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Beal (surname)
Beal is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Andrew Beal (born 1952), American billionaire *Arthur Harold Beal (1896–1992), creator of Nitt Witt Ridge *Brandon Beal (born 1983), American singer, songwriter, & producer *Bradley Beal (born 1993), American basketball player * Brea Beal (born 2000), American basketball player * Dana Beal (born 1947), American social and political activist * Ernest Frederick Beal (1885–1918), English war hero, recipient of the Victoria Cross * Foster Ellenborough Lascelles Beal (1840–1916), American ornithologist * Harry Beal (1930–2021), American Navy SEAL * Jack Beal (1931–2013), English painter * James Hartley Beal (1861–1945), Ohio educator, legislator, author, and pharmacist *Jeff Beal (born 1963), American composer *Jeremy Beal (born 1987), American football player *John Beal (actor) (1909–97), American actor *John Beal (composer) (born 1947), American composer *Keith Beal (born 1933), English painter, musician, compose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Beal
Daniel Andrew Beal (born November 29, 1952) is an American banker, businessman, investor, and amateur mathematician. He is a Dallas-based businessman who accumulated wealth in real estate and banking. Born and reared in Lansing, Michigan, Beal is founder and chairman of Beal Bank and Beal Bank USA, as well as other affiliated companies. According to ''Bloomberg Billionaires Index'', Beal has an estimated worth of US$9.49 billion as of December 2021. A number theorist, Beal is also known for the Beal conjecture, a mathematical generalization of Fermat's Last Theorem. He has funded a $1 million standing prize for its proof or disproof. His banks sponsor two annual science and technology fairs affiliated with the International Science & Engineering Fair. Beal participated in some high-stakes poker games in the mid-2000s that were the subject of a book. Early life and education Beal grew up in Lansing, Michigan, where his mother worked in state government, and his father was a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Beal
Keith Francis Arnold Beal (born 22 December 1933) is an English painter, sound engineer, recording engineer and producer, musician and composer, and author. Early years Born on 22 December 1933 in Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire, Beal grew up in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire. After the Second World War, he was sent to Sweden in 1948 to gain strength, staying there for the better part of a year. His formative years were spent in NW London, where he went to school, and in Hamstead, where he explored his interest in painting, which had been instigated in childhood by his painter father. Painting In 1955 Beal spent a year in Paris, aiming to develop his painting skills. On returning to England he found quick success, having an exhibition in a gallery in Bond Street and selling out on the day. Beal has remained actively interested in painting throughout his life. The Miguel de Cervantes novel ''Don Quixote'' has been a recurring inspiration for his paintings. Sound engineer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beale
Beale is an English surname. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in Dorset (6.3 times the British average), followed by Huntingdonshire, Hampshire, Sussex, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Warwickshire, Kent and Surrey. The name Beale may refer to: People *Anthony Beale (born 1967), American politician, alderman in Chicago * Bernard Charles Beale (1830–1910), New Zealand doctor and politician *Charles Lewis Beale (1824–1900), member of U.S. House of Representatives from New York *Daniel Beale (1759–1842), Scottish merchant, brother of Thomas Beale *Dorothea Beale (1831–1906), English teacher, founder of St. Hilda's College, Oxford *Edith Bouvier Beale (1917–2002), American socialite, first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill *Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822–1893), American frontiersman and diplomat * Fleur Beale (born 1945), New Zealand teenage fiction writer best known for her novel ''I am not Esther'' *Gerard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William James Beal
William James Beal (March 11, 1833 – May 12, 1924) was an American botanist. He was a pioneer in the development of hybrid corn and the founder of the W. J. Beal Botanical Garden. Biography Beal was born in Adrian, Michigan, to William and Rachel (Comstock) Beal, His parents were pioneering Quaker settlers/farmers from New York state. Beal grew up in forested land surrounded by native plant and animal life. He married Hannah Proud in 1863. He retired to Amherst, Massachusetts, and died there in 1924. Education He attended the University of Michigan, where he earned an A.B. degree in 1859 and an A.M. degree biology in 1862; he also received an S.B. in botany degree from Harvard University, 1865, an M.S. degree in biology from the University of Chicago, 1875, and a number of honorary degrees. Between 1858 and 1861 he was a teacher of Natural Sciences at Friends Academy at Union Springs, New York."MSU’S ICONIC PROFESSORS" by Bob Bao, ''MSU Alumni'', Spring 2003 Research ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Beal
Scott R. Beal (April 14, 1890 – July 10, 1973) was a film assistant director. Born in Quinnesec, Michigan, he was the son of Frank Beal. He began his career as an actor in 1915, before switching to the other side of the camera the following year. He also occasionally doubled up as a production manager and a cinematographer. As an assistant director, he worked on Tod Browning's ''Dracula'' (1931) and Robert Florey's ''Murders in the Rue Morgue'' (1932). Selected filmography *''Torment'' (1924) *'' Classified'' (1925) *''Her Sister from Paris ''Her Sister from Paris'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film based upon the play ''The Twin Sister'' by Ludwig Fulda. It was directed by Sidney Franklin and stars Constance Talmadge, Ronald Colman, and George K. Arthur. Unlike many silent ...'' (1925); assistant director References External links * * 1890 births 1973 deaths People from Dickinson County, Michigan American male film actors Best Assistant Director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Beal
Samuel Beal (27 November 1825, in Devonport, Devon – 20 August 1889, in Greens Norton, Northamptonshire) was an Oriental scholar, and the first Englishman to translate directly from the Chinese the early records of Buddhism, thus illuminating Indian history. Life and work Samuel Beal was born in Devonport, Devon, and went to Kingswood School and Devonport. He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1847. He was the son of a Wesleyan minister, reverend William Beal; and brother of William Beal and Philip Beal who survived a shipwreck in Kenn Reef. From 1848 to 1850 he was headmaster of Bramham College, Yorkshire. He was ordained deacon in 1850, and priest in the following year. After serving as curate at Brooke in Norfolk and Sopley in Hampshire, he applied for the office of naval chaplain, and was appointed to H.M.S. ''Sybille'' (1847) during the China War of 1856–58. He was chaplain to the Marine Artillery and later to Pembroke and Devonport dockyards 1873–77. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Beal
Sam Beal (born August 30, 1996) is an American football cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football at Western Michigan, and high school football at Ottawa Hills High School. High school career Playing at Ottawa Hills High School in Grand Rapids, Beal started on its varsity football team for three years and played on both sides of the ball. Aside from football, Beal garnered All-American honors his senior year in track and field. He committed to Western Michigan in late July 2014, favoring the college because he lived in Kalamazoo before high school. Beal was a two-star prospect. College career A nose for contact turned Beal to the defensive side of the ball in college. He played as a true freshman in twelve games and logged 55 tackles as a sophomore. A breakout game against USC, which included an interception of Sam Darnold, highlighted Beal's junior season, which was marred by an injury that occurred in regulation of a seven-overtime game against Buffalo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Beal Jr
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Beal
Phil Beal (born 8 January 1945) is an English former association football, footballer who played as a central defender. Career Tottenham Hotspur Beal was born in Godstone, Surrey. He played for Surrey boys and England Youth before signing as an amateur for Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur in 1960 and became a professional at the club in 1962. He made his debut as a defender (association football), defender against Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa in 1963, and went on to make 16 appearances in that season. By the start of the following season Danny Blanchflower had retired with Beal taking on the former Captain (association football), captain's right half position. With the team in transition, he only made eight appearances that season. The versatile player filled a variety of defensive positions and featured in 21 matches in 1965–66, started in 26 games in 1966–67, but did not feature in the 1967 FA Cup Final because of an injury. By the late 1960s he had fully es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Beal
Nicholas David Beal (born 2 December 1970 in Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire) is a rugby union player who played at Fullback for Northampton Saints, England and the Lions. Career Club Beal spent his whole professional career at Northampton Saints, and captained the squad that won the Middlesex Sevens trophy in 2003. He missed out on their victory in the 2000 Heineken Cup Final due to injury. He retired in 2004. International Beal was a part of the England team that won the World Sevens title in 1993. He also joined the 1997 British Lions tour to South Africa. Personal life Beal is married with two sons. He attended Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe where he was schoolmates with Northampton and England teammate Matt Dawson Matthew James Sutherland Dawson, MBE (born 31 October 1972) is an English retired rugby union player who played scrum half for Northampton Saints and then London Wasps. During his international career he toured with the British & Irish Lion .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Beal
Mary Beal (1878–1964) was a pioneering botanist who spent most of her life in Daggett, California, living at the ranch of local judge Dix Van Dyke. Though an amateur botanist, she was praised by Willis Linn Jepson for her excellent botanical specimens, and many of these were kept by the University and Jepson Herbaria to this day. She wrote a regular botany column for the ''Desert Magazine'' from 1939 to 1953. Back issues of this publication are available online today through ''Desert Magazine''. A trail at the Mojave National Preserve commemorates her life and contribution to Mojave Desert botany. Some of her papers are held at the Mojave Desert Heritage and Cultural Association and some of her paintings of Mojave Desert flowers are held at the Mojave River Valley Museum in Barstow, California. Other papers and plant specimens are held at the archives of the University and Jepson Herbaria The University and Jepson Herbaria are two herbaria that share a joint facili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorna Beal
Lorna Beal (; 28 November 1923 – 10 August 2020) was an Australian cricketer. Beal played seven Test matches for the Australia women's cricket team The Australian women's national cricket team (formerly also known as the Southern Stars) represent Australia in international women's cricket. Currently captained by Meg Lanning and coached by Shelley Nitschke, they are the top team in all worl .... Her debut was in 1948 in the first women's Test match between Australia and New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. Her final match was in Australia's 1951 tour to England. She kept wicket in Australia's first seven Test matches following World War II. It was on the 1951 tour that she met her future husband, Roy Beal. She then retired from cricket, and took up golf. Beal was a recipient of an Australian Sports Medal in 2000. References 1923 births 2020 deaths Australia women Test cricketers Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal Cricketers from Melbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
