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Glenys Thomson
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. McV ... [...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] |
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] |
Glennes
Glennes () is a former commune in the department of Aisne in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Les Septvallons. 9 November 2015 Population See also *Communes of the Aisne department
The following is a list of the 799 Communes of France, communes in the French Departments of France, department of Aisne.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):
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Glenn (other)
Glenn may refer to: Name or surname * Glenn (name) * John Glenn, U.S. astronaut Cultivars * Glenn (mango) * a 6-row barley variety Places In the United States: * Glenn, California * Glenn County, California * Glenn, Georgia, a settlement in Heard County * Glenn, Illinois * Glenn, Michigan * Glenn, Missouri * University, Orange County, North Carolina, formerly called Glenn * Glenn Highway in Alaska Organizations *Glenn Research Center, a NASA center in Cleveland, Ohio See also * New Glenn, a heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle * * *Glen A glen is a valley, typically one that is long and bounded by gently sloped concave sides, unlike a ravine, which is deep and bounded by steep slopes. Whittow defines it as a "Scottish term for a deep valley in the Highlands" that is "narrower ..., a valley * Glen (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen
A glen is a valley, typically one that is long and bounded by gently sloped concave sides, unlike a ravine, which is deep and bounded by steep slopes. Whittow defines it as a "Scottish term for a deep valley in the Highlands" that is "narrower than a strath".. The word is Goidelic in origin: ''gleann'' in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, ''glion'' in Manx. The designation "glen" also occurs often in place names. Etymology The word is Goidelic in origin: ''gleann'' in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, ''glion'' in Manx. In Manx, ''glan'' is also to be found meaning glen. It is cognate with Welsh ''glyn''. Examples in Northern England, such as Glenridding, Westmorland, or Glendue, near Haltwhistle, Northumberland, are thought to derive from the aforementioned Cumbric cognate, or another Brythonic equivalent. This likely underlies some examples in Southern Scotland. As the name of a river, it is thought to derive from the Irish word ''glan'' meaning clean, or the Welsh word ''gleindid' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glennys Young
Glennys Young is a professor of history and the Chairperson, chair of the history department at the University of Washington. She also is a professor of Russian studies at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and is affiliated with University of Washington's Comparative History of Ideas Department. From 2016 to 2019, she was the Jon Bridgman Endowed Professor in History. Her research focuses include Russia, the former Soviet Union, religion in the Soviet Union, Soviet foreign policy, Russian foreign relations, the Cold War, and twentieth-century Spain. Early life and education Young graduated from Nazareth Area High School in Nazareth, Pennsylvania in 1977. She attended Lafayette College, transferring to the University of Pennsylvania in 1981 and graduating summa cum laude with a bachelor's in history. In 1989, she earned her Doctor of Philosophy, PhD in history from the University of California, Berkeley. Career In 1989, Young began her academic career as a visit ... [...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] |
Chuck Yeager
Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager ( , February 13, 1923December 7, 2020) was a United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot who in October 1947 became the first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight. Yeager was raised in Hamlin, West Virginia. His career began in World War II as a private in the United States Army, assigned to the Army Air Forces in 1941. After serving as an aircraft mechanic, in September 1942, he entered enlisted pilot training and upon graduation was promoted to the rank of flight officer (the World War II Army Air Force version of the Army's warrant officer), later achieving most of his aerial victories as a P-51 Mustang fighter pilot on the Western Front, where he was credited with shooting down 11.5 enemy aircraft (the half credit is from a second pilot assisting him in a single shootdown). On October 12, 1944, he attained "ace in a day" status, shooting down five enemy aircr ... [...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] |
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] |
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