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Charles Webb (American Colonel)
Charles or Charlie Webb may refer to: *The Somerton Man, who has supposedly been identified as a man going by this name *Charles Webb (author) (1939–2020), American author *Charles Webb (architect) (1821–1898), architect working in Victoria, Australia *Charles Webb (Barbadian cricketer) (1830-1917), Barbadian cricketer * Charles Webb (English cricketer) (1874–1963), Middlesex cricketer * Charles Webb (footballer) (1879–1939), English footballer with several clubs, including Leicester Fosse, Manchester City and Southampton *Charlie Webb (1886–1973), Ireland international footballer who played for and managed Brighton & Hove Albion * Chuck Webb (Charles Eugene Webb, born 1969), professional American football player *Charles Henry Webb (1834–1905), American poet, author and journalist *Charles Harper Webb, American poet *Charles M. Webb (1833–1911), American politician *Charles Webb (born 1923), American professional baseball player; ''see'' 1949 Detroit Tigers season * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somerton Man
The Somerton Man was an unidentified man whose body was found on 1 December 1948 on the beach at Somerton Park, South Australia, Somerton Park, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. The case is also known after the Persian language, Persian phrase (Persian: تمام شد), meaning "is over" or "is finished", which was printed on a scrap of paper found months later in the Besom pocket, fob pocket of the man's trousers. The scrap had been torn from the final page of a copy of ''Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám'', authored by 12th-century poet Omar Khayyám. Following a public appeal by police, the book from which the page had been torn was located. On the inside back cover, detectives read through indentations left from previous handwriting: a local telephone number, another unidentified number, and text that resembled a Cryptography, coded message. The text has not been deciphered or interpreted in a way that satisfies authorities on the case. The case has been considered, since the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Webb (author)
Charles Richard Webb (June 9, 1939 – June 16, 2020) was an American novelist. His most famous work is the 1963 novel ''The Graduate (novel), The Graduate'', which was made into a 1967 film The Graduate, of the same name. Life and career Webb was born in San Francisco and grew up in Pasadena, California. He attended Chandler School, Midland School, Los Olivos, California, Midland School in Los Olivos, California, Los Olivos, California, and graduated from Williams College in 1961. Webb lived for several years in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. Webb married Eve Rudd in 1962; they divorced in 1981 in protest at the institution of marriage, but remained a couple. They remarried in 2001 because of immigration rules, and remained together until her death in 2019. Eve shaved her head and called herself "Fred" in solidarity with a Californian support group called Fred, for men who have self-esteem, low self-esteem. Fred was an artist and her work included illustrations for Webb's 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Webb (architect)
Charles Webb (born 26 November 1821, Sudbury, Suffolk, England – 23 January 1898) was an architect working in Victoria, Australia during the 19th century. Notable Webb designs include the iconic Windsor Hotel, Royal Arcade, South Melbourne Town Hall and Tasma Terrace, all listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. Biography Charles Webb was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, England on 26 November 1821, as the youngest of nine children. After being apprentice at an architect in London, in 1847 he became the secretary of the London Architectural Students' Society. Following his brother James who earlier migrated to Australia, Charles arrived in Melbourne on 2 June 1849. He set up an architecture and surveyor partnership with his brother at Brighton. Their first important commission was for the St Paul's Church on Swanston Street in 1850. After 1858 Webb practised on his own, until two of his sons joined him in 1888. In this period he designed several public buildings, including the Wesle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Webb (Barbadian Cricketer)
Charles Webb (1830 – 16 March 1917) was a Barbadian cricketer. He played in one first-class match for the Barbados cricket team in 1865/66. See also * List of Barbadian representative cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for the Barbados national cricket team in the West Indies. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the interveni ... References External links * 1830 births 1917 deaths Barbadian cricketers Barbados cricketers {{Barbados-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Webb (English Cricketer)
The Rev. Charles Johnston Bourne Webb (24 November 1874 – 18 November 1963) was an English cricketer and Anglican clergyman. Webb was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State where his father Allan Webb, was the bishop. Charles attended Radley, where he played in the First XI from 1891 to 1893 and captained the team in 1893. After Radley he went up to Keble College, Oxford. He represented Middlesex as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm slow bowler in two matches in 1902. Later he played for Dorset.''Wisden'' 1965, p. 973. His brother-in-law Richard Bennett played cricket for Hampshire and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Charles's son Allan married the novelist Stella Gibbons. Charles died in St John's Wood, London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ..., aged 88. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Webb (footballer)
Charles Webb (4 March 1879 – January 1939) was an English footballer who played at outside left for various clubs in England and Scotland in the 1900s. Football career Webb was born in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire and trained as a harness-maker. After playing football for his village team, he joined Rushden of the Midland League in 1898. After two seasons with Rushden, in 1900 he moved to Kettering who had just been admitted to the Southern League as Midland League champions. Kettering finished their inaugural season in the Southern League 11th in the table. In the FA Cup, Kettering defeated Chesterfield of the Football League Second Division in the first round, with Webb scoring both Kettering goals in the replay (won 2–1 aet), only to be defeated 5–0 in the next round by Middlesbrough. His cup exploits brought him to the attention of Leicester Fosse of the Football League Second Division who signed him in May 1901. Webb played in all but two of Leicester's leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Webb
Charles Graham Webb (4 September 1886 – 13 June 1973) was an Irish association football player who represented his country once as an amateur and three times as a professional. He was employed by English club Brighton & Hove Albion for nearly forty years as player and manager. Early life and career Webb was born into a Scottish military family at the Curragh Camp, a military camp in County Kildare, Ireland, where his father, Sergeant William Webb of the Black Watch, was stationed. The family moved around following Sgt Webb's postings so the young Webb spent some of his childhood in Edinburgh Castle before settling in the Worthing, Sussex, area.Carder & Harris, ''Albion A–Z'', pp. 254–55. As a 16-year-old, Webb played first-team football for the town club, Worthing F.C., and in his second season, he contributed to Worthing winning a treble of the Sussex Senior Cup, the West Sussex Senior League, and a local charity cup.Vinicombe, p. 16. In 1904, Webb followed in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Webb
Charles Eugene Webb (born November 17, 1969) is a former American football running back who played two seasons (1991–1992) for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Packers in the third round of the 1991 NFL Draft. He played college football for Tennessee, where he was All- SEC in 1989, and set the school's single-game rushing record of 294 yards in a game against Ole Miss on November 18, 1989. During the second game of Tennessee's 1990 season, Webb suffered a season-ending knee injury from which he never completely recovered. High school Webb was raised in Toledo, Ohio. At age 10, he suffered a broken leg, and was told by doctors at the time that a future in sports was unlikely.Chuck Webb: The Best " ''Toledo Blade'', Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Henry Webb
Charles Henry Webb (January 24, 1834 – May 24, 1905) was an American poet, author and journalist. He was particularly known for his parodies and humorous writings. Biography Webb was born at Rouse's Point, New York in 1834. Webb worked as both a whaler and a war correspondent. He spent three years at sea, and was then taken on by ''The New York Times''Webb, Charles Henry (John Paul) (1834-) from The vault at Pfaffs where he covered the front lines of the Civil War. In April 1862, he moved to and became literary editor of the '' |
Charles Harper Webb
Charles Harper Webb is an American poet, professor, psychotherapist and former singer and guitarist. His most recent poetry collection is ''Shadow Ball'' ( University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009). His honors include a Whiting Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, a Pushcart Prize and inclusion in The Best American Poetry 2006. His poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including ''American Poetry Review, Paris Review,'' and ''Ploughshares.'' Webb was born in Philadelphia in 1938, and grew up in Houston. He earned his B.A. in English from Rice University, and an M.A. in English from the University of Washington, and an M.F.A. in Professional Writing and his PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Southern California. He teaches at California State University, Long Beach, where he received a Distinguished Faculty Scholarly and Creative Achievement Award and the Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, and he lives in Long Beach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles M
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949 Detroit Tigers Season
The 1949 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 87–67, 10 games behind the New York Yankees. Offseason * November 10, 1948: Marv Grissom was drafted by the Tigers from the Sacramento Solons in the 1948 rule 5 draft. Regular season Tigers third baseman George Kell beat Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox for the American League batting title by 0.0002 percentage points (.3429 to .3427).''Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records'', p. 44, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster Player stats Batting Starters by position ''Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in'' Other batters ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in'' Pitching Starting pitchers '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
