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.geo
.geo is a generic top-level domain proposed by SRI International to be used to associate Internet resources with geographical locations, via a system of "georegistrars" and "georegistries" with hierarchical addresses representing locations in a grid encircling the Earth. These addresses are not i..
GEO
GEO or Geo may refer to any of the following: GEO (magazine), a popular scientific magazineGeo (automobile), a brand of entry-level cars from General MotorsGeo (marketing), a discipline within marketing analysisGEO 600, a detector for gravitational radiationGeo TV, a private television Channel in Pa..
Geo-Force
Geo-Force is a fictional character, a superhero from DC Comics. His real name is Brion Markov, Prince of Markovia, and is one of the founding members of the Outsiders, and the half-brother of Terra. Contents 1 Character history1.1 Batman and the Outsiders1.2 The Outsiders2 ..
Geo-Political web-based simulator
A true Geo-Political web-based simulator is a nation-simulation game in which players take the roles of leaders of nations or organizations. Most geopolitical simulators are forum-based and are a form of computer-assisted gaming. A few are play-by-email (also referred to as play-by-mail, or PBM). ..
Geoagiu
Geoagiu (Hungarian: Algyógy; German: Gergersdorf) is a town in Hunedoara County, Romania, located on the Mureş river at an altitude of 217 meters over the sea level. The river with the same name (Geoagiu) flows in this place into the Mureş. The town has a population of about 6,500. History The ..
Geoarchaeology
right Geoarchaeology is a sub-field of archaeology which uses the techniques and subject matter of the earth sciences to examine topics which inform archaeological knowledge and thought. Geoarchaeologists study the natural physical processes that affect archaeological sites such as geomorphol..
Geobacter
Geobacter is a genus of proteobacteria. Geobacter are an anaerobic respiration bacterial species which have capabilities that may make them useful in bioremediation. The geobacter was found to be the first organism with the ability to oxidize organic compounds and metals, including iron, radioact..
Geobiology
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Broadly defined, geobiology is an interdisciplinary field of scientific research that explores interactions betw..
Geoblogging
A combined listing of images and location to create a visual image of the globe. Currently based around Flickr and Google Earth. Special tags applied to Flickr images (longitude and latitude) allow Google Earth to map these images onto a global image. This process is referred to as Geotagging. See..
Geobotanical Prospecting
A technique unique to China called geobotanical prospecting was used starting in the 5th century BC. People in the region noticed a connection between vegetation and the minerals located underground. There were particular plants that thrived on and indicated areas rich in copper, nickel, zinc, a..
Geobreeders
|} is an OVA anime based off the manga by Akihiro Ito. It is distributed in Japan by Shonen Gaho-sha and JVC and in North America by U.S. Manga Corps. Plot Ayagane City is overrun by phantom cats and are causing havoc throughout the city. That's when a young and overzealous group of entrepren..
Geocaching
A Geocache in Germany Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. A typical cache (pronounced /kæʃ/, or "..
Geocaching Software
Geocaching is an outdoor sport that involves the use of a Global Positioning System ("GPS") receiver to find a "geocache" (or "cache") placed anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small, waterproof container containing a logbook and "treasure". Geocaching is a unique take on a traditional East..
Geocapromys
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Geocast
Geocast refers to the delivery of information to a group of destinations in a network identified by their geographical locations. It is a specialized form of multicast used by some routing protocols for mobile ad hoc networks. External link [A Survey of Geocast Routing Protocols] ..
Geocentric coordinates
Geocentric coordinates are an Earth-centered system of locating objects in the solar system in three-dimensions along the Cartesian X, Y and Z axes. They are differentiated from topocentric coordinates which use the observer's location as the reference point for bearings in altitude and azimuth. Bo..
Geocentric Coordinate Time
Geocentric Coordinate Time (TCG) is a coordinate time standard intended to be used as the independent variable of time for all calculations pertaining to precession, nutation, the Moon, and artificial satellites of the Earth. It is equivalent to the proper time experienced by a clock at rest in a c..
Geocentric model
This artistic representation of the geocentric model shows signs of the zodiac and the solar system with world at centre. Early printed rendition of the Ptolemaic system. In astronomy, the geocentric model (in Greek: geo = earth and kentron = center) of the universe is the theory that t..
Geocentric orbit
Geocentric orbit refers to any object revolving around Earth, such as the Moon or artificial satellites. ..
Geochang County
You may also be looking for the county of Gochang. Hangul: 거창군 Hanja: 居昌郡 Revised Romanization: Geochang-gun McCune-Reischauer: Kŏch'ang-gun Statistics Area: 804.09 km² Population: 67,2242002 registration [link]..
Geochang Polytechnic College
Geochang Polytechnic College, also Keochang Polytechnic College, is a small technical college located in Geochang County, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is affiliated with the nationwide Korean Foundation for Polytechnic Colleges. It first opened its doors in 1997. Contents 1&n..
Geochelone
Geochelone is a genus of tortoises. Geochelone Tortoises, which are also known as geoclelone tortoises or typical tortoises, can be found in Africa, America, Asia, and several Oceanic islands. They primarily eat plants. Measured by the length of their shell, the species in this genus are some of t..
Geochemistry
The field of geochemistry involves study of the chemical composition of the Earth and other planets, chemical processes and reactions that govern the composition of rocks and soils, and the cycles of matter and energy that transport the Earth's chemical components in time and space, and their intera..
Geochronology
Geochronology is the science of determining the age of rocks, fossils, and sediments. A variety of dating methods are used by geologists to achieve this. Geochronological units - examples: eon - Phanerozoicera - Paleozoicperiod - Ordovicianepoch - Late Ordovicianage - Ashgill You can wri..
GeoCities
GeoCities External links [Yahoo! GeoCities][A list of all the GeoCities Neighborhoods and Suburbs] ..
Geoclemys hamiltonii
Black Pond turtle or Spotted Pond turtle Geoclemys hamiltonii is a species of turtle. Distribution: S Pakistan (Indus and Ganges river drainages), N India (Assam), Bangladesh External links [EMBL reptile database]http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Geoclemys_hamiltoni_juv.j..
Geococcyx
The roadrunners are two species of bird in the genus Geococcyx of the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, native to North and Central America. These two species are the ground foraging cuckoos. Greater Roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus (southwestern United States)Lesser Roadrunner, Geococcyx velox (Mexic..
Geocode
A geocode is a geographical code to identify a point or area at the surface of the earth. The code systems can be described by: how the area is coded (number, letter, mixture of both, other)which part of the earth is covered (whole earth, land, water, a continent, a country)what kind of area or loc..
Geocoded photo
Geocoded photos are images which are associated with a geographical location. A geocoded image can be associated to geographical coordinates such as latitude and longitude or a physical address. Methods of geocoding images: Using a location-aware device such a GPS receiver. This is the most precis..
Geocoding
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Geocoding is the process of assigning geographic identifiers (e.g., codes or geographic coordinates expressed as latitude-longitude) to map features and other data records, such as street addresses. You can also geocode media, for example where a picture w..
Geocoding (disambiguation)
The word Geocoding can refer to: Geocoding - the process of mapping addresses and other spatial features, allowing input into Geographic Information Systems.GeoTagging - the process of adding geographical identification metadata to various media such as websites, RSS feeds or images. This is a ..
Geocoin
A 2004 USA Geocoin A Geocoin is a token used in geocaching. They can be used for one of several purposes. They can be a signature item used by geocachers, left in geocaches to be found by others and kept as trophies or traded. Geocoins are often minted with the name of their state or coun..
GeoComputation
GeoComputation is an emergent paradigm for multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary research that enables the exploration of previously insoluable, extraordinarily intricate problems in geographic context. Introduction As with any revolution in the sciences, the emergence of a new paradigm is hotly deba..
Geoconnector
The geoConnector is a node in Maya that provides an interface between ordinary geometry objects (such as NURBS surfaces) and the dynamics system. A geoConnector node is associated with any such geometry which is emitting particles, exerting a force field, or colliding with particles. The geoConnec..
Geocoris
Geocoris is a genus of insects in the family Lygaeidae (although sometimes the subfamily is elevated to the family "Geocoridae"). Commonly known as the big-eyed bug, Geocoris is a beneficial predator often confused with the true Chinch Bug, which is a pest. External links http://www.entomology.um..
Geocrawler
Geocrawler located at [www.geocrawler.com] was a mailing list archive owned by the Open Source Technology Group. The site is now defunct, and redirects to SourceForge.net[link]. ..
Geocrinia
Geocrinia is a genus of frogs in the family Myobatrachidae. These frogs are endemic to Australia. All the species in this genus were originally refered to as Crinia. Further studies showed there was some considerable differences between this group of frogs and Crinia. These differences included; a..
Geocronite
Geocronite is a mineral, a mixed sulfosalt contaning lead, antimony, and arsenic with a formula of Pb14(Sb,As)6S23. Geocronite is the antimony rich endmember of a solid solution series. The arsenic rich endmember is named jordanite. It occurs as grey, black, to silvery white monoclinic crystals. It ..
Geodashing
Geodashing is an outdoor sport in which players use GPS receivers on a playing field that covers the entire planet. The waypoints, or dashpoints, to be reached are randomly selected. The win goes to the team that reaches the most dashpoints in a given time. The game started in early June 2001. Th..
Geodatabase
A geodatabase is a database with extensions for storing, querying, and manipulating geographic information and spatial data. The geodatabase was popularized by ESRI's ArcGIS version 8. Geodatabases allow behavior to be assigned to structures and objects in ways that more closely relate to the way ..
Geode
There is also a line of microprocessors called Geode. Geode, halved and polished. Geode, halved and polished. Geodes (Greek geoides, "earthlike") are geological rock formations which occur in sedimentary and certain volcanic rocks. Geodes are essentially rock cavities or vugs with in..
Geodemographic Segmentation
Geodemographic segmentation is a multivariate statistical classification technique for discovering whether the individuals of a population fall into different groups by making quantitative comparisons of multiple characteristics with the assumption that the differences within any group should be les..
Geodemography
Geodemography includes the application or study of geodemographic classifications for business, social research and public policy but has a longer history in academic research seeking to understand the processes by which settlements (notably, cities) evolve and neighborhoods are formed. It links the..
Geodesic
In mathematics, a geodesic is a generalization of the notion of a "straight line" to "curved spaces". Definition of geodesic depends on the type of "curved space". If the space carries a natural metric then geodesics are defined to be (locally) the shortest path between points on the space. The ..
Geodesic (general relativity)
In physics, and specifically general relativity, geodesics are the world lines of a particle free from all external force. In this theory, gravity is not a force but is instead a curved spacetime geometry where the source of curvature is the stress-energy tensor. Thus, for example, the orbital pat..
Geodesic (general relativity)/Proofs
This mathematics article is devoted entirely to providing mathematical proofs and support for claims and statements made in the article geodesic (general relativity). This article is currently an experimental vehicle to see how we might be able to provide proofs and details for math articles withou..
Geodesic Airship Design
Geodesic Airship Design is an airship design superior to its predecessors. Typical early airship design consisted of a tube of constant diameter with rounded caps at the ends. Such tubes often buckled because the length was too long for the diameter. At the other extreme, a purely spherical airship..
Geodesic curvature
In differential geometry, the geodesic curvature vector is a property of curves in a metric space which reflects the deviance of the curve from following the shortest arc length distance along each infinitesimal segment of its length. The vector is defined as follows: at a point P on a curve C, the..
Geodesic deviation equation
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself}} if you can. See [discussion page] for details. In differential geometry, the geodesic deviation equation is an equation involving the Riemann curvatur..
Geodesic dome
The Montreal Biosphère, formely the American Pavilion of Expo 67, by R. Buckminster Fuller, on Île Sainte-Hélène, Montreal A geodesic dome (IPA: /ʤiədɛsɪk/ or /ʤiədizɪk/ /dəʊm/) is an almost spherical structure based on a network of struts arranged on great circles (geodesics) ly..
Geodesic Foam Scenery
GEODESIC FOAM SCENERY was developed by Joel & Jenny Bragdon of Bragdon Enterprises in 1995. Geodesic Foam Scenery is a revolutionary, modern system for making strong, realistic, super lightweight scenery in any scale. Scenery made with the Geodesic Foam Scenery™ system is extraordinarily ligh..
Geodesic structures
Geodesic structures are structures similar to the geodesic sphere or geodesic dome that are designed for strength. Consisting of triangles of metal rods, they resemble a geodetic triangulation network on the surface of the Earth. See also Geodesic Airship Design. ..
Geodesy
See also the main article on history of geodesy. Geodetic pillar (1855); Ostend, Belgium Archive with lithography plates for maps of Bavaria in the Landesamt für Vermessung und Geoinformation in Munich Geodesy (IPA /dʒiˈɑdɪsi/), also called geodetics, is the scientific discipline ..
Geodetic astronomy
Geodetic astronomy is the application of astronomical methods into [[Wiktionary:Network|network]]s and technical projects of geodesy. The most important topics are: Establishment of geodetic datum systems (e.g. ED50) or at expeditionsapparent places of stars, and their proper motionsprecise astrono..
Geodetic network
A geodetic network is a network of triangles which are measured exactly by techniques of terrestrial surveying or by satellite geodesy. In "classical geodesy" (up to the sixties) this is done by triangulation, based on measurements of angles and of some spare distances; the precise orientation to g..
Geodetic system
This article describes a concept from surveying and geodesy. Datum is also the singular form of data. For the Austrian magazine, see Datum. Geodetic systems or geodetic data are used in geodesy, navigation, surveying by cartographers and satellite navigation systems to translate positions indicat..
Geodeung of Geumgwan Gaya
Geodeung of Gaya, also called Geodeung Wang, was the king of Gaya, a confederacy of chiefdoms that existed in the Nakdong River valley of Korea during the Three Kingdoms era, from 199 to 259. Legend holds that he was one of ten sons of King Suro of Gaya, and Suro's queen, Heo Hwang-ok. See also His..
Geode (processor)
National Semiconductor Geode GX1, 233 MHz The Geode is the brand given to series of x86-compatible microprocessors produced by AMD which it targets at the embedded computing market. The series was originally launched by National Semiconductor as the Geode family in 1999. The Geode processor c..
Geodiversity
Geodiversity or geological diversity is the diversity of minerals, rocks (whether 'solid' or 'drift'), fossils, soils, land forms and geological processes that constitute the topography, landscape and the underlying structure of the Earth. This term can be applied to any particular region, county o..
Geodns
Geodns is a patch for BIND to allow split horizon (different responses for different requesters, the requester generally being the ISPs dns recursive resolver which is usually fairly close to the user in network terms) to be based on MaxMind's geoip (commercial) or geolite (free) databases. In t..
Geodomain
The term geodomain refers to domain names that are the same as those of geographic entities, such as cities and countries. Examples of geodomains are Atlanta.com, LosAngeles.com, Texas.com, Spain.info and country specific names like Sverige.com. Since geographical names are limited in number, and h..
Geoduck
The geoduck (pronounced /'guː.iː.dʌk/),[link] Panopea abrupta or Panope generosa, is a species of large saltwater clam, also known as the king clam or elephant trunk clam. The name is derived from a Nisqualli Indian word meaning "dig deep", and its phonemically counterintuitive spell..
Geodude
is a fictional character from the Pokémon franchise. In Gold and Silver onward, it can be found by using the move Rock Smash to destroy cracked rocks. The only other Pokémon that can be found this way are Krabby, Shuckle and Nosepass. Geodude's name may be a combination of the prefix geo, earth..
Geodætisk Institut
Geodætisk Institut (1928-1987) was a Danish state-run cartographic institute. It was created by law number 82, of March 31, 1928, combining Generalstabens Topografiske Afdeling and Den danske Gradmaaling, two institutions that did somewhat overlapping cartographic and topographic mapping of Denmar..
Geoeconomics
Contents 1 GEOECONOMICS,GEO-ECONOMICS1.1 The economics of geology and geography as understood on a global basis (Geo)1.2 An analysis of geographic power conditions under neoliberal globalization1.3 Research Centers1.3.1 Greenberg Center2 Other Centers -transnational..
Geoemyda silvatica
Cochin Forest Cane Turtle Geoemyda silvatica is a species of turtle found in the Western Ghats of India. Type locality: "Near Kavalai in the Cochin State Forests, inhabiting dense forest, at an elevation of about 1500 feet above sea level," India. External links [EMBL reptile database]..
Geoemydidae
Geoemydidae, (formerly known as Bataguridae), is the largest and most diverse family in the order Testudines (turtles) with about 75 species. It includes the Eurasian pond and river turtles and Neotropical wood turtles. Contents 1 Characteristics2 Systematics and evolution3 Ecology..
Geoethical
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GeoEye
GeoEye is a space imaging firm based in Dulles, Virginia. It was formed when ORBIMAGE (an Orbital Sciences spinoff) acquired Space Imaging, of Thornton, Colorado. See also DigitalGlobeSpot ImageIKONOS External links [Official site]."[ORBIMAGE Completes Acquisition of Space Imaging; C..
Geoffery Knauth
Geoffery S. Knauth is on the board of directors of Free Software Foundation, he is a Senior Software Engineer at SFA, Inc[link]. He contributed to the GNU Objective-C Collection library and has a degree in Economics from Harvard University. His hobbies include rowing, and he is fluent in ..
Geoffrey
Redirect [[Template:Merge]]"Geoffrey" is a common English given name, commonly abbreviated as "Geoff". [#endnote_geoff] Geoffrey originated from an Old French form of a Germanic name. Although the name's second element is "frid", meaning "peace", the first element of the name is disputed. P..
Geoffrey, Archbishop of York
Geoffrey, Archbishop of York (c. 1152 – 12 December 1212) was an illegitimate son of Henry II, King of England. He was distinguished from his legitimate half-brothers by his consistent attachment and fidelity to his father. His mother was Ykenai, who Walter Map described as 'a base-born, comm..
Geoffrey, Count of Conversano
Geoffrey the Elder (died after 1085), a nephew of Robert Guiscard through one of his sisters, was the count of Conversano, Brindisi, and Nardò from 1068 to his death. According to Goffredo Malaterra, Geoffrey conquered most of his lands (castra) with his own energy (sua strenuitate) and without t..
Geoffrey, Count of Ragusa
Geoffrey or Godfrey was the second eldest son of Roger I of Sicily. He was probably a bastard, like his elder brother Jordan, but he may have been legitimate, either the son of Judith of Évreux or Eremburga of Mortain. Either way, he stood no chance of inheriting, for he had leprosy or some similar..
Geoffrey A. Landis
Geoffrey A. Landis emerged in the late 1980s as one of the foremost scientist-writers in the science fiction genre. Landis holds undergraduate degrees in physics and electrical engineering from MIT and a Ph.D. in solid-state physics from Brown University. He works for the NASA John Glenn Research ..
Geoffrey Allen
Sir Geoffrey Allen is a top British chemist who has also served as a Vice-President of the Royal Society.He is primarily known for his work on chemistry of polymers ..
Geoffrey Allison
Geoffrey Allison is a minor, sympathetic character in James Clavell's novel Noble House. Allison is the highly competent Governor of Hong Kong. A seasoned diplomat, he is very polite and sociable, but at the same time very alert and shrewd. He has a hands-off style of leadership, and uses his aut..
Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy
The Reverend Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy, MC (June 27, 1883 - March 8 1929), was an Anglican priest and poet. He was nicknamed 'Woodbine Willy' during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes along with spiritual aid to injured and dying soldiers. Born in Leeds in 1883, Kennedy was the sev..
Geoffrey Arbuthnot
Sir Geoffrey Schomberg Arbuthnot KCB, DSO, Legion of Honour (18 January, 1885, Havant, Hampshire - 4 October, 1957) was a British Vice Admiral. Arbuthnot, the son of Admiral Charles Ramsay Arbuthnot, was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1919 and went on to serve the Royal Navy in a ..
Geoffrey Ashe
Geoffrey Ashe is a writer of non-fiction books. Many of these books are centered on factual analysis of the Arthurian Legend, and the archaeological past of King Arthur. ..
Geoffrey B. Cain
Writer, artist, and educator Geoffrey B. Cain (born Mar. 26, 1961) is the author of numerous poems and short stories. He is also the author of the novel, The Wards of St. Dymphna. His work is known for its surrealist leanings (e.g. the one-act play Ten to Nine), and among his influences are counted ..
Geoffrey Baker
Field Marshal Sir Geoffrey Harding Baker, GCB , CMG , CBE , MC was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1968 and 1971. |-style="text-align: center; background: #C3B091;" |align="center" colspan="3"|Military Offices |- style="text-align: center;" |- st..
Geoffrey Ballard
Photo of Dr. Geoffery Ballard Geoffrey Ballard, CM, OBC (born 1932) is a Canadian businessman and the founder of Ballard Power Systems, where he served as chairman until 1997. Born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, he is acknowledged worldwide as the father of the fuel cell industry. He has numerou..
Geoffrey Barraclough
Geoffrey Barraclough (1908-1984) was a British historian, known as a medievalist and historian of Germany. He was Chichele Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford, 1970–73. Other positions were Professor of Medieval History, University of Liverpool, 1945–1956, Stevenson Research Prof..
Geoffrey Bawa
Geoffrey Bawa is considered Sri Lanka's most prolific architect. His work has had tremendous impact upon architecture throughout Asia and is acclaimed by connoisseurs of architecture worldwide. Contents 1 Architectural Style and Notable Projects2 Biographical Information3 Architec..
Geoffrey Bayldon
Geoffrey Bayldon Geoffrey Bayldon (born January 7, 1924 in Leeds, Yorkshire) is a British actor. After playing roles in dramas of Shakespeare, he became famous with the role of Catweazle in the early 1970s, after turning down the opportunity to follow William Hartnell by becoming the second Dr..
Geoffrey Beane
Geoffrey Beene (born 1927, died 2004) was a noted fashion designer for 40 years, successfully creating a brand under his name that is still strong today. ..
Geoffrey Beene
Geoffrey Beene (August 30 1927 – September 28 2004) was an American fashion designer. Beene was born in Haynesville, Louisiana. He studied medicine at Tulane University, but dropped out in 1946, after three years. He moved to New York in 1947 to attend the Traphagen School of Fashion. He then wo..
Geoffrey Beevers
Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor who has appeared in many different television roles. He has appeared in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who a couple of times, the most notable playing the Master in the serial The Keeper of Traken. He has also appeared in some of the Big Finish Production..
Geoffrey Bell
Geoffrey L Bell, born 1939, is an economist, banker, and Executive Secretary of the Washington based Group of Thirty economic and financial body. Born in Grimsby, he was educated at the London School of Economics, before working at Her Majesty's Treasury, and later returning to the LSE to lecture o..
Geoffrey Bennington
Geoffrey Bennington is Asa Griggs Candler Professor of French and Professor of Comparative Literature, Emory University, as well as a member of the International College of Philosophy. He is a literary critic and philosopher, best known as an expert on deconstruction and the works of Jacques Derrid..
Geoffrey Bilson Award
The Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young Readers is a Canadian literary award that goes to the best work of historical fiction written for youth each year. The award is named after Geoffrey Bilson, a writer of historical fiction for youth and a history professor at the University ..
Geoffrey Bingham
Reverend Geoffrey C. Bingham (AM) MM, (6 January 1919- , born Goulburn, New South Wales) is an Australian author and Minister in the Anglican Church of Australia. He was awarded the Military Medal for service in Singapore before its fall in World War 2, after which he was a prisoner of war at Cha..
Geoffrey Blainey
Professor Geoffrey Blainey AO (born 11 March 1930), is one of Australia's most significant, and yet still popular, historians who is best known for a controversy over immigration policy. Blainey was raised in a series of Victorian country towns before attending Wesley College and the University of ..
Geoffrey Bolton
Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton, OA is an Australian historian born on 5th November 1931 in Claremont, Perth, Western Australia. He has been publishing works on Australian history since 1952, and has authored 13 books, most recently Edmund Barton: The One Man for the Job (a biography of Australia's first ..
Geoffrey Borg
Geoffrey Borg (b. 1963 in Malta) is Vice President of FIDE, the World Chess Federation. He is also President of the Malta Chess Federation and General Secretary of the Mediterranean Chess Association (MCA) and Small Nations Chess Association (SNACA). He was a candidate for Treasurer of FIDE, the Wor..
Geoffrey Bourne
Geoffrey Howard Bourne (November 17, 1909-July 19, 1988) was Australian-born American anatomist whose studies of the mammalian adrenal gland made him a pioneer in the histochemistry. ..
Geoffrey Boycott
Geoffrey BoycottEngland (ENG) Batting style Right-handed batsman (RHB) Bowling type Right arm medium Tests ODIs Matches 108 36 '''Runs scored 8114 1082 Batting average 47.72 36.06 100s/50s 22/42 1/9 Top score 246* 105 ..
Geoffrey Brennan
Geoffrey Brennan is currently a professor of Philosophy at both the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University in the Department of Philosophy. A visitor in the Department in the Fall of 2003, he will be returning on a regular basis for a semester a year for (at least) five year..
Geoffrey Burbidge
Geoffrey Ronald Burbidge (born September 24 1925) is a British-American physics professor in the University of California, San Diego. He is the husband of Margaret Burbidge. In 1957 he and his wife were co-authors, together with Fred Hoyle, the British astronomer, and William Fowler, the American ..
Geoffrey Burgon
Geoffrey Burgon (born 15 July, 1941) is a British composer notable for his television and film themes. Contents 1 Life1.1 Career highlights2 Works3 Selected recordings4 External links Life Burgon was born in Hampshire in 1941, and taught himself the trumpet in order t..
Geoffrey Burridge
Geoffrey Burridge (born 1949-died 1987) is a British actor noted for his performances on television. He appeared as Mark Proctor in early episodes of Emmerdale Farm and is also remembered for his guest appearance in Blake's 7 (as Dorian in the episode "Rescue"). He died of an AIDS-related illness ..
Geoffrey C. Grabowski
Geoffrey C. Grabowski is a roleplaying game writer and editor, and a teacher born in 1973. He was the line developer and a major author of the Exalted RPG from White Wolf Game Studio. He has also contributed to White Wolf's [[Hunter: The Reckoning]], Kindred of the East, [[Vampire: The Masquerade]],..
Geoffrey Charles Lawrence
Geoffrey Charles Lawrence (b. 1915-d. 1994) was acting Chief Minister of Zanzibar from 23 February 1961 to 5 June 1961. ..
Geoffrey Charles Tasker Keyes
Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Charles Tasker Keyes, VC, MC, CdeG SCOTS GREYS, (18 May 1917 - 18 November 1941) was awarded the Victoria Cross during the Second World War. Contents 1 Family2 Previous Actions3 Award of Victoria Cross4 Further information5 References6 See..
Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – October 25, 1400) was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat (courtier), and diplomat. He is often referred to as the Father of English Literature. Although he wrote many works he is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Ta..
Geoffrey Chevalier Cheshire
Professor Geoffrey Chevalier Cheshire, DCL, LLD, FBA (27 June 1886–27 October 1978) was an English barrister, scholar and influential writer on law. He is also known as the father of Leonard Cheshire, VC, the English war hero and founder of the Cheshire Homes charity. Contents 1 Biogra..
Geoffrey Chew
Geoffrey Chew (born 1924) is an American theoretical physicist. He was a student of Enrico Fermi, and his students include David Gross and John Schwarz. He was known as a leader of the S matrix approach to the strong interaction and the associated bootstrap principle, a theory whose popularity pe..
Geoffrey Chubb
Geoff ChubbSouth Africa (RSA) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm medium-fast Tests First-class Matches 5 49 '''Runs scored 63 835 Batting average 10.50 18.15 100s/50s -/- -/5 Top score 15* 71* Balls bowled 1425 9423 Wickets 21..
Geoffrey Claeys
Geoffrey Claeys (born October 5, 1974 in Brugge, Belgium) is a football player for Melbourne Victory Football Club. He wears the number 5 shirt, and is a central Defender. Claeys is a former Belgian international and was capped 10 times. He began his careers at Belgian club Cercle Brugge where so..
Geoffrey Claremont Parsons
Geoffrey Claremont Parsons was a lyricist. He worked at the Peter Maurice Music Company run by James Phillips, who wrote under the pseudonym John Turner. The company specialized in adapting songs originally in foreign languages into the English language. Phillips would usually assign a song to Pars..
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Geoffrey Robert Clifton-Brown (born March 23, 1953) British politician and farmer. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Cotswold. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown was born in Cambridge and was educated at Tormore School, in Upper Deal, Kent and Eton College before attending the Royal Agricultural ..
Geoffrey Connard
The Honourable Geoffrey Connard MLC (Geoff Connard) is a former Member for Higinbotham Province in the Parliament of Victoria. He played a crucial role in a number of health reforms during the Kennett Government and has continued to work in the health sector following his retirement from parliament..
Geoffrey Cornewall
Geoffrey Cornewall was a British archer. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Cornewall entered the men's double York round event in 1908, taking 15th place with 430 points. References ..
Geoffrey Corrigan
Geoffrey Corrigan was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He was elected in 2003, in a close run election after the retirement of Elizabeth Kernohan. Former Mayor of Camden, Eva Campbell, stood against him as an independent. Geoffery is also a ..
Geoffrey Cowan
Geoffrey Cowan is former director of the Voice of America and current Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. External link [USC Center on Public Diplomacy Profile] ..
Geoffrey Cox
(Charles) Geoffrey Cox, QC (born April 30, 1960) is a British Conservative politician and barrister. He is the Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon. Geoffrey Cox was educated at King's College, Taunton and Downing College, Cambridge. In 1982 he became a barrister, and in 1992 founded Th..
Geoffrey Cox (Australian politician)
Geoffrey Cox was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ..
Geoffrey Crawford
Geoffrey Crawford was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ..
Geoffrey Cushing-Murray
Geoffrey Cushing-Murray is a songwriter born 1946 in New York. He served as decorated Army officer in Vietnam and studied English at UCLA,where he was a member of the varsity fencing team. He has songs such as "Hot Night In A Cold Town" which has been covered by John Mellencamp and Steppenwolf. He ..
Geoffrey D. Falk
Geoffrey D. Falk is an author, critic, music composer, and electrical engineer. He studied Electrical Engineering and Physics at the University of Manitoba, and did research into the design of computer microchips under the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. He is author ..
Geoffrey Dabelko
Geoffrey Dabelko is director of the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP), a nonpartisan policy forum on environment, population, and security issues at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. During his time there, he has helped facilitate diaogue among ..
Geoffrey Davies
For the Australian judge who led an inquiry into Bundaberg Base Hospital, see Davies Commission. Geoffrey Davies (born December 15 1942 at Yorkshire, England), is a British actor who studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He is probably best known for his role as "Dr. Dick Stuart-Clark" in ..
Geoffrey Davion
Geoffrey Davion was a successful British television and Shakespearean stage actor, notably starring alongside Hollywood actor Alun Armstrong in the popular series The Stars Look Down. He also acted in the cult classic film Clockwise. His niece is British actress Rebecca Davison ..
Geoffrey Da Silva
Geoffrey Da Silva is a politician and administrator in Guyana. He was the Guyanese Minister of Trade, Tourism and Industry from 1999 to 2001, and now serves as head of Guyana Investment (Go-Invest). Da Silva has a degree from York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada."Metro area voters to decide..
Geoffrey Dearmer
Geoffrey Dearmer (March 21, 1893 - 18 August, 1996) was a British poet. He was the son of Anglican liturgist and hymnologist Percy Dearmer. During World War I, Dearmer fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. Most of his poems dealt with the over all brutality of war and violence, to which he ..
Geoffrey Dearmer award
Geoffrey Dearmer Award was established in 1997 by the estate of Geoffrey Dearmer to award an annual prize to the Poetry Review "new poet of the year" who has not yet published a book. This award is administered by the Poetry Society UK. Awards 1998 Paul Farley1999 Sarah Wardle2000 Anna Wigley2001 ..
Geoffrey Deuel
Geoffrey Jacob Deuel is an American actor born 17 January, 1943. Deuel is best-known for playing Billy the Kid in the movie Chisum (1970). He has been in several movie and television productions through the years including The Mod Squad, Ironside, and The Name of the Game. He was the brother of Pe..
Geoffrey de Bellaigue
Sir Geoffrey de Bellaigue (b. 12 March 1931) GCVO MA FBA FSA, was Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art from 1972 to 1996. His was the first full-time appointment to the office, and he did much to professionalise the Royal Collection department after being made the Director of the Royal Collection in..
Geoffrey de Clinton
Geoffrey de Clinton was a Norman noble, prominent in the reign of King Henry II of England. ..
Geoffrey de Freitas
Sir Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas (7 April, 1913 - 10 August, 1982) was a British politician and diplomat. For many years a Labour Member of Parliament, he also served as British High Commissioner in Accra, and later as President of the Council of Europe. Contents 1 Family and early career2&nb..
Geoffrey de Havilland
Geoffrey de Havilland (left) with Frederick Handley Page. Sir Geoffrey Raoul de Havilland (b. 27 July, 1882, Buckinghamshire - d. 21 May, 1965) was one of England's aviation pioneers. After engineering school, his first interest was in automotive engineering, building cars and motorcycles. H..
Geoffrey de Mandeville
Geoffrey de Mandeville is the name of several important medieval English barons. Geoffrey de Mandeville, (d. c. 1100) was one of the great magnates of the reign of William the Conqueror.Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex (d. 1144) was famous (or infamous) for changing sides several times duri..
Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex
Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex (d. 1144) was one of the prominent players during the Anarchy of the reign of King Stephen of England. His biographer, the 19th-century historian J. H. Round, called him "the most perfect and typical presentment of the feudal and anarchic spirit that stamps ..
Geoffrey de Mandeville (11th century)
Geoffrey de Mandeville (d. c. 1100) Constable of the Tower of London. Important Domesday tenant-in-chief, was one of the great magnates of the reign of William the Conqueror. William granted him large estates, primarily in Essex, but in 10 other shires as well. He served as sheriff in London and Mid..
Geoffrey de Montbray
Geoffrey de Montbray (d. 1093), bishop of Coutances (Constantiensis), a right-hand man of William the Conqueror, was a type of the great feudal prelate, warrior and administrator at need. Orderic says he knew more about marshalling mailed knights than edifying psalm-singing clerks. Obtaining as a y..
Geoffrey de Runcey
Geoffrey de Runcey (134? – 1384) was the writer of a valuable medieval chronicle of East Anglia. Contents 1 Life2 Background3 The Chronicle4 External links Life Little is known about his ancestry, but his name suggests that he originated from the town of North Runcton in N..
Geoffrey de St. Omer
Geoffrey de St Omer (also known as Gaufred, Godefroi, or Godfrey de St Omer, Saint Omer, or Saint-Omer) was a Flemish knight, one of the founding members of the Knights Templar in 1118. He is said to have also come from the family of the Lords of Saint-Omer (in today's northern France): William I, L..
Geoffrey Dickens
Geoffrey Kenneth Dickens (26 August 1931 - 17 May 1995) was a British Conservative politician. He was MP for Huddersfield West from 1979 until the seat was abolished in 1983. He was then elected for Littleborough and Saddleworth and held the seat until his death in 1995. References "Times Guide t..
Geoffrey Dodsworth
Geoffrey Hugh Dodsworth (born 7 June 1928) was Conservative Party (UK) Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire South West from 1974 to 1983, preceding Richard Page. Sources: Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979. This page incorporates information from [Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page] ..
Geoffrey Douglas Madge
Geoffrey Douglas Madge (born 3 October, 1941) is an Australian classical pianist. Madge is a virtuoso who delights in performing long and arduous works. He has recorded Sorabji's Opus Clavicembalisticum, one of the longest and most difficult works ever written for the piano. He gave the work its ..
Geoffrey Drummond
Geoffrey Heneage Drummond was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 32 years old, and a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the First..
Geoffrey Dummer
Geoffrey W.A. Dummer, MBE (1909 – February, 2002) is credited as being the first person to conceptualise the integrated circuit, commonly called the microchip, in the late-1940s and early 1950s. Dummer was also a pioneer of reliability engineering at the Telecommunications Research Establishme..
Geoffrey Durham
Geoffrey Durham (born 22 July 1949) is a comedy magician who was known for many years as The Great Soprendo. Durham was born in East Molesey, Surrey. He presented a magic act as an outrageous Spanish magician for at least 15 years before performing as himself. His catchphrase was "Piff Paff Poof!"...
Geoffrey Dyer
Geoffrey Dyer, Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 2003 with a portrait of Richard Flanagan. The painting of Richard Flanagan has an orange background with a figure with arms on his hips and almost silhouetted in dark colours of browns and blacks. ..
Geoffrey E. Hinton
Geoffrey E. Hinton is an English computer scientist, known for his work on neural networks. He was one of the inventors of the Backpropagation algorithm for training multi-layer neural networks. Hinton was the first recipient of the Rumelhart Prize and the 2005 recipient of the IJCAI Award for Res..
Geoffrey Eastop
Geoffrey Eastop (born 1921) is a British potter . Eastop was born in London, where he studied at Goldsmiths' College. He also studied at the Academie Ranson, Paris. Geoffrey Eastop has been a potter throughout his life and collaborated with the artist John Piper. His work has been exhibited at the..
Geoffrey Edelsten
Geoffrey Edelsten was an entrepreneurial medical practitioner based in Sydney, Australia. He accumulated significant wealth in the late 1980s as the owner and operator of a chain of medical centres. Dr Edelsten's medical centres were notable for their opulent furnishings, featuring gold-metallic..
Geoffrey Edge
Geoffrey Edge (born 26 May 1943) was British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Aldridge-Brownhills from 1974 to 1979, when he lost the seat to the Conservative Richard Shepherd. To this day, Labour have not managed to regain Aldridge-Brownhills, even at the 1997 general election landslide - ind..
Geoffrey F. Brown
Geoff is widely considered to be the only pro-consumer [link] Commissioner of the CPUC. Official Bio Geoffrey F. Brown Born May 20 1943 in San Francisco. Mr. Brown attended schools both in San Francisco and Marin Counties. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley 1964 an..
Geoffrey Faber
Sir Geoffrey Cust Faber (1889-1961) was a British academic, publisher and poet. He was educated at Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford. He joined Oxford University Press in 1913. A Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, he was the founding editor of Faber and Gwyer, shortly afterwards Faber and Fa..
Geoffrey Fenton
Sir Geoffrey Fenton (c. 1539–19 October 1608) was an English writer and politician, the son of Henry Fenton of Nottinghamshire, and brother of Edward Fenton the navigator. Geoffrey is said to have visited Spain and Italy in his youth; possibly he went to Paris in Sir Thomas Hohy's train in 1..
Geoffrey Fieger
Geoffrey Fieger Geoffrey Fieger is an American attorney. Based out of Southfield, Michigan, he represented Dr. Jack Kevorkian in his doctor-assisted suicide trial, and later ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic nominee for governor of Michigan in 1998. He has announced his candidacy for the ..
Geoffrey Finsberg
Sir Geoffrey Finsberg, Baron Finsberg, MBE, JP (13 June 1926—8 October 1996) was a British Conservative politician. Finsberg was educated at the City of London School and was a 'Bevin Boy' 1945-47. From a young age he was active in the Conservative Party and was founder chairman of Mansfield ..
Geoffrey Fisher
Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Baron Fisher of Lambeth GCVO (May 5, 1887 – September 15, 1972) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1945 to 1961. Geoffrey Fisher had a successful career in the Church of England, culminating in a relatively long tenure of position of Archbishop of Canterbury, but has s..
Geoffrey Fisken
Geoffrey Bryson Fisken born February 17, 1916, was New Zealand and the British Commonwealth’s leading air ace in the Pacific theatres of World War II. Contents 1 Early Life2 Singapore and Malaya3 ..
Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex
Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex, (Piers de Lutegareshale), (b. ca. 1162), d. 1213), was a prominent member of the government of England during the reigns of Richard I and John. The patronymic is sometimes rendered Fitz Piers. He was from a modest landowning family that had a tradition of se..
Geoffrey Fletcher
From the years of 1996-2003, Geoffrey Fletcher was employed in several menial jobs at the Hockey Hall of Fame. Beginning as a glorified custodian (which was so eloquently titled Building Services), he eventually persuaded the hapless management team to hire him as a PC and IT support technician. A..
Geoffrey Freer Stakes
The Geoffrey Freer Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1 mile 5 furlongs and 61 yards (2,671 metres) at Newbury Racecourse in August. It was first run in 1949 as the Oxfordshire Stakes and was re-named in 1969 i..
Geoffrey Gaimar
Geoffrey Gaimar (flourished 1140?), was an Anglo-Norman chronicler. Gaimar's most significant contribution to medieval literature and history is as a translator from Old English to Anglo-Norman. His L'Estoire des Engles translates extensive portions of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as well as using Lat..
Geoffrey Giuliano
Geoffrey Giuliano (born September 11, 1953 in Rochester, New York) is a American writer and actor. Raised in Albion and Olcott Beach, New York, Giuliano was the youngest of five children. He and his mother, Myrna Oneita Juliano, moved to Tampa, Florida at the age of twelve where he first became int..
Geoffrey Green
Geoffrey Green (May 12, 1911 - May 9, 1990) was the first and foremost English football writer. Geoffrey Green started writing for the The Times in 1930's when football was not regarded as a mainstream sport. He is considered to be the godfather of football reporting and the worlds first anointed ..
Geoffrey Griffin (cricketer)
Geoff GriffinSouth Africa (RSA) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm fast Tests First-class Matches 2 42 '''Runs scored 25 895 Batting average 6.25 17.89 100s/50s -/- -/5 Top score 14 73 Balls bowled 432 - Wickets 8 108 Bowl..
Geoffrey Grigson
Geoffrey Grigson (2 March 1905 – 25 November 1985) was a Cornish writer. He first came to prominence in the 1930s as a poet, then as editor from 1933 of New Verse. Fiercely combative, he made many literary enemies. Later in life he was a noted critic, reviewer (for the New York Review of Books..
Geoffrey Harold Woolley
(Gallaher Cigarette Cards) Geoffrey Harold Woolley (VC, OBE, MC) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 22 years old, and a Second Lieutenant ..
Geoffrey Hartman
Geoffrey H. Hartman (b. 1929) is a German born American literary theorist, sometimes identified with the Yale School of deconstruction, but also characterized as something of an individualist and maverick. He was born in Germany, in an Ashkenazi Jewish family. He came to the United States in 1946, a..
Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith
Geoffrey Francis Hattersley-Smith D.Phil, FRSC (1923-) is an English born geologist and glaciologist. He attended Winchester College in Hampshire and graduated from New College, Oxford. From 1948-1950 he was the base leader for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (now the British Antarctic Sur..
Geoffrey Hayes
Geoffrey Hayes (born: 13 March, 1942 in Cheshire, England) is an English television presenter and actor, best known as the host of Thames Television's top-rated children's show Rainbow from 1973 to 1992. Before that, he had much other work, including a recurring role in BBC1's police drama Z Cars. ..
Geoffrey Hendricks
Geoffrey Hendricks is an American artist born in Littletown, New Hampshire in 1931. He currently resides in New York City where he is the curator of the Silverman Collection of Fluxus art. Hendricks is a professor emeritus at Rutgers University where he was closely associated with Allan Kaprow, Ro..
Geoffrey Hill
Geoffrey Hill (born June 18, 1932) is a British poet, Professor of English Literature and Religion, and co-director of the [Editorial Institute] at Boston University, Massachusetts, USA. Contents 1 Biography2 Writing3 Bibliography3.1 Poetry3.2 Essays4 Exter..
Geoffrey Hinsliff
Geoffrey Hinsliff (born 1937 in Leeds, England) is a British actor best known for his portrayal of 'Don Brennan' in Coronation Street from 16 August 1987 to 8 October 1997. He had previously played other characters in the same programme, in 1963 and 1977. He originally trained at RADA, before makin..
Geoffrey Hinton
Geoffrey Hinton is a British born computer scientist most noted for his work on the mathematics and applications of neural networks, and their relationship to information theory. A simple introduction to Geoffrey Hinton's research can be found in his articles in Scientific American in September 199..
Geoffrey Hodgson
Geoffrey M. Hodgson (born 28 July 1946) is a Research Professor of Business Studies in the University of Hertfordshire, and also the head of the Centre for Research in Institutional Economics. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Institutional Economics. Prof. Hodgson is recognized as one of..
Geoffrey Holder
Geoffrey Holder as Baron Samedi in Live and Let Die. Geoffrey Holder (born August 1, 1930 in Port of Spain), is an American (Trinidad-born) character actor, choreographer, dancer, designer, singer and voice-over artist. Holder is known for his unconventional looks (he is 6'6" tall and bald wi..
Geoffrey Horrocks
Geoffrey Horrocks is a mathematician whose work on vector bundles has been important for the ADHM construction. See also Horrocks-Mumford bundle References Construction of Instantons, Michael Atiyah, Vladimir G. Drinfel'd, Nigel. J. Hitchin, Yuri I. Manin ..
Geoffrey Hosking
Geoffrey A. Hosking (born 1942, Scotland) is a historian of Russia and the Soviet Union. He became professor of Russian history at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies - now part of University College, London - in 1984. Hosking studied Russian at Cambridge University and European histor..
Geoffrey Household
Geoffrey Edward West Household (November 30, 1900 — October 4, 1988) was a prolific British novelist who specialized in thrillers. He is best known for his 1939 novel Rogue Male. Born in Bristol, Household was educated at Clifton College and at Magdalen College, Oxford, from which he received..
Geoffrey Howard
Cecil Geoffrey Howard (14 February 1909 - 8 November 2002) was an English cricketer and cricket administrator. Geoffrey Howard was born in Hampstead Garden Suburb, a grandson of Sir Ebenezer Howard, a founder of the Garden City Movement who taught him a respect for people and a love for cricket. A..
Geoffrey Howe
redirect [[Template:Infobox President]]Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, PC, QC (born 20 December 1926), usually known until 1992 as Sir Geoffrey Howe, is a senior British Conservative politician. He was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holdi..
Geoffrey Hughes
Geoffrey Hughes as his character Onslow in Keeping Up Appearances. Geoffrey Hughes (born February 2, 1944 in Wallasey, Cheshire, England) is an English actor, best known to UK TV viewers of a certain age, for his portrayal of Eddie Yeats, Hilda Ogden's scallywag lodger in Granada Television's..
Geoffrey Hulett
Geoffrey Hulett is the Labour Party District Councillor for the Catshill Ward of Bromsgrove. ..
Geoffrey Humphries
Geoffrey Humphries - Artist (born Amersham, England) 1945. Humphries attended: the High Wycombe School of Art,the London College of Printing, andthe Chelsea School of Art. In 1963 he visited Italy for the first time, and took his degree from the [Accademia di Belle Arti] in Venice, where..
Geoffrey Hutchings
Geoffrey Hutchings (born 1939 in Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom) is a British actor from stage, movies and television. He studied French and Physical Education at Birmingham University before he became a member of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1968. A..
Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany
Geoffrey I of Rennes (980 – November 20 1008) was duke of Brittany, from 992 to his death. He was son of Duke Conan I and Ermengarde of Anjou. He married Havise of Normandy and had at least two sons: Alan III his successor, and Eudes, Count of Penthievre. See also: Dukes of Brittany family tr..
Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany
House of Plantagenet Henry II Children    William, Count of Poitiers Henry, Count of Anjou Richard I Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany John Matilda, Duchess of Saxony Leonora, Queen of Castile Joan, Queen of Sicily Richard I John Children Henry III Richard, Earl ..
Geoffrey III of Anjou
Geoffrey III of Anjou, called le Barbu ("the Bearded"), count of Anjou was the eldest son of Ermenegarde, the daughter of Fulk III of Anjou, and of the count of Gâtinais. He succeeded his uncle Geoffrey II in 1060, but his power was limited by attacks from his own brother Fulk IV. A serious confron..
Geoffrey II of Anjou
Geoffrey II of Anjou, called Martel ("the Hammer"), was Count of Anjou from 1040 to 1060. He was the son of Fulk the Black. He was bellicose and fought against the Duke of Aquitaine, the Count of Blois, and the Duke of Normandy. During his twenty-year reign he especially had to face the ambitions of..
Geoffrey II of Vendôme
Geoffrey II, surnamed Jordan, was the lord of Preuilly from 1067 (as Geoffrey III) and count of Vendôme from 1085, the son of Geoffrey II of Preuilly and Almodis of Blois. When his brother-in-law Bouchard III died, he inherited Vendôme. He took part in the war between the brothers, the counts of..
Geoffrey II of Villehardouin
Geoffrey II Villehardouin was a Prince of Achaea, the first son of Geoffrey I Villehardouin (1218-1245). He was recognized by the Latin emperor of Constantinople Peter of Courtenay. In 1217 he married the daughter of Peter of Courtenay and Yolanda of Flanders, Agnes de Courtenay. Following his fath..
Geoffrey Ingram Taylor
Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor (7 March 1886 - 27 June 1975) was a physicist, mathematician and expert on fluid dynamics and wave theory. He has been described as "one of the greatest physical scientists of the 20th century". Born in St. John's Wood, London, his father was an artist, and his mother, Ma..
Geoffrey Inkin
Sir Geoffrey David Inkin, OBE is a member of the Judicial Appointments Commission. Inkin is a former commander of the Royal Welch Fusiliers. He was Chairman of the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation from 1987 until 2000. He was Chairman of the Land Authority of Wales between 1987 and 1998 and a f..
Geoffrey Irwin
Geoffrey Irwin was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ..
Geoffrey IV of Anjou
Geoffrey IV of Anjou, called Martel ("the Hammer"), was count of Anjou with his father Fulk IV from 1098 to 1106. He revolted against the policies of his father and was assassinated in 1106, possibly at the instigation of his father. ..
Geoffrey I of Anjou
Geoffrey I of Anjou (d. July 21, 987), known as Grisegonelle ("Greymantle"), was count of Anjou from 958 to 987. He succeeded his father Fulk II. He allied with the County of Nantes against the County of Rennes, and allied with Hugh Capet, fearing an invasion by the Count of Blois. He was one of the..
Geoffrey I of Villehardouin
Geoffrey I Villehardouin (Geoffroi) was nephew to Geoffrey of Villehardouin, and a knight and crusader who went to Palestine and later came to help William of Champlitte to conquer Morea and became Prince of Achaea after William's death. Geoffrey came from Champagne, France, like his uncle Geoffrey..
Geoffrey Jellicoe
Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe (1900-1996) was an English landscape architect, garden designer and author. Jellicoe was born in Chelsea. He went to study at the Architectural Association in London in 1919 and won a Rome scholarship in 1923 which enabled him to write his first book on Italian Gardens of the..
Geoffrey Jenkins
Geoffrey Jenkins (1920-2001) was a South African novelist born in Port Elizabeth where he wrote his first novel by the age of seventeen. Jenkins first published novel, A Twist of Sand, was released in 1959 and became a motion picture in 1968 starring Richard Johnson and Honor Blackman. Ian Flemin..
Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith (born April 16, 1924) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. For over twenty years he was Chairman of the Churchill Chapter of the Primrose League. He served as Member of Parliament for East Grinstead from 1965 to 1983 and Wealden from 1983 to 2001. He serve..
Geoffrey John Kirkby
Captain GJ Kirkby, HMS Diana, 1961 Geoffrey Kirkby, Royal Navy, (August 26, 1918 - October 24, 1998). He had an action packed Second World War, spent mainly at sea in small ships. He was one of the Royal Navy's most decorated officers. Contents 0.0.1 First DSC (June 1940)0.0.2 Sec..
Geoffrey Keating
Seathrún Céitinn, known in English as Geoffrey Keating, was a 17th century Irish clergyman, poet and historian. He was born in Burgess, Ballylooby, just outside Cahir in County Tipperary in ca. 1569, and died ca. 1644. He is buried in Tubrid Graveyard in the parish of Ballylooby-Duhill. His major..
Geoffrey Keen
Geoffrey Keen (21 August 1916 – 3 November 2005) was a British actor who appeared in supporting roles in many famous films. Keen was born in Wallingford, Surrey, England, the son of the actor Malcolm Keen. He was educated at Bristol Grammar School. He then joined the Little Repertory Theatre ..