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Charles Harrison
Charles Harrison may refer to: * Charles Harrison (artist) (1942-2009), British Conceptual artist & member of the artist group Art & Language * Charles Harrison (Australian politician) (1915–1986), member of the South Australian House of Assembly * Charles Harrison (basketball) (1933–2014), American basketball player *Charles Harrison (Bewdley MP) (1830–1888), Liberal MP for Bewdley, 1874–1880 *Charles Harrison (British politician) (1835–1897), leading member of London County Council and Liberal MP for Plymouth *Charles Harrison (Canadian politician) (1794–1879), politician in New Brunswick, Canada * Charles Harrison (general) (1740–1793), American soldier and uncle of President William Henry Harrison * Charles Harrison (musician) (born 1974), British organist * Charles Harrison (RAF officer) (1888–1922), World War I flying ace * Charles B. Harrison (1824–1901), farmer and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada *Charles "Chuck" Harrison (1931–2018), industrial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Harrison (British Politician)
Charles Harrison (1 August 1835 – 24 December 1897) was a British Liberal Party politician. Harrison was born in Muswell Hill, Middlesex, and was the third son of Frederick Harrison, a stockbroker, and his wife, Jane Brice. He was educated at King's College School and King's College London. In 1858 he entered business as a solicitor at the firm of his uncle, also named Charles Harrison. He acquired a large practice in his own right, with major clients being the London Chatham and Dover Railway and the Law Fire Insurance Society. He became an advocate for the rights of tenants to purchase their properties and for the provision of housing for the working classes. In this, he was in agreement with the policies of the Radical wing of the Liberal Party. In 1886, he married Lady Harriet Barlow. His active involvement with politics came with the creation of the London County Council in 1889. He was elected as one of the council's first members, representing Bethnal Green South We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Harrison (artist)
Charles Townsend Harrison (11 February 1942 Chesham, Buckinghamshire – 6 August 2009 Banbury, Oxfordshire), BA Hons (Cantab), MA (Cantab), PhD (London) was a UK art historian who taught Art History for many years and was Emeritus Professor of History and Theory of Art at the Open University. Although he denied being an artist himself, he was a full participant and catalyst in the Art and Language group. Charles Harrison was educated at Cambridge University and the Courtauld Institute of Art in London from 1961 to 1967. He was tutor in Art History at the Open University from 1977–2005, Reader in Art History there from 1985-1994, Professor of the History and Theory of Art from 1994–2008, Professor Emeritus from 2008–2009, and Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago in 1991 and 1996, and Visiting Professor at the University of Texas in 1997. Charles Harrison became a member of the Art & Language artist group in 1971 and was an editor of Art-Language. He was also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Harrison (Australian Politician)
Charles Albert Harrison (5 February 1915 – 4 June 1986) (nickname Chookey) was an Australian politician. He represented the South Australian House of Assembly The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. The other is the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide. Overview The House of Assembly was creat ... seat of Albert Park from 1970 to 1979 for the Labor Party. Married to Elsie Rose Sanders. Son of Charles and Lillian Harrison née Atkinson. Buried in Lawn section of Cheltenam Cemetery. References 1915 births 1986 deaths Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of South Australia 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Harrison (basketball)
Charles "Tex" Harrison (January 20, 1933 – November 20, 2014) was an American basketball player, born in Indiana and raised in Texas, who played and coached for the Harlem Globetrotters for six decades. Harrison was the first player from a historically African American college to receive All-American honors. After he was discovered by the Globetrotters in 1954, he played with and coached for players such as Meadowlark Lemon, Marques Haynes, Wilt Chamberlain, and Fred Neal. During his playing career, Harrison had tea with Queen Elizabeth, played for an audience of three popes, ate caviar with Nikita Khrushchev, and starred in a Saturday morning variety show. He died at 81 years old in Houston, Texasbr> Early life Harrison was born to Lullelia Walker Harrison and Alexander Crystal Harrison in Gary, Indiana. Harrison was raised in Houston, Texas after his family moved there in 1933. He had one older brother, Alexander Crystal Harrison I Harrison's father was a small business ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Harrison (Bewdley MP)
Charles Harrison (1830 – 11 May 1888) was a British businessman and Liberal politician. He was the younger son of Benjamin Harrison of Liverpool and his wife, Hannah King of Stourbridge.''Obituary'', The Times, 12 May 1888, p.13 Harrison entered business with Mr B Devey, a wharfinger at Stourport-on-Severn. Among the goods that were dealt with on the wharf were locally produced carpets of George Harris. On Harris's retirement Harrison purchased his carpet manufacturing business, and continued to actively run the company until shortly before his death.''Death of Mr C Harrison of Areley Court'', Birmingham Daily Post, 12 May 1888 Apart from his business activities, Harrison was a magistrate for Worcestershire and a member of the Stourport local board and a number of other institutions in the area. In 1874 he was invited to stand as Liberal candidate for the parliamentary borough of Bewdley in place of Augustus Anson who had retired from parliament. Harrison held the seat for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Harrison (Canadian Politician)
