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Ged
Ged or GED may refer to: Places * Ged, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in the United States * Ged, a village in Bichiwara Tehsil, Dungarpur District, Rajasthan, India * Delaware Coastal Airport, in Delaware, US, callsign GED People * Ged Baldwin (1907–1991), Canadian politician * William Ged (1699–1749), Scottish goldsmith and inventor * Ged Peck (born 1947), English guitarist * Ged Quinn (born 1963), English artist and musician * Ged Walker (1960–2003), English police officer * Ged Maybury (born 1953), New Zealand author * Ged Killen (born 1986), Scottish politician * Ged Nash (born 1975), Irish politician Other uses * Ged (Earthsea), a fictional character in Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea realm * Ged (heraldry), a term for the fish known in English as a pike * ''Ged'', northern English and Lowland Scots name for the pike fish ''Esox'' * G.E.D. (My Name Is Earl), "G.E.D." (''My Name Is Earl''), a television episode * .ged, a genealogical data format * Clan Ged, a Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ged (Earthsea)
Ged is the true name of a fictional character in Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea realm. He is introduced in ''A Wizard of Earthsea'', and plays both main and supporting roles in the subsequent Earthsea novels. In most of the Earthsea books he goes by the Hardic name Sparrowhawk; as a child he is known as Duny. Character overview Ged is the main protagonist in ''A Wizard of Earthsea'' in which he is a serious and arrogant boy who matures into "one of the wisest and most powerful magicians in the land." He has red-brown skin. Biography At birth, Ged was given the child-name Duny by his mother. He was born on the island of Gont, the son of a bronzesmith. His mother died before he reached the age of one. A small boy, Ged had overheard the village witch, his maternal aunt, using various words of power to call goats. Ged later used the words without understanding their meanings, to surprising effect. The witch knew that using words of power effectively without understanding them requi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan Ged
Clan Ged is a Scottish clan. The clan does not currently have a chief recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms and is considered an armigerous clan. Without a recognised chief the clan has no standing under Scots Law. In Scotland, the surname ''Ged'' and '' Geddes'' may be derived from the place-name Geddes in Nairn. Another possibility is that it is derived from the Old English ''gedda'', a nickname meaning pike. Background The coats of arms of ''Ged'' and ''Geddes'' contain three pike, referring to their surnames. The English word for pike is ''luce'', and several Norman families named ''de Lucy'' have pike on their coats of arms. One unsupported possibility is that one such family moved to Scotland and adopted the surnames ''Ged'' or ''Geddes''. An early record of the clan name is found in the privy council, which records the respite granted to James Tweedie after the murder of William Geddes in 1558. Crest badge The crest badge suitable for members of Clan Ged is der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ged Quinn
Ged Quinn (born 1963, Liverpool) is an English artist and musician. He studied at the Ruskin School of Art and St Anne's College in Oxford, the Slade School of Art in London, the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. He now lives and works in the UK. Quinn has exhibited internationally in many shows including 'FOCUS: Ged Quinn' at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, US, 'Endless Renaissance' at Bass Museum, Miami Beach, 'Beyond Reality: British Painting Today' at Galerie Rudolfinum in Prague, and 'Newspeak: British Art Now' at State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia. He was represented by Wilkinson Gallery and is now represented by Stephen Friedman Gallery in London. In addition to his work as an artist, Quinn was a member of the 1980s new wave musical groups the Teardrop Explodes, the Wild Swans and the Lotus Eaters, and co-wrote the latter band's 1983 hit single " The First Picture of You". Work He specialises in allegori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ged Walker
Ged or GED may refer to: Places * Ged, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in the United States * Ged, a village in Bichiwara Tehsil, Dungarpur District, Rajasthan, India * Delaware Coastal Airport, in Delaware, US, callsign GED People * Ged Baldwin (1907–1991), Canadian politician * William Ged (1699–1749), Scottish goldsmith and inventor * Ged Peck (born 1947), English guitarist * Ged Quinn (born 1963), English artist and musician * Ged Walker (1960–2003), English police officer * Ged Maybury (born 1953), New Zealand author * Ged Killen (born 1986), Scottish politician * Ged Nash (born 1975), Irish politician Other uses * Ged (Earthsea), a fictional character in Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea realm * Ged (heraldry), a term for the fish known in English as a pike * ''Ged'', northern English and Lowland Scots name for the pike fish ''Esox'' * "G.E.D." (''My Name Is Earl''), a television episode * .ged, a genealogical data format * Clan Ged, a Scottish clan In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ged Maybury
Ged Maybury is a children's book author. He was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1953, spent his childhood in Dunedin, and has been based in Australia since 2002. He has been writing books for children and young adults since 1984. He was a finalist in the AIM New Zealand Children's Book Awards 1994 with ''The Triggerstone'', and in the NZ Post Children's Book Awards 2001; with ''Crab Apples''. He writes science fiction, in particular of the steampunk Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction that incorporates retrofuturistic technology and Applied arts, aesthetics inspired by, but not limited to, 19th-century Industrial Revolution, industrial steam engine, steam-powered machinery. Steampun ... subgenre, and humour. In 2019, he digitally re-released his 'Horse Apples' series, including the missing fourth book: Dinosaur Apples, set in Australia. In the same year, he released five other children's books and a six-book Steampunk series “Across the Stonewind Sky”.< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ged, Louisiana
Ged is an unincorporated community in Calcasieu Parish, southwestern Louisiana, in the United States. It is located between Ged Lake and the Vinton Drainage Canal, and immediately south of the Vinton Oil Field. Ged's elevation is 10 feet above sea level. The town of Vinton, Louisiana, is north of Ged. References Unincorporated communities in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana Unincorporated communities in Louisiana {{Louisiana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ged Killen
Gerard Killen (born 1 May 1986) is a Scottish Labour and Co-operative politician who served as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (UK Parliament constituency), Rutherglen and Hamilton West from 2017 United Kingdom general election, 2017 to 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019. Early life Killen was born in Glasgow, living in the Gorbals before moving to Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Blantyre where he spent most of his youth. He attended Trinity High School (Rutherglen), Trinity High School in Rutherglen. Political career Killen joined the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party in 2007 and first stood for public office as a candidate in the 2012 South Lanarkshire Council election. Following the death of sitting SNP councillor Anne Higgins, Killen successfully contested the 2012 South Lanarkshire Council election#By-elections since 2012, 2013 Rutherglen South ward by-election and was elected to South Lanarkshire Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ged Peck
Ged Peck (19 October 1947 – 10 January 2015) was an English musician who played in several bands - mainly backing work with Billy Fury, Vince Eager, Tommy Quickly when he was managed by Brian Epstein, Americans Bob & Earl who had a hit single with Harlem Shuffle, The Flower Pot Men, the Pirates, singers Marsha Hunt, Billie Davis, Screaming Lord Sutch and David Garrick, whilst doing numerous studio sessions. He recorded for the BBC with Billy Fury, Marsha Hunt, Billie Davis and James Royal, whilst playing on an early recording by which was [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ged
William Ged (169919 October 1749) was a Scottish goldsmith who has been credited with the invention of stereotyping. However, he was not the first to use the process. Ged was born in Edinburgh, where he carried on business as a goldsmith. In 1725 he patented his process, and tried but failed to persuade printers in Edinburgh to take up his invention. In 1729 he endeavoured to push his new process of printing, on which he was still working, in London by joining in partnership with a stationer and a type-founder but, disappointed in his workmen and his partners, he returned despondent to Edinburgh. Although he had offers for use of his process from Dutch printers, he turned them down from patriotic motives. He died in poverty in Edinburgh and was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard. The grave was unmarked. An edition of Sallust and two prayer-books (for the University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate rese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ged Nash
Gerald Henry Nash (born 7 December 1975) is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency since 2020, and previously from 2011 to 2016. Nash became a member of Drogheda Borough Council in 2000 and Louth County Council in 2002, serving on both until his election to the Dáil in 2011. He served as Minister of State for Business and Employment from 2014 to 2016. After losing his seat at the 2016 general election, Nash was elected to the Seanad and was a Senator for the Labour Panel from 2016 to 2020. He was re-elected to the Dáil in 2020. Early life Nash was born on 7 December 1975. His father was a union representative in a factory and active in the Labour Party. He attended St. Joseph's CBS, Drogheda and graduated with a bachelor's degree in politics and history from University College Dublin. Before entering politics, Nash was a public relations consultant to trade unions and the not-for-profit sector, running the PR firm Mc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ged Baldwin
Gerald William "Ged" Baldwin (January 18, 1907 – December 16, 1991) was a Canadian politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Peace River from 1958 to 1980. He was known as the "Father and Grandfather" of the ''Access to Information Act''. Life and career Born in Palmerston, New Zealand, Baldwin was educated in Edmonton, Alberta and became a lawyer. He stood unsuccessfully for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1935 general election, as the Conservative candidate in the riding of Peace River. During World War II, he served with the Canadian Army in Britain and Europe. He first ran for the House of Commons in 1957, as a Progressive Conservative in the riding of Peace River against Solon E. Low, the leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada. He was defeated, but ran against Low again in the 1958 election and was successful. From 1962 to 1963, he was the Parliamentary Secretary to John Diefenbaker, the Prime Minister of Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ged (heraldry)
A ged is a heraldic term for the fish known in English as a pike. It is often used in " canting" coats; that is, using coats of arms to make a pun on the last name of the bearer, one of his titles, a nickname, or the name of his estate. The word ''ged'' is derived from the Old Norse ' (spike). The Norse word is the origin of the terms for pike in the modern North Germanic languages The North Germanic languages make up one of the three branches of the Germanic languages—a sub-family of the Indo-European languages—along with the West Germanic languages and the extinct East Germanic languages. The language group is also r ...: , , , and the Faroese and . References Heraldic beasts Esox Fish in heraldry {{Heraldry-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
