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Penman
Penman is a surname. ''Surnames of Scotland'' by George F. Black states that it is "of local origin from a small place of the name formally in Roxburghshire or Selkirkshire." Bearers of the name include: * Andy Penman (1943–1994), Scottish footballer * David Penman (1936–1989), Australian Anglican archbishop of Melbourne * Ian Penman (born 1959), British writer and blogger * Ian Penman (producer), British radio and television writer * Nelia Penman (1915–2017), British politician * Percival Penman (1885–1944), Australian cricketer * Robert Penman (fl. 1920s/30s), Scottish footballer * Sharon Kay Penman (1945-2021), American historical novelist See also * Emanuel Ninger (1846/1847–1924), American counterfeiter nicknamed "Jim the Penman" * James Townshend Saward (1798–c. 1875), English barrister and forger nicknamed "Jim the Penman" * Southern New Hampshire Penmen, the athletic teams of Southern New Hampshire University {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Penman
Andy Penman (20 February 1943 – 19 July 1994) was a Scottish professional footballer, who played for Dundee, Rangers and Arbroath. Penman helped Dundee win the Scottish league championship in 1962. He made four appearances in full internationals for Scotland. Career Penman started his career at Everton in 1958 as a 15 year old. He played for the Everton first team twice, against Liverpool in a Floodlit Challenge Trophy match and against a touring South African team. He returned to Scotland later that year with Dundee, and made his first league appearance just before his 16th birthday. Penman was part of the Dundee team that won the Scottish league championship in 1962, and reached the semi-final of the 1962–63 European Cup. He moved to Rangers in 1967 and played there for five seasons. Penman played in two Scottish Cup Finals for Rangers, both of which were lost to Celtic. He left Rangers in 1973 and joined Arbroath. Penman then played for Inverness Caledonian in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Penman
David John Penman (8 August 1936 – 1 October 1989) was the 10th Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne. Early life and career Born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 8 August 1936, Penman received his secondary education at Hutt Valley High School, and studied Physical Education as part of teacher training at Wellington Teachers' College (now a part of the Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education). He was accepted as a candidate for ordination by Archbishop Reginald Herbert Owen, and entered theological training at College House (University of Canterbury), and the University of New Zealand. He was ordained deacon in 1961 and priest in 1962. His first post was as a curate at Wanganui from 1961 to 1964, followed by a decade of missionary work in Pakistan and the Middle East. In 1972, he completed a PhD in Sociology at the University of Karachi. In 1975 he was appointed Principal of St Andrew's Hall a Church Mission Society missionary training college in Melbourne. He re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Penman
Ian Penman (born 1959) is a British writer, music journalist and critic. He began his career as a writer for the ''NME'' in 1977, later contributing to various publications including ''Uncut'', ''Sight & Sound'', ''The Wire'', '' The Face'', and ''The Guardian''. He is the author of ''Vital Signs: Music, Movies, and Other Manias'' (1998, Serpent's Tail). Biography Penman was born in Wiltshire, UK in 1959. He spent much of his childhood abroad in the Middle East and Africa, returning to Norfolk in 1970. Skipping higher education, Penman began writing for prominent British music magazine, the '' New Musical Express'', in the autumn of 1977. Much of Penman's writing reflected his involvement in the nascent post-punk scene developing in London in the late 1970s. Along with fellow ''NME'' writers such as Paul Morley and Barney Hoskyns, Penman soon developed an innovative style of music criticism dense with allusions to critical theory, philosophy, and other art mediums, and often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Penman (producer)
Ian Penman (died March 2021) was a British radio broadcaster, television producer, director, actor and scriptwriter who also worked as a print and online journalist under the byline Ian Ravendale. Career history North East journalist and producer Ian Penman began working for BBC's Radio Newcastle's ''Bedrock'' show in the 1970s and started writing for local and national music magazines shortly after. To avoid confusion with the ''NME'' writer of the same name (who he actually preceded as both a radio and print music journalist) Penman wrote for '' Sounds'' under the name Ian Ravendale, for '' Pop Star Weekly'' and '' The Sunderland and Washington Times'' as Rick O'Shea and '' The Northern Echo'' as Chris Coupar. Contributions to BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 4 were under his own name. From 1982 to 1992, Penman was a researcher, producer and director for Tyne Tees Television, Border TV and the independent sector, working with Carol Vorderman, Muriel Gray, Janet Street-Porter and ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelia Penman
Nelia Penman (''née'' Muspratt; 6 November 1915 – 16 August 2017) was a British Liberal Party politician and barrister. Background She was born Nelia Muspratt, a daughter of Clifford Muspratt and Bertha Noble. in Hampstead, London. She was part of an established Liverpool Liberal family; she was the niece of the MP Max Muspratt and the suffragists Nessie Stewart-Brown and Julia Solly and granddaughter of the Industrialist Edmund Knowles Muspratt. She was educated privately. On 29 May 1947 she married Derek Penman. They had three daughters,The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1959. Fiona, Alison and Wendy. The marriage was dissolved in 1974. Career She trained as a fencing instructor. She joined the Ministry of Information during the war and also served as a station officer with the London Ambulance Service. In 1945 she became a barrister, being Called to the Bar by Gray's Inn. Political career While in her early twenties her activity in the Liberal party took the form o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percival Penman
Arthur Percival Penman, usually known by his middle name, (1885–1944) was an Australian cricketer and Australian rugby union representative. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler, he played first-class cricket for New South Wales in the early 20th century. Cricket career Born in New South Wales on 23 January 1885, Penman first played for the New South Wales cricket team in December 1904 in a first-class match against Queensland. He played further matches for New South Wales against Tasmania and Queensland in the same season. The following season he played his last two first-class matches against Queensland and an Australian XI. He never played a match in the Sheffield Shield. In the mid-1920s, Penman played three matches for the Federated Malay States, two against the Straits Settlements and one against Hong Kong. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Penman
Robert Penman (born 1891) was a Scottish footballer who played as a full back for Motherwell, Albion Rovers and St Johnstone. Playing career He played in the 1920 Scottish Cup Final which Albion Rovers lost to Kilmarnock. He later emigrated to Canada where he worked as a football coach in Manitoba Manitoba ( ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population o .... Winnipeg Free Press Newspaper Archives References 1891 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Kay Penman
Sharon Kay Penman (August 13, 1945 – January 22, 2021) was an American historical novelist, published in the UK as Sharon Penman. She was best known for the Welsh Princes trilogy and the Plantagenet series. In addition, she wrote four medieval mysteries, the first of which, ''The Queen's Man'', was a finalist in 1996 for the Best First Mystery Edgar Award. Her novels and mysteries are set in England, France, and Wales, and are about English and Welsh royalty during the Middle Ages. ''The Sunne in Splendour'', her first book, is a stand-alone novel about King Richard III of England and the Wars of the Roses. When the manuscript was stolen she started again and rewrote the book. Her work was generally well received, with the more recent novels reaching the ''New York Times Bestseller List''. Critics have praised her meticulous research of settings and events presented in her fiction, as well as the characterizations. Penman died from pneumonia on January 22, 2021, at the age of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emanuel Ninger
Emanuel Ninger (1846/1847 – July 25, 1924), known as "Jim the Penman", was a counterfeiter in the late 1880s. Biography Ninger and his wife, Adelaide, arrived c. 1876 from Germany to live in Hoboken, New Jersey. He worked as a sign painter and then bought a farm in Westfield, New Jersey. He told his neighbors that he was receiving a pension from the Prussian army. On October 12, 1892 he moved to Flagtown, New Jersey. Forgery Ninger began counterfeiting in 1878, and by 1879 the Treasury redemption bureau was aware of his work. Not having any clues as to Ninger's identity, he was named "Jim the Penman" by the Secret Service. Beginning with a $10 bill, he moved on to $20s and $50s, and later $100s. His first $100 was spotted by the Treasury in November 1893. Ninger would buy bond paper from Crane & Company, in Dalton, Massachusetts, cut it to the same size as the $50 and $100 United States Notes he was copying, then soak the paper in a dilute coffee solution. He would alig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Townshend Saward
James Townshend Saward (1798 – c. 1875) was a Victorian English barrister and forger also known by the nickname of Jem the Penman. In addition to his legal career he forged money orders for almost 30 years. Early life James Townshend Saward was born in 1798 at Rotherhithe in Surrey, the son of James and Elizabeth Ann Saward. He was called to the Bar in 1840, became a barrister and had his chambers in the Inner Temple. With his wife Maria he had a son, Francis (born 1831), and a daughter, Henrietta (born 1837). Career At the time a normal forging method was to forge somebody's signature and take the money order in to bank. The only hope to recover the money was if the clerk remembered the culprit's face. To bypass even this risk, Saward decided to cover his tracks with a string of accomplices. Saward required blank cheques and told his accomplices to spread a rumor that they would pay well for stolen cheques; pickpockets usually threw them away as useless. If he go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |