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John Rees (actor)
John Rees may refer to: *John Rees (activist) (born 1957), British political activist and writer *John Rees (cricketer) (1880-1959), Australian cricketer *John Rees (journalist) (c. 1926), right-wing publisher and informant *John Rees (musician) (1857–1949), Welsh musician *John Rees (bassist) (born 1951), Australian bassist, known for being part of the classic line-up of rock band Men at Work *Conway Rees (1870–1932), John Conway Rees, Welsh rugby union international *Sir John David Rees (1854–1922), colonial administrator in British India and Member of Parliament *Sir John Milsom Rees (1866–1952), Welsh surgeon *John Rawlings Rees (1890–1969), British psychiatrist * John Rees-Evans (born 1978), British political candidate See also * Jonny Rees, Hong Kong rugby union player *Jonny Rees (model), Mr. Wales 2008 * John Reese (other) *John Rhys (1840–1915), scholar *John Rhys-Davies John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor best known for portraying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rees (activist)
John Rees (born 1957) is a British political activist, academic, journalist and writer who is a national officer of the Stop the War Coalition, and founding member of ''Counterfire''. He is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London. He was formerly a leading member of the Socialist Workers Party and, as an SWP member, was heavily involved in Respect – The Unity Coalition. His books include ''Timelines, a political history of the modern world'' and ''A People's History of London'', co-authored with his partner Lindsey German. He also produces documentaries and presents current affairs programmes for the Islam Channel. Early life and education Rees was born in Wiltshire, in South-West England, and was brought up and educated in Chippenham. His father, William Rees was from Aberdare, South Wales, and was a lifelong trade union activist and Labour Party member. His mother, Margaret Rees (Shipley) Rees was from Darlington. Rees' first degree was i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rees (cricketer)
John Newman Stace Rees (2 September 1880 – 17 January 1959) was an Australian footballer and cricketer. Rees played in one first-class match for South Australia in 1905/06. In the match between South Australia and Western Australia in Perth in January 1906, Rees opened the batting in the first innings and carried his bat, finishing 21 not out in South Australia's score of 54. He made a stumping when he kept wicket for a time in Western Australia's second innings. His brother Robert, a leg-spin bowler, played 13 first-class matches for South Australia between 1903 and 1913. Rees was more prominent as an Australian rules footballer. He played 103 games for North Adelaide from 1898 to 1908 as a wingman, renowned for his speed. He was a member of North Adelaide's premiership teams in 1902 and 1905. See also * List of South Australian representative cricketers This is a list of cricketers who have represented South Australia in either a first-class, List A or Twenty20 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rees (journalist)
John Herbert Rees is a British right-wing journalist and government informant resident in the United States. He was active in the Western Goals Foundation and the John Birch Society. Biography Rees was born in Britain. In the early 1960s, Rees worked in a business position for the London ''Daily Mirror,'' but was fired for misusing personal accounts, according to an FBI memo. Agents in the FBI office at the London U.S. Embassy also found that during 1962 Rees, who was married and had five children, was dating an FBI stenographer, who resigned.Callahan, Michael (Jan. 22, 2007)"Peyton Place's Real Victim."'' Vanity Fair''. Archived frothe original./ref> Rees moved to the United States in 1963 for a reporting job that fell through. Rees became the lover of '' Peyton Place'' author Grace Metalious. Metalious, who had cirrhosis from heavy drinking, changed her will hours before her death at age 39 in 1964, and left her whole estate to Rees. There was a public furor, and Rees dropped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rees (musician)
John Thomas Rees (14 November 1857 – 14 October 1949) was a Welsh musician and composer who was notable for winning a prize at the National Eisteddfod in 1895. John Thomas Rees was born 14 November 1857 at Llwynbedw. The son of Thomas and Hannah (née Morgan) Rees, he began working as a mine pit boy at age nine. During the time he worked in the mines, Rees studied the Tonic-Solfa system, earning an advanced certificate. Rees also taught music while he was a colliery worker; one of his pupils was Daniel Protheroe. Rees worked in the mines until the age of twenty-one; at that time, he gained some notability as the composer of a cantata he entered into a Treherbert eisteddfod competition. A small fund was established by Rees' friends for his studies at Aberystwyth with Joseph Parry. When these funds ran low, Rees was faced with the possibility of leaving the university until David Jenkins arranged for him to teach Solfa classes in Pen-y-garn. Rees travelled to Emporia, Kansas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men At Work
Men at Work are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1978 and best known for breakthrough hits such as "Down Under", "Who Can It Be Now?", "Be Good Johnny", " Overkill", and " It's a Mistake". Its founding member and frontman is Colin Hay, who performs on lead vocals and guitar. After playing as an acoustic duo with Ron Strykert during 1978–1979, Hay formed the group with Strykert playing bass guitar and Jerry Speiser on drums. They were soon joined by Greg Ham on flute, saxophone, and keyboards and John Rees on bass guitar, with Strykert switching back to lead guitar. The group was managed by Russell Depeller, a friend of Hay, whom he met at La Trobe University. This line-up achieved national and international success during the early to mid 1980s. In January 1983, they were the first Australian artists to have a simultaneous No. 1 album and No. 1 single on the United States ''Billboard'' charts: '' Business as Usual'' (released on 9 November 1981) and " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conway Rees
John Conway Rees (13 January 1870 – 30 August 1932) was a Welsh international rugby union player. Life Rees was born in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales. He was educated at Llandovery College and Jesus College, Oxford (graduating in 1894) and was the first Welshman to captain Oxford University RFC. He introduced the four three quarters system, playing at centre-three-quarter. He played for Cardiff, the Barbarians, the London Welsh, Richmond, Blackheath and Llanelli. He played for the Welsh national side on three occasions in the Home Nations Championship. His debut was on 6 February 1892 against Scotland. His other two appearances were against England, once in 1893 (the season when Wales first won the Triple Crown) and again in 1894. Rees taught at Sherborne School, Rossall School and Giggleswick School Giggleswick School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) in Giggleswick, near Settle, North Yorkshire, England. Early school In 1499 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John David Rees
Sir John David Rees, 1st Baronet, (16 December 1854 – 2 June 1922) was a colonial administrator in British India and subsequently a Member of Parliament at Westminster. Biography He was educated at Cheltenham College and joined the Indian Civil Service in 1875. He served mostly in the south of India where he was Under-Secretary in the Madras Government, and later the British Resident in Travancore and Cochin. He also served as an Additional Member of the Governor-General's Council in the 1890s. In 1901, Rees retired from the Civil Service. He was an active proponent of the Raj and wrote a number of books on British India. ''The Real India'', first published in 1908, went through a number of editions. In 1902, he had even contributed a number of columns to the ''Times Literary Supplement'' on Indian matters. Parliament He served two terms as Member of Parliament (MP): from 1906 to 1910 as the Liberal MP for Montgomery constituency, and from 1912 to 1922 as the Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milsom Rees
Sir John Milsom Rees GCVO (20 April 1866 – 25 April 1952) was a Welsh surgeon and a specialist in laryngology. Born in Neath in 1866, he studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London. After qualifying as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) at Edinburgh, he obtained the post of surgeon in the Ear, Nose and Throat Department at the Prince of Wales General Hospital in Tottenham. He also practised privately at 18 Upper Wimpole Street and was employed as a consultant by the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The singers he attended included Adelina Patti, Nellie Melba, and Kirsten Flagstad.Sir John Milsom Rees Welsh Biography Online Appointed Laryngologist to His Majesty's Household in 1910, Rees also treated King |
John Rawlings Rees
John Rawlings Rees, (25 June 1890 – 11 April 1969), also known as 'Jack' or 'J.R.', was a British civilian and military psychiatrist. Early life Born in Leicester to the Methodist minister Reverend Montgomery Rees and his wife Catharine Millar, John Rawlings Rees experienced frequent relocations during his early life as his father moved from manse to manse. After a period spent at Leeds, most of Rees education took place at Bradford Grammar School. He then attended King's College, Cambridge, where he studied Medicine and Natural Science and played water polo. Following his degree, Rees worked at the Victoria Park Chest Hospital, studying tuberculosis. Rees was finishing his medical education at the London Hospital when the First World War broke out. He joined the Friends Ambulance Unit in 1914, and later became a Medical Officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps, where he was awarded the Belgian Knight of the Order of the Crown for his work with Belgian civilians. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rees-Evans
John Rees-Evans (born April 1978) is a British politician who is currently the leader of the Five Star Direct Democracy Party. Personal life Rees-Evans (who prefers to be known simply as "Evans") was born in Hampshire and educated both in the UK and overseas, including at the Jeppe High School for Boys in Johannesburg. He has a professional background in business, particularly in physical commodities dealing and adventure tourism. Family Rees-Evans claims his family have been pro-equality campaigners for several centuries, citing the life of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, (the younger brother of Rees-Evans' six times great grandfather) who, controversially in the 18th century, adopted Dido, the illegitimate daughter of an African slave, educating her, raising her as his own daughter, having her live with the family for thirty years at Kenwood House and making her an heir; and Hugh Lewin, the nephew of Rees-Evans' great grandfather and an anti-apartheid activist campai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonny Rees
Jonny Rees is a current Hong Kong Rugby Union player. He plays for the Hong Kong Football Club, the Hong Kong National Team and previously for the Hong Kong Sevens team. Rees made his international debut in 2012 at the 2012 Cup of Nations tournament in Dubai against . He featured in the 2013 Asian Five Nations match against the where he scored two tries to help to a 59 – 20 victory in Manila. He had also scored two tries earlier in the tournament against the beating them 53 – 7. Rees was included in the squad to the 2015 Asian Rugby Championship The 2015 Asia Rugby Championship, or ARC, was the inaugural tri-nations series for top-level rugby union in Asia and the twenty-eighth continental championship for the ARFU nations. The Asia Rugby Championship replaced the former Asian Five Nati .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rees, Jonny Hong Kong international rugby union players Hong Kong international rugby sevens players Living people Year of birth missing (living peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonny Rees (model)
Mister World 2010 was the 6th edition of the Mister World competition. It was held at Songdo Convensia in Incheon, South Korea on March 27, 2010. 74 delegates competed from all around the world. Juan García Postigo of Spain crowned Kamal Ibrahim of Ireland at the end of the event. Introduction For the first time, South Korea debuted in the contest and host the Mister World pageant from March 11 to March 27, 2010. Julia Morley said "I am so delighted that we will have the opportunity to showcase the beautiful country of Korea to the rest of the world as our contestants battle it out to find the world's most desirable man". The pageant is supported by the Korean government and people. It is also supported by the former Miss Worlds such as Denise Perrier (1953), Azra Akın (2002), María Julia Mantilla (2004), Taťána Kuchařová (2006) and Zhang Zilin (2007), together with the very first Mister World 1996 Tom Nuyens from Belgium. Results Placements Challenge Events * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
