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Turvey (play)
Turvey may refer to: As a surname Sport * Anna Turvey (born 1980), Irish cyclist * Joanne Turvey (born 1969), British rower * Cedric Turvey (1917–1991), Australian rugby league footballer * Nathan Turvey (born 1977), Australian rules footballer * Oliver Turvey (born 1987), British racing driver Other * Brad Turvey (born 1978), Filipino actor * Cassius Turvey (2007–2022), Aboriginal Australian boy killed in Perth * Hugh Turvey (born 1971), British artist and photographer * John Turvey (1944–2006), Canadian social worker * Malcolm Turvey, British film studies professor * Michael Turvey, American psychology professor * Nick Turvey (1931–2006), South African pilot * Philip Turvey (1875–1955), Australian politician * Vincent Turvey (1873–1912), clairvoyant and parapsychologist Fictional characters * Kevin Turvey, 1980s British TV comedy character played by Rik Mayall Places * Turvey, Bedfordshire, England, a village * Turvey House, County Dublin, Ireland, manor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Turvey
Anna Turvey (born 5 February 1980) is a bicycle racing, racing cyclist competing for Ireland. She holds the Irish National records for the 10 miles, 25 miles and 50 miles individual time trials. Career In 2013, while competing as an amateur triathlete, Turvey finished second in RTTC National 25-mile time trial and top 10 in The British Elite time trial. Turvey joined the Scottish Cycling Performance Program in November 2013 with a view to competing in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Turvey the qualified to represent Scotland at the Cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, 2014 Commonwealth Games in the Road Time Trial and the Individual Pursuit on the track, finishing 9th in the road time trial and 12th in the individual pursuit. Turvey declared for Ireland in December 2015, qualifying through her Mother. Turvey won the individual time trial at the Irish National Cycling Championships in June 2016. In 2016, she rode for Ireland at the 2016 European Road Championships and in the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Turvey
Roland Archer Nicholas Turvey (16 November 1931 – 26 March 2006) was a champion aerobatic and air show pilot in South Africa. Career Nick Turvey earned his flying wings in the South African Air Force in 1955. He later became Chief Instructor of the Johannesburg Light Plane Club, a popular flying club of that era. He was awarded Springbok Colours for aerobatics in 1965 and represented South Africa at the World Aerobatic Championships four times. In 1981, Turvey survived a crash in his red Pitts Special, ZS-ZAP at the Aviation Africa airshow, using his skills to avoid crashing into cars and spectators. He won the National Aerobatic Championships eight times. Turvey was also a committee member of the South African Air Force Association (SAAFA) from 1963 until shortly before his death. See also * Aerobatics * List of South Africans This is a list of notable and famous South Africans who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles. Academics Academics *Estian Calitz, academi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turvey Park, New South Wales
Turvey Park is an inner southern suburb of Wagga Wagga in southern New South Wales, Australia. Its boundaries are defined by Fernleigh Road to the south, Glenfield Road to the west, Coleman Street to the north and to the east by Willans Hill. Turvey Park is characterised by single detached dwellings, constructed in the period from the early 1900s through to the 1960s. These dwellings vary from the very substantial, as found in parts of Coleman Street and Grandview Parade, to the brick bungalows of the northern end of the suburb between Urana and Coleman Streets, to modest public housing, and a mixture of brick and fibro and weatherboard cottages at the southern end of the suburb. Another feature of Turvey Park are many corner shops, such on the corner of Heath and Urana Street, the corner of Norman and Coleman Streets, and the Corner of Bourke and Urana Streets. Turvey Park was named after the property "Turvey Park" established by Thomas Turvey (died 14 January 1889), a licensee a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turvey House And Gardens
Turvey House and Gardens are a country house, gardens and parkland, situated by the village of Turvey in Bedfordshire, England. The gardens and parkland are listed Grade II in Historic England's Register of Parks and Gardens. and the house is a Grade I listed building. The house is a venue for weddings, events and location shoots. History The Turvey Estate was bought in 1786 from Charles Henry Mordaunt, Fifth Earl of Peterborough, by Charles Higgins, Sheriff of London in that year. John Higgins, a cousin of Charles Higgins, acquired part of the estate, and in the 1790s he built Turvey House. The house was likely designed by the architect, John Wing of Bedford. On his death in 1813, the estate was inherited by his eldest son Thomas Charles Higgins, High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1823. During the period from then until his death in 1865 there were many changes to the estate: the house was enlarged with an upper storey added in the 1830s, and modifications to the parkland include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turvey House, County Dublin
Turvey House was a substantially altered 16th century house synonymous with the townland of Turvey ( ga, Tuirbhe) near Donabate in North County Dublin. Turvey is said to be a reference to the Irish mythical character Tuirbe Tragmar ("thrower of axes"), father of Gobán Saor. At various stages, the house and surrounding lands formed the family seat of the Barnewall family. The house is said to have been constructed with stone from the ruins of the nearby Grace Dieu Abbey by either Sir Christopher Barnewall or Sir Patrick Barnewall. The house was demolished in controversial circumstances by construction company, the Murphy Group, in 1987. History The house was the home of the notable Barnewall family for many generations. In 1570, James Stanihurst arranged for Sir Christopher Barnewall to hide the English Jesuit priest and martyr Edmund Campion in the house to hide him from the authorities and prevent his arrest. It is during this period of hiding that Campion wrote his boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turvey, Bedfordshire
