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Samuel Woods (other)
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Samuel or Sam Woods may refer to: * Sam Woods (politician) (1846–1915), British trade unionist *Samuel D. Woods (1845–1915), U.S. Representative from California *Samuel V. Woods (1856–?), member of the West Virginia Senate * Sammy Woods (1867–1931), Australian cricketer *Samuel Kofi Woods (born 1964), Liberian activist *Samuel Woods (footballer) (1871–?), Scottish footballer *Sam Woods (baseball) (1920–1983), American Negro leagues baseball player *Sam Woods (civil servant), British civil servant *Samuel Woods (priest), priest in New Zealand *Sam Woods (footballer) (born 1998), English footballer for Plymouth Argyle F.C. See also *Samuel Wood (other) Samuel or Sam Wood may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Samuel Peploe Wood (1827–1873), English sculptor and painter *Sam Wood (1884–1949), American film director *Sam Wood (artist), game artist Law and politics *Samuel Wood (Lower Canada pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Woods (politician)
Sam Woods (10 May 1846 – 23 November 1915) was a British trade unionist and politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the 1890s. Born at Peasley Cross in St Helens, Woods began working in coal mining at the age of seven. He was elected as a pit checkweighman in 1875 and became strongly involved in trade unionism, joining the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Federation in 1881. When this merged into the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) in 1889, Woods became the organisation's first vice president. In the 1892 general election, Woods was elected as a Lib–Lab MP for Ince. In Parliament, he agitated for the Eight Hours Bill, and in 1894 he was elected as the Secretary of the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress (TUC). He lost his seat at the 1895 general election, but was re-elected for Walthamstow at a by-election in 1897. However, he lost the seat in 1900 following confusion over his stance on the Second Boer War. While b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel D
Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In addition to his role in the Hebrew scriptures, Samuel is mentioned in Jewish rabbinical literature, in the Christian New Testament, and in the second chapter of the Quran (although Islamic texts do not mention him by name). He is also treated in the fifth through seventh books of ''Antiquities of the Jews'', written by the Jewish scholar Josephus in the first century. He is first called "the Seer" in 1 Samuel 9:9. Biblical account Family Samuel's mother was Hannah and his father was Elkanah. Elkanah lived at Ramathaim in the district of Zuph. His genealog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel V
Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In addition to his role in the Hebrew scriptures, Samuel is mentioned in Jewish rabbinical literature, in the Christian New Testament, and in the second chapter of the Quran (although Islamic texts do not mention him by name). He is also treated in the fifth through seventh books of ''Antiquities of the Jews'', written by the Jewish scholar Josephus in the first century. He is first called "the Seer" in 1 Samuel 9:9. Biblical account Family Samuel's mother was Hannah and his father was Elkanah. Elkanah lived at Ramathaim in the district of Zuph. His genealog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Woods
Samuel Moses James Woods (13 April 1867 – 30 April 1931) was an Australian sportsman who represented both Australia and England at Test cricket, and appeared thirteen times for England at rugby union, including five times as captain. He also played at county level in England at both soccer and hockey. At cricket—his primary sport—he played over four hundred first-class matches in a twenty-four-year career. The majority of these matches were for his county side, Somerset, whom he captained from 1894 to 1906. A. A. Thomson described him thus: "Sammy ... radiated such elemental force in hard hitting, fast bowling and electrical fielding that he might have been the forerunner of Sir Learie Constantine." Having moved to England at the age of sixteen to complete his education, Woods became entrenched in English sport. Having already played cricket and rugby growing up in Australia, at Brighton College he began playing soccer, and while still at the college, represented Sus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Kofi Woods
Samuel Kofi Woods (born May 1,1964) is a Liberian human rights activist, journalist, politician and academic. In 1994, he founded the Forefront Organization, which documented human rights abuses during the Second Liberian Civil War. Biography Woods was born in Monrovia on May 1, 1964. He was one of twenty children. Woods has worked tirelessly in the field of human rights and has been vigilant in exposing child labor practices and injustice throughout Liberia. Active even while a student, he was first arrested in 1981. During the Liberian civil war in 1989 Woods escaped to Ghana, but returned to Liberia in 1991 and founded a human rights organization, the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission. He operated a radio program aimed at exposing improper arrests, unlawful executions and informing citizens of their civil rights. In 1994 Woods created the Forefront Organization in order to shed light on human rights abuses during the Second Liberian Civil War. In 2006, Woods became the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Woods (footballer)
Samuel Woods (1871 – ''unknown'') was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke. Career Woods was born in Glasgow and played for local side Morton before he moved south to England with Stoke. He made one appearance which came in a 4–0 defeat at Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ... in October 1896. Afterwards he returned to Greenock Morton. Career statistics References {{DEFAULTSORT:Woods, Samuel Scottish men's footballers Stoke City F.C. players English Football League players 1871 births Year of death missing Footballers from Glasgow Greenock Morton F.C. players Date of birth missing Men's association football forwards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Woods (baseball)
Samuel Nelson Woods (July 2, 1920 – September 5, 1983) was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1940s. A native of Springfield, Ohio, Woods attended Springfield High School. He made his Negro leagues debut in 1946 with the Cleveland Buckeyes, and played for the Memphis Red Sox in 1948. Woods went on to play minor league baseball in the 1950s with such clubs as the Pampa Oilers and Plainview Ponies. He died in Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ... in 1983 at age 63. References External links anSeamheads 1920 births 1983 deaths Cleveland Buckeyes players Memphis Red Sox players Plainview Ponies players 20th-century African-American sportspeople Baseball pitchers {{Negro-league-baseball-pitcher-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Woods (civil Servant)
Sam Woods is a New Zealand-born British civil servant. In July 2016, he became the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, deputy governor of the Bank of England, and head of the Prudential Regulation Authority (United Kingdom), Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), which oversees the UK banking and insurance sectors. As head of the PRA, he succeeded Andrew Bailey (banker), Andrew Bailey, who became the head of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Prior to his role at the Bank, Woods held positions at HM Treasury, UK Financial Investments, the Independent Commission on Banking, and earlier at Diageo and McKinsey & Company, McKinsey. References British civil servants Living people People associated with the Bank of England Year of birth missing (living people) Deputy Governors of the Bank of England Civil servants in HM Treasury {{UK-gov-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Woods (priest)
Samuel Edward Woods (1910-2001) was an archdeacon in New Zealand in the second half of the twentieth century. Life He was the son of Edward Woods, Bishop of Lichfield, and the brother of the photographer Janet Woods, Frank Woods, Archbishop of Melbourne, and Robin Woods, Bishop of Worcester. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was ordained in 1937. He was a chaplain to the Student Christian Movement in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 1936 to 1941 then Precentor of Christchurch Cathedral, Christchurch, from 1939 to 1941. After this he was the Vicar at Ross from 1941 until 1942, when he became a chaplain in the Royal New Zealand Air Force. After the war he returned to England and held further incumbencies at Southport and Bishop's Hatfield. In 1955 he returned to New Zealand to be Vicar of Sydenham. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1967/8 p: Oxford, OUP, 1968 He was Archdeacon of Rangiora from 1955 until 1959, and again from 1963 until 1968; in between the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Woods (footballer)
Samuel John Woods (born 11 September 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bromley. Early life Woods was born on 11 September 1998 and supported Crystal Palace as a child. Career Woods began his youth career with Crystal Palace and worked his way through the club's academy programme. He made his senior debut on 31 October 2018 as a 78th-minute substitute for Pape Souaré in an away 0–1 defeat to Middlesbrough in a fourth round EFL Cup tie. He made his first senior start on 27 August 2019 in a home 0–0 draw in the same competition against Colchester United, which Palace lost after a penalty shoot-out. In October 2019, Woods signed a contract extension until June 2021. On 22 January 2020, Woods signed on loan with Hamilton Academical until the end of the 2019–20 season. He scored on his debut, on 25 January, in a 4–2 loss at home to Livingston. On 31 January 2021, Woods signed on loan with Plymouth Argyle until the end of the 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
