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Andrew Ritchie (writer)
Andrew Ritchie may refer to: * Andrew Ritchie (art historian) (1907–1978), Scottish-born American art historian * Andrew Ritchie (Brompton) (born 1947), founder of Brompton Bicycle Ltd * Andy Ritchie (English footballer) (born 1960), former English football player and manager * Andy Ritchie (Scottish footballer) (born 1956), former Scottish football player * Andrew Ritchie (British Army officer) (born 1953), director of Goodenough College, former Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst * Andy Ritchie (swimmer) (born 1958), former Canadian swimmer * Andrew Ritchie, cycling historian associated with Major Taylor Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor (November 26, 1878 – June 21, 1932) was an African-American professional cyclist. Even by modern cycling standards, Taylor could be considered the greatest American sprinter of all time. He was born and raised ... * Andrew Jackson Ritchie (1868–1948), Georgia State representative, in the US * Andrew Ritchie (priest) (18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Ritchie (art Historian)
Andrew Carnduff Ritchie (1907–1978) was a Scottish-born American art historian specialising in British 18th-century sculpture, a professor, museum director and post-World War II ' Monuments Man'. He was the director of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, N.Y., director of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, and director of the Yale University Art Gallery. Early life and education Andrew Carnduff Ritchie was born in Bellshill in Scotland in 1907. In 1922 he moved with his family to Pittsburgh. At 17 he took a job at Westinghouse Electric in Pittsburgh in order to fund his higher education. He entered the University of Pittsburgh in 1927, graduating with an MFA degree in medieval studies in 1933. He then obtained a fellowship to study at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London from 1933, graduating with a PhD in 1935. His dissertation topic was English medieval art. While at the Courtauld Andrew Ritchie contributed photographs to the Conway L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Ritchie (Brompton)
Andrew Ritchie (born circa 1947) is the inventor of the Brompton folding bicycle, and has guided the Brompton Bicycle company to become the largest bicycle manufacturer in the UK. In 1995 he received the Queen's Award for Export and in 2009 the Prince Philip Designers Prize. In the Queen's Birthday Honours of 21 April 2010, the company was awarded two Queen's Awards for Enterprise – in the Innovation and International Trade categoriesBrompton has now produced well over 100,000 bicycles and in 2008 achieved 25,000 units for export to markets such as the Netherlands, America, Germany, Japan and Scandinavia. A University of Cambridge, Cambridge engineering graduate, Ritchie was working as a landscape gardener in London when, in 1976, he conceived the idea for a folding bike, which he subsequently named after the Brompton Oratory.Laurance, Ben (7 August 2005"The bicycle that turned into folding money" ''The Guardian'', His design won the 'Best Product' award against an interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Ritchie (English Footballer)
Andrew Timothy Ritchie (born 28 November 1960) is an English former footballer and manager. Playing career Ritchie was born in Manchester. After playing for England Schoolboys (once scoring three goals against Germany), he started his career in 1977–78 with Manchester United and scored a hat-trick against Leeds United while aged just 18 and another hat-trick against Spurs when 19, but was then surprisingly sold to Brighton & Hove Albion. He was later sold to Leeds United, where he made some fine performances, notably in the 1984–85 season when he scored two hat-tricks. He also helped the club reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup in the 1986–87 season. He served the Elland Road club until 1987, when he signed for Oldham Athletic. He would stay at Oldham for eight years, during one of the most successful periods of the club's history. This included a run to the final of the Football League Cup in 1990, reaching the FA Cup semi-finals in the same year (where they took Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Ritchie (Scottish Footballer)
Andrew Ritchie (born 23 February 1956 in Bellshill) is a Scottish retired professional footballer. Career at Morton As a teenager Ritchie had trials with Manchester United, Coventry City, Everton, Middlesbrough and Rangers, but chose to join Celtic in 1971, aged 15. Soon after, Ritchie was 'farmed' out to Junior team Kirkintilloch Rob Roy. At Celtic, Ritchie had numerous disagreements with manager Jock Stein, which led to his transfer to Morton. As part of the transfer, Morton goalkeeper Roy Baines joined Celtic in exchange for Ritchie and a payment of £10,000. Ritchie is most famous for his seven years at Greenock side Morton, during which he scored 118 goals. He was revered by the club's fans and earned the nicknames 'the King of Cappielow Park' and 'The Idle Idol'. He made his debut for Morton on 28 October 1976 and scored 133 goals in 246 games for the club. He was the top scorer in the Premier Division in 1978/79. Ritchie was famous for what, by the standard of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Ritchie (British Army Officer)
Major-General Andrew Stephenson Ritchie, CBE (born 30 July 1953) is a retired British officer and former Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He was Director of Goodenough College, London. Early life Ritchie was born on 30 July 1953 in London, England. He is the son of Dilys (née Stephenson) and Canon David Caldwell Ritchie. He was educated at Harrow County Boys' School until 1971. While serving in the British Army, he was able to attend the University of Durham between 1975 and 1978, where he gained a third-class degree in Law and Politics.'RITCHIE, Maj.-Gen. Andrew Stephenson', in ''Who's Who 2011'' (A. & C. Black, 2011) Military career Ritchie was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 10 March 1973 as a second lieutenant. He was promoted to lieutenant on 10 March 1975, and to captain on 10 September 1979. He saw service in Belize, Rhodesia, Northern Ireland and West Germany from 1974 to 1984. Having attended the Staff College, Camberley, he was promoted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Ritchie (swimmer)
Andrew James Allan Ritchie (born December 6, 1958) is a former swimmer who represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ... in Montreal, Quebec. Ritchie competed in the men's 400-metre individual medley, and finished in seventh place in the event final with a time of 4:27.89.He now coaches for his former club Thunder Bay Thunder Bolts. References 1958 births Living people Canadian male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for Canada Sportspeople from Thunder Bay Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade bronze medalists for Canada Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade {{Canada-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major Taylor
Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor (November 26, 1878 – June 21, 1932) was an African-American professional cyclist. Even by modern cycling standards, Taylor could be considered the greatest American sprinter of all time. He was born and raised in Indianapolis, where he worked in bicycle shops and began racing multiple distances in the track and road disciplines of cycling. As a teenager, he moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, with his employer/coach/mentor and continued his successful amateur career, which included breaking track records. Taylor turned professional in 1896, at the age of 18, living in cities on the East Coast and participating in multiple track events including six-day races. He moved his focus to the sprint event in 1897, competing in a national racing circuit, winning many races and gaining popularity with the public. In 1898 and 1899, he set numerous world records in race distances ranging from the quarter-mile () to the two-mile (). Taylor won the 1-mile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Jackson Ritchie
Andrew Jackson Ritchie (June 30, 1868–1948) was the founder of Rabun Gap Industrial School, which later merged with Nacoochee Institute to become Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School. He served there as president until 1939. Ritchie earned his Bachelor of Law from the University of Georgia (UGA) School of Law in 1897. While at UGA, Ritchie was a member of the Phi Kappa Literary Society. He received a Bachelor of Arts in 1899 from Harvard University and was the first college graduate from Rabun County, Georgia. In 1901, he was awarded an honorary Master of Arts degree by Harvard. He was a local historian and in 1948 his ''Sketches of Rabun County History'' was published. Before founding the Rabun Gap Industrial School, Ritchie was a professor of English for three years at Baylor University in Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (69 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Ritchie (priest)
Andrew Binny Ritchie (born Edinburgh, 1880; died Wonersh, 1956) was an Anglican priest, most notably Archdeacon of Surrey from 1949 to 1955. Ritchie was educated at Edinburgh Academy, followed by Durham University (Hatfield College) and Wells Theological College. Ritchie was ordained priest in 1905, having been made a deacon in 1904. He was curate at Stratford Bow (19041910) and at Eaton Square (19101914). He was vicar of St Frideswide, Poplar from 1914 to 1918; Rector of All Saints', Poplar and Rural Dean of Poplar from 1918 to 1920. He later served as rector of Sudborough from 1920 to 1922; rector of St Mary Chester from 1922 to 1925; vicar of St John, Margate from 1925 to 1931; vicar of Kennington from 1931 to 1934; vicar of Cranbrook from 1934 to 1939; Vicar of St Mary, Dover from 1939 to 1941. His final parish post was rector of Haslemere from 1941 to 1949. He was appointed archdeacon of Surrey in February 1949, succeeding Cyril Golding-Bird, who had held the post while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