Charles Harrison (1792 – May 8, 1879) was a political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Queen's County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1829 to 1834. He was born in Sheffield, New Brunswick, the son of Lieutenant James Harrison, a United Empire Loyalist, and Charity Cowperthwaite. Harrison was educated in Sheffield. He married Mary Burpee. He did not run for reelection in 1836. In 1849, Harrison was named to the Legislative Council of New Brunswick The Legislative Council of New Brunswick was the upper house of the government of the British colony and later Canadian province of New Brunswick between 1785 and 1891. Members were appointed by the New Brunswick governor. Council chambers Th .... References ''The Canadian parliamentary companion'', HJ Morgan (1869) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Harrison (general)
Charles Harrison (1740 – 12 December 1793) was born into the noted Harrison family of Virginia. His brother was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and his nephew William Henry Harrison later became president. At the beginning of the American Revolutionary War he became lieutenant in a company of artillery from Virginia. When the state expanded its small artillery battalion into a regiment in November 1776, Harrison was appointed commander with the rank of colonel. Initially named Harrison's Continental Artillery Regiment, the unit was renamed the 1st Continental Artillery Regiment in August 1779. He joined George Washington's main army in time to fight at Monmouth. In 1780 he led his gunners at Camden and the following year he commanded Nathanael Greene's artillery at Hobkirk's Hill. Harrison's regiment Charles Harrison was born about 1740 in Charles City, Virginia of parents Benjamin Harrison IV and Anne Carter. On 1 December 1775, the Virginia Convention authori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Harrison (musician)
Charles Harrison (born 21 March 1974) has been Organist and Master of the Choristers of Chichester Cathedral since September 2014, succeeding Sarah Baldock. He has also held musical posts at Southwell Minster, Carlisle and Lincoln Cathedral. Early life and education Harrison was a cathedral chorister at Southwell Minster, where was tutored by Kenneth Beard and Paul Hale, and he took up the organ scholarship at Southwell in 1991 while he studied for A-levels at Southwell Minster School. In the following year, he started as an organ scholar at Jesus College, Cambridge in 1992, where he read for a degree in music. Whilst at Cambridge, he studied the organ with David Sanger and, in his second year, became a prizewinning Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. When he graduated, he was appointed to the position of Assistant Organist at Carlisle Cathedral. Career Carlisle Whilst at Carlisle Cathedral, Harrison developed his career as a solo instrumentalist, appearing in recitals an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Harrison (RAF Officer)
Lieutenant Charles Philip Harrison (born 27 July 1888) was a British World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. Military service Harrison was commissioned as second lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers on 19 November 1915. He served in France and German West Africa, and was promoted to lieutenant on 4 October 1916. He was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps, and on 17 May 1918 was appointed an observer officer with the rank of second lieutenant, though with the honorary rank of lieutenant. He was posted to No. 98 Squadron, flying in the DH.9. Harrison gained his first victory on 21 April 1918 with Lieutenant A. M. Phillips as pilot, by driving down 'out of control' a Fokker Dr.I over Bailleul. His second came on 8 May, with Lieutenant N. C. MacDonald, when he set on fire an Albatros D.V over Menen–Wervicq. Flying with Lieutenant Frederick Wilton, he accounted for two more Fokker Dr.I's on 16 July, and a Pfalz D.III on 18 July, for a total of five. Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles B
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles "Chuck" Harrison
Charles "Chuck" Harrison (September 23, 1931 — November 29, 2018) was an American industrial designer, speaker and educator. He was known for his pioneering role as one of the first African-American industrial designers of the era and the first to lead a design department at a major corporation. He was the first African-American executive to work at Sears, Roebuck and Company, starting in 1961 as a designer and eventually becoming manager of the company's entire design group. He was involved in the design of over 750 consumer products, including the portable hair dryer, toasters, stereos, lawn mowers, sewing machines, Craftsman power tools, the see-through measuring cup, fondue pots, stoves, and the first plastic trash can, which has been credited with changing the sound of trash collection day. Perhaps his most famous achievement was leading the team that updated the View-Master in 1958, designing the classic Model F View-Master. A Stone Age version of the virtual reality viewer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Custis Harrison
Charles Custis Harrison (May 3, 1844 – February 12, 1929) owned several sugar refineries in Philadelphia from 1863 to 1892, and served as Provost of the University of Pennsylvania from 1894 to 1910. Early life Harrison was born on May 3, 1844 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the eldest son of George Leib Harrison (1811–1885) and Sarah Ann ( Waples) Harrison (1816–1850). Among his siblings were Alfred Craven Harrison, Harriet Morgan Harrison (wife of William W. Frazier) and William Welsh Harrison (who built Grey Towers Castle). From his father's second marriage to Letitia Henry Mitchell (a sister of Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell, he had a younger half-brother, Mitchell Harrison. His early education was at the private school of Miss Tatham on Pine Street in Philadelphia and the parish school of St. Luke's Episcopal Church before entering Episcopal Academy. He received the Bachelor of Arts in 1862, the Masters of Arts in 1865, and an honorary LL.D. in 1911 from the Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
