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Westfield (surname)
Westfield is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bob Westfield (1907–1970), New Zealand-born Australian rugby union player * Ernest Westfield (1939–2020), American baseball player *Mervyn Westfield (born 1988), English cricketer * Robert Westfield (born 1972), American writer *Thomas Westfield (1573–1644), Bishop of Bristol, member of the Westminster Assembly Fictional characters *Paul Westfield Paul Westfield is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He first appeared in ''Superman'' (vol. 2) #58 (August 1991) and was created by Dan Jurgens. Publication history The executive director of Project Ca ..., a DC Comics character See also * Charles Westfield Coker (born 1933), the former president and CEO of Sonoco Products Company of Hartsville, South Carolina, US {{surname English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Westfield
Robert E. "Bob" Westfield (26 May 1907 – 7 June 1970) was a New Zealand-born rugby union player who represented Australia. Westfield, a fullback, was born in Hunterville Hunterville is a small community on State Highway 1, in the Rangitikei district of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located halfway between Taupo and Wellington and has a population (2018 census) of 411, a decrease of 18 people from 2013 ... and claimed a total of 6 international rugby caps for Australia. References Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players 1907 births 1970 deaths People from Hunterville Rugby union players from Manawatū-Whanganui Rugby union fullbacks {{Australia-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Westfield
Ernest Leon Westfield Sr. (November 30, 1939 – November 4, 2020) was an American right-handed pitcher in Negro league baseball between 1959 and 1965. A native of Cleveland, Tennessee, Westfield made his Negro leagues debut in 1959 with the Birmingham Black Barons, and played for the club through 1965. At 6' 3" and 160 lbs., he batted and threw right-handed, and was the starting pitcher for the East in the 1960 East-West All-Star Game. Westfield died in Champaign, Illinois Champaign ( ) is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 88,302 at the 2020 census. It is the tenth-most populous municipality in Illinois and the fourth most populous city in Illinois outside the Chicago metropo ..., on November 4, 2020, at age 80. References External links * Ernest Westfield aNegro Leagues Baseball Museum {{DEFAULTSORT:Westfield, Ernest 1939 births 2020 deaths Birmingham Black Barons players 20th-century African-American sportspeople 21st-cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mervyn Westfield
Mervyn Simon Westfield (born 5 May 1988 in Romford, Greater London) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who until September 2010 played for Essex. In January 2012, he became the first English cricketer to be convicted of spot-fixing, after admitting accepting £6,000 in exchange for bowling an over that was supposed to concede 12 runs. Essex career Westfield played for the first time for Essex in the 2005 County Championship against Durham. He made one appearance in the Second XI Championship before the end of the season, and in 2006, played three matches as Essex finished third in Division Two of the 2006 County Championship. In May 2010 he was arrested by Essex police in connection with "match irregularities" in the 2009 domestic season, along with team-mate Danish Kaneria. The investigations were believed to focus on a NatWest Pro40 match in September 2009 against Durham, which Essex won. From 2006 onward, Westfield w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Westfield
Robert Westfield (born 1972) is an American writer, who won two Lambda Literary Awards in 2007 for his debut novel ''Suspension''."Report from the 2007 Lammy Awards" AfterElton.com, June 5, 2007. The novel, published in 2006 by , was nominated for and won Lambdas in the categories of and Gay Debut Fiction. Born in 1972 in |
Thomas Westfield
Thomas Westfield (1573 – 25 June 1644) was an English churchman, Bishop of Bristol and member of the Westminster Assembly. Life He was born in the parish of St. Mary's, Ely, in 1573, and went to the free school there under Master Spight. He proceeded to Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was elected a scholar, and afterwards held a fellowship from 1599 to 1603. He graduated B.A. in 1593, M.A. in 1596, and B.D. in 1604. He was incorporated B.D. at Oxford on 9 July 1611, proceeded D.D. at Cambridge in 1615, and was reincorporated D.D. at Oxford on 26 March 1644. On 5 August 1619 he was admitted a student at Gray's Inn. After serving as curate at St. Mary-le-Bow under Nicholas Felton, he was presented to the rectory of South Somercotes in Lincolnshire in 1600, which he exchanged on 18 December 1605 for the London living of St. Bartholomew, Smithfield, where David Dee had been deprived; Westfield was chaplain to Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick, the patron, and his son Henry. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Westfield
Paul Westfield is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He first appeared in ''Superman'' (vol. 2) #58 (August 1991) and was created by Dan Jurgens. Publication history The executive director of Project Cadmus, the post-crisis version of Jack Kirby's DNA Project, Westfield was revealed to be in charge of the project in ''Superman'' (vol. 2) #58. An unscrupulous director ironically hired for his ethics, he appeared in issues of ''Superman'', ''Superman: The Man of Steel'', ''The Adventures of Superman'' and ''Superboy'' (vol. 4). A noteworthy story was his plan on creating a clone to take Superman's place during multiple issues of the ''Funeral For A Friend'' storyline after ''The Death of Superman'' event. This led to the debut of Superboy (Kon-El) in the following '' Reign of the Supermen!'' crossover event. Fictional character biography Project: Bloodhound After a career in the United States military as a soldier, Paul Westfield became t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Westfield Coker
Charles Westfield Coker (born May 10, 1933) is the former president and CEO of Sonoco Products Company of Hartsville, South Carolina, United States. He also served as a director of Bank of America, Sara Lee Corporation, HanesBrands Inc., Springs Industries, and Carolina Power & Light Company (now Progress Energy Inc.), and as chairman of the board of Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina. Along with being initiated into the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame, Coker has been granted South Carolina's highest philanthropic honor, the Order of the Palmetto. Coker is the son of Charles W. and Elizabeth Howard Coker and the great-grandson of S.C. Business Hall of Fame honoree Major James Lide Coker, who founded Coker College and Sonoco after the Coker farm was destroyed in March 1865. Founded as a paper mill, Sonoco is now one of the world's major producers of different types of commercial and consumer product packaging. When Charlie Coker succeeded his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |