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Robert Parry (other) , Christian theologian
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Robert Parry may refer to: *Robert Parry (poet) (1540–1612), Elizabethan Welsh poet * Robert Parry (priest), Dean of Lismore from 1647 to 1660 *R. Williams Parry (1884–1956), 20th-century Welsh poet * Robert Parry (politician) (1933–2000), British politician * Robert W. Parry (1917–2006), American chemist * Robert Parry (journalist) (1949–2018), American journalist * Bob Parry (born 1953), Australian cricket umpire See also * Robert Perry *Robin Parry Robin Parry is a Christian theologian particularly known for advocating Christian universalism. His best known book is ''The Evangelical Universalist'', which he wrote under the pseudonym Gregory MacDonald because he had not at the time publicly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Parry (poet)
Robert Parry (1540–1612) was a Welsh poet, romancier and translator who published the romance ''Moderatus'' and a collection of verse entitled ''Sinetes Passions'', which may have influenced Shakespeare's sonnets. Life Parry was a member of the local gentry of Denbighshire, Wales. He was the son of Harry ap Robert. He married Dorothy the daughter of John Wynn Panton. His patron was Sir John Salusbury, the local leader of a group of poets dedicated to mystical and acrostic verse. Parry's nephew later married Sir John's daughter Oriana. His diary has survived, providing useful information about Elizabethan culture and politics in Wales. It also indicates that he travelled widely. He was regularly in London and in 1600 he went to Italy where he stayed for six months. Work In 1595 he published a romance novel entitled ''Moderatus, the most delectable and famous Historie of the Black Knight'', the story of a knight who learns life-lessons through struggle and error, supported by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Parry (priest)
Robert Parry was a 17th-century Anglican priest in Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea .... A cousin of Edward Parry, Bishop of Killaloe, Robert Parry was Dean of Lismore from 1647 until his death in 1660."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. pp168: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878 References 17th-century Irish Anglican priests Deans of Lismore {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Parry (politician)
Robert Parry (8 January 1933 – 9 March 2000) was a British Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament in Liverpool for 27 years. In 1963, he was elected to Liverpool City Council for the Central ward, one of the safest Labour wards in Liverpool. Parry was elected to Parliament at the 1970 election for Liverpool Exchange and served until his retirement in 1997, from 1974 in Liverpool Scotland Exchange, then from 1983 for Liverpool Riverside. He retired from Parliament at the 1997 general election. He was known as a hard-line left-winger who opposed any policy moves which he saw as edging Labour away from pure socialism. He once branded Neil Kinnock a "traitor" over the latter's denunciation of the Militant tendency activists who dominated local government on Merseyside. In 1992, Parry was arrested in Beijing when he and his colleagues unfurled a banner in Tiananmen Square protesting the shootings which had taken place there in 1989. Parry died on 9 March 2000 aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert W
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Parry (journalist)
Robert Earle Parry (June 24, 1949 – January 27, 2018) was an American investigative journalist. He was known for his role in covering the Iran–Contra affair for the Associated Press (AP) and ''Newsweek'', including breaking the Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare (CIA manual provided to the Nicaraguan contras) and the CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking, CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking in the U.S. scandal in 1985. He was awarded the George Polk Awards, George Polk Award for National Reporting in 1984 and the I. F. Stone, I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence by Harvard's Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Nieman Foundation in 2015. Parry was the editor of ' (''consortiumnews.com'') from 1995 until his death in 2018. Life and career Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Parry received a B.A. in English from Colby College in Waterville, Maine in 1971 and began his career in journalism in Framingham, Massachusetts working for his father's news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Parry
Robert Leslie "Bob" Parry is an Australian former cricket umpire. Parry umpired in One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals as well as in Australian domestic cricket from 1998 until 2012. Umpiring career In December 1998 he had his first-class debut and then his ODI debut on January 11, 2002. His international debut with the T20 International was on January 9, 2006. He had 7 test matches all as 3rd umpire and 34 ODIs, 4 of which were on-field and 30 of which were as 3rd umpire. He had 3 T20 Internationals, 2 of which were on-field and 1 of which was 3rd umpire. He had 79 Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup matches which included four finals (77 on-field and 2 as 3rd umpire). He had 53 one-day domestic matches which included two finals (45 on-field and 8 as 3rd umpire). He also had 24 other first-class or list "A" matches which includes tour matches, Aus A and Women's International matches. See also * List of One Day International cricket umpires This is a list of cricket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Perry (other)
Robert or Bob Perry may refer to: Sportspeople *Bob Perry (baseball) (1934–2017), American baseball player *Bob Perry (footballer) (1893–?), Scottish footballer *Bob Perry (tennis) (born 1933), American tennis player * Robert Perry (sailor) (1909–1987), British sailor Others *Bob J. Perry (1932–2013), Houston builder and political funder *Robert Perry (actor) (1878–1962), American film actor * B. G. Perry (1931–2016), Mississippi politician *Robert H. Perry (1924–1978), editor of Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook * Robert J. Perry, American physicist *Robert Perry (writer), Welsh television writer *Robert Perry (yacht designer), American designer of modern cruising yachts * Robert Thompson Perry (born 1960), American author and teacher *Bob Perry (producer), who produced many on the List of songs recorded by Tupac Shakur See also *Robert Parry (other) *Robert Peary Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (; May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American expl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
