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Richard Greene (other)
Richard Greene (1918–1985) was a British film and television actor. Richard Greene may also refer to: * H. Richard Greene, American actor * Richard Greene (The Younger) (1560–1617), Knight and Lord of Bowridge Hill * Richard Greene (colonist) (died 1622), first Governor of Wessagusset Colony in New England * Richard Greene (antiquary) (1716–1793), English antiquary and collector of curiosities * Richard Greene (musician) (born 1942), American violinist * Richard Greene (politician) (born 1950), Irish politician * Richard Greene (journalist) (born 1954), journalist and author who created and hosted Air America's show ''Clout'' * Richard Greene (writer) (born 1961), Canadian poet * Richard D. Greene (born 1950), Chief Judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals * Richard Plunket Greene (1901–1978), English racing driver, jazz musician, and author * Richard Ward Greene (1792–1875), attorney * Richard Wilson Greene (1791–1861), Irish judge * Richard Greene, pastor of God's Ark o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Greene
Richard Marius Joseph Greene (25 August 1918 – 1 June 1985) was a noted English film and television actor. A matinée idol who appeared in more than 40 films, he was perhaps best known for the lead role in the long-running British TV series ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'', which ran for 143 episodes from 1955 to 1959. Early life Greene of Irish and Scottish ancestry, and was born in Plymouth, Devon, England. He was raised Roman Catholic, attending Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School (Kensington, London), which he left at age 18. His aunt was actress Evie Greene. His father, Richard Abraham Greene and his mother, Kathleen Gerrard, were both actors with the Plymouth Repertory Theatre. He was the grandson of Richard Bentley Greene and a descendant of four generations of actors. It has been stated elsewhere that he was the grandson of the inventor William Friese-Greene, (credited by some as the inventor of cinematography) but this was found to be false, as a result of two parallel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Greene (The Younger)
Sir Richard Greene (1560 - c. 23 June 1617) "The Younger", Knight and Lord of Bowridge Hill was the son of Sir Richard "of Stafford Ryvera" Grene and Joan Grene (née Converse),One source claims that he died in 1660, which is either highly unlikely or a typographical errorGreene family history website Retrieved 27 September 2010.''The Greene family in England and America, with pedigrees,'' pp. 36-37, n.d. Found aArchive.org website Retrieved 27 September 2010. Greene married in 1587 Mary Hooker (16 August 1567 - c. 1617), daughter of John Hooker who was MP for Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ... and Alice Powell; they "had at least eleven children," and "are buried in the family cemetery of Saint Mary the Virgin Parish Church Cemetery."). References 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Greene (colonist)
Richard Greene (died October 1622) was the first Governor of Wessagusset Colony in New England, located in modern-day Weymouth, Massachusetts ("To Work Is to Conquer") , image_map = Norfolk County Massachusetts incorporated and unincorporated areas Weymouth highlighted.svg , mapsize = 250px , map_caption = Location in Norfolk County in Massa .... He died at Plymouth colony after having only governed the ill-fated Wessagusset colony for a few months since its creation in July. He was the brother-in-law of Thomas Weston, the primary investor in the colony. References People of colonial Massachusetts 1622 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Massachusetts-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Greene (antiquary)
Richard Greene (1716–1793), was an English antiquary and collector of curiosities. Life Greene was born at Lichfield in 1716. The Rev. Joseph Greene (1712–1790) (Gent. Mag. 1790, i. 574), headmaster of Stratford-upon-Avon grammar school, was his brother, and Johnson was his relation. He lived and died as a surgeon and apothecary in Lichfield; a Scottish university conferred on him, it is said, the degree of M.D., but though highly gratified he never assumed the title of doctor. In 1758 he was sheriff of the city of Lichfield; he was bailiff in 1785 and in 1790, and was one of the city aldermen. Greene was the first to establish a printing press at Lichfield, and from about 1748 until his death his zeal in collecting objects of interest never flagged. He deposited these curiosities in the ancient registry office of the bishops of that see, which stood nearly opposite the south door of the cathedral, and has long since been pulled down. A view of one side of the room of this mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Greene (musician)
Richard Greene (born November 9, 1942) is an American violinist who has been described as "one of the most innovative and influential fiddle players of all time". Greene is credited with introducing the chop to fiddle playing while working with Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, the invention of which he attributes to pain in his wrist and arm and "laziness". He featured the technique in his performances with Seatrain. Biography Greene was born in Beverly Hills and grew up in Los Angeles. He began studying classical music at age 5 but turned to folk music by high school. After entering the University of California, Berkeley, he joined the Coast Mountain Ramblers and later the Dry City Scat Band, led by guitarist David Lindley. Greene first attained prominence with Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys in 1966 as one of Monroe's first "northern" band members. He then joined the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, recording with them on the 1967 album ''Garden of Joy''. After playing briefly w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Greene (politician)
Richard Greene (born 1950) is a political activist from Dublin, focusing on conservative family values campaigns, and formerly on opposing extradition to the United Kingdom. He was successively a member of Fianna Fáil, the Green Party, and Muintir na hÉireann, and was a spokesman for Cóir. He subsequently joined the Christian Solidarity Party and became its leader. He was a member of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council and the Eastern Health Board in the 1990s. Education and early career Greene went to national school in Clontarf and then O'Connell School. He got a degree in English literature from Trinity College Dublin, worked a year in France and became a secondary-school teacher, and subsequently a careers guidance counsellor. He holds a M.A. in linguistics from University College Dublin and did postgraduate research in sociolinguistics at Dublin City University. He was a chartered member of the Institute of Guidance Counsellors and was a graduate member of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Greene (journalist)
Richard Greene (born February 25, 1954) is an American media personality, author and journalist. In 2007, Air America Radio Network launched his weekly radio program, '' Clout'' (also known as Hollywood Clout) which he created and hosted. The show ran until the closing of the network in January 2010. He is also the author of ''Words that Shook the World'' first published in 2001 by Penguin Press’ Prentice Hall Press. The book’s foreword was written by self help guru Tony Robbins. Greene, who is also known as a celebrity speech coach, with clients that include the late Princess Diana of Wales has been a regular columnist for ''The Huffington Post'', with articles dating back to July 2008. Greene was also a celebrity judge on The Learning Channel’s series ''The Messengers''. Author Richard Greene is the author of the book Words That Shook The World: 100 Years of Unforgettable Speeches and Events, which was published by Penguin Publishing’s Prentice Hall Press P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Greene (writer)
Richard Greene (born July 17, 1961) is a Canadian poet. His book ''Boxing the Compass'' won the Governor General's Award for English language poetry at the 2010 Governor General's Awards. ''The Globe and Mail'', November 16, 2010. A resident of , , Greene teaches English literature at the |
Richard D
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Plunket Greene
Richard George Hubert Plunket Greene (1 July 1901 – 25 March 1978) was an English racing motorist, a jazz musician and author. Biography Richard George Hubert Plunket Greene was born on 1 July 1901, the son of Harry Plunket Greene, an Irish baritone who was most famous in the formal concert and oratorio repertoire, and Gwendolen Maud Parry, the daughter of Hubert Parry, English composer, teacher and historian of music. His grandmother, Louisa Lelias (Lilias) Plunket, was an author as well (''Bound by a spell, or The Hunted Witch of the Forest'', 1885). He attended Oxford University where he formed a long-lasting friendship with Evelyn Waugh, who at one time, in the 1920s, was in love with Plunket Greene's sister, Olivia Plunket Greene. Waugh described him as "a piratical in appearance, sometimes wearing ear-rings, a good man in a boat, a heavy smoker of dark, strong tobacco, tinged, as were his siblings, with melancholy, but also infused with a succession of wild, obsessive en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Ward Greene
Richard Ward Greene (January 21, 1792 – March 14, 1875), was an American attorney, having graduated from Brown University and having studied law at Litchfield College and under Boston lawyer Ebenezer Rockwell. He was appointed U.S. attorney for Rhode Island in 1826 and also served in both houses of the state legislature. In May 1848 was elected as Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. He resigned on June 14, 1854. His nephew, Albert Collins Greene, was a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island. His uncle was the Revolutionary War General, Nathanael Greene. Born at Potowomut, Rhode Island, Greene was the son of Christopher Greene and Deborah Ward. He married Katherine Celia Greene on November 12, 1851. He died on March 14, 1875, in Providence, Rhode Island. In his will he left (USD)$75,000 to the Methodist Episcopal The Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was the oldest and largest Methodist denomination in the United States from its founding in 1784 until 1939. It was al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Wilson Greene
Richard Wilson Greene PC, KC (1791–1861) was an Irish barrister and judge. He was born in Dublin, the son of Sir Jonas Greene, who was Recorder of Dublin from 1822 until his death in 1828, and his wife, the leading actress Marianne Hitchcock, daughter of the playwright Robert Hitchcock (died 1809) and his wife Sarah Webb. Robert, originally from York, was an author and playwright, who was deputy manager of the Theatre Royal, Dublin: he is best remembered for his book ''An Historical View of the Irish Stage''. Sarah Hitchcock like her daughter was a very popular actress on the London and Dublin stages. Richard attended Trinity College Dublin, where he was auditor of the College Historical Society. He was called to the Bar in 1814 and became King's Counsel in 1830. As a young barrister he attended (without a brief) the hearing of ''R. v Waller O'Grady'', a much publicised case concerning the power of patronage of Standish O'Grady, the Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
