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Ronald Wright (other)
Ronald Wright (born 1948) is a Canadian author. Ronald Wright or Ron Wright may also refer to: *Ron Wright (baseball) (born 1976), American baseball player * Winky Wright (Ronald Lamont Wright, born 1971), American boxer * Ron Wright (umpire) (1913–1968), Australian cricket umpire * Ronald Wright (cricketer) (1903–1992), English cricketer * Ron Wright (footballer) (1929–2001), Australian rules footballer *Ron Wright (politician) Ronald Jack Wright (April 8, 1953 – February 7, 2021) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 6th congressional district from 2019 until his death in 2021. He was a member of the Republican Party. After se ... (1953–2021), member of the United States House of Representatives * Ron Wright (wrestler) (1938–2015), American professional wrestler {{Hndis, Wright, Ronald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Wright
Ronald Wright (born 1948, London, England) is a Canadian author who has written books of travel, history and fiction. His nonfiction includes the bestseller ''Stolen Continents'', winner of the Gordon Montador Award and chosen as a book of the year by ''The Independent'' and the ''Sunday Times''. His first novel, ''A Scientific Romance'', won the 1997 David Higham Prize for Fiction and was chosen a book of the year by the ''Globe and Mail'', the ''Sunday Times'', and the ''New York Times''. Early life and education He studied archaeology at Cambridge University and later at the University of Calgary, where he was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1996. Career Wright has a background in archaeology, history, linguistics, anthropology and comparative culture. He has written both fiction and non-fiction books dealing with anthropology and civilizations. Wright was selected to give the 2004 Massey Lectures. His contribution, ''A Short History of Progress'', looks at the mode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Wright (baseball)
Ronald Wade Wright (born January 21, 1976) is an American former professional baseball player whose career spanned 11 seasons, from 1994 until 2004. During his career, spent entirely in the minor leagues with the exception of one major league game, he was used almost exclusively as a first baseman. Wright played one game in Major League Baseball (MLB), for the Seattle Mariners. Wright's one major league game was on April 14, 2002, which he started as the designated hitter for Seattle against the Texas Rangers. In three plate appearances, Wright achieved the dubious distinction of striking out (second inning), hitting into a triple play (fourth inning), and hitting into a double play (sixth inning). He was replaced by Mark McLemore in the seventh inning; Seattle went on to win the game, 9–7. , Wright is the only player to serve as a designated hitter in his only MLB game. After retiring from professional baseball, Wright earned a degree in pharmacy at Idaho State University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winky Wright
Ronald Lamont "Winky" Wright (born November 26, 1971) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 2012. He is a two-time light middleweight world champion and was the last to hold the undisputed title at that weight until Jermell Charlo in 2022. In his later career he also challenged for a unified middleweight world title. He announced his retirement from boxing in 2012, following a loss to Peter Quillin. In 2005, '' The Ring'' magazine ranked him as the world's second best active boxer, pound for pound. In 2017, it was announced that Wright had been elected as an International Boxing Hall of Fame member in the Modern Category, alongside Vitali Klitschko and Érik Morales, with the induction ceremony scheduled for June 2018. Professional career Early years After his second-round knockout of Carlos Santana on July 30, 1992, in St. Petersburg, Florida, the ring announcer called him "Winky" Wright, the name given to him by his grandmother when he was 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Wright (umpire)
Ronald James John Wright (1913 – 14 June 1968) was an Australian Test cricket umpire. Wright umpired 13 Test matches between 1948 and 1959. His first Test was between Australia and India at Adelaide Oval on 23 January to 28 January 1948, a match won by Australia by an innings, with Don Bradman scoring 201, Lindsay Hassett scoring 198 not out, and Ray Lindwall taking 7 wickets in the second innings. Wright's partner in this match was George Borwick. His last match was between Australia and England at Melbourne on 13 February to 18 February 1959, where the home team won comfortably. Les Townsend Leslie Hyde Townsend (born 4 October 1914 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; died 30 January 1986) was an Australian cricket Test match umpire. He umpired one Test match between Australia and England at Melbourne on 13 February to 18 F ..., officiating in his only Test match, was Wright's partner in this match. Wright umpired 61 first-class matches between 1945 and 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Wright (cricketer)
Ronald Charles Barton Wright (13 March 1903 – 3 July 1992) was an English cricketer. Wright was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox and who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Semilong, Northamptonshire and educated in the county at Wellingborough School. Wright made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire against Glamorgan in the 1923 County Championship. He next appeared for Northamptonshire in the 1930 County Championship against Worcestershire. He went on to make eight further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Worcestershire in the 1931 County Championship. In his total of ten first-class appearances, he scored 160 runs at an average of 10.00, with a high score of 56 not out. This score was his only first-class fifty and came against Somerset in 1930. He died at Northampton, Northamptonshire on 3 July 1992. His brother, Alan Wright Alan Geoffrey Wright (born 28 Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Wright (footballer)
Ron Wright (25 July 1929 – 20 November 2001) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to: People As a given name *Several members of the Somerset family (Dukes of Beaufort) have this as a middle-name: **FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855) ** Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beau ... in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Notes External links * * 1929 births 2001 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Fitzroy Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Wright (politician)
Ronald Jack Wright (April 8, 1953 – February 7, 2021) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 6th congressional district from 2019 until his death in 2021. He was a member of the Republican Party. After serving on Arlington's city council and as tax assessor-collector for Tarrant County, Wright was elected to the House of Representatives in 2018 and reelected in 2020. Before his death from COVID-19 on February 7, 2021, Wright had been diagnosed with lung cancer in June 2019. Early life and education Ronald Jack Wright was born on April 8, 1953, in Jacksonville, Texas, the son of Peggy Darlene (Powar) and George Willis Wright. He grew up in Azle, Texas, graduating from Azle High School in 1971. He then attended the University of Texas at Arlington for two years, studying history, psychology, and political science. Career Before entering politics Wright worked at Ceramic Cooling Tower, Inc. He wrote several op-eds for the ''Fort Worth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
