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Richard Fletcher (engineer) (born 1951), Briti ...
Richard Fletcher may refer to: Politicians * Richard Fletcher (American politician) (1788–1869), US Representative from Massachusetts * Richard Fletcher (died 1560), MP for Rye * Richard Fletcher (died c.1607), MP for Derby (UK Parliament constituency) Others * Richard Fletcher (bishop) (1545–1596), Anglican bishop * Sir Richard Fletcher, 1st Baronet (1768–1813), British army officer * Richard A. Fletcher (1944–2005), British historian * Richard Fletcher (rugby league) (born 1981), British rugby league player * Dick Fletcher (1942–2008), meteorologist * Richard Fletcher (conductor), American conductor of symphony, opera and ballet orchestras See also * Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood (William) Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood (born 31 July 1951), usually called Richard Inglewood, is a former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Lord Inglewood is a non-affiliated member of the House of Lords, a bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Fletcher (American Politician)
Richard Fletcher (January 8, 1788 – June 21, 1869) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. The brother of Governor Ryland Fletcher, he was born in Cavendish, Vermont on January 8, 1788. He pursued classical studies and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1806. He taught school in Salisbury, New Hampshire, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice there. He moved to Boston in 1819 and was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839). Fletcher was not a candidate for renomination to the Twenty-sixth Congress. He served as a judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Court 1848–1853, and died in Boston on June 21, 1869. His interment was in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge. Fletcher was elected as the first president of the American Statistical Association The American Statistical Association (ASA) is the main professional organization for statisticians and related professi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Fletcher (died 1560)
Richard Fletcher (by 1523 – 1559/1560), of Rye, Sussex, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Rye Rye (''Secale cereale'') is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe (Triticeae) and is closely related to both wheat (''Triticum'') and barley (genus ''Hordeum''). Rye grain is u ... in March 1553, April 1554 and 1559. References 16th-century deaths People from Rye, East Sussex English MPs 1553 (Edward VI) Year of birth uncertain English MPs 1554 English MPs 1559 {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Fletcher (died C (born 1951), British ...
Richard Fletcher may refer to: Politicians * Richard Fletcher (American politician) (1788–1869), US Representative from Massachusetts *Richard Fletcher (died 1560), MP for Rye * Richard Fletcher (died c.1607), MP for Derby (UK Parliament constituency) Others * Richard Fletcher (bishop) (1545–1596), Anglican bishop * Sir Richard Fletcher, 1st Baronet (1768–1813), British army officer * Richard A. Fletcher (1944–2005), British historian * Richard Fletcher (rugby league) (born 1981), British rugby league player * Dick Fletcher (1942–2008), meteorologist * Richard Fletcher (conductor), American conductor of symphony, opera and ballet orchestras See also * Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood (William) Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood (born 31 July 1951), usually called Richard Inglewood, is a former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Lord Inglewood is a non-affiliated member of the House of Lords, a bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby (UK Parliament Constituency)
Derby is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli .... It was a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of the British House of Commons, House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950. It was represented by two members of parliament. It was divided into the single-member constituencies of Derby North (UK Parliament constituency), Derby North and Derby South (UK Parliament constituency), Derby South in 1950. History Derby regularly sent two representatives to Parliament from Edward I's reign. In 1900 United Kingdom general election, 1900 it was one of the first two constituencies to elect a member from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Fletcher (bishop)
Richard Fletcher (1544/5, Watford – 15 June 1596) was a Church of England priest and bishop. He was successively Dean of Peterborough (1583–89), bishop of Bristol (1589–93), Bishop of Worcester (1593–95) and Bishop of London (1595–96). Fletcher was educated at Norwich School and at Trinity College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1562, graduating B.A. 1566. Moving to Corpus Christi College, where he gained a fellowship in 1569, he graduated M.A. 1569, B.D. 1576, D.D. 1580. He was the father of playwright John Fletcher. During Fletcher's time as Dean of Peterborough Cathedral he was present at the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots on 8 February 1587, described by Fraser as "pray(ing) out loud and at length, in a prolonged and rhetorical style as though determined to force his way into the pages of history" (1969:584), and presided over her initial funeral and burial at Peterborough Cathedral. Fletcher was elected Bishop of Bristol on 13 November 1589 and cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Richard Fletcher, 1st Baronet
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard Fletcher, 1st Baronet (1768 – 31 August 1813) was an engineer in the British Army known for his work on the Lines of Torres Vedras. He fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and Peninsular Wars, and was mentioned in dispatches a number of times, most notably for his actions at Talavera, Busaco, Badajoz and Vitoria. Fletcher was twice wounded in the line of duty before being killed in action at the Siege of San Sebastian. Personal life Little is known of Richard Fletcher's early life, even his exact date of birth is obscure. It is known however that the year was 1768 and his father was a clergyman.Heathcote (p.50) On 27 November 1796, at Plymouth, he married Elizabeth Mudge the daughter of a doctor. Fletcher and his wife went on to have five children together; two sons and three daughters. Though Fletcher was buried near to where he was killed at San Sebastián, a monument to his memory, purchased by the Royal Engineers, stands at the west ... [...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 Fletcher (rugby League)
Richard Fletcher (born 17 May 1981) is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer who played as a right-footed goal-kicking or in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for Great Britain (Academy) and Scotland, and at club level in the Super League for Hull F.C. ( Heritage No.) and the Castleford Tigers ( Heritage No. 838), in the Queensland Cup for the Eastern Suburbs Tigers, and in the Championship for Whitehaven, Widnes Vikings, Barrow Raiders and the Dewsbury Rams.David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000) "Images of Sport – Castleford Rugby League – A Twentieth Century History". The History Press Ltd. Background Fletcher was born in Kingston upon Hull, Humberside. Playing career International honours Fletcher won nine caps for Scotland between 2001 and 2009, scoring two tries. He was forced to rule himself out of the Scotland training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup through personal reasons. Club career Fletcher was tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Fletcher
Richard R. Fletcher (September 18, 1942 – February 26, 2008) was a broadcast meteorologist. He was Chief Meteorologist for WTSP in St. Petersburg, Florida, for 28 years. He was a holder of the American Meteorological Society Seal of Approval, having received it in 1978. Early life Fletcher, a native of Omaha, Nebraska, graduated from the University of Omaha in 1964. He had an early ambition to be a television news broadcaster and started his career in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at KCRG, working as a news anchor and occasionally doing the weather. In the early 1970s, he began working as a full-time meteorologist at KOA-TV in Denver, Colorado, and spent several years in the city. In 1976, he went to work in Corpus Christi and then back to KMTV in Omaha. In 1980, he left Omaha to begin his tenure at then-ABC affiliate (now CBS affiliate) WTSP-TV as chief meteorologist on March 17, 1980, replacing WTSP's chief meteorologist, Wally Kinnan. After his death, he relinquished the role to WT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Fletcher (conductor)
Richard F. Fletcher is an American conductor, composer and bassist. He has conducted for orchestras as well as opera and ballet companies. Early life and education Fletcher was born in Massachusetts. He began composing at age ten and subsequently studied piano, double bass, music theory and composition. He was awarded a Bruno Walter scholarship to the Juilliard School in New York where he studied conducting with Sixten Ehrling and Peter Maag, and composition with David Diamond and Roger Sessions. He also studied double bass and conducting at the New England Conservatory in Boston where he worked with Frank Battisti and Gunther Schuller, and he studied composition and conducting privately in New York with Jacques-Louis Monod, well-known music theorist and composer. Career During the early stages of his career Fletcher performed extensively on the double bass, including regular performances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops Orchestra. He was awarded the C.D. Jacks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
