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Peter Wright (other)
Peter Wright may refer to: Writers *Peter Wright (journalist) (born 1953/4), British editor of ''The Mail on Sunday'' *Peter Wright (MI5 officer) (1916–1995), author and MI5 counter-intelligence officer *Peter Wright (writer) (1880/1–1957), British author Entertainers *Peter Wight (actor) (born 1950), British actor, sometimes credited as Peter Wright *Peter Wright (dancer) (born 1926), British ballet director and choreographer *Pete Wright (musician) (active 1977–1984), British bass player for the band Crass *Peter Wright (organist) (born 1954), British organist *Pete Wright, character in American 1950 crime film noir ''711 Ocean Drive'' Sportspeople *Peter Wright (American football), American football player in 1893 *Peter Wright (Australian footballer) (born 1996), Australian rules footballer *Peter Wright (darts player) (born 1970), Scottish darts player *Peter Wright (footballer, born 1934) (1934–2012), English football player for Colchester United *Peter Wright (fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wright (journalist)
Peter Wright (born 13 August 1953) is a British people, British newspaper editor. Wright attended Clare College, Cambridge, then took a graduate trainee position with Thomson Regional Newspapers, working as a reporter on the ''Hemel Hempstead Evening Post-Echo''. In 1979, he moved to the ''Daily Mail'', working on various desks before becoming Femail Editor, then Features Editor and Deputy Editor. In 1998, he became editor of the ''Mail on Sunday''.Peter Wright Biography , ''Manchester Evening News'', 25 October 2007 While at the ''Mail on Sunday'', Wright initiated the giveaway of promotional CDs and DVDs, including the global first release of Prince (musician), Prince's ''Planet Earth (Prince album), Planet Earth'' album. He also served on the Press Complaints ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wright (rugby Union)
Peter Wright (born 30 December 1967) is a former rugby union footballer and now coach. Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for Lasswade RFC and Boroughmuir. Provincial and professional career He played for Edinburgh District; and on professionalism in Scotland, played for Edinburgh Rugby and then Border Reivers. International career He was capped by Scotland B once, on 18 February 1989 against France 'B'. He won 21 caps at prop for Scotland between 1992 and 1996, and toured New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions in 1993. Coaching career He now coaches Glasgow High Kelvinside. He previously coached the Glasgow Hawks. In the 2004–05 season Wright coached Hawks to a BT League and Cup double, beating Dundee HSFP 29–17 in the cup final on the international pitch at Murrayfield. He is also a Scottish Rugby development officer in Dumfries and Galloway. Wright started his coaching at Murrayfield Wanderers, leading them to the SRU Bowl in 2000, before jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wright (mining Entrepreneur)
Ernest Archibald Maynard "Peter" Wright (24 February 1908 – 13 September 1985) was an Australian mining entrepreneur. He was best known as the business partner of Lang Hancock. After his death, his estate became worth over 1 billion. Early life and education Wright was born in Kalgoorlie to parents who were originally from Victoria. The family moved to Perth at a young age and Wright was educated at several schools, including Hale School. He left school before graduating. In 1932 he married Pauline McClemans, daughter of William McClemans, an Anglican clergyman who founded Christ Church Grammar School. Business career After leaving school, he joined the Bank of New South Wales. In 1930 he qualified as an accountant and set up his own accountancy firm. In 1938 he became general manager of his father's firm F. W. Wright & Co, later becoming managing director when it became Wright Ltd in 1949. During the late 1930s, Wright joined with former schoolmate Lang Hancock in a mining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wright (scientist)
Peter Edwin Wright is a scientist, an NMR spectroscopist and a professor at the Scripps Research Institute. He is editor-in-chief of the ''Journal of Molecular Biology''. Wright is from New Zealand and studied at the University of Auckland. He graduated in 1968 with a B.Sc., in 1969 with an M.Sc., and completed his PhD in chemistry in 1972. The title of his doctoral thesis was ''Physico-chemical properties of metal ion sites in cuproproteins: an investigation of selected copper(II) complexes''. From 1976 to 1984, he was employed by the University of Sydney. Since 1984, he has been employed at the Scripps Research Institute. He is a proponent of the theory of conformational sampling being of importance to enzyme catalysis Enzyme catalysis is the increase in the rate of a process by a biological molecule, an "enzyme". Most enzymes are proteins, and most such processes are chemical reactions. Within the enzyme, generally catalysis occurs at a localized site, calle ..., which i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wright (police Officer)
Peter Wright (21 July 1929 – 17 September 2011) was the Chief Constable of the South Yorkshire Police force from 1983 to 1990. During that period members of the force he commanded clashed with striking miners during the UK miners' strike (1984–85) and were responsible for the Hillsborough football ground in Sheffield on 15 April 1989 when the Hillsborough disaster occurred, where 97 fans were unlawfully killed. Biography He was born in Stockport, Cheshire and attended Edgeley Roman Catholic School and Stockport Technical School. He then served as rating in the Royal Navy for two years before joining Manchester Police in 1954. By 1975 he had reached the rank of Chief Superintendent in the Greater Manchester Police. In 1979 he was appointed Deputy Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, serving in that role during the 1981 Toxteth riots in Liverpool. He was president of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and put his name to the still extant 'Wright Protocol' that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Harold Wright
