Researching Michael Reed
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 21861 people with the Reed surname? In that year Reed was ranked number 156 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Michael Reed on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Michael Reed and the Reed Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 27473 people with the Reed surname in the UK? Reed is now ranked number 181 for popularity in the UK. |
Reed Family History Databases
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Reed Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 370666 people with the Reed surname in the USA? Reed is ranked number 49 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Reed Databases
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Some Famous People called Michael Reed
Michael Reed (cinematographer)
Michael Reed, (born 7 July 1929) is a Canadian-born British cinematographer who worked on several films in the 1960s and 1970s, including Dracula: Prince of Darkness and Shout at the Devil. Through the early 1950s he worked in the camera department at Hammer Films as a clapper loader and focus puller on films such as The Man in Black and Meet Simon Cherry as well as graduating to being the 2nd unit Director of Photography on the earlier James Bond films (Goldfinger, Thunderball and You Only Live Twice). After working on television series such as The Saint and a number of lavish looking Hammer horror films, Reed graduated to big scale film-making with the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service in 1969.
Source: Michael Reed (cinematographer), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Michael Reed (cricketer)
Michael 'Mike' Thomas Reed (born 10 September 1988) is an English cricketer who is currently without a club. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium pace. He was born in Leicester, Leicestershire.
Reed was educated at the De Lisle School, before attending Cardiff University to study Maths, where he played cricket for Cardiff MCCU. He also played minor counties cricket for Wales Minor Counties while he was studying, making his debut for the team against Shropshire in the 2009 Minor Counties Championship. He made four further Minor Counties Championship appearances for the team, the last of which came against Wiltshire in 2010. He also came to Glamorgan's attention while studying at Cardiff University, with the county signing him on a development contract for 2012. He made his first-class debut for the county against Derbyshire in the 2012 County Championship at the SWALEC Stadium. He has made two further first-class appearances for Glamorgan in the 2012 County Championship, in a return fixture against Derbyshire at the County Ground, Derby, and against Hampshire at the Rose Bowl. On 17 September 2012, Reed, signed a new 2-year contract extension.
Reed had two five-wicket hauls in the 2013 season, firstly against Cardiff MCCU in an early season encounter, and later against Worcestershire in the County Championship.
After missing the entire 2014 season with an injured knee, on which he had two operations, Reed left Glamorgan in September 2014.
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