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George Hunter (explorer)
George Benjamin Hunter may refer to: Politicians * George Hunter (mayor) (1788–1843), first mayor of Wellington, New Zealand * George Hunter (politician, born 1821) (1821–1880), his son, New Zealand politician * George Hunter (politician, born 1859) (1859–1930), his son, New Zealand politician * George Robert Hunter (1884–1949), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council Sportspeople * George Hunter (baseball) (1887–1968), baseball player for the 1909 Brooklyn Superbas * George Hunter (boxer) (1927–2004), South African boxer * George Hunter (footballer, born 1885) (1885–1934), English footballer, played for Manchester United * George Hunter (footballer, born 1902) (1902–?), English footballer for Sunderland * George Hunter (footballer, born 1930) (1930–1990), Scottish footballer, played for Celtic and Derby County * George Hunter (rugby league) (1928–2009), Australian rugby league player and coach * George Hunter (rugby union) (born 1991), Scottish R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hunter (mayor)
George Hunter, JP (1788 – 19 July 1843) was the first mayor of Wellington, New Zealand, in 1842–43. He was also the first mayor in New Zealand. Family Born in McDuff Parish, Banffshire, Scotland he came to Wellington in the ship '' Duke of Roxburgh'' in 1840, with his wife Helen, six daughters and four sons. Hunter's wife was the daughter of David Souter, Chief Factor to the Right Honorable James Duff, 4th Earl Fife. He was described by Mary Swainson as having a bald head, circular spectacles and beaming eyes, and as exactly resembling Mr Pickwick of Charles Dickens ''The Pickwick Papers''. He was one of the founders of the Pickwick Club in Wellington. Shortly after his arrival, Hunter asked Samuel Parnell, a carpenter he had met on the ship, to build him a store on Lambton Quay, to which Parnell agreed, provided he only worked eight hours a day, the beginning of the Eight Hour Day in New Zealand. As there were only three carpenters in Wellington, Hunter reluctantly agr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hunter (speedway Rider)
George Hunter (30 January 1939 – 11 May 1999) was a motorcycle speedway rider. He rode for the Edinburgh Monarchs and the Wolverhampton Wolves. Career Hunter's early career was on grass. He joined Motherwell Speedway team in 1958 and moved to Edinburgh Monarchs in 1960. Known as the "Ladybank Express", he rode in 360 league matches for the Monarchs over his lifetime career. In 1963 he was leading the 1962 world champion Peter Craven in the final race of a challenge match between Edinburgh and Belle Vue at Old Meadowbank when his engine seized. After taking evasive action Craven may have clipped Hunter's wheel before crashing through the fence and suffering fatal injuries. Hunter narrowly missed out on being the 1963 Provincial League Riders Champion, suffering an engine failure while leading in the final. Ivan Mauger took the title. Hunter was a British Finalist in 1966, 1967 and 1976 and gained 17 England caps, 3 Scotland caps and 16 British caps. Having been part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George William Hunter
George William Hunter (June 29, 1863, Williamsburg, West Virginia - February 4, 1948) was an American writer. He wrote ''Civic Biology'', the text at the center of the Scopes "monkey" trial in 1925. George William Hunter Jr. spent his later years lecturing at the Claremont Colleges. He died on February 4, 1948, at the age of 74, in Claremont, California. He is buried in Hillside Cemetery in Redlands, California. Teaching A biologist, he went to school at Williams College in Massachusetts. He earned his doctorate at New York University. During World War I, he was the educational director for the War Work Council in Washington, D.C. He also worked summers at Woods Hole. After teaching biology at Carleton College and Knox College, in 1926 he came to Pomona College to teach one class each semester. He then lectured at Claremont Graduate School. During his career, he wrote or co-wrote 20 textbooks about biology or teaching it. ''Civic Biology'' and views In ''Civic Biology'', Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George W
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. While in his twenties, Bush flew warplanes in the Texas Air National Guard. After graduating from Harvard Business School in 1975, he worked in the oil industry. In 1978, Bush unsuccessfully ran for the House of Representatives. He later co-owned the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball before he was elected governor of Texas in 1994. As governor, Bush successfully sponsored legislation for tort reform, increased education funding, set higher standards for schools, and reformed the criminal justice system. He also helped make Texas the leading producer of wind powered electricity in the nation. In the 2000 presidential election, Bush defeated Democratic incum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Burton Hunter
Sir George Burton Hunter (19 December 1845 – 21 January 1937) was an English shipbuilder based on Tyneside. Career Born in Sunderland, Hunter was a pupil under Thomas Meek before being apprenticed to William Pile, his cousin. In 1869 he moved to Clydeside where he worked for R. Napier & Sons. He returned to Wearside in 1873 and formed a partnership with S. P. Austin; this partnership was dissolved in 1879 and instead Burton became Manager of a new firm known as C. S. Swan & Hunter on Tyneside. By 1893 the firm was the largest shipbuilder on Tyneside. The business was incorporated in 1895 with Hunter as Chairman. He became Mayor of Wallsend in 1901 and was knighted in 1918. Burton acquired Wallsend Hall in 1914 and then presented the hall and its grounds to Wallsend Corporation in 1919: the facility evolved to become the Sir G B Hunter Memorial Hospital. Family In 1873 he married Annie Hudson: they went on to have four daughters and two sons. He lived at ''The Willows'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hunter (photographer)
George Hunter (1921 – 10 April 2013) was a Canadian documentary photographer who spent seven decades capturing industrial and landscape scenes on film. Career He was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, and started taking photographs professionally for the newspapers like the ''Winnipeg Tribune''. He worked for the ''Tribune'' during World War II. He also worked for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in the 1940s. After the war, he turned to freelance work. One of his main stylistic features is the use of aerial photography, since he was also an airplane pilot. His most high-profile work appeared in ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine in the mid-1950s, when his work on American landscapes, photographed at dusk were highlighted in the 20 September 1954 issue's 12-page article entitled "The U.S. After Dark". His work is represented in collections nationwide, including more than one hundred works at the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography. He lived his later years in his ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hunter (Coca-Cola Bottler)
George Thomas Hunter (1886–1950) was a businessman and philanthropist in Chattanooga, Tennessee, who inherited and ran the Coca-Cola Bottling Company empire from his uncle Benjamin Thomas. Hunter grew up in Maysville, KY, but moved to Chattanooga in 1904 to live with his aunt and uncle. Hunter's most notable philanthropic efforts is the creation of The Benwood Foundation and The Hunter Museum of American Art. Hunter Hall at UT Chattanooga was posthumously named in his honor. Early life George Hunter was born in Maysville, KY, but moved to Chattanooga, TN in 1904 to live with his aunt Anne and uncle Benjamin Thomas, who was a pioneer in the Coca-Cola bottling industry in the United States, so that he could learn the ins and outs of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company. While in Chattanooga, he attended Baylor School, a private school. When his uncle Ben and aunt Anne died, Hunter inherited his aunt Anne and uncle Ben's estate in the Bluff View district, which is now used as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hunter (author)
George Leland Hunter, A.B. (1867–1927) was an American authority on decorative art. He was born at Bellingham, Massachusetts, and educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and at Harvard University (A.B., 1889). He taught in Chicago for a decade, then moved to New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un .... His writings appeared in many magazine articles and in several books. He wrote ''Tapestries, their Origin, History, and Renaissance'' (1912), which was regarded as the finest book in English on the subject. Selected works * ''Tapestries — Their Origin, History, and Renaissance.'' With four illustrations in color and 147 half-tone engravings. Publisher: John Lane Company; New York 1912 * ''Home Furnishing'' (1913) * ''The House that Jack Built'' (1914) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hunter (Australian Footballer)
George Henry Hunter (1 February 1874 – 18 April 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda 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). References External links * * 1874 births 1944 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) St Kilda Football Club (VFA) players St Kilda Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hunter (rugby Union)
George Hunter (born 20 November 1991 in Stevenage) is an English born Bahamian rugby union player. He previously played for Glasgow Warriors at the Tighthead Prop position. Early life He grew up in Aberdeen and was educated at Westhill Academy. Rugby career Amateur career He has represented Aberdeen Wanderers RFC and Glasgow Hawks and Ayr. Professional career Hunter was part of the Elite Development Programme attached to Glasgow Warriors. He broke into the full Warriors squad in 2012. He played against the Ospreys and Leinster in the Pro12; and away to Castres Olympique in December 2012 in his European Champions Cup debut. He joined London Scottish on loan for a short period at the end of the 2013–14 season before rejoining the Warriors and continuing to play for Ayr RFC. On 17 July 2015 it was announced that Hunter had secured a short term professional contract with Glasgow Warriors to provide depth and competition for places during the 2015 World Cup when the W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hunter (politician, Born 1821)
George Hunter (1821 – 6 August 1880) was a New Zealand 19th century politician. Biography Hunter was born in Banffshire, Scotland, in 1821. He was the eldest son of George Hunter, the first Mayor of Wellington. He came to New Zealand with his parents, six sisters, and three brothers. He worked in his father's business as a general merchant and shipping agent. His father died in 1843, his father's business partner Kenneth Bethune died in 1855, and Hunter became sole proprietor of the business. Hunter was appointed to the Legislative Council of the Province of New Munster in 1848. He was first elected to the Wellington Provincial Council on 5 November 1857 for the City of Wellington electorate, and served until the abolition of provincial government in October 1876. He was a member of the Wellington Executive Council in 1858, in 1871, and in 1873. He represented the City of Wellington electorate from 1871 to 1879, when he was defeated by William Hutchison. He also sat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hunter (rugby League)
George Hunter (13 October 1928 – 17 August 2009) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940 and 1950s who also coached the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles first grade team. Hunter played in two New South Wales Rugby League first grade Grand finals as well as coaching Manly-Warringah to a Grand final in 1968. Club career George Hunter began his rugby league career playing as a junior player with the Abermain Reds Rugby League club. In 1945, he began his senior career with the Kurri Kurri Bulldogs. He then joined Manly in 1949. George Hunter's played 8 seasons with Manly between 1949 and 1958, and captained the club on numerous occasions during this period. His career took him to two grand finals with Manly-Warringah in 1951 and 1957, although he missed the 1959 grand final due to injury. In 1959, he announced his retirement due to those injuries, but in 1960, North Sydney enticed him out of retirement for one last season. Representative career Hunter re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