Company Sergeant Major Peter Harold Wright VC (10 August 1916 – 5 April 1990) was a British Army soldier and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Early life and military career Peter Harold Wright was born in Mettingham, near Bungay in Suffolk on 10 August 1916, during the First World War. Until the age of 20, he worked on his father's farm but decided to join the Coldstream Guards, one of the oldest regiments in the British Army. He served with the 3rd Battalion of his regiment. VC citation Wright was 27 years old, and a company sergeant major in the 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, British Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 25 September 1943 near Salerno, Italy, a steep, wooded hill was being assaulted by the 3rd Bn. Coldstream Guards, and Company Sergeant Major Wright's company, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wright (Jesuit)
Peter Wright (1603 – 19 May 1651) was an English Jesuit priest and martyr who has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. Early life Peter Wright was born in Slipton, Northamptonshire, one of twelve children. Peter was still young when his father died. He had to work in a country solicitor's office at Thrapston in his home area. After spending ten years with the solicitor he enlisted in the English army in the Low Countries in 1627 or 1628, but finding that he did not care for military life, he deserted after a month and went to Brabant. Priesthood Having drifted away from his faith in his youth, he visited the English Jesuits in Liège and asked to be reconciled to the Church. He then visited Ghent and for two years attended the college of the Jesuits. In 1629 he entered the Jesuit novitiate at Watten. After studying philosophy and then theology at Liège, he was ordained a priest there in 1639 and after a further period at Liège was sent to serve at the Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Lotus
Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. The team ran cars in many motorsport categories including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, IndyCar, and sports car racing. More than ten years after its last race, Team Lotus remained one of the most successful racing teams of all time, winning seven Formula One Constructors' titles, six Drivers' Championships, and the Indianapolis 500 in the United States between 1962 and 1978. Under the direction of founder and chief designer Colin Chapman, Lotus was responsible for many innovative and experimental developments in critical motorsport, in both technical and commercial arenas. The Lotus name returned to Formula One in 2010 as Tony Fernandes's Lotus Racing team. In 2011, Team Lotus's iconic black-and-gold livery returned to F1 as the livery of the Lotus Renault GP team, sponsored by Lotus Cars, and in 2012 the team was re-branded completely as Lotus F1 Team. 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Wright (ice Hockey)
Peter Donald Wright (January 25, 1927 – August 19, 1989), was a Canadian ice hockey player with the Edmonton Mercurys. Career Wright won a gold medal at the 1950 World Ice Hockey Championships in London, England. The 1950 Edmonton Mercurys team was inducted to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 2011. Wright later played with the Sherbrooke Saints in the QMHL, Buffalo Bisons in the AHL, as well as the Edmonton Flyers, Seattle Americans, New Westminster Royals, and Victoria Cougars in the WHL."Pete Wright", Society for International Hockey Research The Society for International Hockey Research (SIHR) is a network of writers, statisticians, collectors, broadcasters, academics and ice hockey buffs. The society, based in Toronto, Ontario, has an international membership. The society cultivates ... Database, accessed August 1, 2015. References 1927 births 1989 deaths Canadian ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey people from Alberta People from Grande Prairie {{Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wright (tennis)
Peter Wright (born December 8, 1963) is a former Irish American professional tennis player who played for Ireland in the Davis Cup. He was formerly the head tennis coach at the University of California, Berkeley. Playing career Wright, who was born and raised in Berkeley, qualified to represent Ireland in international tennis as it was the country of his parents. He appeared in 13 Davis Cup ties from 1988 to 1994 and won 16 of his 27 rubbers, 8 in singles and 8 in doubles. Although he was seen mostly on the Challenger circuit, Wright took part in the 1987 Seoul Open, a Grand Prix tournament. He was beaten in the opening round by Dutch player Michiel Schapers. In 1989 he played in the men's doubles event at the Australian Open, partnering fellow Californian Julian Barham. The pairing of Tim Pawsat and Tobias Svantesson defeated them in the first round. He also appeared in the 1989 Wimbledon Championships, as a mixed doubles player, with Lea Antonoplis as his partner. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wright (swimmer)
Peter Matthew Wright (born December 3, 1972) is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Wright competed in the preliminary heats of the men's 1,500-meter freestyle, and finished twelfth overall with a time of 15:25.43.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes Peter Wright Retrieved November 5, 2012. Wright has been a resident of Delran Township, New Jersey Delran Township is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 16,896, reflecting an increase of 1,360 (+8.8%) from the 15,536 counted in the 2000 Census, which .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wright (squash Player)
Peter David William Wright (born 11 March 1943) is an Australian born Squash Champion and sports administrator/entrepreneur.Birth Certificate, District of Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, No.7517 of 1943 Wright won the World Masters Squash Championships three times.Baylis, Danni, Legend of MCC Squash Section 2019 -Peter Wright OAM, 7 February 2020, MCC News, Publisher: Melbourne Cricket Club In addition, he has been Australian, New Zealand and Victorian Masters Squash Champion.Willaton, John: The Sunshine Recorder, Publisher: Sunshine and District Historical Society, Series 5 No 35 September 2015, ISSN 1834-7215 Described as an “''outstanding administrator''", he was Tournament Director for the 1995 and 2001 World Masters Squash Championships held in Melbourne, and, inter alia, for the Australian Masters Squash Association and the Victorian Masters Squash Association. Early life Wright was born in Sunshine, Victoria in the middle of World War II. His father, David Stanley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
