Purves

Purves

Purves may refer to:

Other uses

*Home-Purves-Hume-Campbell Baronets
*Purves (Family Name)

People with the surname "Purves"

*Andrew Purves, Scottish Christian theologian
*Barry Purves, English animation director and writer
*Cecil John Harry Purves, Canadian politician
*Dale Purves, American neurobiologist
*Daphne Purves, New Zealand educator
*Della Purves, Scottish botanical artist
*Herbert Dudley Purves, New Zealand scientist
*Jodie Purves, Australian cricketer
*John Purves, Canadian ice hockey player
*Libby Purves, English radio presenter, journalist and author
*Peter Purves, English actor and television presenter
*Ted Purves, American artist and educator
*William Purves, former Chairman of HSBC Group

ee also

*Sir Arthur Purves Phayre, English politician and author
*Purvis


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  • Purves — Recorded in a wide range of spellings including: Purver, Purves, Purviss, and Purvey, this is an Anglo Scottish surname, but one ultimately of Norman French origins. Particulary recorded in the northern counties of England and in Scotland, it is… …   Surnames reference

  • Purves-Wellrohr — Purves Wellrohr, s. Dampfkessel, S. 117 …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • Purves (Family Name) — The Purves family history can be traced back to 1066 A.D. During the Battle of Hastings, the Purves family gave significant military service to William the Conqueror (Duke William of Normandy). Because of their achievements, William the Conqueror …   Wikipedia

  • PURVES, James Liddell (1843-1910) — advocate was the son of James Purves, an early colonist from Berwick on Tweed, who became an importer and station owner in Victoria. J. L. Purves was born at Melbourne on 23 August 1843 and in 1853 was a student at the Melbourne diocesan grammar… …   Dictionary of Australian Biography

  • purves flue — noun or purves tube ˈpərvə̇s Usage: usually capitalized P Etymology: after Purves, 19th century English engineer, its inventor : a boiler flue with thickened transverse ribs or corrugations rather widely spaced …   Useful english dictionary

  • purves tube — noun see purves flue …   Useful english dictionary

  • purves — pur·ves …   English syllables

  • Purves-Smith — /pɜvəs ˈsmɪθ/ (say pervuhs smith) noun Peter Charles Roderick, 1912–49, Australian painter …  

  • Dale Purves — Born 11 March 1938 (1938 03 11) (age 73) …   Wikipedia

  • Peter Purves — Infobox actor name = Peter Purves imagesize = 150px caption = birthname = birthdate = birth date and age|1939|2|10|df=y birthplace = Preston, Lancashire, England deathdate = deathplace = othername = website = http://www.peterpurves.com occupation …   Wikipedia

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