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Andrew Parker may refer to: * Andrew Parker (politician) (1805–1864), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1851–1853 * Andrew Parker (zoologist) (born 1967), Australian zoologist * Andrew Parker (athlete) (born 1965), Jamaican Olympic hurdler * Andrew Parker, Baron Parker of Minsmere, British counter-espionage officer See also * Andrew Parker Bowles (born 1939), retired English military officer, first husband of the Duchess of Cornwall * Andy Parker (other) Andy Parker may refer to: *Andy Parker (businessman) (born 1969), British businessman, CEO of Capita * Andy Parker (musician) (born 1952), British drummer *Andy Parker (illustrator) Andy Parker is a British illustrator of children's books. His ...
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Andrew Parker (politician)
Andrew Parker (May 21, 1805 – January 15, 1864) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Andrew Parker was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He attended public schools and graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1824. He studied law in Carlisle, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. He was appointed deputy attorney general of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. He moved to Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, in 1831, where he practiced law. Parker was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress. He continued the practice of law in Mifflintown until his death there in 1864. He was buried in Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery there. Sources Andrew Parker entryat The Political Graveyard The Political Graveyard is a website and database that catalogues information on more than 277,000 American political figures and political families, along with other ...
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Andrew Parker (zoologist)
Andrew Parker (born 1967) ( PhD Macquarie University) is a zoologist who has worked on Biomimetics. He worked at the Natural History Museum in London, and from 1990 to 1999 he was a Royal Society University Research Fellow and is a Research Associate of the Australian Museum and University of Sydney and from 1999 until 2005 he worked at the University of Oxford. Parker is a Visiting Research Fellow at Green Templeton College where he is head of a Research Team into photonic structures and eyes. "Light Switch Theory" and popular science books In his 2003 book ''In the Blink of an Eye'', Parker proposes that the Cambrian Explosion, as the sudden diversification in animal fossil forms at the start of the Cambrian Period, was due to the development of the vision faculty and the consequent intensification of predation. He calls this the "Light Switch Theory." In particular he concludes that predation with vision led to the development of hard body parts, explaining why the fossil rec ...
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Andrew Parker (athlete)
Andrew Parker (born 11 January 1965) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competed in the 110 metres hurdles. He won the event at the 1987 Pan American Games and represented Jamaica at the 1988 Summer Olympics as well as the 1987 World Championships in Athletics. Career His first international medal came at the 1983 CARIFTA Games, where he was the gold medallist in the high hurdles. A 110 m and 400 metres hurdles double followed at the 1984 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics held in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He studied at Arizona State University in the United States and competed collegiately for them as part of the Arizona State Sun Devils track and field team. He won the hurdles title twice consecutively at the Pac-10 Conference meet from 1986 to 1987. He also received three All-America honours in NCAA competition: twice in the 55 metres hurdles (1985, 1986) and once over the 110 m hurdles (1987). Parker was selected to ...
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Andrew Parker, Baron Parker Of Minsmere
Andrew David Parker, Baron Parker of Minsmere, (born 8 May 1962) is a British peer and former intelligence officer who served as Director General of MI5 from 2013 to 2020. He has served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household since 1 April 2021, and is a crossbench member of the House of Lords. Education Parker was educated at Churchill College, Cambridge, where he studied natural sciences. Career Parker joined the Security Service in 1983. He was seconded to HM Customs and Excise as Director Intelligence in 1999 before becoming Director, International Terrorism at the Security Service in February 2005. After leading the Security Service's response to the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, he became Deputy Director General in 2007. Parker went on to become Director General of the Service in April 2013. As of 2015, Parker was paid a salary of between £165,000 and £169,999 by the department, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in ...
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Andrew Parker Bowles
Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles (born 27 December 1939) is a retired British Army officer. He is the former husband of Queen Camilla. Early life and family Andrew Parker Bowles was born on 27 December 1939 as the eldest of four children to Derek Henry Parker Bowles, who was a great-grandson of Thomas Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield, and his wife Ann Parker Bowles, daughter of multimillionaire racehorse owner Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 4th Baronet. His christening announcement in ''The Times'' listed his godparents as Sir Humphrey de Trafford, the Marquess of Hartington, Miss Mary de Trafford and Miss Swinnerton-Dyer. The Times: Andrew Parker Bowles, 13 February 1940, page 9. Retrieved 11 December 2009 His parents were close friends of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Some sources have stated that his godmother was also the Queen Mother. Parker Bowles was a page at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. He is an uncle of Derek Paravicini, a blind autistic savant. As an amat ...
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