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Purvis Miller
Purvis is a surname and occasionally a masculine given name which may refer to: Surname * Al Purvis (1929–2009), Canadian ice hockey player * Arthur Blaikie Purvis (1890–1941), Canadian industrialist * Bart Purvis (1919–2001), English footballer * Bob Purvis (other), several people * Charles Burleigh Purvis (1842–1929), physician and a co-founder of the medical school at Howard University * Dawn Purvis (born 1967), member of the Northern Ireland Assembly * Duane Purvis (c. 1913–1989), All-American football player and track and field athlete * Edward William Purvis (1857–1888), British officer and Hawaiian official * Ella Maisy Purvis (born 2003), English actress * François Pervis (born 1984), French track cyclist * Gloria Purvis, African American Catholic media commentator, public scholar, whole life activist * Harriet Forten Purvis (1810–1875), African-American abolitionist and suffragist * Harriet Purvis, Jr. (1839–1904), African-American abolitionist, su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Purvis
Allan Ruggles Purvis (January 9, 1929 – August 13, 2009) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played with the Edmonton Mercurys, a team which represented Canada and won a gold medal at the 1950 World Ice Hockey Championships and also won a gold medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics. He later became owner of Waterloo Ford, a local car dealership that had been the sponsor of his medal-winning hockey team. Biography Purvis was born in Trochu, Alberta. He moved with his family to Calgary and attended Western Canada High School there.Gerein, Keith"Al Purvis hockey leader, Edmonton automotive icon: Businessman earned Olympic gold" ''Edmonton Journal'', August 16, 2009. Accessed August 17, 2009. He was invited to join the Edmonton Mercurys when he was 19 years old, having played junior hockey for the Calgary Buffaloes. The Mercurys were sponsored by Waterloo Mercury, a local car dealership whose owner hired some of the team's players to work for his firm.Cosentino, Frank"Edmonton Mercur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Purvis
Jeffery Purvis (born February 19, 1959) is a former race car driver in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. He is a 15-year veteran with four wins and 25 top-five finishes. He suffered a massive brain injury after a 2002 crash and has not run a NASCAR-sanctioned race since 2004. Before coming to NASCAR he was an accomplished dirt track racer winning the World 100 at Eldora Speedway on three occasions-1983,1984,and 1986. Nascar career Winston Cup Series Purvis made his NASCAR debut in 1990. He was hired to drive Bobby Allison's No. 12 Raybestos Buick at Martinsville Speedway. He started in 31st position for that race, but crashed out and finished 28th. After that, Purvis raced four more times in 1990 in the No. 51 Plasti-Kote Chevrolet owned by James Finch, who once owned his cars when he raced late model dirt races. His best finish among those was 31st at North Wilkesboro. He also set his best start of 1990 there, 24th. Purvis would run six races for Finch in 1991. His best start of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis
Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis (1814–1884) was an American poet and abolitionist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She co-founded The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society and contributed many poems to the anti-slavery newspaper ''The Liberator''. Biography Purvis (née Forten) was born in 1814 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was one of the "Forten Sisters." Her mother was Charlotte Vandine Forten and her father was the African American abolitionist, James Forten. Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis's sisters were Harriet Forten Purvis (1810–1875), and Margaretta Forten (1808–1875). The three sisters, along with their mother, were founders of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society in 1833. This society was not the first female Anti-Slavery society. However, this society was particularly important because of the role it played in the development of American feminism. Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis was a poet. She is cited in some scholarship as used the pen names, "Ada" and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Purvis
Ryan J. Purvis (born May 8, 1986) is a former American football tight end. He was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Boston College. Early life Purvis played high school football at Lancaster Catholic High School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In 2003, he won All-State honors as a tight end and All-Conference honors as a tight end (first-team), defensive end (first-team), and punter (second-team). As a senior, he made 39 receptions for 755 yards and four touchdowns, averaged 38.8 yards on 41 punts, and threw two touchdown passes. He was selected to play in the fourth annual PSFCA East-West Football Classic. Purvis was also a standout on the Crusaders' basketball team. He recorded more than 1000 points and 700 rebounds in his career at center and power forward. Ryan was the starting center on the winningest boys basketball in Pennsylvania prep history. His junior year, the Crusaders went 35-0 and won the 2003 PIAA C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Purvis (other)
Robert Purvis (1810–1898), was an American abolitionist. Robert Purvis, Bob Purvis, Rob Purvis, and other variations can also refer to: * Bob Purvis (footballer) (born 1948), former Scottish footballer, played for Queen's Park * Bob Purvis (songwriter) (Robert J. Purvis), member of the 1970s British musical group Splinter (band) * Bob Purvis, UKIP candidate for the Spennymoor by-election in 2019, Durham County Council elections * Bob Purvis Sr (Robert H. Purvis) and his son Bob Purvis Jr (after whom Purvis banks were named), both lessees of Woodgreen Station, a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia * Rob Purvis, baseball player in the 1999 Major League Baseball draft * Robert Henry Purvis (c1885 - 1965) bush worker and pastoralist at Woodgreen Station * Robert Purvis (musical director), faculty at the Arden School of Theatre The Arden School of Theatre, also known as The Arden, is a drama school which is part of the Performing Arts faculty at UCEN Manches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosalie Purvis
