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Wyn
Wyn is a Welsh surname and given name. Notable people with the name include: people with the surname: *A. A. Wyn (1898–1967), American magazine publisher *Aled Wyn Davies (born 1974), classical tenor from Powys, Wales * Alun Wyn Davies, Welsh rugby union footballer *Alun Wyn Jones (born 1985), Welsh rugby union player *Cerith Wyn Evans (born 1958), conceptual artist, sculptor and film maker * Dyfed Wyn-Evans (born 1969), baritone opera singer who grew up in Wales *Owain Wyn Evans (born 1984), Welsh meteorologist, and drummer; weather presenter for the BBC * Eirug Wyn (1950–2004), Welsh satirical novelist who wrote in Welsh *Eliseus Williams (Eifion Wyn) (1867–1926), Welsh language poet *Elizabeth Wyn Wood (1903–1966), Canadian sculptor, born in Orillia *Emyr Wyn Lewis (born 1982), Welsh rugby union footballer * Eurig Wyn (1944–2019), Welsh politician *Geraint Wyn Davies (born 1957), Welsh-Canadian actor *Hedd Wyn (1887–1917), Merionethshire farmer and Welsh language po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedd Wyn
Hedd Wyn (born Ellis Humphrey Evans, 13 January 188731 July 1917) was a Welsh-language poet who was killed on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele during World War I. He was posthumously awarded the bard's chair at the 1917 National Eisteddfod. Evans, who had been awarded several chairs for his poetry, was inspired to take the bardic name ''Hedd Wyn'' (, "blessed peace") from the way sunlight penetrated the mist in the Meirionnydd valleys. Born in the village of Trawsfynydd, Wales, Evans wrote much of his poetry while working as a shepherd on his family's hill farm. His style, which was influenced by romantic poetry, was dominated by themes of nature and religion. He also wrote several war poems following the outbreak of war on the Western Front in 1914. . Early life Ellis Humphrey Evans was born on 13 January 1887 at Penlan, a house in the centre of Trawsfynydd, Meirionydd, Wales. He was the eldest of eleven children born to Evan and Mary Evans. In the spring of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerith Wyn Evans
Cerith Wyn Evans (born 1958 in Llanelli) is a Welsh conceptual artist, sculptor and film-maker. In 2018 he won the £30,000 Hepworth Prize for Sculpture. Early life and education The son of Sulwyn and Myfanwy Evans, Evans was born in Llanelli. He was educated at Ysgol Gymraeg Dewi Sant, Llanelli and at Llanelli Boys Grammar School. His father was a noted photographer and painter. Evans is a fluent Welsh speaker. Evans completed a foundation course at Dyfed College of Art (1976–77), and later studied at Saint Martin's School of Art (1977–80), while working as an invigilator at the Tate, and the Royal College of Art (1981–84). Among his teachers at Saint Martin's was conceptual artist John Stezaker. Wyn Evans then served as an assistant to Derek Jarman, with whom he worked on '' The Angelic Conversation'' (1985), '' Caravaggio'' (1986), and '' The Last of England'' (1987). His early experimental film work in the 1980s often concentrated on dancers including collaboration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owain Wyn Evans
Owain Wyn Evans (born 9 March 1984) is a Welsh broadcaster and drummer. He is a radio DJ and TV presenter, and previously a weather presenter on ''North West Tonight'' and ''BBC Breakfast''. Evans is also a regular item presenter for the television magazine and chat show programme ''The One Show''. In addition to his television work, he is known for his drumming, social media and LGBTQ activism. He is patron of the charity LGBT Foundation. Career Television work Evans began his broadcasting career at the age of 18, when he became the presenter of Welsh language children's news programme ''Ffeil''. He then worked as a reporter, presenter and video journalist for BBC Wales and in 2012 he began presenting the weather on ''BBC Wales Today''. Evans presented weather forecasts across many BBC nations and regions between 2012 and 2019. In September 2019, it was announced that Evans would be the new lead weather presenter for ''BBC North West Tonight''. In April 2020 Evans joine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyn Cooper
Wyn Cooper (born 1957) is an American poet. He is best known for his 1987 poem "Fun", which was adapted by Sheryl Crow and Bill Bottrell into the lyrics of Crow's 1994 breakthrough single " All I Wanna Do". Early life Wyn Cooper was born 2 January 1957, in Detroit, Michigan, to Maree Edith Cooper, a teacher's aide, and William Wendell Cooper, a tool-and-die machinist. Cooper was raised in Michigan and attended the University of Utah (B.A., 1979), Hollins College (M.A., 1981), and later, the creative writing doctoral program at University of Utah. Career He has taught at the University of Utah, Bennington College, Marlboro College, and at The Frost Place Festival of Poetry. Cooper has served as editor of ''Quarterly West'' and recently worked for the Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute, a think tank run by the Poetry Foundation. He currently works as a freelance editor of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and memoir. Books His novel Way Out West was released in 2022. His earlier books a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alun Wyn Jones
Alun Wyn Jones (born 19 September 1985) is a Welsh professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for the Ospreys and the Wales national team. He is the world's most-capped rugby union player. Jones also holds the records for the most Wales caps and the most Wales caps as captain. Jones is the former captain of Wales, former captain of the Ospreys, and was the captain of the British & Irish Lions for their 2021 tour to South Africa. He is one of only four players to have been selected to play on four Lions tours, in 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021. He is one of seven Welsh players to have won three Grand Slams and was named as the best player of the 2019 Six Nations Championship. He was nominated for world player of the year in 2015 and 2019. Early life Jones was born in Swansea to Tim Jones, a solicitor, and Ann Jones, a secondary teacher. Both Jones' father and grandfather had previously played rugby for Swansea. Jones grew up in Mumbles, initially playing football befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Wyn-Harris
Sir Percy Wyn-Harris Order of St Michael and St George, KCMG Order of the British Empire, MBE Venerable Order of Saint John, KStJ (24 August 1903 – 25 February 1979) was an English Mountaineering, mountaineer, colonial administrator, and yachtsman. He worked in the Colonial Service in Africa and served as List of colonial governors of the Gambia, Governor of the Gambia from 1949 to 1958. Early life and mountaineering Wyn-Harris was born in Acton, London, Acton, Middlesex on 24 August 1903 as Percy Wynne Harris (he formally changed his name to Percy Wyn-Harris in 1953). He was the son of a company director and was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, Holt, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. As an undergraduate, he was a member of the University Mountaineering Club. In 1925, he made the first ascent without guides of the Brouillard Ridge on Mont Blanc. In 1929, he met mountaineer Eric Shipton and together they climbed the twin peaks of Mount Kenya, making the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Wyn Wood
Elizabeth Winnifred Wood (October 8, 1903 – January 27, 1966), known as Elizabeth Wyn Wood, was a Canadian sculptor and advocate of art education. A notable figure in Canadian sculpture, she is primarily known for her modernist interpretation of the Canadian landscape in her works. Early life and education Elizabeth Wyn Wood was born at her family's cottage on Cedar Island, just offshore from Orillia, Ontario, on October 8, 1903. She was the fourth child of Edward Alfred Wood (1860–1915) and Sarah Elizabeth Weafer (1864-1952). There was a ten-year gap between Wyn Wood and her next youngest sister Elmo. She had an older brother named Edward and another older sister named Fern. Edward Wood Sr. was the proprietor of a dry-goods and women's clothing store in Orillia, Ontario. The same year that Elizabeth was born, the Woods moved into their home at 136 West Street in Orillia. The family also had two summer homes on Lake Couchiching. During the summer months, the family spent t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nesta Wyn Ellis
Nesta Myfanwy Wyn Ellis is a journalist and author of Welsh origin whose books include a biography of the former prime minister Sir John Major. She was also a radical Liberal politician who stood a number of times for Parliament. Background Nesta Wyn Ellis was born in the Hiraethog Rural District, Denbighshire, and brought up in Snowdonia, North Wales, where her extracurricular training in the performing arts began. She was educated at Llanrwst Grammar School in Llanrwst, Denbighshire, and at the University of Liverpool, where she graduated B.Sc. She travelled widely in Africa in the 1970s when she launched her career in journalism interviewing dissidents in South Africa and subsequently lived partly over three years at the Mount Kenya Safari Club, then part-time in the US in Washington DC for over a decade and more recently in Paris. Musical and dramatic arts have formed the basis of the work in which she is currently involved; film and music production, direction and performan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraint Wyn Davies
Geraint Wyn Davies (, 20 April 1957) is a Welsh-American stage, film and television actor-director. Educated in Canada, he has worked in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. His most famous role as the vampire-turned police detective Nick Knight in the Canadian television series ''Forever Knight''. Early life and training Geraint Wyn Davies was born on 20 April 1957 in Swansea, Wales, the son of a Congregationalist Christian preacher and a school teacher. At the age of 7 he moved with his family from Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire to Canada, where he attended Upper Canada College. He first acted at age 12, appearing in a school production of ''Lord of the Flies''. He went on to study at the University of Western Ontario, where he studied economics before dropping out to pursue an acting career. His professional stage debut was in 1976 in Quebec City, when at 19 he appeared in ''The Fantasticks'', ''Red Emma'', and ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. Stage career D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ieuan Wyn Jones
Ieuan Wyn Jones (born 22 May 1949) is a Welsh politician who was the Deputy First Minister in the Welsh Government from 2007 to 2011. He was the Member of the Senedd for the Ynys Môn constituency from 1999 to 2013, and he was also leader of Plaid Cymru from 2000 to 2012. Jones served as Member of Parliament for Ynys Môn constituency from 1987 to 2001, when he retired to focus on his work in the Welsh Assembly. In 2007, Jones was named Wales' "Politician of the Year" by the BBC Wales am.pm programme. He resigned from the Welsh Assembly on 20 June 2013. In 2017 he unsuccessfully sought to return to the House of Commons for his former constituency. Background and style Family, education, and early career Ieuan Wyn Jones was born in Denbigh, Wales, and is a Welsh speaker. He has lived in both north and south Wales. Jones's early education was at Pontardawe Grammar School and at Ysgol y Berwyn in Bala, Gwynedd. Jones's brother Rhisiart said "The time we spent living in Garnswll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyn Calvin
Wyn Calvin MBE OStJ (born Joseph Wyndham Calvin-Thomas; 28 August 1925 – 25 January 2022), known affectionately as "The Clown Prince of Wales" and "The Welsh Prince of Laughter", was a Welsh comedian, pantomime dame, television and theatre actor, radio personality, television chat show host, after-dinner speaker, lecturer, philanthropist and newspaper columnist.The incredibly colourful life of the Welshman celebrating 75 years in showbiz - Wales Online He worked with numerous stars within the entertainment industry including Harry Secombe, Bob Hope, Christopher Biggins, Shirley Bassey, Frankie Vaughan, Vic Morrow, Bud Flanagan, Roy Hudd, Max Boyce, Morecambe and Wise and Ken Dodd. Life and career Born in Narberth, Pembrokeshire, he was the seventh of eight children in the Calvin-Thomas family. At the age of four, the family left for Cardiff. His father John Calvin-Thomas felt there would be a better chance of employment there. Calvin was a pupil of Kitchener Road School and Rad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynn (other)
Wynn is a letter in the Old English alphabet. Wynn may also refer to: * Wynn (given name) * Wynn (surname) * Wynn Resorts ** Wynn Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. ** Wynn Macau, in Macau, People's Republic of China * Wynn's, an automotive company owned by Illinois Tool Works Illinois Tool Works Inc. or ITW is an American Fortune 200 company that produces engineered fasteners and components, equipment and consumable systems, and specialty products. It was founded in 1912 by Byron L. Smith and has built its growth on ... See also * WYNN (other) * Wynne (other) * Wyn, a surname * Wyne (other) * Wynns (other) * Winn (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
