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Binns (surname)
Binns is an English surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Alfred Binns (1929–2017), West Indian cricketer * Archie Binns (1899–1971), American author * Armon Binns (born 1989), American football player * Bartholomew Binns (1839–1911), English executioner * Charles Fergus Binns (1857–1935), American ceramic artist * Cuthbert Binns, character in the Harry Potter series * Edward Binns, (1916–1990), American actor * Eric Binns (1924–2007), English footballer * George Binns (1815–1847), New Zealand chartist * Graham Binns, British general * Henry Binns (1837–1899), Prime Minister of Natal * Jack R. Binns (born 1933), American diplomat * James Jepson Binns (–1928), English pipe organ builder * John Binns (other) * Joseph Binns (1900–1975), British politician * Kathryn Binns (born 1958), English long-distance runner * Ken Binns (born 1935), Canadian squash player * Malcolm Binns (born 1936), British pianist * Michael Binns Michae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Binns
Alfred Philip Binns (24 July 1929 – 29 December 2017) was a West Indian cricketer from Jamaica who played in five Tests between 1953 and 1956. He played as wicketkeeper in all five Tests. Career Binns attended St. George's College and represented Jamaica in first-class cricket from 1950 to 1957. His highest score was 157 against British Guiana in 1952–53. He also scored 151 for Jamaica against the Australians in 1954–55, when he and Collie Smith added 277 for the sixth wicket in 230 minutes after Jamaica had been 81 for 5. He toured New Zealand in 1955-56, playing in three of the four Tests. After Binns finished playing cricket he migrated to the United States, where he graduated from Northeastern University in Boston and worked as a teacher in Massachusetts. He married Henrietta Elizabeth Harrison in Boston in 1959, and they had two daughters. They retired to Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Binns
Joseph Binns, CBE (19 March 1900 – 23 April 1975) was a British Labour Party politician. Binns was the son of Alderman Joseph Binns, who later became Lord Mayor of Manchester. He was educated at elementary schools and at Manchester College of Technology, and became a consulting engineer, working for ICI. He was a member of Greenwich Borough Council from 1932 to 1949, and was Chairman of the Joint Standing Committee of the Metropolitan Boroughs from 1945 to 1949. At the 1945 general election he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gillingham in Kent. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Supply, John Wilmot, from 1946 to 1947. He was defeated at the 1950 general election, after catching influenza during the campaign, and was never returned to the House of Commons. Binns was appointed as a Commissioner of the Public Works Loan Board in 1948, a role held until 1972, becoming deputy chairman of the board in 1958 and chairman in 1970. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Binns
James Anthony (Tony) Binns (born 1948 in Greater Manchester) is the Ron Lister Professor of Geography at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Background Tony Binns was born in Prestwich and grew up in Bury, Greater Manchester, UK. He attended Stand Grammar School, Whitefield. He graduated from Sheffield University (Geography, 1970; Dip.Ed., 1971) and taught geography in schools while attending the University of Birmingham (MA African Studies 1973; PhD African Studies and Geography, 1981). He taught geography at University of Sussex from 1975 to 2004, before moving to the University of Otago as Professor and latterly Head of Department. Binns has two children, and holds British and New Zealand citizenship. Scholarly contributions Binns' prime interest is African community development and the livelihoods and wellbeing of Africans. His early work was in Sierra Leone, working from Kaima, Kayima in the north east of the country on links between diamond mining and the farming s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Binns
Christopher Thomas Binns (born 1970) is a British comedian, best known for his character Hospital Radio DJ Ivan Brackenbury. Career Binns was nominated at the Edinburgh Festival for the Edinburgh Comedy Award 2007 for his hospital radio DJ character Ivan Brackenbury. He has been twice nominated for the Adelaide Fringe Comedy Award, in 2010 and 2011. He was voted a Foster's Lager, Foster's Comedy God in 2010. He also was nominated for a Chortle Awards, Chortle Award in 2011 and was also named in a list of their 50 Most Memorable Gigs of the decade. He won the Best International Act at the 2013 New Zealand International Comedy Festival and was nominated for Best Comedy Show at FringeWorld, Perth in 2015 and 2016. He appears in the BBC MI5 drama ''Spooks (TV series), Spooks'' (Episode 6 Series 6), Series 3 of the ''IT Crowd'' on Channel 4, and, in character as Ivan Brackenbury, on ''The Jason Byrne Show'' and ''Alan Partridge#Knowing Me.2C Knowing You, Knowing Me Knowing Yule wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewart Binns
Stewart Binns is a British author and filmmaker who has produced many BAFTA, Grierson and Peabody award-winning documentaries. Early life Binns was born in Lancaster and brought up in Burnley, Lancashire by his single mother. After failing his 11-plus examination he went to St Theodore's Secondary Modern School and then on to Burnley Municipal College for his A-levels. From here Binns went on to study a BA in Politics & Modern History at Lancaster University and then an MA in International Relations at the University of Sussex. He also holds an MSc in Sociology of Education from the University of London. Career In 1974, while working at Lancaster University for a doctorate focused on political behaviour, and realising he was getting nowhere with it, he got a job at the BBC in their Audience Research Department doing a study of the influence of the media during the 1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum. He then became a schoolteacher for several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Binns
Stephen John "Steve" Binns (born 25 August 1960 in Keighley) is a male British former long-distance runner. Athletics career Binns competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He rose to prominence in 1979 as a junior athlete. First he took the individual and team silver medals at the 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships junior race, then won the 5000 metres at the 1979 European Athletics Junior Championships – his winning time of 13:44.37 minutes remains the championship record as of 2014. He capped the season with a European junior record of 13:27.04 minutes in London. As a senior athlete he competed five times at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships (1981 to 1988) and competed twice for Great Britain at the World Championships in Athletics (1983 and 1987). Representing England he was the silver medallist in the 10,000 metres at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo C
Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic ''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname. People Given name *Ricardo de Araújo Pereira, Portuguese comedian *Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer *Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist *Ricardo Ávila, Panamanian footballer * Ricardo Bralo, Argentine long-distance runner * Ricardo Bueno Fernández, Spanish politician *Ricardo Busquets, Puerto Rican swimmer * Ricardo Cardeno, Colombian triathlete *Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer * Ricardo Cortez, American actor *Ricardo Darín, Argentine actor * Ricardo (footballer, born 1980), full name Ricardo da Silva, Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer *Ricardo Faty, Senegalese footballer * Ricardo Fischer, Brazilian basketball player * Ricardo Fortaleza, Filipino-Australian boxer * Ricardo Fuller, Jamaican football (soccer) player * Ricardo A. "Rick" Galindo, American politician * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Binns
Patrick George Binns (born October 8, 1948), is a Canadian diplomat, the 30th premier of Prince Edward Island from 1996 to 2007 and Canadian Ambassador to Ireland from 2007 to 2010. Binns has a long history of public service, most notably being the 30th Premier of PEI for 11 years, during which time he was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island. During his premiership, Binns was known as the province's "affable and unassuming premier." He also served as Canada's Consul General in Boston, Massachusetts. Before the premiership Binns was born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, and graduated from the University of Alberta in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts. In 1971, he earned a Master of Arts in Community Development while working for the government of Alberta as a community development officer.Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward IslandHon. Pat G. Binns Biography University of AlbertaPat Binns '69 BA, '72 MA In 1972, Binns began working for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Binns
Michael George Binns (born 12 August 1988) is a Jamaican footballer who most recently played for Stumptown Athletic in the National Independent Soccer Association and the Jamaica national football team. Career International goals :''Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first.'' Club Binns played for Portmore United in Jamaica. He went abroad on loan deal to play with York Region Shooters in the Canadian Soccer League. In July 2016, Binns signed with the Wilmington Hammerheads in USL. In 2017, Binns returned to Portmore United. In 2018, Binns signed for USL side Tulsa Roughnecks. In August 2019, Binns joined National Independent Soccer Association club Stumptown Athletic. International career Binns made his international debut for Jamaica at the 2016 Copa América against Venezuela on 5 June 2016, coming on as an 86th-minute substitute for Giles Barnes Giles Gordon Kirlue Barnes (born 5 August 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Binns
Malcolm Binns (born 29 January 1936) is a British classical pianist. Biography Malcolm Binns was born in Nottingham, England, in 1936. He studied music at the Royal College of Music in London from 1952 to 1956, including piano with Arthur Alexander. He made his London debut in 1957 and his Wigmore Hall debut in 1958. He has frequently appeared at the Proms in London, starting in 1960. In 1961 he gave the British premiere of the Piano Concerto No. 4, for left hand, by Prokofiev. From 1961 to 1964 he was a professor at the RCM. Amongst his pupils was Robert John Godfrey of progressive rock band, The Enid. He first started working in a chamber duo with the violinist Manoug Parikian in 1966. Binns is a noted authority on British piano music, his repertoire thereof including works by Arnold Bax, Richard Rodney Bennett, William Sterndale Bennett (he has recorded 5 of the 6 piano concertos), Frank Bridge, Benjamin Britten, Hamilton Harty, John Ireland, Patrick Piggott, Alan Raws ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Binns
Kenneth Keith Binns is a former hardball squash player as well as tennis player Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cov ... from Newcastle, NSW, Australia. Born February 8, 1935 in Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia. Father of three children : Todd Binns who was also a World Ranked Squash Champion, Susan Masse and Jo-Anne Binns. Grandfather of Susan's children, Desiree Kotnala and Anthony Sabato. Having lived in Naples Florida, at the age of 85, he has recently returned to Australia and is now living in Queensland. Sporting Person: BINNS, KEN, Squash/tennis Ken Binns won the Newcastle, Australia Squash Championship from 1960 to 1966, the NSW Country Squash Titles until asked not to play because of his previous dominance. He represented Australia on the first touring side t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathryn Binns
Kathryn Mary Binns (born 13 January 1958) is a retired female long-distance runner from England, who later was known as Kathryn Dickinson. She competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s in cross-country and distance races including the marathon and half marathon. Binns set her personal best (2:36:12) in the classic distance on 12 June 1982 in Windsor, Berkshire Windsor is a historic market town and unparished area in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It is the site of Windsor Castle, one of the official residences of the British monarch. The town is situated west ..., defeating runner-up Carol Gould. She finished ninth at the 1980 World Cross Country Championships, also winning a silver medal in the team competition. Achievements ReferencesARRS [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |