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Glenys
Glenys, a Welsh female given name meaning "clean, holy", may refer to: *Glenys Bakker (born 1962), Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta *Glenys Barton, sculptor working mainly in ceramic and bronze *Glenys Fowles AM (born 1941), Australian operatic soprano * Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead (born 1944), British politician *Glenys Page (1940–2012), New Zealand cricketer * Glenys Quick (born 1957), retired long-distance runner from New Zealand *Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton (born 1952), Labour and Co-operative member of the UK House of Lords This name is also spelt Glennis and may refer to: *Glennis Grace (born 1978), Dutch singer *Glennis Lorimer (1913–1968), British actress * Glennis Yeager (1924–1990), wife of Air Force test pilot Chuck Yeager, who named several of his planes ''Glamorous Glennis'' for her, including the supersonic Bell X-1 It is also spelt Glennys and may refer to: *Glennys Farrar, American particle physicist and cosmologist * Glennys L. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenys Barton
Glenys Barton (born 1944) is a sculptor working mainly in ceramic and bronze. Life Barton was born in Stoke-on-Trent in 1944 and now lives in and works in Essex, UK.Edward Lucie-Smith, Adrian Flowers, Robin Gibson 1997 Momentum London p113 She studied at the Royal College of Art from 1968-1971, where Eduardo Paolozzi was her tutor. Barton's ceramic work of the 1970s focused on precise geometrical forms. She was the British prize winner at the International Ceramics Exhibition in 1972 and was invited to serve on the newly formed Crafts Advisory Committee, as its youngest member from 1974-76. Angela Flowers offered Barton her first solo exhibition in London and Barton has presented regular solo exhibitions with them since 1974. Two early works are included in the Ceramics Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum. These works illustrate her early concern for precision and interest in the use of industrial processes of ceramic production. She has collaborated with Wedgwood. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock Of Holyhead
Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead (''née'' Parry; born 7 July 1944), is a British politician and former teacher who served as Minister of State for Europe from June to October 2009 and Minister of State for Africa and the United Nations from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, she was previously a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Wales, formerly South Wales East, from 1994 to 2009. Early life Glenys Elizabeth Parry was born at Roade, Northamptonshire, and educated at Holyhead High School, Anglesey. She graduated in 1965 from University College, Cardiff in education and history. She met her future husband Neil Kinnock at university and married him in 1967. She worked as a teacher in secondary, primary, infant and nursery schools, including the Wykeham Primary School, Neasden, London, when she was a member of the National Union of Teachers (NUT). European Parliament Kinnock represented Wales in the European Parliament from 1994 until 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenys Page
Glenys Lynne Page (11 August 1940 – 7 November 2012) was a New Zealand cricketer who played as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She appeared in two One Day Internationals for New Zealand, both at the 1973 World Cup. She played domestic cricket for Auckland. Page made her debut in New Zealand's inaugural ODI match, against Trinidad and Tobago, in which she took six wickets for twenty runs – the best bowling figures by a player on debut in a WODI, and the only bowler to take a six-wicket haul on WODI debut. She held the record for best bowling figures by a New Zealander in WODIs from 1973 to 1982, surpassed by Jackie Lord's performance of 6/10 against India at the 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup The 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup, known as the 1982 Hansells Vita Fresh World Cup for sponsorship purposes, was an international cricket tournament played in New Zealand from 10 January to 7 February 1982. Hosted by New Zealand for the first .... Page died in Auckland on 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton
Dorothea Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton (born 16 October 1952), known as Glenys Thornton, is a Labour and Co-operative politician serving as a Member of the House of Lords since 1998. She was a Government Whip in 2008 to 2010 and a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health in 2010. Career Thornton was raised in Bradford, and graduated from the London School of Economics. She was Political Secretary of the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society from 1981, joining the public affairs team of the Co-operative Wholesale Society upon their merger in 1985 and working there until 1992. She was General Secretary of the Fabian Society from 1993 to 1996. Since June 2015 she has been Chief Executive of the Young Foundation. On 23 July 1998 Thornton was created a Life peer by Tony Blair, with the title Baroness Thornton, of Manningham in the County of West Yorkshire. She chaired the Social Enterprise Coalition until January 2008, when she was appointed a junior minister of the Hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenys Bakker
Glenys Bakker (born August 27, 1962 in High River, Alberta) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. Bakker played second for Shannon Kleibrink's bronze medal winning team at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Bakker played for Shannon Kleibrink for most of her curling career. At the 1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Bakker was Kleibrink's Alternate. She was Kleibrink's third at the 1997 Canadian Olympic Trials where the team lost to Sandra Schmirler in the final. In 2004, she was Kleibrink's second at the 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts where they finished with a 6–5 record. Also as Kleibrink's second, the team won the 2005 Canada Cup of Curling and won the 2005 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials The 2005 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials were held from December 3 to 11 at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Men Teams Round-robin standings ''Fi ... getting a berth at the 2006 Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenys Fowles
Glenys Rae Fowles AM (born 4 November 1941; some sources say 1946) is an Australian operatic soprano who sang with Opera Australia and its predecessors for many years. She also sang at Covent Garden, Glyndebourne, and for the New York City Opera, San Diego Opera, and Scottish Opera. She also appeared at the BBC Proms and with the New York Philharmonic. Her recording with Heather Begg of the "Flower Duet" from Delibes's ''Lakmé'' has become famous. Early life Fowles was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1941; she studied there with Lucy Howell. She appeared as Gretel in Engelbert Humperdinck's ''Hansel and Gretel'' in her school's production, at age 12. Her adult debut was as Micaela in ''Carmen'' for West Australian Opera. In 1967 she won the vocal section in the ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition (now known as the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards). In 1968 she was the first Australian to win a cash prize in the finals of the New York Metropolitan Opera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenys Quick
Glenys Quick (born 29 November 1957) is a retired female long-distance runner from New Zealand, who won the 1984 edition of Nagoya Marathon The , named until the 2010 race, is an annual marathon race for female runners over the classic distance of 42 km and 195 metres, held in Nagoya, Japan in early March every year. It holds World Athletics Platinum road race status. It i ..., clocking a total time of 2:34:25. Achievements ReferencesARRS 1957 births Living people New Zealand female long-distance runners Place of birth missing (living people) Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand New Zealand female marathon runners {{NewZealand-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glynis (other)
Glynis or Glynnis is a female and rarely male given name of Welsh origin. It may refer to: *Glynis Barber (born 1955), South African actress *Glynis Breakwell, (born 1952), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath *Glynnis Breytenbach, South African politician *Glynnis Talken Campbell (born 1957), American romance writer, composer, musician and voiceover artist *Glynis Coles (born 1954), English retired tennis player *Glynis Fester (born 1958), Miss Universe South Africa for 1977 *Glynis Johns (born 1923), Welsh stage and film actress, dancer, pianist and singer *Glynis Nunn (born 1960), Australian former heptathlete, and the first Olympic champion in the event *Glynnis O'Connor (born 1955), American actress *Glynis Penny (born 1951), English former long-distance runner *Glynis Roberts (born 1961), politician from the nation of Grenada *Glynis Sweeny (born 1962), American illustrator and caricaturist See also *Glenys Glenys, a Welsh female given name meaning "clean, holy", may re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glennis Lorimer
Glennis Lorimer (''Glennis Dorothy Browne''; 27 April 1913 – 17 November 1968) was a British people, British actress, who appeared in a number of films during the 1930s. She also appeared in the Gainsborough Pictures logo before the opening credits of films by that studio. She made her debut in the 1933 film ''Britannia of Billingsgate''. Her last film appearance was in the 1939 Will Hay comedy ''Ask a Policeman''. She died of cancer of the esophagus at Guy's Hospital, London. Selected filmography * ''Britannia of Billingsgate'' (1933) * ''Orders is Orders'' (1934) * ''My Old Dutch (1934 film), My Old Dutch'' (1934) * ''Old Faithful (film), Old Faithful'' (1935) * ''Car of Dreams'' (1935) * ''Strictly Illegal'' (1935) * ''It's Love Again'' (1936) * ''All In (film), All In'' (1936) * ''The Interrupted Honeymoon'' (1936) * ''Farewell to Cinderella'' (1937) * ''Alf's Button Afloat'' (1938) * ''Ask a Policeman'' (1939) References External links * 1913 births 1968 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glennis Grace
Glenda Hulita Elisabeth Batta (born 19 June 1978), known professionally as Glennis Grace, is a Dutch singer. In 2005, she Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, and in 2018 she appeared on the America's Got Talent (season 13), 13th season of ''America's Got Talent'' and made it to the finals. Glennis Grace has received online attention due to the similarity between her voice and that of Whitney Houston. Life and career Batta was born in Amsterdam to a Dutch people, Dutch mother and a father from Curaçao. She was discovered in 1994, at the age of 15, after she won the Dutch TV talent show called ''Soundmixshow,'' where she performed the Whitney Houston song "''One Moment in Time''". Eurovision Song Contest In 2005, Glennis Grace accepted the offer to participate in the ''Nationaal Songfestival'', the national selection in the Netherlands in the Eurovision S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bell X-1
The Bell X-1 (Bell Model 44) is a rocket engine–powered aircraft, designated originally as the XS-1, and was a joint National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics– U.S. Army Air Forces–U.S. Air Force supersonic research project built by Bell Aircraft. Conceived during 1944 and designed and built in 1945, it achieved a speed of nearly in 1948. A derivative of this same design, the Bell X-1A, having greater fuel capacity and hence longer rocket burning time, exceeded in 1954. The X-1 aircraft #46-062, nicknamed ''Glamorous Glennis'' and piloted by Chuck Yeager, was the first manned airplane to exceed the speed of sound in level flight and was the first of the X-planes, a series of American experimental rocket planes (and non-rocket planes) designed for testing new technologies. Design and development Parallel development In 1942, the United Kingdom's Ministry of Aviation began a top secret project with Miles Aircraft to develop the world's first aircraft capable of brea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glennys Farrar
Glennys Reynolds Farrar (born 1946) is a professor of physics at New York University who specializes in particle physics, cosmology and the study of dark matter. She has made several significant contributions to the fields of hadron and dark matter phenomenology, helping to develop the working "Standard Cosmological Model". Farrar is a figure in developing many modern particle-search techniques, achieving numerous recognitions including as the Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences and Sloan Fellowship. She holds a faculty position at New York University (NYU), where she has been since 1998. Education Farrar obtained a bachelor's degree at UC Berkeley in 1968, being one of the first undergraduate students to enroll in graduate courses in the physics department. After graduating from UC Berkeley, Farrar went on to earn her PhD from Princeton in 1971, becoming the first woman to receive a physics PhD from Princeton. During this time she began studying Hindi alongside her physic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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