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McVicker (surname)
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McVicker is a surname of Scottish origin. Notable people with the surname include: *Dana McVicker (born 1963), American country singer *Daphne Alloway McVicker (1895–1979), American writer *J. McVicker Hunt (1906–1991), American educational psychologist and author * John McVicker (1868–c. 1940), Irish footballer * Mitch McVicker, American Christian music singer-songwriter *Norman McVicker (1940–2008), English cricketer * Roy H. McVicker (1924–1973), American politician Fictional *Principal McVicker, an antagonist of Beavis and Butthead See also * John McVickers (born 1868), Irish soccer footballer * McVicker's Theater (1857–1984), playhouse in Chicago, IL, U.S.A. * Vickers (surname) * McVicar McVicar or MacVicar is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: McVicar: *Colin McVicar (1916–1987), New Zealand cricketer *David McVicar (born 1967), Scottish opera and theatre director * Ewan McVicar, Scottish dance music producer an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McVicker's Theater
McVicker's Theater (1857–1984) was a playhouse in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Built for actor James Hubert McVicker, the theater was the leading stage for comedic plays in Chicago's early years. It often hosted performances by Edwin Booth, who married McVicker's daughter and was once targeted there in an attempted murder. Adler & Sullivan designed a remodel in 1883. Although destroyed in two fires, including the Great Chicago Fire, McVicker's remained an operating theater until 1984. It was demolished the next year. History James Hubert McVicker was born in New York City, New York on February 14, 1822. His father James died shortly after his birth, so he was raised by his mother Nancy and two siblings. He attended some public school before apprenticing as a printer when he was ten. For the next five years, he operated machines in New York printing houses. In October 1837, he was hired as an apprentice for the ''Republican'' in St. Louis, Missouri, and was named a journeym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne Alloway McVicker
Daphne Alloway McVicker (March 14, 1895 – May 24, 1979) was an American writer, mainly of short stories, and a comic memoir, ''The Queen Was in the Kitchen'' (1944). Early life and education Daphne Ninnette Alloway was born in Cambridge, Ohio, the daughter of James William Alloway and Ninnette McKinley Alloway. Her father was a grocer. She graduated from Ohio State University in 1916. Career McVicker published hundreds of poems and short stories in magazines and newspapers. She was especially successful in romance magazines, "both confessions and slicks", with titles including ''Romantic Love Secrets'', ''Sweetheart Stories'', ''Ainslee's Smart Love Stories''. She also had stories published in more mainstream women's magazines, such as ''Cosmopolitan'' and ''McCall's''. Some of her stories were anthologized in story collections and school readers. McVicker was a member of Theta Sigma Phi, and spoke at their annual banquet in 1930. In 1940 she won the Headliner Award from Thet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman McVicker
Norman Michael McVicker (4 November 1940 – 19 November 2008) was an English cricketer. Having failed to establish himself with either Lancashire or Derbyshire, where he had trialled, McVicker initially played county cricket at minor counties cricket level for Lincolnshire. His performances in minor counties cricket were noticed by Warwickshire, who signed him at the age of 28 in 1969. He played five seasons with Warwickshire, winning the 1972 County Championship and taking 300 first-class wickets. He was released by Warwickshire at the end of the 1973 season and subsequently played for Leicestershire for three seasons from 1974–1976, winning both the County Championship and Benson & Hedges Cup in 1975. He retired at the end of the 1976 season, but came out of retirement in 1977 to play one-day cricket for Leicestershire, before retiring again at the end of that season. Early life and minor counties cricket McVicker was born at Whitefield in Manchester, where he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitch McVicker
Mitch McVicker is a GMA Dove Award-winning contemporary Christian Music singer-songwriter. Biography McVicker attended Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, in the early-1990s where he met and befriended the late CCM recording artist, Rich Mullins. After graduating in May 1995, McVicker moved to New Mexico, eventually touring and writing songs with Mullins. With Mullins and song collaborator Beaker, McVicker co-wrote the musical, ''The Canticle of the Plains'', which is based on the life and teachings of Saint Francis of Assisi. Completed in late 1996, McVicker sang lead vocals on four of the project's songs: "There You Are", "Heaven is Waiting", "Things Even Angels", and "You Are All". McVicker began recording his first solo project in the summer of 1997 with the help of Mullins and Mark Robertson. On the night of September 19, 1997, McVicker and Mullins were en route to a benefit concert being held in Wichita, Kansas, and were involved in a serious auto accident after th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana McVicker
Dana McVicker is an American country music artist. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1963, she recorded for Capitol Records Nashville in 1988, releasing a self-titled album and charting four singles on the U.S. country charts. McVicker was also nominated for Best New Female Artist at the 1988 Academy of Country Music awards, losing to K. T. Oslin. She also appeared on the song " Young Country" from Hank Williams, Jr.'s ''Born to Boogie'' album. After exiting Capitol, McVicker sang backing vocals on Travis Tritt's first five studio albums (counting his Christmas album), and was one of several guest vocalists on his 1992 single " Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man". She was also featured on the track "Drive Away" on Sawyer Brown's 1993 album '' Outskirts of Town''. McVicker's husband, Michael Thomas, played guitar for Reba McEntire's road band until an airplane, carrying Thomas, six other members of McEntire's band, and her road manager, crashed into a nearby mountain after taking of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McVicker
John McVicker (29 April 1868 – 1940) was an Irish footballer who played in the Football League for Accrington and Ardwick Ardwick is a district of Manchester in North West England, one mile south east of the city centre. The population of the Ardwick Ward at the 2011 census was 19,250. Historically in Lancashire, by the mid-nineteenth century Ardwick had grown from .... He also represented the Ireland national team. References External links * * * English Football League players 1868 births 1940 deaths Glentoran F.C. players Linfield F.C. players Birmingham St George's F.C. players Accrington F.C. players Manchester City F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football forwards Irish association footballers (before 1923) Pre-1950 IFA men's international footballers Association footballers from Belfast Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland {{Ireland-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McVickers
John McVicker (29 April 1868 – 1940) was an Irish footballer who played in the Football League for Accrington and Ardwick Ardwick is a district of Manchester in North West England, one mile south east of the city centre. The population of the Ardwick Ward at the 2011 census was 19,250. Historically in Lancashire, by the mid-nineteenth century Ardwick had grown from .... He also represented the Ireland national team. References External links * * * English Football League players 1868 births 1940 deaths Glentoran F.C. players Linfield F.C. players Birmingham St George's F.C. players Accrington F.C. players Manchester City F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football forwards Irish association footballers (before 1923) Pre-1950 IFA men's international footballers Association footballers from Belfast Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland {{Ireland-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beavis And Butthead
''Beavis and Butt-Head'' is an American adult animated series created by Mike Judge. The series follows Beavis and Butt-Head, both voiced by Judge, a pair of teenage slackers characterized by their apathy, lack of intelligence, lowbrow humor, and love for hard rock and heavy metal music. The characters originated in Judge's 1992 short film '' Frog Baseball'', which was broadcast by MTV's animation showcase ''Liquid Television''. After MTV commissioned a full series, ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' ran for seven seasons from 1993 to 1997. It was revived with an eighth season aired on MTV in 2011. A second revival, consisting of an initial two-season order, premiered on Paramount+ in 2022. During its initial run, ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' received critical acclaim for its satirical, scathing commentary on society, as well as criticism for its alleged influence on adolescents. It produced various other media, including the theatrical film ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do America'' in 1996. A seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vickers (surname)
Vickers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfred Gomersal Vickers (1810–1837), British marine-painter * Andrew Vickers (born 1967), biostatistician *Brian Vickers (born 1983), American stock car driver, currently racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup *Brian Vickers (literary scholar) (born 1937), British authority on rhetoric * Charles Vickers (other), multiple people *David Vickers, a fictional character on the soap opera ''One Life to Live'' *Diana Vickers (born 1991), English singer * Doris Vickers (born 1980), Austrian archaeoastronomer * Douglas Vickers (born 1924), English industrialist and politician *Edward Vickers (1804–1897), British steel maker and industrialist * F. B. Vickers (1903–1985), Australian author *Geoffrey Vickers (1894–1982), pioneer of systems thinking * George Vickers (1801–1879), United States Senator from Maryland * Harry Vickers (other), multiple people * Jack Vickers (1908–1980), English footballer * Janeen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy H
Roy H (foaled April 22, 2012) is a Thoroughbred racehorse who is the two time winner of the Breeders' Cup Sprint. He was named the American Champion Sprint Horse of 2017 and 2018. He did not start racing until age three, when he won only one race, and he was winless at age four. In 2017 at age five however, he developed into the best sprinter in North America by winning the True North Stakes, Santa Anita Sprint Championship and Breeders' Cup Sprint. In 2018, he defended his wins in the Breeders' Cup Sprint and Santa Anita Sprint Championship, plus finished second in the Bing Crosby Stakes and third in the Dubai Golden Shaheen. Background Roy H is a bay gelding who was bred in Kentucky by Ramona S. Bass, LLC. His sire is More Than Ready, who won the King's Bishop Stakes and finished fourth in the Kentucky Derby. As a sire, More Than Ready achieved most of his early success when shuttling to Australia but has had growing success in North America as well. His offspring have prove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
