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Peter Richards (other)
Peter Richards (born 1978) is a former English rugby union player. Peter Richards may also refer to: *Peter Richards (artist) (born 1970), artist & curator, Belfast *Peter Richards, staff artist at the Exploratorium, San Francisco *Peter Richards, a supporting character from ''Dallas'', played by Christopher Atkins * Peter Richards (Royal Navy officer) (1787–1869), British Royal Navy admiral and Third Naval Lord *Peter Richards (physician) (1936–2011), professor of medicine and president of Hughes Hall, Cambridge * Peter Felix Richards (1808–1868), pioneer Scottish merchant in post-Treaty of Nanjing Shanghai * Pete Richards (American football) Pierce L. Richards (May 13, 1905 – April 4, 1989) was an American football player. A native of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, Richards played college football for Swarthmore. He played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as ... (1905–1989), American football player See also * Peter Richards Islands, Nunavut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Richards
Peter Charles Richards (born 10 March 1978) is a former English rugby union player. A versatile player, he has played in three positions: scrum half (his preferred role), fly-half and centre. Richards retired in the summer of 2010 because of a back injury. As of May 2015, Richards became head coach at London Scottish. Early life Born 10 March 1978 in Portsmouth, Richards began playing mini rugby at Farnham Rugby Club, before he went to the Royal Hospital School, near Ipswich. Early career Richards moved to Lord Wandsworth College, Hampshire for sixth form and played alongside Jonny Wilkinson reaching the Daily Mail Semi-final in 1996. He featured in both the England U16 and U18 Group Schools teams before joining London Irish in 1996. Club career Richards quickly made his first team debut for London Irish against Leicester Tigers before joining Harlequins for the 1999–2000 season. He left two years later and spent a year in Italy playing for Benetton Treviso, then retur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Richards (artist)
Peter Richards is a Welsh-born Irish artist and curator. Early in his career he worked primarily on video art and installations, later also working in performance art. Richards is living and working in Belfast, Northern Ireland, since 1994. Early life and education Born in Cardiff in 1970, Richards studied a BA in Fine Art at Howard Gardens, Cardiff, part of the University of Wales. He moved to Northern Ireland to further his studies, completing an MPhil. entitled "Representations of Representations" in 1998 at the University of Ulster. He has been director of the Golden Thread Gallery in Belfast since 2002. Art career Early in his career Richards was producing predominantly video art works. These works generally took the form of single-channel installations, featuring the artist perform to camera, such as his "Untitled: table & chair". In the mid-1990s he began creating performance art works and photographic documentation of the performance art as a single entity. The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exploratorium
The Exploratorium is a museum of science, technology, and arts in San Francisco, California. Characterized as "a mad scientist's penny arcade, a scientific funhouse, and an experimental laboratory all rolled into one", the participatory nature of its exhibits and its self-identification as a center for informal learning has led to it being cited as the prototype for participatory museums around the world. The Exploratorium was founded by physicist and educator Frank Oppenheimer and opened in 1969 at the Palace of Fine Arts, its home until January 2, 2013. On April 17, 2013, the Exploratorium reopened at Piers 15 and 17 on San Francisco's Embarcadero. The historic interior and exterior of Pier 15 were renovated extensively prior to the move, and are divided into several galleries mainly separated by content, including the physics of seeing and listening (Light and Sound), Human Behavior, Living Systems, Tinkering (including electricity and magnetism), the Outdoor Gallery, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Dallas Characters
This is a list of characters appearing on the 1978–1991 American television series ''Dallas''. During its 14 seasons on air, the show featured 21 regular cast members, portraying twenty characters (as the character of Miss Ellie was recast for season eight). Additionally, hundreds of guest actors portrayed supporting characters, this list includes the most noteworthy among them. Main characters ;Notes Supporting characters Ewing relatives Gary Ewing Garrison Arthur "Gary" Ewing (David Ackroyd in season 2, Ted Shackelford thereafter) was the middle son of Jock ( Jim Davis) and Miss Ellie Ewing (Barbara Bel Geddes), husband of Valene (Joan Van Ark) and father of Lucy Ewing (Charlene Tilton). He appeared occasionally between season 2 and season 6, once in season 9, and the series finale in season 14. The character made 11 appearances on the show, Ackroyd for the first two and Shackelford for the remaining nine. Gary was the middle child, being born after J.R. (L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Richards (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral Sir Peter Richards KCB (1787 – 16 March 1869) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Third Sea Lord. Naval career Richards joined the Royal Navy in 1798. Promoted to Captain in 1828, Richards was given command of HMS ''Asia'' and HMS ''Volage'' before commanding HMS ''Cornwallis'' in the First Opium War. He later commanded HMS ''Hibernia'', HMS ''Royal Sovereign'', HMS ''Cumberland'' and HMS ''Boscawen''. As a rear-admiral he was appointed Third Sea Lord in 1854 and served in that role during the Crimean War. He was promoted vice-admiral on the Reserved List in April, 1862. St. Peter's Memorial Mission Chapel at Saltash Passage near St Budeaux in Cornwall was built in his memory but damaged in World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Richards (physician)
Peter Charles Richards (born 10 March 1978) is a former English rugby union player. A versatile player, he has played in three positions: Scrum-half (rugby union), scrum half (his preferred role), Fly-half (rugby union), fly-half and Rugby union positions#13. Outside centre .26 12. Inside centre, centre. Richards retired in the summer of 2010 because of a back injury. As of May 2015, Richards became head coach at London Scottish F.C., London Scottish. Early life Born 10 March 1978 in Portsmouth, Richards began playing Tag Rugby#Mini Tag, mini rugby at Farnham Rugby Club, before he went to the Royal Hospital School, near Ipswich. Early career Richards moved to Lord Wandsworth College, Hampshire for sixth form and played alongside Jonny Wilkinson reaching the Daily Mail Semi-final in 1996. He featured in both the England U16 and U18 Group Schools teams before joining London Irish in 1996. Club career Richards quickly made his first team debut for London Irish against Leicester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hughes Hall, Cambridge
Hughes Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. It is the oldest of the University of Cambridge's postgraduate colleges. The college also admits undergraduates, though undergraduates admitted by the college must be aged 21 or over. There is no age requirement for postgraduate students. The majority of Hughes Hall students are postgraduate, although nearly one-fifth of the student population comprises individuals aged 21 and above who are studying undergraduate degree courses at the university. Hughes Hall was founded in the 19th century as the Cambridge Training College for Women with the purpose of providing a college of the university dedicated to training women graduates for the teaching profession. Since then it has enlarged and expanded to support a community of students and researchers, both male and female, working in all the academic domains encompassed by the University of Cambridge. The college is housed in a number of 19th and 20th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Felix Richards
Peter Felix Richards (1808–1868) was a pioneering Scottish merchant in post- Treaty of Nanjing Shanghai, and the founder of the Richards Hotel and Restaurant, the first foreign hotel in China, and the forerunner to the Astor House Hotel. Early life and family Peter Felix Richards was born on 6 April 1808 in Edinburgh. By 1848 Richards had married Rebecca MacKenzie (born 6 May 1826 in Brechin, Forfarshire), the daughter of David and Rebecca W. MacKenzie, and the sister of Margaret (born about 1823), Christian (born about 1829), James (born about 1830), Charles (born about 1832), David (born about 1834), and Robert (born about 1836). By 1848 Richards and his wife had their first child, Rebecca A. Richards (born about 1848 in Shanghai). Other children included: Adelaide (born about 1851 in Shanghai), Amelia (born about 1852 in Shanghai), Helen Mary (born about 1853 in Shanghai; died 10 February 1861 in Shanghai), Peter Felix MacKenzie Richards (born about 1863 in Shanghai; died 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Richards (American Football)
Pierce L. Richards (May 13, 1905 – April 4, 1989) was an American football player. A native of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, Richards played college football for Swarthmore. He played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as a center for the Frankford Yellow Jackets The Frankford Yellow Jackets were a professional American football team, part of the National Football League from 1924 to 1931, although its origin dates back to as early as 1899 with the Frankford Athletic Association. The Yellow Jackets won ... during 1927 season. He appeared in a total of three NFL games, one as a starter. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Richards, Pete 1905 births 1989 deaths People from Lansdowne, Pennsylvania Players of American football from Delaware County, Pennsylvania American football centers Swarthmore Garnet Tide football players Frankford Yellow Jackets players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Richards Islands
The Peter Richards Islands are members of the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. They are located in Baffin Island Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth-largest island in the world. Its area is , slightly larger than Spain; its population was 13,039 as of the 2021 Canadia ...'s Admiralty Inlet. External links Peter Richards Islandsin the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region Archipelagoes of Baffin Island Archipelagoes of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
