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Alton Purnell Alton Purnell (April 16, 1911 – January 14, 1987) was an American jazz pianist. He was a longtime performer in Dixieland jazz. Early life Purnell was born in New Orleans on April 16, 1911. His brother, Theodore, became a reed player. Later lif ...

(1911–1987), American pianist *

Arthur Purnell William Arthur Purnell FRAIA (5 January 1878 – 29 June 1964), generally known as Arthur Purnell, and sometimes A W Purnell, was an Australian-born architect who practised in Canton, China, in the 1900s, and from 1910 mainly in Melbourne, Austra ...

(1878–1964), architect in Melbourne, Victoria * Benjamin Franklin Purnell (1861–1927), American preacher,

House of David (commune) The House of David (formally The Israelite House of David) is a religious group founded in Benton Harbor, Michigan, in March 1903. It was co-founded by spouses Benjamin Purnell (1861–1927) and Mary Purnell (1862–1953). The Purnells claimed to ...

Bervin E. Purnell Bervin Ellis Purnell MBE JP (10 March 1891 – 5 May 1972) was mayor and councillor of the City of Geelong, Australia. Purnell was the second of seven children of Charles William Purnell (1854–1931) and Ellen McNair (c. 1862–1939). Purn ...

(1891–1972), Australian politician *

Charles Purnell Charles William Purnell (1843 – 7 December 1926) was a New Zealand soldier, journalist, lawyer, and publisher of political and scientific texts. Early life and career Purnell was born in Lambeth, London, England, where he received his educat ...

(1843–1926), New Zealand soldier, journalist, lawyer, and writer *

Clyde Purnell Clyde Honeysett Purnell (14 May 1877 – 14 August 1934) was an English amateur footballer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Club career Purnell was born on 14 May 1877 in Ryde, Isle of Wight, the son of John and Emily Purnell. H ...

(1877–1934), British football player *

Ella Purnell Ella Summer Reed Purnell (born 17 September 1996) is an English actress. She began her career as a child actress in West End theatre and films such as '' Never Let Me Go'' (2010), '' Intruders'' (2011) and ''Maleficent'' (2014). Her other films ...

(born 1996), British actress *

Fred S. Purnell Fred Sampson Purnell (October 25, 1882 – October 21, 1939) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1917 to 1933. Biography Born on a farm near Veedersburg, Indiana, Purnell atte ...

(1882–1939), American politician * Glynn Purnell (born 1975), English chef and restaurateur *

Heather Purnell Heather Mary Purnell (born November 5, 1986) is a Canadian gymnast who represented Canada at the 2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were a ...

(born 1986), Canadian gymnast * Idella Purnell (1901–1982), American author and librarian *

James Purnell James Mark Dakin Purnell (born 2 March 1970) is a British former broadcasting executive and Labour Party politician who served as a Cabinet minister in the Brown Government from 2007 to 2009. In October 2016, he became the BBC's Director of ...

(born 1970), British politician * Jesse Purnell (1881–1966), American baseball player *

Jim Purnell James Fred Purnell (December 12, 1941 – November 4, 2003) was a National Football League linebacker Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and typically line up three to fi ...

(1941–2003), American football player *

John Purnell John Purnell D.D. was an English academic administrator at the University of Oxford. Between 1716 and 1726 Purnell was Consul acting for the Levant Company at Aleppo. Purnell was elected Warden (head) of New College, Oxford, in 1740, a post he ...

English academic administrator *

John Howard Purnell John Howard Purnell OBE FRSC (17 August 1925 Rhondda, South Wales — 12 January 1996 Swansea, Wales) was a Welsh chemist. Education He attended Maes y Dderwen County School in Ystradgynlais before attending Pentre Secondary School. Afte ...

(1925–1996), Welsh chemist *

Jon Purnell Jon Robert Purnell (born 1948) is a former United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan. Personal life Purnell grew up in Norwood, Massachusetts and graduated Norwood High School (Massachusetts), Norwood High School in 1966. Afterwards, he attended B ...

, US diplomat, ambassador to Uzbekistan * Keg Purnell (1915–1965), American drummer *

Louis Purnell Louis Rayfield Purnell Sr. (April 5, 1920 – August 10, 2001) was a noted curator at the United States' National Air and Space Museum and earlier in life, a decorated Tuskegee Airman. At the museum, he became expert in space flight artifacts ...

(1920–2001), American curator and Tuskegee airman *

Lovett Purnell Lovett Shaizer Purnell (born April 7, 1972) is an American former professional football tight end in the National Football League (NFL). Purnell attended Seaford High but graduated from Valley Forge Military Academy and College in Wayne, Pennsy ...

(born 1972), American football player *

Mark Purnell Mark Andrew Purnell is a British palaeontologist, Professor of Palaeobiology at the University of Leicester. Purnell is an expert in conodont biostratigraphy (principally Carboniferous) and conodont palaeobiology, focussing especially on attem ...

, British palaeontologist *

Marshall Purnell Marshall Emmiett Purnell (born June 8, 1950) is an American architect. He co-founded the architecture firm, Devrouax+Purnell in Washington, D.C. In 2008, he was the president of the American Institute of Architects. Early life and education Mar ...

(born 1950), American architect * Mary Stallard Purnell (1862–1953), American religious leader and writer * Phil Purnell (born 1964), British football player *

Oliver Purnell Oliver Gordon Purnell Jr. (born May 19, 1953) is an American former college basketball coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Radford University from 1988 to 1991, Old Dominion University from 1991 to 1994, the University of Dayt ...

(born 1953), American basketball coach *

Russ Purnell Russ Purnell (born June 12, 1948) is an American football coach. He has served for 26 seasons as an assistant coach in the NFL, mainly coordinating the special teams units. He is one of only 21 NFL assistant coaches who have won at least one Su ...

(born 1948), American football coach *

Sonia Purnell Sonia Purnell is a British writer and journalist who has worked at ''The Economist'', ''The Daily Telegraph'', and ''The Sunday Times''. Her books include ''Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill'', which was chosen as book of the year by ...

, British writer and journalist * Thomas Richard Purnell (1847–1908), American judge * Tony Purnell (born 1958), English businessman * William Henry Purnell (1826–1902), American politician * Winifred Purnell (born 1893), Australian-born pianist in England. *

Zedekiah Johnson Purnell Zedekiah Johnson Purnell (c. 1813–1882) was an African-American activist, businessman, and editor. He served as the editor of the literary journal '' The Demosthenian Shield''. In the 1840s, Purnell emerged on the national stage as an outspoken ...

(1813–1882), African-American activist and businessman

Places

* Purnell, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, a neighborhood *

George Washington Purnell House The George Washington Purnell House in Snow Hill, Maryland, is a gothic revival house built around 1860. The frame-and-weatherboard house retains its original decorative millwork; and is enhanced by a cast-iron fence along the street frontage. ...

Purnell House (disambiguation) Purnell House may refer to: *George Washington Purnell House, Snow Hill, Maryland, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) *James C. Purnell House, Winona, Mississippi, NRHP-listed *Purnell House (Goshen, New Hampshire), lis ...

Organizations

Julia A. Purnell Museum The Julia A. Purnell Museum is located at 208 West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland, United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. ...

* Purnell and Sons, defunct British printing company * Purnell School, a girls' school in New Jersey *

Purnell (company) Purnell is a Swiss watch manufacturer. The company was founded in 2017 and was headquartered on Rue du Rhône 80 in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2024, Purnell declared bankruptcy. History The company was founded in 2017, and produces manually wo ...

, Swiss watch manufacturer

Science

Purnell equation The Purnell equation is an equation used in analytical chemistry to calculate the resolution ''R''s between two peaks in a chromatogram. :R_s = \frac \left ( \frac \right ) \left ( \frac \right ) where ::''R''s is the resolution between the two pe ...

in chemistry

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