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Beavan
Beavan is a surname of Welsh origin, meaning "son of Evan". Notable people with the surname include: *Blake Beavan (born 1989), American professional baseball player *Colin Beavan (born 1963), American non-fiction writer and internet blogger *Charles Beavan (1805–1884), British barrister and law reporter * George Beavan (born 1990), English footballer *Jenny Beavan (born 1950), English costume designer *John Beavan, Baron Ardwick (1910–1994), British journalist * Margaret Beavan (1877–1931), English politician, Lord Mayor of Liverpool *Ray Beavan, Australian rugby player *Robert Cecil Beavan (1841–1870), British soldier and ornithologist *Sean Beavan, American record producer See also * Beavan's Hill, village in Herefordshire, England * Beaven *Bevan Bevan is a name of Welsh origin, derived from ab Ifan meaning "son of Evan" (Ifan being a variant of Ieuan, the Welsh equivalent of John). Notable people with the name include: First name * Bevan Congdon (1938–2018), New Ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Beavan
Blake William Beavan (born January 17, 1989) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. A first-round draft pick in the 2007 MLB Draft by the Texas Rangers, Beavan was traded to the Seattle Mariners in 2010 in a package of prospects for Cliff Lee. In 2011, he made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Mariners. Early life Beavan began playing baseball at the age of 5 in the Irving Boys Baseball Association. Career Amateur career Beavan attended Irving High School in Irving, Texas. He was voted the district's freshman of the year in 2004. In 2006, his junior season, he led Irving to the playoffs for the first time since 1999. He had the lowest earned run average (ERA), 0.36, in Class 5A. That year, he played for the United States junior national baseball team and competed in the 2006 World Junior Baseball Championship. He also won ''Baseball America''s 2006 Youth Player of the Year award, as the United States won the silver medal. In 2007, his senior seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Beavan
Charles Beavan (1805-1884) was a British barrister and law reporter. He was born in March 1805, the son of Hugh Beavan of Llowes, Radnorshire and educated at Aldenham and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, graduating 22nd wrangler in 1829, B.A. in 1829, and M.A. in 1832. He became a barrister of the Middle Temple on 25 June 1830, and a bencher on 6 May 1873. He practised in Chancery courts and was an official examiner of Court of Chancery from June 1866 to January 1884 when that office was abolished. He was author of ''Reports of cases in Chancery argued and determined in the Rolls Court'' (1840–69), published in 36 volumes, the longest series of authorized reports ever published.Frederic Boase. Modern English Biography. Volume 1. Page 213Google Books/ref> He died at 91 St. George's Road, Pimlico, London on 18 June 1884. On 21 June 1884, the Solicitors Journal said that Beavan 'might probably claim the distinction of being in legal circles and publications the "most mention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Beavan
Jenny Beavan, OBE (born 1950) is an English costume designer. She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design eleven times, winning three awards for the movies ''A Room With A View'' (1985) (for which she shared an award with John Bright), '' Mad Max: Fury Road'' (2015), and '' Cruella '' (2021). She has also been nominated nine times for a BAFTA Award, winning four awards for ''A Room With A View'', ''Gosford Park'' (2001), ''Mad Max: Fury Road'', and ''Cruella''. Beavan also received a Tony Award nomination for Best Costume Design for the play ''Private Lives''. Early life Beavan was born in London, England. Her father was a cellist, and her mother a viola player. She credits them for instilling a strong work ethic. She also has a sister. Career Jenny Beavan is known for her work on Merchant Ivory films. In the 1970s, she worked on set design for London theatrical productions. She joined the field of film costume design after obtaining an unpaid posi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Beavan
Sean Beavan is a musician, record producer, and audio engineer best known for his work with Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Guns N' Roses, God Lives Underwater, and Slayer. His production style is typically heavy, with heavily saturated guitars, but his work is diverse and wide-ranging as exemplified by bands like No Doubt to System of a Down, to indie bands like Thrice, Envy on the Coast, Hypernova (band), 8mm, and even death metal band Morbid Angel. Biography and career Beavan started his career as a musician and engineer in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. He played bass and sang in various local bands and also played fretless bass with Clevelander Eric Carmen (of Raspberries) on the song "Hungry Eyes" on the Dirty Dancing Soundtrack. From 1989 to 1990 he was a member of Humble Pie featuring Jerry Shirley. While working as an engineer at The Right Track Studio in downtown Cleveland,HitFix Staff (December 8, 2011) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Beavan
George David Beavan (born 13 February 1990 and is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Tonbridge Angels in the Isthmian League Premier Division. Career Beavan was given a trial at Luton in 2006 by then youth team coach Marvin Johnson, and was a member of the youth team for the 2006–07 season. He made his first team debut in the 4–1 defeat at home to Bournemouth on 9 February 2008 as a substitute, and made one more appearance that season as Luton were relegated to League Two. Beavan joined Conference side Salisbury City on a month's loan in September 2008 and made his debut in a 1–0 victory against Woking. He returned to Luton having made three appearances. Beavan made a further four league appearances for Luton in the 2008–09 season, as well as playing in the Football League Trophy victories over Walsall and Colchester United. In January 2009, he signed for Conference side Grays Athletic on loan until the end of the season, where he made nineteen league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Beavan
