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Peter Grant (other)
Peter Grant may refer to: Sportspeople * Peter Grant (athlete) (born 1954), Australian Olympic sprinter * Peter Grant (footballer, born 1879) (1879–1937), Scottish footballer * Peter Grant (footballer, born 1965), Scottish football player and coach, played for Celtic and Scotland, manager of Norwich City * Peter Grant (footballer, born 1994), Scottish football player, played for Falkirk, son of footballer born 1965 * Peter Grant (rugby union) (born 1984), South African rugby union player Other people * Peter Grant (1714–1824), Last survivor of the Jacobite rising of 1745. * Peter Grant (abbé) (died 1784), Scottish Roman Catholic priest, agent and abbé * Peter Grant (politician) (born 1960), SNP politician elected 2015 * Peter Grant (journalist), journalist for The Wall Street Journal * Peter Grant (music manager) (1935–1995), English music manager * Peter Grant (pastor) (1783–1867), Scottish pastor, poet and songwriter known as ''Pàdraig Grannd nan Oran'' * Pet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Grant (athlete)
Peter Grant (born 5 January 1954) is an Australian sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi .... References External links * 1954 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Australian male sprinters Australian male hurdlers Olympic athletes for Australia Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Australian people Australian Athletics Championships winners {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Grant (music Manager)
Peter Grant (5 April 1935 – 21 November 1995) was an English music manager, best known as the manager of Led Zeppelin from their creation in 1968 to their breakup in 1980. With his intimidating size and weight, confrontational manner, and knowledge and experience, he procured strong, and unprecedented, deals for his band, and is widely credited with improving pay and conditions for all musicians in dealings with concert promoters. Grant has been described as "one of the shrewdest and most ruthless managers in rock history". Australian Broadcasting Corporation – Triple J Music Specials – Led Zeppelin (first broadcast 12 July 2000) Born and largely brought up in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Grant (sculptor)
Peter Grant (5 December 1915 – 12 February 2003) was an Irish sculptor. He was born at Pomeroy, County Tyrone, Grant moved to Dublin with his family in 1922. He studied at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art (National College of Art) from 1933. He received prize medals for modelling in 1935 and 1936. He won a scholarship for 1935–38. His work was influenced by Middle Eastern art. This is visible in Moses the Lawgiver, which won the Taylor Art scholarship at the RDS in 1937. He was commissioned to model the 'Warrior of Ancient Ireland' for the 1939 New York World's Fair. His bust of Joseph Mary Plunkett, one of the signatories of the 1916 Easter Rising, is exhibited in Dáil Éireann. Grant was a founding member, and first chairman, of the Institute of Sculptors of Ireland. He was married to Una Mac Eoin on 26 January 1960. He retired from the National College of Art and Design in 1980 but continued to work in his studio in Clontarf, Dublin, Clontarf. He died on 12 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Mitchell Grant
Peter Mitchell Grant OBE, FREng, FRSE, FIEE, FIEEE, FHEA, Eurasip Fellow (born 20 June 1944) is Senior Honorary Professorial Fellow, former Regius Professor of Engineering and Head of School of Engineering and Electronics at the University of Edinburgh. In 2004 he was awarded the 82nd Faraday Medal by the Institute of Electrical Engineers for his 'outstanding contributions to signal processing'. Education Peter Mitchell Grant was born in St Andrews and educated at Strathallan School, Perthshire in Scotland. He studied electrical and electronic engineering (BSc Hons) at Heriot Watt University and then for a PhD at the University of Edinburgh. Career Following graduation from Heriot-Watt University in 1966 Grant worked for Plessey in Havant as a development engineer on the design of digital frequency synthesisers and standards for the Clansman mobile radio communications system. In 1970 Grant moved to Glenrothes to work for Hughes Microelectronics where he had responsibility f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter J
Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Culture * Peter (actor) (born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, Japanese dancer and actor * ''Peter'' (album), a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip * ''Peter'' (1934 film), a 1934 film directed by Henry Koster * ''Peter'' (2021 film), Marathi language film * "Peter" (''Fringe'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Fringe'' * ''Peter'' (novel), a 1908 book by Francis Hopkinson Smith * "Peter" (short story), an 1892 short story by Willa Cather Animals * Peter, the Lord's cat, cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London * Peter (chief mouser), Chief Mouser between 1929 and 1946 * Peter II (cat), Chief Mouser between 1946 and 1947 * Peter III (cat), Chief Mouser between 1947 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Grant (VC)
Peter Grant VC (1824 – 10 January 1868) was a British Army soldier and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Victoria Cross action Grant was about 33 years old, and a private in the 93rd Regiment of Foot (later The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)) during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 16 November 1857 at the Secundra Bagh, Lucknow, for which he was awarded the VC: He died from drowning in the River Tay in Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ..., Scotland on 10 January 1868. References External linksLocation of grave and VC medal''(Tayside)'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Peter 1824 births 1868 deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter And Rosemary Grant
Peter Raymond Grant (born October 26, 1936) and Barbara Rosemary Grant (born October 8, 1936) are a British married couple who are evolutionary biologists at Princeton University. Each currently holds the position of emeritus professor. They are known for their work with Darwin's finches on Daphne Major, one of the Galápagos Islands. Since 1973, the Grants have spent six months of every year capturing, tagging, and taking blood samples from finches on the island. They have worked to show that natural selection can be seen within a single lifetime, or even within a couple of years. Charles Darwin originally thought that natural selection was a long, drawn out process but the Grants have shown that these changes in populations can happen very quickly. In 1994, they were awarded the Leidy Award from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. The Grants were the subject of the book '' The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time'' by Jonathan Weiner, which won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Grant (singer)
Peter Grant (born 1987 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England) is an English singer of easy listening and jazz music. Life and career Peter Grant began singing at the age of six and played at working men's clubs from the age of 12. He grew up in Guiseley, north-west of Leeds, West Yorkshire, and was a pupil at Guiseley High School. His first album ''New Vintage'' was released in April 2006, and entered at No. 8 on the UK Albums Chart, largely thanks to his chat show appearances with Michael Parkinson, Davina McCall and GMTV, where he made his TV debut. His second album ''Traditional'' was released on 17 September 2007. He can also be heard singing " Happy Together" on a Twix advertisement, a cover of the Turtles song. He released his download-only single "Traditional" on 10 September 2007. Promotion of his second UK album saw Grant perform on GMTV, '' This Morning'' and ''The Alan Titchmarsh Show'' all on ITV1. The album did not perform as well as his debut, peaking at No. 29 on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Grant (pastor)
Peter Grant (1783 – 1867) was a Scottish pastor, poet and songwriter. He was known as ''Pàdraig Grannd nan Oran'' ("Peter Grant of the Songs"), which became a household name in the Highlands of Scotland for nearly fifty years.Wilder, Terry, The Lost Sermons of Scottish Baptist Peter Grant, BorderStone Press, LLC (2010). His collection of hymns in Gaelic is called ''Dain Spioradail''. Grant formed what became the largest Baptist congregation in the Gaelic-speaking Highlands, and was at the forefront of evangelism in the area.Wilder, Terry, The Lost Sermons of Scottish Baptist Peter Grant, BorderStone Press, LLC (2010). Early life Grant was born in Ballentua, Strathspey, Scotland, in 1783. He was reared in a small-farming family but grew a considerable ministry as a Baptist pastor,poet, and songwriter. "He was precentor in the parish church when the Haldane brothers were beginning to have an impact on Scotland." Ministry Grant pastored the Baptist church at Grantown-on-S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wall Street Journal
''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published six days a week by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp. The newspaper is published in the broadsheet format and online. The ''Journal'' has been printed continuously since its inception on July 8, 1889, by Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser. The ''Journal'' is regarded as a newspaper of record, particularly in terms of business and financial news. The newspaper has won 38 Pulitzer Prizes, the most recent in 2019. ''The Wall Street Journal'' is one of the largest newspapers in the United States by circulation, with a circulation of about 2.834million copies (including nearly 1,829,000 digital sales) compared with ''USA Today''s 1.7million. The ''Journal'' publishes the luxury news and lifestyle magazine ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Grant (footballer, Born 1879)
Peter Gunn Grant (3 June 1879 – 10 December 1937) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played in the Scottish League for Motherwell, Hamilton Academical and Queen's Park as a full back. Personal life In 1917, three years since the outbreak of the First World War, Grant joined the French Army's Special Ambulance Service as a driver/mechanic. He was twice awarded the Croix de Guerre for "outstanding acts of bravery". Grant died in the Castlecary rail accident Two rail accidents have occurred near Castlecary, Scotland. One of these was in 1937 and one in 1968. Both events involved rear-end collisions, and caused the deaths of 35 and 2 people respectively. 1937 accident On 10 December 1937 at 4:3 ... on 10 December 1937. Career statistics References 1879 births Scottish men's footballers Scottish Football League players Men's association football fullbacks Queen's Park F.C. players Motherwell F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Recip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Grant (journalist)
Peter Grant may refer to: Sportspeople * Peter Grant (athlete) (born 1954), Australian Olympic sprinter * Peter Grant (footballer, born 1879) (1879–1937), Scottish footballer * Peter Grant (footballer, born 1965), Scottish football player and coach, played for Celtic and Scotland, manager of Norwich City * Peter Grant (footballer, born 1994), Scottish football player, played for Falkirk, son of footballer born 1965 * Peter Grant (rugby union) (born 1984), South African rugby union player Other people * Peter Grant (1714–1824), Last survivor of the Jacobite rising of 1745. * Peter Grant (abbé) (died 1784), Scottish Roman Catholic priest, agent and abbé * Peter Grant (politician) (born 1960), SNP politician elected 2015 * Peter Grant (journalist), journalist for The Wall Street Journal * Peter Grant (music manager) (1935–1995), English music manager * Peter Grant (pastor) (1783–1867), Scottish pastor, poet and songwriter known as ''Pàdraig Grannd nan Oran'' * Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
