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Smethurst is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Smethurst, English actor and writer *Allan Smethurst (1927–2000), aka ''The Singing Postman'', English folk singer and postman *Annika Smethurst (born 1987), Australian journalist. * Becky Smethurst, British astrophysicist, author, and YouTuber *Daniel Smethurst (born 1990), English tennis player *Derek Smethurst (born 1947), retired South African soccer forward *Gamaliel Smethurst (1738–1826), American-born author and politician in Nova Scotia *Jack Smethurst (1932–2022), English TV and film comic actor *Justine Smethurst Justine Smethurst (born January 1987 in Melbourne) is an Australian softball player. She is a pitcher and plays club softball in the Glen Waverley Softball Association. She has represented Victoria on a variety of different teams and competed a ... (born 1987), Australian softball player * Michael Smethurst (born 1976), English cricketer * Richard Smethurst (born 1941), Provost of Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Smethurst
Adam Smethurst is an English actor and writer. He has appeared in TV dramas including ''Casualty'', ''Marple'' and ''Lewis'', is the son of ''Love Thy Neighbour'' star Jack Smethurst, and is married to fellow actor Rakie Ayola, with whom he has two daughters. Personal life Smethurst is the son of ''Love Thy Neighbour'' star Jack Smethurst. During a 1998 production of ''Hamlet'' at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Smethurst met his future wife, Rakie Ayola. Ayola has stated that there was initially "no spark" between them, however they met again two years later during a production of ''Twelfth Night'', and went on to become a couple. Asked to describe what attracted her to Smethurst, Ayola responded: "He's a very nice, uncomplicated man, but I saw something deeper in him. I also liked his incredible cheerfulness and openness and he has grown up with sisters so that made him easy with women." Smethurst proposed to Ayola by giving her a locket, containing a scroll which read "Will y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Smethurst
Allan Francis Smethurst (19 November 1927 – 22 December 2000), aka The Singing Postman was an English folk singer and postman. He is best known for his self-penned novelty song, "Hev Yew Gotta Loight, Boy?", which earned him an Ivor Novello Award in 1966, “Come Along A Me” and "A Miss from Diss". ''The Guardian'' dubbed him a "bookishly melancholy folk-satirist". Life and career Born in Walshaw, near Bury, Lancashire, England,Eric Wainwright (1965) ''Daily Mirror'' 28 May p. 13 "The Postman who Swings into a £50-a-week Summer" the son of Allan and Gladys Mabel (''née'' Curson), Smethurst was raised in Sheringham, Norfolk from the age of 11. His mother came from the village of Stiffkey, 15 miles to the west. It is often thought that he became a postman in Lavenham, Suffolk, but photos of him in the area are just promotional material. Smethurst joined the Post Office in 1953, and later worked in Grimsby. He never worked for the GPO in Norfolk or Suffolk. Smethurst humme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annika Smethurst
Annika Smethurst is an Australian journalist. She is the state political editor for ''The Age'' newspaper in Melbourne. Early life and education Smethurst graduated from Girton Grammar School in Bendigo, Victoria in 2005. She studied journalism and international studies at Monash University, beginning her degree in 2007 and completing her honours thesis in journalism in 2010. She spent a semester of her degree at Bishop's University in Quebec, Canada. Career After graduating in 2010, Smethurst began a traineeship with News Corp Australia. In 2012, while a reporter at the '' Bendigo Weekly'', Smethurst played an important role covering the Jill Meagher missing person case and homicide investigation. Smethurst lived close to Meagher's house at the time and said that covering the story was difficult for her. In June 2012, Smethurst joined the ''Herald Sun'' reporting team. In 2013, Smethurst and her colleagues, James Campbell, Matt Johnston, Michelle Ainsworth and Mitchell Toy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Becky Smethurst
Rebecca Smethurst is a British astrophysicist, author, and YouTuber who is a junior research fellow at the University of Oxford. She was the recipient of the 2020 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship, awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society, as well as the 2020 Mary Somerville Medal and Prize, awarded by the Institute of Physics. In 2022, she won the Royal Astronomical Society's Winton Award "for research by a post-doctoral fellow in Astronomy whose career has shown the most promising development". As a researcher, Smethurst studies the role that supermassive black holes play in inhibiting different types of galaxies from forming stars. She is a member of the Galaxy Zoo collaboration, run by her doctoral advisor, Chris Lintott. Smethurst hosts her own YouTube channel, called Dr. Becky, where she posts science communication videos related to astronomy research and amateur astronomy. She has also written two popular science books, titled ''Space: 10 Things You Should Know'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Smethurst
Daniel Smethurst (born 13 October 1990) is a British tennis player and coach, who has played on the ITF Circuit and ATP Challenger Tour. On 23 June 2014 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 234 and on 28 July 2014 reached his highest doubles ranking of No. 159. Smethurst dropped out of ATP rankings in 2017, his last match being against Calvin Hemery in the 2016 Wimbledon Championships qualifiers, where he lost in straight sets. Smethurst became a tennis coach, working with the University of Bath's tennis team. Prior to his retirement, Smethurst worked with former British number one Johanna Konta Johanna Konta (born 17 May 1991) is a British former professional tennis player, having represented Australia until 2012. She won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 11 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. The ..., as her assistant coach Challengers and Futures finals Singles: 27 (12–15) Doubles: 34 (22–12) Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Smethurst
Derek Smethurst (born 24 October 1947, in Durban) is a retired South African soccer forward who played professionally in South Africa, England and the United States. Biography Born into a sporting family, both his father Norman and brother Peter played professionally. Smethurst spent time with three amateur teams, Glenwood, Berea Park and Addington, in his early career. He began his professional career with Durban City F.C. In December 1968, he transferred to Chelsea F.C. He spent the remainder of the 1968–1969 and the entire 1969–1970 season with the Chelsea Reserves. Despite missing a large part of the 1969–1970 season with an injury, Smethurst still compiled 20 goals in 42 games with the reserves. He made his first team debut on 1 September 1970. Smethurst was the first South African to win a European championship when Chelsea won the 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup. He was the first foreign-born player to win a European championship in England. Two games into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gamaliel Smethurst
Gamaliel Smethurst (April 9, 1738 – July 20, 1826) was a New England Planter who wrote one of the rare captivity narratives from Nova Scotia and eventually became a politician in Nova Scotia. He represented Cumberland County in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1765 to 1770. He was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, the son of Captain Joseph Smethurst and Tabitha Skinner. In 1761, Smethurst travelled to Chaleur Bay to trade with the French and natives under a license from the military governor of Quebec, James Murray. Smethurst was abandoned by a captain in the employ of Roderick Mackenzie, and so was forced to make his way to Fort Cumberland in the month of November, without food or shelter. Smethurst returned to Marblehead by way of Halifax but, in 1763, received a land grant in Cumberland County. He served as customs comptroller and deputy surveyor of woods. Not long after his term in the Nova Scotia assembly, he moved to London, England England is a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Smethurst
John Smethurst (9 April 1932 – 16 February 2022) was an English television and film comic actor. He was best known for his role as Eddie Booth in the British television sitcom ''Love Thy Neighbour''. Early life Smethurst was born on 9 April 1932 in Collyhurst, Manchester. Career He made his film debut in 1958's ''Carry On Sergeant''. This was followed by parts in the films ''Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'' (1960), '' A Kind of Loving'' (1962), ''Run with the Wind'' (1966), ''Night After Night After Night'' (1970), the big-screen version of ''Please Sir!'' (1971) and the ITV sitcom ''For the Love of Ada'' (1970–71) amongst others, before he landed the role for which he is best known—that of bigoted socialist and union leader, 'brother' Eddie Booth in ''Love Thy Neighbour''. The programme ran for eight series between 1972 and 1976. During this run he also appeared in the 1974 film version of the sitcom ''Man About the House''. He reprised his role as Eddie Booth for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justine Smethurst
Justine Smethurst (born January 1987 in Melbourne) is an Australian softball player. She is a pitcher and plays club softball in the Glen Waverley Softball Association. She has represented Victoria on a variety of different teams and competed at the national championships several times, winning one in 2001. She played for the University of Hawaii softball team in 2006 and 2007. She has been a member of the senior Australia women's national softball team, winning a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She is trying to gain a spot on the roster to compete at the 2012 ISF XIII Women's World Championships. Personal Smethurst was born in January 1987 in Melbourne, Victoria. Her mother and sister both played softball. Both also went on to coach softball. She attended Shelford Anglican Girls' School and graduated in 2004. She learned Japanese in school. One of her hobbies is kayaking. In 2002, she was living in East Brighton, Victoria. She attended the University of Hawaii, enr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Smethurst
Michael Paul Smethurst (born 11 October 1976) is an English former cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Lancashire between 1999 and 2002, having represented the Lancashire Second XI since 1996. His first appearance in the Second XI championship came in June 1996. He made his breakthrough in first-class cricket in April 1999. He would appear regularly for the first team over the next three years. Smethurst represented Lancashire in the Second XI trophy and the AON Risks Trophy in 1999, 2001 and 2002. He retired from first-class cricket in 2002. Smethurst is now Director of Cricket at Roedean School Roedean School is an independent day and boarding school founded in 1885 in Roedean Village on the outskirts of Brighton, East Sussex, England, and governed by Royal Charter. It is for girls aged 11 to 18. The campus is situated near the Sus .... References External linksMichael Smethurstat Cricket Archive {{DEFAULTSO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Smethurst
Richard Good Smethurst (born 17 January 1941) was provost of Worcester College, Oxford, England. Smethurst was educated at Liverpool College, Worcester College, Oxford, and Nuffield College, Oxford. In 1964, Smethurst was appointed research fellow at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. In the following academic year (1965/66) he was simultaneously Fellow and tutor in economics at St Edmund Hall, Oxford and consultant to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization programme at the Oxford Institute of Commonwealth Studies. In 1967, he became a fellow of Worcester College, Oxford where he was also tutor in economics and university lecturer in economics until 1976. Meanwhile, he was also part-time economic advisor to Her Majesty's Treasury 1969–71 and part-time policy advisor to the Prime Minister's Policy Unit 1975–76 (Harold Wilson's second term). From 1976 until 1986 he was professorial fellow at Worcester and director of Oxford University Department for External Studies. In 1978 he had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Smethurst
Mount Smethurst () is a prominent mountain 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Mount Torckler and 29 nautical miles (50 km) southwest of Stor Hanakken Mountain in Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was plotted from air photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1957 and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for N.R. Smethurst, the officer-in-charge at Wilkes Station Wilkes Station was an Antarctic research station established 29 January 1957 by the United States as one of seven U.S. stations established for the International Geophysical Year (IGY) program in Antarctica. It was taken over by Australia on ... in 1961. See also * Church Nunataks, located 1 nautical mile (2 km) northeast of Mount Smethurst * Mount McGhee, located 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Mount Smethurst References External links * Mountains of Enderby Land {{EnderbyLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
