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Gough (song)
Gough ( ) is a surname. The surname may derive from the Welsh (English: "red"),Farrar-Hockley 1974, pp. 2–3 possibly given as a nickname to someone with red hair or a red complexion. Another possible derivation is that it was a reduced form of the Irish McGough which itself is an Anglicized form of Gaelic , a patronymic from the personal name (variant ), "horseman", both derivatives of Irish "horse". Occasionally used as a first or middle name: * Edward Gough Whitlam, known as Gough Whitlam, Australian Prime Minister. Notable people with the surname include: *Alfred Gough, American screenwriter and producer, co-creator of ''Smallville'' * Annette Gough (born 1950), Australian academic *Antony Gough, New Zealand businessman and property developer * Austin Gough, American football player *Bobby Gough (born 1949), English footballer *Charles Gough (other), a number of people * Charles Frederick Howard Gough (1901–1977), British Territorial Army officer, company dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language family, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has also been known in English as "British", "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric". The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 gave the Welsh language official status in Wales. Both the Welsh and English languages are ''de jure'' official languages of the Welsh Parliament, the Senedd. According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the Welsh-speaking population of Wales aged three or older was 17.8% (538,300 people) and nearly three quarters of the population in Wales said they had no Welsh language skills. Other estimates suggest that 29.7% (899,500) of people aged three or older in Wales could speak Welsh in June 2022. Almost half of all Welsh speakers consider themselves fluent Welsh speakers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Foster Gough
Frederick Foster Gough (bapt. 7 February 1825; died 1 June 1889) was a Protestant Christian missionary who served with the Church Missionary Society during the late Qing Dynasty in China. The second son of Ralph and Catharine Gough of Gosbrook House (later Gorsebrook House), Bushbury, Staffordshire, he was christened on 7 February 1825 at the church of Saint Peter, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he obtained a BA in 1847 and his MA in 1853. In 1848 he became a curate of St. Luke's, Birmingham. He married Mary Vigars LeMare, at Christ Church, Salford, Lancashire, on 4 April 1854; he was widowed seven years later when his wife died in London in early 1861. He then married Ann Marie, the widow of the Reverend John Jones who had been a missionary in Ningbo Ningbo (; Ningbonese: ''gnin² poq⁷'' , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly romanized as Ningpo, is a major sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Gough (other)
Richard Gough (born 1962) is a Scottish former football defender. Richard Gough may also refer to: * Richard Gough (Welsh footballer) Richard Thomas Gough (April–June 1859published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Birthdate based on registration period given as '2Q (ie second quarter) 1859'. – 2 February 1934) was an English Wales international f ... (born 1860), Wales international footballer * Richard Gough (antiquarian) (1735–1809), English antiquarian * Richard Gough (1635–1723), the author of ''The History of Myddle'' * Richard Gough (1655–1728), British merchant and politician See also * Richard McGough (1892–1917), English footballer {{Human name disambiguation, Gough, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Gough
Raymond John Gough (8 February 1938 — 11 March 2018) was a Northern Irish football left half who played in the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ... for Millwall. References Association footballers from Northern Ireland NIFL Premiership players Association football wing halves 1938 births 2018 deaths Association footballers from Belfast Linfield F.C. players English Football League players Millwall F.C. players Northern Ireland amateur international footballers Crusaders F.C. players Toronto Italia players Weymouth F.C. players Bath City F.C. players Southern Football League players Irish League representative players Expatriate association footballers from Northern Ireland Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Gough (voice Actor)
Michael Jonathan Gough (born December 3, 1956) is an American voice actor. He is known for providing the voices of Deckard Cain in the '' Diablo'' series of video games, Gopher in the ''Winnie the Pooh'' franchise, Zazu in '' Timon & Pumbaa'', Ulrich Vogel in '' Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War'', and Shrek in many projects in the franchise where primary voice actor Mike Myers was unavailable. Filmography Film * ''All-Star Superman'' – Parasite * '' A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving'' – Gopher * ''A Very Merry Pooh Year'' – Gopher * '' Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh'' – Gopher * '' Batman: Year One'' – Driver * ''Diablo III: Wrath'' – Deckard Cain * '' Far Far Away Idol'' – Shrek (singing voice) * '' Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure'' – Joe * '' Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland'' – Teacher #2 * '' Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand'' – Chester McGill * ''The Rumpus Machine'' – Himself * ''Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur'' – Mr. Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Gough (cricketer)
Michael Andrew Gough (born 18 December 1979) is an English cricket umpire and former cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. Gough is an international umpire and is a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, representing the England and Wales Cricket Board. Playing career Having played in two Youth Test matches in 1997, he impressed enough to become a fully fledged member of the Durham side of 1998, having previously been an occasional member of their Second XI side, and carrying on in this role for five more years. In his debut in Second XI cricket, he finished his first innings admirably, but went out in the second innings for a duck. Gough played in eleven Youth Test Matches, debuting in South Africa in December 1997, in a match which ended up as a draw having seen England Under-19s follow on from 130 runs behind. He subsequently played against Pakistan, New Zealand and Australia Under-19s. He fell out of love with the sport at the hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Gough (archaeologist)
