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Owen Edwards (golfer)
Owen Edwards may refer to: *Owen Edwards (broadcaster) (1933–2010), Welsh broadcaster * Owen Edwards (figure skater) (born 1987), Welsh ice dancer * Owen Morgan Edwards Sir Owen Morgan Edwards (26 December 1858 – 15 May 1920) was a Welsh historian, educationalist and writer. He is often known as O. M. Edwards. Biography Owen Edwards was born in Llanuwchllyn near Bala, the eldest son of Owen and Beti Edw ... (1858–1920), Welsh historian, educationalist and writer * Owen Dudley Edwards (born 1938), Irish editor and historian {{hndis, Edwards, Owen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Edwards (broadcaster)
Owen Edwards (26 December 1933 – 30 August 2010) was a Welsh broadcaster, and the first chief executive of the Welsh-language television channel S4C, the fourth television channel in Wales, a post he held from 1981-89. He was a presenter on the early Welsh-language television programme ''Dewch i Mewn'' during the 1950s. From 1961 to 1966 he presented '' Heddiw'', the BBC's early evening Welsh-language news magazine programme. Life Edwards was born in Aberystwyth; his father was Sir Ifan ab Owen Edwards, founder of Urdd Gobaith Cymru (Welsh League of Youth); Owen Edwards' grandfather was the historian and literary scholar Sir Owen Morgan Edwards. He was educated at Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth, and went on to Leighton Park School in Reading. He later studied at Lincoln College, Oxford. In 1958, he married Shan Emlyn; the couple had two daughters before the marriage was dissolved; Shan Emlyn later died. In 1994, he remarried, his second wife being Rosemary Allen, who survives h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Edwards (figure Skater)
Owen Edwards (born 21 July 1987) is a Welsh retired ice dancer who competed for Great Britain. With Louise Walden, he won gold at the 2010 Ice Challenge, 2010 International Trophy of Lyon, and 2011 British Championships. They competed in the final segment at two ISU Championships – 2011 Worlds, where they finished 20th, and 2012 Europeans, where they placed 13th. Career Walden and Edwards began skating together in June 2006. They made their international debut in October 2008 at the 2008 Karl Schaefer Memorial in Vienna, Austria, where they placed 8th. Between April 2008 and September 2012, they were based at CSG Lyon International Skating Academy in France, where they were coached by Muriel Boucher-Zazoui, Romain Haguenauer and Olivier Schoenfelder. They won the British national title in the 2010–2011 season. At the 2011 World Championships in Moscow, they qualified to the final segment and finished 20th overall. Walden/Edwards placed 13th at the 2012 European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Morgan Edwards
Sir Owen Morgan Edwards (26 December 1858 – 15 May 1920) was a Welsh historian, educationalist and writer. He is often known as O. M. Edwards. Biography Owen Edwards was born in Llanuwchllyn near Bala, the eldest son of Owen and Beti Edwards. He gives a vivid description of his early education in his autobiography ''Clych Adgof'' ("Bells of Remembrance") published in 1906. Llanuwchllyn was then and remains a strongly Welsh-speaking area, but the Welsh Not was in use at the local school and usually found itself round Owen's neck, as a punishment for speaking Welsh. After studying at Bala and University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, graduating with a pass degree in 1883. He then spent a year at the University of Glasgow studying philosophy before studying at Balliol College, Oxford, from 1884 to 1887, winning all the university's three main prizes for history. The 1891 census for Wales recorded that he was at home with his family in Coed y Pry, Llanuwchllyn on census night ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
