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Feaver is a surname. It is an English surname of Norman French origin, and is an anglicisation of Lefebvre, meaning "smith". Notable people with the surname include: * Douglas Feaver (1914–97), Anglican bishop * John Feaver (born 1952), British tennis player *Peter Feaver (born 1961), American professor of political science * Samuel Russell Feaver (1878–1946), New Zealand farmer, pharmacist, veterinary surgeon and photographer * Vicki Feaver (born 1943), English poet See also *Fever (other) Fever is an increase in internal body temperature to levels above normal. Fever or The Fever may also refer to: Film * ''Fever'' (1981 film), a Polish film * ''Fever'' (1989 film), an Australian-American erotic thriller/comedy * ''Fever'' (1 ...
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Peter Feaver
Peter Douglas Feaver (born December 17, 1961) is an American professor of political science and public policy at Duke University. He is known for his scholarship on civil-military relations. Feaver has served as the director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies since 1999, and founded the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy. In 2007 he returned from service in the Bush administration, where he served as a special advisor for strategic planning and institutional reform on the National Security Council. Prior to working on the National Security Council of George W. Bush, Feaver served as director for defense policy and arms control at the National Security Council during the Clinton administration. He was also a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve.Feaver, Peter. "Peter Douglas Feaver Curriculum Vitae." Duke University, 12 Dec 2010 Early life and education Feaver was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. His father was a professor of classics at Lehigh Uni ...
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John Feaver
John Feaver (born 16 February 1952) is a former professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. Career After attending Millfield, Feaver enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he reached 10 doubles finals, achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 98 in October 1973, and a career-high doubles ranking of 104 in January 1983. He was a French Open doubles semi-finalist in 1982. For over 20 years (1976 to 1997), Feaver held the record for serving the most aces in a single Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * ... match, 42, achieved against John Newcombe. He also represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup between 1977 and 1983. He also achieved the remarkable distinction of beating five-times Wimbledon champio ...
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Vicki Feaver
Vicki Feaver (born 1943) is an English poet. She has published three poetry collections. Feaver's poem "Judith", from her book, ''Handless Maiden'', was awarded the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem. The book was also the recipient of a Heinemann Prize and shortlisted for the Forward Prize. Feaver was also a recipient of a Cholmondeley Award. Biography Feaver was born in 1943 in Nottingham, England. She studied music at Durham University and English at University College, London, and later worked as a lecturer and tutor in English and Creative Writing at University College, Chichester, where she is an emeritus professor. On 14 January 2014, Feaver participated in the BBC Radio 3 series "The Essay - Letters to a Young Poet". Taking Rainer Maria Rilke's classic text ''Letters to a Young Poet'' as inspiration, leading poets wrote a letter to a protege. Feaver lives in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Collections of poetry * 1978: ''Monograph'' (Pamela Robertson-Pearce) * 1981: ' ...
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Samuel Russell Feaver
Samuel Russell Feaver (5 February 1878 – 3 November 1946) was a New Zealand farmer, pharmacist, veterinary surgeon and photographer. He was born in St Leonards, Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ..., England. He moved to New Zealand in 1895 and settled in Ōpunake in 1900. He was a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for his invention of a small curved scalpel used in internal dissections and work on animal mastitis. References 1878 births 1946 deaths New Zealand farmers New Zealand veterinarians New Zealand photographers New Zealand pharmacists British emigrants to New Zealand {{NewZealand-photographer-stub ...
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Douglas Feaver
Douglas Russell Feaver (1914–1997) was the Bishop of Peterborough in the Church of England from 1972 to 1984. Fever was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Keble College, Oxford; and ordained in 1938. He was a curate at St Alban's Abbey then a wartime chaplain in the RAFVR. He later became Sub-Dean of the abbey, Rural Dean of Nottingham (and Vicar A vicar (; Latin: ''vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English pref ... of St Mary's) before becoming Peterborough's Bishop.‘FEAVER, Rt Rev. Douglas Russell’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 201accessed 25 Jan 2015/ref> References External links 1914 births 1997 deaths People educated at Bristol Grammar School Royal Ai ...
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Lefebvre
Lefebvre () is a common northern French surname. Other variations include Lefèbvre, Lefèvre, Lefeuvre (western France) and Lefébure (northern France and Normandy). In the Occitan and Arpitan extension area, the variation is Fabre, Favre, Faure, Favret, Favrette or Dufaure and in Corsica Fabri (cf. Italian ''Fabbri'', ''Fabri''). In Celtic-speaking Brittany, the corresponding name is Le Goff(ic), with the article ''le'' to translate Breton ''ar''. For Anglophone pronunciation purposes, the name has evolved, especially in the United States and Anglophone regions of Canada mainly by Acadians, among whom it is also a common surname, to LaFave, LeFave, Lefever and Lafevre, as well as other variant spellings. The English surname Feaver is also derived from Lefebvre. (See ''Lefèvre'' for more.) The name derives from ''faber'', the Latin word for "craftsman", "worker"; used in Late Latin in Gaul to mean smith. Many northern French surnames (especially in Normandy) are used with the ...
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