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Christopher White (composer)
Chris White or Christopher White may refer to: People Music * Chris White (bassist) (1936–2014), jazz bassist * Chris White (musician) (born 1943), bassist and songwriter with The Zombies * Chris White (saxophonist) (born 1955), British jazz/rock saxophonist * Christopher White (pianist) (born 1984), classical pianist, musicologist and repetiteur Sports * Chris White (archer) (born 1979), British archer * Chris White (cricketer) (born 1980), English cricketer * Chris White (darts player) (born 1971), Canadian-American darts player * Chris White (lacrosse) (born 1980), lacrosse player * Chris White (linebacker) (born 1989), American football linebacker for the New England Patriots * Chris White (offensive lineman) (born 1983), American football center for the New York Giants * Chris White (rower) (born 1960), New Zealand rower * Chris White (rugby union) (born 1967), English rugby union referee Other * Chris White (multihull designer), sailboat designer * Chris White (politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris White (bassist)
Chris White (July 6, 1936 − November 2, 2014) was an American jazz bassist. Early life and education Christopher Wesley White was born in Harlem, New York, and grew up in Brooklyn."White, Chris (Christopher Wesley)" , Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians, Jazz.com. He graduated in 1956 from , and in 1968 from the . In 1974, he earned his Master of Education from the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris White (rower)
Christopher Sherratt White (born 9 September 1960) is a former New Zealand rower and Olympic Bronze medallist at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He is described as "one of the giants of New Zealand rowing" and with 38 national titles, holds the record for most domestic rowing titles in New Zealand. Life White was born on 9 September 1960 in Gisborne, New Zealand. Richard White, an All Black, was his father. He was a member of the Waikato Rowing Club and in the 1980/81 rowing season, he became national champion in the coxed pairs, pairing with Greg Johnston and Noel Parris as cox. He first represented New Zealand at the 1981 World Rowing Championships in Oberschleißheim outside of Munich, Germany, where he rowed with the eight. With the New Zealand eight, he won world championships in 1982 and 1983 at Rotsee, Switzerland and at Wedau, Germany, respectively. White competed at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles in the eights which finished fourth. At the 1988 Olympics, Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher White (ballad)
"Christopher White" is #108 of the Child Ballads, the collection of 305 ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, collected by Francis James Child in the late nineteenth century. The collection was published as ''The English and Scottish Popular Ballads'' between 1882 and 1898 by Houghton Mifflin in ten volumes. Synopsis A maid bemoans the absence of her lover, Christopher White. A merchant offers to marry her instead. She tells him that if she was false to her lover, she'd be false to him. He offers more and more until he persuades her. She marries him, sends a letter to her lover with money, and when he comes, runs off with him and much of the merchant's treasure. The merchant laments, but acknowledges that she told him she would be false to him if she were false to her lover. See also *List of the Child Ballads The Child Ballads is the colloquial name given to a collection of 305 ballads collected in the 19th century by Francis James Child Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
America's Next Top Model (season 15)
The fifteenth cycle of ''America's Next Top Model'' premiered on September 8, 2010 and was the ninth cycle to be aired on The CW network. Several changes were made to the show in a bid to place greater emphasis on high fashion, including a lineup of prominent fashion industry guest judges as well as a change in prizes. All three permanent judges from the previous cycle, ''Vogue'' editor-at-large André Leon Talley, photographer Nigel Barker and Tyra Banks, remained in place. The prizes for this cycle included a modeling contract with IMG Models, a fashion spread in ''Vogue Italia'', and both the cover and a spread in '' Beauty In Vogue'', along with an editorial feature on ''Vogue.it'', and a 100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics. The international destinations for this cycle are Venice, Milan and Como, all in Italy. The winner of the competition was 19-year-old Ann Ward from Dallas, Texas with Chelsey Hersley placing as the runner up. Cast Contestants ''(Ages stated are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher White (technician)
Christopher White ( 1650–1695?) was a chemist and laboratory technician based in London and Oxford. He was selected to run one of the first purpose built university laboratories in the UK and has been referred to as the "first professional technician". Career White's father acted as an assistant to Peter Stahl, a German alchemist, when he gave an experimental chemistry course in Oxford. White helped his father on that course and then remained working as a trainee assistant to Stahl for three years. He then worked for Robert Boyle in Oxford and London for a further ten years. Returning to Oxford in 1676 White set up a successful business making chemical medicines and preparations. White was invited to run a new chemical laboratory that was to be built as part of the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford. Begun in 1679, the new laboratory was opened on 21 May 1683 and was described by Edward Chamberlayne as:Perchance one of the most beautiful and useful in the World, fur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher White (art Historian)
Sir Christopher John White CVO FBA (born 19 September 1930) is a British art historian and curator. He is the son of the artist and art administrator Gabriel White. He has specialized in the study of Rembrandt and Dutch Golden Age painting and printmaking. White received a BA from the University of London, followed by an MA from the University of Oxford, and a PhD at the Courtauld Institute, University of London. He then joined the British Museum's Department of Prints and Drawings in 1954. From 1965 to 1971 he was Director of Old Master Sales at Colnaghi in London, then moving to be curator of graphic arts for the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC until 1973. From 1973, White was Director of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, an affiliate of Yale in London, and also an associate director of the Yale Center for British Art. In 1985 he left these to become Director of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, retirin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris White (politician)
Christopher Mark Francis White (born 28 April 1967 in Australia) is a British Conservative Party politician and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Warwick and Leamington from 2010 to 2017. He lost the seat at the 2017 general election. White is currently Director of the Institute for Industrial Strategy at King's College London. Education White was educated at the state comprehensive St. Gregory's Catholic School, Tunbridge Wells, followed by the University of Manchester, where he obtained a BEng in Engineering, and an MBA from the University of Bath. Career White unsuccessfully contested the Labour stronghold of Birmingham Hall Green at the 2001 general election, then the marginal Warwick and Leamington at the 2005 general election, but was again unsuccessful. In May 2008, he was elected to Warwick District Council. At the 2010 general election, he gained Warwick and Leamington for the Conservatives, receiving 20,876 votes to the incumbent Labour MP James Plaskitt's 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris White (multihull Designer)
Chris White is an American multihull sailboat designer. Career White built his first trimaran, a Jim Brown designed Searunner 31, in 1973. In the late 1970s he worked with Jim Brown and Dick Newick. His first large design was the 52' trimaran, ''Juniper'', built in southern Virginia and launched in 1981, later sailed around the world by Henk de Velde. In 1983 he started his design business, developing the concept of the forward cockpit or pilot house catamaran. The first of the Atlantic Cats were launched in 1985. Designs *1981 ** ''Juniper'' *Later 1980s **Discovery 20 **Atlantic 50 *Atlantic Cats ** Atlantic 48 **Atlantic 55 **Atlantic 57 *2010s **Atlantic 47 Books In 1990 Chris published ''The Cruising Multihull'', which is still in print. See also *Henk de Velde Henk de Velde (12 January 1949 – 3 November 2022) was a Dutch seafarer. He was especially known for his long solo-voyages around the world. Initially he worked for thirteen years in the merchant navy, from Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris White (rugby Union)
Chris White (born 16 July 1963) is an English international rugby referee. He is one of England's top rugby referees and has refereed at three Rugby World Cups. He started refereeing at 17 years of age and joined the Gloucester Referees Society in 1990. White was one of 16 referees appointed to the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales. He was also again selected as a referee at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. He refereed the semi-final of this competition between New Zealand and Australia. He was subsequently in charge of the 2005 Grand Slam decider between Wales and Ireland. During a 2007 Six Nations match between Italy and Wales, White ended the game after Wales, believing they had time to score a match winning try, kicked for touch from a penalty. White later apologised for the misunderstanding. White was selected for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, his third World Cup. White retired from test match rugby in 2010, refereeing 50 test matches in total. He has also taken charg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris White (offensive Lineman)
Chris La Bryant White (born February 28, 1983) is a former American football center. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at the University of Southern Mississippi. He played for the Packers, Houston Texans, Seattle Seahawks and New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. .... References External linksSeattle Seahawks bio 1983 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris White (musician)
Christopher Taylor White (born 7 March 1943) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. White's music career spans more than 50 years. He came to prominence in the mid-1960s as the bass guitarist and occasional lead vocalist of the English rock band The Zombies. White is one of the main composers of the Zombies' music, and made major lyrical contributions to the band's songs. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 as a member of the Zombies. Early years White was born on 7 March 1943, in Barnet, Hertfordshire, to Harold White, a bus inspector for London Transport, and his wife Nan. The family soon relocated to Markyate, Hertfordshire, where his parents Harold and Nan White owned the village general store, selling groceries, hardware, paint, and furniture. As a pastime, Harold White played double bass in dance bands performing the music of Glenn Miller and other swing bands; he gave his son his earliest musical training, playing guit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris White (linebacker)
Christopher Andrew White (born January 15, 1989) is a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL Draft. White attended Vancleave (Miss.) High School. He played college football at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and Mississippi State. On August 25, 2013, White was traded to the Lions in exchange for Thaddeus Lewis. On September 1, 2013, he was claimed off waivers by the New England Patriots. White was a member of the Patriots when they won Super Bowl XLIX over the Seattle Seahawks The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West, which they rejoined in 2002 as ..., 28–24. On August 10, 2015, the Patriots released White. References External links * Mississippi State Bulldogs football bio {{DEFAULTSORT:White, Chris 1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |