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Pain (surname)
Pain is a surname. The ''Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland'' records it as a variant of Payne, along with Paine, Payn, Pane, Payen, Payan, Panes, and Pagan. The name Payne is believed to derive from the medieval English personal name ''Pagan''. The ''Dictionary of American Family Names'' describes ''Pain'' as a variant of the name ''Paine''. Pain is also an alternative spelling of the Indian surname Pyne. Notable people with the surname include (birth date order): *Elizabeth Pain (c. 1652–1704), settler in Boston, Massachusetts * James Pain (1779–1877), English architect *Arthur Pain (1841–1920), bishop in Australia * William Plain (1855–1924), British army officer * Barry Pain (1864–1928), English journalist, poet and writer * Edwin Pain (1891–1947), English cricketer *Nesta Pain (1905–1995), British broadcaster and writer *Peter Pain (1913–2003), British judge * Rollo Pain (1921–2005), British army officer *Edward Pain (1925–2000), Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Payne (surname)
The English family name Payne originates in France as a variation of the name Payen ( Payen; Payens or Payns). The name was brought to the British Isles as a result of the Norman Conquest of England, and is now common in English-speaking countries. Hugues de Payens from the town of Payns near Troyes moved to London in 1128 to set up a house for the Knights Templar in England. People surnamed Payne A *Aaron Payne (born 1982), Australian rugby league footballer *Adreian Payne (1991–2022), American basketball player * Alexander Payne (born 1961), U.S. film director and screenwriter *Anthony Payne (1936–2021), English composer, critic and musicologist *A. R. Payne, British rubber scientist and namesake of the Payne effect B * Basil Payne (1923–2012), Irish poet and writer * Ben Iden Payne (1881–1976), English actor and director * Bert Payne, American curler * Bill Payne, American pianist * Billy Payne, American advocate and golf administrator * Britton Payne, American curl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Pain
Jean Pain (12 December 1928 – 30 July 1981) was a Swiss-born French inventor and innovator who developed the compost heater, a compost-based bioenergy system, that produced 100% of his energy needs. He heated water to at a rate of which he used for washing and heating. He also distilled enough methane to run an electricity generator, cooking elements, and power his truck. This method of creating usable energy from compost Compost is a mixture of ingredients used as plant fertilizer and to improve soil's physical, chemical and biological properties. It is commonly prepared by decomposing plant, food waste, recycling organic materials and manure. The resulting m ...ing materials has come to be known as "Jean Pain Composting", or the "Jean Pain Method". Personal life Jean and his wife, Ida, lived near Domaine des Templiers, on a timber tract near the Alpes de Provence. Composting method See main article compost heater. Death Jean Pain died from bladder cancer in 1981 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mélanie Pain
Mélanie Pain is a French indie pop singer from Caen. She performs with the band Nouvelle Vague (band), Nouvelle Vague as well as being a solo artist. Biography Hailing from Aix-en-Provence, Pain studied political sciences before moving to Paris to work in a web agency, and then a design agency. Not originally intending to be a singer, a demo she had recorded vocals on for a friend accidentally found its way into the hands of Nouvelle Vague (band), Nouvelle Vague. Subsequently, she has toured for five years with the band. She sings in both French language, French and English language, English, after years of covering English songs for Nouvelle Vague. Her influences include The Pixies, Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey and Nick Drake. In April 2009, Pain released her first solo album entitled ''My Name (Mélanie Pain album), My Name'' featuring artists such as Julien Doré, Phoebe Killdeer and Thomas Dybdahl. Discography *''My Name (Mélanie Pain album), My Name'' (2009) *''Bye Bye Manche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erwan Pain
Erwan Pain (born 14 February 1986) is a French former professional ice hockey winger. Pain played in the Ligue Magnus for Chamonix HC, Ducs de Dijon, Drakkars de Caen and Brest Albatros Hockey. He also participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship The 2010 IIHF World Championship was the 74th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between 7 and 23 May 2010 in Germany. The games were played in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, SAP Arena in Mannhei ... as a member of the France national team. References External links * 1986 births Living people Brest Albatros Hockey players Chamonix HC players Drakkars de Caen players Ducs de Dijon players French ice hockey forwards French people of Guadeloupean descent Guadeloupean sportspeople People from Pointe-à-Pitre {{France-icehockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Pain
François Pain is a filmmaker based in Paris, known for his specializing in films related to experiments in alternative psychiatry. Life and work François Pain is cofounder of the Federation of NonCommercial Free Radios and Radio Tomato and co-produced ''Unchained Channel'' (1991) and ''Chaosmédia'' (1994). Pain began his interest in alternative psychiatry when he worked with Félix Guattari in the private clinic of La Borde clinic, La Borde. Based on this experience of linguistics, schizoanalyse, antipsychiatry and social revolution, he produced the 90-minute-long ''Monument à Félix Guattari, le film'' in 1991 in collaboration with Jean-Jacques Lebel. In 1994 the film was installed as part of a large Assemblage (art), assemblage entitled ''Monument à Félix Guattari'' in the Forum of the Centre Pompidou. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Pain, Francois Living people Postmodern artists French contemporary artists New media artists Film theorists French experimental filmmakers Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Pain
Jeffrey Thomas "Jeff" Pain (born December 14, 1970) is an American-born Canadian former skeleton racer who competed from 1995 to 2010. He is regarded as one of the most successful male competitors in the history of the Canadian skeleton program. He was born in Anchorage, Alaska. He graduated from the University of British Columbia, where he was a member of the school's varsity track and field team. Pain has had a 15-year career with 22 World Cup podium finishes in 74 starts, including ten wins, 3 World Championship medals, and an Olympic silver medal. This included winning the men's Skeleton World Cup overall title twice (2004-5, 2005-6). He first represented Canada at the 2002 Olympic Winter games finishing 6th, where Skeleton returned after a 54-year hiatus. Then Pain went on to compete in the 2006 Winter Olympics where he finished with a silver medal behind fellow Canadian Duff Gibson. One distinguishing feature of Pain's skeleton gear is his custom-painted helmet, depicting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Pain
Debbie Pain is a conservation biologist and ecotoxicologist working on endangered birds around the world. Since 1988 she has led projects into reversing the decline in several species through research, practical and policy measures at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Wildlife and Wetlands Trust. Scientific career Pain worked from 1988 on ecotoxicology aStation Biologique de la Tour du Valatin the Camargue, France, and from 1992 was employed in the research department of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. She initiated and led the international research section. In 2008 she became Director of Conservation for the Wildlife and Wetlands Trust, leaving in 2018. She has been an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Zoology at Cambridge University since 2018 and an Honorary Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of East Anglia since 2019. While with the RSPB she was their first international research biologist and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedabrata Pain
Bedabrata Pain ( bn, বেদব্রত পাইন; born 27 March 1963) is an Indian scientist turned film director, producer and screenwriter. Bedabrata Pain was also a member of the team that invented the CMOS image sensor. Bedabrata Pain has also won National Film Award for Best Debut Film of a Director for ''Chittagong''. Biography Early life and education Bedabrata's father was born in Dhaka and his mother came from Faridpur. Bedabrata Pain did his schooling in St. Lawrence High School in Calcutta & South Point High School and ranked 3rd in Madhyamik Exam (West Bengal State Board - 10th Standard Exam) and 5th in Higher Secondary Exam (West Bengal State Board - 12th Standard Exam). He then studied Electronics & Electrical Comm. Engg. (ECE) in IIT Kharagpur (1982–1986), He got an Ivy League scholarship. Later he went to Columbia University, New York and received his M.S and PhD in Applied physics in 1992. His future wife Shonali Bose also did her master's degree in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susanna Pain
Susanna Pain (Sue Pain, Susanna Leigh Pain) (born 1957) is an Australian Anglican priest, former Dean of St Paul's Anglican Cathedral, Sale in Victoria, Australia and spiritual director. She was one of the first women ordained as an Anglican priest in Australia in 1992, one of the five women ordained in Adelaide, and the first female dean of St Paul's, Diocese of Gippsland.The Anglican Church of Australia, 2021, ''Directory / Anglican Church of Australia'' The features of her ministry have been pastoral care, leading spiritual retreats and contemplative prayer, and encouraging use of the creative and performance arts for worship. Personal life, education and early career Pain was born in Cowra, New South Wales. She is a great-granddaughter of Arthur Pain, first bishop of the diocese of Gippsland and his wife, Annie Bisdee Pain (Thorne). Pain is married to Nikolai Blaskow who is an Anglican priest, teacher and chaplain; the couple are described as being a team and having a "sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Pain
Richard Edward Pain (born 21 September 1956) is a retired Anglican bishop. From 2013 to 2019, he served as Bishop of Monmouth in the Church in Wales. Early life Pain was born on 21 September 1956. He completed degrees at Bristol University and Cardiff University. He trained for ordination at St Michael's College, Llandaff. Ordained ministry Pain served his curacy in Caldicot, Monmouthshire. He was then Curate in Charge then vicar of Cwmtillery and Six Bells before moving to Risca, and finally to Monmouth. He served as Archdeacon of Monmouth from 2008 to 2013. Episcopal ministry He was elected Bishop of Monmouth on 23 July 2013. Having accepted the position, he was consecrated on 21 September at Llandaff Cathedral and enthroned at Newport Cathedral on 18 October. He was the 10th Bishop of Monmouth. In January 2019, the South Wales Argus The ''South Wales Argus'' is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Newport, South Wales. ''The Argus'' is distributed in Newport, Blaenau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quentin Pain
Quentin Pain FIoEE FIAB (born 1956) is a published author, speaker, and entrepreneur. Biography Pain was a founding member of Accountz.com Ltd (a British software company) Pain wrote Prophet, which won the Acorn User Best Business software Award for 1995 and 1996. This was used to help launch the Acorn A4000 in New Zealand. Pain is also the author of the book Accounting For Everyone, which was notable as the first book to change the way people think about double-entry and provides the online course Accounting For Everyone. The core changes to double-entry described in the book are: # The replacement of the terms credit and debit with the terms from and to # Entering the credited or debited account in the credit or debit columns (as opposed to the amount) # Reversing the order of those columns These changes aim to simplify the double-entry process. Pain, together with co-authors David Bradforth and John Taylor, wrote the book Home Accountz for Dummies for the American pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Pain
Denis Blake Pain (7 January 1936 – 6 July 2019) was a New Zealand jurist and sports administrator. He was a judge of the District Court from 1970 to 1990, subsequently serving as deputy director of the Serious Fraud Office. In the 1980s and 1990s, he was chef d'équipe of the New Zealand eventing team at four world championships and Olympic games. Early life and family Born in Hokitika on 7 January 1936, Pain was the son of Catherine Mary Pain (née Brown) and Thomas Percival Pain. He was educated at Whangarei Boys' High School, and went on to study law at Auckland University College, graduating LLB in 1959. On 20 December 1961, Pain married Elizabeth MacDonald, and the couple went on to have three children. Legal career After completing his university studies, Pain worked as a barrister and solicitor in Auckland, and was also a part-time law lecturer at the University of Auckland between 1960 and 1970. In 1970, he was called to the bench as a stipendary magistrate of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
