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Boys (surname)
Boys is the surname of: * C. V. Boys (1845–1944), English physicist *Daniel Boys (born March 26, 1979) English musical theater actor * David Boys (died 1461), English theologian * David Boys (Scrabble), Canadian Scrabble player, 1995 world champion * Edward Boys (other) * Frank Boys (1918–2003), English cricketer * John Boys (other) * Richard Boys (other) * S. Francis Boys (1911–1972), English theoretical chemist * Thomas Boys (1792–1880), theologian and antiquary * Thomas Shotter Boys (1803–1874), water-colour painter * William Boys (other) See also * Joseph Beuys (1921–1986), German artist {{surname, Boys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Boys
David Boys or Boschus (died 1461), Carmelite, was educated at Oxford University, and lectured in theology at that university; he also visited for purposes of study the University of Cambridge and several foreign universities. He became head of the Carmelite community at Gloucester, and died there in the year 1461. The following are the titles of works written by Boys: 1. ''De duplici hominis immortalitate.'' 2. ''Adversus Agarenos.'' 3. ''Contra varios Gentilium Ritus.'' 4. ''De Spiritus Doctrina.'' 5. ''De vera Innocentia.'' References Carmelites 15th-century English clergy 15th-century English writers English theologians 1461 deaths Year of birth missing {{middleages-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Boys (Scrabble)
David Boys is a top Canadian ''Scrabble'' expert. He won the World Scrabble Championship (WSC) in London, UK, in 1995, and the Canadian Scrabble Championship in 2003. He also finished third in the WSC in both 1991 and 1999. In 1996 and again in 2007, he lost a match to a computer. His competitive career began in 1986. He has played in over 1,800 tournament games, winning about 67%, and has earned over $40,000 in prize money. Boys is married and lives with his wife, his son Alex and two daughters, Evelyn and Rebecca in Dorval Dorval () is an on-island suburban city on the island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. In 2016, the Canadian Census indicated that the population increased by 4.2% to 18,980. Although the city has the largest surface area in Montré ..., Quebec, Canada and works as a programmer analyst. References External links * Canadian Scrabble players World Scrabble Championship winners Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Boys (other)
Edward Boys may refer to: *Sir Edward Boys (MP) (1579–1646), MP for Fowey, Christchurch, Sandwich and Dover * Edward Boys (Royal Navy officer) (1785–1866), English sea captain *Edward James Boys Edward James Boys (19 September 1916 – 1 July 2002) was a leading authority on the men of the cavalry regiments of the British Army who took part in the famous Charge of the Light Brigade of 1854 during the Crimean War of 1854-56 between ... (1916–2002), English military author * Edward Boys (priest) (1599–1667), English divine and author of sermons * Edward's Boys, a youth theatre group run by Perry Mills See also * Edward Boyse (1923–2007), British-born, American physician and biologist {{hndis, Boys, Edward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Boys
Frank Cecil Boys (21 June 1918 − 27 March 2003) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer. Life, naval career and first-class cricket Boys was born at Kensington and was educated at Dartmouth Naval College, graduating into the Royal Navy shortly before Second World War. He was promoted to the rank of sub-lieutenant in February 1939, with seniority antedated to May 1938. He served in the navy in the war, during which he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in May 1940. In the later stages of the war he was mentioned in dispatches in November 1944 and December 1945. Following the war, Boys made his debut in first-class cricket for the Combined Services cricket team against the touring South Africans at Portsmouth in 1947. He played first-class cricket for the Combined Services until 1951, making seven appearances. He scored a total of 273 runs in his seven first-class matches, at an average of 21.00. His highest score of 84 came against Essex in 1950. His per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Boys (other)
John Boys may refer to: Politicians * John Boys (fl. 1388), MP for Plympton Erle (UK Parliament constituency) *John Boys (died 1447), MP for Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency) and Hampshire *John Boys (died 1612), MP for Canterbury, Sandwich and Midhurst *John Boys (died 1533), MP for Sandwich (UK Parliament constituency) *John Boys (Parliamentarian) (c. 1607–1678), MP for Kent Religion *John Boys (priest) (1571–1625), Dean of Canterbury, 1619–1625 *John Boys (bishop) (1897–1965), Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman, 1951–1960 Translators *John Bois (1560–1643), also spelt John Boys, English translator *John Boys (classicist) (1614?–1661), English translator of Virgil Others *John Boys (Royalist) (1607–1664), military commander * John Boys (agriculturalist) (1749–1824), agriculturist * John Boys (cricketer) (1856–1883), English cricketer See also * John Boyes (other) *John Boy and Billy John Isley (born August 15, 1956) and Billy James (born August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Boys (other)
Richard Boys may refer to: * Richard Boys (priest) (1783–1866), Church of England clergyman and author * Richard Boys (cricketer) Richard Boys (17 June 1849 – 4 January 1896) was an English cricketer active in 1877 who played for Lancashire. He was born in Aberdour, Fife and died in Burnley. He appeared in one first-class match as a righthanded batsman In cricke ... (1849–1896), English cricketer * Richard James Boys (1930–2019), British statistician {{hndis, Boys, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Boys
Thomas Boys (1792–1880) was an Anglican priest and theologian. Life His father was Rear-admiral Thomas Boys of Kent. He was born at Sandwich, Kent, and educated at Tonbridge Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge. The failure of his health from over-study prevented his taking more than the ordinary degrees (B.A. 1813, M.A. 1817), and, finding an active life necessary to him, he entered the army with a view to becoming a military chaplain, was attached to the military chest in the Peninsula under Wellington in 1813, and was wounded at the battle of Toulouse in three places, gaining the Peninsular Medal. He was ordained deacon in 1816, and priest in 1822. He established a reputation as a Hebrew scholar, being teacher of Hebrew to Jews at the college, Hackney, from 1830 to 1832, and professor of Hebrew at the Missionary College, Islington, in 1836. While holding this last post, he revised Deodati's Italian Bible, and also the Arabic Bible. Boys also made a translation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Shotter Boys
Thomas Shotter Boys (1803–1874) was an English watercolour painter and lithographer. Life Boys was born at Pentonville, London, on 2 January 1803. He was articled to the engraver George Cooke. When his apprenticeship came to an end he went to Paris where he met and came under the influence of Richard Parkes Bonington, who persuaded him to abandon engraving for painting. Some sources describe him as a pupil of Bonington, although William Callow, who later shared a studio with him in Paris, disputed this. He exhibited at the Royal Academy for the first time in 1824, and in Paris in 1827. In 1830 he went to Brussels, but returned to England on the outbreak of the revolution there. Paying another visit to Paris, he remained there until 1837, and then returned to England in order to lithograph the works of David Roberts and Clarkson Stanfield. His most important work, ''Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen, etc.'', a collection of colour lithographs, appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Boys (other)
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William Boys may refer to: * William Boys (MP) (1541–1596), English politician, member of parliament for Queenborough * William Boys (surgeon) (1735–1803), English surgeon and topographer * William Alves Boys (1868–1938), Canadian politician and barrister * William Boys (Royal Navy officer) (1700–1774) * William Boys, one of the Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1856–1861 This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the inaugural 1856 elections and the 1861 elections. Notes : In January 1857, William Crooke, the member for Franklin, resigned. John Balfe won the resulting by-election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
