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Bestall
Bestall is an English surname. Notable people with this name include: * John Bestall, Australian field hockey player * Jackie Bestall John Gilbert Bestall, (24 June 1900 – 11 April 1985) was an English international association football, footballer, he also played top-division football and captained Grimsby Town F.C., Grimsby Town, and later managed Doncaster Rovers F.C., D ..., English footballer * Alfred Bestall * Leonard Delabere Bestall * Maysie Bestall-Cohen See also * Besta (other) {{surname English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Bestall
Alfred Edmeades "Fred" Bestall, MBE (14 December 1892 – 15 January 1986) wrote and illustrated ''Rupert Bear'' for the London ''Daily Express'', from 1935 to 1965. Biography Early life Bestall was born in Mandalay, Burma in 1892, where his parents were Methodist missionaries. He and his sister were sent back to England in 1897, and their parents joined them in 1910. As a schoolboy, he attended Rydal Mount school in Colwyn Bay from 1904 to 1911. He won a scholarship to the Birmingham Central School (later College) of Art and later attended the LCC Central School of Arts and Crafts in Camden. He served in World War I as an MT (motor transport) driver in the British Army in Flanders, where he transported troops, ammunition and stores in a range of vehicles including converted double-decker London B-Type buses, often under enemy fire. Professional career Following the war, Bestall finished his studies at the Central School of Art and was hired to illustrate books by Enid Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Bestall
John Gilbert Bestall, (24 June 1900 – 11 April 1985) was an English international association football, footballer, he also played top-division football and captained Grimsby Town F.C., Grimsby Town, and later managed Doncaster Rovers F.C., Doncaster Rovers and Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers. Rotherham County and Rotherham United Bestall made his debut for Rotherham County F.C., Rotherham County towards the end of the 1924-25 in English football, 1924–25 season, playing the last two games. County finished bottom of Football League Third Division North, Division Three (North) that season and merged with Rotherham Town F.C. (1899), Rotherham Town to form the new club, Rotherham United F.C., Rotherham United, that took the place of County in Division Three (North) for 1925-26 in English football, 1925–26. Jackie was an ever-present in the 1925–26 season and in scoring 12 goals he was instrumental in producing much better fortunes. He playing in the first 17 games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maysie Bestall-Cohen
Maysie Bestall-Cohen (born 1945) is a New Zealand retired model and modelling agent and the former organiser and presenter of the Benson & Hedges Fashion Design Awards. Early life Bestall-Cohen grew up in Dublin, Ireland, where her father was a children’s clothing manufacturer. When she was 16, the family moved to New Zealand and settled in Auckland. She attended secretarial college there, and was invited to join a modelling agency by two women she met a party, Winsome Goudie and Mary Bourne. Career Bestall-Cohen's early modelling career included work for the New Zealand Wool Board, Rose Coats, Catalina swimwear and she appeared on the covers of ''Eve, Thursday'' and ''New Zealand Woman’s Weekly'' magazines as well as in the ''Auckland Star'' and the '' New Zealand Herald'' newspapers''.'' She also worked part time in reception and typing positions, such as for photographer Clifton Firth, fashion company Voyageur International and the ANZ Bank. In 1968 Bestall-Cohen and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Delabere Bestall
Leonard Delabere Bestall (21 November 1895 – 22 March 1959) was a New Zealand architect, draper, museum director and benefactor. He was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 21 November 1895. In the 1949 King's Birthday Honours, Bestall was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ... for services to art and music. References 1895 births 1959 deaths New Zealand architects New Zealand philanthropists New Zealand curators New Zealand Members of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century philanthropists {{NewZealand-architect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bestall
John Roderick Bestall (born 25 February 1963) is a former field hockey player from Australia. He competed at both the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ..., winning the silver medal with the Australian team in 1992. External links * Sport-Reference.com/Olympics 1963 births Australian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Australian people {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Besta (other)
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Besta may refer to: * BESTA (e-learning), a brand of Inventec Besta for electronic dictionaries * Inventec Besta, a subsidiary of Inventec * Aleš Besta, Czech footballer * Pavel Besta, Czech footballer * Petra Besta (born 1967), Czech-born Australian handball player See also * Bestall Bestall is an English surname. Notable people with this name include: * John Bestall, Australian field hockey player * Jackie Bestall John Gilbert Bestall, (24 June 1900 – 11 April 1985) was an English international association football, foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
