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Richard Rowley (other)
Richard Rowley may refer to: *Richard Rowley (writer) Richard Rowley was the pseudonym of Richard Valentine Williams (2 April 1877 – 25 April 1947), born at 79 Dublin Road, Belfast, Ireland, who wrote poetry, plays and stories. Early life At the age of 16 he entered the family firm, McBride and W ... (1877–1947), Irish writer * Richard Rowley (MP) (1812–1887), British politician * Richard Rowley (film director), documentary filmmaker * Dick Rowley (Richard William Morris Rowley), Irish footballer {{hndis, Rowley, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Rowley (writer)
Richard Rowley was the pseudonym of Richard Valentine Williams (2 April 1877 – 25 April 1947), born at 79 Dublin Road, Belfast, Ireland, who wrote poetry, plays and stories. Early life At the age of 16 he entered the family firm, McBride and Williams, which manufactured cotton handkerchiefs and eventually became its managing director. After the collapse of the company in 1931 he was Chairman of the Northern Ireland Unemployment Assistance Board. His early poems, in ''The City of Refuge'' (1917), were rhetorical celebrations of industry. His next volume, ''City Songs and Others'' (1918), included his most quoted poem ''The Islandmen'', and is regarded as containing his most original work: " Browning-like monologues straight from the mouths of Belfast's working-class." Later life He moved to Newcastle, County Down. He also wrote short stories: ''Tales of Mourne'' (1937), as well as at least one highly successful play, ''Apollo In Mourne'' (1926). During World War II, Rowley foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Rowley (MP)
Hon. Richard Thomas Rowley (1812 – 11 November 1887) was a British Conservative Party politician. Family Rowley was the son of Clotworthy Rowley, 1st Baron Langford and Frances Rowley. He married Charlotte Shipley, daughter of William Shipley and Charlotte Williams-Wynn on 24 June 1835. Together, they had three children: * Eva Rowley (died 1904) * Gwenwydd Frances Rowley (–1892) * Conwy Greville Hercules Rowley-Conwy (1841–1900) After Charlotte died in 1871, Rowley remarried to Alice Henrietta Berners, daughter of Hugh Berners and Julia Alice Ashton, on 9 July 1872. Political career He was elected MP for Harwich at a by-election in 1860 but did not seek re-election in 1865. Other activities Rowley was at one point Captain in the Scots Guards, a Deputy Lieutenant of Flintshire, and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in the 6th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps The King's Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was originally rais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Rowley (film Director)
Richard Rowley (also known as Rick Rowley) is a documentary filmmaker. His films and TV shows have received three Emmy awards, an Oscar nomination, and other awards and nominations, as well as recognition at film festivals around the world. Rowley's Oscar-nominated feature ''Dirty Wars'' was the culmination of ten years as a war reporter in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the lesser-known battlegrounds of America's war on terror. Since then, Rowley has turned his lens on racial injustice in the United States. His 2019 feature for Showtime, '' 16 Shots'', won Television Academy honors and a Peabody nomination for its unflinching look at the police murder of Laquan McDonald and the cover-up that followed. His Emmy-winning series ''Documenting Hate'' unmasked an underground Nazi fight club and a terrorist cell. The series received a DuPont Award and prompted an FBI investigation that led to dozens of arrests. His latest film, ''Kingdom Of Silence'', is the story of the life and death of Saudi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |