Vosper

Vosper

Vosper may refer to:

*People
**Cyril Ronald Vosper, a British Scientologist and, later, critic of Scientology
**Dennis Forwood Vosper, Baron Runcorn, a British Conservative politician
**Tessa Ann Vosper Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone, a British Labour politician
**Frederick Charles Burleigh Vosper, an Australian politician and republican
**Sydney Curnow Vosper, a painter and artist

*Organisations
**Vosper & Co., a defunct British shipbuilder
**Vosper Thornycroft, a British shipbuilder, renamed VT Group in 2002
**VT Group, the current incarnation of the famous shipbuilding line


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  • Vosper & Company — Vosper Company, often referred to simply as Vospers, was a British shipbuilding company based in Portsmouth, England. It was established in 1871 by Herbert Edward Vosper, concentrating on ship repair and refitting work.By the turn of the century …   Wikipedia

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  • Frederick Vosper — Frederick Charles Burleigh Vosper (March 23 1869–January 6 1901) was an Australian newspaper journalist and proprietor, and politician. He was well known for his ardent views and support of Australian republicanism, federalism and trade unionism …   Wikipedia

  • Robert G. Vosper — Robert Gordon Vosper (June 21, 1913 May 14, 1994) was an American educator and librarian who oversaw college libraries at the University of Kansas and the University of California, Los Angeles. Vosper served as president of the American Library… …   Wikipedia

  • Cyril Vosper — Born 7 June 1935(1935 06 07) Hounslow, Middlesex United Kingdom Died …   Wikipedia

  • Sidney Curnow Vosper — Infobox Artist bgcolour = #EEDD82 name = Sidney Curnow Vosper imagesize = caption = birthdate = birth date|1866|10|29|mf=y location = Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon, England deathdate = death date and age|1942|7|10|1866|10|29|mf=y deathplace =… …   Wikipedia

  • Dennis Vosper, Baron Runcorn — Dennis Forwood Vosper, Baron Runcorn TD PC (2 January 1916 20 January 1968) was a British Conservative politician. Educated at The Leas, Hoylake, Marlborough College and at Pembroke College, Cambridge, he first worked with Wilson, Vosper Coltart …   Wikipedia

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