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Edward Griffith (Congregational Minister) (c. 1767–1832), Royal Navy officer
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Edward Griffith may refer to: *Edward Griffith (zoologist) (1790–1858), British naturalist and solicitor * Edward O. Griffith, British sculptor *Edward H. Griffith (1894–1975), American film director, screenwriter and producer * Edward Griffith (MP), member of parliament for Caernarfon *Teddy Griffith (born 1936), West Indian cricketer *Edward Griffith (politician), American New York State Assembly member See also * Edward Griffiths (other) *Edward Griffith Colpoys Vice Admiral Sir Edward Griffith Colpoys KCB (c. 1767 – 9 October 1832) was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy during the early nineteenth century. The nephew of a prominent admiral, John Colpoys, Edward Griffith was able to rapidly a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Griffith (zoologist)
Edward Griffith (1790–1858) was a British natural history, naturalist and solicitor. He wrote ''General and Particular Descriptions of the Vertebrated Animals'' (1821) and translated Georges Cuvier's ''Règne animal'', making considerable additions (1827–35). Life The son of William Griffith of Stanwell, Middlesex, he entered St. Paul's School, London in 1800 and left it in 1806, entering the Court of Common Pleas (England), Common Pleas office as a clerk. He afterwards became a solicitor and a master in the Court of Common Pleas. He was one of the original members of the Zoological Society of London, Zoological Society, and a fellow of the Linnean (1822), Antiquaries, and Royal Societies. Griffith died on 8 January 1858. Works In 1821 he published the first part of what was intended to be an extensive work, ‘General and Particular Descriptions of the Vertebrated Animals,’ with coloured plates. This first part dealt only with monkeys and lemurs. Incomplete, it may ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward O
Edward is an English given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa .... It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and ''wikt:weard#Old English, weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the House of Normandy, Norman and House of Plantagenet, Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes. The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III of England, Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I of England, Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration. Variant forms The name has been adopted in the Iberian P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward H
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the Norman and Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes. The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration. Variant forms The name has been adopted in the Iberian peninsula since the 15th century, due to Edward, King of Portugal, whose mother was English. The Spanish/Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and Duarte. Other variant forms include French Édouard, Italian Edoardo and Odoardo, German, Dutch, Czech and Romanian Eduard and Scandinavian Edvard. Short forms include Ed, Eddy, Eddie, Ted, Teddy and Ned. Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Griffith (MP)
Edward Griffith ( fl. 1584), of Plas Mawr, Caernarvon and Trefarthen, Anglesey, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Caernarvon Boroughs Caernarfon was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Caernarfon in Wales. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system. The constituency was created in 1536 as a District of Boroughs, represented in ... in 1584.http://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/griffith-edward References Year of birth missing Year of death missing 16th-century Welsh politicians People from Caernarfon People of the Tudor period People from Anglesey Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) English MPs 1584–1585 {{England-pre1707-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caernarfon (UK Parliament Constituency)
Caernarfon was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Caernarfon in Wales. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system. The constituency was created in 1536 as a District of Boroughs, represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950. The District of Boroughs was abolished in 1950, and replaced with a county constituency of the same name, which was itself abolished in 2010. History Known as Carnarvon until 1832, and then as the Carnarvon Boroughs or Carnarvon District of Boroughs from 1832 to 1950 and as Caernarvon from 1950 to 1983, it is named after Caernarfon, the main town within the constituency. Its most famous member was David Lloyd George, who was MP for 55 years. When Lloyd George became prime minister in 1916 it became the first Welsh constituency to be represented by a serving prime mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teddy Griffith
Teddy Griffith (born 18 March 1936) is a Barbadian cricketer. He played twenty-five first-class matches for Barbados and Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ... between 1953 and 1967. References External links * 1936 births Living people Barbadian cricketers Barbados cricketers Jamaica cricketers Cricketers from Saint Michael, Barbados {{Barbados-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Griffith (politician)
Edward Griffith was an American politician who served in the New York State Assembly from 1973 to 2000. He represented the constituency consisting of the East New York neighborhood in Brooklyn. In 2000, he lost the Democratic primary to his former aide Diane Gordon. by Jonathan P. Hicks, in ''The New York Times'' on July 11, 2006 References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly Place of birth missing (living people) Politicians from Brooklyn {{NewYork-NYAssembly-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Griffiths (other)
Edward Griffiths may refer to: *Edward Griffiths (politician) Edward Griffiths (7 March 1929 – 18 October 1995) was a British Labour politician and director of the British Steel Association. Griffiths was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Brightside in a 1968 by-election. In September 1 ... (1929–1995), British Labour politician * Edward Griffiths (cricketer) (1862–1893), English cricketer * Eddie Griffiths (1891–1980), Australian fire fighter * Eddie Griffiths (Hollyoaks) See also * Edward Griffith (other) {{human name disambiguation, Griffiths, Edward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