Colin Beavan (born 1963) is an American non-fiction writer and internet blogger noted for recording the attempts of his family to live a "zero impact" lifestyle in New York City for one year. Zero impact experiment The rules of the experiment included: producing no trash, save for compost, purchasing no goods except for food grown within a 250-mile radius, using no carbon-based transportation, and using no paper products, including toilet paper. He and his family are the subject of a documentary, '' No Impact Man: The Documentary''. A book about the year-long experiment was released in September 2009. Writing career Beavan was named one of MSN's Ten Most Influential Men of 2007 and was named an Eco-Illuminator in ''Elle'' magazine's 2008 Green Awards. His blog NoImpactMan.com was named one of the world's top 15 environmental websites by ''Time''. He has written for numerous American magazines, including ''The Atlantic'' and ''Wired''. Political career In May 2012, Beavan announ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Cecil Beavan
Captain Robert Cecil Beavan (1841 – 3 February 1870), corresponding member of the Zoological Society of London, served in India with the Bengal Staff Corps for 10 years. During his short life he collected specimens of birds and eggs at various locations. He contributed notes to the Ibis journal as wells as the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. He also collaborated with Allan Octavian Hume. His collection of eggs and birds went into the Natural History Museum through the Tweeddale and Godman-Salvin collections. In 1864 Beavan worked at Barrackpore and the winter of that year was spent in the Maunbhoom District, an area studied earlier by Samuel Tickell and Edward Blyth. His notes on this period were published in ''The Ibis'' (1865) entitled "Notes on various Indian Birds". While still in service he collected in the Andaman Islands and with additional information from Colonel Robert Christopher Tytler, wrote "The Avifauna of the Andaman Islands" in the ''Ibis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Beavan, Baron Ardwick
John Cowburn Beavan, Baron Ardwick (9 April 1910 – 18 August 1994) was a British journalist. Early life and education Beavan was a son of Silas Morgan Beavan (of Welsh origin and a grocer, according to censuses) and Emily Esther (née Hussey); and was educated at Manchester Grammar School. Career Beavan was reporter of the ''Manchester Evening News'', becoming its editor in 1943. Between 1946 and 1955, he was London editor of ''The Guardian''.Terence LancasteObituary: Lord Ardwick ''The Independent'', 19 August 1994 For two years, 1960 to 1962, he was editor of the ''Daily Herald (UK newspaper), Daily Herald'', then becoming political advisor to the Mirror Group, a post he retained until 1976. He was a Labour Party (UK), Labour Member of the European Parliament from 1975 to 1979. On 16 January 1970, he was created a life peer as Baron Ardwick, of Barnes, London, Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Personal life He married Gladys Jones in 1934 by whom he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Beavan
Margaret Beavan (1877 – 22 February 1931) was an English politician who was the first female Lord Mayor of Liverpool in 1927. Beaven attended Belvedere School, and then the Royal Holloway College. She was also educated at Liverpool Institute High School for Girls, in the same form as Maude Royden. Outside of her political career, she was a well known campaigner for the welfare of children and their mothers. She founded the Liverpool Child Welfare Association, Liverpool Open Air Hospital for Children, Royal Liverpool Babies Hospital, Ellen Gonner Convalescent Home, and the Tired Mothers' Rest Home. In 1927, Beaven became the first woman Lord Mayor of Liverpool. At the 1929 United Kingdom general election, she stood unsuccessfully as a Conservative Party candidate in Liverpool Everton. She was also a member of the National Council of Women of Great Britain The National Council of Women exists to co-ordinate the voluntary efforts of women across Great Britain. Founded as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beavan's Hill
Beavan's Hill is a village in south east Herefordshire, England. The village is situated on the edge of Withymoor Wood, an area of ancient woodland, and on comparatively high ground forming the watershed between the rivers Wye and Severn. The village is near junction 3 of the M50, one of the first motorways built in Britain. The slip roads on the junction end in right angled turns which often surprise motorists used to the more gradual, modern junction designs. A proposal to site two wind turbine A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each year. ...s near the village has generated some local opposition. Map sources References External links Villages in Herefordshire {{Herefordshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bevan
Bevan is a name of Welsh origin, derived from ab Ifan meaning "son of Evan" (Ifan being a variant of Ieuan, the Welsh equivalent of John). Notable people with the name include: First name * Bevan Congdon (1938–2018), New Zealand cricketer *Bevan Davies, American musician *Bevan Docherty (born 1977), New Zealand athlete *Bevan Dufty (born 1955), American politician *Bevan George (born 1977), Australian hockey player * Bevan Griggs (born 1978), New Zealand cricketer * Bevan Hari (born 1975), New Zealand hockey player * Bevan Meredith (1927–2019), Australian Anglican archbishop of Papua New Guinea *Bevan Sharpless (1904–1950), American astronomer *Bevan Slattery, Australian technology entrepreneur *Bevan Spencer von Einem (born 1946), Australian criminal Surname * Alan Bevan, Canadian bagpipe player * Alonza Bevan (born 1970), English bass player * Aneurin "Nye" Bevan (1897–1960), British Labour Party politician * Benjamin Bevan (1773–1833), British civil engineer *Bev Beva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaven
Beaven is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bob Beaven (born 1941), former Australian rules footballer *Derek Beaven (born 1947), British novelist *Don Beaven KNZM CBE (1924–2009), New Zealand medical researcher into diabetes *Ellie Beaven (born 1980), English actress *Frederic Beaven (1855–1941), bishop of Mashonaland/Southern Rhodesia from 1911 to 1925 *James Beaven (1801–1875), Church of England clergyman and author, professor of divinity at King's College, Toronto *Luke Beaven (born 1989), English cricketer *Peter Beaven (1925–2012), New Zealand architect based in Christchurch *Robert Beaven (1836–1920), British Columbia politician and businessman *Thomas Daniel Beaven (1851–1920), the second Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts See also * * *Beavan Beavan is a surname of Welsh origin, meaning "son of Evan". Notable people with the surname include: *Blake Beavan (born 1989), American professional baseball player *Colin Beavan (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