Turvey is a village and civil parish on the River Great Ouse in Bedfordshire, England, about west of Bedford. The village is on the A428 road between Bedford and Northampton, close to the border with Buckinghamshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,225. History Turvey is recorded in Domesday Book of 1086 as a parish in the Hundred of Willey. There are eight separate entries for Turvey, including a total of 44 households. The Mordaunt family obtained the manor by marriage in 1197 and were ennobled as Barons of Turvey in the 16th century. The Mordaunt family house, Turvey Old Hall, was replaced by Turvey House in 1792, by which time the estate had passed to the Higgins family. It was extended in the 19th century and still stands. There is a second large house in the village called Turvey Abbey, which was historically a family house, but is now a Benedictine monastery. The Church of England parish church of All Saints has Saxon origins but is almost certai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Turvey
Kevin Turvey was a British television comedy character, created by actor and comedian Rik Mayall, who featured in the BBC sketch show ''A Kick Up the Eighties'' in 1981. ''A Kick Up the Eighties'' Turvey, an awkward and socially inept character who spoke with a broad West Midlands accent, was a self-styled "investigative journalist" who still lived with his mother, wore a shapeless blue anorak, fancied a local girl called Theresa Kelly (who was never depicted), and rarely ventured outside his home town of Redditch, north Worcestershire. Each week, his 'investigations' amounted to little more than an over-excited, rambling, uninformed monologue delivered straight to camera, providing absolutely no insight into the subject-matter whatsoever. The Kevin Turvey segments used as theme music the third movement ''alla marcia'' from the ''Karelia Suite'' by Sibelius; the first movement, ''Intermezzo'', was the theme of ITV's '' This Week'' current affairs programme. ''The Man Behind the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Turvey
Vincent Newton Turvey (1873-1912) was a British clairvoyant and engineer known in the field of parapsychology for his early book that records his out-of-body experiences. In 1902, Turvey suffered from serious health problems, he gave up his profession of engineering and took interest in occult philosophy and yoga. His book ''The Beginnings of Seership'' (1911) records his alleged clairvoyant and out-of-body experiences.Irwin, Harvey J. (1985). ''Flight of Mind: A Psychological Study of the Out-Of-Body Experience''. p. 45 See also * Oliver Fox *Sylvan Muldoon Sylvan Muldoon (February 18, 1903October 15, 1969) was an American esotericist who promoted the concept of astral projection. According to Muldoon, astral projection is an out-of-body experience (OBE) that assumes the existence of an astral body ... Publications *''The Beginnings of Seership; Or, Super-normal Mental Activity'' (1911) References 1873 births 1912 deaths Clairvoyants English occult writers English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Turvey
Philip Joseph Turvey (28 June 1875 – 27 October 1955) was an Australian educator and politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1911 to 1914, representing the seat of Swan. Turvey was born in Glenorchy, Victoria, to Bridget (née Roach) and John Turvey. He moved to Western Australia in 1898 and began working for the Education Department as a country schoolteacher, at various points teaching in Northam, Greenbushes, Narrogin, and Mundaring. Turvey served on the Northam Town Council in 1906, and was also a vice-president of the State School Teachers Union.Philip Joseph Turvey – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 5 January 2017. He entered par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Turvey
Michael T. Turvey is the Board of Trustees' Distinguished Professor of Experimental Psychology at the University of Connecticut and a Senior Scientist at Haskins Laboratories in New Haven, Connecticut. He is best known for his pioneering work in ecological psychology and in applying dynamic systems approach for the study of motor behavior. He is the founder of the ''Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action His research spans a number of areas including: dynamic touch and haptics, interlimb coordination, visual perception and optic flow, postural stability, visual word recognition and speech perception. Along with William Macand Robert Sha he has been one of the leading explicators of the ecological psychology of James J. Gibson, J. J. Gibson. His pioneering work with J. A. Scott Kelso and Peter N. Kugler introduced the physical language of complex systems to the understanding of perception and action. He also helped to introduce the ideas of Russian motor control th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanne Turvey
Joanne Sarah Turvey (married name Joanne White; born 6 July 1969, in Isleworth) is a former British rower who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Turvey was selected by Great Britain for the women's coxless pair with Miriam Batten at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, the pair finished in fifth place. She won double bronze in the single sculls and quadruple sculls at the 1995 National Championships. The second of her Olympic Games appearances came at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta when she was selected in the women's eight. The team which consisted of Turvey, Miriam Batten, Annamarie Stapleton, Lisa Eyre, Dot Blackie, Kate Pollitt, Cath Bishop, Alison Gill and Suzie Ellis Suzanne Kathryn Longstaff (née Ellis, born 14 June 1969) is a British teacher and former rower. Biography Longstaff attended Abbots Bromley School and then Durham University, graduating in 1990 with a degree in Economics. She coxed for Durha ... fini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Turvey
Malcolm Turvey is a British Professor of Film Studies at Tufts University and an editor of the journal October. He formerly taught at Sarah Lawrence College. Books *''The Filming of Modern Life: European Avant-Garde Film of the 1920s'', MIT Press (March 2011) *''Camera Obscura, Camera Lucida: Essays in Honor of Annette Michelson'', Amsterdam University Press (November 1, 2002) *''Doubting Vision: Film and the Revelationist Tradition'', Oxford University Press (July 31, 2008) References Articlefrom Pop Matters ''PopMatters'' is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers aspects of popular culture. ''PopMatters'' publishes reviews, interviews, and essays on cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, fil ... about ''The Filming of Modern Life'' Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Tufts University faculty {{UK-academic-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
