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Lewis Jones (NASCAR)
Lewis Jones may refer to: *Lewis Jones (Australian footballer) (1883–1960), Australian rules footballer *Lewis Jones (bishop) (1542–1646), Bishop of Killaloe *Lewis Jones (footballer, born 1994), British footballer *Lewis Jones (Patagonia) (1836–1904), one of the founders of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia who gave his name to the town of Trelew *Lewis Jones (politician) (1884–1968), British politician, MP for Swansea West, 1931–1945 *Lewis Jones (Royal Navy officer) (1797–1895) *Lewis Jones (rugby) (born 1931), Welsh rugby union, and rugby league footballer of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s * Lewis Jones (rugby player born 1992), Welsh rugby union scrum-half * Lewis Jones (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 2010s *Lewis Jones (writer) (1897–1939), Welsh writer *Lewis Bevel Jones III (1926–2018), bishop of the United Methodist Church * Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (1942-1969), founder of The Rolling Stones *Lewis Ralph Jones (1864–1945), American botanist and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Jones (Australian Footballer)
Lewis Alfred Jones (20 December 1883 – 7 July 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda Football Club, St Kilda in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL). Notes External links * * 1883 births 1960 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) St Kilda Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1883-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones
Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was an English multi-instrumentalist and singer best known as the founder, rhythm/lead guitarist, and original leader of the Rolling Stones. Initially a guitarist, he went on to provide backing vocals and played a wide variety of instruments on Rolling Stones recordings and in concerts. After he founded the Rolling Stones as a British blues outfit in 1962, and gave the band its name, Jones' fellow band members Keith Richards and Mick Jagger began to take over the band's musical direction, especially after they became a successful songwriting team. Jones and fellow guitarist Richards also developed a unique style of guitar play that Richards refers to as the "ancient art of weaving" in which both players would play rhythm and lead parts together, which became a Rolling Stones trademark. Jones, however, did not get along with the band's manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, who pushed the band into a musical direction at od ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Welborn
Robert "Bob" Joe Welborn (May 5, 1928 – August 10, 1997) of Denton was a NASCAR Grand National Series driver. He was named to NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers list in 1998. He won the final three NASCAR Convertible Division championships in 1956, 1957, and 1958. NASCAR career Welborn drove in 11 Grand National events in 1953 for Julian Petty and J.O. Goode’s. He had 2 Top-5 finishes and 6 Top-10 finishes. He drove in 9 events in 1954 for owners Julian Petty, Bob Griffin, and George Hutchens. Welborn had 1 Top-5 and 3 Top-10 finishes. Welborn drove in 32 of 45 events in Julian Petty and his cars. He won the pole at Greenville-Pickens Speedway. Welborn finished fourth in the 1955 points. Welborn raced in 6 events in 1956. He also won the NASCAR Convertible Division championship. Welborn won his first race at Martinsville in 1957, but did not cross the finish line. Lewis "Possum" Jones relieved Welborn halfway through the race, but NASCAR always credits the driver who started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Jones (NASCAR)
Lewis Jones may refer to: *Lewis Jones (Australian footballer) (1883–1960), Australian rules footballer *Lewis Jones (bishop) (1542–1646), Bishop of Killaloe *Lewis Jones (footballer, born 1994), British footballer *Lewis Jones (Patagonia) (1836–1904), one of the founders of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia who gave his name to the town of Trelew *Lewis Jones (politician) (1884–1968), British politician, MP for Swansea West, 1931–1945 *Lewis Jones (Royal Navy officer) (1797–1895) *Lewis Jones (rugby) (born 1931), Welsh rugby union, and rugby league footballer of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s * Lewis Jones (rugby player born 1992), Welsh rugby union scrum-half * Lewis Jones (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 2010s *Lewis Jones (writer) (1897–1939), Welsh writer *Lewis Bevel Jones III (1926–2018), bishop of the United Methodist Church * Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (1942-1969), founder of The Rolling Stones *Lewis Ralph Jones (1864–1945), American botanist and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leominster (UK Parliament Constituency)
Leominster was a parliamentary constituency represented until 1707 in the House of Commons of England, then until 1801 in that of Great Britain, and finally until 2010, when it disappeared in boundary changes, in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1295 to 1885, Leominster was a parliamentary borough which until 1868 elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election. Under the Reform Act 1867 its representation was reduced to one Member, elected by the first past the post system. The parliamentary borough was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and the name was transferred to a new county constituency. History Abolition Following the review by the Boundary Commission for England of parliamentary representation in Herefordshire, no longer connected for such reasons with Worcestershire, two parliamentary constituencies have been allocated to the county. Most of the Leominster seat has been replaced by the North Herefordshire se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Jones (by 1519-67/69)
Lewis Jones may refer to: *Lewis Jones (Australian footballer) (1883–1960), Australian rules footballer *Lewis Jones (bishop) (1542–1646), Bishop of Killaloe *Lewis Jones (footballer, born 1994), British footballer * Lewis Jones (Patagonia) (1836–1904), one of the founders of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia who gave his name to the town of Trelew * Lewis Jones (politician) (1884–1968), British politician, MP for Swansea West, 1931–1945 *Lewis Jones (Royal Navy officer) (1797–1895) *Lewis Jones (rugby) (born 1931), Welsh rugby union, and rugby league footballer of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s * Lewis Jones (rugby player born 1992), Welsh rugby union scrum-half * Lewis Jones (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 2010s *Lewis Jones (writer) (1897–1939), Welsh writer *Lewis Bevel Jones III (1926–2018), bishop of the United Methodist Church *Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (1942-1969), founder of The Rolling Stones *Lewis Ralph Jones (1864–1945), American botanist and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Webster Jones
Lewis Webster Jones (June 11, 1899 – September 10, 1975) was an economist, and the President of Bennington College from 1941-1947, the University of Arkansas from 1947 to 1951 and of Rutgers University from 1951 to 1958. Biography He was born in Emerson, Nebraska, and spent his youth in Portland, Oregon. Jones received his undergraduate degree from Reed College, and later earned his PhD from the Brookings Graduate School of Economics and Government (now the Brookings Institution). Jones then did post-doctoral work at Columbia University, the London School of Economics, the University of Cambridge, the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. During his studies in Europe, he served as an economist on the staff of the League of Nations. He then joined the faculty of Bennington College in 1932 where he served as president from 1941 to 1947. He served from 1947 to 1951 as the 12th president of the University of Arkansas. At Arkansas, he b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Wade Jones
Lewis Wade Jones (March 13, 1910September 1979) was a sociologist and teacher. He was born in Cuero, Texas, the son of Wade E. and Lucynthia McDade Jones. A member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, he received his AB degree from Fisk University in 1931, and followed it with postgraduate study as a Social Science Research Council Fellow at the University of Chicago in 1931-1932. Jones returned to Fisk, where he continued to work closely with Charles S. Johnson, as a research assistant, supervisor of field studies, and instructor in the Department of Social Sciences from 1932 to 1942. In 1949 the two co-wrote '' A Statistical Analysis of Southern Counties''; '' Shifts in the Negro Population of Alabama''. Jones was a Julius Rosenwald Foundation Fund Fellow at Columbia University, where he was awarded an MA degree in 1939 with the thesis ''"Occupational Stratification Among Rural and Small Town Negroes before the Civil War and Today."'' He earned his PhD in 1955. Before the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Ralph Jones
Lewis Ralph Jones (December 5, 1864 – April 1, 1945) was an American botanist and agricultural biologist. Jones was born in Brandon, Wisconsin. He was a professor of plant pathology from 1904 to 1935 at the University of Wisconsin. Jones was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1920 and the American Philosophical Society in 1925. He died in Orlando, Florida. Family Jones' second wife was Anna May Clark, a fellow botanist. References 1864 births 1945 deaths People from Brandon, Wisconsin University of Michigan alumni American botanists American phytopathologists {{US-botanist-stub Members of the American Philosophical Society ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Bevel Jones III
Lewis Bevel Jones III (1926 – March 6, 2018) was a bishop of the United Methodist Church and Bishop in Residence at Emory University's Candler School of Theology. Born in Gracewood, Georgia, Jones graduated from Emory University in 1946 and received his Master of Divinity from Emory in 1949. He earned a D.D. from LaGrange College in 1964 and was awarded three honorary doctorates from High Point University, Pfeiffer University and Emory University. After ordination as a United Methodist pastor, he went on to serve many churches in the North Georgia Annual conferences within Methodism, Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church before being elected bishop of the Western North Carolina Conference in 1984, a post he held until his retirement in 1996. Jones served as bishop in residence at Emory University until his death on March 6, 2018. He has published numerous articles, sermons and books on faith. In 1957, he helped author the Ministers' Manifesto, a statement signed by 80 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Jones (bishop)
Lewis Jones (c. 1560 - 2 November 1646), was a Welsh priest, who joined the Church of Ireland in 1606, and became Bishop of Killaloe in 1633. Biography Jones was educated at Brasenose College at Oxford (Fellowship at All Souls, 1569) and married Mabel Ussher, sister of James Ussher (later Primate of All Ireland) in Ireland c. 1602. Irish historian James Ware claimed he was called "the vivacious Bishop of Killaloe" for having married a young wife at the age of threescore (60). He held several church posts in Ireland, finally becoming Bishop of Killaloe in 1633. His Puritan leanings were deplored by Archbishop Laud, but he remained in office until his death in 1646 at the reputed age of 104. He was buried in St. Werburgh's Church, Dublin. He was Dean of Ardagh (1606–1625) and Dean of Cashel The Dean of Cashel is the head of the Chapter of the Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist and St Patrick's Rock, Cashel, one of the Church of Ireland cathedrals of the united Dioc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Jones (writer)
Lewis Jones, writer, and political activist of the left, (28 December 1897 – 27 January 1939) was born in Clydach Vale in industrialised South Wales.Davies (2008), pg427. Although his novels are more studied by academics now than by general readers, Jones occupies an honourable place in the history of left-wing politics in Britain, and in the ranks of socialist writers. Like many young activists of his generation he attended the Central Labour College in London from 1923–25, where he joined the Communist Party of Great Britain. During the 1926 General Strike he was imprisoned for three months in Swansea Prison for his trade union activities in the Nottinghamshire coalfield. Once back at the pits, he became chairman and then checkweighman of the Cambrian Lodge of the South Wales Miners Federation. Although often seen as a lesser post to that of Lodge Chairman, in a time of industrial unrest the checkweighman was a vital part of the miners' protection against employers using ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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