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Quick (surname)
Quick is the surname of: People: * Bob Quick (basketball) (born 1946), retired American basketball player * Bob Quick (police officer), British police officer * Brian Quick (born 1989), American football player * Chris Quick (born 1988), Scottish film editor * Diana Quick (born 1946), English actress * Edward Quick (1935-2016), American politician * Eldon Quick (born 1937), American character actor, an alumnus of the American Shakespeare Festival * Frederick James Quick (1836—1902), an English coffee merchant and philanthropist * Glenys Quick (born 1957), New Zealand long-distance runner * Harry Quick (born 1941), Australian politician * Jerry Quick (born 1963), American football player * Jim Quick (born 1943), Major League Baseball umpire * John Quick (other) * Jonathan Quick (born 1986), American National Hockey League goaltender * Joseph Quick (Medal of Honor) (1877–1969), United States Navy coxswain awarded the Medal of Honor * Kevin Quick (born 1988), American ice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Quick
Kevin Quick (born March 29, 1988) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 3rd round (78th overall) of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career During the 2008–09 season, Quick made his NHL debut and appeared in 6 games for the Lightning. On October 1, 2012, Quick signed as a free agent with the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL on a one-year contract. During the 2012–13 season, Quick established a career-high 17 points in 64 games with the Stingrays, and was briefly loaned for a 3-game stint in the AHL with the Rockford IceHogs. On June 19, 2014, Quick signed his first contract abroad agreeing to a one-year contract with the Dundee Stars of the Elite Ice Hockey League. After one season in Scotland with the Stars, Quick returned to North America, signing a one-year contract with the Indy Fuel of the ECHL on July 13, 2015. In 2016, Quick was transferred to the Asia hockey league and became the alternate ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quick & Flupke
''The exploits of Quick and Flupke'' (french: link=no, Quick et Flupke, gamins de Bruxelles, ) was a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Serialised weekly from January 1930 to 1940 in , the children's supplement of conservative Belgian newspaper ("''The Twentieth Century''"), the series ran alongside Hergé's better known ''The Adventures of Tintin''. It continued for one extra year in ''Le Soir Jeunesse'' until 1941. It revolves around the lives of two misbehaving boys, Quick and Flupke, who live in Brussels, and the conflict that they get into with a local policeman. In 1983, the series provided the basis for an animated television adaptation. History Background Abbé Norbert Wallez appointed Hergé editor of a children's supplement for the Thursday issues of , titled ("''The Little Twentieth''"). Carrying strong Catholic and fascist messages, many of its passages were explicitly anti-semitic. For this new venture, Hergé illustrated ''L'Extraordinaire Aventure d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Quick
Johnny Quick are two fictional DC Comics characters, each with the power of superhuman speed. The first was a superhero who first appeared in ''More Fun Comics'' #71 (September 1941) during the Golden Age. The other was a supervillain, an evil version of the Flash from Earth-Three, originally appearing during the Silver Age. The Golden Age hero has been mostly forgotten, apart from occasional flashback material, while versions of the Crime Syndicate Johnny Quick have continued to appear throughout the modern age. Johnny Quick (Johnny Chambers) Johnny Quick appeared in ''More Fun Comics'' from issue #71 to 107 (September 1941-January 1946), and also appeared in '' Adventure Comics'' from #103 to 207 (April 1946-Dec 1954). Chambers is a newsreel photographer who invokes his power by reciting a mathematical formula ("3X2(9YZ)4A") taught to him by his childhood guardian, Professor Gill, who had in turn derived it from inscriptions found in a Pharaoh's tomb. After learning the secr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Chambers
Jesse Chambers is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Chambers, who first used the superhero name Jesse Quick and later Liberty Belle, is the daughter of Golden Age heroes Johnny Quick and Liberty Belle. She inherited both of her parents' powers. A version of Jesse Chambers renamed Jesse Wells appeared as a recurring character on The CW television series ''The Flash'' played by Violett Beane. This version was the daughter of the Earth-2 counterpart of Harrison Wells. Publication history The 1992 limited series ''Armageddon: Inferno'' re-introduced the Justice Society of America after their disappearance into and re-emergence from the limbo dimension of Ragnarok (where they had been trapped since 1986's '' The Last Days of the Justice Society''). Subsequently, a new ''Justice Society of America'' series (vol. 2) debuted. The series' first issue introduced the character of Jesse Chambers. Thereafter, Jesse became a supporting character in ''The Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnifred Quick
Jane Quick (née Richards, 31 August 1878 − 24 February 1965) was a British-American woman who was a survivor of the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'' on 15 April 1912. Biography Early life Jane Richards was born in Plymouth, England, UK on 31 August 1878 to Thomas and Mary Ann Richards. She had two half-sisters from her mother's first marriage, Bessie and Martha. Jane married plasterer Frederick Charles Quick in 1902, and they had two daughters, Winnifred in 1904 and Phyllis in 1909. In 1910, the Quicks emigrated to Detroit, Michigan in the US. Jane and her two daughters returned to England in 1912 to visit relatives and were ready to return in April 1912. Aboard ''Titanic'' Jane, eight-year-old Winnifred and two-year-old Phyllis boarded the RMS ''Titanic'' on 10 April 1912 in Southampton, England as second-class passengers. The smell of fresh paint in their cabin was so strong that Jane left the door ajar. On the night of the collision, a steward knocked on the Quick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Quick (other)
