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Robert Rogers (educator)
Robert Rogers may refer to: Politics *Robert Rogers (Irish politician) (died 1719), Irish politician, MP for Cork City 1692–1699 *Robert Rogers (Manitoba politician) (1864–1936), Canadian politician *Robert Rogers, Baron Lisvane (born 1950), Chief Executive and Clerk of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom *Robert Gordon Rogers (1919–2010), Canadian Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia *Robert Louis Rogers, former List of Canadian ambassadors to Israel, Canadian ambassador to Israel Other *Robert Rogers (British Army officer) (1731–1795), American colonial officer, explorer, and playwright *Robert Empie Rogers (1813–1884), American chemist *Robert Montresor Rogers (1834–1895), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross *Robert Rogers (novelist), American writer under the pen names of Lee Rogers, Jean Barrett, and Jean Thomas *Sir Robert Hargreaves Rogers (1850–1924), Sheriff of the City of London *Robert Athlyi Rogers (1891–1931), author of the ''Holy Piby'', an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Rogers (Irish Politician)
Robert Rogers (after 1650 – 1717) was an Irish politician. He sat in the House of Commons of Ireland as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Cork City (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Cork City from 1692 to 1699. References 1650 births Year of birth uncertain 1719 deaths Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for Cork City Irish MPs 1692–1693 Irish MPs 1695–1699 {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Rogers (Manitoba Politician)
Robert Rogers, (March 2, 1864 – July 21, 1936) was a Canadian merchant and politician. He served as a cabinet minister at the federal and provincial levels. Rogers was born in Lakefield, Canada East (now Quebec), the son of Lieutenant-Colonel George Rogers. He was educated in Lachute, Berthier and Montreal, and later moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba to become director of the Monarch Life Assurance Company. In religion, he was a member of the Church of England. Manitoba politics He contested Lisgar in the 1896 federal election as a candidate of the federal Conservative Party, and lost to Liberal Robert Lorne Richardson by fifty-four votes. He was 32 years old. Rogers was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 1899 provincial election as a Conservative candidate, defeating Liberal candidate J.L. Brown by twenty-eight votes in Manitou. The Conservatives won this election, and Rogers sat in the legislature as a backbench supporter of Hugh John Macdonald's a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Rogers, Baron Lisvane
Robert James Rogers, Baron Lisvane, (born 5 February 1950) is a British life peer and retired public servant. He served as Clerk of the House of Commons from October 2011 until August 2014. Following his elevation as a Life Peer in 2014, Lord Lisvane sits as a crossbencher in the House of Lords. He is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Constitution Reform Group (CRG), a cross-party organisation which is chaired by Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury which seeks a new constitutional settlement in the UK by way of a new Act of Union. Lord Lisvane introduced the Act of Union Bill 2018 as a private member’s bill in the House of Lords on 9 October 2018, when it received a formal first reading. The BBC has suggested that the issues addressed by the Bill are likely to become important in the 2019 Parliament. Early life Born in Cardiff, Rogers attended Tonbridge School before going to Lincoln College, Oxford, where he read for the degree Anglo-Saxon, No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gordon Rogers
Robert Gordon Rogers, (August 19, 1919 – May 21, 2010) was the 24th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 1983 to 1988. Born in Montreal, he was a graduate of the University of Toronto Schools, the University of Toronto, and the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston. During the Second World War, he served with the 1st Hussars of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, landing on Juno Beach on D-Day in 1944. From 1991 to 1996, he served as Chancellor of the University of Victoria. In 1989, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1990, he was awarded the Order of British Columbia The Order of British Columbia (french: Ordre de la Colombie-Britannique) is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Instituted in 1989 by Lieutenant Governor David Lam, on the advice of the Cabinet under Premier B .... Rogers died on May 21, 2010. References 1919 births 2010 deaths People from Montreal Anglophone Quebec people Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Louis Rogers
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] |
List Of Canadian Ambassadors To Israel ...
