Glanvill
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- Glanville, Calvados, a commune in the Basse-NormandieBasse-NormandieLower Normandy is an administrative region of France. It was created in 1956, when the Normandy region was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy...
region of France - The suburb of GlanvilleGlanville, South AustraliaGlanville is a north western suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield.- See also :* Glanville railway station...
in AdelaideAdelaideAdelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, South AustraliaSouth AustraliaSouth Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
People:
- Rainald Ralph de Glanville (born 1030), Norman baron
- Ranulf de Glanvill (died 1190), English justiciar
- Joseph GlanvillJoseph GlanvillJoseph Glanvill was an English writer, philosopher, and clergyman. Not himself a scientist, he has been called "the most skillful apologist of the virtuosi", or in other words the leading propagandist for the approach of the English natural philosophers of the later 17th century.-Life:He was...
(1636–1680), English writer - Eleanor GlanvilleEleanor GlanvilleLady Eleanor Glanville was a 17th century English entomologist from Tickenham in Somerset. She was particularly interested in butterflies. Lady Glanville collected large numbers of butterfly specimens, many of which survive as some of the earliest specimens kept in the Natural History Museum...
(c.1654–1709), English entomologist - Ernest GlanvilleErnest GlanvilleErnest Glanville was a South African author, known especially for his short stories which are widely read and taught in South Africa....
(1855–1925), South African author - James GlanvilleJames GlanvilleJames Edward Glanville was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected unopposed as Member of Parliament for Consett in County Durham at a by-election in November 1943 following the death of the Labour MP David Adams...
(1891–1958), British politician - Marc GlanvilleMarc GlanvilleMarc Glanville is an Australian former rugby league player. He played for the St. George Dragons, Newcastle Knights and the Leeds Rhinos as a Loose-Forward/Lock....
(born 1966), Australian rugby league footballer - Stephen GlanvilleStephen GlanvilleStephen Ranulph Kingdon Glanville, MBE was an English historian and egyptologist.-Biography:S R K Glanville was born in Westminster, London, the eldest son of Stephen James Glanville and Nannie Elizabeth . He was first cousin to Frank Kingdon-Ward the explorer and botanist and also related to...
(1900–1956), English Egyptologist - Christine GlanvilleChristine GlanvilleChristine Glanville was a British professional puppeteer and spent most of her working life on television programs produced by Gerry Anderson....
(1924–1999), English puppeteer - Brian GlanvilleBrian GlanvilleBrian Lester Glanville is a leading English football writer and novelist.-Biography:Glanville was educated at Charterhouse School, where he played football to a high standard...
(born 1931), English football writer and novelist - Jerry GlanvilleJerry GlanvilleJerry Glanville is a former American football player and current head coach of the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League, former NASCAR driver and owner, and sportscaster in the United States. He served the head coach of the Houston Oilers from 1986 to 1990 and the Atlanta Falcons from...
(born 1941), American football coach - Ranulph GlanvilleRanulph GlanvilleRanulph Glanville is a British freelance researcher and theoretician in both architecture and cybernetics.- Biography :Glanville studied architecture at the Architectural Association from 1964 to 1971...
(born 1946), English researcher - Phil de GlanvillePhil de GlanvillePhilip Ranulph de Glanville is a former English rugby union player who played at centre for Bath and England.-Rugby career:...
(born 1968), English rugby union player - Doug GlanvilleDoug GlanvilleDouglas Metunwa Glanville is a former American Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and the Texas Rangers....
(born 1970), American baseball player - Ann GlanvilleAnn GlanvilleAnn Glanville was a Cornishwoman who achieved national celebrity for gig rowing.-Early life:Born in Saltash in Cornwall as Ann Warren, she married John Glanville, a waterman...
(1796 - 1880), Cornish rowerRowing (sport)Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
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- Glanville FC (1969-present), Irish football club