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John Parry (athletic Director)
John Parry may refer to: Musicians *John Parry (Bardd Alaw) (1776–1851), Welsh harpist and composer, and father of John Orlando Parry *John Parry (harpist) (c1710–1782), celebrated blind harpist from Wales * John Parry (Mormon) (1789–1868), early Welsh convert to Mormonism and first conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir *John Orlando Parry (1810–1879), Welsh singer-pianist and comedian, and son of John Parry (Bardd Alaw) * John Parry, member of Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band Politicians * John Parry (1518-1584), MP for Carmarthen Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency) * John Parry (1724–1797), Welsh Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire 1780–90 *John Edmund Parry (born 1946), member of the Canadian House of Commons, 1984–1988 Sports *John Parry (American football official) (born 1965), National Football League game official from 2000 to 2018 *John Parry (golfer) (born 1986), English professional golfer Others *John Parry (bishop) (died 1677), Bishop of Ossory 1672–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Parry (Bardd Alaw)
John Parry (18 February 1776 – 8 April 1851), commonly known by his bardic name Bardd Alaw, was a Welsh harpist and composer. Biography Parry was born in Denbigh, in northern Wales, the son of a stonemason. He taught himself to play the fife on an instrument that he made himself from a piece of cane, and a dance-master who lived nearby taught him the rudiments of the clarinet, which he used to accompany singers in church.John Parry flageolets.com, accessed 9 February 2010 In 1793, Parry joined the Denbighshire militia's volunteers' band, becoming its conductor in 1797. He became a master of the harp, the clarinet and the and learned to play many other instruments. In 1807, he left the band and settl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Parry (golfer)
John Anthony Parry (born 17 November 1986) is an English professional golfer. Parry was born in Harrogate. He won several high-profile amateur tournaments including the Danish and Spanish Amateur Championships, and represented Great Britain and Ireland in the Walker Cup before turning professional at the end of 2007. Parry won the 2009 Allianz Golf Open Grand Toulouse on the Challenge Tour. He ended that season in 14th place on the Challenge Tour Rankings to earn his card on the top level European Tour for 2010. During his rookie season he won the inaugural Vivendi Cup to secure a one-year exemption on the tour. Parry was unable to follow up his win and in 2021, he was playing on the third-tier PGA EuroPro Tour. Amateur wins *2004 Peter McEvoy Trophy *2005 Danish Amateur Championship *2007 Spanish International Amateur Championship, Welsh Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship Professional wins (4) European Tour wins (1) Challenge Tour wins (1) PGA EuroPro Tour wins (2) ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Parry
Brynley John Parry (11 January 1924 – 20 January 2010) was a Welsh professional footballer. During his career he made almost 100 appearances for Swansea Town and 138 appearances for Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn profession ... between 1951 and 1955. Born in Wales in 1924, Jack married Edith and had 3 children. In his later years he moved to London and then Chelmsford as a bricklayer. Most notably, Parry 'topped off' the Natwest building in London. Parry had 6 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren all living around the Chelmsford area of Essex before his death in 2010. References External linksJack Parry at Pride of Anglia 1924 births 2010 deaths Association football goalkeepers Ipswich Town F.C. players People from Pontardawe Sportspeople from Neat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Humffreys Parry (antiquary)
John Humffreys Parry (6 April 1786 – 12 February 1825) was a Welsh barrister and antiquarian. Life The son of the Rev. Edward Parry and Anne, his wife, he was born 6 April 1786; his father was at the time rector of Llangar, but held the living with the curacy of Mold, Flintshire, where he lived and kept school; he did not move on becoming in 1790 rector of the neighbouring parish of Llanferres. Parry was educated at Ruthin grammar school, and then entered the office of his uncle, Mr. Wynne, a solicitor at Mold. Inheriting some property on the death of his father, Parry was in 1807 admitted to the Temple, and in 1811 was called to the bar. He practised for a time in the Oxford circuit and the Chester great sessions, but became a writer. In September 1819 he started the ''Cambro-Briton'', a magazine on Welsh history; three volumes appeared (London, 1820, 1821, 1822). He took part in the re-establishment of the Cymmrodorion Society in 1820, and edited the first volume of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Humffreys Parry
John Humffreys Parry (24 January 1816 – 10 January 1880) was a British barrister, who became serjeant-at-law. Early life The son of John Humffreys Parry the antiquarian (1786–1825), he was born in London on 24 January 1816. He received a commercial education at the Philological School, Marylebone, and spent a short time in a merchant's office in London; but then took a post in the printed-book department in the British Museum. He attended lectures at the Aldersgate Institution and studied for the bar. Legal career Parry was called to the bar in June 1843 at the Middle Temple. On the home circuit he built up a good criminal business, principally at the Old Bailey and the Middlesex sessions. Appointment as a serjeant-at-law, in June 1856, led him to success also in the civil courts. He was also largely employed in compensation cases, especially for the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. Parry obtained a patent of precedence in 1864 from Lord Westbury, and then led the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydrographer Of The Navy
The Hydrographer of the Navy is the principal hydrographical Royal Naval appointment. From 1795 until 2001, the post was responsible for the production of charts for the Royal Navy, and around this post grew the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO). In 2001, the post was disassociated from UKHO, and the Hydrographer of the Navy is now a title bestowed upon the current captain—hydrography and meteorology—on the staff of the Devonport Flotilla at HMNB Devonport. History Before the establishment of the post, captains of Royal Navy ships were responsible for the provision of their own charts. In practice this meant that ships often sailed with inadequate information for safe navigation, and that when new areas were surveyed, the data rarely reached all those who needed it. The Admiralty appointed Alexander Dalrymple as hydrographer on 12 August 1795, with a remit to gather and distribute charts to HM Ships. Within a year existing charts had been collated, and the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Franklin Parry
Admiral Sir John Franklin Parry, KCB, FRGS (15 August 1863 – 21 April 1926) was a Royal Navy officer. He was Hydrographer of the Navy from 1914 to 1919. Parry was the son of the Rt Rev Edward Parry, Bishop of Dover, and the grandson of the Arctic explorer Sir William Edward Parry, who was Hydrographer of the Navy from 1823 to 1829. His nephew Admiral Sir William Edward Parry Sir William Edward Parry (19 December 1790 – 8 July 1855) was an Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for his 1819–1820 expedition through the Parry Channel, probably the most successful in the long quest for the Northwest Pass ... also achieved distinction in the Royal Navy. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parry, John Franklin 1863 births 1926 deaths Royal Navy admirals Royal Navy admirals of World War I Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society Hydrographers of the Royal Navy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Parry (editor)
John Parry (23 March 1812 – 19 January 1874) was a Welsh editor and professor, remembered mainly as chief editor of the '' Encyclopaedia Cambrensis''. He was the son-in-Law of Thomas Gee, the publisher of the encyclopedia. Biography Parry was born in Wrexham in 1812. He was educated at Coleg y Bala and at the University of Edinburgh. In 1843 he was appointed professor at the College of Bala. He remained there for most of the rest of his life.D. Ambrose Jones, ''Llenyddiaeth a Llenorion Cymreig y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg'' (Lerpwl, 1922). As stated above, Parry is chiefly remembered as the editor of the ''Encyclopaedia Cambrensis'', the most ambitious encyclopedia in the Welsh language. Edited by Parry until his death, it was published in ten volumes between 1854 and 1879 by Thomas Gee on his famous press in Denbigh. References External links Entryat the ''Dictionary of Welsh Biography The ''Dictionary of Welsh Biography'' (DWB) (also ''The Dictionary of Welsh Biog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Parry (bishop)
John Parry (died 1677) was Bishop of Ossory in the Church of Ireland from 1672 until his death. Life Parry, the son of Edward Parry (Bishop of Killaloe) and Miss Price was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. His siblings were Benjamin Parry who succeeded him as Bishop of Ossory; Edward Parry; Robert Parry; Mary Parry who married John Bulkeley; and Elinor Parry who was a love and correspondent of John Locke and later married Richard Hawkshaw. After moving to the University of Oxford, John Parry became a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford in 1653, obtaining his MA in the same year. After being ordained, Parry became rector of Hope, Flintshire in 1660; his brother Benjamin succeeded him in this post in 1666. He was one of the chaplains of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, and on his return to Ireland obtained his BD and DD degrees from Trinity College, Dublin in 1661 and 1662 respectively. He was also appointed treasurer of Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Parry (American Football Official)
John W. Parry (born May 4, 1965) is a retired American football official who worked in the National Football League (NFL) from 2000 through the 2018 season. He wore uniform number 132 and was the referee for two Super Bowls. Career Parry was promoted to referee for the 2007 season following the retirement of Bill Vinovich due to health issues. In 2018, Parry's NFL officiating crew consisted of umpire Mark Pellis, down judge David Oliver, line judge Julian Mapp, field judge Matt Edwards, side judge Michael Banks, back judge Perry Paganelli, replay official Jimmy Oldham, and replay assistant Roddy Ames. Parry retired on April 1, 2019 accepting a position with ESPN to be the rules analyst for ''Monday Night Football''. Notable games Parry officiated Super Bowl XLI in 2007 as a side judge on the crew headed by referee Tony Corrente. Parry was the referee of Super Bowl XLVI, which was held February 5, 2012, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Parry refereed his last NFL game a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Parry (harpist)
John Parry (c.1710 – 7 October 1782), known as ''Parri Ddall, Rhiwabon'' (or, in English, ''Blind Parry of Ruabon'') was born in the Llŷn Peninsula, Caernarfonshire, now Gwynedd, in Wales, and was blind from birth. His first patrons were the Griffiths family, of the Cefn Amwlch estate at Bryn Cynan on Pen Llŷn, who provided the young Parry with a Welsh triple harp. He later became harpist to Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn at Wynnstay, Ruabon and became a master of the High Baroque. He lived on the Wynnstay estate but spent much of his time at the Williams-Wynn's London home where he performed on the Welsh triple harp for London's cultural elite. Parry became a member of the Royal Society of Musicians in 1763. He inspired Thomas Gray to write his 1757 poem, ''The Bard''. It is also claimed that Parri first wrote down – or dictated to his fellow-compiler Evan Williams – in his manuscript ''Antient British Music'' (1741) a then unnamed 'aria' which is now world-famous as " Deck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Edmund Parry
John Edmund Parry (born February 6, 1946) is a Canadian politician. He served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1984 to 1988, as a member of the New Democratic Party. History Parry was born in London, England, UK. He was educated at Woodford Green in Essex, England, and at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. Parry has a Master of Business Administration degree, and works as a business consultant. Prior to his election to the House of Commons, he served for six years as mayor of Sioux Lookout in Northern Ontario. He first campaigned for the House of Commons in the 1979 federal election, and finished a close second against Liberal candidate John M. Reid in Kenora—Rainy River. He ran again in the 1980 election, and lost to Reid a second time by only 366 votes. Parry was finally elected in Kenora-Rainy River to the House of Commons on his third attempt, in the 1984 election. He defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Al Lugli by 620 votes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
