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Barrell
Barrell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernard Barrell (1919–2005), English musician, music educator and composer * Charles Barrell (1887–1959), New Zealand politician of the Labour Party *Charles Wisner Barrell (born 1885), writer and Shakespearean scholar * Donald Barrell (born 1986), rugby union player *George Barrell Emerson (1797–1881), American educator and pioneer of women's education *Francis Barrell (died 1679), MP for Rochester *Francis Barrell (1663–1724), MP for Rochester *Jim Barrell (born 1959), American professional wrestler *John Barrell (born 1943), British academic and currently Professor of English at the University of York *Joseph Barrell (1869–1919), American geologist *Joseph Barrell (merchant) (1739–1804), merchant in Boston, Massachusetts in the 18th century *Joyce Howard Barrell, née Gedye (born 1917), English composer * Rachel Barrell, British stage performer *Sue Barrell, British-born Australian meteorologist *Tony B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Barrell (merchant)
Joseph Barrell (1739-1804) was a merchant in Boston, Massachusetts in the 18th century. During the American Revolution he owned ships commissioned as privateers, such as the Vengeance, ca.1779. In 1792 Barrell was "elected to the board" of Massachusetts branch of the newly established Bank of the United States, along with "George Cabot, Jonathan Mason Jr., ... and Fisher Ames." Biography As a merchant Barrell imported goods from overseas. For instance, the Hannah, commanded by William Haydon, sailed in May 1780, probably from Amsterdam, loaded with cargo for Barrell in Boston: "German steel, ... china ware, earthen pots, house brushes, spices, linens, velvets, writing paper, children's toys (among the rest a furnished kitchen valued at over six florins), wafers, flat-irons, tea and tea-kettles and window-glass." Barrell's notable wealth also derived from his activities as "contractor to the French fleet." Around 1787, "a group of merchants led by Bostonian Joseph Barrell, hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Barrell (broadcaster)
Anthony "Tony" Barrell (7 May 1940 – 31 March 2011) was an English writer and broadcaster who lived in Sydney, Australia. He produced several award-winning radio and television documentaries for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the BBC World Service, usually with a focus on Asia and particularly Japan. Early life Barrell was born in Cheshire, England in 1940; both his parents and most of his family came from the Suffolk town of Stowmarket. His maternal grandmother, née Florence Laflin, had a family tree linking her through an unbroken line of agricultural labourers to the end of the sixteenth century. He was brought up in the Welsh town of Mold in Flintshire and went to The King's School, Chester in 1951, and then Liverpool University from 1958 to 1961, where he obtained a degree in economics. He was a student journalist and edited the literary magazine ''Sphinx''. The magazine's covers were designed by Bill Harry who later edited ''Mersey Beat''. In Liverpool, tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Barrell (journalist)
Tony Barrell is a British journalist, known for his humour and his exploration of the unusual and the unexplained. He is the author of the 2017 book ''The Beatles on the Roof''. Barrell has also written many major features for the '' Sunday Times'', and has contributed to ''The Times'', '' The Idler'', and ''Cornucopia'' magazine, among other publications. He has frequently written about celebrities, as well as people with fringe interests and beliefs such as cult members, alien abductees and battle re-enactors. He was born in Crawley in West Sussex. Barrell has interviewed actors such as Gillian Anderson and Johnny Depp, comedians such as Vic Reeves, Paul Whitehouse, Matt Lucas and David Walliams, artists such as Sir Peter Blake, Marc Quinn, Keith Tyson and Rolf Harris, and musicians and bands such as Jimmy Page, Dido, Joan Baez, Ronnie Wood, Andy Summers, Donovan, Celine Dion, Mike Oldfield, Sandie Shaw, Garbage, Dixie Chicks, the Finn Brothers, The Beautiful South, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Barrell
Sue Barrell was Chief Scientist at the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). In 2013 she was awarded a Fellow of the Academy of Technology and Engineering (FTSE). In 2018, Barrell was elected Vice President of Science and Technology Australia. Amongst other topics, she has worked on international science policy climate monitoring, research and policy, and ocean–earth observations. Barrell was the first female meteorologist to join the senior Executive team of the BoM. She was the first female elected to leadership of a WMO Technical Commission (Vice-President, Commission for Basic Systems) and was one of the early female forecasters. Career Barrell was Vice-President of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Commission for Basic Systems. In addition Barrell served as a member on the Australian Space Industry Innovation Council. Further, she was the Principal Delegate for Australia to the Group on Earth Observations (GEO). Although retired, she continues to be actively engaged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Wisner Barrell
Charles Wisner Barrell (6 July 1885 – 20 June 1974) was an American writer. He first became significant as an art critic, promoting realism. He later built a career as an early exponent of public relations and as a documentary film maker. In his later life he became a prominent supporter of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship, making significant contributions to the theory. His claims for the Ashbourne portrait were particularly influential. Career Born in Warwick, New York, Barrell was the son of Charles Wisner Barrell senior and his wife Mary. Barrell established himself as a miscellaneous writer in the early 20th century, publishing verse, essays and criticism. He wrote widely on contemporary art and was a strong supporter of the Ashcan School, whose 1908 exhibition at the Macbeth gallery he defended against conservative critics who, in his words, considered them to be a "revolutionary black school" promoting anarchy in art. He was impressed by the "real dram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Barrell
Joseph Barrell (December 15, 1869 – May 4, 1919) was an American geologist who developed many ideas on the origins of the Earth, isostasy and ideas on the origins of sedimentary rocks. He suggested that they were produced by the action of rivers, winds, and ice (continental), as well as by marine sedimentation. He also independently arrived at the theory of stoping as a mechanism for igneous intrusion. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1915. Life and career The Barrell family originated from a family that migrated from Suffolk in Britain to Boston in 1637. Joseph was born at New Providence on December 15, 1869. His father Henry Ferdinand and his mother Elizabeth née Wisner, of Swiss descent, had owned a farm in Warwick, Orange County, New York before moving to a new farm in New Jersey. Henry Ferdinand was a trustee at the local public library and for the public school and Joseph, the fifth of nine children, grew up in a home surrounded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Barrell
Donald Barrell (born 3 February 1986 in Watford) is a rugby union player for the Bedford Blues in the Aviva Championship. He formerly played for Saracens in the Aviva Premiership. Barrell's position of choice is at Flanker or No. 8. Career Barrell attended Watford Grammar School for Boys and played for his school team. He went on to study Anthropology at University College London. Barrell made his club debut aged 18 in the 2003–04 Zurich Premiership against the Northampton Saints. Barrell represented the England U19's at the 2005 U19 IRB World Championship. He was a part of the wider England Sevens The England national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games. England's best finish in the Sevens Series is second place, which they have achieved four times, most recently i ... squad in the 2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series. References External linksSaracens profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barrell
John Charles Barrell FBA FEA (born February 1943) is a British scholar of eighteenth and early nineteenth century studies. Early life John Barrell was born in February 1943. He took his first degree at Trinity College, Cambridge, and his PhD at the University of Essex. Career Barrell was a lecturer in the Department of Literature at Essex for four years from 1968. In 1972 he took up a lectureship in the Faculty of English at Cambridge and a fellowship at King's College, Cambridge. He was appointed to a chair in English at the University of Sussex in 1985 and was Professor of English at the University of York from 1993 to 2012, where he was one of the founders of the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies. In January 2013 he became Professor of English at Queen Mary, University of London, and, since January 2016, has been Professor Emeritus there. He has held a British Academy readership and a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship. Research Barrell's main research is within t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Barrell
Bernard Clements Barrell (15 August 1919 – 2 January 2005) was an English musician, music educator and composer. Biography Bernard Barrell was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, and studied at Trinity College of Music, London. He served in World War II and returned to England, where he took various teaching appointments in Hollesley Bay Borstal, Ipswich schools, the Suffolk Rural Music School and the Workers’ Educational Association. He served as conductor of the Woodbridge Orchestra and as an adjudicator for the British Federation of Musical Festivals. He married composer Joyce Howard Gedye. Selected works Orchestra * ''Hommage à Ravel'', Suite for small orchestra, Op.1 (1938) * ''Diversions on an Original Theme'' for string orchestra, Op.2 (1938) * ''Sarabande'' for small orchestra, Op.4 (1939) * ''Four Studies'' for string orchestra, Op.8 (1951) * ''Fugue'' for string orchestra, Op.11 (1954) * ''East Anglian Holiday Overture'', Op.14 (1956) * ''A Carol Prelude'' for string orch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Barrell
Charles "Charlie" Abraham Barrell (2 September 1880 – 14 January 1958) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. Biography Early life and career Barrell was born in Rangiora in 1880. He became a farmer but later found employment with the New Zealand Railways Department and eventually qualified as an engineer. In 1902 he married Annie Jane Malvina Quinlon. He then was the manager of branches of Booth Macdonald and Co., Ltd at New Plymouth, Auckland and Invercargill. He then became the Town Clerk and Harbourmaster at Kawhia in the Waikato. He then left Kawhia and moved to Hamilton. Political career He represented the Hamilton electorate from 1935, when he defeated Sir Alexander Young of the Reform Party. In the , he defeated Albert William Grant of the National Party. In , he was defeated by National's Frank Findlay. He unsuccessfully contested the Hamilton seat again in a 1945 by-election. In 1940 he was appointed a member of the Auckland Harbour Board to fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce Howard Barrell
Joyce Howard Barrell (née Gedye; 26 November 19176 December 1989) was an English composer. She was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, and was educated at Leicester University, studying with Benjamin Burrows and Harold Craxton for piano and Grace Burrows for violin. After completing her studies, Barrell worked as composer and as a guitar teacher and piano accompanist. She married composer Bernard Barrell, Bernard Clements Barrell in 1945. From 1939 until her death she composed about ninety works. She died in Ipswich, England. Selected works Barrell composed mainly chamber music and music for children. Selected works include: *''Dialogues'' for flute and viola da gamba *''Three Fours'' for viola and piano, Op.45 (1986) *''The Hacheston Quintet'' for 2 violins, viola, cello and piano, Op.67a (1988) *''What am I?'', 6 Songs for children's chorus and piano, Op.68 *Serenade for saxophones, Op.92 *''Nightmare'' for soprano, clarinet and piano, Op.93; words by Stephen Coates Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Barrell (died 1679)
Francis Barrell (c. 1627 – 10 September 1679) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1679. Barrell was the son of a Kentish clergyman and became serjeant at law at Rochester. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochester on 16 August 1679 and held the seat until his death later in the year. Barrell was buried in Rochester Cathedral where a monument was erected for him and his wife. Barrell married Anne Somer, daughter of Richard Somer of Clifford's Inn. Anne died in 1707. Their son Francis Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places * Rural M ... was also MP for Rochester. References English MPs 1679 1620s births 1679 deaths {{17thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
