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Noakes
Noakes is a surname of English origin. It means "near the oaks". Notable people with the surname include: * Andrew Noakes, British academic and writer * Benedict Grant Noakes (born 1965), British television producer * Catherine Noakes, British engineer * Chris Noakes (born 1985), New Zealand rugby union player *David Noakes (born 1953), English businessman and political candidate *Edward Noakes (1863–1944), English clergyman *George Noakes (1924–2008), Bishop of St Davids and Archbishop of Wales * John Noakes (1934–2017), British actor, presenter and television personality * John Noakes (cricketer) (1802–1840), English cricketer * Kim Noakes (born 1982), New Zealand field hockey player *Michael Noakes (1933–2018), English artist and portrait painter * Rab Noakes (1947–2022), Scottish singer-songwriter * Ray Noakes (1906–1928), executed for the murder of Fred N. Selak, the Hermit of Grand Lake, Colorado * Roy Noakes (1936–2002), British sculptor *Sheila Noakes, Barones ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Noakes
John Noakes (born John Wallace Bottomley; 6 March 1934 – 28 May 2017) was an English television presenter and former actor. He co-presented the BBC children's magazine programme ''Blue Peter'' in the 1960s and 1970s and was the show's longest-serving presenter, with a tenure that lasted 12 years and six months. Early life Noakes was born John Bottomley, at the Royal Halifax Infirmary in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, to Sallie Hinchcliffe (née Hampson) and Arthur Wallace Bottomley. He was educated at Shelf Council School, in Shelf and then at Rishworth School, where he excelled in cross country running and gymnastics. His parents divorced when he was nine and he went to live with his grandmother. At the age of 16, Noakes joined the Royal Air Force as a mechanic. The following year, his mother married Canadian big band trumpeter Alfred "Alfie" Noakes (1903–1982) and John took his surname. He subsequently worked for BOAC as an aircraft engine fitter. Acting When ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rab Noakes
Robert Ogilvie Noakes (13 May 1947 – 11 November 2022) was a Scottish singer-songwriter. Noakes was at the forefront of Scottish folk music for over 50 years and recorded over 19 studio albums. He toured folk clubs and often performed at the Glasgow music festival Celtic Connections. In 1970 he released his first album ''Do You See the Lights'', a blend of easy-going country rock, and included songs "Too Old to Die", "Together Forever" and "Somebody Counts on Me". In 1971 Noakes was a founding member of the folk rock band Stealers Wheel, along with Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan. He played on Rafferty's ''Can I Have My Money Back'', notably "Mary Skeffington". He recorded with Lindisfarne in 1972, on songs "Turn a Deaf Ear", "Nicely Out of Tune", "Together Forever", and "Fog on the Tyne". He performed with Lindisfarne for a John Peel concert and in 1995 produced a BBC Radio 2 programme ''The Story of Lindisfarne''. One of his best-known recordings, "Branch", from his ''Red Pump S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Noakes
Catherine Jane Noakes is a British mechanical engineer who is Professor of Environmental Engineering for Buildings at the University of Leeds. Noakes specialises in airborne infections and the transport of airborne pathogens. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Noakes served on the Government of the United Kingdom Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). Early life and education Noakes' parents had careers in computer science and aerospace engineering. In 1996, Noakes received a BEng in mathematical engineering from the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Leeds. During this time she became interested in the mathematics of fluid dynamics. In 2000, Noakes received a PhD from the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Leeds, where she studied slow exit phenomena in slide-fed curtain coating systems, specifically for coating photographic paper, with a thesis entitled ''Slot Exit Flow Phenomena in Industrial Slide-Fed Coating Systems''. Resear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Noakes
David Noakes (born March 1953) is a British computer consultant, businessman and politician, who founded Immuno Biotech Ltd. to promote the unproven therapy GcMAF and came last in the 2006 UKIP leadership election. He pleaded guilty to "money laundering and manufacturing, supplying and selling an unlicensed medicine" and was sentenced in November 2018 to 15 months' imprisonment. Business Noakes was a computer consultant for a decade. In 2004, he designed an alphabetical keyboard layout. He says he has worked for several Cornish companies, including Holman Brothers, Mount Wellington Tin Mine, and Phillips Frith, and in several countries, including in Brussels and for JPMorgan Chase Bank in New York. Immuno Biotech Noakes is CEO and owner of Immuno Biotech Ltd. (trade name First Immune), a Guernsey company that promotes the use of the protein GcMAF, a blood product, as a cure for cancer, autism, HIV, multiple sclerosis, and other diseases, claiming to treat 10,000 patients worldwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Noakes
Roy Noakes (June 10, 1936 - February 9, 2002) was a British sculptor. Early life All of the young British sculptors who emerged in the 1950s had to engage with the towering international reputation of Henry Moore, and with the associated fallacy that direct carving was congruent with modernity. But at least the weight of Moore’s eminence was a crucial factor in provoking a reaction; Roy Noakes embarked on a fascinating and important journey in a very different direction. Noakes dedicated his life to evolving an alternative sculpture, sculptural language, one concerned with transience and lightness, to conveying fleeting appearances and gestures with economy of means - pared down, that is, in the sense of needing to eliminate everything that was extraneous to the inner energy of his forms. He worked outside the mainstream or avant-garde cultural orthodoxies of his time, neither a brutalist, a conceptual art, conceptualist, nor involved with smooth or shiny surfaces that were ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Noakes
Chris Noakes (born 21 July 1985 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a professional rugby union player. Career ITM Cup Noakes made his debut for Otago in 2007 and was a regular starter by the 2008 Air New Zealand Cup, where he scored 51 points for the province. His 2009 season was highlighted by a try in a Ranfurly Shield challenge against Wellington which Otago ultimately narrowly lost. After missing most of the 2010 ITM Cup through injury, Noakes returned to start the final four matches of the season. For the 2011 ITM Cup, Noakes moved to Bay of Plenty to replace the departing Mike Delany at first five-eighth. Noakes missed the entire 2013 ITM Cup competition following a serious neck injury during the previous Super Rugby season. Super Rugby Noakes was signed by the Highlanders for the 2012 Super Rugby season. Initially expected to be a depth player, injuries to Colin Slade and Lima Sopoaga thrust him into a more prominent role, and he made 12 appearances including 7 starts, tota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Call The Midwife Characters
The following is a list of characters from ''Call the Midwife'', a British television period-drama series shown on BBC One since 2012. Cast Characters Sister Julienne Sister Julienne, the sister-in-charge of Nonnatus House, manages both her charges and fellow sisters with a combination of tact, compassion, and no-nonsense advice. Her steadfast, compassionate guidance makes her an anchor for her colleagues, and the centre of organisation, offering comfort and help to the young midwives. She has a notably close, warm and maternal relationship with Sister Bernadette, serving as her chief mentor and confidante. Beginning with Series 4, it becomes clear that the weight of always having to be "the wise one" takes a heavier toll on her than many would guess, and she is increasingly shown leaning on Shelagh (formerly Sister Bernadette) for counsel and support; nevertheless, her faith is not shaken and she remains a serene, guiding presence for all of Nonnatus House. Her pre-order nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivien Noakes
Vivien Noakes (née Langley; 16 February 1937 – 17 February 2011) was a British biographer, editor and critic, an expert on Edward Lear and the literature of the First World War. She was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Early life and education She was born Vivien Mary Langley, daughter of noted aeronautical engineer Marcus Langley and educated at Dunottar School, leaving with A-levels. It was not until later in life that she took her degree at Manchester College, Oxford, and Somerville College, Oxford, where she was subsequently lecturer. Career She lectured at Harvard University and at the Yale Center for British Art. She was a leading authority- per her ''Times'' obituary, "the world's leading authority"- on Edward Lear and on the literature of World War I. Personal life She was married to the painter Michael Noakes, in collaboration with whom she produced ''The Daily Life of The Queen: An Artist's Diary'' (2000); the couple had three children: Anya, Jona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Noakes
Michael Noakes (28 October 1933 – 30 May 2018) was an English artist and portrait painter.Michael Noakes profile , Royal Society of Portrait Painters website; accessed 9 April 2014. He was educated at and the . His prime interests as a painter were in portraiture and landscape. He was President of the |
Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes
Sheila Valerie Noakes, Baroness Noakes, (née Masters, born 23 June 1949) is a British Conservative politician and former corporate executive. Education and early career Sheila Masters was educated at Eltham Hill Grammar School, followed by the University of Bristol, where she studied Law. She qualified as a Chartered Accountant and became a partner in Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co, which is now part of KPMG. For three years from 1988, she was seconded to the National Health Service where she modernised its financial management. In 1999 she became the first female President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. At the same time, she was a non-executive director of the Bank of England and a governor of the London Business School, while still overseeing privatisations and other public sector work at KPMG. Trade journal ''Accountancy Age'' described her as "the country's most high profile accountant". Political career Baroness Noakes was the Opposition s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Noakes
Kimberley Noakes (now Archibald; born 3 October 1982) is a New Zealand field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Noakes was born in Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po .... References External links * 1982 births Living people New Zealand female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of New Zealand Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics People educated at St Cuthbert's College, Auckland 21st-century New Zealand women {{NewZealand-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benedict Grant Noakes
Benedict Grant Noakes (born 1965) is an English television producer and writer. As a television producer, he has made films for the BBC, NBC, C4 and Granada Television. In 2006, he founded and the UK branch of the Albert Schweitzer Institute, campaigning on issues relating to animal welfare, human rights and the environment. He is the son of the royal portrait painter Michael Noakes and the writer and academic Vivien Noakes. Noakes was educated at Eton College (’79-’83) and Oxford University (’92-’93), where he read philosophy. A friend of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills, his phone was allegedly hacked on numerous occasions by Glenn Mulcaire at the time of the McCartneys' divorce in 2006. He is one of 46 claimants who brought a claim for compensation against Mulcaire and News International News Corp UK & Ireland Limited (trading as News UK, formerly News International and NI Group) is a List of newspapers in the United Kingdom, British newspaper publisher, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
