Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/John_Besford> ?p ?o. }
- John_Besford abstract "John "Jack" Charles Preston Besford OBE (30 January 1911 – March 1993) was a British backstroke swimmer.He was born in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester and died in Spain.Besford was European 100 m backstroke champion in 1934. He won the bronze medal for England at the 1930 British Empire Games and silver at the 1934 British Empire Games, both in the 100 yd backstroke event. In 1934 he was also a member of the English team which won the bronze medal in the medley relay contest. Besford also competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics where he finished sixth in the 100 metre backstroke event. Eight years later he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 1936 100 metre backstroke competition.He studied dentistry at The University of Manchester, and after time as an officer in World War II, he taught dentistry at the University of Beijing, China. He later spent time in Yokohama, Japan before returning to the UK to operate a dental practice in Brighton. He was awarded an OBE in the 1975 New Year's Honours List for services to the British community of Tokyo.".
- John_Besford birthDate "1911-01-30".
- John_Besford birthPlace Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
- John_Besford birthPlace Manchester.
- John_Besford birthYear "1911".
- John_Besford deathDate "1993".
- John_Besford deathPlace Spain.
- John_Besford deathYear "1993".
- John_Besford nationality United_Kingdom.
- John_Besford wikiPageExternalLink athleterecord.aspx?at=4428.
- John_Besford wikiPageExternalLink jack-besford-1.html.
- John_Besford wikiPageID "16976886".
- John_Besford wikiPageRevisionID "547947540".
- John_Besford birthDate "1911-01-30".
- John_Besford birthPlace Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
- John_Besford birthPlace Manchester.
- John_Besford club "Shiverers SC".
- John_Besford club "South Manchester,".
- John_Besford dateOfBirth "1911-01-30".
- John_Besford dateOfDeath "1993".
- John_Besford deathDate "March 1993".
- John_Besford deathPlace Spain.
- John_Besford fullname "John Charles Preston Besford".
- John_Besford hasPhotoCollection John_Besford.
- John_Besford name "Besford, John".
- John_Besford name "John Besford".
- John_Besford nationality United_Kingdom.
- John_Besford nicknames "Jack".
- John_Besford placeOfBirth Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
- John_Besford placeOfBirth Manchester.
- John_Besford placeOfDeath Spain.
- John_Besford shortDescription "British swimmer".
- John_Besford showMedals "yes".
- John_Besford strokes "Backstroke".
- John_Besford description "British swimmer".
- John_Besford description "British swimmer".
- John_Besford subject Category:1911_births.
- John_Besford subject Category:1993_deaths.
- John_Besford subject Category:Alumni_of_the_University_of_Manchester.
- John_Besford subject Category:Commonwealth_Games_bronze_medallists_for_England.
- John_Besford subject Category:Commonwealth_Games_competitors_for_England.
- John_Besford subject Category:Commonwealth_Games_silver_medallists_for_England.
- John_Besford subject Category:English_swimmers.
- John_Besford subject Category:European_Aquatics_Championships_medalists_in_swimming.
- John_Besford subject Category:Male_backstroke_swimmers.
- John_Besford subject Category:Officers_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire.
- John_Besford subject Category:Olympic_swimmers_of_Great_Britain.
- John_Besford subject Category:People_from_Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
- John_Besford subject Category:Swimmers_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics.
- John_Besford subject Category:Swimmers_at_the_1930_British_Empire_Games.
- John_Besford subject Category:Swimmers_at_the_1934_British_Empire_Games.
- John_Besford subject Category:Swimmers_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics.
- John_Besford type AlumniOfTheUniversityOfManchester.
- John_Besford type Alumnus109786338.
- John_Besford type Athlete109820263.
- John_Besford type CausalAgent100007347.
- John_Besford type CommonwealthGamesBronzeMedallistsForEngland.
- John_Besford type CommonwealthGamesCompetitorsForEngland.
- John_Besford type CommonwealthGamesSilverMedallistsForEngland.
- John_Besford type Contestant109613191.
- John_Besford type EnglishSwimmers.
- John_Besford type Intellectual109621545.
- John_Besford type LivingThing100004258.
- John_Besford type MaleBackstrokeSwimmers.
- John_Besford type Medalist110305062.
- John_Besford type MilitaryOfficer110317007.
- John_Besford type Object100002684.
- John_Besford type OfficersOfTheOrderOfTheBritishEmpire.
- John_Besford type OlympicSwimmersOfGreatBritain.
- John_Besford type Organism100004475.
- John_Besford type PeopleFromChorlton-cum-Hardy.
- John_Besford type Person100007846.
- John_Besford type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- John_Besford type Rival110533013.
- John_Besford type Scholar110557854.
- John_Besford type Serviceman110582746.
- John_Besford type SkilledWorker110605985.
- John_Besford type Swimmer110683349.
- John_Besford type SwimmersAtThe1928SummerOlympics.
- John_Besford type SwimmersAtThe1930BritishEmpireGames.
- John_Besford type SwimmersAtThe1934BritishEmpireGames.
- John_Besford type SwimmersAtThe1936SummerOlympics.
- John_Besford type Whole100003553.
- John_Besford type Winner110782940.
- John_Besford type Worker109632518.
- John_Besford type YagoLegalActor.
- John_Besford type YagoLegalActorGeo.
- John_Besford type Agent.
- John_Besford type Athlete.
- John_Besford type Person.
- John_Besford type Swimmer.
- John_Besford type Person.
- John_Besford type Q215627.
- John_Besford type Q5.
- John_Besford type Agent.
- John_Besford type NaturalPerson.
- John_Besford type Thing.
- John_Besford type Person.
- John_Besford comment "John "Jack" Charles Preston Besford OBE (30 January 1911 – March 1993) was a British backstroke swimmer.He was born in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester and died in Spain.Besford was European 100 m backstroke champion in 1934. He won the bronze medal for England at the 1930 British Empire Games and silver at the 1934 British Empire Games, both in the 100 yd backstroke event. In 1934 he was also a member of the English team which won the bronze medal in the medley relay contest.".
- John_Besford label "John Besford".