Frith (surname)
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Frith is a surname
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Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
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- Benjamin FrithBenjamin FrithBenjamin Frith is a British classical pianist. He studied under Fanny Waterman and won several awards early in his career, including the Gold Medal at the 1989 Arthur Rubinstein Piano Competition in Israel...
, a British pianist - Billy FrithBilly FrithWilliam "Billy" Frith was an English football player and manager.Starting his career with Worksop Town, Mansfield Town, and Chesterfield; he won a move to Coventry City in 1932...
, English football club manager - Clifford Brodie FrithClifford Brodie FrithDr Clifford Brodie Frith is an English-born Australian citizen and ornithologist.-Life:He is a self-employed private, independent, zoological researcher, consultant, natural history author, photographer and publisher....
, Australian ornithologist - Chris FrithChris FrithChristopher Donald Frith is professor emeritus at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London and a Niels Bohr Visiting Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark...
, British psychologist - David FrithDavid FrithDavid Edward John Frith is a leading cricket writer and historian. Cricinfo describes him as "an author, historian, and founding editor of Wisden Cricket Monthly".-Life and career:...
, British cricket writer - Dawn Whyatt FrithDawn Whyatt FrithDr Dawn W. Frith is an English born Australian citizen and ornithologist. She is now a self-employed private, independent, zoological researcher, consultant, natural history author, and publisher....
, Australian ornithologist - Doug FrithDoug FrithDouglas Cockburn Frith, PC was a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Sudbury in the Canadian House of Commons from 1980 to 1988 as a member of the Liberal Party...
, Canadian politician - Francis FrithFrancis FrithFrancis Frith was an English photographer of the Middle East and many towns in the United Kingdom....
, British photographer - Fred FrithFred FrithFred Frith is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer and improvisor.Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock group Henry Cow. Frith was also a member of Art Bears, Massacre and Skeleton Crew...
, British musician - Freddie FrithFreddie FrithFrederick Lee "Freddie" Frith OBE was a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion. A former stonemason and motor-trader dealer was a stylish rider and five times winner of the Isle of Man TT...
, British Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion - Harold James FrithHarold James FrithHarold James Frith AO was an Australian administrator and ornithologist. He was born at Kyogle, New South Wales and studied Agricultural Science at Sydney University. He first joined the CSIRO Division of Plant Industry but later transferred to the Division of Wildlife and carried out extensive...
, Australian ornithologist - Heather Frith, Bermudian singer-songwriter and poet Heather NovaHeather NovaHeather Nova, is a Bermudian singer-songwriter and poet. She has released eight full-length albums and has found lasting success in Germany where two of her albums South and Storm have made their way into the Top-5 of German official album chart.-Biography:Heather Nova was born in Bermuda...
- John FrithJohn FrithJohn Frith was an English Protestant priest, writer, and martyr.Frith was an important contributor to the Christian debate on persecution and toleration in favour of the principle of religious toleration...
, English Protestant martyr - Mark FrithMark FrithMark Frith is employed as a British journalist and editor of London listings magazine Time Out from 24 July 2009 until 8 July 2011, when he was succeeded as editor by Tim Arthur. He is a former editor of celebrity gossip magazine Heat.His career was launched by pop music based magazine, Smash Hits...
, British journalist - Mary FrithMary FrithMary Frith or Moll Cutpurse was a notorious pickpocket and fence of the English underworld.-Meaning of Nicknames:...
, English pickpocket - Royce FrithRoyce FrithRoyce Herbert Frith, CM, QC was a Canadian diplomat, public servant and politician.He received a BA from the University of Toronto, an LL.B from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Dipl. d’études supérieures from the University of Ottawa. He was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1949...
(1923–2005), Canadian diplomat and politician - Simon FrithSimon FrithSimon Frith is a British sociologist, and former rock critic, who specializes in popular music culture. He is currently Tovey Chair of Music at University of Edinburgh.-Background:...
, British musicologist - Uta FrithUta FrithUta Frith FRS FBA is a leading developmental psychologist working at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London. She has pioneered much of the current research in autism and dyslexia, and has written several books on these issues. Her book 'Autism: Explaining the Enigma'...
, British developmental psychologist - William Powell FrithWilliam Powell FrithWilliam Powell Frith , was an English painter specialising in genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of life in the Victorian era. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1852...
, British artist - William Silver FrithWilliam Silver FrithWilliam Silver Frith was a British sculptor.Frith graduated from the Lambeth School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools, and became assistant to Jules Dalou. By 1880 Frith had succeeded Dalou as master at the newly formed South London Technical Art School...
, British sculptor - Marcus Frith, English businessman and entrepreneur
Freeth
- Denzil FreethDenzil FreethDenzil Kingston Freeth, MBE was a British Conservative politician.Born in the Paddington, London, Freeth was educated at Sherborne School and then served in the Royal Air Force. In 1946, he went up to Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was Member of Parliament for Basingstoke from 1955 until he stood...
- Sir Evelyn FreethEvelyn FreethSir Evelyn Freeth was an English civil servant who became an expert on death duties. In his youth he was a keen sportsman who played football against Scotland in the first representative match in March 1870....
(1846–1911), English footballer who became an expert on the law of Death Duties - George FreethGeorge FreethGeorge Freeth is often credited as being the "Father of Modern Surfing". He is also thought to have been the first modern surfer.- Biography :...
- Zahra FreethZahra FreethZahra Dickson Freeth is a British author, the daughter of H. R. P. Dickson and Dame Violet Dickson , who has written several books on the Middle East....
British author on Middle Eastern topics