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Andrew Harrison (other) (born 1957), businessman
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Andrew Harrison may refer to: * Andrew Harrison (actor) (born 1957), English actor * Andrew Harrison (Alamo defender) * Andrew Harrison (basketball) (born 1994), American basketball player * Andrew Harrison (British army officer) (born 1967) * Andrew Harrison (businessman) (born 1970), British businessman * Andrew Harrison (journalist), English music journalist * Andrew Harrison (scientist), CEO of Diamond Light Source * Andrew Harrison (wheelchair rugby) (born 1987), Australian wheelchair rugby player * Andy Harrison Andrew Harrison (born 2 May 1957) is a British businessman and former management consultant, currently the chairman of Dunelm Group. He previously served as the CEO of The RAC, easyJet and Whitbread. Early life Harrison was educated at Hitc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Harrison (actor)
Andrew Stuart Harrison (born 7 February 1957 in Edmonton, London) is an English actor. Career Andrew Harrison began his career in repertory theatre playing the lead roles in '' A Chorus of Disapproval'' and '' Serious Money'' at the Northcott Theatre, Exeter. His West End (London) debut came with a role in Sir Michael Hordern's '' Trelawny of the 'Wells'''. Andrew has numerous TV credits include '' The Bill'', '' Miss Marple'', and ''Birds of a Feather'', and the films ''A Sea Change'' and ''An Ideal Husband''. He contributes regularly to BBC Radio. In television, Andrew is perhaps best known for his roles in ''Beyond Narnia'' and '' Florence Nightingale''. Filmography * 2011 ''King James' Bible'' as Bishop Lancelot Andrews * 2010 ''Derelict'' as Governor Phillips * 2010 ''Summer in Transylvania'' Dr. Tempest * 2009 '' Dorian Gray'' as House Seller * 2008 ''Home'' as Dad * 2005 '' Florence Nightingale'' as Lord Palmerston * 2005 ''C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia'' as Albert Lewis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Harrison (Alamo Defender)
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a crucial conflict of the Texas Revolution. In 1835, colonists from the United States joined with Tejanos (Mexicans born in Texas) in putting up armed resistance to the centralization of the Mexican government. President Antonio López de Santa Anna and the government in Mexico City believed the United States had instigated the insurrection with a goal of annexing Texas. In an effort to tamp down on the unrest, martial law was declared and military governor General Martín Perfecto de Cos established headquarters in San Antonio de Béxar, stationing his troops at the Alamo. When the Texian volunteer soldiers gained control of the fortress at the Siege of Béxar, compelling Cos to surrender on December 9, many saw his expulsion to the other side of the Rio Grande as the end of Mexican forces in Texas. Most Texian soldiers in Béxar left to join a planned invasion of Matamoros, Mexico. Garrison commander James C. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Harrison (basketball)
Andrew Michael Harrison (born October 28, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Merkezefendi Bld. Denizli Basket of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). He was considered one of the top recruits for 2013. He attended Travis High School in Richmond, Texas, and played college basketball for the University of Kentucky along with his twin brother, Aaron Harrison. High school career Harrison was widely regarded as a top five player in the class of 2013 with Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker, Julius Randle, and twin brother Aaron. On March 9, 2013, Harrison helped the Fort Bend Travis Tigers defeat South Grand Prairie 46–38 to win the Class 5A state title in Texas. The Tigers finished #16 in the final ESPN 25 Power Rankings. Fort Bend Travis had lost in the Class 5A state title game the year before to Flower Mound Marcus. Harrison played in both the 2013 Jordan Brand Classic and the 2013 McDonald's All-American Boys Game. College career In his two-year career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Harrison (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant General Andrew Sean David Harrison, (born January 1967) is a senior officer in the British Army who serves as the Deputy Commander of United Nations Command in South Korea and the Colonel Commandant of the Parachute Regiment. Early life Harrison received his education in London, where he took a degree in Economics. An Officer Cadet in the Territorial Army (TA), he was commissioned a second lieutenant on 29 March 1987. Military career Harrison joined the Parachute Regiment, from the Territorial Army, on 1 September 1989 as a University Candidate on a short service commission. During the 1990s, Harrison served multiple tours in Northern Ireland and spent a year with the United Nations (UN) in Iraq, and took part in exchanges with 2/1 Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment in Christchurch and 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment in Sydney. Harrison was an instructor at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and worked with the Directorate of Military Operations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Harrison (businessman)
Andrew Harrison (born 18 November 1970) is a British businessman, and former chairman of Carphone Warehouse. Early life Harrison grew up in St Helens, the son of a window cleaner and factory worker father. He was educated at Rainford High School from 1981 to 1989, and earned a bachelor's degree in management studies from the University of Leeds in 1992. Career In June 2013, Harrison replaced Roger Taylor as CEO of Carphone Warehouse, a position he held until the company's 2014 £3.8 billion merger with Dixons Retail, after which he became deputy CEO of Dixons Carphone. In December 2017, it was announced that he would leave Dixons Carphone and return as chairman of Carphone Warehouse to shake up the struggling company. In April 2019, Harrison joined the board of WhoCanFixMyCar.com as chairman. Harrison was named TechRadar's Mobile Power 50 Person of the year in 2009 and 2014. Harrison is also a founding partner at Freston Road Ventures. Personal life He is married to Tristia H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Harrison (journalist)
Andrew Harrison is an English music journalist who has worked as a staff writer for ''NME'', '' Select'', ''Mixmag'', '' The Word'', and '' Q'', and freelance for ''Rolling Stone'', ''The Face'', ''The Guardian'', ''The Observer'' and ''Mojo''. In 2008 he coined the term landfill indie, which ''VICE'' described as referring to the "procession of homogenous uitarbands" that dominated the UK charts in the early-2000s. Harrison was born in Liverpool in 1967, and entered music journalism as a teenager in the mid-1980s, at first publishing live reviews in local press before becoming a staff writer for the ''NME'' in the late 1980s and for ''Select'' in the early 1990s. In the mid 2000s he joined and then edited ''The Word'' until February 2012, when he became editor of ''Q'' until April 2013, during a period when print magazines were undergoing double-digit year-on-year decline. As of 2021, he continues to publish as a music critic, and hosts the "Bigmouth" and "Remainiacs" podcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Harrison (scientist)
Andrew Harrison OBE is a British chemist and a research manager. From 1978 he studied chemistry at Oxford University, where he graduated as PhD in 1985. Then he worked as a researcher in Britain, Canada and France. In October 2020 he became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Career Harrison's work is focused on chemistry. *09/1985 - 12/1988: Junior Research Fellow at St. John's College, Oxford St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979.Communication from Michael Riordan, college archivist Its founder, Sir Thomas White, intended to pro ... *01-12/1988 - Research Fellow at McMaster University *01/1989 - 12/1991: Royal Society Research Fellow at Oxford University *01/1992 - 07/2006: University of Edinburgh, from 2000 Professor of Solid-state chemistry, from 2001 Founding Director of the Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions *08/2006 - 12/2013: Associate Direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Harrison (wheelchair Rugby)
Andrew Harrison, (born 7 June 1987) is a wheelchair rugby player. He has won gold medals at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Paralympics. and competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Personal Andrew John Harrison was born on 7 June 1987 in Bayswater North, Victoria. At the age of seventeen, he became a quadriplegic as a result of a 2004 diving accident when he jumped head first into a shallow river. He spent time recovering and undergoing physical therapy at Kew, Victoria, Kew's Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre. His accident is one of the reasons he was part of a campaign called "Don’t Drink and Dive" which encouraged people to be careful when diving. His hobbies include four-wheelers, cars and off-road buggies, which he can drive despite his injuries. , he lives in Bayswater North, Victoria, is a student and works as a Spinchat Coordinator. He is married to Lisa and they have a son Jack who was born on 1 January 2015. Wheelchair rugby Harrison is a 2.0 point wheelchair rug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
