|
Orrell (surname)
The surname Orrell may refer to the following people: * David Orrell (born 1962), Canadian mathematician * Eddie Orrell (born 1965), Canadian politician in Nova Scotia * Joe Orrell (1917–1993), baseball player * John Orrell (1934–2003), author, theatre historian, and English professor * John Orrell Lever (1824–1897), English shipping owner and politician * Marc Orrell Marc John Orrell (born November 7, 1982) is an American guitarist known for being a former member of the Boston Celtic Punk band the Dropkick Murphys. He joined the band in 2000, he was 17 years old, while they were recording '' Sing Loud, Sin ... (born 1982), American guitarist * Richard Orrell (1875–1919), English footballer * Timothy Orrell (born 1967), English cricketer See also * Orrell (other) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Orrell
David John Orrell (born 1962 in Edmonton) is a Canadian writer and mathematician. He received his doctorate in mathematics from the University of Oxford. His work in the prediction of complex systems such as the weather, genetics and the economy has been featured in New Scientist, the Financial Times, The Economist, Adbusters, BBC Radio, Russia-1, and CBC TV. He now conducts research and writes in the areas of systems biology and economics, and runs a mathematical consultancy Systems Forecasting. He is the son of theatre historian and English professor John Orrell. His books have been translated into over ten languages. '' Apollo's Arrow: The Science of Prediction and the Future of Everything'' was a national bestseller and finalist for the 2007 Canadian Science Writers' Award. ''Economyths: Ten Ways Economics Gets It Wrong'' was a finalist for the 2011 National Business Book Award. Criticism of use of mathematical models A consistent topic in Orrell’s work is the limitations of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Orrell
Ralph Edward Orrell (born February 7, 1965) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Northside-Westmount in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from June 2011 to July 2019 as a Progressive Conservative. On June 21, 2011, Orrell was elected in a byelection for the electoral district of Cape Breton North. In the 2013 provincial election, Orrell was re-elected in the new riding of Northside-Westmount. He was re-elected in the 2017 election. On May 10, 2019, Orrell announced he will seek the Conservative nomination in Sydney—Victoria for the 2019 federal election. On July 15, 2019, it was announced that Orrell was selected as the candidate. Orrell resigned his provincial seat on July 31, 2019. Education He graduated from Memorial Composite High School in 1983 and from Dalhousie University in 1987. Electoral record , - , Progressive Conservative , Eddie Orrell , align="right", 4179 , align="right", 44.03 , align="right", , - , Liberal , John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Orrell
Forest Gordon "Joe" Orrell (March 6, 1917 – January 12, 1993) was a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers in Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...."Joe Orrell Statistics and History" baseball-reference.com. Retrieved November 30, 2011. References External links * 1917 births 1993 deaths[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Orrell
John Orrell (December 31, 1934 – September 16, 2003) was a British author, theatre historian, and English professor at the University of Alberta. The ''New York Times'' described him as the "historian whose intellectual detective work laid the groundwork for the 1997 re-creation of Shakespeare’s original Globe Theater." Life and work Orrell was born in Kent, England. After completing his National Service as a pilot at the NATO base in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, he obtained a degree in English at University College, Oxford, followed by a Ph.D. at the University of Toronto. In 1961 he joined the English department at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, where he lived for the rest of his life. Orrell wrote and presented documentaries for CBC Television on a wide range of subjects, from Louis Riel to avalanche control to the Renaissance and Elizabethan culture. His book ''The Quest for Shakespeare’s Globe'', published by Cambridge University Press in 1983, brought him inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Orrell Lever
John Orrell Lever (1824 – 4 August 1897) was an English shipping owner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1859 and 1885. Lever was the eldest son of James Lever of Manchester, and the descendant of Sir Ashton Lever. He was interested in railways and shipping, being a director of the South Wales Railway and the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Co. He was responsible for establishing Galway as a packet-station. He was the sole lessee of the Thames and Channel Passenger Service and wrote several works. Business Lever had diverse business interests, including cotton, linen, and corn mills in Lancashire and Ireland, the exports of finished products from Liverpool, and especially steam shipping. During the Crimean War, he created several charter companies with Thomas Howard to ship soldiers and supplies to the war. This wartime activity led to a large profit. He and other investors established the Galway Line, a transatlantic shipping company. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Orrell
Marc John Orrell (born November 7, 1982) is an American guitarist known for being a former member of the Boston Celtic Punk band the Dropkick Murphys. He joined the band in 2000, he was 17 years old, while they were recording '' Sing Loud, Sing Proud'' and remained with the group until January 2008, when he left to pursue a different musical style. Orrell has played with the bands The Eleventh Hour, Gimme Danger, Far From Finished, The Black Pacific, and most recently, Wild Roses. In June 2019, Orrell, alongside Flogging Molly's Ted Hutt and The Pogues' James Fearnley James Fearnley (born 9 October 1954, Worsley) is an English musician. He played accordion in the Celtic punk band The Pogues. Life and career As a child he was a choir treble before his voice changed at the age of sixteen. He took piano less ... announced the formation of a new supergroup, The Walker Roaders. The Walker Roaders' debut record was released on August 23, 2019. References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Orrell
Richard Orrell (1875–1919) was an English footballer who played in the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ... for Preston North End. References 1875 births 1919 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football defenders English Football League players Preston North End F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Southport F.C. players Great Harwood F.C. players People from South Ribble (district) Footballers from Lancashire {{England-footy-defender-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Orrell
Timothy Orrell (born 25 November 1967) is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Lancashire during the 1991 season. Orrell was born in Prestwich, Lancashire. Orrell's cricketing career started in 1986, when he played a game in an Oxford and Cambridge Festival tournament, for a Lancashire side which run out ten-wicket winners. Orrell played his debut Second XI Championship season in 1989, and played two matches in the Benson and Hedges Cup competition of 1990 for Combined Universities. Lancashire got to the semi-finals of the Second XI Trophy competition of 1990, following which he was noticed by the first team selectors and, during June 1991, was given his first and only first-class appearance, for Lancashire against Oxford University Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
