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Charles Taylor (Liberian Politician), Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor most often refers to: *Charles Taylor (Liberian politician) (born 1948), warlord and 22nd president of Liberia *Charles Taylor (philosopher) (born 1931), Canadian philosopher and social theorist Charles, Charlie, or Chuck Taylor may also refer to: Actors, comedians, and theatrical professionals *Charles Taylor (actor), American actor *Charles H. Taylor (lyricist) (1859–1907), British lyricist * Charles "Rip" Taylor (1935–2019), American actor and comedian *Charles W. Taylor (1800–1874), American actor and dramatist Journalists *Charles H. Taylor (publisher) (1846–1921), American newspaper publisher and politician * Charles P. B. Taylor (1935–1997), Canadian journalist, author, and horsebreeder * Chuck Taylor (journalist, born 1957), American journalist *Chuck Taylor (music journalist) (born 1962), American music journalist Politicians * Charles Taylor (Australian politician) (1861–1944), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly *Charles Taylo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Taylor (Liberian Politician)
Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor (born 28 January 1948) is a former Liberian politician and convicted warlord who served as the 22nd president of Liberia from 2 August 1997 until his resignation on 11 August 2003, as a result of the Second Liberian Civil War and growing international pressure. Born in Arthington, Montserrado County, Liberia, Taylor earned a degree at Bentley College in the United States before returning to Liberia to work in the government of Samuel Doe. After being removed for embezzlement and imprisoned in Massachusetts by President Doe, Taylor would escape prison in 1989. He eventually arrived in Libya, where he was trained as a guerrilla fighter. He returned to Liberia in 1989 as the head of a Libyan-backed rebel group, the National Patriotic Front of Liberia, to overthrow the Doe government, initiating the First Liberian Civil War (1989–1996). Following Doe's execution, Taylor gained control of a large portion of the country and became one of the most prom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Taylor (physicist)
Charles Alfred Taylor (1922–2002) was a British physicist well known for his work in crystallography and his efforts to promote science to young audiences. Early life Charles Taylor was born in Hull in 1922. Education He began his degree at Queen Mary College (a constituent college of the University of London), but the college was subsequently evacuated to Cambridge during World War II. He graduated in 1943 and after working for the Admiralty during the war, then worked as a lecturer and then a reader after completing his PhD. Career His first work was for the Admiralty designing radar countermeasures, work that eventually took him to Harvard University in the United States until the end of the war. He then studied for a PhD at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, and was there from 1948 until 1965. He worked for a long time with Henry Lipson on the development of optical diffraction analogue methods. He was awarded a DSc in 1960. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Taylor (cricketer, Born 1966)
Charles William Taylor (born 12 August 1966) is a former English cricketer. Taylor was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium-fast. He was born at Banbury, Oxfordshire. Taylor first appeared in county cricket for Oxfordshire, making a single appearance for his home county in the 1986 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. Taylor later made his first-class debut for Middlesex against Nottinghamshire in the 1990 County Championship. He made 32 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Oxford University in 1995. A bowler capable of brisk pace, in his 33 first-class appearances for Middlesex, he took a total of 72 wickets at an average of 33.62, with best figures of 5/33. These figures were his only first-class five wicket haul and came against Yorkshire in his second first-class appearance in 1990. His most successful season with the ball came in 1992, when he featured in eighteen first-class matches, taking 35 wickets at an aver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Taylor (cricketer, Born 1881)
Charles James Taylor (8 June 1881 – 25 August 1960) was an English cricketer active in the latter half of the first decade of the 1900s, later playing intermittently through the 1920s to the early 1930s. Born at Bedminster, Bristol, Taylor was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler who made 21 appearances in first-class cricket, though was mostly associated with minor counties cricket. Taylor made his debut in first-class cricket for Warwickshire against Hampshire in the 1908 County Championship. He made two further first-class appearances for Warwickshire in the 1909 County Championship against Yorkshire and Derbyshire. He then played eighteen times for Somerset in 1910 and 1911. In all, he collected 61 first-class wickets, with his best performance being 6/82. He began playing minor counties cricket for Staffordshire in 1921, playing intermittently in the Minor Counties Championship for the next decade, with fifteen appearances up to 1932. His best ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Taylor (cricketer, Born 1816)
Charles George Taylor (21 November 1816 – 10 September 1869) was an English cricketer in the mid-19th century who played, as an amateur, mainly for Sussex and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), having begun his career at Cambridge University. Taylor was educated at Eton and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was a good all-rounder who batted right-handed and bowled right-arm slow, roundarm style. He was the first captain of Sussex, appointed when the club was founded in 1839 and holding the post until 1846. Taylor made his known debut in the 1836 season and had 125 known appearances in major matches to the 1859 season. He scored 3088 runs with an average of 14.29 and a highest innings of 114, which was one of two centuries he achieved. He took 69 catches and 287 wickets with a best tally of eight in one innings. He is known to have taken 10 wickets in a match In cricket, a ten-wicket haul occurs when a bowler takes ten wickets in either a single innings or across both innings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Taylor (footballer, Born 1993)
Charles James Taylor (born 18 September 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back for club Burnley. He is a former England U19 international. Club career Early career Born in York, North Yorkshire, Taylor attended Tadcaster Grammar School and played in the junior teams at Leeds United before signing as a scholar with the club upon leaving school in the summer of 2010. During his first year in the youth team, Taylor was a regular for the under-18s, and in the second half of the 2010–11 season established himself in the reserve team, featuring in nine matches. While playing for the under-18s against Newcastle United he scored a goal which would be awarded the LFE's 2010–11 Academy & Youth Alliance Goal of the Season in April 2011, with LFE chief executive Alan Sykes describing it as an "incredible strike". He capped his first year as a scholar by turning professional after signing a three-year contract at the club in May 2011. The length of the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Taylor (footballer, Born 1985)
Charlie James Taylor (born 1 December 1985) is a professional footballer who was last attached to Billericay Town. Career Taylor started his career as a trainee with Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest, before dropping into non-League football. Taylor signed for Welling United before leaving in 2004 to join Hornchurch. He then had spells at Fisher Athletic, Margate and Dulwich Hamlet F.C., Dulwich Hamlet before joining Grays Athletic F.C., Grays Athletic in 2009. He scored once in 11 games for Grays, away at Crawley Town F.C., Crawley Town in the 1–1 draw in the Conference National on 29 August. In July 2010, Taylor had an unsuccessful trial with EFL Championship, Championship club Bristol City F.C., Bristol City, before eventually signing for Barnet F.C., Barnet on 31 August 2010 from Isthmian League Premier Division club Sutton United F.C., Sutton United. Taylor made his debut on 25 September for Barnet in their 2–2 away draw with Morecambe F.C., More ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Asampong Taylor
Charles Kweku Bismark Taylor Asampong (born 14 July 1981 in Sefwi, Western Region) is a former Ghanaian professional footballer who played as a striker or an attacking midfielder. He had his greatest playing days and is one of the few players to play for Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. and Asante Kotoko. As a kid, he was often called tailor, after his uncle who was a tailor as he used to help his uncle with work, hence, he adopted the name Charles Taylor after the former Liberian president. Nicknamed "Terror" due to his ability to terrorise opponents. He's arguably one of the greatest players to ever play the Ghana premier league and a key member of the famous "64 Battalion" squad of Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. that won the African Champions League in 2000 and consecutive Ghanaian league titles. Club Early life His playing career started off at Great Olympics, where he used to polish the shoes of their management, he had a bet with the then chairman Ade Coker that he could play better ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Taylor (American Football)
Charles Albert Taylor (January 24, 1920 – May 7, 1994) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football at Stanford University from 1940 to 1942, returned as head football coach from 1951 to 1957, and served as the school's athletic director from 1963 to 1971. During his coaching tenure at Stanford, Taylor compiled a 40–29–2 record and led the Indians to the 1952 Rose Bowl his first season. That same season, at the age of 31, Taylor was named AFCA Coach of the Year, the youngest recipient of the award ever. As a sophomore, Taylor was one of the "Wow Boys" on the undefeated 1940 Stanford Indians football team and played in Stanford's 1941 Rose Bowl victory over Nebraska. As a senior in 1942, he was an All-American guard. Taylor was selected in the fourth round of the 1943 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Rams. By coaching his team to the 1952 Rose Bowl, Taylor became the second person to have participated in the Rose Bowl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charley Taylor
Charles Robert Taylor (September 28, 1941 – February 19, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver for 13 seasons with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils, he was selected by Washington in the first round of the 1964 NFL Draft. With Taylor, the Redskins made the playoffs five times (1971–1974, 1976) and reached the Super Bowl once (VII), after the 1972 season. A six-time All-Pro and eight-time Pro Bowl selection, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1984. Early life Taylor was born in Grand Prairie, Texas. He was the second of seven children, including four girls and three boys. Taylor was raised by his mother, Myrtle, and step father, James Stevenson. His mother was a domestic worker, chef, butcher and restaurant owner. His stepfather constructed parts for airplanes. Taylor began playing sports in junior high school, and was playi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles F
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 Vincent Taylor
Charles Vincent Taylor (8 February 1885 – 22 February 1946) was an American biologist and a professor at Stanford University. He contributed to studies on protozoa, innovating micro-manipulation and dissection techniques for their study. Taylor was born near Whitesville, Missouri, to Christina Bashor and Isaac Newton Taylor. On his father's side they traced their ancestry to an Isaac Taylor from County Antrim, Ireland who came to Virginia around 1740. His mother came from a family of German descent. He studied at Mount Morris College, Illinois and after receiving an AB in 1911 he became a principal of a school at Valley City, North Dakota. He joined the University of California, Berkeley in 1914 and studied mouse reproduction in 1914 under Joseph Abraham Long, Joseph A. Long and then studied the neuromotor structure of the ciliate ''Euplotes'' using microscopic dissection studies under the supervision of Charles Atwood Kofoid, Charles A. Kofoid in 1917. He then became an instructor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