Rosalie Purvis (born 1975) is a Dutch-American theatre director and choreographer. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in literature and dance from Bard College, followed by a Master of Fine Arts in directing from Brooklyn College, and is studying toward a Doctor of Philosophy in performing and media arts at Cornell University. Much of her stagecraft was associated with the prestigious Duke Romijn Theatre in Amsterdam. She also co-wrote the best-selling Dutch children's book, ''Jana’s nachtreis'', with Ceseli Josephus Jitta. Purvis later moved to the United States and founded an avant-garde theater company, Token 150, in New York City. In the United States, Purvis is best known for her work on Berthold Brecht's ''The Good Person of Szechwan'' and for reviving Jonathan Levy's classic, ''Charlie the Chicken'' for contemporary audiences. She has also staged new works by T.D. Mitchell and Mya Kagan.nytheatre.com Sept. 19, 2007 Purvis is currently Libra Assistant Professor of English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Purvis
Richard (Irven) Purvis (August 25, 1913 – December 25, 1994) was an American organist, composer, conductor and teacher. He was best known for his expressive recordings of the organ classics and his own lighter compositions for the instrument. Early history Richard Purvis was born in San Francisco on August 25, 1913. He began playing the organ publicly at the age of 14 in churches and in the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. In addition to recitals and church services, Purvis played nightly recitals broadcast on the 7-rank style "E" Wurlitzer organ at the Chapel of the Chimes over local radio station KRE. His stage name was Don Irving and his theme song was 'I'll Take an Option on You'. Leaving his native San Francisco to further his studies, he entered the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia in January, 1936 under the Cyrus Curtis Organ Scholarship, which also paid for European summer study in 1936 and 1937. He was initially taught organ by Alexander McCurdy and condu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perrin H
Perrin may refer to: Places in the United States *Perrin, Missouri, an unincorporated community *Perrin, Texas, an unincorporated community in southeastern Jack County, Texas Other * Famille Perrin, French winery owners *Perrin friction factors, in hydrodynamics *Perrin number, in mathematics *Éditions Perrin, a publishing house (est. 1827) *Perrin's beaked whale, a recently described species of whale * Perrin's cave beetle, an extinct freshwater beetle from France *Towers Perrin, a global professional services firm People Surname * Abner Monroe Perrin (1827–1864), Confederate States Army general *Alain Perrin (born 1956), French association football coach, former manager of China national team * Ami Perrin (died 1561), Swiss opponent of Calvinism reform * Benjamin Perrin, Canadian professor * Benny Perrin (1959–2017), American football safety * Bernadette Perrin-Riou (born 1955), French number theorist *Carmen Perrin (born 1953), Bolivian-born Swiss artist and educator * Cà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neal Purvis And Robert Wade
Neal Purvis (born 9 September 1961) and Robert Wade (born 1962) are British screenwriters who co-wrote seven James Bond films, from 1999's ''The World Is Not Enough'' to 2021's '' No Time to Die'', as well as other works. Early lives Purvis's father was a photographer, and as a teenager, Purvis was in a film club that focused on 1940s cinema. Wade was born in Penarth and lived there until he was 11. His mother was an artist, and from an early age he wanted to be a writer and began making home-made films as a teenager. They met each other while attending the University of Kent, when they were assigned as roommates. They began playing in a band together, which they continued to do for at least 20 years. Purvis left Kent and completed a BA in Film and Photo Arts. Wade graduated from Kent and moved to London where he was later joined by Purvis. They spent six years writing scripts together as well as ghost writing treatments for music videos. Films Wade and Purvis' screenplay f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melvin Purvis
Melvin Horace Purvis II (October 24, 1903 – February 29, 1960) was an FBI agent instrumental in capturing bank robbers John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd in 1934. All of this would later overshadow his military career which saw him directly involved with General George Patton, Hermann Göring, and the Nuremberg Trials. Early life and early career Purvis was born in Timmonsville, South Carolina, to Melvin Horace Purvis Sr. (1869–1938), a tobacco farmer and businessman, and Janie Elizabeth (née Mims, 1874–1927); he was the fifth of eight siblings. He attended Timmonsville High School where in 1920 he was the yearbook's business manager, historian for his graduating class, on the football team, on the baseball team, was a president of the literary society, on the debate team, and played drums in the school orchestra. He then enrolled in the University of South Carolina and joined the Rho chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order there in 1921. He received his law degree from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katharine Purvis
Katharine Elinda Nash Purvis (May 19, 1842 – October 23, 1907) was an educator, political activist, orator, and hymn lyricist in the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She is best known as the lyricist for ''When the Saints Are Marching In'' and ''Walk Beside Me'', which were reproduced more than five million times during the publication of seventy-five hymnals by the early 1900s. Early life Born in Towanda, Pennsylvania on May 19, 1842, Katharine E. Nash was a daughter of the Rev. Charles Nash, a Methodist minister. She was an 1860 seminary graduate. Career She began her professional life as a music teacher at the seminary of a Methodist Episcopal Church in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. In 1896, the hymn ''When the Saints Are Marching In'' was published, with music by James Milton Black. Later, the song was altered somewhat and published in 1927 as the well known ''When The Saints Go Marching In''. On March 20, 1898, Purvis was one of the fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Purvis (other) (1890–1968), British clergyman, archivist, poet, and artist
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John Purvis may refer to: * John Purvis (politician) (1938–2022), Conservative MEP for Mid Scotland and Fife * John Gordon Purvis (born 1942), man who spent nine years in prison for a murder he did not commit *John Stanley Purvis John Stanley Purvis (9 May 1890 – 1968) was a British clergyman, archivist, poet, and artist. Biography Early life Purvis was born in Bridlington. As a youth Purvis was introduced to archaeology by Thomas Boynton. He had studied at St Cathar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
