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Benfield is an English toponymic surname from one or more of the numerous places in England called Benfield or Binfield. Notable people with this name include: * Andrea Benfield (born 1978), English journalist * Christopher Benfield Carter (1844–1906), Canadian politician * Derek Benfield (1926–2009), British playwright and actor * Fred Benfield (1937–2007), Australian rower who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics * John Benfield (1951–2020), British actor, who has appeared in 75 TV episodes or films starting in 1981 * Robert Benfield (died 1649), seventeenth-century actor, longtime member of the ''King's Men'' * Tommy Benfield (1889–1918), English footballer * Warren Benfield (1913–2001), classical double bass player *William Avery Benfield, Jr (1917–1988), Presbyterian minister, charismatic world evangelist See also * Benfield Group, reinsurance and risk intermediary * Benfield School, 11–18 state comprehensive school in Walkergate, Newcastle upon Tyne, Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Name
English names are names used in, or originating in, England. In England as elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a complete name usually consists of a given name, commonly referred to as a first name, and a (most commonly patrilineal) family name or surname, also referred to as a last name. There can be several given names, some of these being often referred to as a second name, or middle name(s). Given names Most given names used in England do not have English derivation. Most traditional names are Hebrew (Daniel, David, Elizabeth, Susan), Greek (Nicholas, Dorothy, George, Helen), Germanic names adopted via the transmission of Old French/Norman (Robert, Richard, Gertrude, Charlotte), or Latin (Adrian, Amelia, Patrick). There remains a limited set of given names which have an actual English derivation (see Anglo-Saxon names); examples include Alfred, Ashley, Edgar, Edmund, Edward, Edwin, Harold and Oswald. A distinctive feature of Anglophone names is the surnames of import ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toponymic Surname
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name."Toponymic Surnames as Evidence of the Origin: Some Medieval Views" , by Benjamin Z. Kedar. This can include specific locations, such as the individual's place of origin, residence, or of lands that they held, or can be more generic, derived from topographic features.Iris Shagir, "The Medieval Evolution of By-naming: Notions from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem", ''In Laudem Hierosolymitani'' (Shagir, Ellenblum & Riley-Smith, eds.), Ashgate Publishing, 2007, pp. 49-59. Toponymic surnames originated as non-hereditary personal s, and only subsequently came to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binfield (other) , a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England
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Binfield is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. Binfield may also refer to: *Binfield F.C., an English football club * Binfield, Isle of Wight, a hamlet on the Isle of Wight People with the surname *Gary Binfield (1966–2008), British swimmer * Ernest Binfield Havell, English arts administrator See also *Binfield Heath Binfield Heath is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, south-southwest of Henley-on-Thames and northeast of Reading on a southern knoll of the Chiltern Hills. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 709. The vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books by decree in 1586, it is the second oldest university press after Cambridge University Press. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics known as the Delegates of the Press, who are appointed by the vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. The Delegates of the Press are led by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as OUP's chief executive and as its major representative on other university bodies. Oxford University Press has had a similar governance structure since the 17th century. The press is located on Walton Street, Oxford, opposite Somerville College, in the inner suburb of Jericho. For the last 500 years, OUP has primarily focused on the publication of pedagogical texts and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Benfield
Andrea Byrne (née Benfield; born 1978) is an English journalist and presenter, currently working for ITV Cymru Wales, where she presents ''Wales at Six'' and ''Wales This Week''. Personal life Born in Guildford, Surrey, Byrne graduated from Southampton University with a degree in English literature, before gaining a postgraduate diploma in journalism at Highbury College, Portsmouth. Latterly, she has gained a political diploma through the Open University. Byrne married Wales rugby player Lee Byrne on 1 January 2012. Byrne took a year-long sabbatical in June 2013, before returning to ITV Cymru Wales to anchor the relaunched ''Wales at Six''. Career Byrne started her journalism and media career as a local radio reporter for Guildford-based County Sound Radio. She then joined local television station MyTV Portsmouth as a reporter, but when the station was forced to lay off staff, she was promoted to news editor at the station. When Portsmouth TV ceased broadcasting she move ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Benfield Carter
Christopher Benfield Carter (30 November 1844 – 9 August 1906) was a Canadian politician. Born in Montreal, the son of Christopher Carter and Amelia Jane Coward, Carter studied at the High School of Montreal, the Commercial Academy of Sorel, and McGill University. He was called to the Bar of Lower Canada in 1866. He was created a Government of Canada Queen's Counsel in 1889 and a Government of Quebec Queen's Counsel in 1899. A practicing lawyer, he was Bâtonnier of the Bar of Montreal from 1897 to 1898 and Bâtonnier of the Province from 1898 to 1899. He was also treasurer of the Canadian Bar Association. He was president of the People's Montreal Building and the Montreal and Sorel Railway. He once ate 4 deviled eggs in 12 seconds at a family picnic. He was a member of the Montreal City Council from 1902 to 1906. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Montréal division no. 5 in 1904 for the Quebec Liberal Party The Quebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Benfield
