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Roy Campbell (other)
Roy Campbell may refer to: * Roy Campbell (poet) (1901–1957), South African poet * Roy Campbell Jr. (1952–2014), American jazz musician * Roy Edward Campbell, American Catholic bishop * Roy H. Campbell, computer scientist * Colonel Roy Campbell, character in the ''Metal Gear'' series of video games See also * Roy Campbell-Moore (born 1951), Scottish dancer and choreographer {{hndis, Campbell, Roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Campbell (poet)
Ignatius Royston Dunnachie Campbell, better known as Roy Campbell (2 October 1901 – 23 April 1957), was a South African poet, literary critic, literary translator, war poet, and satirist. Born into a White South African family of Scottish descent in Durban, Colony of Natal, Campbell was sent to England to attend Oxford University. Instead, Campbell drifted into London's literary bohemia. Following his marriage to bohemian Mary Garman, Campbell wrote the well-received poem ''The Flaming Terrapin'' which brought the Campbells into the highest circles of British literature. After supporting racial equality during a stay in South Africa as editor of the literary magazine ''Voorslag'', Campbell returned to England and became involved with the Bloomsbury Group. Campbell ultimately decided that the Bloomsbury Group was snobbish, promiscuous, nihilistic, and anti-Christian. Campbell lampooned them in a mock-epic poem called ''The Georgiad'', which damaged Campbell's reputation in l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Campbell Jr
Roy is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origin. In Anglo-Norman England, the name derived from the Norman ''roy'', meaning "king", while its Old French cognate, ''rey'' or ''roy'' (modern ''roi''), likewise gave rise to Roy as a variant in the Francophone world. In India, Roy is a variant of the surname ''Rai'',. likewise meaning "king".. It also arose independently in Scotland, an anglicisation from the Scottish Gaelic nickname ''ruadh'', meaning "red". Given name * Roy Acuff (1903–1992), American country music singer and fiddler * Roy Andersen (born 1955), runner * Roy Andersen (South Africa) (born 1948), South African businessman and military officer * Roy Anderson (American football) (born 1980), American football coach * Sir Roy M. Anderson (born 1947), British scientific adviser * Roy Andersson (born 1943), Swedish film director * Roy Andersson (footballer) (born 1949), footballer from Sweden * Roy Chapman Andrews (1884–1960), American natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Edward Campbell
Roy Edward Campbell, Jr. (born November 19, 1947) is an African-American prelate of the Catholic Church and serves as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Washington. Biography Priesthood On May 26, 2007, Campbell was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Donald Wuerl. Materials published by the Archdiocese of Washington credit former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick with "guid ngBishop Campbell through his discernment of his call to the holy priesthood." Episcopacy Pope Francis appointed Campbell as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Washington on March 8, 2017. On April 21, 2017, Campbell was consecrated as a bishop by Cardinal Wuerl. Campbell's episcopal coat of arms contains a lion derived from McCarrick's coat of arms and a tower derived from Wuerl's coat of arms. On March 21, 2019, Campbell was elected president of the National Black Catholic Congress (NBCC), succeeding Bishop John Ricard. See also * Catholic Church hierarchy * Catholic Church in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy H
Roy H (foaled April 22, 2012) is a Thoroughbred racehorse who is the two time winner of the Breeders' Cup Sprint. He was named the American Champion Sprint Horse of 2017 and 2018. He did not start racing until age three, when he won only one race, and he was winless at age four. In 2017 at age five however, he developed into the best sprinter in North America by winning the True North Stakes, Santa Anita Sprint Championship and Breeders' Cup Sprint. In 2018, he defended his wins in the Breeders' Cup Sprint and Santa Anita Sprint Championship, plus finished second in the Bing Crosby Stakes and third in the Dubai Golden Shaheen. Background Roy H is a bay gelding who was bred in Kentucky by Ramona S. Bass, LLC. His sire is More Than Ready, who won the King's Bishop Stakes and finished fourth in the Kentucky Derby. As a sire, More Than Ready achieved most of his early success when shuttling to Australia but has had growing success in North America as well. His offspring have prove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
