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Humphreys (surname)
Humphreys is a common surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alan Humphreys (born 1939), English former professional footballer *Alastair Humphreys, English cyclist, adventurer, author and motivational speaker *Alf Humphreys (1953–2018), Canadian actor * Andrew Humphreys (1821–1904), U.S. politician *Andrew A. Humphreys (1810–1883), U.S. Army officer and Union general * Anthony Humphreys (born 1971), Australian cricketer * Arthur Humphreys (1917–2003), British former managing director of International Computers Limited (ICL) *Ben Humphreys (1934–2019), Australian politician *Benjamin G. Humphreys (1808–1882), U.S. politician and Confederate Army general *Benjamin G. Humphreys II (1865–1923), U.S. politician * Billy Humphreys, English footballer * Bob Humphreys (other) *Cecil Humphreys (1883–1947), British film actor *Charles Humphreys (1714–1786), U.S. miller, Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania *Chris Humphreys, British novelist and act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Humphreys
Alan Humphreys (born 18 November 1939) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Shrewsbury Town F.C., Shrewsbury Town, Leeds United F.C., Leeds United, Mansfield Town F.C., Mansfield Town and Chesterfield F.C., Chesterfield in the 1950s and 1960s. Playing career Humphreys was born on 18 November 1939 in Chester, England. He began his professional career at Shrewsbury Town in 1956, where he made 32 appearances in three seasons and built a reputation of being one of the best young goalkeepers in the lower divisions. In February 1960, he joined a declining Leeds United side that was relegated to the Football League Second Division, Second Division at the end of the 1959–60 season. He had an unhappy time at Leeds, losing confidence, and Don Revie brought in the experienced Tommy Younger and later Gary Sprake to fill the goalkeeping position. Humphreys left Leeds in August 1962 for non-league football before returning to league action with Mansfield Town in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Humphreys
Conrad David Humphreys (born 13 February 1973) is a British professional yachtsman and motivational speaker. Humphreys has competed in three round the world races (Whitbread Round The World Race, Whitbread Round the World Race 1993–94 and the BT Global Challenge 2000–2001) and (Vendée Globe, Vendee Globe 2004–5) He has also competed in the Transat (2004), the Route du Rhum (2002, 2014), the Transat Jacques Vabre (2003), the Archipelago Raid (2008–2011) the Extreme Sailing Series (2005–07) and La Solitaire du Figaro (2011). Humphreys was the Sailing Master, sailing master for the Channel 4's re-creation of Captain William Bligh's voyage from Tonga to Timor. Early life and education Humphreys was born in Exeter, Exeter, Devon on 13 February 1973, the youngest of four siblings. Growing up in Exmouth, Humphreys played competitive Rugby union, rugby for Exmouth Rugby Club and for the County of Devon . As part of the Exmouth Sailing Club, he competed in two Cadet world cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Humphreys
Gerry Humphreys OBE (11 May 1931 – 5 December 2006) was a Welsh sound engineer. He won BAFTA Film Awards for Best Sound for '' A Bridge Too Far'' and ''Cry Freedom'', was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Sound for ''Sunday Bloody Sunday'', ''Gandhi'', ''Blade Runner,'' and ''A Chorus Line'', as well as receiving Oscar nominations in the category Best Sound for ''Gandhi'' and ''A Chorus Line'' and an Australian Film Institute Award nomination for Best Sound for ''The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith''. He worked on 250 films between 1952 and 2002. He was appointed OBE in the 1995 New Year Honours. Selected filmography * '' Repulsion'' (1965) * ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' (1966) * ''The Italian Job'' (1969) * ''Sunday Bloody Sunday'' (1971) * '' A Bridge Too Far'' (1977) * ''The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith'' (1978) * ''Blade Runner'' (1982) * ''Gandhi'' (1982) * ''A Chorus Line'' (1985) * ''A Fish Called Wanda'' (1988) * ''Madame Sousatzka'' (1988) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Humphreys (rugby Union)
George William Humphreys (15 March 1870 – 11 May 1933) was an English-born New Zealand rugby union player who represented the All Blacks in 1894. His position of choice was loose forward. Humphreys did not play in any test matches as New Zealand did not play their first until 1903. Humphreys was born in Wolverhampton, England and moved to New Zealand at the age of 17. He died in Rotorua in 1933. Career Humphreys played nine games for the province between 1891 and 1894. He played in Canterbury's match against the touring NSW side. Based on his performances he was then selected for the national team in their match against the tourists which was conveniently played in Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / .... Humphreys scored a try, however the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Humphreys (civil Engineer)
Sir George William Humphreys KBE (1863–1945) was a British civil engineer. Humphreys was born in London in 1863. He became a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) on 7 March 1908. He became a member of the council of that institution in November 1917 and served as vice-president from November 1927. Humphreys was elected president of the ICE for the November 1930 to November 1931 session.. After his term he returned to the council as a past-president and remained in that position until October 1937. In 1927 he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Humphreys held a commission as an officer in the Territorial Army's Engineer and Railway Staff Corps, an unpaid unit which provides technical expertise to the British Army. On 18 June 1932 he was promoted from lieutenant colonel to colonel. He received the Efficiency Decoration on 18 March 1937 for his volunteer army service. Humphreys was appointed a land tax commissioner for the City of W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Humphreys (cricketer)
