John Wells (born 12 May 1963) is a former captain and coach of the Leicester Tigers rugby unionteam and presently forwards coach for England.
Wells was born in Driffield, Yorkshire. He attended Magnus Grammar School and Loughborough University, where he studied sports science and recreation management.
Playing at blindside flanker, he played for England U-16, U-18, Students, U-23 and England 'A'. He was not capped for England, though he did play in a non-cap international against Italy.
Wells made his debut for Leicester Tigers in 1982 away against Harlequins, and he went on to play for them over 360 times, captaining the side from 1991-93. He is particularly noted for playing in a back row with England internationals Dean Richards at number eight and Neil Back at openside.
After Director of Rugby Bob Dwyer was ousted in a coaching coup, Wells was appointed forwards' coach, and deputy to Dean Richards. When Richards was sacked in 2004 after a poor run of results, Wells took over as head coach. He retained this role until the end of the 2004/2005 season, when he left to take up a coaching role at the National Academy.
In 2006 he was appointed as England forwards' coach to assist head coach Andy Robinson, alongside attack coach Brian Ashton and defence coach Mike Ford.
John Wells (17 November 1936–11 January 1998) was an English actor, writer and satirist, educated at Eastbourne College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford. The son of a clergyman, he was born in Ashford, Kent and died in Sussex.
Wells started in cabaret at Oxford and began his television career as a writer on That Was The Week That Was, the 1960s weekly satire show that launched the careers of David Frost and Millicent Martin, among others, and also appeared in the television programme Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life, as well as in The Secret Policeman's Other Ball. Besides making cameo appearances in films such as Casino Royale (1967), television dramas like Casanova (1987), and comedy shows like Yes Minister, he also wrote television scripts and screenplays, notably Princess Caraboo (1994). His major triumph was the 1980s stage comedy, Anyone for Denis?, in which he impersonated Denis Thatcher. The play was a major West End hit, and toured the UK. In 1971, with John Fortune, he published the comedy classic A Melon for Ecstasy, about a man who consummates his love affair with a tree.
In 1997 he appeared in the BBC situation comedy Chalk.
From 1982, Wells was the second husband of Teresa Chancellor (daughter of Sir Christopher and sister of Alexander). Wells died of cancer.
John Marcum Wells (born May 28, 1956) is a theater and television producer and writer. He was born in Alexandria, Virginia. He graduated from the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in 1979. (A studio theatre at Carnegie Mellon University bears his name.)
He is best known for his role of producer of the television series ER, Third Watch, The West Wing, China Beach, and recently The Evidence.
He also worked on movies such as Doom and White Oleander. His company, John Wells Productions, is currently based at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California.
He is former president of the West section of the Writers Guild of America.
John Wells (July 27, 1907-2000) was an artist and maker of relief constructions, associated with the St Ives group.
He was born in London, and trained as a doctor at University College Hospital. He learned to paint at evening classes at St Martin’s School of Art. From 1936 to 1945, he worked as a General Practitioner for the Isles of Scilly. After the Second World War he decided to pursue a full-time career as an artist. At that time he settled in Newlyn, Cornwall and became closely involved with the renowned artistic community at the nearby town of St. Ives.
He was the co-founder of the Crypt Group and the Penwith Society of artists. He worked with Barbara Hepworth from 1950 to 1951 and exhibited regularly in London, the provinces and abroad. His work is represented in the Tate Gallery. His works of geometric abstraction were influenced by Gabo, Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth.
An exhibition at the Tate St Ives in 2007, celebrated the centenary of his birth .
John Julius Wells (born 30 March 1925) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Wells was educated at Eton College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He served in the RNVR during World War II, as a seaman in 1942, commissioned in 1943 and in submarines until 1946. He was a marine engineer, company director and farmer, and served as a councillor on Leamington Spa Borough Council.
At the 1955 general election, Wells stood unsuccessfully in the Smethwick constituency. At the 1959 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Maidstone, following in the footsteps of a 19th century ancestor. He held the safe Conservative seat until his retirement at the 1987 general election, when his successor was future minister Ann Widdecombe.
John Wells (born 5 January 1760 at Wrecclesham, Surrey; died 15 February 1835 at Wrecclesham) was a famous English cricketer who played for Surrey.
Wells was a top-class all-rounder who batted right-handed. He was a fast underarm bowler but it is not known if he bowled right or left-handed. He was a fine fielder who was good enough to keep wicket on occasion.
Wells made his first-class debut in the 1787 English cricket season when he played for All-England versus White Conduit Club in one of the earliest matches at the new Lord's Cricket Ground, which had just opened that season. He played until 1815.
His brother James Wells, an occasional player, also represented Surrey. John married Hannah Beldam, sister of the legendary William Beldam.
John Wells (September 16, 1864 – April 18, 1941) was a member of the presiding bishopric of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1918 to 1938.
Wells was born in Carlton, Nottinghamshire, England. In 1882, he became a member of the LDS Church.
Wells and his wife Almena Thorpe emigrated to Utah Territory in 1889. He gained employment as a clerk in the office of the LDS Church's presiding bishop.
In 1918, Presiding Bishop Charles W. Nibley asked Wells to become his second counselor. When Nibley was replaced by Sylvester Q. Cannon, Wells stayed on as the second counselor in the Presiding Bishopric of the church. Wells served as a general authority until the end of Cannon's tenure in 1938.
Wells died in Salt Lake City, Utah.
John Frederick Wells (born November 25, 1922 in Junction City, Kansas, died October 23, 1993) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in 4 games (2 of them starts) for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1944 season.
John Wells was a United States Representative from New York. He was born in Johnstown on July 1, 1817. He attended Johnstown Academy, and graduated from Union College in 1835. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Palmyra. He returned to Johnstown and continued the practice of law, was elected judge of Fulton County and served from June 1847 until his resignation in December 1851, having been elected to Congress.
Wells was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853). He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress, resumed the practice of law and also engaged in literary pursuits. He died in Johnstown on May 30, 1877, with interment in Johnstown Cemetery.
John Wells is a Canadian sportscaster who currentley hosts Wells And Company on CJOB radio in Winnipeg. He broadcasted Canadian Football League games for over 30 years. He is the son of "Cactus" Jack Wells. blank">http://media.ctv.ca/tsn/releases/release.asp?id=7793&num=6&yyyy=2002
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In 1971, Wells began working for CBC Sports. At CBC, he worked at two Canada Games (1971 & 1979) and hosted the 1978 Commonwealth Games, the 1983 World University Games, and the 1984 Summer and Winter Olympics. He also sevred as a Rinkside Reporter for Hockey Night in Canada from 1979-1984 and as a studio host on the CFL on CBC from 1973-1984.
In 1984, Wells joined the new cable specialty channel, The Sports Network. At TSN, he hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics and was the first host of the NHL on TSN, and the first play by play man of TSN's Friday Night Football. He was also one of the orignal SportsDesk hosts. When the NBA came to Canada in 1995, Wells became the host of TSN’s pre-game show, "NBA Tonight". Wells also contributed on TSN's coverage of curling, inculding calling the early rounds of the 2001 Nokia Brier blank">http://www.bce.ca/en/news/releases/bg/2001/02/28/69225.html and the 2003 Scott Tournament of Hearts. http://media.ctv.ca/tsn/releases/release.asp?id=7466&yyyy=2003
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(1999) Elected president of Writer's Guild of America, west (WGAw).
Graduated from USC School of Cinema-Television (1982)
Member of USC School of Cinema-Television's Television Executive Advisory Council
Brother of Llewellyn Wells
Graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 1979 with a bachelor's of fine arts in drama
