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Nevett Steele
Nevett is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Billy Nevett (1906–1992), English flat racing jockey *Elijah Nevett (born 1944), American football player *Lisa Nevett Lisa C. Nevett is a Professor of Classical Archaeology in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan, and Director of the Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology. Prior to joining Michigan she was a Lectur ... (born 1965), English archaeologist See also * Nevitt, given name and surname {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Nevett
William Nevett (26 May 1906 – 9 May 1992) was an English flat racing jockey, who won three wartime Derbies and formed a famous partnership with Dante, one of the horses of the century. Career Nevett was born in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester and rode for three generations of the Peacock family - Dobson, Matthew and Richard. His first winner was Stockwood at Carlisle in 1924 and by the 1930s, he had become the leading rider in the North of England, known as "Cock of the North". He was runner-up, to Gordon Richards, in the jockeys' championships of 1933 (73 winners), 1936 (108 winners), 1937 (110 winners) and 1938 (122 winners). During the war, he served as a private, but continued to ride, winning his 1000th race on Thixendale at Thirsk in 1940 and then three Derbies - on Owen Tudor for Fred Darling in 1941, Ocean Swell for Lord Rosebery and then, most famously, on Dante, for Matthew Peacock. Dante was Nevett's most famous ride. He went unbeaten at two-years-old and when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elijah Nevett
Elijah L. Nevett (born April 28, 1944) is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League. After playing college football at Clark Atlanta University, he played professionally for the New Orleans Saints from 1967 to 1970. References External links Elijah Nevett on pro-football-reference.com 1944 births Living people American football cornerbacks Clark Atlanta Panthers football players New Orleans Saints players Sportspeople from Bessemer, Alabama Players of American football from Jefferson County, Alabama {{defensiveback-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Nevett
Lisa C. Nevett is a Professor of Classical Archaeology in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan, and Director of the Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology. Prior to joining Michigan she was a Lecturer in Classical Studies at The Open University, 1996-2003 and British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Archaeology Department at Durham University, 1993-1996. Education Nevett grew up in London, and first became interested in archaeology at the age of six, when her mother took her to visit the Treasures of Tutankhamun Exhibition at the British Museum in 1972. She graduated with her BA Honours in Classics at Clare College, Cambridge in 1987, followed by her MPhil in Archaeology (Archaeological Method and Theory, Later European Prehistory) in 1988. She obtained her PhD in 1993 from the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge, under the supervision of Professor Anthony Snodgrass. Her dissertation was titled "Variation in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |