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Richard Hill (ironmaster)
Richard Hill may refer to: Politicians * Richard Hill of Hawkstone (1655–1727), English diplomat and protector of the Vaudois * Richard Hill (Pennsylvania politician) (died 1729), mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Sir Richard Hill, 2nd Baronet (1732–1808), English religious revivalist and politician * Richard Noel-Hill, 4th Baron Berwick (1774–1848), British peer * Richard Hill (New South Wales politician) (1810–1895), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * Richard Hill (Queensland politician) (1885–1959), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly * Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys (1931–2013), British landowner and Conservative politician * Rick Hill (born 1946), U.S. Representative from Montana * Richard Hill (Jamaica) (1795–1872), mixed-race Jamaican lawyer who campaigned for the rights of free coloureds Sports Association football * Richard Hill (footballer, born 1893) (1893–1971), England international footballer * Richard Hill (footballer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hill Of Hawkstone
Richard Hill of Hawkstone Hall, Shropshire, was baptised at Hodnet, Shropshire, on 23 March 1655 and died unmarried at Richmond, Surrey, on 11 June 1727, aged 72. He was known as 'the Great Hill', diplomatist, public servant and statesman, who accumulated great wealth through a series of profitable appointments and judicious dealings. He was the second son of Rowland Hill (baptised 1623?) of Hawkstone and his wife, Margaret Whitehall of Doddington, Shropshire. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and admitted to St John's College, Cambridge (BA 1679; MA 1682), and was ordained deacon. In 1675, he worked as a tutor to the sons of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, and then to the children of Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester. Through Hyde, he became acquainted with Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh, paymaster of the forces, by whom he was appointed deputy paymaster of William III to the army in Flanders during the War of the Grand Alliance, 1688–96. In the 1690s and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hill (cricketer, Born 1900)
Richard Hamilton Hill (28 November 1900 – 5 October 1959) was an English first-class cricketer active 1921–31 who played for Middlesex and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He was born in Kensington; died in Westerham Westerham is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 3.4 miles east of Oxted and 6 miles west of Sevenoaks, adjacent to the Kent border with both Greater London and Surrey. It is recorded as early .... References 1900 births 1959 deaths English cricketers Middlesex cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Free Foresters cricketers H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hills (other)
Richard Hills may refer to: * Richard Hills (cricketer) (born 1951), former English cricketer * Richard Hills (jockey) (born 1963), retired flat racing jockey * Richard Hills (politician) (born 1985/86), New Zealand politician on Auckland Council * Richard L. Hills (1936–2019), English historian * Richard Edwin Hills (1945–2022), British astronomer and professor of radio astronomy * Dick Hills (1926–1996), British comedy writer, see Dick Hills and Sid Green Richard Michael Hills (17 January 1926 – 6 June 1996) and Sidney Green (24 January 1928 – 15 March 1999),Denis Giffor ''The Independent'', 17 March 1999 informally known as Sid Green and Dick Hills, were a British partnership of television com ... See also * Richard Hill (other) {{hndis, Hills, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hill (actor)
Richard "Rick" Hill (born January 26, 1953) is an American actor, author, and former gridiron football player. He is perhaps best known for his appearances in several films from veteran producer Roger Corman, including playing the title role in two installments of his ''Deathstalker'' series. He also collaborated with controversial baseball figure Pete Rose on his autobiography. Football career Hill was a three-sport letterman for Perrysburg High in Perrysburg, Ohio. In football, he twice won MVP honors in the Northern Lakes League, and was also a league all-star in basketball. He was recruited by the Georgia Tech football program, but his career was plagued by injuries. Before 1972, NCAA players were required to spend a year on a freshman team before graduating to the varsity team. Despite a slow start which he attributed to an ankle sprain, Hill led the so-called "Baby Jackets" in ground gains, in part because future College Hall of Famer Randy Rhino was moved to defense. Hil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Leslie Hill
Richard Leslie Hill (18 February 1901 – 21 March 1996) was an English civil servant and historian of Sudan, "one of the great pioneers in the study of the modern history of the Sudan".R. S. O'FaheyRichard Leslie Hill 1901-1996 ''Sudanic Africa'' 8 (1997), pp. 1-15. This has a comprehensive bibliography, including book reviews and miscellaneous contributions. Lecturer in Near Eastern history at Durham University from 1949 to 1966, he established the Sudan Archive there, "one of the most remarkable initiatives by any British university".Nicolas BarkerRichard Hill: Obituary 3 April 1996 Works Hill's books fall into three main classes: reference works, editions of 19th-century memoirs or travel journals, and synthesising monographs. * ''Toryism and the people, 1832-1846'', 1929 * ''A bibliography of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, from the earliest times to 1937'', 1939 * ''A biographical dictionary of the Sudan'', 1951. 2nd ed., 1967 * ''Egypt in the Sudan, 1820-1881'', 1959 * ''Sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hill (RAF Officer)
Lieutenant Richard Frank Hill (28 April 1899 – 17 September 1918) was a British World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. Biography Hill was born in Redcar, Yorkshire, the son of Frank Hill, and grandson of Richard Hill. He was educated at the Grange School in Crowborough, East Sussex, and at Charterhouse School, Surrey. He left school at Easter 1917, about the time of his 18th birthday, and joined the Royal Flying Corps. From cadet he was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant (on probation) on 21 June, and on 25 August was appointed a flying officer (observer) and confirmed in his rank, with seniority from 22 July. Posted to No. 20 Squadron, Hill gained his first victory on 19 August, in a F.E.2d, piloted by Second Lieutenant C. B. Simpson, by driving down 'out of control' an Albatros D.V over Comines. For all his subsequent victories, which were all over D.Vs, he was in a Bristol F.2b piloted by Lieutenant Harry Luchford. They were all gain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Hill (narrator)
Dick Hill (November 2, 1946 – October 4, 2022) was an American audiobook narrator who narrated over 1,000 audiobooks — including Harry Bosch and Jack Reacher series — and won three Audie Awards The Audie Awards (, rhymes with "gaudy"; abbreviated from ''audiobook''), or simply the Audies, are awards for achievement in spoken word, particularly audiobook narration and audiodrama performance, published in the United States of America. They .... He was the recipient of a Golden Voices award from '' AudioFile'' magazine. He worked with his wife, Susie Breck, who is also an audiobook narrator and director. Prior to his career as an actor, Hill served as a Marine in Vietnam. Hill died on October 4, 2022 after opting to forgo an aggressive form of chemotherapy, a decision he shared publicly. References External linksDick Hill's website Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Audiobook narrators American male voice actors Place of birth missing (living peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Hill (scientist)
Richard "Dick" P. Hill is a scientist. His work in Applied Molecular Oncology has led to advanced cancer treatments. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and gained a B.A in Physics from St John's College, Oxford in 1964 and a Ph.D from London University in 1967. He carried out research at the Ontario Cancer Institute from 1967 to 1971, the Institute of Cancer Research, London from 1971 to 1973 and from 1973 at the Ontario Cancer Institute. In 2015, Hill was a professor at the Ontario Cancer Institute and a Senior Scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre within the University Health Network, which is affiliated with the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. Honours * 2007, awarded the Robert L. Noble Prize for Excellence in Cancer Research by the Canadian Cancer Society The Canadian Cancer Society (french: Société canadienne du cancer) is Canada's largest national cancer charity and the largest national charitable funder of cancer research in Canada. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hill (musician)
Richard Hill (born 22 August 1942) is a British composer. He initially studied trombone at the Royal College of Music in London in the 1960s, before moving into music production and composition. Career At the Royal College of Music Hill became a founder member of the London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble. He also worked in rock and jazz circles playing with the Dave Keir Jazz Band among others. After leaving College, Hill played in a number of symphony orchestras on a freelance basis including the Royal Opera House Orchestra, the London Philharmonic and the Philharmonia. Working under such conductors as Sir Georg Solti, Leonard Bernstein and Rudolf Schwarz, Hill further broadened his musical experience by playing Duke Ellington's music under Billy Strayhorn in a production of Shakespeare's ''Timon of Athens''. In the 1960s, Hill’s career underwent a sea change when he joined Polydor Records as a producer and studio arranger at the height of the sixties pop boom. He stopped playing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hill (martyr)
Richard Hill may refer to: Politicians * Richard Hill of Hawkstone (1655–1727), English diplomat and protector of the Vaudois * Richard Hill (Pennsylvania politician) (died 1729), mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Sir Richard Hill, 2nd Baronet (1732–1808), English religious revivalist and politician * Richard Noel-Hill, 4th Baron Berwick (1774–1848), British peer * Richard Hill (New South Wales politician) (1810–1895), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * Richard Hill (Queensland politician) (1885–1959), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly * Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys (1931–2013), British landowner and Conservative politician * Rick Hill (born 1946), U.S. Representative from Montana * Richard Hill (Jamaica) (1795–1872), mixed-race Jamaican lawyer who campaigned for the rights of free coloureds Sports Association football * Richard Hill (footballer, born 1893) (1893–1971), England international footballer * Richard Hill (footballe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hill (priest)
Richard Hill (1782–1836) was a London-born Church of England priest who was appointed as a chaplain to the colony of New South Wales in 1818. He became the first minister of St James' Church, Sydney, after its consecration in 1824, serving there until he died suddenly in 1836 while on duty in the church. Described as a "charitable man, industrious and a good organiser", Hill was active in philanthropy and humanitarian organisations and after his sudden death was much mourned. He was succeeded at St James by William Grant Broughton. London life Hill was the son of school master Joshua Hill and Milborough (née Arnett). He married Phoebe Sapphira Kerrison (1780–1863) on 19 December 1808 at St Marylebone Parish Church. He was ordained priest by the Bishop of London in 1813 and appointed in 1818 as assistant to William Cowper at St Philip's Church, Sydney. Voyage to the colony of New South Wales Richard and Phoebe sailed from Portsmouth on 20 November 1818 for New South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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