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Richard Roberts (violinist)
Richard Roberts may refer to: * Richard Roberts (engineer) (1789–1864), British engineer * Richard Roberts (sea captain) (1803–1841), Irish captain of the SS ''President'' * Richard Roberts (Australian politician) (1835–1903), New South Wales politician * Richard Roberts (theologian) (1874-1945), British/Canadian theologian and pacifist * Richard Roberts (priest) (1884–1970), Anglican Archdeacon of St Asaph * Richard Howell Roberts (1916–1986), Canadian Surgeon General * Richard Roberts (footballer), English footballer in the 1940s * Richard Roberts (soccer), American soccer forward in the 1940s and 1950s * Richie Roberts (born 1937), former New Jersey police detective and defense attorney * Sir Richard J. Roberts (born 1943), British biochemist and Nobel laureate * Richard Roberts (evangelist) (born 1948), American charismatic televangelist * Richard Roberts (geoscientist) (also known as Bert), Australian geoscientist and archaeologist, director of ARC Centre of Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Roberts (engineer)
Richard Roberts (22 April 1789 – 11 March 1864) was a Welsh patternmaker and engineer whose development of high-precision machine tools contributed to the birth of production engineering and mass production. Early life Roberts was born at Llanymynech, Powys, on the border between England and Wales. He was the son of William Roberts, a shoemaker, who also kept the New Bridge tollgate. Roberts was educated by the parish priest, and early found employment with a boatman on the Ellesmere Canal and later at the local limestone quarries. He received some instruction in drawing from Robert Bough, a road surveyor, who was working under Thomas Telford. Roberts then found employment as a patternmaker at Bradley Iron works, Staffordshire, and, probably in 1813, moved to a supervisory position in the pattern shop of the Horsely Iron works, Tipton. He had gained skills in turning, wheel-wrighting and the repair of mill-work. He was drawn for the militia and to avoid this made for Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard J
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] |
Chi-Pig
Chi-Pig was a new wave power trio hailing from Akron, Ohio that formed in 1977. History Before Chi-Pig During the 1960s and 1970s, Susan Schmidt (daughter of Marjorie H. Schmidt of The Co-eds) and Deborah Smith were active in several area bands, notably The Poor Girls, Cinderella's Revenge, and Friction.Riegel, Richard (2004)Are We Not Zen? We Are Repo!, ''Village Voice'', August 31, 2004. Retrieved January 26, 2014Heylin, Clinton (1993) ''From the Velvets to the Voidoids: a Pre-punk History for a Post-punk World'', Penguin Books Ltd., , p. 59, 298 Smith and Schmidt formed The Poor Girls with Pam Johnson and Esta Kerr in 1965, while studying at Litchfield Junior High School, the first significant rock band to come from Akron and the first to consist only of women.Adams, Deanna R. (2002) ''Rock 'n' Roll and the Cleveland Connection'', Kent State University Press, , pp. 159-162 They played regularly, were profiled by Jane Scott in ''The Plain Dealer'', and opened for bands such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Owain Roberts
Richard Owain Roberts (born 1982) is a Welsh author. He is the author of the novel ''Hello Friend We Missed You,'' which has been hailed as "a turning point for Welsh fiction", and the short story collection ''All The Places We Lived.'' ''Hello Friend We Missed You'' won the 2020 Not The Booker prize in a "stunning victory that, for the English literary establishment at least, seemed to come from nowhere". There has been international interest in adapting his work for film and television. Known for his elusive reputation, Roberts has been described as "an important new voice in fiction, not just in Wales" and an "authentic interpreter of contemporary hipster hell". Roberts is a supporter of Welsh independence and is a member of the non-party affiliated YesCymru movement. Early life and education Roberts was born and raised on Anglesey (Ynys Môn), his first language is Welsh and he has made a point of refusing to recognise the name Anglesey in interviews or his work. Describin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Roberts (pharmaceutical Executive)
Richard H. Roberts (born 1957) is an American pharmaceutical executive, philanthropist, and political activist. Biography Born in a secular Jewish family Philadelphia in 1957 and raised in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Abington Township, Pennsylvania, the son of Albert Roberts. His father, a chemist, started URL Pharma in 1946 which manufactured steroidal hormones that treated pain by collecting pig pituitary glands from slaughterhouses. Roberts earned a M.D. and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. After school, he took over his father's money-losing pharmaceutical company. In 1997, he sold majority control of the firm to several venture capital firms which left him as the CEO of the company with a ~30% ownership interest. In 2009, the FDA approved colchicine as a monotherapy for the treatment of three different indications (familial Mediterranean fever, acute gout flares, and for the prophylaxis of gout flares) and gave URL Pharma a three-year marke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard W
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] |
ARC Centre Of Australian Biodiversity And Heritage
__NOTOC__ The ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH) is a research centre which focuses on the natural, historic and Indigenous heritage of Australia. Its aim is to increase understanding of the past in order to be able to better adapt and plan for the future. The facility was opened at Parliament House, Canberra on 22 June 2017, and planned to run for seven years. It is funded by a grant of from the Australian Research Council, million from the New South Wales Government, and million from 20 universities, museums, and organisations, which will pay for about 40 new research positions and over 50 students over the term of its existence. An outreach program to schools and the broader community has been set up to engage participation and interest in science, and educational facilities to help train new researchers, with a particular focus on nurturing the careers of Indigenous and female researchers. As well as including scholars from STEM disci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Roberts (evangelist)
Richard Lee Roberts (born November 12, 1948) is an American television evangelist and faith healer who serves as the chairman and chief executive officer of the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association. He previously served fifteen years as the president of Oral Roberts University. Early life and education Richard Lee Roberts was born on November 12, 1948, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of evangelist Granville Oral Roberts and schoolteacher Evelyn Lutman Roberts. The third of four children, Richard had an older sister, Rebecca Ann, who was killed, along with her husband, Marshall Nash, in a plane crash in 1977; and an older brother, Ronald David, who committed suicide in 1982, six months after coming out as homosexual, and five months after entering a drug rehabilitation facility. Robert's younger sister, Roberta Jean Potts, is a practicing attorney in Tulsa. As a young boy, Roberts watched his father travel the United States and the world conducting healing meetings, where he would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richie Roberts
Richard M. Roberts (born November 28, 1937) is an American attorney. Roberts was a former law enforcement officer who worked as a detective in the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and Essex County Bureau of Narcotics. After completing law school at Seton Hall University and passing the bar examination, Roberts served as an Assistant Prosecutor in the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. Roberts is recognized for his role in the investigation, arrest, and prosecution of Harlem "drug kingpin" Frank Lucas, who operated a heroin smuggling and distribution ring in the New York City neighborhood. In addition to bringing down Lucas's operation, Roberts's investigation also uncovered police corruption connected with the drug trade. Lucas's criminal enterprise and the investigation by Roberts was the subject of the 2007 film '' American Gangster'', starring actor Denzel Washington (as Lucas) and New Zealand actor Russell Crowe (as Roberts). After Lucas was incarcerated, Roberts e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Roberts (sea Captain)
Richard Roberts (1803–1841) was an Irish sea captain. He entered the Royal Navy in his youth and served with them until he gained the rank of Lieutenant, and was given command of the SS ''Sirius''. With Roberts at the helm, the ''Sirius'' became the first steamship to travel across the Atlantic to America, in April 1838. Shortly afterward, he was transferred to the SS ''President'', which was lost at sea in March 1841. Roberts is presumed to have gone down with the ship. Actor Tyrone Power, great-grandfather of the Hollywood movie star, was also a passenger and perished in the ''President''. Roberts loved the sea so, that he's quoted as saying "..I'd go to sea in a bath tub".Great Ocean Liners, PBS television, c.1993 See also *The captain goes down with the ship *Tyrone Power Tyrone Edmund Power III (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958) was an American actor. From the 1930s to the 1950s, Power appeared in dozens of films, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Roberts (soccer)
Richard Roberts may refer to: Clergypeople * Richard Roberts (theologian) (1874–1945), British-Canadian theologian and pacifist * Richard Roberts (priest) (1884–1970), Welsh Anglican priest * Richard Roberts (evangelist) (born 1948), American charismatic televangelist Sportspeople * Richard Roberts (footballer, born 1878) or Dick Roberts (1878–1931), English footballer * Richard Roberts (rugby) or Dick Roberts (1889–1973), New Zealand rugby union player * Richard Roberts (footballer, born 1891) or Dick Roberts, Welsh footballer * Richard Roberts (English footballer), English footballer in the 1940s * Richard Roberts (American soccer), American soccer forward in the 1940s and 1950s Other people * Richard Roberts (engineer) (1789–1864), British engineer * Richard Roberts (sea captain) (1803–1841), Irish captain of the SS ''President'' * Richard Roberts (Australian politician) (1835–1903), New South Wales politician * Richard Howell Roberts (1916–1986), Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Roberts (footballer)
Richard Roberts may refer to: Clergypeople * Richard Roberts (theologian) (1874–1945), British-Canadian theologian and pacifist * Richard Roberts (priest) (1884–1970), Welsh Anglican priest * Richard Roberts (evangelist) (born 1948), American charismatic televangelist Sportspeople * Richard Roberts (footballer, born 1878) or Dick Roberts (1878–1931), English footballer * Richard Roberts (rugby) or Dick Roberts (1889–1973), New Zealand rugby union player * Richard Roberts (footballer, born 1891) or Dick Roberts, Welsh footballer * Richard Roberts (English footballer), English footballer in the 1940s * Richard Roberts (American soccer), American soccer forward in the 1940s and 1950s Other people * Richard Roberts (engineer) (1789–1864), British engineer * Richard Roberts (sea captain) (1803–1841), Irish captain of the SS ''President'' * Richard Roberts (Australian politician) (1835–1903), New South Wales politician * Richard Howell Roberts (1916–1986), Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