George Thomas Humphreys (28 March 1845 – 18 December 1894) was an English cricketer. Humphreys was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Brighton, Sussex. Humphreys made his first-class debut for Sussex against Surrey at The Oval in 1869. He played infrequently for Sussex over the next seventeen years, making 31 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Surrey at the County Ground, Hove, in 1886. Described in his 1896 obituary in ''Wisden'' as a "fair bat", Humphreys scored a total of 545 runs in his 32 matches, which came at an average of 10.28. He passed fifty just once in his career, making 58 against Lancashire in 1869. In the field he took 20 catches and made 3 stumpings. Outside of county cricket, he worked as the cricket coach at Brighton College from 1871 to 1872. In 1874 he was recorded as living at 177 Edward Street, Brighton, where he worked as a shoe maker. The 1881 census has him re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Humphreys (other)
Frederick or Fred Humphreys may refer to: * Frederick K. Humphreys (1816–1900), American physician; founder of Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine Company * Frederick Humphreys (athlete) (1878–1954), British tug of war competitor and sport wrestler * Frederick E. Humphreys (1883–1941), one of the original three military pilots trained by the Wright brothers * Fred Humphreys Frederick William Humphreys (11 November 1907 – 3 September 1967) was an Australian government official and an amateur photographer and botanist whose work culminated in the posthumous publication of ''The Banksia Book'', a book on the flower ... (1907–1967), Australian government official, amateur photographer and botanist See also * Frederick Humphries (other) {{human name disambiguation, Humphreys, Frederick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Humphreys
Francis Humphreys (28 July 1891 – 19 April 1961) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency from 1932 to 1933, for Carlow–Kildare from 1937 to 1948, and for Carlow–Kilkenny again 1951 to 1954 and 1957 to 1961. A medical practitioner before entering politics, Humphreys was elected to Dáil Éireann on his first attempt, at the 1932 general election for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency. He lost his seat at the 1933 election, but in 1937, he was returned to the 9th Dáil as the last of four candidates to be elected in the new Carlow–Kildare constituency at the 1937 general election. Humphreys was re-elected at three further general elections, in 1938, 1943 and 1944. After further constituency changes he was defeated again at the 1948 general election in the restored Carlow–Kilkenny constituency. At the 1951 election, he was returned to the 14th Dáil, unseating the Labour Party's James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emyr Humphreys
Emyr Humphreys (; 15 April 191930 September 2020) was a Welsh novelist, poet, and author. His career spanned from the 1940s until his retirement in 2009. He published in both English and Welsh. Early life and career Humphreys was born on 15 April 1919 at Prestatyn in Denbighshire. He was educated at Rhyl High School, where, as E. O. Humphreys, he started composing poetry and wrote for ''The Welsh Nationalist,'' the monthly English-language newspaper of the Welsh Nationalist Party, later called by Plaid Cymru. He went on to study history and English at University of Wales, Aberystwyth, after winning a scholarship to study there. However, he did not graduate due to the start of the Second World War. During the war, Humphreys registered as a conscientious objector and worked on a farm. He subsequently undertook relief work in Egypt and Italy. After the war he worked as a teacher, as a radio producer at the BBC, and later became a lecturer in drama at Bangor University. Having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza Humphreys
Eliza Margaret Jane Humphreys (14 June 1850 – 1 January 1938) (born Gollan) was an English novelist. Biography Eliza Margaret Jane Gollan was born at Gollanfield in Inverness-shire, the daughter of John Gollan, a Scottish businessman and his wife, the daughter of the manager of the Bank of Bengal. Her father travelled extensively, visiting India and Australia. Eliza received little formal education, but her talent for story writing was apparent at an early age. She used her experience of Australia to write a semi-autobiographical novel ''Sheba'' in 1889, using the pen-name ‘Rita’. Another novel, ''Episodes'', was originally published using the pen-name 'E. Jayne Gilbert.' Eliza was married twice: first to the Anglo-German musician Karl Booth, with whom she had three sons. This unhappy marriage later provided Eliza with material for four novels ''Saba Macdonald'' (1906) ''The Grandmothers'' (1927), ''The Wand’ring Darling'' (1928) and ''Jean and Jeanette'' (1929). Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Humphreys (other) (1881–1949), English first-class cricketer with the real name of Edward Humphreys
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Edward Humphreys may refer to: *Edward Wingfield Humphreys (1841–1892), New Zealand Member of Parliament * Edward Morgan Humphreys (1882–1955), Welsh novelist, translator, and journalist *Punter Humphreys Edward Humphreys (24 August 1881 – 6 November 1949), known as Punter Humphreys, was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club between 1899 and 1920. He played nearly 400 first-class matche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Humphreys
Ed Humphreys (born June 5, 1953) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender. Humphreys was born in Eston, Saskatchewan, Canada. He played 30 games in the World Hockey Association with the Calgary Cowboys and Quebec Nordiques The Quebec Nordiques (french: Nordiques de Québec, pronounced in Quebec French, in Canadian English; translated "Quebec City Northmen" or "Northerners") were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City. The Nordiques played in the W ... during the 1975–76 and 1976–77 seasons. References External links * 1953 births Beauce Jaros players Calgary Cowboys players Canadian ice hockey goaltenders Charlotte Checkers (SHL) players Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan Living people Montreal Canadiens draft picks People from Eston, Saskatchewan Quebec Nordiques (WHA) players Roanoke Valley Rebels (SHL) players Tulsa Oilers (1964–1984) players Vancouver Blazers draft picks Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |