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George Turner (U
George Turner may refer to: Sports *George Turner (footballer, born 1887) (1887–1958), English footballer *George Turner (footballer, born 1910) (born 1910), English footballer *George Turner (cricketer) (1858-1927), New Zealand cricketer *George Turner (cyclist) (1913–?), Canadian Olympic cyclist *George P. Turner, New Zealand rugby league international, 1957–1961 *George H. Turner, New Zealand rugby league international, 1964 *George Turner (rugby union, born 1855) (1855–1941), rugby union player for England, and St. George's Hospital Medical School RFC *George Turner (rugby union) (born 1990), Scottish international rugby union player with Glasgow Warriors *George Turner (basketball), American basketball player, drafted by Dallas and playing for 1986 Manila Beer Brewmasters season, Manila in 1986 *George J. Turner (1873–?), president of the Amateur Athletic Union Politics and law *George Turner (judge) (1750–1843), American Revolutionary War officer from South Caroli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Turner (footballer, Born 1887)
George Turner (1887–1958) was an English association football, footballer who played for Stoke City F.C., Stoke from 1908 to 1915. He was born in Stoke-upon-Trent. Career Turner joined Stoke at a time when it seemed that football in Stoke-on-Trent was coming to an end with both professional clubs, Stoke City F.C., Stoke and Port Vale F.C., Port Vale both suffering financial meltdown and resignation from the Football League. Stoke's problem had been a disaster waiting to happen after a number of years of financial mismanagement and in 1907–08 Stoke F.C. season, 1907–08 season the club had lost the backing from their supporters who boycotted attending matches at the Victoria Ground. Chairman William Cowlishaw tried in vain to rally support and after admitting to failure he pulled Stoke out of the league and into liquidation. It was then the local interest returned to just two months later in June 1908 the club had been saved and a new board of directors had been appointed wit ... [...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] |
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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] |
George Turner (civil Servant)
Sir George Wilfred Turner, KCB, KBE (22 January 1896 – 10 May 1974) was a British civil servant. Born on 22 January 1896, Turner attended Rotherham Grammar School before entering HM Civil Service as a boy clerk in the War Office in 1911; this was the lowest grade in the clerical class. He moved up to the second division in 1914; he served for a short time in the Home Office and Post Office, but was back in the War Office from the outbreak of the First World War until 1916, when he entered the army; he was twice wounded in action."Sir George Turner", ''The Times'' (London), 13 May 1974, p. 18. . After demobilisation in 1919, Turner returned to his old department. He was promoted to assistant principal in 1921 and principal in 1934. He was made civil assistant to the Director-General of Munitions Supply in 1936, which was spun out to form the Ministry of Supply in 1939 (on the outbreak of the Second World War); Turner was appointed principal assistant secretary in 1941 and second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Turner (architect)
George Palmer Turner (November 8, 1896 – November 13, 1984) was an American architect principally known for his residential designs in Birmingham, Alabama. From the 1920s through the 1950s, he "designed scores of dwellings throughout Birmingham in the Spanish and Mediterranean Revival Styles, including a number of churches." A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. A native of Alabama, he studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and in France before returning to his home state. At the time of the 1930 United States Census, Turner was living in Birmingham, Alabama with his wife Dorothy Hays Turner (1896-1982) and their children Dorothy and George. Turner died in 1984 and is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Birmingham. Turner's works include: *Central Park Presbyterian Church (c.1950), whose architecture includes "Spanish and Mediterranean elements, including buttresses, spiral colonettes, palladian windows, a tile r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Grey Turner
George Grey Turner (8 September 1877 – 24 August 1951) was an English surgeon. He was born in North Shields and received his medical degree from Newcastle Medical School (then a part of the University of Durham). He received a Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons in 1903 and joined the staff of the Royal Infirmary. He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in the First World War. As a young surgeon, he travelled around the world, being received by the Pope, Benito Mussolini, the King of Italy and King Alfonso of Spain. In 1927 he was made Professor of Surgery in the University of Durham. In 1934 he was elected President of the Medical Society of London and in 1935 delivered the Bradshaw Lecture at the Royal College of Surgeons. After the war, Grey Turner was briefly famous for performing one of the earliest operations to attempt the removal of a bullet from a soldier's heart. The bullet was never removed, but Grey Turner's surgery saved the patient's life. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Turner (missionary)
George Turner (1818 – 19 May 1891) was an English missionary, active in Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ... and elsewhere in the South Pacific. He was the author of Nineteen Years in Polynesia: Missionary Life, Travels, and Researches in the Islands of the Pacific, 1861; and of Samoa A Hundred Years Ago and Long Before, 1884. References * Hiney, Tom. 2000. ''On the Missionary Trail: a journey through Polynesia, Asia and Africa with the London Missionary Society.'' * Turner, George. ''Nineteen Years in Polynesia: Missionary Life, Travels, and Researches in the Islands of the Pacific.'' https://books.google.com/books?id=D7Ltq-fdtBMC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false English Congregationalist missionaries Congregationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Turner (priest)
George Turner, D.D. (Compton, Surrey, 3 April 1734 – Oxford, 30 October 1797) was an English cleric, Archdeacon of Oxford from 30 June 1783 until his death. Turner was educated at Merton College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1753, and graduated B.A. in 1756. He was Vicar of Culham and a Prebendary of Winchester Winchester is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government Districts of England, district, at the western end of the South Downs Nation .... References 1734 births Clergy from Surrey 1797 deaths Alumni of Merton College, Oxford Archdeacons of Oxford {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Turner (physician)
George Turner (died 1610) was an English physician in London. He is known for his interest in alchemy and friendship with Simon Forman. His wife was the convicted murderer Anne Turner. Life Born either in Derbyshire or in Suffolk, he has been identified as the George Turner who entered St. John's College, Cambridge as a sizar in November 1569. This George Turner became a Beresford scholar of the college on 9 November 1570, and graduated B.A. in 1573, M.A. in 1576. He took the degree of M.D. abroad. Turner became a candidate at the College of Physicians of London on 4 September 1584. He was elected a fellow there on 29 February 1588, and was censor in 1591, 1592, 1597, 1606, and 1607. He attained a good medical practice, and Queen Elizabeth favoured him. Turner was a friend of Dr. Simon Forman, and had at least a literary interest in alchemy. Forman apparently borrowed and copied alchemical writings of Turner's in the 1590s. Manuscripts in a special script connected to Thomas Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Turner (writer)
George Reginald Turner (8 October 1916 – 8 June 1997) was an Australian writer and critic, best known for the science fiction novels written in the later part of his career. His first science fiction story and novel appeared in 1978, when he was in his early sixties. By this point, however, he had already achieved success as a mainstream novelist, including a Miles Franklin Award, and as a literary critic. Biography Turner was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, and educated in Melbourne. He served in the Australian Imperial Forces during the Second World War. Subsequently, he worked in a variety of fields, including as an employment officer, as a technician in the textile industry, and was a reviewer of science fiction for the Melbourne Newspaper ''The Age''.Collins, Paulsen & McMullen 1998, p. 173. Prior to writing science fiction, he had a well-established reputation as a mainstream literary fiction writer, his most productive period being from 1959 to 1967, during which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Turner (artist)
George Turner (2 April 1841 – 29 March 1910) was an English landscape artist and farmer who has been called "Derbyshire's John Constable". Life and work Turner was born in Cromford, Derbyshire in England, but then moved to Derby with his family. He showed an early talent for music and art - encouraged by his father Thomas Turner, who although a tailor by profession was also an art enthusiast. Turner was largely self-taught and went on to become a professional painter and art teacher. Turner lived in Derbyshire all his life. In 1865 he married Eliza Lakin (1837 - 1900), becoming a part-time farmer and raising four children at Walnut farm in Barrow upon Trent. He had a number of successful students including David Payne and Louis Bosworth Hurt. After Eliza's death in 1900, he moved to Kirk Ireton and later married fellow artist Kate Stevens Smith (1871-1964) - they set up home in Idridgehay where he died in 1910. His son William Lakin Turner (1867-1936) also became a la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Son Of Zorro
''Son of Zorro'' is a 1947 American Western film serial from Republic Pictures. It was the 43rd of the 66 serials produced by that studio. The serial was directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Fred C. Brannon. George Turner starred as a descendant of the original Zorro in 1860s United States. Plot A man returning home after having fought in the American Civil War discovers that corrupt politicians have taken over the county and are terrorizing and shaking down the citizens. He dons the costume of his ancestor, the famous Zorro, and sets out to bring them to justice. Cast *George Turner as Jeffrey "Jeff" Stewart/Zorro * Peggy Stewart as Kate Wells *Roy Barcroft as Boyd *Ed Cassidy as Sheriff Moody * Ernie Adams as Judge Hyde *Stanley Price as Pancho *Edmund Cobb as Stockton *Ken Terrell as George Thomas *Si Jenks as Fred *Tom London as Mark Daniels (uncredited) Production ''Son of Zorro'' was budgeted at $156,745 although the final negative cost was $119,343 (a $10,022, or 6.8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
