Timms is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Arthur Timms
Arthur Timms (9 July 1914 – 29 July 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans, South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (1897–1989), Victorian Football League (VFL).
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(1914–1970), Australian footballer
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Brian Timms
Bryan Stanley Valentine Timms (born 17 December 1940) is a former English first-class cricketer. Timms was a wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman who played for Hampshire from 1959 to 1968 and for Warwickshire from 1969 to 1971.
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(born 1940), English cricketer
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Charles Gordon Timms
Charles Gordon Timms & Three Bars (1884–1958) was a doctor, decorated officer in the British Army, and rugby union player who played for the Lions.Bath, p117 He was one of the minority of rugby players who was never capped for a home nation ...
(1884-1958), British Army officer and rugby player
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Chris Timms (1947–2004), New Zealand yachtsman
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Colin Timms
Colin Ronald Timms is a musicologist and retired academic. He was Peyton and Barber Professor of Music at the University of Birmingham from 1992 until 2012, when he retired. After graduating from the University of Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts ...
, musicologist
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E. V. Timms
Edward Vivian Timms (1895–1960), better known as E. V. Timms, was an Australian novelist and screenwriter. He was injured serving in the Gallipoli Campaign during World War I and was an unsuccessful soldier settler before turning to writing. ...
(1895–1960), Australian novelist and screenwriter
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Edward Timms
Edward Timms (1937 in Windlesham, England – 21 November 2018 in Brighton, England) OBE, FBA was Research Professor and a former director of the Centre for German-Jewish Studies (which he founded in 1994) at University of Sussex. His work mainly ...
(1937–2018), academic
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Freddie Timms
Freddy Timms (1946, Bedford Downs Station – 2017) was an Australian indigenous artist from the Kimberley region.
Life and art
Timms commenced painting on canvas in the 1990s at Turkey Creek / Warmun in the Kimberley region of Western Austral ...
(1946–2017), Australian artist
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Gene Timms
Eugene Dale Timms (May 16, 1932 – April 21, 2014) was an American politician and businessman.
Early life and education
Born in Burns, Oregon, Timms attended Burns High School. He then earned a bachelor's degree in business from Willame ...
(1932–2014), American politician
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Geoffrey Timms
Geoffrey Timms OBE FRSE (1903–1982) was a 20th century British mathematician and cryptoanalyst. In the Second World War he was one of the several mathematicians working alongside Alan Turing at Bletchley Park breaking the Enigma code.
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(1903–1982), British mathematician and cryptoanalyst
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Herbert Timms
Herbert Timms (6 July 1890 – 1 March 1973) was an English cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising t ...
(1890–1973), English cricketer
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Howard Timms
Howard Timms (born 9 July 1944) is a British racewalker. He competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1 ...
(born 1944), British racewalker
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John Timms (1906–1980), English cricketer
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Mary Timms (born 1981), Nigerian model
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Matt Timms (born c. 1974), event promoter
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Michele Timms
Michele Margaret Timms (born 28 June 1965) is an Australian basketball coach and retired professional basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women's National Basketball Association(WNBA). Many people consider the Melbourne ...
(born 1965), Australian basketballer
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Philip Timms
Philip T. Timms (September 16, 1874 – August 8, 1973) was a Canadian photographer and printer.
As an amateur he was involved in archaeology, history, music, and film. He was a member of the Royal Photographic Society and the official photographe ...
(1874–1973), Canadian photographer
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Richard Timms
Richard Thomas Timms (born 23 August 1986 in Bristol) is an English geneticist and molecular biologist and former cricketer.
Personal life
Richard Timms is married and lives with his wife in Cambridge, UK.
Cricketing
Richard is a right-hand ...
(born 1986), English cricketer
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Robert Timms (archer)
Robert Timms (1908 – 1993) was an Australian entrepreneur and businessman.
Early life
Born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1908, Timms was educated at Trinity Grammar School, Victoria. At the age of 15 he began working as a grocery apprentice bo ...
(born 1980), Australian archer
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Robert Timms
Robert Timms (1908 – 1993) was an Australian entrepreneur and businessman.
Early life
Born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1908, Timms was educated at Trinity Grammar School, Victoria. At the age of 15 he began working as a grocery apprentice bo ...
(1908–1993), Australian entrepreneur
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Sally Timms
Sally Timms (born 29 November 1959) is an English singer and lyricist. Timms is best known for her long involvement with The Mekons whom she joined in 1985. Sally Timmsat Allmusic
Career
Born in Leeds, in 1959,Wallenfeldt, Jeffthe Mekons in '' ...
(born 1959), British singer-songwriter
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Stephen Timms
Sir Stephen Creswell Timms (born 29 July 1955) is a British politician who served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2006 to 2007. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for East Ham, formerly Newham North East ...
(born 1955), British politician
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Wilfrid Timms
Wilfrid Walter Timms (28 September 1902 – 30 September 1986) was an English cricketer and schoolteacher who played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire and Cambridge University from 1921 to 1932.
Timms made his first-class debut whil ...
(1902–1986), English cricketer
Fictional characters:
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Tony Timms
This is a list of all recurring/semi-regular cast members over the Australian television programme '' Blue Heelers'' 13 season run between 1994–2006.
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Clive Adamson
Chief Superintendent Clive Adamson was a fictional character in the ...
, character in Australian TV series ''Blue Heelers''
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Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English actor, author, playwright and screenwriter. Over his distinguished entertainment career he has received numerous awards and honours including two BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two ...
play
Play most commonly refers to:
* Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment
* Play (theatre), a work of drama
Play may refer also to:
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and
film,
The History Boys
''The History Boys'' is a play by British playwright Alan Bennett. The play premiered at the Royal National Theatre in London on 18 May 2004. Its Broadway debut was on 23 April 2006 at the Broadhurst Theatre where 185 performances were staged b ...
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* Reverend Timms, character in British children's TV series ''
Postman Pat
''Postman Pat'' is a British stop-motion animated television series first produced by Woodland Animations. The series follows the adventures of Pat Clifton, a postman who works for Royal Mail postal service in the fictional village of Greendal ...
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Other:
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Timms Hill
Timms Hill or Timm's Hill is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and is located in north-central Wisconsin in Timms Hill County Park in the Town of Hill in Price County. After being surveyed by Quentin Stevens of Ogema Tel ...
, a location in Wisconsin, US
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Timms trap {{Short description, Device used to capture and kill animals
A Timms trap is a device used to capture and kill common brushtail possums. Their use is commonplace in New Zealand, where the possum is an introduced pest. In Australia, where the possu ...
, a type of animal trap
* Tübinger Internet Multimedia Server, one of the first
OpenCourseWare
OpenCourseWare (OCW) are course lessons created at universities and published for free via the Internet. OCW projects first appeared in the late 1990s, and after gaining traction in Europe and then the United States have become a worldwide means ...
initiatives by a major university.
See also
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Timm (disambiguation)
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Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
The IEA's Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is a series of international assessments of the mathematics and science knowledge of students around the world. The participating students come from a diverse set of educ ...
(TIMSS)
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