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Fry (surname)
Fry is an English language, English and Scottish surname which derived from the Old Norse ''frjó'' meaning 'seed'. Notable people with that surname include: *Abi Fry (born 1986), Scottish musician *Adam Fry (born 1985), English footballer *Adrian Fry (born 1969), British musician *Alexander Fry (1821–1905), English entomologist *Arthur Fry (born 1931), American inventor and scientist *Barry Fry (born 1945), English football manager *Ben Fry (born 1975), American computer software expert and digital art designer *Bertha Fry (1893–2007), American supercentenarian *Beverly Jane Fry, Australian ballerina *Bob Fry (born 1930), American football player *Birkett D. Fry (1822–1891), Confederate general in the American Civil War *C. B. Fry (1872–1956), British sportsman, politician, writer, editor, and publisher *Caroline Fry (1787–1846), British Christian writer *Cecil Roderick Fry (1870–1952), English confectioner *Chance Fry (born 1964), retired American soccer player *Charl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic ( Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Fry
Charlotte Fry (born 11 February 1996) is an Olympic, European Championships and World Championships medal-winning British dressage rider. Personal story A daughter of Laura Fry, who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Charlotte Fry started riding at a young age. Aged 14, she started training with Olympic Champion Carl Hester, having weekly lessons from the age of 16. Hester told former Danish Olympiad Anne van Olst about Fry, after which Fry moved to the Netherlands to train with van Olst. Since 2012 she has lived and worked alongside her boyfriend in the Netherlands. Career In 2018 Fry became World Champion during the World Championships for Young Horses in Ermelo, riding Glamourdale in the 7-years old division. She also won at the 2018 European Championships for Grand Prix riders under the age of 25 in Exloo, Netherlands, with her horse Dark Legend. Fry competed at the 2019 European Championships in Rotterdam where she placed 4th with the British dress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dustin Fry
Dustin W. Fry (born October 3, 1983) is a former Americans, American football center and former offensive line coach for Arkansas Razorbacks football, Arkansas Razorbacks and SMU Mustangs football. He was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Clemson Tigers football, Clemson. Fry was also a member of the Cleveland Browns, Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos. College career Fry played college football at Clemson Tigers football, Clemson where he played in 47 games, starting 36, registering 171 knockdown blocks on 2,192 plays. He was a sports management major. Professional career Pre-draft Fry pulled a muscle during the NFL combine and did not attempt the agility drills, however, he bench pressed 225 pounds 34 times and ran a 5.28 forty-yard dash. St. Louis Rams Fry was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the fifth round (139th overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft. In his rookie season he played in four games and made hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas P
Douglas Pearce, known professionally as Douglas P (born 27 April 1956), is an English folk musician, record label owner, photographer and actor who is best known for his neofolk project Death in June. Pearce was born in Sheerwater in Woking, Surrey, and currently resides in Australia, where he has lived since the mid 90s. Early life Pearce was born on 27 April 1956, and grew up in Sheerwater, suburb of Woking in Surrey which he described as a "white, working-class ghetto", to a father who worked as a courier for the military, and had served in World War II. Both of his parents were English, though his mother claimed Scots-Irish ancestry. His father died of a heart attack at age 56, when Pearce was 14. Pearce grew up in what he describes as "a very militaristic environment, surrounded by war", and says that he "had a natural attraction to war". At the age of 18 Pearce left home and hitchhiked around Europe and "came home a changed man". As a child, Pearce was exorcised by h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Fry
Robert Douglas Fry (September 1872 – 9 July 1911) was an English Australian painter and illustrator, known for his paintings of animals, and especially horses. Biography Douglas Fry was born at Ipswich, Suffolk, England, son of Edward Fry, a corn and seed merchant, and his wife Annette née Ransome. His brother, Edward Ransome Fry, was also an artist, and his sister Constance Emily Fry married John Barlow Wood (1862-1949) a watercolour landscape artist. Douglas was educated at Ipswich Grammar School. Later he studied art at the Académie Julian in Paris, and in London where he did some illustrative work. In 1899 Douglas Fry came to Australia. He lived in Melbourne for some time, did some paintings of horses, and then went on to Sydney where he became a member of the Society of Artists (Australia), Society of Artists. In 1908 his "Mountain King" was purchased for the Art Gallery of New South Wales. He did illustrative work for ''The Lone Hand (magazine), The Lone Hand'' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Fry
Doug Fry was a professional rugby league footballer in the Australian competition the New South Wales Rugby League. Fry played for the Eastern Suburbs club in the seasons 1942–44. References *The Encyclopedia of Rugby League; Alan Whiticker and Glen Hudson Australian rugby league players Sydney Roosters players Year of birth missing Year of death missing Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Fry (other)
Donald Fry may refer to: * Donald C. Fry (born 1955), American politician * Donald K. Fry Donald K. "Don" Fry (March 31, 1937 – December 6, 2021) was an American writer and scholar. He began as a scholar of Old and Middle English literature at the University of Virginia and Stony Brook University. He changed fields to journalism ed ... (born 1937), American writer and scholar * Don Fry, Australian engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist See also * Don Frye (born 1965), American mixed martial artist {{hndis, Fry, Donald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Fry
Donald George Fry is an Australian engineer, company director, entrepreneur and philanthropist. NQEA Fry is the owner and chairman of NQEA, founded by his father in 1948 in Cairns, Queensland as a general engineering company contracting to the mining industry, then diversified. Fry started his apprenticeship as a Fitter and Turner with NQEA. Under Fry's direction, NQEA later entered the boat building and maintenance industry, and won the contract to build the 14 Australian follow-on Fremantle class patrol boats for the Royal Australian Navy that entered service in the 1980s, then provided maintenance for the ships. NQEA later built and maintained luxury pleasure boats. Hypersonics The Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra contracted NQEA to build a complete ground testing hypersonics test chamber to a design developed by him. In 2004 NQEA built a nozzle for a scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet engine) to be tested by the University of Queensland ground test facili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Fry
David Paul Fry (born 5 January 1960) is an English former professional football goalkeeper. Born in Bournemouth, he began his career at Weymouth as an amateur and in January 1977 signed for Crystal Palace. Fry was initially understudy to firstly, John Burridge and then Paul Barron but in the second half of the 1982–83 season, became first-choice goalkeeper after Barron left the club. In July 1983, however, he was transferred to Gillingham and later went on to play for Torquay United. After that, he moved into non-league football, playing for Cheltenham Town, Fisher Athletic and Yeovil Town in the Football Conference The National League (named Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons) is an association football league in England consisting of three divisions, the National League, National League North, and National League South. It was called th .... In April 1991, he scored with a wind assisted drop kick for Yeovil in a 7–2 win in a league game against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Fry
Daniel William Fry (July 19, 1908 – December 20, 1992) was an American contactee who claimed he had multiple contacts with an alien and took a ride in a remotely piloted alien spacecraft on July 4, 1949. He was born in Verdon Township, Minnesota. White Sands incident From the White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico where he worked, Fry had planned to join the July 4, 1949 evening festivities in nearby Las Cruces but missed the last bus. Finding the Bachelor Officers Quarters (BOQ) where he stayed too hot, he decided to explore a path in the desert he had never been down. There, Fry claimed a 30-foot (10 m) diameter, 16 foot (5 m) high "oblate spheroid" landed in front of him, and he talked remotely with the pilot who operated the craft from a "mother ship" 900 miles (1400 km) above Earth. Fry claimed he was invited aboard and flown over New York City and back in 30 minutes. During the flight and subsequent meetings, Fry asserted that he talked with the pilot named Alan, ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dael Fry
Dael Jonathan Fry (born 30 August 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Championship club Middlesbrough. Fry has represented England at under-17, under-18, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels. He has won the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup and 2018 Toulon Tournament with his country. Early life Born in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, Fry was scouted by Middlesbrough F.C. after being spotted playing for his local side Cleveland Juniors at the age of 7. Throughout the ranks of the Middlesbrough youth team, Fry made an impression with his progress at the academy. In October 2014, Fry signed his first professional contract with the club. Club career Fry made his first-team debut for Middlesbrough on 9 August 2015 at the age of 17, on the opening day of the 2015–16 Championship season – playing from the start and was named man of the match in a 0–0 draw against Preston North End. On 14 September, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig R
__NOTOC__ Craig may refer to: Geology * Craig (landform), a rocky hill or mountain often having large casims or sharp intentations. People (and fictional characters) * Craig (surname) *Craig (given name) Places Scotland * Craig, Angus, aka Barony of Craigie United States * Craig, Alaska, a city * Craig, Colorado, a city * Craig, Indiana, an unincorporated place *Craig, Iowa, a city *Craig, Missouri, a city *Craig, Montana Craig is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 43. Craig is located along Interstate 15 on the west side of the Missouri River, ..., an unincorporated place * Craig, Nebraska, a village * Craig, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Craig County, Virginia * Craig County, Oklahoma * Craig Township (other) (two places) Other uses * Craig (song) * Craig Electronics, a consumer electronics company * Craig Broadcast Systems, later Craig Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
