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Edward Hughes (other)
Edward or Ned Hughes may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Edward Hughes (artist) (1832–1908), English painter * Edward Robert Hughes (1851–1914), English painter * Edward Ellis Hughes (1940–2017), American painter Law and politics * Edward Hughes (MP) (died 1734), British politician * Edward Hughes (trade unionist) (1856–1925), Welsh trade unionist * Edward J. Hughes (1888–1944), American politician * Edward Burton Hughes (1905–1987), New York State official * Edward J. Hughes Jr. (fl. 1970s), American politician in the New Jersey Senate Religion * Edward Hughes (poet) (1772–1850), Welsh poet and clergyman * Edward Hughes (exorcist) (1918–1980), Catholic priest * Edward Hughes (bishop) (1920–2012), American bishop Others * Sir Edward Hughes (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1720–1794) * Edward Hughes Ball Hughes (1798–1863), English dandy; inheritor of Admiral Edward Hughes' fortune * Edward Hughes (sailor) (fl. 1824–1825), English ship's master for whom Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Hughes (artist)
Edward Hughes (14 September 1832 – 14 May 1908) was a British artist who specialised in portrait painting. Career Edward Hughes was born in Pentonville, London, the son of the artist George Hughes. From an early age his artistic ability was recognised. In 1846 he entered the Royal Academy schools and a year later was awarded a silver medal by the Royal Society of Arts for a chalk drawing. Between 1847 and 1884 Hughes exhibited 36 paintings at the Royal Academy. He also worked as an illustrator, collaborating with George du Maurier in producing the images for the Wilkie Collins book '' Poor Miss Finch''. About 1878 he moved more or less exclusively into portrait painting, drawing praise from John Everett Millais for his representation of women. Royal Commissions Hughes received his first royal commission in 1895 which resulted in a full-length portrait of Queen Mary. This painting is exhibited in the vestibule of Buckingham Palace. He painted at least three portraits of Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Hughes (sailor)
Edward or Ted Hughes may refer to: Politicians * Edward Hughes (MP) (died 1734), British politician * Edward Hughes (trade unionist) (1856–1925), Welsh trade unionist * Edward Burton Hughes (1905–1987), New York State official * Edward J. Hughes (1888–1944), American politician * Edward J. Hughes Jr., American politician in the New Jersey Senate * Eddie Hughes (Australian politician), South Australian politician Sportspeople * Eddie Hughes (basketball) (born 1960), American basketball player * Ned Hughes (1881–1928), New Zealand rugby player * Ted Hughes (footballer) (1876–?), Everton, Tottenham Hotspur and Wales international footballer Others * Edward Hughes (artist) (1832–1908), English painter * Edward Hughes (bishop) (1920–2012), American bishop * Edward Hughes (exorcist) (1918–1980), Catholic priest * Edward Hughes (poet) (1772–1850), Welsh poet and clergyman * Sir Edward Hughes (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1720–1794) ** ''Sir Edward Hughes'' (1784 EIC sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Hughes (other)
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Eddie Hughes may refer to: * Eddie Hughes (Australian politician), Labor Member of the South Australian House of Assembly * Eddie Hughes (basketball) (born 1960), American basketball player * Eddie Hughes (British politician) (born 1968), Conservative MP for Walsall North See also * Edward Hughes (other) * Ed Hughes (other) * Hughes (surname) Hughes is an English language surname. Origins Hughes is an Anglicized spelling of the Welsh and Irish patronymic surname. The surname may also derive from the etymologically unrelated Picard variant Hugh (Old French ''Hue'') of the Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Hughes (other)
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Ed Hughes (1927–2000) was American football player and coach. Ed Hughes may also refer to: * Ed Hughes (actor), English actor in ''This House'' (play) * Ed Hughes (anchor) (1938–2004), former news anchor in Norfolk, Virginia * Ed Hughes (baseball) (1880–1927), baseball player * Ed Hughes (composer) (born 1968), British composer See also * Edward Hughes (other) *Eddie Hughes (other) Eddie Hughes may refer to: * Eddie Hughes (Australian politician), Labor Member of the South Australian House of Assembly * Eddie Hughes (basketball) (born 1960), American basketball player * Eddie Hughes (British politician) (born 1968), Conserv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Edward Hughes (1784 EIC Ship)
''Sir Edward Hughes'' was launched in 1784 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She spent four years as a country ship, i.e., sailing in the East Indies but without going to Britain. Then between 1788 and 1803 she made eight voyages to India and China for the EIC. In 1804 the EIC sold ''Sir Edward Hughes'' to the British Royal Navy, which commissioned her as a 38-gun sailing frigate, frigate. The Navy renamed her ''Tortoise'' in 1807 and converted her to a storeship in 1808. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars she became variously a coal depot, a hulk, and then a convict transport. In 1844 she became a receiving ship at Ascension Island. She was lost there in 1859, or broken up there in 1860, or 1863. Design issues Indian shipwrights built water tanks or cisterns into their vessels that made the use of water butts or casks unnecessary. These tanks were perfectly water tight and saved stowage and manual labour. However, in their designs, the shipwrights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Hughes (surgeon)
Sir Edward Hughes (4 July 1919 – 16 October 1998) was an eminent Melbourne colorectal surgeon. He was a professor of surgery at Monash University and served as president of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and chairman of the Menzies Foundation. He played a significant role in influencing the Victorian Government to become the first jurisdiction in the world to introduce legislation for the compulsory use of seat belts in motor vehicles. Early life Edward Stuart Reginald Hughes was born on 4 July 1919 in Bruthen, Victoria. He was the third of four children of Reginald Hawkins Hughes and Annie Grace Langford. He was known throughout his life as "Bill", a nickname arising from the fact that he was born during the prime ministership of William Morris ("Billy") Hughes. Education Hughes attended St Paul's Preparatory School in Malvern, Victoria between 1924 and 1926 and then Melbourne Church of England Grammar School between 1927 and 1937. At school, he distingu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward David Hughes
Edward David Hughes (June 18, 1906June 30, 1963) was a British organic chemist. He was a professor first at University College, Bangor and then at University College in London, eventually rising to the rank of dean at each. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1949. Hughes studied organic reaction mechanisms and reaction kinetics, including being one of the first chemists to use isotopes to understand them. He collaborated with Christopher Kelk Ingold, leading to development of the eponymous Hughes–Ingold rules and Hughes–Ingold symbol A Hughes–Ingold symbol describes various details of the reaction mechanism and overall result of a chemical reaction. For example, an SN2 reaction is a substitution reaction ("S") by a nucleophilic process ("N") that is bimolecular ("2" molec ...s. References Fellows of the Royal Society 20th-century British chemists Academics of Bangor University Academics of University College London Organic chemists {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ned Hughes
Edward Hughes (26 April 1881 – 1 May 1928), was a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league footballer who played 9 times (6 of these were test matches) as an All Black The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks ( mi, Ōpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987, ... hooker (rugby league), hooker from 1907 until 1921 and twice for the New Zealand national rugby league team, Kiwis in 1910. His All Black career is unique in that there was a gap of 13 years between test matches, and that he is the oldest player ever to have played for the All Blacks, at age 40 years, 123 days. Rugby union Hughes first made the All Blacks in 1907. He was one of the principal players, along with fellow All Black Donald Hamilton (rugby player), Don Hamilton, in the saga of petty officialdom which marred both the Southland and eventually New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Ernest Hughes
Edward Ernest Hughes (7 February 1877 – 23 December 1953) was the first professor of history at University College, Swansea. Life Hughes was born on 7 February 1877 in Tywyn, Merionethshire, Wales. As a result of a childhood accident, he was blind in one eye and his other eye was damaged; he compensated by developing his memory and hearing. After studying at Bala Grammar School, he obtained a first-class degree in history from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1898. He then obtained a second-class honours degree in modern history from Jesus College, Oxford in 1902. He taught history in the boys' school in Llanelli, south Wales before his appointment as lecturer in history at University College, Cardiff, acting as professor during the illness of the incumbent. He lectured on Welsh history for the Workers' Educational Association in Glamorgan at a time when there was no extramural department at the university. He was regarded as a "gifted story-teller" and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Merritt Hughes
USS ''Hughes'' (DD-410) was a World War II-era in the service of the United States Navy. Namesake Edward Merritt Hughes was born on 28 January 1850 in Lockbourne, Ohio, the son of merchant Abram A. Hughes. He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1866 and graduated on 7 June 1870. He passed through the grades of Ensign, Master, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, and, on 3 March 1901, was commissioned Commander. After service on a number of ships and stations ashore, he reached the high point in his career during the Spanish–American War. He was Executive Officer of during the Battle of Manila Bay. Immediately after the action, he commanded a small boat which boarded and set fire to five Spanish ships lying in Cavite Harbor, despite reports that fuses had been set to their magazines and in the face of a large and excited armed force on shore nearby. He was advanced five numbers in rank for eminent and conspicuous conduct on this occasion. His commanding officer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hughes Bay
Hughes Bay is a bay lying between Cape Sterneck and Cape Murray along the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is wide and lies south of Chavdar Peninsula and north of Pefaur (Ventimiglia) Peninsula, indenting the Danco Coast on the west side of Graham Land for . History The name has appeared on maps for over 100 years, and commemorates Edward Hughes, master of the ''Sprightly'', a sealing vessel owned by the London whaling company Samuel Enderby & Sons, which explored in this area in 1824–25. Hughes Bay may have been site of the first landing on the Antarctic mainland, by sealers from the U.S. sealing vessel ''Cecilia'' under Captain John Davis on February 7, 1821. SCAR |
Edward Hughes Ball Hughes
Edward Hughes Ball Hughes (28 May 1798 – 10 March 1863), also known as "The Golden Ball", was an English dandy known for his extravagant lifestyle. Life Hughes was born in Lambourne, Essex, and was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He spent some time in the 7th Hussars but left army life to enjoy his fortune. He soon attracted attention for his wealth and extravagance, with etchings of him publicly available as early as 1819. Hughes was a handsome man who was known for his chocolate-coloured coach and his invention of the black cravat. In 1823 he suddenly married Maria Mercandotti, a 16-year-old Spanish dancer, who left a theatre full of patrons waiting in vain to see her. Ainsworth quipped, "The damsel is gone, and no wonder at all / that, bred to the dance, she is gone to a Ball." They later separated and were divorced in 1839. In 1824 Hughes purchased Oatlands Palace from the Duke of York (although the sale was not final until 1827 due to problems with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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