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Joice (name)
Joice is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Joice Heth (c. 1756–1836), African-American woman exhibited by P.T. Barnum, who falsely claimed that she was the 161-year-old nursing mammy of George Washington * Joice NanKivell Loch (1887–1982), Australian author, journalist and humanitarian worker * Joice Maduaka (born 1973), British sprinter * Joice Mujuru (born 1955), Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician * Dick Joice (1921–1999), British regional television presenter * Wes Joice (1931–1997), American businessman See also * Joyce (name) Joyce is an Irish and French given name and surname. It is derived from the Old French masculine name ''Josse'', which derived from the Latin name ''Iudocus'', the Latinized form of the Breton name ''Judoc'' meaning "lord". The name became rare aft ..., another given name and surname {{given name, type=both Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joice Heth
Joice Heth (February 19, 1836)"Joice Heth", Hoaxes.org was an African-American woman who was exhibited by P.T. Barnum with the false claim that she was the 161-year-old nursing mammy of George Washington. Her exhibition under these claims, and her public autopsy, gained considerable notoriety. Biography Little is known of Heth's early years. In 1835, she was held as a slave by John S. Bowling and exhibited in Louisville, Kentucky. In June 1835, she was sold to promoters R.W. Lindsay and Coley Bartram. Lindsay introduced her as having been the childhood nurse of George Washington, but, lacking success, he sold her in her old age to P.T. Barnum. Posters advertising her shows in 1835 included the lines, "Joice Heth is unquestionably the most astonishing and interesting curiosity in the World! She was the slave of Augustine Washington, (the father of Gen. Washington) and was the first person who put clothes on the unconscious infant, who, in after days, led our heroic fathers on to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joice NanKivell Loch
Joice NanKivell Loch MBE (24 January 18878 October 1982) was an Australian author, journalist and humanitarian worker who worked with refugees in Poland, Greece and Romania after World War I and World War II.Kontominas, B"The great heroine Australia forgot" ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 8 July 2006 Biography Joice Mary NanKivell was born at Farnham sugar cane plantation in Ingham in far north Queensland in 1887. Her father acted as manager of the plantation for Fanning, NanKivell, a company run by the Fanning brothers and her wealthy grandfather, Thomas NanKivell. The family fortune was lost however when Kanaka labour was abolished and Joice and her parents walked off the property virtually penniless. Her father, George NanKivell, took a job as manager on a run-down property in Myrrhee, North East Victoria where Joice grew up. She had wanted to become a doctor but the family was unable to pay university fees and so she helped on the property until she was 26 years old. After the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joice Maduaka
Amuilka Joy (Joice) Maduaka (born 30 September 1973) is a British track and field athlete, who competes over the 100, 200 and occasionally 400 metres. She holds the record for winning the most medals of any athlete at the British Athletics Championships, standing at 22 medals to date, including being the 100 metres champion six times, and the 200 metres champion a further three times. Athletics career 1998 She represented England and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2000 She represented Great Britain in the 2000 Summer Olympics. 2002 A second Commonwealth Games appearance in Manchester resulted in a second bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay. 2004 She represented Great Britain again at the 2004 Summer Olympics. 2006 As women's sprinting in Britain began to develop again, Maduaka was faced with domestic challenges from athletes such as Abi Oyepitan. In 2006 Maduaka was not selected for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joice Mujuru
Joice Runaida Mujuru (née Mugari; born 15 April 1955), also known by her nom-de-guerre Teurai Ropa Nhongo, is a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 2004 to 2014. Previously she had served as a government minister. She also served as Vice-President of ZANU–PF. She was married to Solomon Mujuru until his death in 2011 and was long considered a potential successor to President Robert Mugabe, but in 2014 she was denounced for allegedly plotting against Mugabe. As a result of the accusations against her, Mujuru lost both her post as Vice-President and her position in the party leadership. She was expelled from the party a few months later, after which she formed the new Zimbabwe People First party. Early life Runaida Mugari was born in Zimbabwe's Northeastern district of Mount Darwin, a Shona from the Korekore language group. She attended a Salvation Army mission school, Howard High in Chiweshe in Mashonaland Central Province. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Joice
Dick Joice (1921 in Great Ryburgh, Norfolk – 1999) was a British regional television presenter renowned in the East of England for his Anglia Television programmes - particularly the '' Bygones'' show that ran from 1967 for twenty years. He was a director of Anglia TV in the company's infancy and its head of local programmes. A farmer's son, Joice was educated at Culford School before taking over his father's tenancy on the Norfolk estate of the Marquess Townshend in 1940. It was a chance conversation with his landlord in 1958 that launched his career into television. Townshend, chairman of the new Anglia company, recognised that programmes for the farming community would be a vital part of the service and asked Dick to help. From 1959 Dick Joice presented Anglia's weekly ''Farming Diary'' as well as becoming the first host of the regional news magazine programme ''About Anglia'' in 1960. It was, however, his programme ''Bygones'' that had a tremendous impact in the region ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wes Joice
John Wesley "Wes" Joice (October 22, 1931 – June 6, 1997)Dates of birth and death peSocial Security Death Index/ref> was the owner of the Greenwich Village's literary hangout, ''The Lion's Head'' (also called ''The Head''), which he first opened in 1966 at 59 Christopher Street. A former minor league baseball player, policeman and P.J. Clarke's bartender, the establishment attracted writers and editors who spread the word. Joice filed for bankruptcy in 1994. ''The Lion's Head'' closed two years later, in 1996, due to rising rents. The place became legendary as the location where: * Lanford Wilson had scribbled a play on a napkin * Rod Steiger picked up his mail * Norman Mailer had planned his 1969 campaign for Mayor * Pete Hamill had reportedly talked Robert F. Kennedy into running for the Senate * Jessica Lange was once the second prettiest waitress on her shift Background Joice, who was born in the Bronx, New York but raised in Chicago, was the son of the chairman of the Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce (name)
Joyce is an Irish and French given name and surname. It is derived from the Old French masculine name ''Josse'', which derived from the Latin name ''Iudocus'', the Latinized form of the Breton name ''Judoc'' meaning "lord". The name became rare after the 14th century, but was later revived as a female given name, which derived from the Middle English ' meaning "rejoice". The name originated with Saint Joyce (Judoc) (600–668), a Breton prince and hermit and the son of Judicael, king of Brittany.David Hugh Farmer. Oxford Dictionary of the Saints. Oxford: Clarendon Press: 1978, 1979, 1980. Pp. 225–226. As a first name Art * Joyce Anderson (1923-2014), American furniture designer and woodworker * Joyce Anderson (artist) (d. 2022), Canadian painter and art teacher *Joyce Ballantyne (1918–2006), American painter of pin-ups * Joyce Dennys (1893–1991), English cartoonist, illustrator and painter *Joyce Wieland (1931–1998), Canadian experimental filmmaker and mixed media arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
