Norman Lewis (boxer)
Norman Lewis is the name of: *Norman Lewis (author) (1908–2003), British writer *Norman Lewis (grammarian) (1912–2006), American author *Norman Lewis (artist) (1909–1979), African-American painter, scholar, and teacher * Norman Lewis (fencer) (1915–2006), American Olympic fencer *Norman Lewis (footballer) (1908–1972), English footballer * Norman Lewis (boxer) (1923–1981), Welsh boxer on the list of Welsh boxing champions * Norman Lewis (tennis) British tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s, see list of Great Britain Davis Cup team representatives * Norman Lewis del Alcázar, member of the Peruvian Congress 2011-2016 See also *Norm Lewis Norm Lewis (born June 2, 1963) is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in Europe, on Broadway, in film, television, recordings and regional theatre. Productions that he has been involved in include '' Dessa Rose'', ''Miss Saigon'', '' T ...

Norman Lewis (author)
(John Frederick) Norman Lewis (28 June 1908 – 22 July 2003) was an influential British journalist and a prolific writer. He is best known for his travel writing, he also wrote twelve novels and several volumes of autobiography. Subjects he explored in his travel writing include life in Naples during the Allied liberation of Italy (''Naples '44''); Vietnam and French colonial Indochina (''A Dragon Apparent''); Indonesia (''An Empire of the East''); Burma (''Golden Earth''); tribal peoples of India (''A Goddess in the Stones''); Sicily and the Mafia (''The Honoured Society'' and ''In Sicily''); and the destruction caused by Christian missionaries in Latin America and elsewhere (''The Missionaries''). His newspaper article entitled "Genocide in Brazil" (1969) prompted the creation of Survival International—an organisation dedicated to the protection of indigenous peoples around the world. Graham Greene described Lewis as "one of the best writers, not of any particular deca ...
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Norman Lewis (grammarian)
Norman Lewis (born December 30, 1912, in Brooklyn, New York – died September 8, 2006, in Whittier, California) was an author, grammarian, lexicographer, and etymologist. Lewis was a leading authority on English-language skills, whose best-selling ''30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary'' published by Pocket Books in 1971 promised to teach readers "how to make words your slaves" in fifteen minutes a day. Early life Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1912, Lewis was orphaned at 5 and raised by an older sister and her husband. At eleven, he published his first article, a book report that appeared in the now-defunct ''New York World Telegram''. Early career Lewis sold his first non-fiction work—a quiz on the varieties of manias—to ''Leisure'' magazine for $1 in 1939. A fifteen-year magazine writing career followed. A self-confessed "terrible student," Lewis spent nine years dropping in and out of City College of New York before earning a master's from Columbia University. While ...
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Norman Lewis (artist)
Norman Wilfred Lewis (July 23, 1909 – August 27, 1979) was an American painter, scholar, and teacher. Lewis, who was African-American and of Bermudian descent, was associated with abstract expressionism, and used representational strategies to focus on black urban life and his community's struggles. Early life and education Norman Wilfred Lewis was born on July 23, 1909 in the Harlem neighborhood in New York City, New York."Norman Lewis"
Encyclopedia Britannica, Retrieved online 18 October 2018. He was raised on , between 7th and 8th Avenues. Both of his parents were from Bermuda, his father Wilfred Lewis, was a fisherman and later a dock forema ...
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Norman Lewis (fencer)
Norman Lewis (December 10, 1915 – June 6, 2006) was an American Olympic épée fencer, who also competed in foil. He later lived in Kew Gardens, New York, and on Candlewood Lake in Connecticut. He and his wife Eva had two daughters, Susan and Joan. Fencing career He fenced for New York University, for whom Lewis was Intercollegiate Fencing Association (IFA) foil champion (1935, 1936, 1937) and épée champion (1937), and his fencing club was Salle Santelli. Lewis won the Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA)/ AAU United States National Fencing Championship in foil in 1939, and in épée in 1948, 1949, and 1950. Lewis competed in the individual (coming in 9th, despite defeating both the Swiss silver medalist Oswald Zappelli and the Italian bronze medalist Edoardo Mangiarotti) and team épée events at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He served as captain of the US fencing team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He later served as President of the Amateur Fencers League ...
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Norman Lewis (footballer)
Arthur Norman Lewis (13 June 1908 – 1972) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Bradford Park Avenue, Tranmere Rovers, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Stoke City. Career Lewis was born in Wolverhampton and played for his works team Sunbeam Motors before being signed by Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1928 at the age of 20. He played 30 times for Wolves in 1928–29 before signing for Stoke City. Lewis spent six years at the "Potters" making 169 appearances for the club. He was signed by Stoke in 1929 as cover for Dick Williams. He took over from Williams in 1930–31 playing in 39 matches. Lewis then played 46 times in 1931–32 but then suffered injury and missed the whole 1932–33 season as Stoke gained promotion. He played regularly for the next three seasons but lost his place to Norman Wilkinson in 1936. He latter assisted Bradford Park Avenue and Tranmere Rovers where he won a Third Division North The Third Division North of the Football League ...
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Norman Lewis (boxer)
Norman Lewis is the name of: *Norman Lewis (author) (1908–2003), British writer *Norman Lewis (grammarian) (1912–2006), American author *Norman Lewis (artist) (1909–1979), African-American painter, scholar, and teacher * Norman Lewis (fencer) (1915–2006), American Olympic fencer *Norman Lewis (footballer) (1908–1972), English footballer * Norman Lewis (boxer) (1923–1981), Welsh boxer on the list of Welsh boxing champions * Norman Lewis (tennis) British tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s, see list of Great Britain Davis Cup team representatives * Norman Lewis del Alcázar, member of the Peruvian Congress 2011-2016 See also *Norm Lewis Norm Lewis (born June 2, 1963) is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in Europe, on Broadway, in film, television, recordings and regional theatre. Productions that he has been involved in include '' Dessa Rose'', ''Miss Saigon'', '' T ...

List Of Welsh Boxing Champions
This list includes all boxing, boxers from Boxing in Wales, Wales who have won a recognised British, Commonwealth, European or World title; or a boxer who has won one of the Welsh Area boxing titles. Welsh champions flyweight bantamweight super-bantamweight featherweight super-featherweight lightweight Light welterweight welterweight light middleweight middleweight super-middleweight light heavyweight cruiserweight heavyweight British boxing champions Commonwealth (British Empire) boxing champions European boxing champions World boxing champions *NWS: Newspaper Decision References

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Norman Lewis (tennis)
Norman Rollinson "Tim" Lewis (1925 – 26 February 2017) was a British tennis player. Biography Born and raised in Hampshire, Lewis was one of seven siblings and had an early introduction to the sport by playing on the tennis court at their family home. He was a pupil at Homefield School in Dorset and studied medicine at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, as well as Westminster Hospital. A Cambridge blue for tennis, he also played with the RAF during his war service. He was a medical officer stationed at RAF Halton. Lewis was active on tour post war he won the Lyme Regis Open in 1947. He made regular Wimbledon appearances, which included making the mixed doubles fourth round in 1948. He earned a Davis Cup call up in 1949 and played a reverse singles rubber in Great Britain 5–0 sweep over Portugal in Lisbon. Later in 1949 he travelled to the United States and played in the U.S. National Championships, losing his first round match in five sets to Frank Shields. During the 1 ...
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List Of Great Britain Davis Cup Team Representatives
This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Great Britain Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Great Britain have taken part in the competition since 1900. Players ''Last updated after the 2019 Davis Cup.'' References {{DEFAULTSORT:Great Britain Davis Cup Lists of Davis Cup tennis players Davis Davis may refer to: Places Antarctica * Mount Davis (Antarctica) * Davis Island (Palmer Archipelago) * Davis Valley, Queen Elizabeth Land Canada * Davis, Saskatchewan, an unincorporated community * Davis Strait, between Nunavut and Gre ... Davis Cup team representatives ...
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Norman Lewis Del Alcázar
Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norman conquest of southern Italy in the 11th and 12th centuries ** Norman dynasty, a series of monarchs in England and Normandy ** Norman architecture, romanesque architecture in England and elsewhere ** Norman language, spoken in Normandy ** People or things connected with the French region of Normandy Arts and entertainment * ''Norman'' (film), a 2010 drama film * '' Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer'', a 2016 film * ''Norman'' (TV series), a 1970 British sitcom starring Norman Wisdom * ''The Normans'' (TV series), a documentary * "Norman" (song), a 1962 song written by John D. Loudermilk and recorded by Sue Thompson * "Norman (He's a Rebel)", a song by Mo-dettes from ''The Story So Far'', 1980 Businesses * ...
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Peruvian Congress 2011-2016
Peruvians ( es, peruanos) are the citizens of Peru. There were Andean and coastal ancient civilizations like Caral, which inhabited what is now Peruvian territory for several millennia before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century; Peruvian population decreased from an estimated 5–9 million in the 1520s to around 600,000 in 1620 mainly because of infectious diseases carried by the Spanish. Spaniards and Africans arrived in large numbers in 1532 under colonial rule, mixing widely with each other and with Native Peruvians. During the Republic, there has been a gradual immigration of European people (especially from Spain and Italy, and in a less extent from Germany, France, Croatia, and the British Isles). Chinese and Japanese arrived in large numbers at the end of the 19th century. With 31.2 million inhabitants according to the 2017 Census, Peru is the fifth most populous country in South America. Its demographic growth rate declined from 2.6% to 1.6% between 1950 and 2000 ...
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