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Robert Day (settler)
Robert Day may refer to: * Robert Day (antiquarian) (1836–1914), Irish antiquarian and photographer * Robert Day (Australian politician) (1886–1968), New South Wales politician * Robert H. Day (judge) (1867–1933), lawyer and judge in Ohio * Robert H. Day (soldier) (1835–1929), Union officer, railroad engineer and electrical engineer * Robert Day (Irish politician, born 1746) (1746–1841), Irish politician, barrister and judge *Robert Day (Irish politician, born 1884) (1884–1949), Irish Labour Party politician from Cork * Robert Day (cartoonist) (1900–1985), American cartoonist * Robert L. Day (1920–1999), mayor of Boise, Idaho * Robert Day (director) (1922–2017), English film director *Robert Day (footballer) (born 1944), former Australian rules footballer * Robert Addison Day (born 1943), businessman *Robert Day (basketball) Robert Andrew Day (born January 31, 1982), is an American former professional basketball player, who last played with the Brazilian team Baur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Day (antiquarian)
Robert Day (1836–1914) was an Irish antiquarian and photographer who collaborated with Franz Tieze in producing imitation Williamite, Jacobite and Irish Volunteer glassware. Biography Day was an important and well-travelled antiquarian collector. He was involved in his family's extensive saddlery business together with a sports shop well known to Cork anglers. His wife Rebecca belonged to the Scott family who had an extensive ironmongery business in King Street (now McCurtain Street). They lived at Myrtle Hill outside Cork until 1906 and after at Patrick's Hill. He was president of the Cork Cuverian Society and its successor the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society from 1894 to 1914. There, he gathered an enormous collection of Irish archaeological artefacts which were auctioned in 1915 and turned up in the collections of John Hunt in Limerick and Walter J. Verschoyle-Campbell, as well as the Birmingham Archaeological Society, the Louth Archaeological Society, the Ulst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Day (Australian Politician)
Robert Lyndon Day (10 May 1886 – 16 July 1968) was an Australian politician. He was born in Melbourne to compositor George Day and Mary Ann Campbell. He was educated at Preston and Northcote and was an apprentice sailor by the age of thirteen. He deserted his ship in the United States, and five years later returned to Australia, becoming a canecutter in Cairns. On 19 September 1911 he married Annie Patience, with whom he had five children. He later became a railway and tramway worker, first at Ipswich and then in Sydney. From 1918 he was president of the New South Wales branch of the Federated Rubber and Allied Workers Union, and from 1925 to 1955 he was federal president. From 1953 to 1967 he was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert H
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Day (Irish Politician, Born 1746)
Robert Day (1746–1841) was an Irish politician, barrister and judge, who was a highly respected figure throughout his very long life. Even Daniel O'Connell, who thought him a poor lawyer and an equally poor judge, had high personal regard for him.Geoghegan p.63 Early life He was born in County Kerry, the third boy among the seven children of the Reverend John Day of Lohercannon, Tralee, Chancellor of Ardfert Cathedral, and his wife Lucy, one of the many daughters of Maurice FitzGerald, 14th Knight of Kerry (died 1729) and his wife Elizabeth Crosbie.Ball p.229 The Day family had come to Ireland from East Anglia in the seventeenth century. Robert's grandfather Edward Day was a prosperous merchant; his paternal grandmother was Ellen Quarry of Cork city. Among Robert's four brothers was Edward Day, Archdeacon of Ardfert. Robert and Edward were close throughout their lives, and Edward's death in 1808 was a great blow to Robert. A third brother, John Day, was Mayor of Cork in 1807 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Day (Irish Politician, Born 1884)
Robert Day (22 November 1884 – 1 May 1949) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official. He was born in Cork City to night watchman John Day and Mary Hogan, one of at least six children. He worked as a laundry van man and was married in October 1912 to laundress Christina O'Connell. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork Borough constituency at the 1922 general election. He lost his seat at the 1923 general election. He died on 1 May 1949 in Cork Cork or CORK may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container ***Wine cork Places Ireland * Cork (city) ** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G .... References External links * 1884 births 1949 deaths Labour Party (Ireland) TDs Members of the 3rd Dáil Politicians from Cork (city) Trade unionists from Cork (city) People of the Irish Civil War (Pro-Tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Day (cartoonist)
Robert James Day (September 25, 1900 – February 7, 1985) was an American cartoonist and book illustrator. Day studied at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles between 1919 and 1927, while also on staff at the ''Los Angeles Times''. Day was a long-time contributor to ''The New Yorker'', with his work appearing from September 1931 to May 24, 1976, including eight covers."Robert Day, 84, Dead; New Yorker Cartoonist," ''New York Times'' (FEB. 12, 1985). According to '''', he specialized in satirizing " heso-called athletic pursuits, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert L
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Day (director)
Robert Frederick Day (11 September 1922 – 17 March 2017) was an English film director. He directed more than 40 films between 1956 and 1991. Biography Day was born in Richmond, London, Sheen, England. He worked his way up from Clapperboard, clapper boy to camera operator then cinematographer while in his native country, and began directing in the mid-1950s. His first film as director, the black comedy ''The Green Man (film), The Green Man'' (1956) for the writer-producer team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, gained good reviews. Using this as a starting point, Day went on to become one of the industry's busiest directors including directing several Tarzan films. He relocated to Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood in the 1960s and directed many TV episodes and made-for-TV movies. He occasionally had small parts in his own productions, including ''The Haunted Strangler'' (1958), ''Two-Way Stretch'' (1960), and the TV mini-series ''Peter and Paul (film), Peter and Paul'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Day (footballer)
Robert John Day (born 13 April 1944) is a former Australian rules footballer who played most of his career in the SANFL with West Adelaide before moving to Victoria to play with Hawthorn in the VFL. Day was a centreman who started his career with West Adelaide in the SANFL in 1962, making his debut for the club in the Anzac Day "Grand Final Replay" against Norwood at the Adelaide Oval. In 1966 he was named in the All Australian team and was a three time Best & Fairest winner with West Adelaide (1965, 1966 and 1970) and captained the club in his final season (1970). He also represented South Australia 12 times at interstate football. In 1971 he moved to Victoria and signed with Hawthorn in the VFL. He was a member of that season's premiership team, playing as a half back flanker in Hawthorn's Grand Final win over St Kilda. He was replaced at half time because he was suffering from concussion. The final years of Day's career was interrupted by injury and he retired having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Addison Day
Robert Addison Day is an American business executive and philanthropist. He was the founder and former chairman and chief executive officer of Trust Company of the West until 2009. He is the chairman and president of the W. M. Keck Foundation. Early life Robert Addison Day is the grandson of Superior Oil Company founder William Myron Keck. He was born in 1943 in Los Angeles, California. He received a Bachelor of Science in economics from Claremont McKenna College in 1965.'Robert Addison Day Elected to Board of Trustees', on Brookings Institution website, July 06, 1998 He was enrolled in ROTC while at Claremont McKenna College. Career Day started his career at the financial firm White, Weld and Company in New York City. In 1971, he founded the Trust Company of the West. In 2001, he sold 70% of it to the Société Générale for $2.5 billion. Day serves on the board of directors of Freeport-McMoRan, Fisher Scientific, and Société Générale. He also sits on the board of trustees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Day (basketball)
Robert Andrew Day (born January 31, 1982), is an American former professional basketball player, who last played with the Brazilian team Bauru, of the Novo Basquete Brasil, the major Brazilian basketball league. Early life and career Born in Portland, Oregon, Day started to practice basketball at 10 years old. He went on to play high school basketball at Benson Polytechnic High School where he averaged over 20 points per game as a senior. College career After high school, Day played college basketball at Western Oregon University, with the Western Oregon Wolves. Professional career Day's first professional team was with the Algodoneros de la Comarca in Mexico where he stayed for two years. He stopped playing for a season and a half due to a lack of playing time and a lack of opportunities elsewhere. He returned to professional basketball again in Mexico in the second half of the 2007–08 season with Caballeros de Culiacan. The following season, he returned to Algodoneros de l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
