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Longmore
Longmore may refer to: People * Andrew Longmore (b. 1944), British lawyer and judge * Andrew Longmore (journalist) (1953–2019), English cricketer and journalist * Arthur Longmore (1885–1970), early British naval aviator and later a senior Royal Air Force officer * Dave Longmore (b. ?), British musician and member of The Str8jackets * Michael Longmore (b. 1979), English cricketer * Paul K. Longmore (1946–2010), American college professor, author, and disability activist * Roy Longmore (1894–2001), Australian centenarian and World War I veteran, and one of the last two living veterans of the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps * Saphire Longmore (born 1976), Jamaican politician and former model Other * 77P/Longmore, a comet * Longmore House, a hospital in Scotland {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Longmore
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Murray Longmore, (8 October 1885 – 10 December 1970) was an early naval aviator, before reaching high rank in the Royal Air Force. He was Commander-in-Chief of the RAF's Middle East Command from 1940 to 1941. Early life Born in Manly, New South Wales, the son of Charles Croker Longmore and Janet Murray, he was educated at Benges School, Hertford, and Foster's Academy, Stubbington, before entering Dartmouth Naval College. He was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1904. Having developed an interest in flying, he volunteered for pilot training when the Navy accepted an offer of training facilities by the Royal Aero Club, and was one of the four officers to be selected. He obtained flying certificate No.72 in April 1911 at an RAeC meeting that also awarded licences to the pioneer naval aviators C. R. Samson and Wilfred Parke. That year, assisted by Oswald Short of Short Brothers, he devised a way of mounting streamlined air bags on the undercarriag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Longmore
Roy Longmore (29 April 1894 – 21 June 2001) was an Australian soldier and centenarian, who after Alec Campbell, was noted as the second last living Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) veteran who saw service in World War I. After training in Egypt, was sent to the Battle of Gallipoli where he was a sapper with the 2nd Division, burrowing underneath the Turkish positions and laying mines. After evacuation from Turkey, he fought at Pozières, Armentières, and Villers-Bretonneux. He was wounded three times in France and was momentarily given up for dead when he was shot as the Armistice approached in November 1918. He later recalled, :"We were patrolling in a gully when suddenly half a dozen Germans appeared over a hill armed with machine guns and opened fire. Jerry riddled me, knocking me flat on my back, and the last I heard was 'Longy's had it, they got him.'" Fortunately, his fellow soldiers saw him move and rescued him.Goldstein, Richard "Roy Longmore Dies; Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Longmore
Michael Colin Longmore (born 19 September 1979) is an English former cricketer. Longmore was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Longmore made his debut for Staffordshire in the 1999 Minor Counties Championship against Cambridgeshire. Longmore played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1999 to 2005, which included 17 Minor Counties Championship matches and a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match. In 2001, he made his List A debut against Hertfordshire in the first round of the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. His second appearance came against Northumberland in the second round of the same competition, with both rounds being played in 2001. He played a further List A match against Warwickshire in the third round of the same competition which was played in 2002. In his three List A matches, he scored 63 runs at an average of 21.00, with a high score of 41. References External linksMichael Longmoreat ESPNcricinfo ESPN cricinf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Longmore (journalist)
Andrew Nigel Murray Longmore (24 September 1953 – 11 April 2019) was an English first-class cricketer and sports journalist. Longmore was born at Woolwich in September 1953. He was educated at Twyford School, before going up to Worcester College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Derbyshire in 1973 and Worcestershire in 1975. Playing as a wicket-keeper in the Oxford side, he scored 28 runs with a high score of 15. After graduating from Oxford, Longmore became a sports journalist, with his first role being at ''The Cricketer'' in the early 1980s. He was chief sportswriter for the ''Independent on Sunday'', before becoming a senior sportswriter at ''The Sunday Times'' in 2003, from which he retired in 2018. He won the Sports Journalists' Association Olympic/Paralympic Reporter category in 2000 for his coverage of the Summer Olympics, while in 2003 he won Feature Writer of the Year. He was the biographe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
77P/Longmore
77P/Longmore is a periodic comet in the Solar System, with a period of 6.8 years. It was discovered by Andrew Jonathan Longmore on a photographic plate taken on 10 June 1975 at the 1.22m Schmidt telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, New South Wales, Australia. Its brightness was estimated at an apparent magnitude of 17. After further observations Brian G. Marsden was able to calculate the perihelion date at 4 November 1975 and the orbital period as 6.98 years. The next perihelion date was computed to be 21 October 1981. T. Seki of Geisei, Japan relocated the comet on 2 January 1981 with a brightness of magnitude 18. It has since been observed in 1988, 1995, 2002 and 2009. On 17 October 1963 the comet had passed from Jupiter. During the 2023 perihelion passage the comet brightened to about apparent magnitude 14–15. See also *List of numbered comets This is a list of periodic comets that were numbered by the Minor Planet Center after having been observed on at least two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saphire Longmore
Saphire Longmore-Dropinski (born 1976) is a Jamaican politician and beauty pageant titleholder. She is member of the Jamaica Labour Party who currently serves as a Government Senator in the Upper House of Parliament of Jamaica. She also works as a psychiatrist and model. She represented her country at Miss Universe 2000 pageant in Cyprus, after winning the Miss Jamaica Universe . Education Dr. Longmore attended Glenmuir High School where she was Deputy Head girl, and holds a doctorate degree in Psychiatry from the University Of The West Indies, Mona. Personal life In 2008, she married European Union diplomat Alex Dropinski. References See also * 14th Parliament of Jamaica The 14th Parliament of Jamaica was sworn in after being elected at the 2020 Jamaican general election. Members ''Government'' – Jamaica Labour Party members * The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON – Saint Andrew West Central - Prime Ministe ... 1976 births Living people Jamaica Labour P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Longmore
Sir Andrew Centlivres Longmore (born 25 August 1944), styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Longmore, is a British lawyer and judge. Educated at Winchester College and Lincoln College, Oxford, he was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1966 and was appointed a QC in 1983. A Judge of the High Court from 1993, he rose to the rank of Lord Justice of Appeal in 2001. Judgments Key judgments of Lord Justice Longmore include: * ''Lomas v JFB Firth Rixson Inc'' 012EWCA 419Described as a "comprehensive judgment hichmasterfully resolved a number of conflicting strands of jurisprudence". *'' Collier v P & MJ Wright (Holdings) Ltd'' 007EWCA Civ 1329, 0081 WLR 643 - English contract law concerning the doctrine of consideration and promissory estoppel A promise is a commitment by someone to do or not do something. As a noun ''promise'' means a declaration assuring that one will or will not do something. As a verb it means to commit oneself by a promise to do or give. It can also mean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Str8jackets
The Str8jackets are a London-based trio composed of Mark Robinson, Dave Longmore and Phil Fearon. The Str8jackets had their first major musical recognition courtesy of BBC Radio 1's Pete Tong who played their bootleg remix of the Black Eyed Peas' " Boom Boom Pow" and their own track "What's It All About?", supported twice on Tong's Essential Selection. The Str8jackets have worked with producers and artists including Kim English, Hoxton Whores, Bassmonkeys, Lucien Foort, Jaykay, Richie Dan, Ini Kamoze, Katherine Ellis, Inaya Day, Tyree Cooper, MC Chickaboo, and Missy Mak and have released tracks and remixes on labels including Time Records, Big in Ibiza, CR2, Peppermint Jam, and Nervous NYC. Dave Longmore (a.k.a. Leggz) first made his mark in music working as part of the UK garage UK garage, abbreviated as UKG, is a genre of electronic dance music which originated in England in the early to mid-1990s. The genre was most clearly inspired by garage house, but also incorpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul K
Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Christian missionary and writer *Pope Paul (other), multiple Popes of the Roman Catholic Church *Saint Paul (other), multiple other people and locations named "Saint Paul" Roman and Byzantine empire *Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (c. 229 BC – 160 BC), Roman general *Julius Paulus Prudentissimus (), Roman jurist *Paulus Catena (died 362), Roman notary *Paulus Alexandrinus (4th century), Hellenistic astrologer *Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (625–690), Greek surgeon Royals *Paul I of Russia (1754–1801), Tsar of Russia *Paul of Greece (1901–1964), King of Greece Other people *Paul the Deacon or Paulus Diaconus (c. 720 – c. 799), Italian Benedictine monk *Paul (father of Maurice), the father of Maurice, Byzan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
