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Thomas Wells (cricketer)
1927 births | 2001 deaths | cambridge university cricketers | new zealand cricketers | worcestershire cricketersThomas Umfrey Wells (6 February 1927 – 2001) was a New Zealand-born cricketer who played first-class cricket in England in the early 1950s. All but one of his appearances came for Cambridge University, but he also played one match for Worcestershire in 1950.
Michael Richard John Manktelow
1927 births | 20th century anglican bishops | alumni of christ's college, cambridge | bishops of guildford | living people | old whitgiftiansThe Rt Rev Michael Richard John Manktelow was the Bishop of Basingstoke from 1977 until 1993”Debrett's People of Today 1992” (London, Debrett's) ISBN 1870520092). He was born on 23 September 1927 and educated at Whitgift School and Christ's College, Cambridge ”Who's Who1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0713635142) before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Boston, Lincolnshire after which he was Vicar of Knaresborough “Crockford's clerical directory, 1995” (Lambeth,Church House ISBN 0715180886). Following this he was Vicar of St Wilfred’s,Harrogate Church web-site and then (his final appointment before elevation to the Episcopate) Rural Dean of the area. In retirement he continues to serve the Church as an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Chichester.
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Benjamin F. Logan
1927 births | american bluegrass fiddlers | american electrical engineers | columbia university alumni | people from howard county, texas | scientists at bell labs | texas tech university alumniBenjamin F. "Tex" Logan, Jr. (1927) is an American electrical engineer and fiddler.
Born in Coahoma, Texas, he earned a B.Sc. in electrical engineering at Texas Technical University in Lubbock, studied for a B.Sc. in engineering at Massachussetts Institute of Technology (1946-51), and completing a M.Sc. (1956). He then moved to New Jersey where he joined Bell Labs (1956) and started his doctoral studies at Columbia University where he eventually got a Ph.D. in electrical engineering on the dissertation Properties of high-pass signals (1965). He joined in the communication theory department at Bell Labs (1956) where he among other, demonstrated the use of computer simulation to the study of reverberation in digital audio, joint work with Manfred R. Schroeder who later pioneered MP3 audio (1961). He was with the mathematics center (1963-93) where he contributed to the theory of signal (electrical engineering).
Gordon Bowman
1927 births | australian rules footballers | hawthorn football club players | melbourne football club players | tasmanian football league players Gordon Bowman (born February 10, 1927) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Hawthorn in the VFL.
Bowman, originally from East Malvern, was a member of Melbourne's 1948 premiership team as a half forward flanker. He joined a struggling Hawthorn side in 1950 and remained with the club until the end of the 1951 season.
Muhemed Salih Dilan
1927 births | 1990 deaths | kurdish people | kurdish singersDilan (in Kurdish: محهمهد ساڵح دیلان) is regarded as one of the most influencial Kurdish Poets and one of the one of the greatest Maqam Singers of the 20th Century. He was one of the few Poets that brought a revolution in Kurdish Poetry and Literature.
Johnny Bratton
1927 births | 1993 deaths | people from arkansas | welterweights | world boxing champions | world welterweight championsJohnny Bratton, also known as Honey Boy Bratton, (born 1927-09-09 in Little Rock, AR and died 1993-08-15), was a professional boxer in the welterweight (147 lb) division. He fought many of the best fighters of his era in the division >.
Amateur Career
Bratton started boxing at age 14 and competed in several Golden Gloves events before turning pro.George Hunter (boxer)
1927 births | boxers at the 1948 summer olympics | living people | olympic boxers of south africa | olympic gold medalists for south africa | south african boxersGeorge Hunter (born July 22, 1927 in Brakpan and died in 2005) was a boxer from South Africa, who competed in the Light Heavyweight division during his career as an amateur.
E. K. Turner
1927 births | canadian university and college chancellors | canadian university and college chief executives | living people | members of the saskatchewan order of merit | officers of the order of canada | people from saskatchewanE.K. Turner , C.M., LL.D., S.O.M., (1927- ) from the years 1969 through 1987 was President of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. The years 1989–1995 saw E.K. Turner as 10th Chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan served two terms.
Varkala Radhakrishnan
1927 births | indian politicians | living peopleVarkala Radhakrishnan (born 21 August, 1927) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Chirayinkil constituency of Kerala and is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) political party.
Ahmed Abdul-Malik
1927 births | 1993 deaths | jazz bassists | oud players | people from brooklynAhmed Abdul-Malik(Born January 30, 1927 in Brooklyn; died October 2, 1993 in Long Branch, New Jersey) was a jazz bassist and oud player of Sudanese descent. He is noted for integrating Mideastern and North African music styles in his jazz music. He served as bassist for Art Blakey, Randy Weston, and Thelonious Monk among others. As an oud player he did a tour of South America for the United States Department of State and performed at an African jazz festival in Morocco.
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