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George Hurst
George Hurst may refer to: * George Hurst (conductor) (1926–2012), British conductor * George Hurst (artist) (born 1933), American leather artist * George Samuel Hurst (1927–2010), health physicist, scientist, inventor, educator and innovator * George Hurst (died 1986), founder of Hurst Performance See also * George Hirst (other) * George Hearst (1820–1891), American businessman and politician * George Randolph Hearst (1904–1972), eldest son of William Randolph Hearst * George Randolph Hearst Jr. (1927–2012), chairman of the board of the Hearst Corporation {{hndis, Hurst, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hurst (conductor)
George Hurst (20 May 1926 – 15 September 2012) was a British conductor. Early life Hurst was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1926, of Romanian and Russian parentage. He became a piano student in London of Julius Isserlis, grandfather of the cellist Steven Isserlis. On the outbreak of World War II, Hurst was sent to Canada, where he continued to study music at Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, Quebec and The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Career Hurst began his career as a writer and then his talent for composition was recognized while he was a student at Royal Conservatory in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At age 21, he became a professor of composition at the Peabody Institute located in Baltimore, and also worked and studied with Pierre Monteux while he stayed in America. In North America, Hurst was affiliated with the York Symphony Orchestra (Pennsylvania) from 1950 to 1955. Hurst acted as an associate conductor for the London Philharmonic Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hurst (artist)
George Hurst (1933 - September 13, 2022) was an American leather artist known for his contributions to leathercraft instruction. With nearly 8 million views on his leatherworking tutorial videos on YouTube, Hurst is recognized internationally as a teacher. His contributions to the leather industry over the last 50 years have been recognized with an Al Stohlman Award for Achievement in Leathercraft, the Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Federation of Leather Guilds, and the Master Leather Artisan Award by the Academy of Western Artists. Early life George Hurst was born in New Berlin, Pennsylvania in 1933. He was first introduced to leatherworking in shop class in highschool and began selling his work to family and friends. When Hurst joined the Army in 1952, he continued to pursue leathercraft as a profitable hobby. After he left the Army in 1955, he ran a furniture manufacturing business while operating his independent leather business as a part-time avocation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Samuel Hurst
George Samuel Hurst (13 October 1927 – 4 July 2010) was a health physicist and professor of physics at the University of Kentucky. Early life Hurst was born on 13 October 1927 in the rural town of Ponza, Bell County, Kentucky located near Pineville, Kentucky. His father was James H. Hurst and mother was Myrtle Wright Hurst. As a boy, he had a keen interest in Thomas Edison. Hurst grew up on the family farm and came from a large family with two brothers and two sisters. In 2010, he died of a brain aneurysm and was buried at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. Education Hurst attended high school at Bell County High School in Pineville, Kentucky. At the age of 15, he enrolled in Berea College. In 1947, Hurst received a B.A. degree in physics and a minor in mathematics from Berea College. He attended the University of Kentucky and graduated in 1948 with the M.S. degree in physics. During registration at UK, he met Rufus Ritchie. Ritchie became a longtime friend and the two worked on severa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurst Performance
Hurst Performance, Inc. of Warminster Township, Pennsylvania, manufactured and marketed products for enhancing the performance of automobiles, most notably muscle cars. Products Hurst produced aftermarket replacement manual transmission shifters and other automobile performance enhancing parts. Hurst was also an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) supplier for automakers and provided services or components for numerous muscle car models by American Motors (AMC), Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors. Their products were included as standard equipment in AMC's The Machine (also known as the Rebel Machine), AMC AMXs and Javelins, Chevrolet Camaros, Pontiac Firebirds, Pontiac GTOs and Oldsmobile 442s, Boss Mustang 302 and the Boss 429, as well as Dodge Chargers, Plymouth Barracudas, and Plymouth Superbirds, among others. Specialty automobile models produced in cooperation with automakers that incorporated the Hurst logo or name, included: * 1969 AMC SC/Rambler * 1970 Chrysler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hirst (other)
George Hirst (1871–1954) was an English cricketer. George Hirst may also refer to: * George Hirst (astronomer) (1846–1915), astronomer in New South Wales who was an official observer of the 1874 transit of Venus * George Harry Hirst (1879–1933), British politician * George Littlewood Hirst (1890–1967), Welsh rugby union player * George Hirst (virologist) (1909–1994), American virologist and science administrator * George Hirst (footballer) George David Eric Hirst (born 15 February 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Ipswich Town. He is the son of former Sheffield Wednesday striker David Hirst. Club career Sheffield Wedne ... (born 1999) See also * George Hurst (other) {{hndis, Hirst, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hearst
George Hearst (September 3, 1820 – February 28, 1891) was an American businessman, miner, and politician. After growing up on a small farm in Missouri, he founded many mining operations, and is known for developing and expanding the Homestake Mine in the late 1870s in the Black Hills of South Dakota. In 1879, he listed it on the New York Stock Exchange and went on to other pursuits. The mine operated continuously, producing gold until 2001. After settling in San Francisco in the early 1860s, Hearst became a politician, first representing San Francisco in the state legislature for one term. He also maintained mining interests through his company. Hearst was appointed as a United States senator in 1886 to fill a vacancy and was elected as a Democrat later that year on his own account. He served in the Senate from 1887 to his death in 1891. His only child from his late marriage (at age 40) was his son William Randolph Hearst, who became internationally known as a newspaperm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Randolph Hearst
George Randolph Hearst Sr. (April 23, 1904 – January 26, 1972) was an American heir and media executive. He was the son of media magnate William Randolph Hearst, and the vice president of the Hearst Corporation. Early life Hearst was born on April 23, 1904. He was the eldest son of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst. Career Hearst first worked in advertising for ''The San Francisco Examiner'' from 1924 to 1928, when he became its publisher. He was appointed as the president of '' The New York American'' in 1929, and he was the vice president of the ''Los Angeles Examiner'' from 1932 to 1953. Though he never held a title higher than Vice-President at the Hearst Corporation, he was listed above many with higher-sounding titles when executives were listed in the company's publications. Hearst was one of the five family trustees of the trust established under his father's will (this ensured that eight non-family trustees would have majority control of the corporation). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
