Ken Norris (designer)
Kenneth or Ken Norris may refer to: * Dick Norris, Kenneth Richard Norris (1914–2003), Australian entomologist * Kenneth S. Norris (1924–1998), American marine mammal biologist and conservationist * Ken Norris (athlete) (born 1931), British long-distance runner * Ken Norris (actor) (died 2008), in '' The Space Museum'' * Ken Norris (poet) (born 1951), poet, editor, and professor of Canadian literature * Ken Norris (designer), see Ron Ayers * Kenneth True Norris Jr. (1930-1996), industrialist and philanthropist * Ken Norris, fictional character, see Kyle Sampson (Guiding Light) Kyle Sampson is a fictional character from the CBS daytime soap opera ''Guiding Light''. He was played by Larkin Malloy from 1984 to 1987. Kyle was the result of an affair between Cardinal John Malone and Sally Gleason. He was the President of S ...

Dick Norris
Kenneth Richard Norris (28 March 1914 – 14 July 2003) was an Australian entomologist. Early life and education He was born in Geraldton, Western Australia. The family moved to Fremantle in 1922, which was to provide the opportunity for Dick and his younger brother Donald to pursue studies in agricultural science at the University of Western Australia (UWA). Don graduated in 1938, completed his MSc in 1944 and a doctorate in 1948. His thesis for the doctorate was entitled 'History, Bionomics, and Control of Pests of the Australian Pastoral Industry'. Career He became a world authority on plant viruses, and chief research scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation's (CSIRO) Division of Tropical Agronomy in Queensland. He joined the CSIR - later to become the CSIRO - in 1937 as a temporary research officer for Western Australia. Ultimately he moved to Canberra and progressed to become assistant chief of the Division of Entomology in 19 ...
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Kenneth S
Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a byname meaning "handsome", "comely". A short form of ''Kenneth'' is '' Ken''. Etymology The second part of the name ''Cinaed'' is derived either from the Celtic ''*aidhu'', meaning "fire", or else Brittonic ''jʉ:ð'' meaning "lord". People :''(see also Ken (name) and Kenny)'' Places In the United States: * Kenneth, Indiana * Kenneth, Minnesota * Kenneth City, Florida In Scotland: * Inch Kenneth, an island off the west coast of the Isle of Mull Other * "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?", a song by R.E.M. * Hurricane Kenneth * Cyclone Kenneth Intense Tropical Cyclone Kenneth was the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in Mozambique since modern records began. The cyclone also caused significant damage in the Comoro Islands and ...
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Ken Norris (athlete)
Kenneth Leonard Norris (born 11 July 1931) is a British long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi .... He was one of many signatories in a letter to ''The Times'' on 17 July 1958 opposing 'the policy of apartheid' in international sport and defending 'the principle of racial equality which is embodied in the Declaration of the Olympic Games'.Brown and Hogsbjerg, ''Apartheid is not a game'', 16 References Sources * Brown, Geoff and Hogsbjerg, Christian. ''Apartheid is not a Game: Remembering the Stop the Seventy Tour campaign.'' London: Redwords, 2020. . External links * 1931 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics British male long-distan ...
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Ken Norris (actor)
Kenneth or Ken Norris may refer to: * Dick Norris, Kenneth Richard Norris (1914–2003), Australian entomologist * Kenneth S. Norris (1924–1998), American marine mammal biologist and conservationist * Ken Norris (athlete) (born 1931), British long-distance runner * Ken Norris (actor) (died 2008), in '' The Space Museum'' * Ken Norris (poet) (born 1951), poet, editor, and professor of Canadian literature * Ken Norris (designer), see Ron Ayers * Kenneth True Norris Jr. (1930-1996), industrialist and philanthropist * Ken Norris, fictional character, see Kyle Sampson (Guiding Light) Kyle Sampson is a fictional character from the CBS daytime soap opera ''Guiding Light''. He was played by Larkin Malloy from 1984 to 1987. Kyle was the result of an affair between Cardinal John Malone and Sally Gleason. He was the President of S ...

The Space Museum
''The Space Museum'' is the seventh serial of the second season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Written by Glyn Jones and directed by Mervyn Pinfield, it was broadcast on BBC1 in four weekly parts from 24 April to 15 May 1965. In the serial, the First Doctor (William Hartnell) and his travelling companions Ian Chesterton ( William Russell), Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill), and Vicki (Maureen O'Brien) arrive in a Space Museum on the planet Xeros, where they seek to change their fate after seeing themselves turned into museum exhibits in the future. They also become entangled in a conflict between the militaristic Moroks who run the museum, and the servile indigenous Xerons who work for them. Jones was not familiar with the show or science fiction when asked to develop the storyline. Story editor Dennis Spooner edited out much of the humour from the original script as he felt that it was more intellectual; Jones was unhappy with the changes. ...
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Ken Norris (poet)
Kenneth Wayne Norris (born April 3, 1951) is a poet, editor and professor of Canadian literature, retired from the University of Maine. He was born in New York City to Leroy and Theresa Norris, attended Stony Brook University for his BA from 1968-1972, and then moved to Montreal to pursue his MA in English at Sir George Williams University (now Concordia University). He chose Montreal because “Montreal sound like a magical, mystical place” and because of Leonard Cohen. He “was tired of being an anti-American American in the Nixon era, and coming to Quebec (and Canada) gave ima positive agenda, gave imsomething positive to be.”"Interviews: Ken Norris Spotlighted". ''Poetry Quebec'', issue no. 7. After his graduation in 1975, he spent two years in New York before returning to Montreal for his PhD in English at McGill University, supervised by Louis Dudek, who in 1992 described Norris as "the most important poet writing on the North American continent today". He became part ...
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Ken Norris (designer)
Kenneth or Ken Norris may refer to: * Dick Norris, Kenneth Richard Norris (1914–2003), Australian entomologist * Kenneth S. Norris (1924–1998), American marine mammal biologist and conservationist * Ken Norris (athlete) (born 1931), British long-distance runner * Ken Norris (actor) (died 2008), in '' The Space Museum'' * Ken Norris (poet) (born 1951), poet, editor, and professor of Canadian literature * Ken Norris (designer), see Ron Ayers * Kenneth True Norris Jr. (1930-1996), industrialist and philanthropist * Ken Norris, fictional character, see Kyle Sampson (Guiding Light) Kyle Sampson is a fictional character from the CBS daytime soap opera ''Guiding Light''. He was played by Larkin Malloy from 1984 to 1987. Kyle was the result of an affair between Cardinal John Malone and Sally Gleason. He was the President of S ...

Ron Ayers
Ronald Ayers (born 1932) is an English engineer who was responsible for the aerodynamics of the land speed record-holding vehicles, ThrustSSC and JCB Dieselmax, and is chief Aerodynamicist for the Bloodhound SSC. Early life and career Born in London, England, in 1932, Ayers developed an interest during the Blitz. Ayers obtained a BSc in aeronautical engineering from the University of London and an MSc in aerodynamics from Cranfield University before starting his working career as an apprentice at Handley Page Ltd, eventually working his way up to helping design prototypes of the Handley Page Victor bomber aircraft. After that he was employed by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) in their Guided Weapons Division, initially as Chief Aerodynamicist and then later Head of Operational Research and Deputy Head of Management Services. Much of his time at BAC was devoted to the development of the Bloodhound surface-to-air missile. Ayers is a Chartered Engineer and a member of the R ...
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Kenneth True Norris Jr
Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a byname meaning "handsome", "comely". A short form of ''Kenneth'' is '' Ken''. Etymology The second part of the name ''Cinaed'' is derived either from the Celtic ''*aidhu'', meaning "fire", or else Brittonic ''jʉ:ð'' meaning "lord". People :''(see also Ken (name) and Kenny)'' Places In the United States: * Kenneth, Indiana * Kenneth, Minnesota * Kenneth City, Florida In Scotland: * Inch Kenneth, an island off the west coast of the Isle of Mull Other * "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?", a song by R.E.M. R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. One of the fir ...
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