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Beckles is a surname of English origin, derived from the market town of Beccles in Suffolk. People with the surname include: * Albert Beckles (born 1930), American bodybuilder * Edward Beckles (1816–1902), Barbadian clergyman * Sir Hilary Beckles (born 1955), Barbadian academic * Ian Beckles (born 1967), Canadian player of American football * Kanika Beckles (born 1991), Trinidadian sprinter * Kierre Beckles (born 1990), Barbadian athlete * Mark Beckles (born 1964), Canadian insurance broker and political candidate * Pennelope Beckles (born 1961), Trinidadian politician * Samuel Beckles (1814–1890), English dinosaur hunter * Yolande Beckles Yolande Beckles is a British educationalist and businesswoman. She founded Global Graduates in 1998, a company aimed at raising the aspirations of, and teaching soft skills to mainly ethnic minority children, but not solely made up from ethnic ... (born 1962), British educator {{surname English toponymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beccles
Beccles ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . The town is shown on the milestone as from London via the A145 and A12 roads, north-east of London as the crow flies, south-east of Norwich and north-northeast of the county town of Ipswich. Nearby towns include Lowestoft to the east and Great Yarmouth to the north-east. The town lies on the River Waveney on the edge of The Broads National Park. It had a population at the 2011 census of 10,123. Worlingham is a suburb of Beccles; the combined population is 13,868. Beccles twinned with Petit-Couronne in France in 1978. History The name is conjectured to be derived from Becc-Liss* (Brittonic=Small-court). However, also offered is Bece-laes* (Old English=Meadow by Stream), as well as a contraction of ''Beata Ecclesia'', the name of the Christian temple erected c. 960 by the monks of the monastery of Bury. Once a flourishing Anglian riverport, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suffolk
Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowestoft, Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket, and Felixstowe which has one of the largest container ports in Europe. The county is low-lying but can be quite hilly, especially towards the west. It is also known for its extensive farming and has largely arable land with the wetlands of the Broads in the north. The Suffolk Coast & Heaths and Dedham Vale are both nationally designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. History Administration The Anglo-Saxon settlement of Suffolk, and East Anglia generally, occurred on a large scale, possibly following a period of depopulation by the previous inhabitants, the Romanised descendants of the Iceni. By the fifth century, they had established control of the region. The Anglo-Saxon inhabitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Beckles
Albert "Al" Beckles (born July 14, 1930, as stated by Albert himself on John Hansen’s Bodybuilding Legends podcast) is a former IFBB pro bodybuilder and Mr. Universe. He is a three-time New York City ‘Night of Champions’ winner. He is celebrated for being competitive at the top level in his fifties. Bodybuilding career Beckles was born in Barbados but immigrated to London. In the mid-1960s, he won several British regional titles before winning the 1969 and 1970 NABBA Mr. Britain titles. In 1971, Beckles joined the IFBB, earning the overall at the IFBB "Mr. Universe." Beckles was one of the most active participants in bodybuilding history, having been in over 100 contests. In 1982, at the age of 52, he won the Night of Champions competition in New York. Beckles’ 13 forays into the IFBB Mr. Olympia have yielded six placings among the top five, including coming second to Lee Haney in 1985 at the age of 55. In 1991, at the age of 61 years, he won the Niagara Falls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Beckles
Edward Hyndman Beckles (1816 – 5 December 1902) was the Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone from 1860 until 1869. Beckles was born in Barbados in 1816, educated at Codrington College Barbados, ordained deacon in 1843 and priest in 1844. He started as curate of Holy Trinity, Port of Spain, then served for six years at St. Michael, Diego Martin, Trinidad, where he was also chaplain to the forces. After a brief period in the United Kingdom, where he was curate of London-churches in Mile End and Lisson Grove, he returned to the West Indies in 1853 as rector of St Peter's, Saint Kitts. He was nominated Bishop of Sierra Leone in 1860, but resigned in 1869 and moved to the United Kingdom. After resigning his episcopal see he was Minister of Berkeley Chapel, Mayfair, Rector of Wootton, Kent and finally Vicar of St Peter, Bethnal Green from 1873. At some point he gained a Doctorate of Divinity A Doctor of Divinity (D.D. or DDiv; la, Doctor Divinitatis) is the holder of an advanced acad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilary Beckles
Sir Hilary McDonald Beckles KA (born 11 August 1955) is a Barbadian historian. He is the current vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission. Educated at the University of Hull in England, Beckles began his academic career at UWI, and was granted a personal professorship at the age of 37, becoming the youngest in the university's history. He was named pro-vice-chancellor and chairman of UWI's Board for Undergraduate Studies in 1998, and in 2002 was named principal of the university's Cave Hill campus. Although his focus has mainly been on Afro-Caribbean history, especially the economic and social impacts of colonialism and the Atlantic slave trade, Beckles has also had a longstanding involvement with West Indian cricket, and has previously served on the board of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). Biography Early life Beckles was born in Barbados, and began his secondary education at Coleridge and Parry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Beckles
Ian Harold Beckles (born July 20, 1967) is a Canadian former American football Guard who played nine seasons in the NFL. Beckles was the co-host of the highly-rated ''Beckles and Recher Show'' on iHeartMedia, Inc.'s WDAE (620 AM and 95.3 FM) in Tampa, Florida. Beckles was the host of his own program (The Ian Beckles Show) on 102.5 The Bone on Sundays from 11-1 p.m. Early Years to College Beckles' family emigrated to Canada in 1964. His mother (who passed in early 2009) was native of Guyana, while his father hails from Trinidad. Beckles grew up with his mother in a single-parent home in Montreal and played hockey and baseball as a youth (among his friends was future NFL fullback and Buc teammate Alonzo Highsmith). However, after playing football in high school, Beckles excelled and went on to play junior college football at Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa, earning all-conference honors as a sophomore. Beckles later transferred to Indiana, and became a standout guard durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanika Beckles
Kanika Alana Beckles (born 3 October 1991, in Saint Joseph) is a Trinidadian-born Grenadian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She represented Grenada at the 2012 Summer Olympics but did not start. She reached the semifinals of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, after missing large parts of the 2012 and 2013 seasons with a torn hamstring and ACL surgery. At the 2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ... she represented Grenada but placed fifth in her heat with a time 52.41 Seconds (a season's best) and with an overall ranking of 32nd. She did not advance to the semifinals. Competition record References 1991 births Living people Grenadian female sprinters Texas A&M Aggies women's track and field athletes Immigrants to Grenada Trinid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kierre Beckles
Kierre Kamille Beckles (born 21 May 1990) is a Barbadian athlete specializing in the 100 metres hurdles. She competed at the 2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ... and 2013 World Championships failing to advance to the semi-finals on both occasions. Personal bests Her personal bests of 13.01 (100 m hurdles) from 2011 and 8.11 (60 m hurdles) from 2012 are the current Barbadian records. Competition record 1: Did not finish in the final, References External links * 1990 births Living people Barbadian female hurdlers Commonwealth Games competitors for Barbados Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Pan American Games competitors for Barbados Athletes (track and field) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Beckles
The 2007 Ontario general election took place on Wednesday, October 10, 2007. The list of candidates was finalized by Elections Ontario on September 19, 2007. Candidates by party * Liberal Party candidates, 2007 Ontario provincial election * Progressive Conservative Party candidates, 2007 Ontario provincial election * Ontario New Democratic Party candidates, 2007 Ontario provincial election * Green Party candidates, 2007 Ontario provincial election * Family Coalition Party candidates, 2007 Ontario provincial election * Libertarian Party candidates, 2007 Ontario provincial election * Freedom Party candidates, 2007 Ontario provincial election Candidates by region Ottawa , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Carleton—Mississippi Mills , , Megan Cornell 16 776 (31.93%) , , , Norm Sterling 25 126 (47.83%) , , Michael Hadskis 4 002 (7.62%) , , John Ogilvie 5 517 (10.50%) , , Reynolds James 419 (0.80%) , , Rob Alexander (Libert) 693 (1.32%) , , , Norm Sterling , - , bgcolor=whitesmok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennelope Beckles
Pennelope Althea Beckles-Robinson (born 12 September 1961) is a Trinidad and Tobago attorney and politician. She has served as a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for Arima since the 2020 general election. She is the current Minister of Planning and Development. Previously she was the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Early life and education Beckles was born on 12 September 1961 in Borde Narve Village, three months before parliament history was created in Trinidad and Tobago growing up without electricity or running water. Her father, Lionel Beckles, worked for the Oilfield Workers' Trade Union and she has four brothers and one sister. She attended St Raphael's Grade School and St Joseph's Convent, San Fernando. She graduated from the University of the West Indies, Barbados and Hugh Wooding Law School. Career Beckles has practised as an attorney since 1988, attached to the Chambers of Theodore R Guerra and Associates. Beckles first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Beckles
Samuel Husbands Beckles (12 April 1814, in Barbados – 4 September 1890, in Hastings) was a Bajan/English 19th-century lawyer, turned dinosaur hunter, who collected remains in Sussex and the Isle of Wight. In 1854 he described bird-like trackways that he thought could have been made by dinosaurs, which he later identified as probably those of ''Iguanodon'' in 1862. In 1857, following the discovery of a mammal jaw at Durlston Bay, he directed a major excavation that became known as 'Beckles' Pit', removing five metres of overburden over a 600 square metre area, one of the largest ever scientific excavations. The collection of mammal fossils that resulted is now mainly held at the Natural History Museum. He discovered the small herbivorous dinosaur '' Echinodon''. The only known species ''Echinodon becklesii'', the mammal '' Plagiaulax becklesii'' and the dinosaur '' Becklespinax'' were named in his honour (although the last of these is now known as '' Altispinax''). Early life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolande Beckles
Yolande Beckles is a British educationalist and businesswoman. She founded Global Graduates in 1998, a company aimed at raising the aspirations of, and teaching soft skills to mainly ethnic minority children, but not solely made up from ethnic minority children. Global Graduates collapsed in 2003. After this, debts were left unpaid and at least nineteen County Court judgments were lodged against her. In 2006, she starred in a three-part documentary series called Don't Mess with Miss Beckles which was aired on BBC Two. In it, she tried to motivate three secondary school children (one per episode) to achieve more in their academic life. The reaction to the show in the media was polarised, with some praising her message of parental involvement in a child's learning, while others suggested that the show was exploitative and that her approach was misguided. One of the parents featured in the show subsequently spoke out about Beckles's 'wholly inappropriate' behaviour. The scr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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