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Andrew Grant (other)
Andrew Grant may refer to: * Andrew Grant (writer) (born 1968), British novelist * Andrew Grant (MP) (1830–1924), Scottish Liberal politician * Andrew Grant (physician), physician and writer * Andrew Grant (volleyball) (born 1985), Australian volleyball player * Andrew Grant (minister), Scottish minister * Andy Grant Andy Grant (born May 7, 1984) is a retired middle distance runner from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. He qualified for the men's 800 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by achieving a personal best of 1:54.53 from the NACAC Champions ... (born 1984), middle-distance runner from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines See also * {{hndis, Grant, Andrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Grant (writer)
Andrew Grant (born 1968 in Birmingham, England) is a British writer, and the younger brother of bestselling thriller writer Lee Child. Grant is in the process of taking over the writing of Lee Child's Jack Reacher series of thrillers, writing under the new pseudonym Andrew Child. Career Andrew Grant was born in Birmingham, England. He studied at St Albans School, Hertfordshire, before going on to study Drama and English Literature at the University of Sheffield, and stayed in Sheffield after graduating. Grant founded a theatre company that produced original material, culminating with a critically successful appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Following his foray into theatre, cash flow issues made it necessary for him to find other employment, and he spent fifteen years working in telecommunications before leaving the corporate world to become a novelist. He wrote his first novel in 2008, ''Even'', published in 2009, followed by two further novels, ''Die Twice'' and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Grant (MP)
Andrew Grant (13 June 1830 – 23 October 1924) was a Scottish merchant and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1878 to 1885. Early life Grant was born in Cassell's Place, Leith Walk, Leith, the elder of the twin sons of Jessie Ann Campbell of Achindoon, Argyllshire and her husband, Rev James Grant. His father was minister of South Leith Parish church and later (1854) was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and director of Scottish Widows from 1840 to 1890. Grant was educated at Leith High School Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh. Business career In 1854 Grant went to China, where he lived for four years and then in 1858 went to Bombay, where he joined the firm of Campbell, Mitchell & Co. He became chairman of the company and was in business there as a merchant until 1866. He was a co-founder and Fellow of the University of Bombay, twice chairman of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce, founder member and first chairman of the Roya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Grant (physician)
Andrew Grant, M.D. (fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ... 1809) was a physician and writer. Grant wrote a ''History of Brazil'', 8vo, London, 1809, of which a French translation, with additions, appeared at St. Petersburg in 1811. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Andrew 18th-century English male writers 18th-century British historians 19th-century British historians 19th-century English medical doctors Writers on Latin America Place of birth unknown Year of birth missing 19th-century deaths Year of death missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Grant (volleyball)
Andrew Grant (born 22 April 1985) is an Australian volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ... player. He is competed for Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. After the 2012 Summer Olympics he returned to Australia and married longtime girlfriend Nancy Owens. References Australian men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Australia 1985 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Grant (minister)
Andrew Grant (1757–1836) was a senior Scottish minister in the 19th century who became Chaplain in Ordinary to King George III, George IV and William IV in Scotland and Dean of the Chapel Royal. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1808. Life He was born at Limepotts near Scone, Perthshire the son of David Grant and his wife Margaret Henderson. He was baptised on 4 June 1757. He studied at St Andrews University and licensed to preach as a Church of Scotland minister by the Presbytery of Perth in July 1781. He then went to Edinburgh to assist the very elderly Rev George Wishart in the Tron Kirk. He left Edinburgh in September 1784 when he was ordained as minister of Portmoak on the north shore of Loch Leven. In 1802 he translated to Kilmarnock Parish Church. He received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from St Andrews University in 1807 and in 1808 was elected Moderator of the General Assembly, the highest position in the Scottish Church. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
