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Quigg
Quigg is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles Quigg (1851–1909), American physician and politician * Chris Quigg (born 1944), theoretical physicist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory * H. D. Doc Quigg (1911–1998), American journalist * Eoghan Quigg (born 1992), Irish pop singer who appeared in ''The X Factor'' in 2008 * H. Gerald Quigg (born 1937), American fundraiser at the University of Richmond * H. Leslie Quigg (1887–1980), American chief of police of Miami and member of the Ku Klux Klan indicted for the murder of a Black prisoner * Joe Quigg, American basketball player * Lemuel E. Quigg (1863–1919), United States Representative from New York * Robert Quigg (1885–1955), Irish World War I recipient of the Victoria Cross * Scott Quigg (born 1988), English professional boxer See also * Eoghan Quigg (album), the debut studio album by Irish pop singer Eoghan Quigg *Quigg Lawrence Raymond Quigg Lawrence Jr. (born 1959) is an Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Quigg
Scott Quigg (born 9 October 1988) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2007 to 2020. He held the WBA super-bantamweight title from 2013 to 2016, and the British super-bantamweight title from 2011 to 2012. Personal life Quigg started his fight career as a child practising Muay Thai boxing at GFC Muay Thai in Bury. After receiving a lot of attention and being tipped as a future champion in the sport, Quigg had one adult fight at professional rules in Muay Thai scoring a win, before taking the decision to change disciplines and focus his talents towards amateur boxing. Professional boxing career Super-bantamweight Early career Quigg's professional debut came at the age of 18 on 21 April 2007 with a victory over Gary Shiel at the Jarvis Hotel in Manchester. Throughout the rest of the year he won on four more occasions giving him a record of 5–0 at the end of 2007. Quigg fought six more times in 2008, winning on each occasion, a run that included a vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eoghan Quigg
Eoghan Karl Christopher Quigg (; born 12 July 1992) is a footballer and pop singer from Dungiven, Northern Ireland, who finished third in the fifth series of the British television music talent contest ''The X Factor'' in 2008. As a result of his ''X Factor'' success, Quigg was due to be signed by Simon Cowell, ''X Factor'' creator/producer and owner and CEO of Syco Records, but was instead signed to RCA after Cowell pulled out. Quigg released an eponymous studio album in 2009, to strongly negative reviews. Quigg competed in the Irish national selection for the chance to represent Ireland in 2014 at the Eurovision Song Contest but finished second. Quigg joined Coagh United F.C. in 2015, and later Portstewart F.C. in the Northern Ireland Intermediate League. Early life Eoghan Karl Christopher Quigg grew up in Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Singing along to Disney cartoons since the age of two, Quigg found his voice when he was in class and told to stand u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eoghan Quigg (album)
''Eoghan Quigg'' is the only studio album by Northern Irish pop singer Eoghan Quigg, released on 6 April 2009. Quigg, who finished third in the fifth series of the UK television talent show '' The X Factor'', was the first of the finalists from that series to release a studio album. The record predominantly features cover versions of songs that Quigg performed on ''The X Factor'', and one original song, " 28,000 Friends". On its release, the album was described by multiple critics as the worst ever recorded. Its commercial failure led to Quigg being dropped by RCA Records. Background After finishing third in ''The X Factor'' in 2008, Quigg was signed by record label RCA Records. Quigg began work on the album in London in early 2009, and was given a week to record it. The album was recorded at Sphere Studios in Battersea and released on 6 April 2009 in the UK. Quigg described the album's musical direction as drawing inspiration from Busted, and two songs from the album we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Quigg
Robert Quigg (28 February 1885 – 14 May 1955) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. The award was made for his actions during the Battle of the Somme in the First World War. Early life Robert Quigg was born on 28 February 1885 in Ardihannon, near Bushmills in County Antrim, Ireland, one of six children of Robert Quigg and his wife Matilda . His father worked as a boatman and tour guide at the nearby Giant's Causeway. Educated at the Giant's Causeway National School, Quigg worked on the Macnaghten estate at Dunderave. He was a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force and commanded the Bushmills Volunteers in 1913. First World War Shortly after the outbreak of the First World War, members of the Ulster Volunteer Force were urged to join the British Army to form an infantry division. Quigg enlisted in the Royal Irish Rifles (Mid-Antrim Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doc Quigg
H.D. "Doc" Quigg (November 22, 1911 – May 12, 1998) was an American journalist. Horace Dasher Quigg, Jr., was born in Marshall, Missouri to parents Horace Dasher Quigg, Sr., and M. Elizabeth Craig Quigg. The family moved to Boonville, Missouri in 1914, where Quigg, Sr., was a physician, civic leader, and mayor. Quigg's nickname, "Doc", originally started as "Young Doc Quigg", in reference to his father's position. In later life, Quigg chose to go exclusively by his initials or nickname. Quigg, Jr., completed A.B. and B.J. degrees at the University of Missouri in 1934 and started his journalism career at the Boonville Daily News. In 1936, he began working for United Press International, United Press in Cleveland, Ohio and transferred to New York City in 1937. Quigg spent the remainder of his career at UP and its successor, UPI, and covered a variety of subjects. During World War II, he covered the Pacific Theatre and General Douglas MacArthur's return to the Philippines. In 1947, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Quigg
Chris Quigg (born December 15, 1944) is an American theoretical physicist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab). He graduated from Yale University in 1966 and received his Ph.D. in 1970 under the tutelage of J. D. Jackson at the University of California, Berkeley. He has been an associate professor at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, and was head of the Theoretical Physics Department at Fermilab from 1977 to 1987. Contributions to physics Quigg's contributions range over many topics in particle physics. With Benjamin Lee and H. B. Thacker in 1977 he identified the uppermost theoretical mass scale for the Higgs boson. In 1984 he coauthored "Supercollider Physics" (with Estia Eichten, Kenneth Lane and Ian Hinchliffe), which has strongly influenced the quest for future discoveries at hadron colliders, such as the Fermilab Tevatron, the SSC, and the LHC at CERN. He is also author of ''Gauge Theories of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Quigg
Joe Quigg is a retired American basketball player. He was a key player on the 1957 National Champion North Carolina Tar Heels and a second round draft pick by the New York Knicks in 1958. Quigg stood 6 feet 9 inches tall and played the center position at St. Francis Prep in New York City. He came to the University of North Carolina through coach Frank McGuire's "underground railroad" of players from New York to Chapel Hill along with the likes of Pete Brennan, Tommy Kearns and Lennie Rosenbluth. Quigg was a two-year starter; for the 1955–56 and 1956–57 seasons. Quigg averaged 12.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per game as a sophomore, then 10.3 points and 8.6 rebounds per game as a junior. The Tar Heels went undefeated in his junior season and won the national championship. Quigg was instrumental in the championship game win, one of the greatest games in history. Quigg made the game-winning free throws and knocked down a pass to 7 feet 1 inch tall Kansas center Wilt Chamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Quigg
Charles Emmett Quigg (September 30, 1851 – February 12, 1909) was an American physician and politician. Born in Ticonderoga, New York, Quigg went to Belfast Medical School and then to Bennett Medical College in Chicago, Illinois. In 1880, Quigg settled in Tomah, Wisconsin and practiced medicine. Quigg served as Mayor of Tomah from 1888 to 1890 In 1893, Quigg served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Democrat Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **Democratic Party (United States) (D) **Democratic .... Quigg died in Tomah, Wisconsin in 1909.'Medical Review of Reviews,' vol. 15, Austin Flint Association, Incorporated: 1909, pg. 196 Notes 1851 births 1909 deaths People from Ticonderoga, New York People from Tomah, Wisconsin Physicians from Wisconsin Mayors of places in Wisconsin Democratic Party members of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Richmond
The University of Richmond (UR or U of R) is a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Virginia. It is a primarily undergraduate, residential institution with approximately 4,350 undergraduate and graduate students in five schools: the School of Arts and Sciences, the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business, the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, the University of Richmond School of Law and the School of Professional & Continuing Studies. It is classified among "Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus". History The University of Richmond traces its history to a meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia held on June 8, 1830. The BGAV resolved "that the Baptists of this State form an education society for the improvement of the ministry." Thus, the Virginia Baptist Education Society was instituted. However, the society did not have enough funds for a proper school yet. In the meantime, they asked their vice-president, Rev. Edward Baptist, "to accept into his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemuel E
Lemuel is a Hebrew name, meaning "devoted to God", which may refer to: In religion * Lemuel (biblical king), mentioned in the Book of Proverbs, Chapter 31 * Lemuel (Book of Mormon), the second eldest of Lehi's sons and the brother of Laman, Sam, Nephi, Jacob and Joseph People * Lemuel Francis Abbott (c. 1760 – 1802), English portrait painter * Lemuel Amerman (1846–1897), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania * Lemuel H. Arnold (1792–1852), 12th Governor of Rhode Island and United States congressman * Lemuel Benton (1754–1818), American planter and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina * Lemuel J. Bowden (1815–1864), American lawyer, politician and U.S. senator from Virginia * Lemuel Carpenter (c. 1808 – 1859), one of the first African-American settlers in what is now the Los Angeles area, entrepreneur and rancher * Lemuel Chenoweth (1811–1887), American carpenter, legislator and self-educated architect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
