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Pat Wright (comics)
Patrick or Pat Wright may refer to: * Patrick Wright, Baron Wright of Richmond (1931–2020), British diplomat *Patrick Wright (historian), British academic, writer and broadcaster *Pat Wright (baseball) (1868–1943), American baseball player *Pat Wright (footballer) (1940–2023), English football coach and player *Patrick Wright (rower) (born 1945), British rower *Patrisha Wright, American disabilities activist * Patrinell "Pat" Wright, founder of the gospel group Total Experience Gospel Choir The Total Experience Gospel Choir is a gospel music group based in Seattle, Washington, United States, founded in 1973 by Patrinell "Pat" Wright, who continues to lead the group as of 2016. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Wright, Baron Wright Of Richmond
Patrick Richard Henry Wright, Baron Wright of Richmond, (28 June 1931 – 6 March 2020) was a British diplomat who served as Head of HM Diplomatic Service. He sat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher from 10 February 1994 until his retirement on 17 December 2019. Background Patrick Wright was the son of Herbert and Rachel Wright. He was educated at Marlborough College. Having served in the Royal Artillery in 1950 and 1951, he went up to Merton College, Oxford where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in '' Literae humaniores'' in 1955. Diplomatic career He joined HM Diplomatic Service in 1955 and went to study Arabic at MECAS in Lebanon from 1956 to 1957. He was posted as Second Secretary in the British Embassy in Beirut from 1958 to 1960. Between 1960 and 1965, he was Private Secretary to the Ambassador and First Secretary in the Washington DC Embassy, between 1965 and 1967 Private Secretary to the FCO's Permanent Under-Secretary of State (PUS) and First Secretary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Wright (historian)
Patrick Wright is a British writer, broadcaster and academic in the fields of cultural studies and cultural history. He was educated at the University of Kent and Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. He is Professor (emeritus) of Literature, History and Politics at King's College London, having previously worked at the Institute of Cultural Analysis of Nottingham Trent University, and as a fellow of the London Consortium. In the 1980s he worked for the National Council for Voluntary Organisations in London, and was self-employed as a writer, broadcaster and occasional consultant between 1987 and 2000. He has written for many journals and newspapers, including ''The Guardian'', where he was a contracted feature writer in the early 1990s. More recently, he has held a Mellon Fellowship at Tate Britain and, together with Timothy Hyman, curated a major Stanley Spencer exhibition. He presented a BBC2 series ''The River'', about the River Thames, in 1999. Patrick Wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Wright (baseball)
Patrick W. Wright (July 5, 1868 – May 29, 1943) was a professional baseball player. He played in one game in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Colts of the National League on July 11, 1890 as a second baseman. Wright had an extensive career in minor league baseball. He played on and off for over twenty years, from 1888 until 1909. He also served as player-manager A player-coach (also playing coach, captain-coach, or player-manager) is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. A player-coach may be a head coach or an assistant coach. They may make changes to the s ... for several teams between 1894 and 1901. External links Major League Baseball second basemen Chicago Colts players Danville Browns players Springfield Senators players London Tecumsehs (baseball) players Evansville Hoosiers players Tacoma (minor league baseball) players Terre Haute Hottentots players Green Bay (minor league baseball) players Peor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Wright (footballer)
Patrick Daniel Joseph Wright (17 November 1940 – 16 April 2023) was an English football coach and professional player who made 230 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham City, Shrewsbury Town, Derby County, Southend United and Rotherham United. He played as a full back. He has coached at club and national level all over the world. Career Patrick Daniel Joseph Wright was born on 17 November 1940 in Oldbury, Worcestershire, where he attended St Chad's School. He began playing football for a local boys' team, Springfield, which he helped to found as a 13-year-old, and – despite signing amateur forms with Birmingham City in 1957 – continued playing for Springfield until the end of the 1957–58 season. He was an apprentice engineer at an ironworks in Oldbury and just shy of his 19th birthday when he signed professional forms as a part-timer with Birmingham City in 1959. A few days later. he made his debut in the First Division, deputising for Brian Farm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Wright (rower)
Patrick Wright (born 20 May 1945) is a British rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References 1945 births Living people British male rowers Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Nottingham {{UK-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrisha Wright
Patrisha Wright is a disability rights activist. She is legally blind. She was instrumental in enacting the Americans with Disabilities Act. Activism She was at the San Francisco sit-in to support Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act in April 1977, as a personal assistant to Judy Heumann. In 1979 she cofounded the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) with Mary Lou Breslin and Robert Funk. From 1979 until 2005 she worked as Director of Government Affairs for DREDF. She fought for the enactment of the Handicapped Children's Protection Act of 1986 and amendments to the Fair Housing Act regarding people with disabilities. Wright represented disability concerns in an alliance of civil rights groups that were all working to pass the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987. Also in the 1980s, when the Reagan administration threatened to amend or revoke regulations implementing Section 504 of the (American) Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Education for All Handicapped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
