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Richard Ford (other)
Richard Ford (born 1944) is an American novelist and short story writer. Richard Ford may also refer to: * Sir Richard Ford (Southampton MP) (c. 1614–1678), English merchant and politician, MP for Southampton 1661–1678 * Richard Ford (ironmaster) at Coalbrookdale, England, in the 18th century * Richard Ford (East Grinstead MP) (1758–1806), English politician, MP for East Grinstead 1789–1790, Appleby 1790–1791 * Richard Ford (English writer) (1796–1858), English writer * Sir Richard Ford (Royal Marines officer) (1878–1949), British Royal Marines general * Richard Ford (music editor), British music editor and music producer * Richard Thompson Ford, professor of law at Stanford Law School See also * Richard Foord, British Liberal Democrat politician * Ricky Ford Ricky Ford (born March 4, 1954) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Biography Ford was born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States,) and studied at the New England Conservatory.Ricky Ford AllMusic In 1974 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Ford
Richard Ford (born February 16, 1944) is an American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works are the novel '' The Sportswriter'' and its sequels, '' Independence Day'', ''The Lay of the Land'' and ''Let Me Be Frank With You'', and the short story collection '' Rock Springs'', which contains several widely anthologized stories. Ford received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1996 for ''Independence Day''. Ford's novel ''Wildlife'' was adapted into a 2018 film of the same name. He won the 2018 Park Kyong-ni Prize. Early life Ford was born in Jackson, Mississippi, the only son of Parker Carrol and Edna Ford. Parker was a traveling salesman for Faultless Starch, a Kansas City company. Of his mother, Ford said, "Her ambition was to be, first, in love with my father and, second, to be a full-time mother." When Ford was eight years old, his father had a severe heart failure, and thereafter Ford spent as much time with his grandfather, a former prizefighter and hotel ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Ford (Southampton MP)
Sir Richard Ford (c. 1614 – 31 August 1678) was an English merchant and local and national politician. He was the younger son of merchant Thomas Ford of Exeter, Devon and educated at Exeter College, Oxford and Gray's Inn. He moved to live in Rotterdam, from where he supplied the Royalist Forces during the English Civil War. He was a member of the Merchant Adventurers by 1644, acting as governor from 1660 to 1675. He returned to England in 1652 and was a Commissioner of the East India Company (1658–1663, 1664–1665) and Deputy Governor of the Royal Adventurers in Africa Company (1663). He was knighted in 1660. He was elected MP for Southampton in 1661 and proved an active member, serving on many committees. He was made an Alderman in London the same year and a Deputy Lieutenant for London a year later, positions he held until his death. He was elected Sheriff of London for 1663–64 and Lord Mayor of London for 1670–71. He served on a number of public Commissions. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Ford (ironmaster)
Richard Ford (born February 16, 1944) is an American novelist and short story writer, best known for his novels featuring Frank Bascombe. Early in his career, Ford established himself as a master of the short story genre when his first collection '' Rock Springs'' was published to immediate acclaim in 1987. Ford's work has earned many honors and worldwide recognition. In the United States, he received the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for his novel '' Independence Day''. In Spain, he garnered their prestigious Princess of Asturias Award for 2016. In 2018, Ford received the Park Kyong-ni Prize, the primary international literary award of South Korea. Recently, his novel ''Wildlife'' was adapted into a 2018 film of the same name, and in 2023 Ford published ''Be Mine'', his fifth work of fiction chronicling the life of Frank Bascombe. Early life Ford was born in Jackson, Mississippi, the only son of Parker Carrol and Edna Ford. Parker was a traveling salesman for Faultless Starch, a Kan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coalbrookdale
Coalbrookdale is a village in the Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, England, containing a settlement of great significance in the history of iron ore smelting. It lies within the civil parish called the Gorge. This is where iron ore was first smelted by Abraham Darby using easily mined "coking coal". The coal was drawn from drift mines in the sides of the valley. As it contained far fewer impurities than normal coal, the iron it produced was of a superior quality. Along with many other industrial developments that were going on in other parts of the country, this discovery was a major factor in the growing industrialisation of Britain, which was to become known as the Industrial Revolution. Today, Coalbrookdale is home to the Ironbridge Institute, a partnership between the University of Birmingham and the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust offering postgraduate and professional development courses in heritage. Before Abraham Darby Before the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Madeley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Ford (East Grinstead MP)
Sir Richard Ford (1758 – 3 May 1806) was an English politician who sat in the house of Commons from 1789 to 1791. Ford was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of East Grinstead in Sussex at an unopposed by-election in February 1789. He held that seat until the general election in 1790, when he was returned unopposed for the borough of Appleby in Westmorland.Stooks Smith, page 560 He served less than a year as an MP for Appleby, until he resigned from the Commons in early 1791 by accepting the post of Steward of East Hendred. (The by-election for his successor was held in May 1791). After serving the Undersecretary of State in the home office, Richard Ford was for many years chief police magistrate of London, for which services he was knighted. Ford lived some years with actress Dorothea Jordan, who had three children by him, one of whom died. She left him when his promises of marriage were not fulfilled, because it went against the wishes of Ford's fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Ford (English Writer)
Richard Ford (1796–1858) was an English travel writer known for his books on Spain. Born in Chelsea into a high-class family and educated in Oxford, he first moved to Spain in 1830, where he travelled extensively and collected notes and drawings. Upon return to England, he wrote an account of his journeys in ''A Handbook for Travellers in Spain'', first published in 1845, described as one of masterpieces of the travel literature genre. An erudite art collector, he befriended many important art and literature figures of his time. Ford was a skilled drawer himself, and made illustrations for his own and his friends' books. Biography Ford was born at 129 Sloane Street, Chelsea on 21 April 1796, the elder son of Richard Ford (1758–1806), MP 1789–1791, Chief Magistrate at Bow Street and knighted 1801 and his wife Marianne (1767–1849), daughter of Benjamin Booth, East India Company Director and collector of the landscape paintings of Richard Wilson (1713/4–1782). Ford w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Ford (Royal Marines Officer)
__NOTOC__ General Sir Richard Vernon Tredinnick Ford, (18 February 1878 – 12 April 1949) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Adjutant-General Royal Marines. Military career Born on 18 February 1878, Ford was commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery in 1896 and promoted to captain in 1903. During the First World War he commanded the Royal Navy Siege Guns at Dunkirk, as Second-in-Command of the Royal Marine Heavy Brigade, and then served as Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters, Royal Marine Forces. For these services he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In January 1928 Ford, by then a colonel, was made a companion of the Order of the Bath, and was an aide-de-camp to the King from 1929 to 1930. Appointed Adjutant-General Royal Marines in June 1930, then the highest appointment within the Royal Marines, he was elevated to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in January 1933. He retired in October 1933 with the rank of General. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Ford (music Editor)
Richard Ford, formerly known as Rick Ford, is a music editor and music producer for feature film soundtracks and scores. He has worked with a number of critically acclaimed film makers, including Ben Affleck, Alexander Payne, Ted Demme and Kathryn Bigelow. He started his musical career as a bass player in his home town of London and later in New York City, working with, amongst others, guitarist Bill Nelson and singer/songwriter Joe Jackson. Ford moved to Los Angeles in the 1990s where he started his music editing career. He is best known for his work on films such as '' Argo'', ''The Descendants'', ''Sideways'', ''Election'', ''Training Day'' and ''American History X''. Early career Ford grew up in London within a musical family. He started playing piano at the age of four, and became a member of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s boys choir at the age of ten. He went on to study cello and alto sax as a teenager, and by his 20s had become known as a session bass player in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Thompson Ford
Richard Thompson Ford is George E. Osborne Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. His scholarship includes work on critical race theory, local government law, housing segregation, and employment discrimination. He has served as a housing commissioner for the San Francisco Housing Commission, and continues to work with local governments on issues of affordable housing and segregation. His book ''Rights Gone Wrong: How Law Corrupts the Struggle for Equality'' was chosen as one of the ''New York Times'' 100 Notable Books of 2011. He graduated with a BA from Stanford University in 1988 and a JD from Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States. Each class ... in 1991. Selected publications * ''Dress Codes.'' Simon & Schuster, 2021. * ''Universal Rights Down to Earth.'' New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Foord
Richard John Foord (; born 13 February 1978) is a British politician and former British Army officer who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tiverton and Honiton in Devon since 2022. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he won the seat in a by-election held on 23 June 2022, following the resignation due to scandal of the previous Conservative MP Neil Parish. Early life and education Foord was born in February 1978 in Weston-super-Mare and went to school in Backwell. He has a BA in history from Royal Holloway, University of London, an MSc in global security from Cranfield University and an MBA from the Open University. Career before politics Having attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Foord was commissioned into the Educational and Training Services Branch of the Adjutant General's Corps of the British Army on 13 April 2001. He was promoted to captain on 13 October 2003. After attending Staff College, he was promoted to major on 31 July 2009. He served ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
