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Faulkes De Breauté
Faulkes may refer to: * Dill Faulkes (born 1944), British businessman * William Faulkes (1863–1933), English musician and composer * 47144 Faulkes, an asteroid named after Dill Faulkes See also * Faulks Faulks may refer to: * Ben Faulks (born 1979), English actor * Edward Faulks, Baron Faulks (born 1950), English lawyer and politician * Neville Faulks (1908–1985), English judge * Peter Faulks (born 1988), Australian rules footballer * Sebastian F ..., a surname * Fawkes (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dill Faulkes
Martin C. "Dill" Faulkes (born 1944) is a British businessman. Faulkes has a Special Mathematics degree from Hull University, a PhD in mathematics from Queen Elizabeth College, London and did postdoctoral work in general relativity. He then left academia and went into software. He worked for the company Logica, then SPL, which was bought by Systems Designers. He then invested money in a variety of software companies and made a lot of money on the flotation of Triad and the private sale of SmartGroups.com. Philanthropy He is chair of the Dill Faulkes Educational Trust which has made donations to a number of scientific causes including the Faulkes Telescope Project. Faulkes contributed towards the building of Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Cambridge), Cambridge University's Centre for Mathematical Sciences and has the Faulkes Gatehouse and Faulkes Institute for Geometry named after him. Faulkes is a gliding enthusiast having been part of Hull University's Flying Squadron as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Faulkes
George William Henry Faulkes (1863–1933) – known professionally as William FaulkesWilliam' ''IMSLP Petrucci Music Library''. Online resource, accessed 1 May 2021. – was an English musician now best known as the composer of organ music.Malcolm Riley (n.d. 'Faulkes Organ Music' in ''The Gramophone: digital edition''. Online resource, accessed 1 May 2021. Early life Faulkes was a native of Liverpool, where he spent most of his working life. His early general education was under the aegis of his mother and older sister assisted by William Dawson, another Liverpool organist. At the age of 10 William joined the choir of St Margaret's church, Anfield (suburb) ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faulks
Faulks may refer to: * Ben Faulks (born 1979), English actor * Edward Faulks, Baron Faulks (born 1950), English lawyer and politician * Neville Faulks (1908–1985), English judge * Peter Faulks (born 1988), Australian rules footballer * Sebastian Faulks (born 1953), British novelist and journalist See also *Faulk (other) {{Falcon-surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |