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Purnell is a name shared by: People * Alton Purnell (1911–1987), American pianist * Arthur Purnell (1878–1964), architect in Melbourne, Victoria * Benjamin Franklin Purnell (1861–1927), American preacher, House of David (commune) * Bervin E. Purnell (1891–1972), Australian politician * Charles Purnell (1843–1926), New Zealand soldier, journalist, lawyer, and writer * Clyde Purnell (1877–1934), British football player * Ella Purnell (born 1996), British actress * Fred S. Purnell (1882–1939), American politician * Glynn Purnell (born 1975), English chef and restaurateur * Heather Purnell (born 1986), Canadian gymnast * Idella Purnell (1901–1982), American author and librarian * James Purnell (born 1970), British politician * Jesse Purnell (1881–1966), American baseball player * Jim Purnell (1941–2003), American football player * John Purnell English academic administrator * John Howard Purnell (1925-1996), Welsh chemist * Jon Purnell, US diplomat, ambassador to Uz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alton Purnell
Alton Purnell (April 16, 1911 – January 14, 1987) was an American jazz pianist. He was a longtime performer in Dixieland jazz. Early life Purnell was born in New Orleans on April 16, 1911. His brother, Theodore, became a reed player. Later life and career Purnell sang before playing piano professionally, beginning to do so locally in New Orleans in 1928.Yanow, Scot"Artist Biography" AllMusic. Retrieved August 8, 2015. He played in the 1930s with Isaiah Morgan, Alphonse Picou, Big Eye Louis Nelson, Sidney Desvigne, and Cousin Joe, and with Bunk Johnson in the middle of the 1940s. Purnell joined George Lewis (clarinetist), George Lewis's band after Johnson's broke up in 1946, and remained there well into the 1950s, including for international tours. In 1957 Purnell relocated to Los Angeles. There he worked with Teddy Buckner, Young Men from New Orleans, Joe Darensbourg, Kid Ory, Barney Bigard, and Ben Pollack. He also recorded extensively as a leader, including for Warner Bros. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keg Purnell
William "Keg" Purnell (January 7, 1915 - June 25, 1965) was an American drummer. His influences include Chick Webb and Big Sid Catlett. Purnell was born in Charleston, West Virginia in 1915. He studied at West Virginia State College from 1932–34, and played with the Campus Revellers while there. He toured with King Oliver in 1934-35, then played freelance and with his own trio in the late 1930s. In 1939, he worked with Thelonious Monk. Purnell played in the bands of Benny Carter (1939–41), Claude Hopkins (1941-42), and Eddie Heywood (1942–52). He also recorded with Rex Stewart, Teddy Wilson, and Willie "The Lion" Smith William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholf Smith (November 23, 1893 – April 18, 1973), nicknamed "The Lion", was an American jazz and stride pianist. Early life William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholf, known as Willie, was born in 1893 in Goshen, .... Late in his career he played with Snub Mosley (1957 and subsequently). References 1915 births 1965 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purnell And Sons
Purnell and Sons started out as a small family printers based in Somerset which merged with other printers over the next 100 years to become one the largest print groups in the UK and at one time a major publisher. History The company was founded by Charles Dando Purnell in 1839 as a small family printers with small print shops in Radstock, Midsomer Norton and Paulton. With the influence of Wilfred Harvey, who was originally the firm's accountant, Purnell & Sons grew from the 1920s onwards, with letterpress printing being added as well as a lithography department in the late 1930s. The company grew to become a major concern that published and printed millions of colour books and magazines. In 1966 Purnell & Sons printed the popular and successful '' Purnell's History of the Second World War'' partwork series of magazines. In the 1960s and 1970s the company also published other partwork series including ''Knowledge'' (1962), ''Discovering Art'' (1964–66), ''The Masters'' (196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Julia is usually a feminine given name. It is a Latinate feminine form of the name Julio and Julius. (For further details on etymology, see the Wiktionary entry "Julius".) The given name ''Julia'' had been in use throughout Late Antiquity (e.g. Julia of Corsica) but became rare during the Middle Ages, and was revived only with the Italian Renaissance. It became common in the English-speaking world only in the 18th century. Today, it is frequently used throughout the world. Statistics Julia was the 10th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007 and the 88th most popular name for women in the 1990 census there. It has been among the top 150 names given to girls in the United States for the past 100 years. It was the 89th most popular name for girls born in England and Wales in 2007; the 94th most popular name for girls born in Scotland in 2007; the 13th most popular name for girls born in Spain in 2006; the 5th most popular name for girls born in Swede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Purnell
William Henry Purnell (March 4, 1826 – March 30, 1902) was a Maryland lawyer who served as the Comptroller of Maryland (1856–1861), Union officer during the American Civil War and later as President of the reorganized University of Delaware and of Hood College. Early and family life Born in Worcester County, Maryland to Moses Purnell and his wife, Maria Bowen Purnell, in 1826. In 1846, Purnell received a degree from Delaware College (now the University of Delaware), which he would come to lead later in his career. After graduation, he moved to Snow Hill, Maryland to read law with Judge Franklin. On June 13, 1849, still in Snow Hill, he married Margaret Neill Martin. They would have ten children, including four daughters and a son before 1860. Career Purnell was admitted to the Maryland bar and practiced law, eventually becoming associated with the Know-Nothing Party. In 1856 Maryland voters elected Purnell to statewide office as comptroller and he moved his family to Anna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Purnell
Anthony John Purnell (born 23 May 1958 in Carshalton, Surrey) is an English engineering entrepreneur, and former principal of the Jaguar and Red Bull Formula One teams. Pre-motorsport career Before entering motorsports, Purnell had a lengthy academic career in England and the United States. A pupil of The John Fisher School, he gained a scholarship to study mechanical engineering at Manchester University in the 1970s: then won the Kennedy Scholarship at the MIT School of Engineering where he completed his master's degree. His dissertation was on the subject of Formula One aerodynamics. After MIT, Purnell returned to the United Kingdom as a researcher at Cambridge University working on whole field continuous velocity determination in fluid flow. He did not complete his PhD, but began work on wind tunnel hardware and analysis software for the Lola organisation and consulted for the short-lived FORCE F1 team. Purnell went on to found Pi Research (and its later spin-off Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Richard Purnell
Thomas Richard Purnell (November 11, 1847 – December 19, 1908) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Education and career Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, Purnell graduated from Trinity College (now Duke University) in 1869 and read law to enter the bar that same year. He was in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland and Salem, North Carolina from 1870 to 1873. He was a librarian for the State of North Carolina in Raleigh from 1873 to 1876, thereafter resuming his private practice in Raleigh until 1897. He served the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1876 to 1877. He was a Commissioner for the United States Circuit Courts for the Fourth Circuit from 1877 to 1891. He was a member of the North Carolina Senate from 1883 to 1884. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Attorney General of North Carolina in 1892. Federal judicial service On April 26, 1897, Purnell was nominated by Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonia Purnell
Sonia Purnell is a British writer and journalist who has worked at ''The Economist'', ''The Daily Telegraph'', and ''The Sunday Times''. Her books include ''Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill'', which was chosen as book of the year by ''The Telegraph'' and ''The Independent'', and was a finalist for the Plutarch Award. She also wrote the book and screenplay for the future film about Virginia Hall – ''A Woman of No Importance'', produced by J. J. Abrams. It was chosen as a "Best Book of the Year" by NPR National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other .... Bibliography References Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Living people British newspaper journalists British women journalists {{UK-journalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russ Purnell
Russ Purnell (born June 12, 1948) is an American football coach. He has served for 26 seasons as an assistant coach in the NFL, mainly coordinating the special teams units. He is one of only 21 NFL assistant coaches who have won at least one Super Bowl championship with two different teams (Baltimore and Indianapolis). He was also the special teams coordinator for the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League (UFL). Playing career Purnell played center at Orange Coast College and transferred to Whittier College, where he graduated with a business degree and served as a graduate assistant from 1970–71. Coaching career Purnell began his coaching career at Corona del Mar High School in 1972 and coached at Edison High School (Huntington Beach, California) from 1973–81. He joined the University of Southern California staff as special teams and tight ends coach from 1982–85. Purnell spent four seasons (1995–98) with the Houston/Tennessee Oilers after serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Purnell
Oliver Gordon Purnell Jr. (born May 19, 1953) is an American former college basketball coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Radford University from 1988 to 1991, Old Dominion University from 1991 to 1994, the University of Dayton from 1994 to 2003, Clemson University from 2003 to 2010, and DePaul University from 2010 to 2015, compiling a career record of 448–386. Early years Purnell was born in Berlin, Maryland, the second of Oliver Sr. and Phyllis' four children. He attended Stephen Decatur High School, where he played on the boys' basketball team that captured the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association Class B championship in 1970. Purnell was recruited to play basketball at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. While at Old Dominion, Purnell enjoyed a highly successful playing career, finishing 18th on ODU's all-time scoring list with 1,090 points and leading the Monarchs to the 1975 NCAA Division II national championship. That year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Purnell
Phil Purnell (born 16 September 1964) is a former professional association footballer who spent the majority of his career with Bristol Rovers. Before turning professional in 1985, Purnell played for West Country non-league sides Forest Green Rovers, Frome Town and Mangotsfield United, until signing for Bristol Rovers in September 1985. He went on to make 153 league appearances for The Pirates in a -year spell at the club, scoring twenty-two goals. He was loaned to Swansea City for a month in December 1991, where he played five league games and scored once. Purnell's playing career ended when he suffered a broken leg in April 1993. He was awarded a testimonial match in the summer of 1994, when Bristol Rovers faced a Queens Park Rangers side managed by former Rovers manager Gerry Francis, and featuring a number of former Bristol Rovers players. After retiring from playing, he worked in insurance Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in excha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshall Purnell
Marshall Purnell (born June 8, 1950) is a prominent African-American architect and 2008 president of the American Institute of Architects. Early life and education Born in Toledo, Ohio, and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Marshall Purnell is the second son of the late Lelia (Givens) Purnell (1922-2016) and the late long-time professional jazz saxophonist Curtis Purnell (1921–2006). He attended Ottawa Hills High School where he played point guard on its state high school championship-winning basketball team. Though he was recruited by the Boston Red Sox, he chose not to pursue sports. Inspired by James Chaffers, he instead pursued and earned a Bachelor of Science in Architecture & Urban Planning, a Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Career After earning his degree, Purnell taught design until 1973 at the University of Maryland. Following that, he joined the American Institute of Architecture in 1974, working as an executive in the head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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