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George Wright (other)
George Wright may refer to: Politics, law and government * George Wright (MP) (died 1557), MP for Bedford and Wallingford * George Wright (governor) (1779–1842), Canadian politician, lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island * George Wright (jurist) (1917–1975), Australian judge * George Wright (lawyer) (1847–1913), Solicitor General for Ireland *George Wright (trade unionist), National Secretary of Australian Labor Party * George F. Wright (1881–1938), American politician, mayor of Honolulu *George G. Wright (1820–1896), United States senator from Iowa * George Melendez Wright (1904–1936), American biologist, National Park Service * George Merrill Wright (1865–?), American businessman and politician *George Washington Wright (1816–1885), United States congressman from California *George Wright (Jamaican politician), Jamaican member of parliament Sports *George Wright (sportsman) (1847–1937), American baseball player/manager, also active in golf and tennis * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wright (MP)
George Wright may refer to: Politics, law and government * George Wright (MP) (died 1557), MP for Bedford and Wallingford * George Wright (governor) (1779–1842), Canadian politician, lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island * George Wright (jurist) (1917–1975), Australian judge * George Wright (lawyer) (1847–1913), Solicitor General for Ireland *George Wright (trade unionist), National Secretary of Australian Labor Party * George F. Wright (1881–1938), American politician, mayor of Honolulu *George G. Wright (1820–1896), United States senator from Iowa * George Melendez Wright (1904–1936), American biologist, National Park Service * George Merrill Wright (1865–?), American businessman and politician *George Washington Wright (1816–1885), United States congressman from California *George Wright (Jamaican politician), Jamaican member of parliament Sports *George Wright (sportsman) (1847–1937), American baseball player/manager, also active in golf and tennis * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wright (American Football)
George Wayne Wright (born March 3, 1947) is a former American football defensive tackle who played three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Baltimore Colts and Cleveland Browns. He was drafted by the Colts in the ninth round of the 1969 NFL Draft. He played college football at Sam Houston State University and attended C.E. King High School in Houston, Texas. He was a member of the Baltimore Colts team that won Super Bowl V Super Bowl V was an American football game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Baltimore Colts and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys to determine the National Football League (NFL) champion .... References External linksJust Sports Stats 1947 births Living people Players of American football from Houston African-American players of American football American football defensive tackles Sam Houston Bearkats football players Baltimore Colts players Cleveland Browns pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Caleb Wright
George Caleb Wright, AIA, (April 25, 1889 – February 27, 1973) was an American architect from Indiana. He was a partner in the Indianapolis, Indiana, architectural firms of Pierre & Wright, Vonnegut, Wright & Yeager (formed 1946),"Questionnaire for Architects' Roster and/or Register of Architects Qualified for Federal Public Works June 13, 1946. and Wright, Porteous & Lowe, and was later chief building inspector for the City of Indianapolis. Early life and education Wright was born April 25, 1889, in Libertyville, Illinois, where he attended his education until the high school level. He then attended the University of Illinois from 1908 to 1912, earning a degree in architecture and engineering. Early career He worked for the International Harvester Company from 1912 to 1915, George C. Nimmons & Co. from 1915 to 1923, and Herbert Foltz from 1923 to 1925 until he formed Pierre & Wright. In addition, he was a construction supervisor during World War I for the army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wright (psychologist)
George Wright (born 24 November 1952) is a British psychologist. Wright completed a bachelor's of science degree in psychology at the University of London, followed by a master's degree and doctorate in the same subject from Brunel University London. In 2013, Wright earned a Doctor of Science degree from the University of Warwick. Wright has taught at several institutions throughout his career, including Leeds University Business School, London Business School, Strathclyde Business School, Durham Business School, and Warwick Business School. Wright has served as chief editor of the ''Journal of Behavioral Decision Making The ''Journal of Behavioral Decision Making'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of psychological decision-making processes. It was established in 1988 and is published five times per year by John Wiley & Sons. The editor-in-ch ...'' since the publication was founded in 1988. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, George 1952 births Living peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wright (priest)
George Wright was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the 17th century. Wright was ordained in 1621; and was Archdeacon of Dromore from 1629 until the Irish Rebellion of 1641 The Irish Rebellion of 1641 ( ga, Éirí Amach 1641) was an uprising by Irish Catholics in the Kingdom of Ireland, who wanted an end to anti-Catholic discrimination, greater Irish self-governance, and to partially or fully reverse the plantatio .... Notes Archdeacons of Dromore Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 17th-century Irish Anglican priests Place of birth missing Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wright (organist)
George Wright (August 28, 1920 in Orland, California – May 10, 1998 in Glendale, California) was an American musician, possibly the most famous virtuoso of the theatre organ of the modern era. Wright was best known for his virtuoso performances on the huge Wurlitzer theater pipe organs at the famed Fox Theater on Market Street in San Francisco and the ornate Paramount Theaters in both New York City and Oakland. In the early1940s he was an active performer on radio, first on the west coast; in 1944 he was transferred to New York City by NBC, and played numerous radio shows from 1944-1951. In 1948 he was hired as solo organist at the Paramount Theatre in Times Square. He left New York in 1951. The early 50s brought fame via his iconic recordings on HIFI Records, using the 5-manual Wurlitzer originally from the Paradise Theatre, Chicago, installed in the home of HIFI owner Richard Vaughn. The 60s brought more fame through his recordings (primarily on the DOT label) on the organ spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wright (general)
George Wright (October 22, 1803 – July 30, 1865) was an American soldier who served in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. Early life and career Wright was born in Norwich, Vermont, the son of Roswell Wright and Jemima (Rose) Wright. Wright's family had an extensive military background; his father was a veteran of the War of 1812 and Norwich University founder Alden Partridge was related to his mother. Wright graduated from West Point in 1822 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant of Infantry. He served in the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment on the frontier in Wisconsin and Maine. In 1838 he transferred to the 8th US Infantry Regiment and served on the Canada–US border. In 1844, he fought in Florida against the Seminoles where he was appointed brevet major for meritorious service. During the Mexican–American War, he served with the 8th Infantry at Vera Cruz and at the Battle of Molino del Rey, where he was wounded. For this service he was appointed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wright (fugitive)
George Edward Wright (born March 29, 1943) is a Portuguese citizen of American origin, known for taking part in the hijacking of Delta Air Lines Flight 841. Originally arrested and convicted for murder in 1962 and sentenced to up to 30 years in prison, George Wright escaped from prison in 1970 and hijacked a Delta Air Lines flight in 1972 with a number of accomplices. On September 26, 2011, Wright was arrested in Portugal. The FBI requested his extradition from Portugal to the United States, but the request was denied on the grounds that Wright is a Portuguese citizen. Early life Wright was born in Halifax, Virginia, on March 29, 1943. In 1961, he graduated from Mary Bethune High School. New Jersey offenses Murder conviction On Friday, November 23, 1962, the day after Thanksgiving, George Wright, then 19 and from East Orange, New Jersey, and three accomplices: Walter McGhee of Sylvan Avenue in Asbury Park, Elizabeth Roswell (McGhee's live-in girlfriend), and Julio DeLeon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wright (bishop)
George William Wright was an Anglican Bishop in Africa in the mid-20th century. He was born on 17 December 1873, educated at Barnsley Grammar School and ordained in 1906 following a 15-year career as a civil servant. After a curacy at Christ Church, Derby he went as a CMS missionary to Mombasa where he remained in various capacities until 1921 when he returned to England as Vicar of Boulton. In 1923 he was consecrated Bishop of Sierra Leone and in 1936 of North Africa. He was Vicar of Templecombe from 1942 to 1951 and an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Bath and Wells. He died on 11 August 1956 Early life Wright's father was a postmaster in the town and at age 14 he was forced to leave Barnsley Grammar School and the scholarship he had won. Wright began working at the local postoffice serving in the various departments as messenger boy, post boy, sorting clerk and serving behind the counter. He was determined to succeed in life and took exams which bought him to London in 189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wright (artist)
George Wright (30 June 186011 March 1944) was a painter in oils whose subjects were mainly drawn from hunting, with which he was familiar, being a fox-hunter himself, coaching and other equestrian topics. George Wright was one of the foremost equestrian artists of his time. He was one of a family of seven children, five of whom were professional artists, either principally as painters, or as illustrators. Wright is sometimes confused with George Wright (18511 February 1916), a Scottish landscape painter who lived in Annan. Biography Wright was born in Leeds on 30 June 1860. His father was George Edward Wright (24 February 183411 November 1916), an accountant and Elizabeth Scott (c. 184031 May 1916), the daughter or Thomas Scott (born c. 1804), variously a railway engineer and a commission agent. George Edward and Elizabeth were married on 22 August 1859 in St. Jude's Church at Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire, England. The Wrights had seven children, five of whom were artists: *Georg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Wright (footballer)
George Albert Wright (4 February 1920 – August 2000) was an English footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Cardiff City and Hull City around World War II. He died in Sheffield in August 2000 at the age of 80. Career Wright played for Cardiff City, and also guested for both Stoke City and Port Vale during the war. He made fifteen guest appearances for Vale between August and December 1944 and also made a guest appearance in March 1946. After he left Ninian Park in 1946, he moved on to Frank Buckley's Hull City. He scored one goal in four Third Division North appearances for the "Tigers", before departing Boothferry Park Boothferry Park was a football stadium in Hull, England, which was home to Hull City A.F.C. from 1946 until 2002, when they moved to the KC Stadium. In later years, financial constraints forced Hull City to allow Kwik Save and Iceland superma ... at the end of the 1946–47 season. Career statistics Source: References {{DEF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wright (bowls)
George William Arthur Wright (1893–1949) was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games and 1938 British Empire Games. Bowls career At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the pairs event with Tommy Hills. The pair repeated the success four years later at the 1934 British Empire Games The 1934 British Empire Games were the second edition of what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, held in England, from 4–11 August 1934. The host city was London, with the main venue at Wembley Park, although the track cycling events wer .... He was the 1928 singles National Champion. Personal life He was a cinema proprietor at the Variety Theatre, in Eastleigh, by trade and married Jessie Mary Parker, they lived in Upper Bassett, Southampton. References English male bowls players Bowls players at the 1930 British Empire Games Bowls players at the 1934 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonweal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
