Padel
Encyclopedia
Padel can mean:
- Padel tennisPadel TennisPadel tennis is a racquet sport played extensively in Spain and Latin America.Padel is typically played in doubles on an enclosed court about half the size of a tennis court...
, a form of tennis played in Spain and Latin American countries. - A surname:
- John PadelJohn PadelJohn Hunter Padel was a British psychoanalyst and classicist.He was born in Carlisle, where his father Charles Padel was headmaster of Carlisle Grammar School. His mother was Mòrag , 3rd daughter of William Hunter, MD. He was named after his ancestor, the surgeon John Hunter...
(1913–1999), British psychoanalyst and classicist - Oliver PadelOliver PadelOliver James Padel is an authority on the origin and meaning of place-names, currently Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic in the University of Cambridge and Visiting Professor of Celtic at the University of the West of England.He was born in 1948...
, historian and Cornish Place-name scholar, son of John - Ruth PadelRuth PadelRuth Sophia Padel is a British poet, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Zoological Society of London. She also writes non-fiction and more recently fiction, broadcasts on wildlife, poetry and literature for BBC Radio 3 and 4, and is Writer in Residence at The Environment Institute,...
, British classical scholar, poet and journalist, daughter of John
- John Padel
- Una PadelUna PadelUna Padel was a British criminal-justice reformer, known for her work in penal reform. She was the director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies from 1999 until her death in 2006, after which the centre established the Una Padel Award.- Life and career :Born in Hampstead, London, Padel...
, British criminal-justice reformer