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Richard Walker (other)
Richard Walker, Rick, Ricky, or Dick Walker may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Richard Walker (baritone) (1897–1989), English singer and actor Law and politics * Richard Walker (MP) (1784–1855), British Member of Parliament for Bury, 1832–1852 *Richard Wilde Walker (1823–1874), Confederate States of America politician * Richard Wilde Walker Jr. (1857–1936), U.S. court of appeals judge * Richard L. Walker (1922–2003), American scholar and ambassador * Richard H. Walker (born 1950), American lawyer * Rob Walker (New York politician) (Richard Robinson Walker, born 1974/5), American politician from New York Academia * Richard Walker (priest) (died 1567), English priest, former Archdeacon of Derby, Lichfield, and Dean of Chester * Richard Walker (philosopher) (1679–1764), English professor of moral philosophy at the University of Cambridge Sports American football *Dick Walker (American football) (born 1933), American football player and coach *Rick Walker (born 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Walker (baritone)
Richard Walker, (18 November 1897 – 26 August 1989) was an English opera singer and actor, best known for his performances in the baritone roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. Between 1932 and 1939 Walker was married to D'Oyly Carte chorister Ena Martin. He married the company's principal soprano Helen Roberts in 1944. After serving in the Coldstream Guards, Walker began his career in touring in concerts and revues. He joined D'Oyly Carte at age 27 and remained with the company for 25 years. At first playing mostly smaller roles and understudying larger ones, by 1942 Walker had been promoted as a principal baritone of the company, playing roles like Pooh Bah in ''The Mikado''. His total of thirty-five Savoy Opera roles is the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's all-time record. After leaving the company, Walker and Roberts were engaged in Australia by J. C. Williamson to Australia and New Zealand throughout the 1950s and early 1960s in Gilbert and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Walker (footballer, Born 1913)
Edward Richard Walter Walker (22 July 1913 – February 1988) was an English footballer who played for West Ham United. He was born in Hackney, London. Dick Walker's three decade association with West Ham began during the 1932–33 season. Playing for Becontree Athletic on Sunday mornings, Walker was spotted by a club scout and given a trial. He played for the club in the London Midweek League, but moved to west London club Park Royal for the following season. After a home clash against Park Royal, West Ham re-signed the player and he made his first-team debut as right-half against Burnley on 27 August 1934. After featuring in a number of defensive positions, he finally settled into centre-half as replacement for Jim Barrett in 1936. During World War II, Walker served with an infantry battalion who fought from El Alamein to Italy and was several times mentioned in dispatches. He played football for the Army whilst on duty in the Middle East and also took leave to play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Walker (editor)
Richard Walker (born around 1956) is a Scottish journalist who is editor of the '' Sunday National''. He was editor of the ''Sunday Herald'' from 1999–2015 and launched '' The National'' in 2014. He was Newsquest's editor of the year in 2014. Early life Walker was born around 1956 and was educated at St Michael's Academy, Kilwinning, Scotland. He then went to Napier College, Edinburgh. In 1990 he became production editor at ''Spectrum'' magazine and worked at the ''Scotland on Sunday''. In 1995 he moved to deputy features editor at the '' Daily Record''. Sunday Herald Walker took up the post of deputy editor with the ''Sunday Herald'' when it launched in February 1999. The paper's first editor, Andrew Jaspan left the paper to take up another post in the middle of 2004. In September of that year, Walker was promoted to editor. In November 2005 the ''Sunday Herald'' moved to compact Compact as used in politics may refer broadly to a pact or treaty; in more specific cases it m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard A
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 Walker (engineer)
Richard Walter Walker (27 December 1900 – 10 April 1982) FRAeS was a British aerospace engineer, and main designer for jet aircraft of Gloster Aircraft Company. Early life He was born in 1900 in Bradford. Career After an apprenticeship in Bradford he joined the RAF in 1918. In 1919 he went to Bradford Technical College for four years. After a brief period at Blackburn he joined the Hawker Aircraft company in 1925 as a draughtsman. During his time at Hawkers he was in charge of designing the metal wing for the Hawker Hurricane. Whilst at Hawkers he was seconded to a role in Sweden where he met his future wife. He became an Associate Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1934. Gloster Aircraft He joined the Gloster Aircraft Company in January 1937 as assistant chief designer. He was Assistant-Designer of Gloster Aircraft when it built its first jet aircraft the Gloster E28/39. He would visit the Power Jets company in Leicestershire with Ivor James and Jack Lobley. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Walker (equestrian)
