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Ken Taylor (poet)
Kenneth, Kenny or Ken Taylor may refer to: *Ken Taylor (cricketer, born 1916) (1916–2002), English cricketer *Ken Taylor (cricketer, born 1935), English cricketer and footballer for Huddersfield Town *Ken Taylor (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1953), New Zealand cricketer *Ken Taylor (footballer, born 1931) (1931–2016), English footballer for Blackburn Rovers *Ken Taylor (footballer, born 1936), footballer for Manchester City *Ken Taylor (American football) (born 1963), Chicago Bears defensive back *Ken Taylor (poet), Australian poet, see New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards *Ken Taylor (politician), Canadian politician and former leader of the Yukon Liberal Party *Ken Taylor (rugby union) (born 1957), New Zealand rugby union player *Ken Taylor (motor racing engineer), partner in Thomson & Taylor *Ken Taylor (scriptwriter) (1922–2011), television script writer best known for his adaptation of ''The Jewel in the Crown'' *Kenneth Alan Taylor (born 1937), British theatre direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Taylor (cricketer, Born 1916)
Kenneth Alexander Taylor (29 September 1916 – 5 April 2002) was an English cricketer active from 1946 to 1949 who played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club, Warwickshire. He was born in Muswell Hill, Middlesex and died in Nottingham. He appeared in 87 first-class matches as a righthanded batting (cricket), batsman who bowling (cricket), bowled seam bowling, right arm medium pace. He scored 3,145 run (cricket), runs with a highest score of 102 and took one wickets with a best performance of one for 18. Notes 1916 births 2002 deaths English cricketers Warwickshire cricketers {{england-cricket-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomson & Taylor
Thomson & Taylor were a motor-racing engineering and car-building firm, based within the Brooklands race track. They were active between the wars and built several of the famous land speed record breaking cars of the day. Thomas Inventions Development Co. Ltd. The firm was founded as ''Thomas Inventions Development Co. Ltd.'' by J. G. Parry-Thomas & Major Ken Thomson. Their workshops were based in the 'flying village' inside the circuit at Brooklands, a convenient location for their customers, who raced there. Parry-Thomas lived in an adjacent former Royal Flying Corps building named ''The Hermitage''. Thomson & Taylor After Parry-Thomas' death whilst driving ''Babs'' at Pendine Sands in 1927, Major Ken Thomson carried on, joined by Ken Taylor, under the new name of ''Thomson & Taylor''. Reid Railton, who had previously worked for Parry-Thomas at Leyland joined them as Technical Director and chief designer. In 1926 Malcolm Campbell had opened the 'Campbell Shed' at Brookla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Living Bible
The Living Bible (TLB or LB) is a personal paraphrase, not a translation, of the Bible in English by Kenneth N. Taylor and first published in 1971. Taylor used the American Standard Version of 1901 as his base text. Origin In a 1979 interview by Harold Myra in an issue of ''Christianity Today'', Taylor explained the inspiration for preparing ''The Living Bible'': The children were one of the chief inspirations for producing the Living Bible. Our family devotions were tough going because of the difficulty we had understanding the King James Version, which we were then using, or the Revised Standard Version, which we used later. All too often I would ask questions to be sure the children understood, and they would shrug their shoulders—they didn't know what the passage was talking about. So I would explain it. I would paraphrase it for them and give them the thought. It suddenly occurred to me one afternoon that I should write out the reading for that evening thought by though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth N
Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a byname meaning "handsome", "comely". A short form of ''Kenneth'' is '' Ken''. Etymology The second part of the name ''Cinaed'' is derived either from the Celtic ''*aidhu'', meaning "fire", or else Brittonic ''jʉ:ð'' meaning "lord". People :''(see also Ken (name) and Kenny)'' Places In the United States: * Kenneth, Indiana * Kenneth, Minnesota * Kenneth City, Florida In Scotland: * Inch Kenneth, an island off the west coast of the Isle of Mull Other * "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?", a song by R.E.M. * Hurricane Kenneth * Cyclone Kenneth Intense Tropical Cyclone Kenneth was the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in Mozambique since modern records began. The cyclone also caused significant damage in the Comoro Islands and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth M
Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a byname meaning "handsome", "comely". A short form of ''Kenneth'' is '' Ken''. Etymology The second part of the name ''Cinaed'' is derived either from the Celtic ''*aidhu'', meaning "fire", or else Brittonic ''jʉ:ð'' meaning "lord". People :''(see also Ken (name) and Kenny)'' Places In the United States: * Kenneth, Indiana * Kenneth, Minnesota * Kenneth City, Florida In Scotland: * Inch Kenneth, an island off the west coast of the Isle of Mull Other * "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?", a song by R.E.M. * Hurricane Kenneth * Cyclone Kenneth Intense Tropical Cyclone Kenneth was the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in Mozambique since modern records began. The cyclone also caused significant damage in the Comoro Islands an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth D
Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a byname meaning "handsome", "comely". A short form of ''Kenneth'' is '' Ken''. Etymology The second part of the name ''Cinaed'' is derived either from the Celtic ''*aidhu'', meaning "fire", or else Brittonic ''jʉ:ð'' meaning "lord". People :''(see also Ken (name) Ken is a masculine given name of Scottish / Scottish Gaelic origin. It is used either as a given name or as a short form of names with the letters "Ken" (like Kenneth, Kenan, Kendrick, Kendall, Kennedy, Mackenzie, Kenson, or Kenelm). Ken is a ... and Kenny)'' Places In the United States: * Kenneth, Indiana * Kenneth, Minnesota * Kenneth City, Florida In Scotland: * Inch Kenneth, an island off the west coast of the Isle of Mull Other * "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?", a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Allen Taylor
Kenneth Allen Taylor (November 4, 1954 – December 2, 2019) was an American philosopher and co-host (with John Perry) of the radio program ''Philosophy Talk''. Education and career Taylor received his A.B. from the University of Notre Dame in 1977. He received his Ph.D. in 1984 from the University of Chicago, where he completed his dissertation under the supervision of Leonard Linsky. Before coming to Stanford, Taylor taught in the philosophy departments at Rutgers University, University of Maryland at College Park, Wesleyan University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Middlebury College. Taylor chaired the department of philosophy at Stanford University from 2001 to 2009. He died from a heart attack on December 2, 2019. Philosophical work Taylor specialized in philosophy of language and philosophy of mind. Taylor's interests included semantics, reference, naturalism, and relativism. He authored numerous articles, which appeared in journals such as ''No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Alan Taylor
Kenneth Alan Taylor (born 1937) is a British pantomime writer and actor. He is best known for having played the pantomime dame for thirty years in his own productions at Nottingham Playhouse. Career He started writing Pantoes in 1962 in Oldham, and then moved to the Nottingham Playhouse to write there for more than 30 years. He was artistic director of Nottingham Playhouse for seven years. According to Nick Clark of ''The Stage'' magazine, "He is one of the UK’s foremost pantomime writers, directors and, until recently, dames." He also played Cecil Newton in ''Coronation Street'' from 1987 to 1988 and again in 1990. Awards and recognitionhe was awarded best actor in a lead role MT A for The Father Was also awarded B EM for services to theatre His awards include the Manchester Evening News best supporting actor for Price and a Nottingham University honorary doctor of letters in 2011. In January 2019, Nottingham City Transport Nottingham City Transport [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Taylor (scriptwriter)
Kenneth Heywood Taylor FRSA (10 November 1922, in Bolton, Lancashire – 17 April 2011, in CornwallTim Piggott-SmitObituary: Ken Taylor ''The Guardian'', 27 April 2011) was an Award-winning English screenwriter. Life The son of a cotton mill owner from Bolton, Lancashire, Taylor was educated at Gresham's School, Holt.''International Who's Who 2004''p. 1658at books.google.com, accessed 10 January 2009 Under the name Ken Taylor, he wrote scripts for television drama in a career spanning more than four decades. In 1964 ''The Devil and John Brown'' received the Best Original Teleplay Award of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain. In the same year, Taylor was named Writer of the Year by the Guild of Television Writers and Directors (later BAFTA) for his trilogy of television plays ''The Seekers''. '' The Jewel in the Crown'', adapted from Paul Scott's ''Raj Quartet'' novels as a fifteen-hour mini-series, earned Ken Taylor an Emmy nomination in 1984 along with the award as Writer of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Taylor (motor Racing Engineer)
Kenneth, Kenny or Ken Taylor may refer to: *Ken Taylor (cricketer, born 1916) (1916–2002), English cricketer *Ken Taylor (cricketer, born 1935), English cricketer and footballer for Huddersfield Town * Ken Taylor (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1953), New Zealand cricketer * Ken Taylor (footballer, born 1931) (1931–2016), English footballer for Blackburn Rovers * Ken Taylor (footballer, born 1936), footballer for Manchester City *Ken Taylor (American football) (born 1963), Chicago Bears defensive back *Ken Taylor (poet), Australian poet, see New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards *Ken Taylor (politician), Canadian politician and former leader of the Yukon Liberal Party *Ken Taylor (rugby union) (born 1957), New Zealand rugby union player * Ken Taylor (motor racing engineer), partner in Thomson & Taylor *Ken Taylor (scriptwriter) (1922–2011), television script writer best known for his adaptation of ''The Jewel in the Crown'' *Kenneth Alan Taylor (born 1937), British theatre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Taylor (cricketer, Born 1935)
Ken Taylor (born 21 August 1935) is an English former cricketer, who played in three Tests for England from 1959 to 1964. He also played first-class cricket for Yorkshire. He was renowned as a good player of spin and was one of the best cover fielders of his generation, while his medium pace 'darts' broke many a stubborn partnership for his county captains, Vic Wilson and Brian Close. The cricket correspondent, Colin Bateman, commented that Taylor was, "a fine, straight-hitting batsman and brilliant fielder.... yet he never made full use of his bounteous abilities and was affected by nerves when the stakes were high". Bateman added, "'A total enigma' was how one former team-mate described him". He was also a professional footballer in the winter, and later a professional artist. Early life Taylor's father repaired looms in the local weaving industry. His maternal grandfather was a ventriloquist, and ran a Punch and Judy show on the beach at Blackpool. His elder brother, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Taylor (rugby Union)
Kenneth John Taylor (born 30 November 1957) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He was successful at provincial level for Hawke's Bay and in the New Zealand Colts team, but only played a single non-test match for the All Blacks. Career Taylor was born in Napier and brought up in central Hawke's Bay. He was first selected at provincial level in 1977 and scored a try against the British Lions in his first season. The following year he was selected for the New Zealand Colts (U21) who made a domestic tour. Taylor scored three tries in five matches. He was a Junior All Black (U23) in 1979 and 1980, scoring a total of 10 tries in 10 matches. He worked for his family sawmill business, Waipawa Timber Supplies for 30 years, which was sold in 2013 but he continues to work there. Waipawa United Taylor started his rugby career at the small club in his home town of Waipawa. He played for almost 20 years as a player and a coach, He played alongside many great players of the club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
