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George Pope (driver)
George Pope may refer to: * George Pope (cricketer) (1911–1993), English cricketer * George Uglow Pope George Uglow Pope (24 April 1820 – 11 February 1908), or G. U. Pope, was an Anglican Christian missionary and Tamil scholar who spent 40 years in Tamil Nadu and translated many Tamil texts into English. His popular translations included those ... (1820–1908), Christian missionary * George D. Pope (1867–1927), political figure on Prince Edward Island {{hndis, Pope, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Pope (cricketer)
George Henry Pope (27 January 1911 – 29 October 1993) was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club, Derbyshire from 1933 to 1948, and in one Test cricket, Test for England national cricket team, England in 1947. He played 169 matches for Derbyshire, and as a bowler, he took 677 wickets at 19.92; as a batsman he had a career average of 28.05. He missed most of Derbyshire's Championship season in 1936 through injury, but improved steadily as both batsman and bowler before the war and came close to a Test place (he was in the party for Trent Bridge in 1938 and was chosen for the abortive tour of India in 1939–40). He missed 1946 because he was committed to League cricket but in 1947 he received his one cap, against South Africa at Lord's. In 1948 he did the double for the second time - hitting 207 not out at Portsmouth - but promptly decided to retire to Jersey because of his wife's health. He came back to play more League cricket and stand as a first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Uglow Pope
George Uglow Pope (24 April 1820 – 11 February 1908), or G. U. Pope, was an Anglican Christian missionary and Tamil scholar who spent 40 years in Tamil Nadu and translated many Tamil texts into English. His popular translations included those of the Tirukkural and Thiruvasagam. He later took to teaching, running his own school in Ootacamund for while and then moving to head the Bishop Cotton Boys' School in Bangalore and after returning to England worked as a Lecturer at Balliol College, Oxford. A statue on the Chennai beach recognizes him for his contribution to the understanding and promotion of the Tamil language. Biography George Uglow Pope was born on 24 April 1820 in Bedeque, Prince Edward Island in Canada. His father was John Pope (1791–1863), of Padstow, Cornwall, a merchant who became a missionary, who emigrated to Prince Edward Island in 1818, and Catherine Uglow (1797–1867), of Stratton, north Cornwall. The family moved to Nova Scotia, St. Vincent's befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
