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Philip Baker (other)
Philip Baker may refer to: * Philip Baker (chess player) (1880–1932), Irish chess player * Philip Baker (provost) (born 1523), provost of King's College, Cambridge * Philip Baker (obstetrician), British obstetrician * Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker (1889–1982), British politician, diplomat, academic and amateur athlete * Philip Baker, former leader of the Riverview Church in Western Australia See also *Philip Baker Hall Philip Baker Hall (September 10, 1931 – June 12, 2022) was an American character actor. Hall is known for his collaborations with Paul Thomas Anderson, including '' Hard Eight'' (1996), ''Boogie Nights'' (1997) and ''Magnolia'' (1999). He als ... (1931–2022), American actor * Phil Baker (other) {{hndis, Baker, Philip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Baker (chess Player)
Philip Baker (1880 – c. May 1932) was an Irish chess player. He won the Irish Chess Championship in 1924, 1927, 1928, and 1929. Baker was born in Riga, Latvia then part of Imperial Russia in 1880, he was a Jew. A draper and cap maker by profession, he lived in Tralee, Co. Kerry before moving to Dublin. He was Leinster Chess Championship, Leinster champion in 1922 and 1926. In 1924 Baker finished first in the Tailteann Games (Irish Free State), Tailteann Games. With the Sackville Chess Club Baker won the Armstrong Cup in 1926 and 1929. www.irlchess.com He died in Rathmines, Dublin in May 1932. References Further reading * ''British Chess Magazine'', 1932, p. 545 {{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Philip Year of birth unknown 1932 deaths Irish chess players Irish Jews 1880 births ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Baker (obstetrician)
Philip Newton Baker DM, FRCOG, FMedSci, is a British obstetrician, currently head of the College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology at the University of Leicester. He gained academic degrees from the universities of Nottingham, Cambridge, and Pittsburgh and then held top academic positions at the University of Nottingham and the University of Manchester."University announces new Head of the College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology" University of Leicester, 8 June 2015 Baker has over 450 scientific publications primarily in the field of |
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, (1 November 1889 – 8 October 1982), born Philip John Baker, was a British politician, diplomat, academic, athlete, and renowned campaigner for disarmament. He carried the British team flag and won a silver medal for the 1500m at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959. Noel-Baker is the only person to have won an Olympic medal and received a Nobel Prize. He was a Labour member of parliament from 1929 to 1931 and from 1936 to 1970, serving in several ministerial offices and the cabinet. He became a life peer in 1977. Early life and athletic career Baker was born in Brondesbury Park, London, the sixth of seven children of the Canadian-born Quaker, Joseph Allen Baker and the Scottish-born Elizabeth Balmer Moscrip. His father had moved to England in 1876 to establish a manufacturing business and served as a Progressive member of the London County Council from 1895 to 1906 and as a Liberal member o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverview Church
Riverview Church is a large, contemporary, non-denominational, multi-cultural and multi-generational community of Jesus-followers situated in Burswood, Western Australia, Burswood, an inner suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The church is led by Senior Minister Steve McCready and Executive Minister Tania Watson and has a multi-site approach with weekend gatherings also held weekly at Joondalup, in the northern suburbs of Perth. Riverview is one of the largest churches in Western Australia, with weekly attendance averaging 3,500 members (including a team of over 1,000 volunteers). History Rhema Faith Fellowship The church was founded by the first pastor, Brian Baker, who was born in England and with his wife, Valerie Baker, migrated to New Zealand in 1972 and ran various ministries there. They subsequently trained at Rhema Bible Training Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma under Pastor Kenneth E. Hagin, and started the Inner City Faith Fellowship at Holmes Hall in Belmont, Western Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Baker Hall
Philip Baker Hall (September 10, 1931 – June 12, 2022) was an American character actor. Hall is known for his collaborations with Paul Thomas Anderson, including '' Hard Eight'' (1996), ''Boogie Nights'' (1997) and ''Magnolia'' (1999). He also starred in leading roles in films, such as ''Secret Honor'' (1984) and ''Duck'' (2005). Hall had supporting roles in many films, including '' Say Anything...'' (1989), ''The Truman Show'' (1998), ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'' (1999), '' The Insider'' (1999), '' Lost Souls'' (2000), '' The Contender'' (2000), ''Bruce Almighty'' (2003), ''Dogville'' (2003), ''Zodiac'' (2007), '' 50/50'' (2011) and ''Argo'' (2012). He received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Lead for his role in ''Hard Eight'' and two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture for ''Boogie Nights'' and ''Magnolia''. Hall is also known for his prolific work on television. His early television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |