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A hewer at the coalface, 1957
A hewer (German: Hauer or Häuer) is a miner who loosens rock and minerals in a mine. In medieval mining in Europe a Hauer was the name given to a miner who had passed his test (Hauerprüfung) as a hewer.[1]
^Walter Bischoff, Heinz Bramann, Westfälische Berggewerkschaftskasse Bochum: Das kleine Bergbaulexikon. 7th ed., Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen, 1988, ISBN 3-7739-0501-7
A hewer (German: Hauer or Häuer) is a miner who loosens rock and minerals in a mine. In medieval mining in Europe a Hauer was the name given to a miner...
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John Hewer (13 January 1922 – 16 March 2008) was an English actor and business manager who became familiar with audiences for playing Captain Birdseye...
William Hewer (1642 – 3 December 1715), sometimes known as Will Hewer, was one of Samuel Pepys' manservants, and later Pepys's clerk, before embarking...
Dorothy Gertrude Hewer (16 March 1888 – 1 March 1948) was an English herb farmer, herbalist, and writer. Hewer was born in 1888 South Hornsey. Her parents...
godson) would adopt the surname Hewer. So Will Hewer's heir became Hewer Edgeley-Hewer, and he adopted the old Will Hewer home in Clapham as his residence...
in the British television series Skins. He is portrayed by actor Mitch Hewer. Maxxie is portrayed as proficient at several styles of dance, including...
Major-General Reginald Kingscote "Rex" Hewer CB CBE MC (1892 – 15 November 1970) was a British Army cavalry officer. Hewer was educated at Bloxham School, where...
game show Countdown from June 2021 to July 2022, taking over from Nick Hewer. She left the programme on 13 July 2022 after recording 265 episodes. Robinson...
2005 to 2009, Mountford was one of Alan Sugar's advisers, alongside Nick Hewer, in the UK version of The Apprentice television show, a role with which...
Taillefer (Latin: Incisor ferri, meaning "hewer of iron") was the surname of a Norman jongleur (minstrel), whose exact name and place of birth are unknown...
2009–present Countdown Channel 4 Co-presenter With Jeff Stelling (2009–2011), Nick Hewer (2012–2021), Anne Robinson (2021–2022) and Colin Murray (2022–present) 2010...
original on 24 January 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2016. Troll, Christian W.; Hewer, C.T.R. (12 September 2012). "Journeying toward God". Christian Lives Given...
so on, as well as non-English ones, such as the German Eisenhauer (iron hewer, later Anglicized in America as Eisenhower) or Schneider (tailor) – or,...
of Nottingham, to Hewer Edgeley Hewer (heir to William Hewer, Samuel Pepys' onetime servant and later protégé in the Admiralty). Hewer himself died without...
nutritious to children. The actor most associated with Captain Birdseye was John Hewer, who played the character from 1967 to 1998. His tenure was interrupted...
(27 April 2015). "Apprentice series 11: Claude Littner to replace Nick Hewer as Lord Sugar's aide". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Archived...
narrower sense have included: Hewer (also known as "cake" or "pickman"), whose job was to hew the rock. Collier, a hewer who hews coal with a pick. Driller...
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