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George Hardy (footballer)
George Hardy may refer to: * George Hardy (actor) (born 1954), American dentist and star of cult film ''Troll 2'' * George Hardy (labor leader) (1911–1990), Canadian-American labor leader * George Hardy (artist) (1822–1909), British genre painter * George Hardy (Liberal politician) (1851–1920), British member of parliament for Stowmarket 1906–1910 * George Francis Hardy (1855–1914), British actuary and amateur astronomer * George Hardy (communist) (1884–1966), English communist * George Hardy (Tuskegee Airman) (born 1925), African-American Tuskegee airman * George Hudleston Hurlstone Hardy, entomologist * W. G. Hardy William George Hardy (February 3, 1895 – August 28, 1979) was a Canadian professor, writer, and ice hockey administrator. He lectured on the Classics at the University of Alberta from 1922 to 1964, and served as president of the Canadian Aut ... (1895–1979), Canadian professor, writer, and ice hockey administrator See also * George Hardie (dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hardy (actor)
George Hardy (born October 16, 1954) is an American dentist and actor who played the leading role in the cult horror film ''Troll 2'' (1990), which is regarded as one of the worst films ever made. In 2021 he was in the horror movie ''CYST''. Career Hardy studied at Auburn University during the 1970s. At that time he was interested in theater. He took acting classes, but gave up the idea of becoming an actor because he feared that it wouldn't be a practical career. Hardy eventually became a dentist. He was practicing in Salt Lake City when he auditioned for ''Troll 2'' at the urging of some of his patients. He ended up winning the role of Michael Waits, head of the family that falls victim to the titular villains. After the film's dismal reception following a direct-to-video release, he returned to practicing dentistry full-time and did not pursue acting any further. Word of mouth slowly spread about ''Troll 2'' regarding how laughably poor it was, allowing a loyal fanbase to de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hardy (labor Leader)
George Hardy (December 15, 1911 – September 13, 1990) was a Canadian-American labor leader who was president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) from 1971 to 1980. At the time of his death, SEIU had grown to become the fifth-largest affiliate of the AFL-CIO.Cook,George Hardy, 79, Pioneer Leader of Service Worker Union, Is Dead" ''New York Times,'' September 18, 1990. Hardy was a vice president of the AFL-CIO from 1972 to 1980, and a member of its executive council. He was a former member of the Democratic National CommitteeLydon, "Democrats Give Labor Key Posts," ''New York Times,'' March 23, 1973. and the California Democratic State Central Committee. Early life and union career Hardy was born to Charles and Bertha (Fitchett) Hardy on December 15, 1911, in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.''Who Was Who in America,'' 1991.Simon, "George Hardy: Champion of the Low-Wage Worker," ''Union,'' Fall 1990. The Hardys moved to San Francisco, California, in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hardy (artist)
George Hardy (1822–1909) was an English genre painter, a member of the Cranbrook Colony and eldest brother of the artist Frederick Daniel Hardy. Early life George Hardy was born at Brighton in Sussex, the eldest of eight children of George Hardy (1795–1877) and his wife Sarah (née Lloyd) (1803–1872). George's father was a horn player in the Private Band of Music of the Royal Households of George IV, Queen Adelaide and Queen Victoria. His father was also an amateur artist, taught by James Duffield Harding and Edmund Bristow. George Hardy's ancestors were from Horsforth in Yorkshire; Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, First Earl of Cranbrook, was his second cousin. George Hardy was admitted to the Royal Academy Schools in 1841 on the recommendation of Thomas Webster who was a family friend and was related to Hardy's mother. The Cranbrook Colony Hardy's paintings of cottage interiors reflect the influence of Thomas Webster and Dutch genre painters of the seventeenth century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hardy (Liberal Politician)
George Alexander Hardy (29 December 1851 – 2 October 1920) was an English businessman and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician who served for many years as a councillor in South London, and briefly as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Stowmarket (UK Parliament constituency), Stowmarket division of Suffolk. Hardy was born in the Islington district of North London, and went into business in the City of London. He was a member of the Greenwich Vestry, and later served as a councillor on Camberwell Borough Council. In the March 1901 elections for the London County Council, Hardy was elected as a Progressive Party (London), Progressive Party councillor for the Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency), Dulwich division of Camberwell. He was re-elected in 1904, but at the 1907 elections, the Municipal Reform Party made sweeping gains and Hardy lost his seat on the council. He was elected at the 1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 general election as the Member of Parliam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Francis Hardy
Sir George Francis Hardy (14 December 1855 – 5 October 1914) was a British actuary, Egyptologist and amateur astronomer. He became a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1877 and was President of the Institute of Actuaries from 1908 to 1910. Career Aged 15, Hardy joined the British Mutual Empire Life Office and later qualified for the Institute of Actuaries, after passing his first exam in 1874 and becoming a Fellow in 1880. In that year he published (with George King) "Notes on the practical application of Mr Makeham's Formula to the Graduation of Mortality Tables" in which both practical methods and the theory of actuarial science were extended. This theory is now called the Gompertz–Makeham law of mortality. Following years as a tutor and in private practice, Hardy was elected President of the Institute of Actuaries in 1908. He advised Governments, and was instrumental in the work that lead to the National Insurance Act 1911. A bronze bust of Hardy was sculpted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hardy (communist)
George Hardy (26 July 1884, Cottingham – 4 May 1966) was an English communist. He was General Secretary of the Industrial Workers of the World in 1921 and later secretary of the National Minority Movement. Biography Hardy was the son of an English agricultural labourer. From the age of 17 he took an active part in the trade union movement. In 1906 Hardy emigrated to Canada, where he organized a union of seafarers' workers, which joined the Industrial Workers of the World (I. W. W.); for a long time he was the chairman of this union. In 1912-13 he traveled to Australia, New Zealand and England as an agitator, where in 1915-16 he led a strike of dockworkers. Arriving then in the United States, he again began to lead the movement of workers in sea transport. He actively campaigned against the war and served a year in prison for that. In 1920 he was elected secretary of the I. W. W. in Seattle and as its representative was sent to the international conference of anarcho-syndicalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hardy (Tuskegee Airman)
George Hardy (born June 8, 1925) is an American retired pilot and military officer. In World War II Hardy served with the Tuskegee Airmen and flew 21 combat missions. In the Korean War he flew 45 combat mission as the pilot of a bomber. In the Vietnam War Hardy flew 70 combat missions piloting an AC-119K gunship. Early life Hardy's parents names were Edward Hardy and Alma Vargas. He was exposed to racism and segregation growing up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated high school in 1942 and wanted to join the military because his older brother had joined the U.S. Navy in 1941. When he joined the Army Air Corps in 1943 the U.S. military was segregated. Hardy faced discrimination from commanders in the Army. After WWII (1947) Hardy went to school at New York University School of Engineering and Science until 1948. Hardy wanted to be an Engineer, he did not plan to make a career in the Air Force. Education * Walter George Smith School * South Philadelphia High School * Bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hudleston Hurlstone Hardy
George Hudleston Hurlstone Hardy (14 August 1882 – 9 January 1966) was an entomologist who specialized in the biology of Diptera, especially Asilidae, Muscidae, Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae. He was the eldest son of Matilda Margaret Hudleston and English engineer and amateur entomologist Major George Hurlstone Hardy, who wrote ''The Book of the Fly.'' Hardy grew up in the Old House on Park Road in Twickenham and his second cousin was composer William Yeates Hurlstone. Hardy studied engineering at the Northumberland Institute and abandoned his Roman Catholic faith after reading Darwin's ''On the Origin of Species''. After migrating to Australia in 1911, Hardy became assistant curator of the Tasmanian Museum, then a fellow in economic biology at the University of Queensland. His collection, including his types, is shared between the Tasmanian Museum and the Australian Museum. Other collections are in the CSIRO Division of Economic Entomology and the University of Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
