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Reyner
Reyner is a surname, and has also been used as a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Reyner Banham (1922–1988), English architectural critic * Clement Reyner (1589–1651), English Benedictine monk * Edward Reyner (1600–c.1668), English nonconforming clergyman * Harry Reyner Harry Reyner (1889–1978) was the mayor of Newport News, Virginia from 1930 to 1932. Before serving as mayor, he was a businessman, starting as a boy, selling pies to workers at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company. As an adult, he st ... (1889–1978), American politician, mayor of Newport News, Virginia See also * Rayner * Reyners (other) {{surname, Reyner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reyner Banham
Peter Reyner Banham Hon. FRIBA (2 March 1922 – 19 March 1988) was an English architectural critic and writer best known for his theoretical treatise ''Theory and Design in the First Machine Age'' (1960) and for his 1971 book ''Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies''. In the latter he categorized the Los Angeles experience into four ecological models (Surfurbia, Foothills, The Plains of Id, and Autopia) and explored the distinct architectural cultures of each. A frequent visitor to the United States from the early 1960s, he relocated there in 1976. Early life and education eterReyner Banham was born in Norwich, England to Percy Banham, a gas engineer, and Violet Frances Maud Reyner. He was educated at Norwich School and gained an engineering scholarship with the Bristol Aeroplane Company, where he spent much of the Second World War. In Norwich he gave art lectures, wrote reviews for the local paper and was involved with the Maddermarket Theatre. In 1949 Banham ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clement Reyner
Clement Reyner D.D. (1589–1651) was an English Benedictine monk, who became abbot of Lamspringe in Germany. Life Born Lawrence Reyner in Ripon, Yorkshire, he made his profession as a Benedictine monk in the monastery of St. Laurence at Dieulouard in Lorraine in 1610 taking the name in religion "Clement". He pursued his studies in St. Gregory's monastery at Douai. (His older brother Clement was also a Benedictine, taking the religious name "Lawrence".) Subsequently Reyner the younger was sent on the English mission, and was imprisoned in Yorkshire, as a Catholic priest, on 1 April 1618. On his release he returned to the continent and was graduated D.D. probably at Douai. He served as secretary to the president of his order from 1621 to 1629. Because he knew the language, he was sent as procurator to Germany to negotiate the transfer of monasteries from the Bursfelde Congregation. He effected the transfer of Cismar Abbey, Rinteln, and others. He was for half a year prior at Rintel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Reyner
Edward Reyner (Rayner) (1600–c.1668)Surman Index: Reyner, Edward gives date of death as August 1662; Claire Cross in the '''' writes that he had died by July 1660. The '''', and following it the Venn database, says c.1668. was an English nonconforming clergyman, known as a devotional writer. Life He was born in the parish of |
Harry Reyner
Harry Reyner (1889–1978) was the mayor of Newport News, Virginia from 1930 to 1932. Before serving as mayor, he was a businessman, starting as a boy, selling pies to workers at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company. As an adult, he started a business as a ship chandler with his father. He left to fight in World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ..., and returned at the war's conclusion to run Associated Charities, which provided assistance to families suffering from the local depression that occurred when the shipyard lost its wartime shipbuilding contracts. He was first elected to serve on Newport News City Council in 1922. He served one term as mayor, and as mayor he established a pension fund for city employees. He also served four terms as vice-ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayner
Rayner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Amy Rayner (born 1977), English football referee *Angela Rayner, British Labour Party politician, trade unionist, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015, Deputy leader of the Labour Party, Shadow First Secretary of State and Deputy leader of the Opposition since 2020 *Billy Rayner (1935–2006), Australian rugby league player *Cameron Rayner (born 1999), Australian rules footballer *Chuck Rayner (1920–2002), Canadian professional hockey player *Claire Rayner (1931–2010), British journalist and agony aunt *Dave Rayner (born 1982), American professional football player *Denys Rayner (1908–1967), British sailor, writer, and designer of small boats *Eddie Rayner (born 1952), New Zealand musician * Henry Rayner (1902–1957), Australian and British artist *Isidor Rayner (1850–1912), United States Senator *Jack Rayner (1921–2008), Australian rugby league player *Jacqueline Rayner, British author ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |