Vosper
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Vosper may refer to:
- People
- Cyril Ronald VosperCyril VosperCyril Ronald Vosper was a Scientologist and later a critic of Scientology. He wrote The Mind Benders, which was the first book on Scientology to be written by an ex-member and the first critical book on Scientology to be published .-Biography:Vosper was born in 1935, in Hounslow, Middlesex...
, a BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Scientologist and, later, critic of ScientologyScientologyScientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by science fiction and fantasy author L. Ron Hubbard , starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics... - Dennis Forwood VosperDennis Forwood VosperDennis Forwood Vosper, Baron Runcorn TD PC was a British Conservative politician.Educated at The Leas, Hoylake, Marlborough College and at Pembroke College, Cambridge, he first worked with Wilson, Vosper & Coltart, Ships Store & Export Merchants, in Liverpool...
, Baron Runcorn, a British ConservativeConservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
politician - Tessa Ann Vosper Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone, a British LabourLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politician - Frank VosperFrank VosperFrank Vosper was a British actor and playwright.-Stage:Vosper made his stage debut in 1919 and was best known for playing urbane villains....
, British actor and playwright - Frederick Charles Burleigh VosperFrederick VosperFrederick Charles Burleigh Vosper 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.-Early life:...
, an Australian politician and republican - Sydney Curnow VosperSydney Curnow VosperSydney Curnow Vosper RWS, RWA was a painter and etcher of landscapes and figure subjects. His later work has a close association with Wales and Brittany...
, a painter and artist
- Cyril Ronald Vosper
- Organisations
- Vosper & Co.Vosper & CompanyVosper & Company, often referred to simply as Vospers, was a British shipbuilding company based in Portsmouth, England.-History:The Company was established in 1871 by Herbert Edward Vosper, concentrating on ship repair and refitting work....
, a defunct British shipbuilder - Vosper Thornycroft, a British shipbuilder, renamed VT GroupVT GroupVT Group plc was a British defence and services company, formerly known as Vosper Thornycroft. The Company had diversified from shipbuilding into various engineering and support services, becoming involved in many areas of provision through five main operating groups: VT Communications, VT...
in 2002 - VT GroupVT GroupVT Group plc was a British defence and services company, formerly known as Vosper Thornycroft. The Company had diversified from shipbuilding into various engineering and support services, becoming involved in many areas of provision through five main operating groups: VT Communications, VT...
, the current incarnation of the famous shipbuilding line
- Vosper & Co.
- Sport
- Vospers Thornycroft F.C. - a football club based in Sholing, Southampton (now known as Sholing F.C.)