Richard Garrett

	Richard Garrett Richard Garrett may refer to: Richard Garrett (author) (born 1920), English author, prisoner of war Richard Garrett (1755–1839), agricultural machinery manufacturer, founder of Richard Garrett & Sons, Leiston, Suffolk Richard Garrett (1779–1837), his son Richard Garrett (1807–1866), his son, steam engine manufacturer Dickie Garrett (1865–1908), Wales international rugby player Richard Garrett (1806–1878), owned the property on which the presidential assassin, John Wilkes Booth was cornered and killed See also Dick Garrett, American basketball player Garrett Richards Garrett Thomas Richards (born May 27, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Angels, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox and Texas Rangers. Amateur care ... (born 1988), American baseball pitcher {{hndis, Garrett, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Richard Garrett (author) Richard Garrett (15 January 1920 – 29 July 2008) is an England, English author and an ex-prisoner of war. Biography Richard Garrett joined up in 1939 and was made a second lieutenant in the Notts and Derby Regiment (the Sherwood Foresters) at the outbreak of war. In 1940 he formed part of the ill-fated Allied campaign in Norway. After an abortive action near Lillehammer, in which unprepared British troops underwent a determined aerial attack by the Germans, he found himself, with fifteen other men, separated from the main British force. It was decided to make for the North Sea coast, a 300-mile trek across the highest mountain range in Scandinavia. Travelling only at night the men reached the Sognefjord on Whit Sunday 1940. Since the Germans were already there, it was decided to continue to Eikfjord where a fishing boat was acquired on the strength of a £100 iou (which was honoured at the end of the war). From there they crossed the North Sea back to the Shetland Islands. Duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Richard Garrett (1755–1839) Richard Garrett (12 October 1755 – 20 October 1839)R. A. Whitehead. ''Garretts of Leiston'' (London: Percival Marshall, 1965) founded Richard Garrett & Sons, the agricultural machinery manufacturing plant in Leiston in the English county of Suffolk. The company was the largest employer in Leiston in the 19th century. Part of the building is preserved as the Long Shop Museum. Family and career Born the first of twelve children in Melton, Suffolk, Garrett married Elizabeth Newson on 1 October 1778. They had six sons and three daughters. When Elizabeth died in 1794, Garrett married Jemima Cottingham. Elizabeth came from Leiston and the couple settled there on their marriage. He became a bladesmith and gunsmith at a High Street forge rented from William Cracey. Garrett was soon employing eight men and by 1830 the works had 60 employees. His son Richard, the third to bear the name, succeeded him as works manager in 1826. The fourth Richard transformed it into a nationally significan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Richard Garrett & Sons Richard Garrett & Sons was a manufacturer of agricultural machinery, steam engines and trolleybuses. Their factory was Leiston Works, in Leiston, Suffolk, England. The company was founded by Richard Garrett in 1778. The company was active under its original ownership between 1778 and 1932. In the late 1840s, after cultivating a successful agricultural machine and implement business, the company began producing portable steam engines. The company grew to a major business employing around 2,500 people. Richard Garrett III, grandson of the company's founder, visited the Great Exhibition in London in 1851, where he saw some new American manufacturing ideas. Richard Garrett III introduced flow line production – a very early assembly line - and constructed a new workshop for the purpose in 1852. This was known as 'The Long Shop' on account of its length. A machine would start at one end of the Long Shop and as it progressed through the building it would stop at various sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Dickie Garrett Richard 'Dickie' Garrett (1865 – 17 February 1908) was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Penarth and international rugby for Wales. Garrett was a collier by trade and in 1908 was killed when he was crushed by a coal truck. Rugby career Garrett first came to prominence as a rugby player when representing Penarth. During the 1888/89 season he was the captain of the Penarth senior team, winning the Cardiff District Cup in 1888. In December 1888 he was first selected to represent his country as part of the Wales team to face the New Zealand Māoris. Although the Welsh crowd was hostile to many of their own players; due to the belief that the Swansea back row had been unjustly overlooked, the team played well beating the visitors by a goal and two tries to nil.Billot (1972), pg 18/ Garrett's next international game was against Scotland in the opening match of the 1889 Home Nations Championship. Under the captaincy of Frank Hill, Wales lost the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	John Wilkes Booth John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American stage actor who assassinated United States President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. A member of the prominent 19th-century Booth theatrical family from Maryland, he was a noted actor who was also a Confederate sympathizer; denouncing President Lincoln, he lamented the recent abolition of slavery in the United States. Originally, Booth and his small group of conspirators had plotted to kidnap Lincoln to aid the Confederate cause. They later decided to murder him, as well as Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William H. Seward. Although its Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Robert E. Lee, had surrendered to the Union Army four days earlier, Booth believed that the Civil War remained unresolved because the Confederate Army of General Joseph E. Johnston continued fighting. Booth shot President Lincoln once in the back of the head. Lincoln' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Dick Garrett Eldo "Dick" Garrett (born January 31, 1947) is a retired American professional basketball player. Career A 6'3" guard from Southern Illinois University, Garrett was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 27th overall pick of the 1969 NBA draft. He played five seasons (1969–1974) in the National Basketball Association, one with the Lakers, three with the Buffalo Braves, and his final season that he split between the New York Knicks and the Milwaukee Bucks. He earned NBA All-Rookie Team honors during the 1969–70 NBA season after averaging 11.6 points per game for the Lakers. NBA career statistics Regular season , - , align="left" , 1969–70 , align="left" , Los Angeles , 73 , , - , , 31.8 , , .434 , , - , , .852 , , 3.2 , , 2.5 , , - , , - , , 11.6 , - , align="left" , 1970–71 , align="left" , Buffalo , 75 , , - , , 31.7 , , .414 , , - , , .869 , , 3.9 , , 3.5 , , - , , - , , 12.9 , - , align="left" , 1971–72 , align="left" , Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]