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George Shaw (Canadian Politician)
George Shaw may refer to: * George Shaw (biologist) (1751–1813), English botanist and zoologist * George B. Shaw (1854–1894), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin * George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Irish playwright * George C. Shaw (1866–1960), Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipient * George Ferdinand Shaw (1821–1899), Irish academic and journalist * George Shaw (academic dress scholar) (1928–2006), biologist and British expert on academic dress * George Shaw (artist) (born 1966), English contemporary artist * George Shaw (Queensland politician) (1913–1966), member of the Australian House of Representatives * George Shaw (civil servant), Lieutenant Governor of the British Crown Colony of Burma, 1913 * George Shaw (composer), musician and film composer * George Shaw (Tasmanian politician) (born 1932), member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council * George Shaw (architect) (1810–1876), English architect Sportspeople * George Shaw (American football) (1933– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Shaw (biologist)
George Kearsley Shaw (10 December 1751 – 22 July 1813) was an English botanist and zoologist. Life Shaw was born at Bierton, Buckinghamshire, and was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, receiving his M.A. in 1772. He took up the profession of medical practitioner. In 1786 he became the assistant lecturer in botany at the University of Oxford. He was a co-founder of the Linnean Society in 1788, and became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1789. In 1791 Shaw became assistant keeper of the natural history department at the British Museum, succeeding Edward Whitaker Gray as keeper in 1806. He found that most of the items donated to the museum by Hans Sloane were in very bad condition. Medical and anatomical material was sent to the museum at the Royal College of Surgeons, but many of the stuffed animals and birds had deteriorated and had to be burnt. He was succeeded after his death by his assistant Charles Konig. Works Shaw published one of the first English descriptions with s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Shaw (architect)
George Shaw (1810-1876) was an English architect specialising in Gothic revival churches and other buildings. He was also an antiquary and collector of medieval, Tudor and Jacobean relics, including books, armour, furniture and architectural salvage. Early life George Shaw was born in Uppermill, in the parish of Saddleworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, on 5 October 1810. He was the eldest son of Giles Shaw, the owner of a woollen mill, and his wife Elizabeth, née Radcliffe. Giles Shaw also owned most of the land on which the village of Uppermill stands today. George was schooled locally, probably at Boarshurst school, Saddleworth, which opened in 1814, and had joined his father's firm by the age of nineteen. In 1830 he became a traveller for the mill, visiting customers all over the north of England, the Midlands, and southern Scotland. Although diligent in business on his father's behalf, George aspired to a different life as a collector and antiquary, and through the suppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Shaw (footballer, Born 1969)
George Shaw may refer to: * George Shaw (biologist) (1751–1813), English botanist and zoologist * George B. Shaw (1854–1894), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin * George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Irish playwright * George C. Shaw (1866–1960), Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipient * George Ferdinand Shaw (1821–1899), Irish academic and journalist * George Shaw (academic dress scholar) (1928–2006), biologist and British expert on academic dress * George Shaw (artist) (born 1966), English contemporary artist * George Shaw (Queensland politician) (1913–1966), member of the Australian House of Representatives * George Shaw (civil servant), Lieutenant Governor of the British Crown Colony of Burma, 1913 * George Shaw (composer), musician and film composer * George Shaw (Tasmanian politician) (born 1932), member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council * George Shaw (architect) (1810–1876), English architect Sportspeople * George Shaw (American football) (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Shaw (footballer, Born 1899)
George Edward Shaw (13 October 1899 – 10 March 1973) was an English professional footballer who played for Doncaster Rovers, Gillingham, Huddersfield Town, West Bromwich Albion, Stalybridge Celtic, Worcester City and Floriana. Shaw played for Gillingham for two seasons before moving back home up north to Doncaster to play for his local club Doncaster Rovers. In a season which saw Doncaster become runners up in the Midland League and win the Wharncliffe Charity Cup, Shaw scored 6 league goals, 5 of them penalties, plus one penalty in the cup rounds. The following season, 1923–24, Rovers were selected for promotion back to the Football League for the first time since 1905. In their first match of the season Shaw managed to send his penalty kick into the stand, thus missing out on scoring their first return goal and failing to win the match. His last match for Doncaster was at Walsall on 26 January 1924, after which he transferred to Huddersfield Town to play in their first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Shaw (footballer, Born 1886)
George "Yorkie" Shaw (1 April 1886 – 30 April 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1910s. Football At 164 cm, rover George Shaw was one of the smallest players in the game's history and kicked two goals in their 1913 Grand Final win against St Kilda. He also played in their premiership side in 1916, retiring in 1920 after playing 117 games for Fitzroy. Following an unsuccessful pre-season trial with Richmond in 1922, Shaw took a position on the VFL field umpires list. Umpiring primarily in the Peninsula Football Association through 1922 and 1923, he was selected to umpire two VFL matches in August 1923, making his debut as a substitute for umpire Bob Scott, who was ill. Death He died at Fitzroy, Victoria Fitzroy is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Yarra local government area. Fit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Shaw (footballer, Born 1877)
Frederick George Shaw (6 March 1877 – 24 March 1954) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1877 births 1954 deaths Australian rules footballers from Ballarat Fitzroy Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Shaw (cricketer, Born 1931)
George Bernard Shaw (24 October 1931 – 2 August 1984) was a Welsh cricketer. Shaw was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Treharris, Glamorgan. Shaw made his first-class debut for Glamorgan against the Combined Services in 1951. He made 15 further first-class appearances for Glamorgan, the last of which came against Surrey in the 1955 County Championship. A bowler, Shaw took 26 wickets for Glamorgan, at an average of 27.15, with best figures of 5/38. These figures came in his second first-class match against the Combined Services in 1952, a match in which he also took his other five-wicket haul of 5/67, to give him match figures of 10/105. Typically though, he found it harder against county professionals. He emigrated to Australia in 1978, where six years later he was killed in a car crash outside Port Pirie, South Australia, on 2 August 1984. References External linksGeorge Shawat ESPNcricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Shaw (cricketer, Born 1839)
George Shaw (20 May 1839 – 17 August 1905) was an English cricketer who played two first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club in 1872, primarily as a fast bowler.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 485–486.Available onlineat the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.) Shaw was born at Sutton-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire in 1839,George Shaw . Retrieved 2018-10-08. a village known for producing a number of professional cricketers during the 19th century.Lindley J (1907 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Shaw (American Football)
George Howard Shaw (July 25, 1933 – January 3, 1998) was an American football quarterback who played seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Early life A native Oregonian, Shaw quarterbacked Grant High School in Portland, Oregon, to two state football championships before enrolling at the University of Oregon,McCann, Michael C. (1995). Oregon Ducks Football: 100 Years of Glory. Eugene, OR: McCann Communications Corp. . where he was a first-team All-American in both football and baseball. Professional career He was selected by the Baltimore Colts as the first player in the 1955 NFL Draft. Shaw quickly became the starter, but on October 21, 1956 in a game against the Chicago Bears in Chicago that the Bears won 58 to 27, he suffered a broken leg and was replaced by rookie backup Johnny Unitas. As Unitas embarked on his legendary career, Shaw lasted two more years in Baltimore as the backup before being traded to the New York Giants, where he played two season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Price Shaw
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George Shaw (Tasmanian Politician)
George Arthur Shaw (born 15 August 1932) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Tasmania. In 1968 he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the independent member for Macquarie. From 1982 to 1986 he was Chair of Committees, and he was elected President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ... in 1988, serving until 1992. Shaw retired from politics in 1998. References 1932 births Living people Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Independent-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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-year-old pig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |