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Chris Sims (comics)
Chris or Christopher Sims may refer to: * Christopher A. Sims, American macroeconomist * Chris Sims (police officer), British Chief Constable * Chris Sims (priest) (born 1949), Anglican priest * Chris Whitey Sims Chris Whitey Sims (born 1966) is a musician, songwriter and first amendment activist known for his work with The Leaving Trains, Graveyard Rodeo and his current band Tender. Musical career In 1991 Falling James Moreland briefly disbanded The Le ... (born 1966), musician and songwriter See also * Chris Simms (other) {{hndis, Sims, Chris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher A
Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρειν (''phérein''), "to bear"; hence the "Christ-bearer". As a given name, 'Christopher' has been in use since the 10th century. In English, Christopher may be abbreviated as "Chris", "Topher", and sometimes " Kit". It was frequently the most popular male first name in the United Kingdom, having been in the top twenty in England and Wales from the 1940s until 1995, although it has since dropped out of the top 100. The name is most common in England and not so common in Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. People with the given name Antiquity and Middle Ages * Saint Christopher (died 251), saint venerated by Catholics and Orthodox Christians * Christopher (Domestic of the Schools) (fl. 870s), Byzantine general * Christopher Lekapenos (died 931) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Sims (police Officer)
Christopher Peter Sims OBE, QPM, DL is the former Chief Constable of West Midlands Police (WMP), England's second largest and the United Kingdom's third largest police force. Police career Sims began his policing career in 1980 with the Metropolitan Police force, rising to the rank of chief inspector. He moved to Staffordshire Police in 1994 on promotion to superintendent. He worked in the professional standards unit, helped establish the performance development team, worked in CID at headquarters and spent a short time as divisional commander at Wombourne before taking up the role of divisional commander at Hanley. He left Staffordshire in March 1999 to take up the role of Assistant Chief Constable for West Midlands Police. Sims was later appointed Deputy Chief Constable – a post he held for three years. During his time with West Midlands Police, Sims was seconded to Nottinghamshire Police to act as a strategic advisor. Before taking up his previous role as Chief Constabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Sims (priest)
Christopher Sidney Sims (born 9 September 1949, Shipley, West Yorkshire), is an Anglican priest, a retired Archdeacon of Walsall. Sims was son of clergyman the Reverend Sidney Sims and his wife Dorothy. He was educated at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and ordained priest in 1977. After a curacy at Walmsley, Sutton Coldfield (1977-80), he held his first incumbency as Vicar at Hay Mills, Birmingham (1980-88). He then served in Cumbria as Vicar of St Michael Stanwix with St Mark, Belah, Carlisle (1988-96), Rural Dean of Carlisle (1990-95), honorary Canon of Carlisle Cathedral (1991-96), priest-in-charge at All Hallows and Torpenhow, Boltonsgate with Ireby and Uldale, Bassenthwaite with Isel and Setmuir Pits (1996-2001), and Team Rector of Binsey Team Ministry (2001-03) and in Shropshire at Shrewsbury Abbey (2003-09), also serving as Rural Dean of Shrewsbury (2008-09) before his appointment as Archdeacon An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Whitey Sims
Chris Whitey Sims (born 1966) is a musician, songwriter and first amendment activist known for his work with The Leaving Trains, Graveyard Rodeo and his current band Tender. Musical career In 1991 Falling James Moreland briefly disbanded The Leaving Trains to form The Power of Sky. Along with Power of Sky's bassist, Chris Whitey Sims, Moreland reassembled a new Leaving Trains with Bobby Belltower (who had briefly played in the previous incarnation of the band) and Lenny Montoya. This lineup produced two albums on SST Records: Loser Illusion Part 0 released 1991 (SST284), and The Lump in My Forehead released 1992 (SST288), with James Moreland and Chris Whitey Sims as primary songwriters. Chris Sims also performed with Pepper Keenan in Graveyard Rodeo, a local New Orleans band in the mid-1980s as featured in Life, Death and Heavy Blues from the Bayou. Sims also appears on The FuckEmos album "Airshow" released by Man's Ruin (MR-181) in 2000. Reshaping the musical direction of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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