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Mark Armstrong may refer to: * Mark Armstrong (astronomer) (born 1958), British amateur astronomer *Mark Armstrong (economist) (born 1964), British economist and academic *Mark Armstrong (equestrian) (born 1961), British international representative show-jumper *Mark Armstrong (footballer), New Zealand international association football player *Mark Armstrong (musician), British jazz musician and composer *Mark Armstrong, television executive, chair of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Board in the 1990s *Mark Armstrong, writer, co-creator of ''Spider-Ham Spider-Ham (Peter Porker) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is an anthropomorphic pig and is a cartoon animal parody version of Spider-Man. He was created by editor Larry Hama, T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Armstrong (astronomer)
Mark Armstrong (born 1958) is a British amateur astronomer, a member of the British Astronomical Association. With his wife Claire Armstrong, he works from Rolvenden, Kent, England (obs. code 960). As of 2006, has 58 supernova discoveries (and 12 co-discoveries) to his credit in addition to two asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere. ...s. References External links * ''Very short biography'' * ''Includes photo of Mark'' 1958 births 21st-century British astronomers 20th-century British astronomers Discoverers of asteroids * Living people People from Rolvenden {{UK-astronomer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Armstrong (economist)
Christopher Mark Armstrong (born December 1964) is a British economist, professor of economics at the University of Oxford and University Academic Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. His research focuses on industrial organisation and the functioning of markets. Education Armstrong graduated with a BA in mathematics from Queens' College, Cambridge in 1987. He was a postgraduate at St John's College, Oxford, from 1987 to 1992, where he received an M.Phil. and D.Phil. in economics. Career Armstrong's first academic position was as a lecturer in microeconomics at Cambridge University and fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He left for a professorship in economic policy at the University of Southampton in 1994 and was appointed fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, in 1997. He then became a professor of economics at University College London in 2003 and left for his current position at the University of Oxford in 2011. The British Academy and the Econometric Soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Armstrong (equestrian)
Mark Armstrong (born 23 June 1961) is a British international show jumper. Armstrong gained a silver medal at the 1993 European Championships, and came second in the H&H Foxhunter category in the following year's British Horse of the Year Show. He competed in the 2002 World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ... in Leipzig and has been a member of the British team at 33 different events since 1987. He was a member of the four-person British team which finished third at the 2010 FEI Nations Cup of France, riding Thesaura. References *Mark Armstrong Show Jumping official website: www.markarmstrongshowjumping.com *Mark Armstrong Show Jumping official Facebook pagewww.facebook.com/markarmstrongshowjumping/ 1961 births Living people English male equest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Armstrong (footballer)
Mark Armstrong is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at international level. Armstrong made his full All Whites debut in a 1-1 draw with Fiji on 18 February 1980 and ended his international playing career with seven A-international caps and three goals to his credit, his final cap an appearance in a 0-3 loss to Canada on 18 September that same year. Armstrong was the first player to score 100 goals in the New Zealand National Soccer League The New Zealand National League is the name given to the current New Zealand top football competition. Originally set up as the New Zealand National Soccer League there has been many versions of the competition as well as many different names. Th ..., completing this feat during the 1989 season. p. 120 References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people New Zealand men's association footballers New Zealand men's international footballers Manurewa AFC players 20th-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Armstrong (musician)
Mark Armstrong (born 5 November 1972)John Chilton, 'ARMSTRONG, Mark', in Who's Who of British Jazz', 2nd edn (London: Continuum, 2004), p. 9 . is a British jazz trumpeter, musical director, composer, arranger, and educator. Biography Armstrong was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, northern England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b .... At the age of five he moved to Amersham and attended Dr Challoner's Grammar School, playing with the Aylesbury Music Centre Dance Band and Buckinghamshire County Youth Orchestra. He studied then for a degree in music at the University of Oxford, when he played with the Oxford University Jazz Orchestra and helped to reform the Oxford University Big Band. He subsequently took a postgraduate course in jazz and studio music at the Guildhall Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Board
The ABC Board is the body responsible for the operations of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. , Ita Buttrose is chair; David Anderson the managing director appointed by the board; Jane Connors is a staff-elected member. The chair and other directors are chosen by the Australian Government. Composition, structure and responsibilities The ABC Board is a board of directors that is responsible for the operations of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It is made up of five to seven directors chosen by the Australian government, and a managing director who is appointed by the board itself. At various times, ABC staff have been granted rights to elect a nominee for appointment to the board; and as of April 2013 staff elected a nominee-director. The duties of the board, as set out in the '' Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983'', commonly called the ''ABC Act'', (section 8) include duties "to ensure that the functions of the Corporation are performed efficiently and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
