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Denzil (other)
Denzil is a Cornish given name. It may refer to: People *Denzil Batchelor, British journalist and writer *Denzil Best, American jazz percussionist *Denzil Botus, Trinidadian pannist *Denzil Davies, British politician *Denzil Dean Harber, British Trotskyist leader * Denzil Dennis, Jamaican reggae singer *Denzil Dolley, South African field hockey player *Denzil Douglas, former Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis *Denzil Dowell, police shooting victim *Denzil Doyle, Canadian entrepreneur * Denzil Fernando (1923-2010), Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician *Denzil Forrester, Grenada artist * Denzil Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue, British lieutenant colonel *Denzil Foster, one half of the American R&B duo Foster & McElroy *Denzil Franco, Indian footballer *Denzil Freeth, British politician * Denzil Hale, English footballer *Denzil Haroun, Manchester United Football Club club director *Denzil Hoaseb, Namibian footballer *Denzil Ibbetson, English administrator of British India *Denzi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzil Batchelor
Denzil Stanley Batchelor (23 February 1906 – 6 September 1969) was a British people, British journalist, writer, poet, playwright, wine expert and a radio and television broadcaster. Life and career Denzil Batchelor was born in Mumbai, Bombay, India, the only son of Sir Stanley Lockhart Batchelor, a High Court judge in India. His grandfather was also a High Court judge in India. He was educated at Trent College and Worcester College, Oxford, where he obtained a BA in English literature and the English language."New Speaker on the National Network" ''The Newcastle Sun'', 8 August 1934, p. 4. He boxed and played rugby at Oxford. His interest in sport continued after leaving university and saw him start his own cricket team, "The Batchelors." In London he became a journalist, writing for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester United F
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom's most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort (''castra'') of ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. Historically part of Lancashire, areas of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were incorporated into Manchester in the 20th century, including Wythenshawe in 1931. Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township, but began to expand "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century. Manchester's unpla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzil Romero
Denzil Romero (July 24, 1938 in Aragua de Barcelona – March 7, 1999 in Valencia), was a Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...n writer. Career The son of teachers, his love for literature was awakened from a young age: ''I never learned to swim, I only raised the occasional parrot and I am the son of schoolteachers, so I can say without bragging that at age 15 I had already read classic Spanish literature. I admit that in my development I was influenced by some writers, of which I'll only name Alejo Carpentier, Carlos Fuentes, Jorge Luis Borges, José Donoso, Juan José Arreola, Reinaldo Arenas, Marcel Proust, William Faulkner ... and from there, Ramos Sucre, Arvelo Torrealba, Enrique Arvelo.'' He became a lawyer, and was also a professor of philosophy and l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Evans (footballer)
Denzil Ralph Evans (9 October 1915 – 20 February 1996) was an English association footballer. Born in Hungerford, Evans' first club was Yeovil & Petters United. He joined Football League club Bury on amateur terms in 1934, turning professional at the end of the 1934–35 season. After spending the 1936–37 season at Halifax Town, Evans joined Watford, where he would remain for the rest of his career. The Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ... severely hampered Evans' career, but he managed to finish as Watford's top scorer in 1946–47. His playing days were ended the following year, but Evans stayed at the club as a coach until 1952. He died in 1996, aged 80. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Ralph 1915 births 1996 deaths People from Hungerfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzil Peiris
Denzil Peiris (15 March 1917 – 6 March 1985) was the editor of ''The Ceylon Observer'', published by Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. Peiris was born on 15 March 1917, at Gampaha the eldest of a family of eight. He received his education at Nalanda College Colombo. His father died whilst he was still at school so he took a job with Lake House (now known as Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited) to support his family. He rose through the ranks becoming the editor of ''Silumina'' in the 1950s, ''Janatha'' ( a Sinhalese daily tabloid), ''Jana'' (an international news magazine) and eventually ''The Ceylon Observer'' in 1961, a position he retained for nine years. Peiris left Sri Lanka in the early 1970s to work as the Indian correspondent for a Hong Kong based newspaper, ''The Asian''. He then joined the ''Far Eastern Economic Review'' working as its regional editor before moving in 1979 to the United Kingdom to become the founder editor of ''South'', a magazine which con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzil Owen
Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club was formed in 1891, and first competed in the Minor Counties Championship in 1896. They have appeared in thirty-two List A matches, making nine Gillette Cup, fourteen NatWest Trophy and nine Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy appearances. The players in this list have all played at least one List A match. Buckinghamshire cricketers who have not represented the county in List A cricket are excluded from the list. Players are listed in order of appearance, where players made their debut in the same match, they are ordered by batting order. Players in bold have played first-class cricket. Key List of players List A captains References {{Buckinghamshire CCC Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club Cricketers Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzil Minnan-Wong
Denzil Minnan-Wong (born ) is a former Canadian politician who was the deputy mayor of Toronto from 2014 to 2022. Minnan-Wong served on Toronto City Council from 1995 to 2022, representing a succession of wards in the Don Mills. Background Born in 1963, Minnan-Wong is the son of Denzil Minnan-Wong, Sr. (a Chinese Canadian who became a prominent member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario) and Josephine Cazabon (born in Timmins, Ontario). His father died in 1988 at age 53. He was educated at Osgoode Hall Law School and became a lawyer specializing in immigration issues. He lives in Toronto with his wife Colleen and their three children. Political career In 1994 North York councillor Barry Burton died of cancer and the North York city council appointed Minnan-Wong as interim councillor for Ward 12. He was subsequently elected to the position in the November 1994 municipal election. In 1997 he was elected as one of two councillors representing Ward 11 – Don Parkw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzil Meyrick
Denzil Meyrick (born 28 November 1965) is a Scottish bestselling novelist. Prior to that, he served as a police officer with Strathclyde Police then a manager with Springbank Distillery in Campbeltown, Argyll. Since 2012 Denzil Meyrick has worked as a writer of Scottish crime fiction novels. He is also an executive director of media production company Houses of Steel. Career Denzil Meyrick was educated at Campbeltown Grammar School, Argyll and then completed tertiary education at the University of Paisley. He is an author and his main series of novels are nine books of the Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Jim Daley crime thriller series, set in the fictitious town of 'Kinloch', which is modelled on Campbeltown. Denzil Meyrick draws from experience during his twenties when he saw service as a police officer with Strathclyde Police. After his time there he followed a varied career, including the management of a distillery in Campbeltown. He had many diverse roles, ranging from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzil Meuli
Pierre Denzil Meuli (22 September 1926 – 22 March 2019) was a writer, former newspaper editor, Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of Auckland and a leading traditionalist Catholic in New Zealand. In 1969 Meuli was appointed editor of the newspaper, ''Zealandia'', by Archbishop Liston of Auckland in a controversial episode accompanying the profound changes to the Catholic Church in New Zealand engendered by the second Vatican Council. For nearly 30 years from 1989 he ministered to the Auckland Catholic Latin Mass community. Early life Meuli was born in New Plymouth. He was the son of Percy Hubert and Patricia Mary Meuli (née O'Leary) and had one sister, Deirdre. He was educated in several parish schools of the Sisters of Mercy and the Sisters of St Joseph of Nazareth. He received his secondary education at Sacred Heart College, Auckland, St Peter's College, Auckland and St Kevin's College, Oamaru. From 1943 to 1945 he served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force in New Zeala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzil Lacey
Denzil Lacey is an Irish composer, employed by SiriusXM. Radio stations he has worked at since 2006 include 98FM, East Coast FM, Dublin's Country Mix 106.8, Dublin City FM, RTÉ 2fm and most recently, FM104. Early life Lacey was born in Dublin, Ireland and grew up in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. He attended primary school in Glounthaune, Cork and secondary school in Presentation College, Bray. Biography Lacey began his radio career on Dublin Special Interest Radio Station, Dublin City FM at the age of 14 and then later moved on to East Coast FM in County Wicklow. His Late Night Sessions Show ran on RTÉ 2FM for three years where he presented the Jamaican music show ''Black Echoes''. Lacey worked across Classic Hits 4FM and Sunshine 106.8 as an imaging producer for the stations owned by Bay Broadcasting Ltd. He left Classic Hits 4FM in 2015 for a new position with Spin South West in a similar role. He has also worked for 98FM and East Coast FM and was assistant station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzil Kobbekaduwa
Lieutenant General Denzil Lakshman Kobbekaduwa, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP ( si, ඩෙන්සිල් ලක්ෂ්මණ් කොබ්බෑකඩුව; 27 July 1940 – 8 August 1992) was a senior Sri Lankan Army officer who served in the 1971 Insurrection and the Sri Lankan Civil War. Having trained with the British Army, Kobbekaduwa started his military career as an armoured corps officer. He was suspended following an alleged Ceylonese coup d'état attempt in 1966 and was reinstated in 1970 attached to internal security prior to and during the 1971 Insurrection. Following a brief stint as an officer instructor, he served as a staff officer attached several commands before commanding the 1st Reconnaissance Regiment, Sri Lanka Armoured Corps. In the mid 1980s he served as district military coordinating officer before joining the general staff of the Joint Operations Command. At Joint Operations Command, he led the planned of the Vadamarachchi Operation, during which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzil Keelor
Air Marshal Denzil Keelor PVSM, KC, AVSM, VrC (born 7 December 1933) is a retired air officer of the Indian Air Force and a hero of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.Sabre Killers- Keelor Brothers Denzil Keelor at Mangalorean.com accessed June 2007 He had a younger brother , who was also honoured for his service in the . The brothers were both awarded the for sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
