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Peter McDonald (academic)
Peter McDonald may refer to: * Peter J. McDonald (1912–1971), Canadian politician * Peter McDonald (critic) (born 1962), Northern Irish poet and academic * Peter McDonald (actor) (born 1972), Irish stage and screen actor * Peter McDonald (artist) (born 1973), Japanese/English artist * Peter McDonald (darts player), Scottish former darts player * Peter McDonald (demographer) (born 1946), Australian demographer * Peter McDonald (cyclist) (born 1978), Australian cyclist * Peter McDonald (footballer) (1924–2022), Irish footballer * Peter McDonald (MP) Peter McDonald (1836 – 12 March 1891)'Obituary', ''The Times'', 14 March 1891 was an Irish teacher, businessman and politician. Born in Kilfinane, County Limerick, the son of Randal McDonald, he became a teacher in Blackrock College, then a c ... (1836–1891), Irish member of parliament * Peter D. McDonald, professor of English See also * Peter MacDonald (other) {{hndis, name=Macdonald, Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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 McDonald (critic)
Peter McDonald (born 28 October 1962, in Belfast) is a poet, university lecturer, and writer of literary criticism. He holds the post of Christopher Tower Student and Tutor in Poetry in the English Language at Christ Church, a college of the University of Oxford (and where the term "Student" is used for what elsewhere would be termed a "Fellow"). Biography McDonald was educated at Methodist College, Belfast, and University College, Oxford. He has been writing poetry since his teens, and was the winner of national young poet competitions in 1978 and 1979. His first published poems were collected in the book ''Trio Poetry 3'' (Blackstaff Press, 1982), and he was publishing poems in the national literary press while still an undergraduate. In 1983, he won Oxford's Newdigate Prize for poetry, and from 1983-5 he was coeditor of the literary magazine ''Oxford Poetry''. In 1986, he was selected as one of the six writers (including Jo Shapcott and Adam Thorpe) featured in New Chatto P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter McDonald (actor)
Peter McDonald (born 28 January 1972) is an Irish stage and screen actor and director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his short film '' Pentecost''. Early life and education He grew up in Mount Merrion, County Dublin. He was educated at St. Michael's College, Dublin and graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Arts, English and a Master of Fine Arts, English in 1994. He got his start in theatre as part of UCD's Drama Society and was a member of the Fly by Night Theatre Company. Career McDonald has appeared in films including '' Felicia's Journey'' (written and directed by Atom Egoyan, 1999) and ''When Brendan Met Trudy'' (written by Roddy Doyle and directed by Kieron J. Walsh, 2000); television series (the BBC's '' Sea of Souls'' and Channel 4's ''Green Wing''); and theatre productions both in Dublin and London, including ''The Lieutenant of Inishmore'' and '' Days of Wine and Roses''. He co-starred with Jon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter McDonald (artist)
Peter McDonald (born 1973) is a Japanese/English artist who won the 2008 John Moores Painting Prize. Life and career McDonald was born in Tokyo, Japan and studied at St. Martins School of Art. He lives and works in London and Tokyo. His brother Roger McDonald is the director of Arts Initiative Tokyo. His father, originally from north London, migrated to Japan in the 50s. His mother is from east Tokyo. McDonald was awarded the 2008 John Moores Painting Prize for the canvas "Fontana", receiving a bequest of £25,000."'Slasher' painting wins art prize" '''', 18 September 2008. The painting refers to the work and practice of the Italian painter |
Peter McDonald (darts Player)
Peter McDonald is a former Scottish professional darts player. Darts career McDonald first qualified for the Embassy World Professional Darts Championship in 1987, losing in the first round 3–1 to Sweden's Lars Erik Karlsson. He returned two years later in 1989 but again lost in the first round, 3–0 to Mike Gregory. World Championship results BDO * 1987: Last 32: (lost to Lars Erik Karlsson 1–3) * 1989: Last 32: (lost to Mike Gregory Michael Keith Gregory (20 May 1964 – 19 November 2007) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1990s and 2000s. He played for Warrington from 1982 to 1994, and won 20 caps fo ... 0–3) External linksPeter McDonald's profile and stats on Darts Database Scottish darts players Living people British Darts Organisation players Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-darts-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter McDonald (demographer)
Peter Francis McDonald (born 1946) is an Australian demographer and Emeritus Professor of Demography in the Crawford School of Public Policy of the Australian National University. He is known for his research on fertility transition and migration. He researched extensively in Southeast Asia. In 2016 McDonald was appointed Professor of Demography and head of the Demography Unit within the Centre for Health Policy at the University of Melbourne. Career He had a significant impact on demographic teaching, research and policy formulation and received the Population Association of America's Irene B. Taeuber Award in 2015. In 2013 the Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, described McDonald as "arguably the world’s leading demographer". McDonald won Iran's Book of the Year Award for the book '' The Fertility Transition in Iran: Revolution and Reproduction'' (with Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi and Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi (born 23 August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter McDonald (cyclist)
Peter McDonald (born 22 September 1978) is an Australian former professional road cyclist. He won the Australian National Road Race Championships in 2009. McDonald grew up in Armidale in country NSW. Both of his parents were school teachers. He worked as a school teacher in Darwin for a couple of years before returning to NSW where he began work as a bicycle courier in Sydney. A fellow courier introduced him to racing at Randwick Botany Cycling Club located at Heffron Park in Sydney's south east. Eventually he began to ride full-time for a number of smaller local teams. Coached by Adam Hogan of Cheeky Transport Bike shop he won Australia's Grafton-Inverell race, and won first National Road series win in Victoria at Bright. This led to riding for the Drapac Porsche team. Major results ;2006 : 4th Road race, National Road Championships ;2007 : 3rd Overall FBD Insurance Ras ;2008 : 4th Overall Tour de Taiwan ::1st Stage 3 : 7th Overall Tour de Hokkaido ::1st Stage 5 ;2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter McDonald (footballer)
Peter McDonald (6 January 1924 – 29 March 2022) was an Irish footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He played for Bohemian F.C. and Transport F.C. in the League of Ireland. He worked for railway company Córas Iompair Éireann until his retirement in the 1980s. A fan of Shelbourne F.C., he volunteered as head groundsman at Tolka Park Tolka Park ( ga, Páirc na Tulchann) is an Irish football ground located in the north Dublin suburb of Drumcondra, on the northern banks of the River Tolka. It is currently the home ground of League of Ireland club Shelbourne. The stadium fo ... during the 1990s and 2000s. Having been the last surviving Irish Olympic Games footballer, McDonald died on 29 March 2022, aged 98. References External links * * 1924 births 2022 deaths Place of birth missing Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Men's association football forwards Olympic association footballers for Ireland Footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter McDonald (MP)
Peter McDonald (1836 – 12 March 1891)'Obituary', ''The Times'', 14 March 1891 was an Irish teacher, businessman and politician. Born in Kilfinane, County Limerick, the son of Randal McDonald, he became a teacher in Blackrock College, then a commercial traveller, and then a partner in Cantwell and McDonald, wine merchants and distillers of Dublin.'Biographies of Candidates', ''The Times'', 27 November 1885. In the general election of 1885 he was elected member of parliament for North Sligo, a seat which he held until his death in 1891. He died at his home in Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire Dún Laoghaire ( , ) is a suburban coastal town in Dublin in Ireland. It is the administrative centre of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. The town was built following the 1816 legislation that allowed the building of a major port to serve Dubli ...). Endnotes External links * 1836 births 1891 deaths Irish Parliamentary Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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] |
