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George Barber (athlete)
George Barber may refer to: Politicians * George Philip Barber (1863–1938), Australian politician * George Barber (politician) (1860–1942), Australian politician * George W. Barber (politician) (c. 1831–1870s), American politician in South Carolina Sportspeople * George Barber (jumper) (1884–1938), Canadian athlete * George Barber (footballer) (1908–1974), English footballer * George Barber (pole vaulter), Canadian pole vaulter * George W. Barber, American racecar driver and businessman Others * George Anthony Barber (1802–1874), English-born Canadian educator, also known as ''the father of Canadian cricket'' * George Franklin Barber (1854–1915), American architect * George Barber (artist) George Barber is a British video artist. Early life and education Barber was born and grew up in British Guyana, which he considers to be his most important education. He received his BA in Sculpture 'A' (conceptual department) from St Mart ... (born 1958), British v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Philip Barber
George Philip Barber (26 March 1863 – 7 November 1938) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. To the people of Bundaberg, he was known as "Honest George". Biography Barber was born in Oulton Broad, a suburb of Lowestoft in Suffolk, the son of George Barber Snr and his wife Susan (née Gall). He was educated in the local parish and board schools and by 1875 was working as a seaman in the Dogger Bank fishing fleet before engaging in missionary work in India. After arriving in Queensland Barber took up banana farming and was a handyman at the local meatworks and labourer at a sawmill. He was also a Petty Officer in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve for the duration of World War I. In 1891Family History Search — [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Barber (politician)
George Barber (1860 – 10 April 1932) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Barber was born in Hoo, Kent, the son of George Barber Snr. and his wife Fanny (née Parker). After his arrival in Charleville he was a builder. Barber was twice married, firstly to Florence Gifford whom he married in Canterbury, England, and together had 6 sons and 4 daughters. Florence died in 1922Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 18 June 2016. and the next year he married Mary Ann Toub. Barber died in April 1932 and was buried in the Charleville Cemetery. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George W
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. While in his twenties, Bush flew warplanes in the Texas Air National Guard. After graduating from Harvard Business School in 1975, he worked in the oil industry. In 1978, Bush unsuccessfully ran for the House of Representatives. He later co-owned the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball before he was elected governor of Texas in 1994. As governor, Bush successfully sponsored legislation for tort reform, increased education funding, set higher standards for schools, and reformed the criminal justice system. He also helped make Texas the leading producer of wind powered electricity in the nation. In the 2000 presidential election, Bush defeated Democratic incum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Barber (jumper)
George Henry Barber (23 August 1884 – 28 May 1938) was a Canadian athlete. He competed in four jumping events at the 1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori .... References 1884 births 1938 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics Canadian male long jumpers Canadian male high jumpers Olympic track and field athletes of Canada Athletes from Toronto Olympic male high jumpers {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Barber (footballer)
George Frederick Barber (1 August 1908 – 7 July 1974) was an English footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ... who played as a full-back. Club career Barber played as a defender for Chelsea, amassing 263 league appearances. After more than fifty wartime appearances for Chelsea, Barber survived World War II, and died in 1974. References 1908 births 1974 deaths Footballers from the London Borough of Newham People from West Ham English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Luton Town F.C. players Chelsea F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-defender-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Barber (pole Vaulter)
George Barber may refer to: Politicians * George Philip Barber (1863–1938), Australian politician * George Barber (politician) (1860–1942), Australian politician * George W. Barber (politician) (c. 1831–1870s), American politician in South Carolina Sportspeople * George Barber (jumper) (1884–1938), Canadian athlete * George Barber (footballer) (1908–1974), English footballer * George Barber (pole vaulter), Canadian pole vaulter * George W. Barber, American racecar driver and businessman Others * George Anthony Barber (1802–1874), English-born Canadian educator, also known as ''the father of Canadian cricket'' * George Franklin Barber (1854–1915), American architect * George Barber (artist) George Barber is a British video artist. Early life and education Barber was born and grew up in British Guyana, which he considers to be his most important education. He received his BA in Sculpture 'A' (conceptual department) from St Mart ... (born 1958), British vid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 World Championships In Athletics – Men's Pole Vault
These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city' .... There were a total number of 27 participating athletes. The qualification round was stopped and later canceled due to heavy rain and strong winds and eventually a straight final was held on 14 August, the last day of the championships. Medalists Records Results Final See also * 1980 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Moscow) * 1982 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Athens) * 1984 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Los Angeles) * 1984 Men's Friendship Games Pole Vault (Moscow) * 1986 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Stuttgart) * 1987 Men's World Championships Pole Vault (Rome) * 1988 Men's Olympic Pole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Anthony Barber
George Anthony Barber (1802 – 20 October 1874) was an English-born educator, auditor, and sportsman who emigrated to Canada, where he became the first superintendent of Toronto's public school system and became known as ''the father of Canadian cricket''. Barber was born in 1802 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England and emigrated to Canada in 1826. Upon his arrival, he taught at the Home District grammar school in York and married Lucinda Shortiss. After teaching in for three years, he joined the Upper Canada College staff when it first opened in 1829. In his duties as collector, he was involved in a financial scandal in 1839 that forced him to put up £1,500 to cover shortfalls in the college accounts, and was forced to resign from the college as a result. The scandal, details of which are hazy, also involved Bishop John Strachan, Allan MacNab and Colonel Joseph Wells. While at Upper Canada College, Barber started a public auditing business and beginning in 1840 he became aud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Franklin Barber
George Franklin Barber (July 31, 1854 – February 17, 1915) was an American architect known for the house designs he marketed worldwide through mail-order catalogs. Barber was one of the most successful residential architects of the late Victorian period in the United States,Michael Tomlan, Introduction to George F. Barber's ''Victorian Cottage Architecture: An American Catalog of Designs, 1891'' (Dover Publications, 2004), pp. v-xvi. and his plans were used for houses in all 50 U.S. states, and in nations as far away as Japan and the Philippines. Over four dozen Barber houses are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and several dozen more are listed as part of historic districts. Barber began designing houses in his native DeKalb, Illinois, in the late 1880s, before permanently moving his base to Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1888. His first widely circulated catalog, ''Cottage Souvenir No. 2'', contained designs and floor plans for fifty-nine hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Barber (artist)
George Barber is a British video artist. Early life and education Barber was born and grew up in British Guyana, which he considers to be his most important education. He received his BA in Sculpture 'A' (conceptual department) from St Martins School of Art in 1980 and his MA in Experimental Department from The Slade, in 1984. Art career Barber first gained acclaim through his low-tech video pieces composed of found footage which he deconstructed in an effort to display them as contradicting their intended purposes, many of which become a 'deft reworking of cinematic narrative and cliché'. Barber rose to prominence with these works, establishing the Scratch-video movement in the 1980s. Many of Barber's Scratch works including ''Absence of Satan'', 1985 and ''Yes Frank Don't Smoke'', 1986 are seminal to the history of British video art. In 1990s, Barber moved away from Scratch in his practice and created low-tech video works which became 'influential in defining the then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Possible Worlds (play)
''Possible Worlds'' is a play written in 1990 by John Mighton. The author, John Mighton, is a mathematician and philosopher. His plays tend to meld science, drama and math into one cohesive piece. It is part murder mystery, part science-fiction, and part mathematical philosophy and follows the multiple parallel lives of the main character George Barber. Mighton, a mathematician from University of Toronto's Fields Institute, brought his considerable professional experience to bear on the writing of the play. At the play's beginning, George is found dead, with his brain missing. Two detectives set out to uncover the truth behind his grisly death, and stumble upon several strange characters. This play may be classified as a sci-fi tragic drama The play itself does not have any music. Possible Worlds won a Governor General's Literary Award for Drama in 1992 alongside Short History of Night. A film adaptation of the same name was released in 2000. Directed by Robert Lepage and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Calvert Barber
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