Thomas Quick may refer to: * William Thomas Quick (born 1946), an American conservative blogger, novelist and ghostwriter * Thomas Rory Quick, apprentice pharmacist in the BBC television series ''Victorian Pharmacy'' * Sture Bergwall Sture Ragnar Bergwall (born 26 April 1950), also known as Thomas Quick from 1993–2002, is a Swedish man previously believed to have been a serial killer, having confessed to more than 30 murders while detained in a mental institution for perso ... (born 1950), also known as Thomas Quick, Swedish psychiatric patient, wrongly convicted of eight murders, later acquitted See also * Tom Quick {{hndis, Quick, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence Quick
Terence Spencer Nicholas Quick ( el, Τέρενς Σπένσερ Νικόλαος Κουίκ) is a Greek reporter, politician and member of the Independent Greeks, and government minister in 2015–2019. Biography He was born in Thessaloniki 18 February 1947, the son of Philip Quick. He studied for one year at the University of Macedonia (then called the Thessaloniki School of Higher Industrial Studies) and graduated from Panteion University. He has been married and divorced twice and has three children. His son is producer Richard Quick. Professional career Since 1966 he has worked at a variety of Greek newspapers, including ''Ethnos'', ''Fos ton Spor'', ''Simerina'' and as the Athens correspondent for '' The Sun''. Quick presented for many years the central news program on the state-owned television channel Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT). In 1976 he took over entirely the organisation of channel ERT3 in Thessaloniki. until 1989 when he resigned this position to pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon P
Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus authority ''Simon'' * Tribe of Simeon, one of the twelve tribes of Israel Places * Şimon ( hu, links=no, Simon), a village in Bran Commune, Braşov County, Romania * Șimon, a right tributary of the river Turcu in Romania Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Simon'' (1980 film), starring Alan Arkin * ''Simon'' (2004 film), Dutch drama directed by Eddy Terstall Games * ''Simon'' (game), a popular computer game * Simon Says, children's game Literature * ''Simon'' (Sutcliff novel), a children's historical novel written by Rosemary Sutcliff * Simon (Sand novel), an 1835 novel by George Sand * ''Simon Necronomicon'' (1977), a purported grimoire written by an unknown author, with an introduction by a man identified only as "Simon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hebert Quick
Robert Hebert Quick (30 September 1831 – 1891) was an English educator and writer on education. Political history was the usual venue for Whig history of the sort that presented the past as a story of achievements accumulating to the present stage. However, Quick and G. A. N. Lowndes were the leaders of the Whig school of the history of education. In 1898 Quick explained the value of studying the history of educational reform, arguing that the past accomplishments were cumulative and "would raise us to a higher standing-point from which we may see much that will make the right road clearer to us". Life Born in Harrow, London, he was the eldest son of James Carthew Quick, a prosperous merchant. Quick was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1854 and was ordained the following year. Afterwards he was assistant to Joseph Merriman at Cranleigh School; and assistant master at Harrow School, appointed by Henry Montagu Butler, an old frie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Quick
Richard Walter Quick (January 31, 1943 – June 10, 2009) was the head coach of the women's swim team at Stanford University, from 1988 through 2005. He was a coach for the United States Olympic swimming team for six Olympics—1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004. Following the 2007 season, he returned to Auburn University as head coach of the men's and women's swimming and diving team. At the Sydney Olympics he led the women's team to sixteen medals. At Stanford he won seven NCAA titles and developed 35 NCAA champions, winning five CSCAA Coach of the Year honors and three Pac-10 Coach of the Year awards. His most successful swimmer is Jenny Thompson, who has won ten Olympic Golds. Other notable Olympians coached by Quick include Ambrose "Rowdy" Gaines, Steve Lundquist, Summer Sanders, Dara Torres and Misty Hyman. He has been head women's swimming coach at the University of Texas, where his teams won five consecutive NCAA titles (1984–1988). On March 8, 2007, Aubu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Quick
Rebecca "Becky" Quick (born July 18, 1972) is an American television journalist/newscaster and co-anchorwoman of CNBC's financial news shows ''Squawk Box'' and '' On the Money''. Biography Early life Quick grew up in Indiana, Ohio, Texas, and Oklahoma as her geologist father and her family followed "booms" in oil production. The family ultimately settled in Medford, New Jersey. Education and career Quick graduated from Rutgers University in 1993 with a BA in Political Science, where she was editor-in-chief of ''The Daily Targum.'' As an undergraduate, she was awarded the Times Mirror Fellowship from the Journalism Resources Institute at Rutgers. Prior to her employment at CNBC, she covered retail and e-commerce industry topics for ''The Wall Street Journal'' and helped launch the paper's website in April 1996. She served as the site's International News Editor, overseeing foreign affairs coverage. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
