chill Wills *''Francis'', a 1983 play by Julian Mitchell *FRANCIS, a bibliographic database *Francis (1793), ''Francis'' (1793), a colonial schooner in Australia *Francis turbine, a type of water turbine *Francis (band), a Sweden-based folk band * Francis, a character played by YouTuber Boogie2988 See also *Saint Francis (other) *Francies, a surname, including a list of people with the name *Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Roberts (cricketer)
Captain Francis Bernard Roberts (20 May 1882 – 8 February 1916)Bebbington, David. (2014)Mister Brownrigg's Boys: Magdalen College School and The Great War. London: Pen and Sword Books. was an English cricketer and member of the British Armed Forces who was killed in World War I. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler whose brother Arthur also played first-class cricket, Roberts was born in Nasik in India and played for Cambridge University and Gloucestershire, minor county cricket for Oxfordshire and for his ''alma mater'' Magdalen College School, Oxford (1894–1898) and Rossall School (1898–1901). Roberts' first-class career spanned 1903 to 1914 on the outbreak of World War I, across eighty matches where he scored 2,566 runs at a batting average of 20.36 with five centuries and a best of 157. With the ball he took 88 wickets. A graduate of Jesus College, Cambridge, he served during the First World War as a captain in the 9th Battalion of the Rifle Brigade. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Roberts (boxer)
Francis Roy "Frank" Roberts (5 March 1945 – 7 February 2011) was an Indigenous Australian boxer who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics in the welterweight division. 'Honest Frank', as he was known, was the first Indigenous Australian Olympian, and was also the youngest boxer on the Australian boxing team. He resided in Armidale, New South Wales Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Armidale had a population of 24,504 as of June 2018. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region. ..., and gave boxing lessons to local youths, until his death from a heart attack in February 2011. 1964 Olympic results Below is the record of Frank Roberts, an Australian welterweight boxer who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics: * Round of 32: lost to Pertti Purhonen (Finland) by decision, 0-5 References 1945 births 2011 deaths Indigenous Australian boxers Olympic boxers o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Roberts (MP)
Francis Roberts (1609–1675) was an English puritan clergyman, author and librarian. Born in Methley, near Leeds, Roberts was educated at Trinity College, Oxford between 1625 and 1632. He studied as a curate under John Burges in Sutton Coldfield, and by 1635 was established as the resident minister at St Martin in the Bull Ring, the parish church of Birmingham, where he married in 1635 and where two of his children – Mary and Elizabeth – were baptised in 1637 and 1638. While in Birmingham he founded the first Birmingham Library, one of the first public libraries in England, and developed a reputation as a "famed lecturer". During the Battle of Birmingham of April 1643, when the town – noted for its Parliamentarian and puritan support – was attacked by the Royalist Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Royalist troops attacked a minister reported to be a lunatic, "whereupon they supposing him to be Mr. Roberts, Minister of Birmingham, did most cruelly mangle and hack him to deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop's Castle (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bishop's Castle was a borough constituency in Shropshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The market town of Bishop's Castle became a parliamentary borough in 1584 and was a constituency of the House of Commons of England until 1707, of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two burgesses. The historian Lewis Namier claimed that in the middle of the eighteenth century it was the one notoriously corrupt parliamentary borough in Shropshire. It was abolished under the Reform Act 1832 The Representation of the People Act 1832 (also known as the 1832 Reform Act, Great Reform Act or First Reform Act) was an Act of Parliament, Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom (indexed as 2 & 3 Will. IV c. 45) that introduced major chan .... Members of Parliament MPs 1584–1660 MPs 1660–1832 *''Constituency abolished / disen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Roberts (other)
Frank Roberts may refer to: Politics and diplomacy * Frank Roberts (Australian politician) (1913–1992), Lord Mayor of Brisbane * Frank Roberts (diplomat) (1907–1998), British diplomat * Frank L. Roberts (1915–1993), American politician Sport * Frank Roberts (Australian footballer) (1912–1989), Australian rules footballer * Frank Roberts (boxer) (1945–2011), Aboriginal Australian boxer who competed at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 * Frank Roberts (footballer, born 1893) (1893–1961), English footballer Others * Frank Roberts (model maker) (1882–1963), New Zealand model maker * Frank Roberts (pastor), Aboriginal Australian pastor, leader of Cubawee self-governing reserve * Frank Roberts Jnr, son of the pastor, activist at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in 1972 * Frank Crowther Roberts (1891–1982), British Army officer, recipient of the Victoria Cross * Frank H. H. Roberts (1897–1966), American archaeologist and anthropologist * Frank Leon Roberts (born 1982), Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
