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Huw Wynne Griffith
Huw is a Welsh given name, a variant of Hugo or Hugh. Notable people with the name include: *Huw Bennett (born 1983), Welsh rugby player * Huw Bunford (born 1967), guitarist in the Welsh rock band Super Furry Animals *Huw Cadwaladr, Welsh poet *Huw Cae Llwyd (1431–c.1504), Welsh poet * Huw Ceredig (1942–2011), Welsh actor *Huw Davies (chemist), British chemist *Huw Davies (rugby union) (born 1959), English rugby union player * Huw Dixon (born 1958), Professor of Economics at Cardiff University *Huw Edwards (conductor), Welsh conductor * Huw Edwards (journalist) (born 1961), Welsh journalist, presenter and newsreader *Huw Edwards (politician) (born 1953), Welsh Labour Party politician, and Member of Parliament *Huw T. Edwards (1892–1970), Welsh trade union leader and politician *Huw Edwards-Jones (born 1956), British cabinetmaker *Huw Evans (born 1985), also known as H. Hawkline, Welsh singer-songwriter and radio and television presenter * Huw Garmon (born 1966), Welsh actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo (name)
Hugo is a surname and masculine given name of Germanic origin, meaning "mind". The English version of the name is Hugh, the Italian version is Ugo. For detailed history and etymology of the name, see Hugh (given name). Hugo is one of the most popular given names in Europe, ranking as high as #9 in Spain, and #8 in Belgium in 2006. April 1 is the of Hugo in many European countries. Notable people Surname * Adèle Hugo (1830–1915), French diarist * |
Huw Higginson
Huw Higginson (born 21 February 1964) is an English actor, best known for playing PC George Garfield in ''The Bill'' from 1989 to 1999. Higginson has also appeared in '' Heartbeat'', '' EastEnders'', ''Casualty'', '' By Any Means'' and '' Jessica''. He appeared as Mr Cunningham in two stories of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' entitled '' The Day of the Clown'' and ''The Mark of the Berserker''.Filmography: Huw Higginson website. Accessed 9 November 2017. After relocating to Australia in 2014, Higginson has appeared in numerous Australian television programmes and stage productions. Some of the roles he has played since moving to Australia include |
Huw Stephens
Huw Meredydd Stephens (born 25 May 1981) is a Welsh radio and television presenter, currently broadcasting on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio 6 Music. Stephens founded the Sŵn music festival with John Rostron and the yearly showcase Welsh Language Music Day. Stephens produced the 2018 documentary film ''Anorac'' about the Welsh language music scene. He presented the ''Cofiwch Dryweryn'' documentary for S4C, following the history of the graffiti that his father painted in 1963, and ''The Story of Welsh Art'', a 3-part documentary series for the BBC. He also presented ''Cymru Rising'' on BBC Radio 4, documenting the Welsh language music scene. Career Stephens joined Radio 1 in 1999 at the age of 17 as part of the station's new regional output, where he hosted the Wales opt-out with Bethan Elfyn and became the youngest ever Radio 1 presenter. Before this he was a DJ on Rookwood Sound hospital radio in Llandaff, Cardiff. In 2015 he became a joint patron of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huw Spratling
Huw Spratling (born 1949) is a British composer. Spratling has collaborated on compositions with Sir Charles Groves and others. Works * Sinfonietta for Strings, 1985''The Strad'', 1985, p. 3 Recordings * ''The Choral Music of Huw Spratling'' Mass of the Holy Spirit. O Salutaris Hostia. Tantum Ergo. Sinfonietta for Strings. Harp Sonatina. In Paradisum. O Magnum Mysterium. S. Bullock & T. Chadwell, J. Dyball, J. Hatton. Somm Records References 1949 births Living people British composers {{UK-composer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepsi Tate
Pepsi Tate (10 March 1965 – 18 September 2007) was the bass guitarist of Welsh people, Welsh glam metal band Tigertailz, who made the Top 40 in the UK Albums Chart in the early 1990s. Pepsi's nickname was "Boy" or "The Boy". Born as Huw Justin Smith, son of ''Dempsey and Makepeace'' actor Ray Smith (actor), Ray Smith, Pepsi Tate grew up in the village of Dinas Powys, just outside Cardiff. After his career with Tigertailz Justin pursued a career in television as a producer and director. His work for BBC Wales included directing the weekly politics programme, ''Dragon's Eye''. The ''Thrill Pistol'' album (released on 27 August 2007) featured his last recordings. It was dedicated to Pepsi and his family. On 18 September 2007, aged 42, Pepsi Tate died after suffering with pancreatic cancer.Thedeadrockstarsclub.com - accessed 27 Apri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huw Pritchard
Huw Pritchard (born 7 January 1976 in Cardiff, Wales), is a former Welsh racing cyclist. He represented Wales at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, and again in Manchester in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, where he won the silver medal in the 20 km scratch, the first Welshman to win a medal on the track at the Games. Huw now works as a product designer. Palmarès Track ;1998 :4th Team Pursuit, 4m28.664, Commonwealth Games (with Paul Sheppard, Alun Owen & Sion Jones) ;1999 :1st 20 km Scratch, British National Track Championships :2nd Points race, British National Track Championships ;2002 :2nd Madison, British National Track Championships (with Kieran Page, SP Systems) :2nd 20 km Scratch, Commonwealth Games :4th Points race, Commonwealth Games :4th Team Pursuit, 4m25.029, Commonwealth Games (with Paul Sheppard, Will Wright & Joby Ingram-Dodd) ;2003 :1st Madison, British National Track Championships (with James Taylor, City of Edinburgh RC) Road ;1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huw Pill
Huw Pill is a British economist, and the chief economist of the Bank of England since September 2021, succceeding Andy Haldane. Pill studied philosophy, politics and economics at University College, Oxford, and graduated in 1989. He earned a doctorate in economics from Stanford University in 1995. He worked as an economist at the Bank of England from 1990 to 1992. After graduating from Stanford, he was appointed assistant professor of business administration at Harvard University. He left Harvard to work at the European Central Bank The European Central Bank (ECB) is the prime component of the monetary Eurosystem and the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) as well as one of seven institutions of the European Union. It is one of the world's most important centr ... (ECB) for a couple of years and returned to Harvard as an associate professor in 2003. In 2004, he worked at the ECB again and left to become chief European economist for Goldman Sachs in 2011. Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huw Menai
Huw Owen Williams (13 July 1886 – 28 June 1961), who wrote as Huw Menai, was a Welsh poet, a Welsh-language speaker who nevertheless wrote only in the English language. His poems were among the first classic works to be republished as a result of a 2004 incentive on the part of the Welsh Assembly Government. Biography Huw Menai was born in Caernarfon; although his birth certificate says his parents were William and Elizabeth Williams, it has been suggested that his natural father may have been another man named Hugh Owen. He was educated at the Ragged School in Caernarfon, and left school aged twelve, later becoming a miner at Gilfach Goch. He married Anne Jones in 1910; they had three sons and five daughters. Having moved to Merthyr Vale, where his father was working, he became politically active and wrote for socialist publications, until promotion forced him to take the employer's side. During the First World War, he began writing poetry and contributing to mainstrea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huw Lloyd-Langton
Richard Hugh "Huw" Lloyd-Langton (6 February 1951 – 6 December 2012) was an English musician, best known as the guitarist for the rock band HawkwindStrong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Rock Discography'', Canongate, , p. 466 at various times. He also had his own band, The Lloyd Langton Group, and was the session lead guitarist for UK band The Meads of Asphodel. Biography Lloyd-Langton was born in Harlesden, north west London. As a member of Hawkwind he appeared on their first album, ''Hawkwind'', before leaving the band. He played guitar for Widowmaker, Budgie, and Leo Sayer during the 1970s, then rejoined Hawkwind in 1979, appearing on the ''Live Seventy Nine'' album release from that year and the subsequent ''Levitation'' album. He continued performing with Hawkwind until 1988, after which he made occasional guest appearances, then rejoined for a brief spell in 2001-2002 until ill health (Legionnaires' disease) forced him to leave once more. He sometimes played solo as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huw Lewis-Jones
Huw Lewis-Jones (born 2 May 1980) is a British historian, editor, broadcaster and art director. Formerly a historian and Curator of Art at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Lewis-Jones left Cambridge in June 2010 to pursue book and broadcasting projects. He is the Editorial Director of the independent publishing company Polarworld. Biography Grandson of a Royal Navy commander, Lewis-Jones attended Elizabeth College, Guernsey, before studying as a geography undergraduate at St John's College, Cambridge, where he was a Davidson Scholar. He earned a Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy in the history of exploration at the University of Cambridge. Lewis-Jones' ongoing research interests include the intellectual history of exploration, maritime hagiography, and the cultural history of the nineteenth century. His particular expertise is in Antarctic and Arctic exploration, portraiture, print culture, and the history of photography and he lectures wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huw Lawlor
Huw Lawlor (born 1 May 1996) is an Irish hurler who plays for Kilkenny Senior Championship club O'Loughlin Gaels and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a full-back. Playing career Kilkenny CBS Lawlor first came to prominence as a hurler with Kilkenny CBS. He played in every grade of hurling before eventually joining the college's senior hurling team. On 9 March 2014, he lined out at right wing-forward when Kilkenny CBS defeated local rivals St. Kieran's College by 2–13 to 0–13 to win the Leinster Championship. Lawlor was again at right wing-forward when Kilkenny CBS faced St. Kieran's in the All-Ireland final on 5 April 2014. He ended the game on the losing side following a 2–16 to 0–13 defeat. O'Loughlin Gaels Lawlor joined the O'Loughlin Gaels club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels. He enjoyed championship success at minor and under-21 levels before joining the club's senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huw Lewis
Huw Lewis (born 17 January 1964) is a Welsh Labour Co-operative politician who served as Minister for Education and Skills from 2013 to 2016. Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Lewis represented the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency in the National Assembly for Wales from 1999 to 2016. Early life Born in Merthyr Tydfil and brought up in Aberfan, he attended the University of Edinburgh. Active in the local Scottish Labour Party, he worked for both Labour Party leader John Smith and later Donald Dewar. Lewis campaigned for a Scottish Assembly alongside Edinburgh Labour Club colleagues Douglas and Wendy Alexander, and Pat McFadden. Returning to South Wales, Lewis worked briefly as a chemistry teacher at Afon Taf High School, before working full-time for the Labour Party. Political career Elected to the position of Assistant General Secretary of Welsh Labour, he organised the campaign for the Labour "Yes" Vote campaign in 1997, that lead to the creation of the Welsh Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |