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George Ball (rugby League)
George Ball may refer to: * George H. Ball (1819–1907), American academic and founder of Keuka College in New York * George M. Ball (1832–1903), English politician and trade unionist *George Washington Ball (Iowa Democrat) (1847–1915), American lawyer and politician from Iowa *George Washington Ball (Iowa Republican) (1848–1920), American businessman and politician from Iowa *George Alexander Ball (1862–1955), American manufacturer *Sir George Joseph Ball (1885–1961), British barrister, intelligence officer, administrator, and industrialist * George Thalben-Ball (1896–1987), originally George Thomas Ball, Australian-born English composer *George Ball (diplomat) (1909–1994), American diplomat *George Ball (cricketer) (1914–1997), English cricketer *George Ball (tennis) ( 1940s–50s), American participant in the 1957 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles *George Ball (entomologist) (1926–2019), American entomologist * George Ball (American businessman), cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George H
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George M
''George M!'' is a Broadway musical based on the life of George M. Cohan, the biggest Broadway star of his day who was known as "The Man Who Owned Broadway." The book for the musical was written by Michael Stewart, John Pascal, and Francine Pascal. Music and lyrics were by George M. Cohan himself, with revisions for the musical by Cohan's daughter, Mary Cohan. The story covers the period from the late 1880s until 1937 and focuses on Cohan's life and show business career from his early days in vaudeville with his parents and sister to his later success as a Broadway singer, dancer, composer, lyricist, theatre director and producer. The show includes such Cohan hit songs as "Give My Regards To Broadway", "You're a Grand Old Flag", and "Yankee Doodle Dandy." Productions The musical opened on Broadway at the Palace Theatre on April 10, 1968 and closed on April 26, 1969 after 433 performances and 8 previews. The show was produced by David Black and directed and choreographed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Washington Ball (Iowa Democrat)
George Washington Ball (June 7, 1847 – July 18, 1915) was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Iowa. He served in the Iowa General Assembly as Representative of Johnson County and later as State Senator. He also served on the city council of Iowa City from 1881 to 1883, and was mayor of the city from 1905 to 1909. Ball was born near Fairfield, Iowa, on June 7, 1847. His early life was spent upon his father's farm near the place of his birth where he remained until and he was educated in Fairfield public and private schools. He entered the Law Department of the State University of Iowa in 1868, graduated in 1869, and was admitted to the practice of law in the State of Iowa on December 15 of the same year. After his admission to the Bar he practiced for a short time in Des Moines and Mount Ayr, Iowa, and later on was admitted to the practice of law in Illinois and for a short time was engaged in the practice in the city of Chicago. In November, 1874, he moved to Io ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Washington Ball (Iowa Republican)
George Washington Ball (March 6, 1848 – March 14, 1920) was an American businessman and politician from Iowa who represented Jefferson County as a Republican in the state legislature as representative and senator. George W. Ball was born in Hancock County, Virginia (now West Virginia), the son of Joseph and Margaret (Longfitt) Ball. He was descended from the family of which belonged Mary Ball, the mother of George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th .... He came with his parents to Jefferson County, Iowa, in 1854 where he attended the public schools and Fairfield University. He engaged in farming, banking and manufacturing, was a director in the Iowa State Savings Bank, the Iowa Loan and Trust Company and the Fairfield Gasoline Engine Company, all of Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Alexander Ball
The Ball brothers (Lucius, William, Edmund, Frank, and George) were five American industrialists and philanthropists who established a manufacturing business in New York and Indiana in the 1880s that was renamed the Ball Corporation in 1969. The Ball brothers' firm became a global manufacturer of plastic and metal food and beverage containers as well as a manufacturer of equipment and supplier of services to the aerospace industry. In addition to the brothers' manufacturing business, they were also noted for their philanthropy and community service. Earnings from their business ventures provided the financial resources to support a number of other projects in the community of Muncie, Indiana, and elsewhere. Most notably, the brothers became benefactors of several Muncie institutions including Ball State University, Ball Memorial Hospital, the YMCA, Ball stores department store, and Minnetrista. The Ball Brothers Foundation, established in 1926, continues the family's philanthropi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Joseph Ball
Sir George Joseph Ball, KBE (1885–1961) was a British barrister, intelligence officer, political administrator, political operator, government administrator, and industrialist. Early years George Joseph Ball was originally trained as a barrister. MI5 As Major Joseph Ball, he was recruited into MI5 in 1915, shortly after the outbreak of World War I. He served in key operational roles with MI5 until 1927, and was believed to have played a significant role in the creation of the forged Zinoviev Letter in 1924, an episode which quickly led to the defeat of the British Labour Party government headed by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. Conservative Party administrator Ball was a 'fervent political supporter' of the Conservative Party. From his work with MI5, Ball came to the attention of British Conservative Party leadership, and was hired out of MI5 in 1927 to run the Propaganda Department at Conservative Party Central Office. In 1930, he moved to head the Conservative Resear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Thalben-Ball
Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball (18 June 1896 – 18 January 1987) was an Australian organist and composer who spent almost all his life in England. Early life George Thomas Ball (he later took the additional name of "Thalben") was born in Sydney, Australia, where his father George Charles Ball had gone for business. His mother was Mary Hannah (née Spear). He had a younger brother. His parents were both of Cornish origin. He studied organ and piano at the Royal College of Music (RCM) in London, which he entered at the unusually young age of 14. The level of his talent can be gleaned from the fact that he played the solo part in the first performance by an English-trained pianist of Rachmaninoff's famously difficult Piano Concerto No. 3. This event occurred in 1915 at the RCM, when he was aged 19. Career After graduating from the RCM the young man was asked to deputise as organist at London's Temple Church by its then organist, Sir Henry Walford Davies. In 1923, he succeeded Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ball (diplomat)
George Wildman Ball (December 21, 1909 – May 26, 1994) was an American diplomat and banker. He served in the management of the US State Department from 1961 to 1966 and is remembered most as the only major dissenter against the escalation of the Vietnam War. He refused to publicize his doubts, which were based on calculations that South Vietnam was doomed. He also helped determine American policy regarding trade expansion, Congo, the Multilateral Force, de Gaulle's France, Israel and the rest of the Middle East, and the Iranian Revolution. Early life Ball was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He lived in Evanston, Illinois and graduated from Evanston Township High School and Northwestern University with a B.S. and a Juris Doctor (JD). Ball joined a Chicago law firm in which Adlai Stevenson II was one of the partners, and became a protégé of Stevenson. Early career During 1942, he became an official of the Lend Lease program. During 1944 and 1945, he was director of the Strategic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ball (cricketer)
George Armstrong Ball (27 February 1914 – 20 December 1997) was an English cricketer active from 1932 to 1936 who played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Leicestershire. He was born and died in Barwell. He appeared in eleven first-class matches as a righthanded batting (cricket), batsman who scored 207 run (cricket), runs with a highest score of 44 not out. Notes 1914 births 1997 deaths English cricketers Leicestershire cricketers People from Barwell Cricketers from Leicestershire {{england-cricket-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