Michael Richard Edward Gough (23 September 1916 – 15 October 1973) was a British archaeologist and the third Director of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara (1961-1968). As Director of the BIAA Gough pioneered the archaeology of early Christian sites in Turkey in anticipation of changes in academic viewpoints which were to follow in the 1990s. Gough attended the Dragon School in Oxford before gaining a scholarship to Stonyhurst College where he concentrated on studying the Classics. In 1936 he gained a Classical Exhibition to Peterhouse, Cambridge where he went on to become a Scholar and Prizeman. In 1939 he gained a First Class Honours Degree in the Classical Tripos with Archaeology as his specialism. With the outbreak of World War II in 1939 Gough joined the Royal Artillery as a Gunner, seeing service in the Middle East and throughout the whole of the Italian Campaign including during the battles of Cassino and on the Sangro. He was discharged from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Gough
Francis Michael Gough ( ; 23 November 1916 – 17 March 2011) was a British character actor who made more than 150 film and television appearances. He is known for his roles in the Hammer Horror Films from 1958, with his first role as Sir Arthur Holmwood in ''Dracula'', and for his recurring role as Alfred Pennyworth in all four of the ''Batman'' films from 1989 to 1997. He would appear in three more Burton films: in '' Sleepy Hollow'', voicing Elder Gutknecht in ''Corpse Bride'' and the Dodo in ''Alice in Wonderland''. Gough also appeared in popular British television shows, including ''Doctor Who'' (as the titular villain in ''The Celestial Toymaker'' (1966) and as Councillor Hedin in ''Arc of Infinity'' (1983)), and in a memorable episode of '' The Avengers'' as the automation-obsessed wheelchair user Dr. Armstrong in "The Cybernauts" (1965). In 1956 he received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. At the National Theatre in London Gough excelled as a comedia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martyn Gough (chaplain)
Martyn John Gough (born 21 April 1966), a British Anglican priest, is National Chaplain to the Royal British Legion. He is a retired military chaplain who was Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon for the Royal Navy from 2018 to 2021. Early life and education Gough was born on 21 April 1966 in Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales. He was educated at Aberdare High School: it was an all-boys grammar school when he joined, changing to an all-boys comprehensive school from 1978. He studied at the University of Wales, Cardiff, graduating with a Bachelor of Theology (BTh) degree in 1987. From 1988 to 1990, he trained for ordination at St Stephen's House, Oxford. During this time, he competed a postgraduate certificate (PGC) at the University of Oxford. Ordained ministry Gough was ordained in the Church in Wales as a deacon in 1990 and as a priest in 1991. He served in the Diocese of Llandaff in Wales, and in the Church of England's Diocese in Europe. He served his curacy at St Theodore's Chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Gough
Laurie Gough is an American-Canadian author of memoirs and a freelance writer. She is the author of ''Stolen Child: A Mother's Journey to Rescue Her Son from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder'', published in 2016; ''Kiss the Sunset Pig: An American Road-trip with Exotic Detours'', published in 2006 with Penguin, and ''Kite Strings of the Southern Cross: A Woman's Travel Odyssey'', (published in Canada as ''Island of the Human Heart). Kite Strings of the Southern Cross was'' shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, in the U.K. and was silver medal winner of '' ForeWord Magazines Travel Book of the Year in the US. She is the author of numerous travel articles. A number of her stories have been anthologized in various literary travel books, including salon.com's ''Wanderlust: Real-Life Tales of Adventure and Romance''; ''AWOL: Tales for Travel-Inspired Minds''; ''Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures: Funny Women Write from the Road''; ''Hyenas Laughed at Me and Now I Know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gough (other)
John Gough may refer to: Sportspeople * John Gough (American football) (1900–1935), American football player and coach * John Gough (Canadian football) (born 1920s), Canadian football player * John Gough (footballer), Irish football goalkeeper * John Gough (referee) (born 1937), Irish Gaelic games match official * John Gough (sport shooter) (born 1929), English sport shooter Other *John Gough (actor), American actor in the silent film era, including in ''Wives and Other Wives'' *John Gough (British Army officer) (1871–1915), British general and recipient of the Victoria Cross *John Gough (composer) (1903–1951), Australian-born composer, radio producer and radio playwright who relocated to the UK and worked for the BBC *John Gough (natural philosopher) (1757–1825), English natural and experimental philosopher *John Bartholomew Gough (1817–1886), American temperance orator *John George Gough (1848–1907), co-founder of the New South Wales Labour Party *John Wiedhofft Gough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Gough
Ian Gough (born 10 November 1976) is a former Wales international rugby union rugby player. His usual position was lock forward. He made his debut for the Wales national rugby union team against South Africa in 1998, and was a regular thereafter, including playing in the 2006 Six Nations Championship, and the mid year series against Argentina. He also played within the Irish under-19 international team. On 18 January 2010 he was named in the 35 man Wales national Squad for the 2010 Six Nations tournament. He retired from professional rugby 5 September 2013, only to be tempted back with the opportunity to play for London Irish in the Aviva Premiership. In May 2014 Gough rejoined Newport Gwent Dragons Dragons RFC ( cy, Dreigiau) are one of the four professional rugby union regional teams in Wales. They are owned by the Welsh Rugby Union and play their home games at Rodney Parade, Newport and at other grounds around the region. They play in .... He announced his retirement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
