Henry Bird (entomologist)
Henry Bird may refer to: * Henry Bird (chess player) (1830–1908), English chess player and chess writer * Henry Bird (cricketer) (1800–1864), English professional cricketer * Henry Bird (artist) (1909–2000), British artist * Henry Real Bird (born 1948), Native Crow Indian See also * Henry Bird Steinhauer (1804–1885), Native Ojibwe Indian and Methodist missionary * Henry Byrd (1918–1980), American singer and pianist * Henry Byrde Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank ...

Henry Bird (chess Player)
Henry Edward Bird (14 July 1829A date of 1830 has been given, but baptismal records indicate 1829. – 11 April 1908) was an English chess player, author and accountant. He wrote the books ''Chess History and Reminiscences'' and ''An Analysis of Railways in the United Kingdom''. Although Bird was a practising accountant, not a professional chess player, it has been said that he "lived for chess, and would play anybody anywhere, any time, under any conditions."Harold C. Schoenberg, ''Grandmasters of Chess'', W.W. Norton & Co., New York, Rev. Ed. 1981, p. 66. Tournament play At age 21, Bird was invited to the first international tournament, London 1851. He also participated in tournaments held in Vienna and New York City. In 1858 he lost a match to Paul Morphy at age 28, yet he played high-level chess for another 50 years. In the New York tournament of 1876, Bird received the first ever awarded, for his game against James Mason. Legacy In 1874 Bird proposed a new chess var ...
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Henry Bird (cricketer)
Henry Bird (22 May 1800 – 1864) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ... from 1819 to 1826 for Cambridge Town Club, making 6 known appearances in first-class matches.CricketArchive
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Henry Bird (artist)
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Henry Real Bird
Henry Real Bird (born July 24, 1948), a member of the Crow Nation, is a poet. Real Bird was raised by his grandparents ranching on the Crow Reservation in Montana, and entered first grade speaking only the Crow Indian Language, which as his primary language gives form to his poetry. He competed as a saddle bronc rider during college, where in 1969, he dislocated his hip after being thrown and dragged by his foot. The injury began his, "transition out of the physical world of bronc riding into the spiritual world of writing," he said. During this time, he read works from Longfellow, Tennyson, Thoreau, and Edgar Allan Poe, which inspired much of his writing . Real Bird remained on the pro rodeo circuit until 1980 when he finally hung up the saddle after years of continued pain. He eventually received his bachelor's in elementary education from Montana State University-Bozeman and went on to receive a master's from MSU-Billings. Real Bird has written six anthologies, four poetry c ...
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Henry Bird Steinhauer
Henry Bird Steinhauer (1820–1884) was a Canadian translator, missionary, and clergyman of the Methodist Church. Early life and education Steinhauer was born in Rama on Lake Simcoe in Ontario. He was born Chippewa Indian, likely named Sowengisik. He received the surname Steinhauer from a German family that adopted and educated him from a colonial perspective. Steinhauer was one of the first Indigenous Canadians to complete studies at a collegiate institute, graduating top of his class at Upper Canada Academy in Cobourg, Ontario. He was enrolled at UCA by Egerton Ryerson in 1835, completing his studies in 1839 after a one-year hiatus for missionary work at Alderville.Burwash, Nathaneal (1927). ''History of Victoria College''. Toronto: Victoria College Press. Career Steinhauer had an impressive ability for languages: Ojibwe, English, Cree, Greek, and Hebrew. He was employed by Principal Matthew Richey to proofread his literary work, possessing a greater skill for English gramm ...
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