Hagger
Hagger as a surname may refer to: *Kim Hagger, British athlete, born 1961 *Lloyd Hagger, Australian rules footballer, born 1898 *Nicholas Hagger, British poet and author, born 1939 * Peter Hagger, British trade unionist, born 1944 and died 1995 * Rubeus Hagrid, a character in the fictional ''Harry Potter'' universe, is referred to this way by his half-brother Grawp See also *Hagar (other) * Haggar (other) *Hager Hager is the surname of several people: *Åke Häger (1897–1968), Swedish gymnast * Albert David Hager (1817–1888), American geologist *Alva L. Hager (1850–1923), American politician *Axel Hager (born 1969), German beach volleyball player *B ...

Nicholas Hagger
Nicholas Hagger (born 1939, London) is a British people, British poet, man of letters, cultural historian and commentator, and philosopher. He has been a proponent of philosophical Universalism. Hagger was educated at Oaklands School in Loughton, Essex and at Chigwell School, Essex, where he read Classics. He attended Worcester College, Oxford, where he read English Literature under Christopher Ricks. Espionage career Hagger worked with British Intelligence in the 1960s and early 1970s. He was talent spotted by John Cecil Masterman, provost of Worcester College while Hagger was there. He was interviewed by Charles Woodhouse at MI6's "front office" in Carlton_House_Terrace#Occupants, 3 Carlton Gardens. In his two volume memoirs, ''My Double Life'' he says he declined permanent involvement with MI6, but describes periodic involvement with intelligence assignments spying on Muamar Gaddafi and African national liberation movements such as UNITA, ZANU, ZAPU, and the MPLA. Academic caree ...
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Lloyd Hagger
Lloyd Hagger (7 December 1898 – 27 June 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (1897–1989), Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1917 VFL season, 1917 to 1929 VFL season, 1929. Football Recruited from Barwon Football Club, Barwon in the Geelong & District Football League, Geelong & District Football Association, Hagger played as a key position forward and was known for his high marking and ability to kick goals from difficult angles. Named captain-coach of Geelong in 1924 VFL season, 1924, Hagger was captain for only one season, handing the job over to Cliff Rankin. In 1925 VFL season, 1925 Geelong won the premiership and Hagger was the Coleman Medal, League's leading goalkicker, with 78 for the season. He also regularly played for Victoria in interstate matches. At the 1924 Hobart Carnival, Hagger, playing for Victoria against Western Australia, kicked seven goals in Victoria's eight point win. Lat ...
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Peter Hagger
Peter Hagger (17 April 1944 – 26 February 1995) was a British trade unionist. Born in London, Hagger became a computer engineer, but in 1969 instead became a taxi driver. He joined the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU), becoming prominent in its Cab Section. By the end of the 1970s, he was Chair of the Region 1 Cab Trade Committee, and in 1980 he was elected to the union's General Executive Council. In this role, he devised an index which was later adopted by the Department of Transport to calculate annual increases in taxi fares. During his time at the he also wrote a document called ''a National Framework for Taxis'', which was referred to in the parliamentary debate around the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998. Hagger was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, then of the Communist Campaign Group, and its successor, the Communist Party of Britain. Hagger won election to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress The General Council o ...
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Kim Hagger
Kim Hagger (born 2 December 1961) is a retired English athlete who competed mainly in the heptathlon and the long jump. She represented Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988 Seoul Olympics. Career Hagger was born in Plaistow, Newham, Plaistow, Essex. She won the AAA Championships Under 15 long jump title in 1975 and 1976, and the Under 17 title in 1977 and 1978. She competed at her first Olympic Games in Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles 1984, finishing eighth in the heptathlon with 6127 points. In 1986, she reached her peak at both heptathlon and long jump. In May, she achieved a score of 6259 in Arles. As of 2014, this still ranks her sixth on the UK all-time heptathlon list. Later in 1986, she won the UK Athletics Championships, UK long jump title, before going on to win a bronze medal in the heptathlon for England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, England at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, w ...
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Rubeus Hagrid
Rubeus Hagrid () is a fictional character in the ''Harry Potter'' book series written by J. K. Rowling. He is introduced in ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' as a half-giant and half-human who is the gamekeeper and Keeper of Keys and Grounds of Hogwarts, the primary setting for the first six novels. In the third novel ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'', Hagrid is promoted to Care of Magical Creatures professor, and is later revealed to be a member of the Order of the Phoenix. A loyal, friendly, softhearted personality who is easily brought to tears, he is also known for his thick West Country accent. Hagrid was portrayed by Robbie Coltrane in all eight ''Harry Potter'' films, from ''Philosopher's Stone'' in 2001 to '' Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' in 2011. Character development Hagrid was among the characters that Rowling says she created on "the very first day". She has explained the source of his name as "another old English word, meaning – if ...
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Hagar (other)
Hagar is a biblical person in the Book of Genesis, handmaid of Sarah (the first wife of Abraham) and mother of Abraham's son Ishmael. Hagar may also refer to: * Hagar in Islam * Hagar (name) * Hagar, Ontario, a community in the Canadian province of Ontario * Hagar Township, Michigan * Hagar (company), an Icelandic retail company, part of the Baugur Group * Ħaġar Qim, a megalithic temple complex found on the Mediterranean island of Malta, dating from 3600 to 3200 BC * ''Hägar the Horrible'', a comic strip by Dik Browne as well as the name of its main character * 682 Hagar, a presumed asteroid * Hagar the Womb Hagar the Womb are an English punk rock band, originally active in the early 1980s and part of the anarcho-punk movement. In hiatus from 1987, members went on to form We Are Going To Eat You and Melt, with vocalist Julie Sorrell. A 2011 compi ..., an English punk rock band See also * Haggar (other) * Hager, surname * Hagger, surname * Hajar (disambi ...
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Haggar (other)
Haggar can refer to: * a former district of Bahrain (historical region) * Haggar Clothing, an American manufacturer of men's clothing. * Douglas J. Haggar (born ca. 1947), real name of Mr. Whitekeys, American musician/entertainer * Mike Haggar, a character in the ''Final Fight'' franchise. * William Haggar (1851-1925), film-maker and showman. * Witch Haggar, a character in Voltron: Legendary Defender See also * Hagar (other) * Hager * Hagger Hagger as a surname may refer to: *Kim Hagger, British athlete, born 1961 *Lloyd Hagger, Australian rules footballer, born 1898 *Nicholas Hagger, British poet and author, born 1939 * Peter Hagger, British trade unionist, born 1944 and died 1995 * ...

Harry Potter
''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven fantasy literature, fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young Magician (fantasy), wizard, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's struggle against Lord Voldemort, a Black magic, dark wizard who intends to become Immortality, immortal, overthrow the wizard governing body known as the Ministry of Magic and subjugate all wizards and Muggles (non-magical people). The series was originally published in English by Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom and Scholastic Corporation, Scholastic Press in the United States. All versions around the world are printed by Grafica Veneta in Italy. A series of many genres, including fantasy, drama, Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age fiction, and the British school story (which i ...
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