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Hugh Edwards (diver)
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Hugh Edwards may refer to: * Hugh Edwards (curator) (1903–1986), American curator of photography in Chicago *Hugh Edwards (rower) (1906–1972), English Olympic rower * Hugh Edwards (journalist) (born 1932), Western Australian author and marine photographer * Hugh Edwards (politician) (1869–1945), British Liberal Party politician See also *Hughie Edwards (1914–1982), Australian Victoria Cross recipient *Huw Edwards (other) Huw Edwards (born 1961) is a Welsh journalist, presenter and newsreader. Huw Edwards may also refer to: *Huw T. Edwards (1892–1970), Welsh trade union leader and politician *Huw Edwards (politician) (born 1953), British Member of Parliament for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Edwards (curator)
Hugh Edwards (1903–1986) was an American curator of photography, based in Chicago, Illinois at the Art Institute of Chicago during the 1960s. Considered highly influential, Edwards was one of a handful of key curators, along with Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen and John Szarkowski, who worked to gain the acceptance in the United States of fine art photography and documentary photography as art forms. Early life and education Hugh Logan Edwards Jr was born as the only child of his parents in the river city of Paducah, Kentucky, at the confluence of the Tennessee and Ohio rivers.David Travis, "Hugh Edwards: A Gentleman from Kentucky" Art Institute of Chicago, 2017 His family was deeply attached to the rivers of the American South: his father was an engineer on a steamboat and his grandf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Edwards (rower)
Hugh Robert Arthur Edwards (17 November 1906 – 21 December 1972), also known as Jumbo Edwards, was an English rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was born to Welsh-speaking parents in Woodstock, Oxfordshire and died in Southampton. He went to Christ Church, Oxford, in 1925, and was the only Freshman selected to row in the 1926 Blue Boat. He collapsed during the race, and was later diagnosed as having a hypertrophied heart, and was told he was no longer needed to row for the university. Edwards left Oxford in 1927 after failing his exams, and became a school teacher. He also recommenced rowing, with London Rowing Club. While rowing with London Rowing Club, he was successful at Henley Royal Regatta in 1928, 1929, and 1930, winning the Grand Challenge Cup in 1930. At the British Empire Games in Canada in 1930, London Rowing Club crews representing England, and which contained Edwards, won two gold medals, in the eights and in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Edwards (journalist)
William Hugh Edwards (born 29 July 1933) is a Western Australian former journalist, author and marine photographer who has written numerous books on maritime, local and natural history and diving. Shipwrecks Edwards played a major part in the exploration of Dutch East India Company shipwrecks of the 17th and 18th centuries on the Western Australia coast. He was recognised as primary discoverer of the ''Batavia'' and '' Zeewyk''. ''The Batavia and Her Detectives'' Books and awards His book '' Islands of Angry Ghosts'' on his expedition to the site of '' |
Hugh Edwards (politician)
(John) Hugh Edwards (9 April 1869 – 14 June 1945) was a British Liberal Party politician. Aberystwyth-born Edwards was an author, having written a history of Wales and three biographies of David Lloyd George. He was a governor of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and University College Cardiff. He was the editor of the magazines ''Young Wales'', ''Welsh Review'' and ''Wales: a National Magazine'', Liberal Welsh nationalist magazines. Prior to this, he served as a Congregationalist Minister in Montgomeryshire and London. Edwards was a supporter of the 'Cymru Fydd', or 'Young Wales' Movement of the 1890s, one of a number of South Walians who supported Lloyd George's attempt to create a united Welsh nationalist movement. He was present at the Newport Meeting of the South Wales Liberal Federation, in which the scheme for unity went down to defeat. Edwards was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Glamorgan at the December 1910 general election, with a majority of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hughie Edwards
Air Commodore Sir Hughie Idwal Edwards, (1 August 1914 – 5 August 1982) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force, Governor of Western Australia, and an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. Serving as a bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force (RAF), Edwards was decorated with the Victoria Cross in 1941 for his efforts in leading a bombing raid against the port of Bremen, one of the most heavily defended towns in Germany. He became the most highly decorated Australian serviceman of the Second World War. Born in Fremantle, Western Australia, Edwards joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1935, and a year later was granted a short service commission with the RAF. Serving throughout the Second World War, he gained a permanent commission and continued his career in the RAF after the war; he retired in 1963 with the rank of air co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
