In his role he is also in charge of creating the agenda for the biannual Fiduciary Investors Symposium, and annual the Fixed Income Forum, the Absolute Returns Conference. Journalist. Dan Purves worked as the head of news, sport and journalistic programming operations at Demon Media winning two national awards.
Uranus (mythology) Uranus (/ËjÊÉrÉnÉs/ or /jÊËreÉªnÉs/; Ancient Greek Î¿á½ÏÎ±Î½ÏÏ, Ouranos [oËranÃ³s] meaning sky or heaven) was the primal Greek god personifying the sky. His name in Roman mythology was Caelus. In Ancient Greek literature, Uranus or Father Sky was the son and husband of Gaia, Mother Earth. According to Hesiod's Theogony, Uranus was conceived by Gaia alone, but other sources cite Aether as his father.
Confidence votes 101. It is from the Greek word (ouranos) for sky, or heavens. The first planet discovered that was not known in ancient times, Uranus was named for the god of Heaven, Uranus, father of the Titans (Greek ouranos, sky, or heavens) and therefore grandfather of Zeus (Jupiter).The planet was discovered and identified as a planet in 1781.t was the name of the god of the sky. It was one of the gods from Greece that the Romans incorporated. He is also called Caelus by the Romans, which is a n â¦ ame derived from the Latin word caelum meaning the sky or the heavens. 2 people found this useful.