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Chard (name)
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Chard is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Chester S. Chard (1915–2002), American anthropologist * Danny Chard (born 1980), English cricketer * Geoffrey Chard (born 1930), Australian opera singer * Herbert Chard (1869–1932), English cricketer * John Chard (1847–1897), commander of the British garrison at the Battle of Rorke's Drift * Phil Chard (born 1960), English footballer * William Chard (1812–1877), American pioneer See also *Char (name) * Chara (given name) * Chard Hayward (born 1949), Australian television actor * Chard Powers Smith (1894–1977), American writer *Charl (name) *Charo (name) Charo is the stage name of María Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza, a Spanish-American entertainment personality. Charo is a feminine given name, feminine nickname or surname. It's derivation comes as a dimunutive of Hail Mary (a shortened for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chester S
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Locality"; downloaded froCheshire West and Chester: Population Profiles, 17 May 2019 it is the most populous settlement of Cheshire West and Chester (a unitary authority which had a population of 329,608 in 2011) and serves as its administrative headquarters. It is also the historic county town of Cheshire and the second-largest settlement in Cheshire after Warrington. Chester was founded in 79 AD as a "castrum" or Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix during the reign of Emperor Vespasian. One of the main army camps in Roman Britain, Deva later became a major civilian settlement. In 689, King Æthelred of Mercia founded the Minster Church of West Mercia, which later became Chester's first cathedral, and the Angles extended and strengthened t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Chard
Daniel Chard (born 1 June 1980) was a bang average English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium bowler. He was born in Bristol. Chard made his List A debut for Gloucestershire Cricket Board during the 2001 season, having made two appearances for the team in the 38-County Cup earlier in the season. However, he did not bat in the match as he is not very good. He made his second and final List A appearance exactly a year later, for Wiltshire. He scored 7 not out and took figures of 2-36 from 10 overs. Since 2006, Chard has played in the Cockspur Cup for Corsham Corsham is a historic market town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England. It is at the south-eastern edge of the Cotswolds, just off the A4 national route, southwest of Swindon, southeast of Bristol, northeast of Bath and southwest of .... He now plays for a small village near bath. External linksDanny Chardat Cricket Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Chard, Daniel (Danny) 1980 births Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Chard
Geoffrey William Chard AM (born 9 August 1930 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian opera singer. He was a foundation member of the National Opera of New South Wales."''The Dictionary of Performing Arts in Australia — Opera . Music . Dance — Volume 2''" — Ann Atkinson, Linsay Knight, Margaret McPhee — Allen & Unwin Pty. Ltd., 1996. In 1956, Chard appeared in ''The Marriage of Figaro'', in the inaugural production of the Australian Elizabethan Trust Opera Company. Chard went to England in 1961 and performed with many British opera companies, including the Welsh National Opera, Glyndebourne, the Royal Opera Company at Covent Garden, and at the Aldeburgh Festival and Edinburgh Festival. He was a principal baritone with the English National Opera for 15 years, from 1969 to 1985, performing many major roles, including some roles which were specially written for him. He also appeared as Sergeant Meryll in the 1982 television production of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Chard
Herbert William Chard (17 October 1869 – 9 January 1932) was an English cricketer. Chard was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Westbury, Bristol. Chard made two first-class appearances for Gloucestershire in 1889 against Surrey at The Oval and Sussex at the County Ground, Hove. He scored 35 runs at an average of 8.75, with a high score of 32, while with the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 45.33, with best figures of 2/27. He died at Cotham, Bristol, on 9 January 1932. References External linksHerbert Chardat ESPNcricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and ''StatsGuru'', a ...Herbert Chardat CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Chard, Herbert 1869 births 1932 deaths Cricketers from Bristol English cricketers Gloucestershire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chard
Colonel John Rouse Merriott Chard (21 December 1847 – 1 November 1897) was a British Army officer who received the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration for valour "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British armed forces. He earned the decoration for his role in the defence of Rorke's Drift in January 1879 where he assumed command of the outpost and a small garrison of 139 soldiers and successfully repulsed an assault by some 3,000 to 4,000 Zulu warriors. The battle was recreated in the film ''Zulu'' in which Chard was portrayed by Stanley Baker. Born near Plymouth, Chard attended the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich and was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in July 1868. He was involved with the construction of fortifications in the Bermuda Garrison (three years) and at Malta (two years) before he was deployed to southern Africa at the start of the Anglo-Zulu War. At the end of the war he returned to a hero's welcome in Englan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Chard
