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Richard Harrington (academic)
Richard Harrington may refer to: * Richard Harrington (photographer) (1911–2005), German-Canadian photographer *Richard Harrington (actor) Richard Harrington (born 12 March 1975) is a Welsh actor. Early and personal life Harrington was born in Gurnos and brought up in Heolgerrig, Merthyr Tydfil. Harrington speaks Welsh as a second language; he came from an English-speaking famil ... (born 1975), Welsh actor * Richard Harrington, Baron Harrington of Watford (born 1957), MP for Watford from 2010 to 2019. * Richard C. Harrington (1956–2004), British physician and psychologist {{Human name disambiguation, Harrington, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Harrington (photographer)
Richard Harrington, (February 24, 1911 – October 11, 2005) was a Canadian photographer. He is best known for his photographs taken in the Canadian Arctic between 1948 and 1953, including his iconic shot of the 1950 Canadian caribou famine and his 1949 photograph of Helen Konek Helen Agaaqtuq Konek is a Inuk elder from Arviat, Nunavut. A 1949 photograph of her went viral in 2019. Early life Konek was born as Helen Agaaqtuq in May 1932 in a tupiq on the eastern shore of Henik Lake. Helen's father was Piqqanaaq Agaaqtuq .... Born in Hamburg, Germany, he immigrated to Canada in the mid-1920s. During his career he traveled to more than 100 countries, and his photographs have appeared in more than 24 books. His work has been shown at the National Archives of Canada, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Museum of Modern Art. In 2001, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Selected bibliography * ''The face of the Arctic: a cameraman’s story in words and pic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Harrington (actor)
Richard Harrington (born 12 March 1975) is a Welsh actor. Early and personal life Harrington was born in Gurnos and brought up in Heolgerrig, Merthyr Tydfil. Harrington speaks Welsh as a second language; he came from an English-speaking family but studied in a Welsh Medium school in Merthyr. He has said that filming ''Y Gwyll'' improved his fluency significantly. Harrington has two children with a former girlfriend and a son, born in 2019, with his partner Hannah Daniel, with whom he lives in Crystal Palace, London. Harrington took part in the 2012 and 2013 Snowdonia Marathon alongside his friend and fellow actor Mark Lewis Jones. They both ran Marathon des Sables in 2014. Career Harrington has had starring roles in the Welsh show ''Hinterland'' (known as ''Y Gwyll'' in Welsh), ''Bleak House'', Jimmy McGovern's '' Gunpowder, Treason & Plot'', and Gavin Claxton's comedy feature film ''The All Together''. He has also had roles in ''Coronation Street'', '' Spooks'', ''Casualty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Harrington, Baron Harrington Of Watford
Richard Irwin Harrington, Baron Harrington of Watford (born 4 November 1957) is a British politician and businessman.Sheila Hamilton, "He's welcomed biggest stars on earth to Glasgow – now Stephen faces new challenge", ''Evening Times'', Glasgow, 22 April 2006. From the 2010 general election until the 2019 general election, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Watford. He was the Minister for Business and Industry from June 2017 to March 2019. Harrington had the Conservative whip removed on 3 September 2019, but on 29 October he was one of ten MPs to have it restored. On 8 March 2022, Harrington was appointed Minister of State for Refugees, with his ministerial portfolio being in charge of co-ordinating the UK’s response to the humanitarian crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He was also elevated to the House of Lords after being given a Life Peerage. In August 2022, the government announced that, under Harrington’s leadership, a total of 104,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |