Richard Parkinson
Richard Parkinson may refer to: * Richard Parkinson (agriculturist) (1748–1815), English, consultant for George Washington *Richard Parkinson (explorer) (1844–1909), Danish, also anthropologist * Richard Parkinson (neurosurgeon), Australian * Richard B. Parkinson (born 1963), British archaeologist & academic *Richard Parkinson (priest) Richard Parkinson (1797–1858) was an English clergyman, known as a canon of Manchester Cathedral, college principal, theologian and antiquarian. Background The son of John Parkinson, by his wife Margaret Blackburne, he was born at Woodgates, ...

Richard Parkinson (agriculturist)
Richard Parkinson (born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1748; died in England, 23 February 1815) was an English agriculturist. Biography He became a farmer, was interested in improved methods, and was encouraged by Sir John Sinclair, president of the Board of Agriculture (1793–1822), Board of Agriculture, who recommended him to George Washington. He left England 3 September 1798, and was for some time in the employ of Washington as an agriculturist at Mount Vernon, and resided at Orange Hill, near Baltimore. On his return to England, Parkinson became steward to Sir Joseph Banks in Lincolnshire. He died at Osgodby, Lincolnshire, Osgodby on 23 February 1815. Works He published: * ''The Experienced Farmer'' (2 vols., London, 1798; enlarged ed., with an autobiography, 1807) * ''A Tour in America, 1798-1800'', containing reminiscences of Washington (2 vols., 1805) * ''The English Practice of Farming'' (1806) * ''Gypsum as a Manure'' (1808) * ''Breeding and Management of Live-Stock'', a ...
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Richard Parkinson (explorer)
Richard Parkinson full name Richard Heinrich Robert Parkinson (1844, Augustenburg, Alsen Island – 1909) was a Danish explorer and anthropologist. Career In 1875, he became a representative of the Hamburg trading firm J. C Godeffroy & Sohn in Samoa. He was, in part, employed to collect ethnographic material for the Godeffroy Museum. He remained in Samoa until 1882, settling afterwards on the Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain. From there he undertook larger and smaller journeys to the Bismarck Archipelago, then the Solomon Islands and New Guinea. He also collected zoological specimens, especially insects. Thirty Years in the South Seas His masterwork ''Dreißig Jahre in der Südsee'', (''Thirty years in the South Seas''), appeared in several editions first in 1907 and again in 1911. It describes in detail the islands, Neulauenburg (Duke of York Islands), Neumecklenburg and New Hanover, St. Matthias Islands, the Admiralty Islands and Micronesian outliers in the Bismarck ...
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Richard Parkinson (neurosurgeon)
Richard Parkinson is an Australian neurosurgeon. Dr Parkinson is a leading Sydney neurosurgeon who has treated several high-profile sportspeople including NRL players, and champion horserider Darren Beadman. Dr Parkinson has led an Australia study into concussions in the NRL and has completed a two-year research paper finding an increasing trend of concussion in the NRL. Special interest areas * Spine and brain injuries in athletes and sportspeople * Minimally invasive and complex spinal surgery * Physical rehabilitation from sports injuries, particularly in NRL and RU players * Neurosurgical care of remote and Indigenous people Training and lecturing Dr Parkinson is the Supervisor for Advanced Training for Neurosurgery for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 2005–2010 at St Vincent's. Dr Parkinson has many peer-reviewed research papers, and he is a Conjoint Senior Lecturer at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney. Notable patients * Darren Beadman (jockey) * Ben Ros ...
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Richard B
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 (disambiguat ...
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