Philip John Chard (born 16 October 1960) is an English former footballer who made nearly 500 appearances in the Football League between 1978 and 1994, which included nearly 300 for Northampton Town, a club of which he was player-manager A player-coach (also playing coach, captain-coach, or player-manager) is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. A player-coach may be a head coach or an assistant coach. They may make changes to the s ... in the early 1990s. References External links * 1960 births Living people People from Corby English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Peterborough United F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players English football managers Northampton Town F.C. managers English Football League managers {{England-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Chard
William George Chard (1812 - September 19, 1877) was a California pioneer. Life William George Chard was born in Columbia County, New York in 1812. He came to California via New Mexico with trappers Cyrus Alexander and Lemuel Carpenter, arriving in Los Angeles in 1832. He travelled to Santa Barbara, and Monterey. Chard married Maria Esteven Robles (1823–1871) in 1837. by Keith Lingenfelter In 1844, he was granted the Mexican land grant in present-day . Chard was Superintendent of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Char (name)
Char is a French feminine given name that is a variation of Chardonnay, Charlene, and Charlotte and a feminine form of Charles. Char is also used as a variation of Charmaine. Notable people with this name include the following: Mononym *Char (musician), professional name of Hisato Takenaka (born 1955), a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer Given name * Char Fontane (1952 – 2007), an American actress * Char Davies (born 1954), Canadian artist * Char Margolis (born 1951), an American spiritualist * Char Pouaka (born 1973), New Zealand softball player * Char-ron Dorsey (born 1977), American gridiron football Surname *Fuad Char (born 1937), Colombian politician *René Char (1907 – 1988), a French poet *Sofia Daccarett Char (born 1993), better known as Sofia Carson, American actress and singer Middle name *Alejandro Char Chaljub (born 1966), Colombian politician * Arturo Char Chaljub (born 1967), Colombian politician *David Char Navas, Colombian politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chara (given Name)
Chara or Chará is a feminine given name and a surname ( Chara). Chara is an English feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Charlotte as well as an alternate form of Cara and Kara from the Latin cārus meaning “darling, beloved, dear, loved one”. Chara is also a Spanish feminine given name as an alternate form for Sarah. Chará (Greek: Χαρά) is a Greek feminine given name from the Ancient Greek word khará which means joy, gladness. It is a short form of the feminine name Charalampía which is a combination of the Ancient Greek roots khará (joy, gladness) and lámpō (shine). It is also a short form of the feminine name Chariclea who was one of the Forty Holy Virgin Martyrs who were tortured because they would not offer sacrifice to idols and kept their Christian Faith. Chariclea is a combination of the Ancient Greek roots charis (grace) and kleos (glory). Notable people who are known by this name include the following: Mononym *Chara (singer), stagename of Miwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chard Hayward
Chard Hayward, born Roy Hayward, (born 1949) credited also as Chard Heywood, is a Welsh-born Australian-American television actor, director and producer, he is best known for his long-running role of camp barman Dudley Butterfield in the 1970s television soap opera ''Number 96'', he had previously appeared in a small role as a hippie in earlier episodes. Since the early 90s he has been based in the US. Biography Early life Born as Roy Hayward in Swansea, Wales, he initially pursued a career in the military, and at 19 had become a commissioned as an officer in the engineers, but decided it was not for him. After jobs as an actuary and part-time work in catering, Hayward heard about the National Institute of Dramatic Art, auditioned, and was accepted. However, he left NIDA after only 12 months to join the Pageant Theatre Company, which toured schools throughout New South Wales. He eventually worked at both directing and producing plays for the company. Career Hayward's role of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chard Powers Smith
Chard Powers Smith (born Watertown, New York, Watertown, New York (state), New York, November 1, 1894; died Williamstown, Massachusetts, Williamstown, Massachusetts, October 31, 1977) was an American writer who produced a wide range of works from poetry and fiction to literary criticism and history. His novel ''Artillery of Time'' won a National Book Award for Fiction ("Bookseller Discovery") in 1939. Early life and education Smith was the son of Edward North Smith (1868-1943), a prominent lawyer and judge, and his wife Alice Lamon Powers (1877-1906), the daughter of a wealthy businessman. His mother died in childbirth when Smith was eleven years old, and his father did not remarry until many years later. Smith attended Trinity-Pawling School, The Pawling School, Yale University, Yale for his undergraduate degree (1916), and, after serving as a captain in the field artillery during World War I, Harvard University, Harvard for his law degree (1921). He studied briefly at Oxford Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charl (name)
Charl is an Afrikaans, English, and German masculine given name. Notable people with this name include the following: Given name * Charl Bouwer, South African paralympic swimmer * Charl Cilliers (writer) (born 1941), South African author and poet * Charl Crous (born 1990), South African swimmer * Charl Cyster, South African cricketer * Charl du Plessis (rugby union) (born 1987), South African rugby player *Charl du Plessis (pianist) (born 1977), South African pianist * Charl du Toit (born 1993), South African Paralympic sprint athlete *Charl Langeveldt (born 1974), South African cricket coach and cricketer * Charl Malan (born 1989), English cricketer *Charl Mattheus (born 1965), South African ultramarathon athlete *Charl McLeod (born 1983), South African rugby player *Charl Pietersen (born 1983), South African cricketer * Charl Pietersen (darts player) (born 1991), South African darts player * Charl Schwartzel (born 1984), South African golfer * Charl Van Den Berg, South African ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