Derek Benfield (11 March 1926 – 10 March 2009) was a British playwright and actor. He was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, and educated at Bingley Grammar School. He was the author of the stage farce ''Running Riot'' and played Patricia Routledge's character's husband in ''Hetty Wainthropp Investigates'' (1996–1998). Arguably Benfield's best known character portrayal was as transport company foreman Bill Riley in the UK television series '' The Brothers'' in the early 1970s. Before this, he starred as Frank Skinner in the 1970 cult sci-fi series broadcast on UK ITV, '' Timeslip''. Some of his other television roles included Walter Greenhalgh in '' Coronation Street'' (1961–1969), Albert the Clerk in ''Rumpole of the Bailey'' (1978–80), and characters in ''Breakaway'' (1980) and ''First of the Summer Wine'' (1988). His film credits include small roles in '' Crossplot'' (1969), ''I Don't Want to Be Born'' (1975) and '' Lifeforce'' (1985). His plays incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Benfield
Fred Kirkham (born Frederick Angus Benfield; 5 April 1937 – 25 October 2007) was an Australian Olympic medal winning rower, songwriter and judge. Early life Kirkham was born in Leichhardt, New South Wales and attended Newington College (1945–1953). During his adolescence he was known as Fred Benfield but reverted to his mother's maiden name as an adult. Rowing career Kirkham took up rowing at Newington College in Sydney. His senior rowing was with the Sydney Rowing Club. His first and only state appearance for New South Wales was in the three seat of the senior men's eight which contested and were runners-up for the King's Cup at the 1956 Australian Interstate Regatta. In 1956 for the Melbourne Olympics the winning King's Cup Victorian eight was selected as the Australian men's eight excepting for Kirkham in the three seat from New South Wales. Kirkham rowed in the Australian eight in their Olympic campaign to a thrilling final where the Australian eight took it to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Benfield
Jonathan Edmund Fulford "John" Turner (9 November 1951 – 16 June 2020), better known by his stage name John Benfield, was a British character actor. Biography Benfield appeared in 75 television episodes or films starting in 1981 with small parts in BBC drama adaptations, such as ''The Winter's Tale'' and ''The Day of the Triffids''. Benfield lived in Oxfordshire with his wife, Lilian. They had one son. He died of sarcoma in June 2020 at the age of 68. Filmography Film *''Breakout'' (1984) as Minder *''Whoops Apocalypse'' (1986) as Secret Service Agent *'' Buster'' (1988) as Jimmy *'' Hidden Agenda'' (1990) as Maxwell *''In the Name of the Father'' (1993) as Chief Prison Officer Barker *'' Beautiful Thing'' (1996) as Rodney Barr *'' 101 Dalmatians'' (1996) as Doorman *''Owd Bob'' (1998) as Blake *''Cousin Bette'' (1998) as Dr. Bianchon *'' You're Dead'' (1999) as Badger *''24 Hours in London'' (2000) as Insp. Duggan *''Lover's Prayer'' (2001) as Nirmansky *''Endgame'' (2001) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Benfield
Robert Benfield (died July 1649) was a seventeenth-century actor, noted for his longtime membership in the King's Men in the years and decades after William Shakespeare's retirement and death. Nothing is known of Benfield's early life. He was most likely with the Lady Elizabeth's Men in 1613, and acted in their productions of Fletcher's ''The Coxcomb'' and the Fletcher/Massinger play ''The Honest Man's Fortune'' in that year. Benfield soon joined the King's Men, possibly to replace William Ostler, who died unexpectedly in December 1614. He acted in the company's production of John Webster's ''The Duchess of Malfi'' c. 1621. He was a shareholder in the company by 1619, when he is listed in the renewed patent for the King's Men issued in that year. Benfield also eventually became a sharer in both the Globe and Blackfriars theatres, but only after a conflict: in 1635 he was one of three King's Men (the others were Thomas Pollard and Eliard Swanston) who petitioned the Lord Chamber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Benfield
Thomas Charles Benfield (1889 – 19 September 1918) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Leicester Fosse and Derby County as a forward. Career An outside right and inside forward, Benfield played for local Leicester clubs before Second Division Leicester Fosse bought him out of the Army for £25 in July 1910. Over the course of the following four seasons he made 111 appearances, scored 23 goals and was notable for scoring the first goal scored at Arsenal Stadium on 6 September 1913. Benfield moved to local newly relegated Second Division rivals Derby County in June 1914 and had an excellent 1914–15 season, scoring 15 goals (including a brace in a 6–0 away win over Leicester Fosse on 28 December 1914) and helping the Rams to immediate promotion back to the First Division. The suspension of competitive football at the end of the 1914–15 season brought Benfield's professional career to an end, but he remained with the club and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Benfield
Warren A. Benfield (February 12, 1913 – July 8, 2001) was a classical double bass player. He enjoyed a long career in the bass section of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and was professor at Northwestern University. Studies and orchestral career Warren Benfield was a student of Anton Torello at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. Benfield joined the bass section of the Minneapolis Symphony, becoming its youngest member in 1934. He also played as principal bass in the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra before joining the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1942. He played for a short while as co-principal, sharing the position with fellow Torello pupil Roger Scott,Kupferberg, Herbert. Those Fabulous Philadelphians: the life and times of a great orchestra. London: W. H. Allen, 1970. Print. before being appointed principal bass of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra by Rafael Kubelik in 1949. Kubelik's presence in Chicago was not a long one, and Benfield was eventually fired, forcing him to aud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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