:''This article deals with Richard Walker, English equestrian. For other Richard Walkers, see: Richard Walker (other).'' Richard Dorian Walker (born August 16, 1950, in Johannesburg) is best known for being the youngest rider ever to win the Badminton Horse Trials The Badminton Horse Trials is a eventing, five-day event, one of only six annual Concours Complet International, Concours Complet International (CCI) Five Star events as classified by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports, Fédér .... At 18 years and 247 days, the British-born rode his mount, Pasha, to victory at Badminton in 1969. Although he tried to repeat his success, he never won the event again. However, the pair did go on to be part of the British Eventing Team at the 1969 European Championships (Haras-du-Pin, France), where they won not only the Team Gold, but also the Individual Silver medal. He won Burghley in 1980 and 1982, and in 1991 he returned to the British team, win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Walker (Australian Rules Footballer)
Francis Patrick "Frank" Walker (born 10 September 1933) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), and also represented Western Australia. He was educated at Aquinas College in Salter Point, where he was mentored in football by Jerry Dolan. He was also playing club football for South Perth under East Perth great Mick Cronin. Walker trained with East Perth in 1951, even attending a trip to Collie with them and playing a scratch match against South Fremantle. He was living with his grandparents in South Perth, whilst his father was living in Cannington. South Perth was within the recruiting boundary of Perth, whilst Cannington was unallocated, East Perth tried to sign him up as living with his father, they sent the request off amongst other paperwork, hoping the address anomaly would go unnoticed. Mistakenly sent early, Perth officials obtained it. Jack O'Dea of Perth signed Walker just before t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Walker (angler)
:''This article deals with Richard Stuart Walker, English angler. For other Richard Walkers, see: Richard Walker (other).'' Richard Stuart Walker (29 May 1918 – 2 August 1985) was an English angler. Walker was the first angler to apply scientific thought to angling and wrote many books on the sport. He also wrote for the angling press, most notably for the ''Angling Times'', ''Trout & Salmon'' and ''Fly Dressers' Guild Newsletter''. He held the record for a carp in the UK for 28 years with a fish of caught at Redmire pool in Herefordshire. Biography Walker was born at 32 Fishponds Road in Hitchin, Hertfordshire in 1918; he lived there until 1928. His father was a professional soldier and his mother an employee of the Post Office. He started fishing at an early age, being taught by his grandfather in Hertford. He was educated at the Friends' School in Saffron Walden and St Christopher School in Letchworth. He went to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Walker (Australian Footballer)
Dick Walker (10 August 1872 – 3 December 1947) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Carlton in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). His real name was Edward Slann Kishere, but he played football under the name Dick Walker. Kishere died in a Geelong hospital on 3 December 1947. Notes External links * *Dick Walker's profileat Blueseum 1872 births 1947 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents Geelong Football Club (VFA) players Geelong Football Club players Carlton Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Walker (footballer, Born 1980)
Richard Stuart Walker (born 17 September 1980) is an English football coach and former player who is the lead professional development phase coach at club Wolverhampton Wanderers. A defender with an eleven-year professional career, he played 185 competitive games, including 158 appearances in the English Football League. Walker spent most of his career with Crewe Alexandra, and played over 100 games for the club between 1999 and 2006. During this time he also played on loan for non-League clubs Northwich Victoria and Halesowen Town. He was promoted out of the Second Division with Crewe in 2002–03. He joined Port Vale in 2006, and was loaned out to Wrexham in 2007. In 2008, he signed with Macclesfield Town, before transferring to non-League Hednesford Town the following year. He retired in January 2010. He coached in the youth academy at Stoke City from 2009 to 2023, after which he joined the academy at Wolverhampton Wanderers. Playing career Crewe Alexandra Born in Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Walker (footballer, Born 1977)
Richard Martin Walker (born 8 November 1977) is an English former footballer who played as a forward for Devon and Exeter League club Beer Albion. Career Early career Walker started his career at Aston Villa in 1997. Here, he scored a goal against Arsenal, one of the highest points of his Villa career. After loan spells with Cambridge United, Blackpool and Wycombe Wanderers, he signed for the Seasiders in 2001. He helped Blackpool win the 2001–02 Football League Trophy, playing as a substitute in the final. Walker was loaned out to Northampton Town and Oxford United in the 2003–04 season, before joining Bristol Rovers in the summer of 2004. Bristol Rovers A natural goalscorer, he formed a formidable partnership with Junior Agogo before the Ghanaian was sold to Nottingham Forest. Walker scored two goals in the 2007 League Two Play-off Final against Shrewsbury at Wembley, as the Gasheads secured a 3–1 victory to send them up to League One. Walker was placed on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Walker (footballer, Born 1971)
Richard Neill Walker (born 9 November 1971) is an English former footballer. External links * 1971 births Living people English men's footballers Notts County F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Hereford United F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players Footballers from Derby Men's association football central defenders {{England-footy-defender-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
