Ravenhill (surname)
Ravenhill is a surname, and may refer to: *Alice Ravenhill, Canadian educational pioneer *George Ravenhill, English soldier who received the Victoria Cross *Leonard Ravenhill, British revivalist and teacher at Last Days Ministries *Mark Ravenhill, English playwright *Philip Ravenhill (1828–1891), British Royal Engineer *Ricky Ravenhill Richard John Ravenhill (born 16 January 1981) is an English former professional footballer who is the assistant manager of Mickleover. As a player, he was a midfielder, who began his professional career with Barnsley in 2000 after a short spell ...

Alice Ravenhill
Alice Ravenhill (1859, Epping Forest, England – 1954, British Columbia) was an educational pioneer, a developer of Federated Women's Institutes of Canada, Women's Institutes, and one of the first authors to propound aboriginal rights in B.C. She is also the author of numerous articles and books, including her autobiography which she wrote when she was 92. Biography Ravenhill was born in Snaresbrook in 1859. Early in life she took an interest in social issues, causing her to undertake studies in public health, child development, and home economics. She qualified as a sanitary inspector in London. She began her career as an educator in 1893, as a county council lecturer in Bedfordshire and Lincolnshire. In 1894, Ravenhill began three years' service as the secretary to the Royal British Nurses' Association. This was followed by working two years as a lecturer to the Co-operative Society and Women's Co-operative Guild. At the start of the twentieth century, Ravenhill became a lectu ...
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George Ravenhill
George Albert Ravenhill VC (21 February 1872 – 14 April 1921) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and other Commonwealth forces. Ravenhill is one of eight men whose VCs were involuntarily forfeited. Military service Ravenhill was born in Aston, Birmingham in 1872. In May 1889 Ravenhill joined the 1st Battalion of The Royal Scots Fusiliers at Birr, County Offaly. He served near six years in India then two years with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa. He gained the Queen's and the King's medals, with clasps, for Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal and Cape Colony. Ravenhill was 27 years old, and a private in the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers, British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place on 15 December 1899 at the battle of Colenso, South Africa for which he was awarded the VC. His citation reads: He was wounded at Colenso due to being sh ...
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Leonard Ravenhill
Leonard Ravenhill (18 June 1907 – 27 November 1994) was an English Christian evangelist and author who focused on the subjects of prayer and revival. He is best known for challenging western evangelicalism (through his books and sermons) to compare itself to the early Christian Church as chronicled in the Book of Acts. His most notable book is ''Why Revival Tarries'' which has sold over a million copies worldwide. Biography Born in Leeds, in Yorkshire, England, on 18 June 1907, Ravenhill was educated at Cliff College in England and sat under the ministry of Samuel Chadwick. He was a student of church history, with a particular interest in Christian revival. His evangelistic meetings during the Second World War drew large crowds. Many converts devoted themselves to Christian ministry and foreign missions. In 1939, he married an Irish nurse, Martha (1912-2001). The Ravenhills had three sons: Paul, David, and Philip. Paul and David are Christian ministers. Philip was in mini ...
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Mark Ravenhill
Mark Ravenhill (born 7 June 1966) is an English playwright, actor and journalist. Ravenhill is one of the most widely performed playwrights in British theatre of the late-twentieth and twenty-first centuries. His major plays include ''Shopping and Fucking'' (first performed in 1996),Ravenhill, Mark. 2001. ''Plays:1''. Methuen. . p.1-91 ''Some Explicit Polaroids'' (1999), ''Mother Clap's Molly House'' (2000), '' The Cut'' (2006), ''Shoot Get Treasure Repeat'' (2007) and ''The Cane'' (2018). In 1999 he was one of the recipients of the V Europe Prize Theatrical Realities awarded to the Royal Court Theatre (with Sarah Kane, Jez Butterworth, Conor McPherson, Martin McDonagh). He made his professional acting debut in his own monologue ''Product'', at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Early life Ravenhill is the elder of two sons born to Ted and Angela Ravenhill. He grew up in West Sussex, England and cultivated an early interest in theatre, putting on plays with his brother w ...
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Philip Ravenhill
Major General Philip Ravenhill (9 February 1828 – 24 February 1891) was a Royal Engineer who rose to be their commander in Gibraltar. Life Ravenhill was born at the Manor House in Warminster in 1828, the second son of John Ravenhill and Sophia Harriet (born Ripley).The Royal Engineers Journal – April 1, 1891, Obituary, Major-General P Ravenhill, CB John Ravenhill was the Chairman of the North Wiltshire Banking Company; he later moved to Ashton Gifford House and was High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1870. After receiving his commission in 1846, Ravenhill was sent to Plymouth and then to Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ... where he married Jane Carter – who came from a notable Royal Navy family – on 31 March 1853 at St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, St. Paul's Anglic ...
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