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Blyth (surname)
Blyth is a surname of Scottish origin. It is derived from the Old English pre 7th Century "blithe", meaning a happy or cheerful person. Notable people with the surname include: *Alan Blyth (1929–2007), English musicologist * Alan Blyth (artist) (c. 1921 – 1953), English painter *Ann Blyth (born 1928), American actress *Sir Arthur Blyth (1823–1890), thrice Premier of South Australia * Benjamin Blyth (1819–1866), Scottish civil engineer *Benjamin Blyth II (1849–1917), son of the above, also a civil engineer * Bob Blyth (1870–1941), Scottish football player and manager *Chay Blyth (born 1940), Scottish yachtsman *Edward Blyth (1810–1873), English zoologist *Gavin Blyth (1969–2010), English television producer and journalist *George Blyth (died 1914), Anglican Bishop * James Blyth (1839-1906), Scottish electrical engineer *James Blyth, 1st Baron Blyth (1841–1925), British businessman *Sir James Blyth, Baron Blyth of Rowington (born 1940), British businessman *Jim Bly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Blyth
Geoffrey Alan Blyth (27 July 1929 – 14 August 2007) was an English music critic, author, and musicologist who was particularly known for his writings within the field of opera. He was a specialist on singers and singing. Born in London, Blyth's earliest musical experiences were at Rugby School. He attended the music lectures of Professor Jack Westrup. After graduation from Pembroke College, Oxford, where he read history, he returned to London and worked in journalism and publishing. He wrote reviews, interviews and obituaries for ''The Times'' and for '' Gramophone''. He was a long-time contributor to the British magazine ''Opera''.Baker, Janet, and Max Loppert. "Alan Blyth, 1929–2007", ''Opera Magazine'' (2007): 1168–1171. Articles * * References *C. Mackenzie. "Tribute: Alan Blyth", ''The Gramophone ''Gramophone'' is a magazine published monthly in London, devoted to classical music, particularly to reviews of recordings. It was founded in 1923 by the Scot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Blyth, Baron Blyth Of Rowington
James Blyth, Baron Blyth of Rowington (born 8 May 1940) is a British businessman. Early life The son of Daniel Blyth and Jane Power Carlton, Blyth was educated at Spier's School, Beith, and the University of Glasgow, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in history in 1963. Career Blyth worked for Mobil Oil from 1963 to 1969, for General Foods from 1969 to 1971 and for Mars Foods from 1971 to 1974. Between 1974 and 1977, he was general manager of Lucas Batteries and between 1977 and 1981 general manager of Lucas Aerospace. He was also director of the Imperial Group from 1984 to 1986, managing director of Plessey Electronic Systems in 1985 and 1986, and managing director of the Plessey Company in 1986 and 1987. Blyth was a director of Cadbury-Schweppes between 1986 and 1990, of British Aerospace between 1990 and 1994, and of NatWest between 1998 and 2000. In 1981, Blyth became head of defence sales for the Ministry of Defence, a post he h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blythe (surname)
Blythe is an English surname. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 58.1% of all known bearers of the surname ''Blythe'' were residents of the United States (frequency 1:32,907), 24.0% of England (1:12,271), 6.1% of Australia (1:20,745), 3.3% of Canada (1:58,971), 2.4% of Jamaica (1:6,454), 1.3% of Scotland (1:21,333) and 1.1% of New Zealand (1:22,751). In England, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:12,271) in the following counties: * 1. Cumbria (1:4,362) * 2. Tyne and Wear (1:4,908) * 3. Cheshire (1:5,072) * 4. Northumberland (1:5,876) * 5. North Yorkshire (1:6,261) * 6. County Durham (1:6,465) * 7. Lincolnshire (1:6,820) * 8. Nottinghamshire (1:7,757) * 9. Norfolk (1:8,388) * 10. East Riding of Yorkshire (1:8,392) * 11. South Yorkshire (1:8,427) * 12. Kent (1:8,515) * 13. Rutland (1:9,486) * 14. West Yorkshire (1:9,976) * 15. Merseyside (1:10,365) * 16. Gloucestershire (1:10,496) * 17. Cambridgeshire (1:10,878) * 18. East Sussex (1:11,379) * 19. Leicestersh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Blyth
Tom Keir Blyth (born 2 February 1995) is an English actor. His films include '' Scott and Sid'' (2018) and ''Benediction'' (2021). He stars as the titular character of the Epix series ''Billy the Kid'' (2022), and will star in ''The Hunger Games'' prequel, '' The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes'' as President Coriolanus Snow. Early life and education Blyth was born in Birmingham and grew up in Woodthorpe, a suburb of Nottingham. He is the son of producer Gavin Blyth, who passed away when Tom was 15. Blyth attended Arnold Hill Academy and Bilborough College. His mother Charlotte, a careers counselor, signed him up for drama classes at the Television Workshop. He also joined the National Youth Theatre. He went on to train at the Juilliard School in New York City, as had been his dream, graduating in 2020. Career Blyth began his career with small supporting roles in the 2010 films ''Robin Hood'' and '' Pelican Blood''. In 2018, Blyth starred opposite Richard Maso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Henderson Blyth
Robert Henderson Blyth (21 May 1919 – 18 May 1970) was a Scottish landscape painter and artist. Life and work Blyth was born in the Newlands area of Glasgow and studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1934 to 1939. Blyth joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1941 and served with them until the end of the Second World War. During the war Blyth continued to paint and sketch, whilst on active service in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Four paintings from this period were acquired by the War Artists' Advisory Committee. Towards the end of the conflict Blyth's unit, 157 Ambulance, was based in Hamburg much of which had been devastated by RAF bombing raids in 1943. Blyth used the background of a destroyed city in his most famous painting, ''In the Image of Man''. Painted after the war ended the painting's title parodies the Judeo-Christian concept of man made in the image of God and shows a city in ruins behind a bomb damaged crucifix. In 1945 Blyth won the Guthrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Horace Blyth
Reginald Horace Blyth (3 December 1898–28 October 1964) was an English writer and devotee of Japanese culture. He is most famous for his writings on Zen and on haiku poetry. Early life Blyth was born in Essex, England, the son of a railway clerk. He was the only child of Horace and Henrietta Blyth. He attended Cleveland Road Primary School, in Ilford, then the County High School (later Ilford County High School). In 1916, at the height of World War I, he was imprisoned at Wormwood Scrubs, as a conscientious objector, before working on the Home Office Scheme at Princetown Work Centre in the former and future Dartmoor Prison. After the war he attended the University of London, where he read English and from which he graduated in 1923, with honours. He adopted a vegetarian lifestyle which he maintained throughout his life. Blyth played the flute, made musical instruments, and taught himself several European languages. He was particularly fond of the music of J.S. Bach. In 1924, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Blyth
Mark McGann Blyth (born 29 September 1967) is a Scottish-American political scientist. He is currently the William R. Rhodes Professor of International Economics and Professor of International and Public Affairs at Brown University. At Brown, Blyth additionally directs the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. Early life Blyth grew up in Dundee, Scotland and was raised by his grandmother after his mother died shortly after child birth. He played bass in rock bands and noted in an interview that "I was a musician from age 14 to 28. I've released five or six albums, but all with independent labels that never went anywhere. If they had, I wouldn't be here. I'd be lying on a beach with Heidi Klum." In 1991, Blyth received a Walker Bequest award from the University of Strathclyde and a Scottish International Educational Trust Award for Study in the United States. He eventually became a US citi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Blyth
Leonard Grist Blyth (20 November 1920 – 24 June 1995) was a Welsh international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Swansea. He captained Swansea and played in three international games for Wales which saw him become a Grand Slam winner. Rugby career Blyth was captain of Swansea during the 1951/52 season and led his team against the touring South Africans on 15 December 1951. Seven days later, Blyth was awarded his first international cap when he was chosen as a flanker to face the South Africans for the Welsh national team. Wales were narrowly beaten and Blyth found himself selected for the opening game of the 1952 Five Nations Championship The 1952 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-third series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-eighth series of the northern hemisphere rugb .... Blyth played against England and Scotland before losing his position for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blyth (bishop)
John Blyth or John Blythe (before 1460 – 23 August 1499) was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury. Blyth was Archdeacon of Richmond from 1485 to 1493Jones Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond' and was Master of the Rolls 5 May 149213 February 1494. He was nominated to Salisbury on 13 November 1493 and consecrated on 23 February 1494, serving until his death five-and-a-half years later, on 23 August 1499.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 271 His brother Geoffrey was Bishop of Lichfield The Bishop of Lichfield is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers 4,516 km2 (1,744 sq. mi.) of the counties of Powys, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and West Mi .... Notes * * References 15th-century births 1499 deaths Bishops of Salisbury 15th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Clergy f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Blyth (footballer, Born 1955)
James Anton Blyth (born 2 February 1955) is a Scottish football goalkeeper and coach. He played for Preston North End, Coventry City, Hereford United, Birmingham City and Nuneaton Borough. Blyth also represented Scotland twice and was selected for their 1978 FIFA World Cup squad. He has since worked for Coventry City, Celtic and Middlesbrough as a goalkeeping coach. Playing career Blyth played for Coventry City from 1972 to 1982, making 151 league appearances. His ability led to a proposed £440,000 transfer to Manchester United in 1979 which failed to go through when he failed a medical on a suspect back. This move would have made him the world's most expensive goalkeeper. He earned two caps for the Scotland national football team, and was Scotland's second-choice goalkeeper at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. The 1977–78 season saw Jim playing in Coventry's most exciting top-flight team. A side containing Mick Ferguson, Ian Wallace, Terry Yorath, Graham Oakey, Bobby McDonald and T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Blyth (footballer, Born 1911)
James Banes Blyth (9 August 1911 – 1979) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Newtongrange, Arniston Rangers, Tottenham Hotspur, Hull City, Heart of Midlothian, Falkirk and St Johnstone. Football career After spells with junior clubs Newtongrange and Armiston Rangers, Blyth joined Tottenham Hotspur in 1936. The centre half featured in 11 matches in his time at White Hart Lane. He moved on to Hull City in 1937 to play in a further 72 matches before having spells at Heart of Midlothian, Falkirk (loan), St Johnstone and Forfar Athletic Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League and currently play in Scottish League Two. They play their home games a .... References 1911 births 1979 deaths Scottish men's footballers Footballers from Midlothian Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players Heart of Midlothian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Blyth (footballer, Born 1890)
James Cameron Blyth (born 27 November 1890) was a Scottish footballer who played for Dumbarton Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990. Dumbarton was the ca .... References 1890 births 20th-century deaths Year of death missing Scottish men's footballers Dumbarton F.C. players Scottish Football League players Men's association football players not categorized by position People from Govanhill and Crosshill {{Scotland-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
