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Redfern (surname)
Redfern is an English surname of French Norman origin. It originally appeared as De Redeven. Notable people with the surname include: * Alastair Redfern (born 1948), English bishop * Anthea Redfern (born 1948), British television host * Arthur E. Redfern (1885–1917), American jockey * Charles E. Redfern (1839–1929), Canadian politician * Chris Redfern (born 1964), American politician from Ohio * David Redfern (1936–2014), British music photographer * Harry Redfern (1861–1950), British architect * Henry Jasper Redfern (1871–1928), British optician, photographer, film maker and x-ray pioneer * Jamie Redfern (born 1957), Australian pop singer * Michael Redfern (1943–2022), English actor * Nick Redfern (born 1964), British ufologist * Paul Redfern (1902–unknown), American aviator * Rebecca Redfern (born 1999), British para-swimmer * Shuldham Redfern (1895–1985), British civil servant in the Sudan and Canada * William Redfern (1774–1833), Australian surgeon Pen na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alastair Redfern
Alastair Llewellyn John Redfern (born 1 September 1948) is a retired Church of England bishop, who served as Bishop of Derby from 2005 to 2018. Early life and education Redfern studied at Christ Church, Oxford. He received a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 2001 from the University of Bristol. His doctoral thesis was titled "Oversight and authority in the nineteenth century church of England: a case study of Bishop Samuel Wilberforce". Ordained ministry Redfern was ordained a deacon at Petertide 1976 (27 June) and a priest the following Petertide (26 June 1977), both times by Kenneth Skelton, Bishop of Lichfield, at Lichfield Cathedral. He served as a curate in Wolverhampton. He then became a lecturer and later vice principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was also an honorary curate of Church of All Saints, Cuddesdon between 1983 and 1987. From 1987 to 1997 he was the Canon Theologian of Bristol Cathedral. Episcopal ministry He was ordained and consecrated to the episcopat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Redfern
Nicholas Redfern (born 1964) is a British best-selling author, journalist, cryptozoologist and ufologist. Redfern is an active advocate of official government disclosure of UFO information, and has worked to uncover thousands of pages of previously classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence files on unidentified flying objects (UFOs) dating from the Second World War from the Public Record Office and currently works as a feature writer and contributing editor for ''Phenomena'' magazine. His 2005 book, ''Body Snatchers in the Desert: The Horrible Truth at the Heart of the Roswell Story'', purports to show that the Roswell crash may have been military aircraft tests using Japanese POWs, suffering from progeria or radiation effects. Biography Redfern attended Pelsall Comprehensive School in Pelsall from 1976 to 1981. He also worked at Dixons paint suppliers with another Ufologist Martin Lenton. Redfern joined a rock music and fashion magazine ''Zero'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Doonesbury Characters
The comic strip ''Doonesbury'', by Garry Trudeau, features an extensive cast of characters with complex interpersonal relationships; as of 2018, the strip's official website lists twenty-four primary characters, with dozens more having been featured over the years, including some who were phased out of the strip only to be reintroduced years later. Kim Rosenthal, for example, first appeared as a recurring child character in the 1970s, then as a teenager in the 1980s, and was reintroduced as an adult in the 1990s. Main characters * Mike Doonesbury (October 26, 1970) – Former Walden College student, former roommate of B.D., and former Walden commune member, ex-advertising man and then co-founder of a software start-up; ex-husband of J.J., husband of Kim, and father of Alex. Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma. * B. D. (Doonesbury), B.D. (October 26, 1970) – husband of Boopsie. A reservist and veteran of Vietnam and both Gulf Wars, he lost a leg in Iraq. Known for his conservative v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonya Hartnett
Sonya Louise Hartnett (born 1968) is an Australian author of fiction for adults, young adults, and children. She has been called "the finest Australian writer of her generation". For her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" Hartnett won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council in 2008, the biggest prize in children's literature. She has published books as Sonya Hartnett, S. L. Hartnett, and Cameron S. Redfern. Writer Hartnett was born in Box Hill, Victoria. She was thirteen years old when she wrote her first novel and fifteen when it was published for the adult market in Australia, ''Trouble All the Way'' (Adelaide: Rigby Publishers, 1984). For years she has written about one novel annually. Although she is often classified as a writer of young adult fiction, Hartnett does not consider this label entirely accurate: "I've been perceived as a young adult writer whereas my books have never really been young ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Redfern
William Redfern (1774 – 17 July 1833) was an English-raised surgeon in early colonial Australia who was transported to New South Wales as a convict for his role in the Mutiny on the Nore. He is widely regarded as the “father of Australian medicine“. Early life William Redfern was born in County Antrim and raised in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. He was surgeon's apprentice to his older brother Thomas and passed the examination of the London Company of Surgeons in 1797. He was commissioned as a surgeon's mate aboard the 64-gun . Mutiny Redfern was aboard ''Standard'' in 1797 when the crew rose against the officers in the Mutiny of the Nore. For his actions Redfern was sentenced to death, however, the court "recommended mercy on account of his professional situation" and his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. According to a letter written by Lachlan Macquarie, Redfern requested transportation to New South Wales. After spending four years in English jails he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuldham Redfern
Sir Arthur Shuldham Redfern, KCVO, CMG (13 June 1895 – 18 February 1985) was a British colonial administrator in the Sudan, and then Secretary to the Governor General of Canada from 1935 to 1945. Biography The elder son of Dr J. J. Redfern, Shuldham Redfern was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Flying Corps, then the Royal Air Force, reaching the rank of Major. Joining the Sudan Political Service in 1920, Redfern successively served as Assistant District Commissioner in the Provinces of Khartoum, Darfur, and Blue Nile. He was Deputy Governor of Blue Nile Province from 1927, Assistant Civil Secretary (Personnel) in Khartoum from 1929, Commissioner, Port Sudan from 1932, and Governor of Kassala Province from 1934 to 1935. In 1935, he was seconded to the Government of Canada and appointed Secretary to the Governor General of Canada, effective upon the assumption of office by Lord Tweedsmuir. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Redfern
Rebecca Redfern (born 19 December 1999) is a British visually impaired para-swimmer from Droitwich who competes in S13/SB13/SM13 disability categories. She has held British, European and World records in SB13 100m breaststroke. Personal life Rebecca Redfern is the daughter of Katharine and Steve Redfern, and has three brothers, Anthony, Matthew and Nathan, all of whom also swim competitively. Redfern attended sixth form at Droitwich Spa High School where she studied A Levels in Maths, Business, and Psychology, and has subsequently graduated from the University of Worcester with an honours degree in Primary Initial Teacher Education. When Redfern was 7 she was diagnosed with a degenerative eye condition known as retinitis pigmentosa, and now has grossly impaired visual fields with no peripheral vision and poor frontal vision. Redfern is a member of Worcester Swimming Club and trains up to 16 hours per week in the pool plus four hours in the gym. She represents Worcester S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Redfern
Paul Redfern (24 February 1902 – August 1927?) was an American musician and pilot. In August 1927, Redfern became the first person to fly solo across the Caribbean Sea and the first to fly nonstop from North to South America He has never been found or heard from since he was observed flying inland over Venezuela. Redfern's flight was twelve weeks after Charles Lindbergh made his historic flight from New York to Paris. In 1929, Lindbergh came close to skimming the sands of the Sea Island, Georgia, beach Redfern took off from and dropped carnations in his fellow flyer's honor. If Redfern had reached his final destination, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, his flight would have outdistanced Lindbergh. Redfern had an alternative landing site (Recite) planned if his fuel ran too low, but it is unknown whether he pursued that alternative or decided to continue on to Rio, where thousands awaited his arrival, including the President of Brazil and movie star Clara Bow. Biography Paul Rinaldo Redf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Redfern
Michael Ian Redfern (30 March 1943 – 29 July 2022) was an English actor, known for his appearances on television and stage. Early years Redfern was born on 30 March 1943 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England. Career Redfern is perhaps best known for his role on the long-running British " Oxo family" television commercials, running from 1983 to 1999, in which he played the on-screen husband of Lynda Bellingham. He has appeared in numerous television dramas and comedies as policemen over the years, namely '' The Young Detectives, Crossroads, The Offence, And Mother Makes Five, George & Mildred, Robin's Nest, The Young Ones, Filthy, Rich and Catflap, Boon'' and '' Fool's Gold: The Story of the Brink's-Mat Robbery''. His other comedy appearances include roles in ''Man About the House'' with Richard O'Sullivan,'' Bless This House'' with Sid James and'' Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'' with Michael Crawford. With Ronnie Barker in ''Open All Hours'', ''Porridge'' and ''The Two Ronnies' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthea Redfern
Anthea Bernice Redfern (born 15 April 1948) is a British former television host, best known as the assistant to Bruce Forsyth, her husband of six years, on the BBC's ''The Generation Game'' during its first run in the 1970s. Redfern was born in Newton Abbot, Devon. She trained as a dancer, and then went on to work as a model in Paris and the United Kingdom: she was one of the first models to appear on Page Three of '' The Sun'', albeit not topless. In 1969 Redfern became a Playboy Bunny working in the London club in Park Lane, where her bunny name was Sasha. She became "Miss London" in 1970. Her first marriage was to Torquay United and Bristol Rovers footballer Robin Stubbs. Redfern auditioned against fifty-two other applicants and was chosen to host ''The Generation Game'' with Forsyth. The couple had an affair and Forsyth and his wife of twenty years, Penny Calvert, divorced in 1973. Forsyth and Redfern married on Christmas Eve 1973 at Windsor register office, and had two dau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Redfern
Jamie Redfern (born 9 April 1957) is an English-born Australian television presenter and personality and pop singer. Redfern was an original cast member of children's variety show, ''Young Talent Time'' from April 1971 to early 1972, before leaving the show to tour in the US with Liberace. According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, he "possessed a booming, mature voice which belied his tender age... escored four Top 40 hit singles and sold more than $1.3 million worth of records." His equal highest-charting singles were the double-A sided covers of "Rainbow on the River"/"We'll Meet Again" (November 1972), and "Venus" (August 1973), which each peaked at No. 8 on the ''Go-Set'' national charts. Biography Jamie Redfern was born on 9 April 1957 in Liverpool to Sam and Mary Redfern; he has five siblings. The family emigrated to Australia and settled in Melbourne. He took singing lessons with United States-born theatre actor and singer, Evie Hayes. He made his TV de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |