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Ianto
Ianto may refer to: * Ianto Davies (1892–1945), Welsh international rugby union full back * Ianto Evans, Welsh-American applied ecologist, landscape architect, inventor, writer, social critic, and teacher *Ianto Morgan, a fictional character in the 1939 novel ''How Green Was My Valley'' by Richard Llywellyn * Ianto Jones, a fictional character in the BBC television series ''Torchwood'' See also * Ioan * Siôn Sion is a name used in Wales and in other nations. Welsh name Siôn () or Sion is a Welsh form of the Anglo-Norman ''Jean'', pronounced in English similarly to the Irish name Seán. Notable people with the Welsh name include: People with the sur ... {{given name Welsh masculine given names Welsh given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ianto Jones
Ianto Jones is a fictional character in the BBC television programme ''Torchwood'', a spin-off from the long-running series ''Doctor Who'', played by Welsh actor Gareth David-Lloyd. A regular within the show, Ianto appears in every episode of the programme's first three series excluding the finale of series 3, as well as two crossover episodes of ''Torchwood''s parent show, ''Doctor Who''. Additionally, Ianto appears in Expanded Universe material such as the ''Torchwood'' novels and audiobooks, comic books and radio plays. Within the narrative of the series, Ianto begins as general support officer for Torchwood Three, a team of alien hunters stationed in Cardiff, and develops into an active field agent. Initially the regular character with the least screen time, Ianto's role expanded in response to growing cult appeal. Reserved and efficient, Ianto was often used by writers to add humorous asides to the episodes' scripts. The character becomes the main romantic interest of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ianto Davies
Evan "Ianto" Davies (6 September 1892 – 10 September 1945) was a Welsh international rugby union full back who played club rugby for Llanelli and Maesteg. He won a single cap for Wales and also played county rugby for Glamorgan Rugby career Born in Maesteg, Wales, Davies first played rugby as a school boy for Plasnewydd School. He progressed to local team Maesteg Rovers, before joining Maesteg RFC. Davies' rugby career was put on hold with the outbreak of World War I, where he served in the Royal Field Artillery and Welch Regiment.Jenkins (1991) p. 39 On his return to Britain after the end of hostilities, he rejoined Maesteg. The first game played by the Wales national team after the war was against the touring New Zealand Army. With so many of the pre-war team either too old or now no longer fit to play, the Wales team was made up of newly capped players, many of whom were ex-services. Davies was given his first and only cap in this game, played at the Cardiff Arms Park on 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ianto Evans
Ianto Evans is a Welsh-American applied ecologist, landscape architect, inventor, writer, social critic, and teacher. He is known for his work building, writing and teaching about natural building, cob and high-efficiency solid-fuel stoves, ovens and heaters. Career Originally from Wales, Evans attended architecture school in the 1960s."Made in Mud." '' Resurgence'' 182, 1997: 46–47 With Linda Smiley, Evans built what may have been the first cob house in North America after researching cob structures in the British Isles. They moved into the cottage in 1989. They joined with Michael Smith to establish the Cob Cottage Company in 1993. They also founded the North American School of Natural Building and innovated a distinctive "Oregon Cob" method, hosting numerous workshops on the technique. Evans was director of Aprovecho's Fava Bean Project, in Cottage Grove, Oregon, where he worked to adapt fava beans to American climates. As a permaculturalist, he developed a polyculture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How Green Was My Valley
''How Green Was My Valley'' is a 1939 novel by Richard Llewellyn, narrated by Huw Morgan, the main character, about his Welsh family and the mining community in which they live. The author had claimed that he based the book on his own experiences, but this was found after his death to be untrue; Llewellyn was English-born and spent little time in Wales, though he was of Welsh descent. Llewellyn gathered material for the novel from conversations with local mining families in the village of Gilfach Goch, in southeast Wales. In the United States, Llewellyn won the National Book Award for favourite novel of 1940, voted by members of the American Booksellers Association. "Books and Authors", ''The New York Times'', 16 February 1941, page BR12. ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851–2007). Plot summary The novel is set in South Wales during the reigns of Queen Victoria and King Edward VII. It tells the story of the Morgans, a respectable mining family of the So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ioan
Ioan is a variation on the name John (first name), John found in Aromanian language, Aromanian, Romanian language, Romanian, Bulgarian language, Bulgarian, Russian language, Russian, Welsh language, Welsh (), and Sardinian language, Sardinian. It is usually masculine. The female equivalent in Romanian and Bulgarian is Ioana. In Russia, the name Ioann is usually reserved for the clergy (when a person called Ivan becomes a priest or a monk, he becomes known as Ioann). People with the name Aromanian * Ioan Nicolidi of Pindus, physician and noble Romanian * Ioan-Aurel Pop, historian * Ioan Alexandru, poet * Ioan Andone, footballer and coach * Ioan Apostol, luger * Ioan Baba, poet * Ioan A. Bassarabescu, writer and politician * Ioan Teodor Callimachi, Prince of Moldavia * Ioan Cantacuzino, microbiologist * John Caradja, Ioan Gheorghe Caragea, Prince of Wallachia * Ioan Carlaonț, World War II general * Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, novelist * Ioan Condruc, footballer * Ioan P. Culianu, histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siôn
Sion is a name used in Wales and in other nations. Welsh name Siôn () or Sion is a Welsh form of the Anglo-Norman ''Jean'', pronounced in English similarly to the Irish name Seán. Notable people with the Welsh name include: People with the surname * Eleri Siôn (born 1971), Welsh radio and television presenter * Llywelyn Siôn (1540–c. 1615), Welsh-language poet * Sawnder Sion (16th century), Welsh poet * Delwyn Sion (born 1954), welsh singer-songwriter, director, and BAFTA nominee. People with the given name * Siôn ap Hywel (fl. c. 1490–1532), Welsh-language poet * Sion Bebb (born 1968), Welsh golfer * Sion Blythe (1781–1835), American pastor * Sion Record Bostick (1819–1902), American soldier * Siôn Bradford (1706–1785), Welsh-language poet * Sion Brinn (born 1973), Jamaican swimmer and coach * Siôn Cent (c. 1400–1435/40), Welsh-language poet * Siôn Ceri (fl. early 16th century), Welsh-language poet * Sion James (born 2002), American basketball pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Masculine Given Names
Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, of or about Wales * Welsh language, spoken in Wales * Welsh people, an ethnic group native to Wales Places * Welsh, Arkansas, U.S. * Welsh, Louisiana, U.S. * Welsh, Ohio, U.S. * Welsh Basin, during the Cambrian, Ordovician and Silurian geological periods Other uses * Welsh (surname), including a list of people with the name * Welsh pig, a breed of domestic pig See also * * * Welch (other) * Welsch Welsch may refer to: * Georg Hieronymus Welsch (1624–1677), German physician * Gottfried Welsch (1618–1690), German physician * Heinrich Welsch (1888–1976), Saarlandic politician * Henry Welsch (1921–1996), American football and basebal ..., a surname {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
