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Pryor (other)
Pryor is a surname, which can refer to: *Aaron Pryor (1955–2016), American boxer * Alfred Reginald Pryor (1839–1881), English botanist *Anduele Pryor (born 1985), Dutch football player *Arthur Pryor (1870–1942), American trombonist and bandleader *Cactus Pryor (1923–2011), Texan humorist and broadcaster * Charles Pryor (cricketer) (1815–1897), English cricketer * Charles Pryor (politician) (1959–2024), American politician *David Pryor (born 1934), American politician, former U.S. Senator from Arkansas, father of Mark Pryor *DJ Pryor, American stand-up comedian and actor *Francis Pryor (born 1945), British archaeologist *Francis R. Pryor (1862–1937), English playwright *Frederic Pryor (1933–2019), American economist *Greg Pryor (born 1949), American baseball player *James Pryor (born 1968), American philosopher * Joshua Pryor (born 1999), American football player * Kendric Pryor (born 1998), American football player *Lindsay Pryor (1915–1998), Australian botanist *Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Pryor
Aaron Pryor (October 20, 1955 – October 9, 2016) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 1990. He was a two-time light welterweight world champion, having held the WBA title from 1980 to 1983, and the IBF title from 1984 to 1985. Additionally, he held the '' Ring'' magazine title from 1980 to 1983, and the lineal title from 1983 to 1986. In 1982, the Boxing Writers Association of America named Pryor as their Fighter of the Year. Pryor was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996, and in 1999 was voted by the Associated Press as the world's best light welterweight of the 20th century. In 2002, he was ranked as the 35th greatest boxer of the past 80 years by ''The Ring''. Amateur career Pryor, nicknamed ''The Hawk'', had a record of 204 wins and 16 losses as an amateur. He won the National Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Lightweight Championship in 1973. In 1975, Pryor again won the National AAU Lightweight Championship and a silver medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay Pryor
Lindsay Dixon Pryor AO (26 October 1915 – 17 August 1998) was an Australian botanist noted for his work on ''Eucalyptus'' taxonomy and his role in the landscape design of Canberra, including the foundation of the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Overview Pryor was born in Moonta, South Australia; he attended Norwood High and the University of Adelaide and later went on to study at the Australian Forestry School in Canberra. His father, the cartoonist Oswald Pryor, encouraged him to pursue a career in forestry, and Pryor is said to have wanted to become a forester from age 12.Hawke, AllanThe Inaugural Lindsay Pryor Memorial Lecture 26 September 2006 He graduated BSc in 1935 and was awarded a Diploma of Forestry in 1936. In 1936 he was appointed ACT Assistant Forester, he worked under Charles Lane Poole. In this position he surveyed the native vegetation of the ACT and in 1939 received his master's degree in Science from Adelaide University for this work. He married i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pryor, Montana
Pryor ( cro, Baáhpuuo) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Big Horn County, Montana, United States. The community is located on Crow Tribe's reservation. The population was 618 at the 2010 census. The area is named for Nathaniel Hale Pryor, a sergeant in the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The first post office opened in 1892 with Emma C. Stoeckel as postmaster. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad built a line through the valley in 1900. It is home to Chief Plenty Coups State Park. Geography Pryor is located at (45.415605, -108.541472). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.02%, is water. Climate According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Pryor has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 628 people, 166 households, and 140 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 15.8 people per square mile (6.1/km). There were 197 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pryor, Colorado
Pryor is an unincorporated community in Huerfano County, Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ..., United States. History A post office called Pryor was established in 1898, and remained in operation until 1996. The community was named after Ike and Mack Pryor, local ranchers. There is no census information for Pryor as it has not been counted. See also References External links Unincorporated communities in Huerfano County, Colorado Unincorporated communities in Colorado {{Colorado-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pryor Creek, Oklahoma
Pryor Creek or Pryor''Oklahoma Atlas & Gazeteer,'' DeLorme, 1st Edition, 1998, p. 36 is a city in and county seat of Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 8,659 at the 2000 census and 9,539 in the 2010 census. Originally named ''Coo-Y-Yah'', Cherokee for "place of the huckleberries", it was renamed Pryor Creek in 1887 which was the name of the local railroad station, which in turn was named for the nearby creek. Due to confusion in distinguishing handwritten mailing addresses to Pryor Creek and Pond Creek, the U.S. Postal Service name for the city was shortened to Pryor, and both names are in common usage. History In the early 1800s, treaties with the Cherokee, Osage, and Choctaw gave the tribes allotments in Indian Territory in the region that would become Oklahoma. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrelle Pryor
Terrelle Pryor Sr. (born June 20, 1989) is a former American football wide receiver and quarterback. Considered the most recruited high school football-basketball athlete in southwestern Pennsylvania since Tom Clements, Pryor was widely regarded as the nation's top football prospect of 2008 and was named "Junior of the Year" by Rivals.com. Pryor had originally hoped to be a two-sport athlete, as he was also one of the nation's most recruited high school basketball players, but he later chose football. He was the starting quarterback for the Ohio State Buckeyes from 2008 to 2010, winning the Big Ten championship twice. His college career was marred by several suspensions and accusations of selling memorabilia and led to his eventual withdrawal from the university. Pryor was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the third round of the 2011 NFL Supplemental Draft. He then played quarterback for the Raiders from 2011 to 2013 and later spent time with the Seattle Seahawks, Kansas Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snooky Pryor
James Edward "Snooky" Pryor (September 15, 1919 or 1921 – October 18, 2006) was an American Chicago blues harmonica player. He claimed to have pioneered the now-common method of playing amplified harmonica by cupping a small microphone in his hands along with the harmonica, although on his earliest records, in the late 1940s, he did not use this method. Career Pryor was born in Lambert, Mississippi, United States. He developed a country blues style influenced by Sonny Boy Williamson I (John Lee Williamson) and Sonny Boy Williamson II (Aleck Ford "Rice" Miller). In the mid-1930s, in and around Vance, Mississippi, Pryor played in impromptu gatherings of three or four harmonica players, including Jimmy Rogers, who then lived nearby and had yet to take up playing the guitar. Pryor moved to Chicago around 1940. While serving in the U.S. Army he would blow bugle calls through a PA system, which led him to experiment with playing the harmonica that way. However, most historians cred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Pryor
Ronald MacDonell Pryor (23 April 1901 – 24 December 1977) was a Brazilian cricketer who played a number of international matches for the Brazilian national side. In 1932, he toured England with a combined South American team, making a single first-class appearance on tour. Pryor was born in Rio de Janeiro, but was sent to England to be educated, attending Tonbridge School.Ronald Pryor – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2015. He played cricket for the school team in 1918 and 1919, with the latter season included a match against at Lord's. Pryor made his international debut for Brazil in December 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Atkinson Pryor
Roger Atkinson Pryor (July 19, 1828 – March 14, 1919) was a Virginian newspaper editor and politician who became known for his fiery oratory in favor of secession; he was elected both to national and Confederate office, and served as a general for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. In 1865 he moved to New York City to remake his life, and in 1868 brought up his family. He was among a number of influential southerners in the North who became known as "Confederate carpetbaggers." He became a law partner with Benjamin Butler (politician), Benjamin F. Butler (based in Boston), noted in the South as a hated Union general during the war. Their partnership was financially successful, and Pryor became active in the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party in the North. In 1877 he was chosen to give a memorial day, Decoration Day address, in which, according to one interpretation, he vilified Reconstruction era (United States), Reconstruction and promoted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Pryor
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential stand-up comedians of all time. Pryor won a Primetime Emmy Award and five Grammy Awards. He received the first Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 1998. He won the Writers Guild of America Award in 1974. He was listed at number one on Comedy Central's list of all-time greatest stand-up comedians. In 2017, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked him first on its list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time.The 50 Best Stand-up Comics of All Time . Rollingstone.com, retrieved February 15, 2017. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quentin Pryor
Quentin Vinlay Pryor (born September 26, 1983) is an American former basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), Pryor mainly played at the shooting guard and point guard position. Career Pryor signed with GasTerra Flames from Groningen, Netherlands in August 2013. Pryor was second in Sixth Man of the Year voting and won both trophies in the Netherlands. In May Flames took the Dutch Cup and on June 1 the national championship A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi .... For the 2014–15 season Pryor signed with AEK Larnaca B.C. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Pryor, Quentin 1983 births Living people AEK Larnaca B.C. players American expatriate basketball people in Austria American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus American expatriate basketball peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Pryor
Michael Pryor is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Biography Pryor was born in Swan Hill, Victoria and currently lives in Melbourne with his wife and two daughters. His first work to be published was the short story "Talent" in 1990, which was published in ''Aurealis'' No. 1. He received his first nomination for his work in 1993 when the short story "It's All in the Way You Look at It" was nominated for the Ditmar Award for best short fiction, however it lost to Greg Egan's "Closer". In 1996 Pryor released his first novel, ''The Mask of Caliban'', which was a finalist for the 1997 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel. In 2003 he started writing novels in '' The Quentaris Chronicles'', a shared universe with several other authors. In 2015, Pryor switched gears to writing books for children. He first published ''Leo da Vinci Vs. The Ice-Cream Domination League'' in 2015, then three other books for children up to the present, with ''Gap Year in Ghost Town'' being no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
