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Robert Porter (Kildare Politician)
Robert or Bob Porter may refer to: Politics * Robert Porter (Brisbane politician) (c. 1825–1902), alderman and mayor of Brisbane Municipal Council, Queensland, Australia * Robert Porter (Ontario politician) (1833–1901), member of the Canadian Parliament from Ontario * Robert John Porter (1867–1922), mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada * Sir Robert Evelyn Porter (1913–1983), generally known as "Tom", stockbroker and mayor of Adelaide * Sir Robert Porter (Northern Ireland politician) (1923–2014), Northern Irish politician * Robert Harold Porter (1933–2018), member of the Canadian Parliament from Alberta * Rob Porter (born 1977), American White House staffer in the Trump administration Sport * Robert Porter (English footballer) (fl. 1888–1889), footballer for Blackburn Rovers * Robert Porter (Australian footballer) (born 1942), Australian rules footballer for Hawthorn * Bob Porter (footballer) (born 1942), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne * Bob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Porter (Brisbane Politician)
Robert Porter (c. 1825 – 1902) was an alderman and mayor of Brisbane Municipal Council, Queensland, Australia. Personal life Robert Porter was born about 1825–1826 in London, England. Robert Porter married Sarah Martha Elizabeth Trowbridge (born about 1823–1824 in Salisbury, England). They arrived in Brisbane in 1860 and settled in the home, Corio, in Wharf Street, Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Kangaroo Point in which they lived for the rest of their lives. They had the following eight children:Queensland Registrar-General for Births, Deaths and Marriages * Sarah Jane Porter, born 1848 Folkestone, Kent, England, died 1937 Queensland1851 Census for Folkestone, Kent, England * Alice Edith Porter, born 1851 Kent, England, died Brisbane 1900 * Frederick Albert Lewis Porter, died 1946 * Marian Gertrude Porter, married to Thomas William Shackel in Brisbane on 3 December 1881, died 1937 * Flora Annie Porter, died 1943 * Catherine Ellen Porter, died 1943 * Mary Constance Porter, bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ker Porter
Sir Robert Ker Porter, KCH (1777–1842) was a Scottish artist, author, diplomat and traveller. Known today for his accounts of his travels in Russia, Spain, and Persia, he was one of the earliest panorama painters in Britain, was appointed historical painter to Tsar Alexander I of Russia and served as British consul in Venezuela. Early life Porter was born in Durham in 1777, one of the five children of the Scot William Porter, an army surgeon. His sisters were the writers Jane Porter and Anna Maria Porter. His father died in 1779, and the following year his mother took him to Edinburgh, although he attended Durham School. He decided that he wanted to become a painter of battle scenes, and in 1790 his mother took him to see Benjamin West, who thought enough of his sketches to procure him admission as a student at the Royal Academy. In 1792 he received a silver palette from the Society of Arts for a drawing entitled ''The Witch of Endor''. In 1793, he was commissioned to paint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Porter (economist)
Robert Hugh Porter (born 1955) is an American economist and William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of economics at Northwestern University. His research focuses on industrial organisation and auctions. Education Porter received his undergraduate degree from the University of Western Ontario's Department of Mathematics and Economics in 1976. He went on to further study at Princeton University, which granted him a Ph. D. in economics in 1981. Career Upon graduating from Princeton University, Porter worked as an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota, followed by a brief stint as an associate professor at Stony Brook University. He became professor at Northwestern University in 1987 and was department chair from 2004 to 2007. Porter was elected fellow of the Econometric Society in 1989 and served as its president in 2015. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences made him fellow in 1997. He is a fellow of the Game Theory Society. He has served as editor and coeditor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Porter (record Producer)
Robert Porter (June 20, 1940 – April 10, 2021) was an American record producer, discographer, writer, and radio presenter. He was responsible for reissuing many classic blues and jazz recordings, and in 2009 was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. Bob Porter was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts.Biographical note AllMusic. From the 1960s, he produced over 200 albums of jazz and blues music, first for Prestige Records where he also wrote liner notes, in the 1960s, then as reissue producer for Savoy Records (1975–1980), and then Atlantic Records (1986–1991). He subsequently worked for many other record labels. It was said that "The result of his painstaking efforts is the restoration of much of the 20th century's most indelible music, now preserved for future generations and sounding better than ever before." In 1981, he started to broadcast ''Portraits In Blue'', a syndicated radio program covering blues, R&B and soul music, which he launched at WBGO in Newark, New Jersey. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert William Porter
Robert William Porter (August 13, 1926 – November 6, 1991) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Education and career Born in Monmouth, Illinois, Porter was in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1944 to 1946. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Monmouth College in 1949 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School in 1952. He was home office counsel of the Reserve Life Insurance Company in Dallas, Texas from 1952 to 1954. He then went into private practice as an attorney in Dallas from 1954 to 1974. During that time, Porter was a Councilman of Richardson, Texas from 1961 to 1966 and then was Mayor from 1966 to 1967. He was also Mayor pro tem in 1966. He was special counsel of the County of Dallas, Texas from 1972 to 1974. Federal judicial service Porter was nominated by President Richard Nixon on April 22, 1974, to a seat on the United States District Court for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Porter (bishop)
Robert George Porter was an Australian Anglican bishop in the 20th century. Porter was educated at St John's College, Morpeth, and Moore Theological College in Sydney. He was ordained deacon in 1947 and priest in 1948. He served in New Guinea until 1957 when he became Archdeacon of Ballarat Ballarat ( ) is a city in the Central Highlands (Victoria), Central Highlands of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 Census, Ballarat had a population of 116,201, making it the third largest city in Victoria. Estimated resid .... In 1970 he became Bishop of The Murray until his retirement in 1989. Diocese of The Murray website. References Archdeacons of Ballarat[...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 Russell Porter
Robert Russell Porter (1908-1986) was an American radio, television and theater actor and director. Biography Robert Russell Porter was born in Sterling, Kansas on November 20, 1908. His mother, Catherine (''Cassie'') Wiggins Porter, was a country schoolteacher and his father, Ellis Kenneth Porter, was a photographer and part-time farmer. They raised five sons. The eldest, Kenneth Wiggins Porter (1905–1981) was a well-known historian and poet. Russell Porter earned a B.S. in education from Emporia State Teachers College and an M.S. in speech from Northwestern University. From 1931 until his retirement, Porter was a teacher and practitioner of radio, television and theater arts. He wrote, performed, produced and directed countless plays, operas and narrative poems. Porter received many honors from the University of Denver The University of Denver (DU) is a private university, private research university in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1864, it is the oldest independent priva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Porter (British Army Officer)
Major-General Sir Robert Porter (31 January 1858 – 27 February 1928) was a British Army officer and physician.Obituary, ''The Times'', 28 February 1928, p.21Biography, ''Who Was Who'' Porter was born in County Donegal, Ireland, the son of Andrew Porter. He was educated at Foyle College, Derry, and the University of Glasgow, from which he graduated Bachelor of Medicine (MB). He was commissioned a surgeon in the Army Medical Department (later the Royal Army Medical Corps) on 5 February 1881. He was promoted surgeon-major on 5 February 1893. He served in the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War of 1895–1896 and the Second Boer War 1899–1902, returning from South Africa on the SS ''Kinfauns Castle'' in December 1902. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel while in South Africa on 4 February 1901, and colonel on 14 January 1910. He was placed on half-pay on 14 January 1914, but was restored to the establishment on 5 August 1914, the day after the outbreak of the First World War. During the war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Percival Porter
Robert Percival Porter (June 30, 1852 – February 28, 1917) was an American journalist, diplomat, and statistician who wrote on economic subjects. He served as Superintendent of the Census (1889–1893). In the statistical field, the first use of the term "computer" comes in an article in the ''Journal of the American Statistical Association'' archives by Porter in 1891. The article discusses about the use of Hermann Hollerith's machine in the 11th Census of the United States. Early life and education Robert Percival Porter was born in Norwich, England, June 30, 1852. His father was James Winearls Porter of Marham, Norfolk. He received his education at King Edward VI School, Norwich, and privately in the U.S. Career He removed to the United States on the death of his father in 1869, and begran active life as a school teacher in Illinois. When the ''Chicago Inter Ocean'' was founded, in 1872, he joined the staff of that paper, though his first s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Porter (sword-cutler)
Robert Porter (after 1603–1648) was a sword-cutler in Birmingham who supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. Biography Robert Porter was the third son of Henry Porter (died c. 1619) and Anne, daughter of William Colmore, of New Hall, Birmingham. At the start of the Civil War started Porter owned a water mill called Town Mill in Digbeth Street, Birmingham. It was located on a stream below Malt, or Moat, Mill which was fed by waters from the moat of the manor house of Birmingham and then flowed into the River Rea. Porter had converted Town Mill from a corn mill into a blade mill, and being, like his brother-in-law, Waldive Willington (Governor of Tamworth Castle), a keen supporter of the Parliamentary cause would only supply swords to the Parliamentary side. In 1642, before the Battle of Edgehill the first pitched battle of the Civil War, Birmingham supplied the Parliamentary army of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex with about 15,000 sword blades, many of which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Porter (Ontario Politician)
Robert Porter was a Canadian Member of Parliament for the riding of Huron West under the Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party (french: le Parti libéral-conservateur) was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, and again from 1922 to 1938, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as la .... External LinksParliament of Canada profile 1833 births 1901 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Canadian people of Scottish descent {{Ontario-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