List of Canadian ambassadors to Israel Diplomatic relations between Canada and Israel were established on July 28, 1954. The Ambassador to Greece was concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Israel, resident in Greece. Entitled as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary unless otherwise noted. References {{Portal bar, Canada, Israel, Politics Israel Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Rogers (British Army Officer)
Robert Rogers (7 November 1731 – 18 May 1795) was an American colonial frontiersman. Rogers served in the British army during both the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. During the French and Indian War, Rogers raised and commanded the famous Rogers' Rangers, trained for raiding and close combat behind enemy lines. Early life Robert Rogers was born to Ulster-Scots settlers, James and Mary McFatridge Rogers on 7 November 1731 in Methuen, a small town in northeastern Massachusetts. At that time, the town served as a staging point for Scots-Irish settlers bound for the wilderness of New Hampshire. In 1739 when Rogers was eight years old, his family relocated to the Great Meadow district of New Hampshire near present-day Concord, where James founded a settlement on of land which he called Munterloney, after a hilly place in County Londonderry, Ireland. Rogers referred to this childhood residence as "Mountalona". It was later renamed Dunbarton, New Hampsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Empie Rogers
Robert Empie Rogers (March 29, 1813 – September 6, 1884) was a United States chemist. Biography Rogers was born in Baltimore, Maryland on March 29, 1813. The youngest of four brothers, he was educated first under the care of his father, and then by his elder brothers. It was intended that he should be a civil engineer, and for a time he acted as assistant in the survey of the Boston and Providence Railroad, but he abandoned this in 1833. He graduated at the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1836, where he followed a full course of chemistry under Robert Hare. The active practice of medicine not being congenial to him, in 1836 he was appointed chemist to the geological survey of Pennsylvania being administered by his brother Henry. He continued in this position for six years. In 1841-42 he was temporary instructor in chemistry at the University of Virginia and was elected, in March 1842, to the professorship of general and applied chemistry and materia me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Montresor Rogers
Major General Robert Montresor Rogers, (4 September 1834 – 5 February 1895) was a British Army officer and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Details He was 25 years old, and a lieutenant in the 44th Regiment of Foot, British Army during the Second Opium War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 21 August 1860 at the Taku Forts, China, Lieutenant Rogers, together with a private ( John McDougall) of his regiment and a lieutenant of the 67th Regiment ( Edmund Henry Lenon) displayed great gallantry in swimming the ditches and entering the North Taku Fort by an embrasure during the assault. His citation reads: Further information He later achieved the rank of major general. He died in Maidenhead, Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Rogers (novelist)
Robert "Bob" Rogers is an American writer of over 24 romance novels under the female pennames Lee Rogers, Jean Barrett, Jean Thomas, and Jeanie Thomas since 1979. Biography Robert "Bob" Rogers lives with his wife Laura near along the shore of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin, U.S. He published romance novels since 1979 under female pennames Lee Rogers, Jean Barrett, and Jean Thomas at different publishers: Harlequin-Silhouette, Kensington, Berkley and Dorchester. Bibliography Source: As Lee Rogers *''All These Splendid Sins'' (1979) As Jean Barrett Single novels *''Fire Bird'' (1985) *''Hot On Her Trail'' (1990) *''Heat'' (1991) *''A Ring of Gold'' (1992) *''Held Hostage'' (1992) *''White Wedding'' (1995) *''Fugitive Father'' (1998) *''My Lover's Secret'' (1999) *''Not Without You'' (2011) Crossing Series #''Delaney's Crossing'' (1997) #''Archer's Crossing'' (1999) #''McAllister's Crossing'' (2001) Hawke Family #''The Hunt for Hawke's Daughter'' (2001) #''Private Investigations'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hargreaves Rogers
Sir Robert Hargreaves Rogers (20 January 1850 – 30 November 1924) was Sheriff of the City of London. He was knighted in 1897. References Knights Bachelor 1850 births 1924 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery Sheriffs of the City of London British businesspeople {{UK-law-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Athlyi Rogers
Robert Athlyi Rogers (6 May 1891 – 24 August 1931), born in Anguilla, was the author of the '' Holy Piby'', and founder of the "Afro-Athlican Constructive Church". Biography He was born on the island of Anguilla on 6 May 1891, and immigrated to the United States as a youth. In 1917, Rogers wrote the ''Negro Map of Life'' and founded the ''United Home and Bank of the Negroes''. Ministry According to Alfredo Nieves Moreno in the ''Encyclopedia of Puerto Rico'', the 1920s and 1930s were an active and exciting time for the social movements that sought to highlight the importance of African heritage in the world. Among the most significant developments were the government of Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I and Marcus Mosiah Garvey's ideas of "Africa for Africans" and his ''Universal Negro Improvement Association'' (UNIA), which also inspired the Rastafarian movement begun by Leonard Percival Howell in Jamaica. Pastor Robert Athlyi Rogers emerged from this evolution of thoug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
