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Peter Morris (other)
Peter Morris may refer to: * Peter Morris (Australian footballer) (born 1933), Australian rules footballer for Richmond * Peter Morris (baseball) (1854–1884), Welsh baseball player * Peter Morris (cricketer) (born 1937), New Zealand cricketer * Peter Morris (English footballer) (born 1943), English football (soccer) player and manager * Peter Morris (ice hockey) (born 1955), WHA ice hockey player * Peter Morris (playwright) (born 1973), American playwright, television writer and critic * Peter Morris (politician) (born 1932), Australian politician * Peter Morris (surgeon) (1934–2022), transplant surgeon born in Australia * Peter Morris (swimmer) (born 1961), English Olympic swimmer * Peter Morris (writer) (born 1962), 1991 Scrabble World Champion and baseball historian See also * Peter Morice (died 1588), Dutch-born engineer * Peter Maurice (other) * Peter Temple-Morris (1938–2018), British politician {{hndis, Morris, Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Morris (Australian Footballer)
Peter Morris (26 July 1933 – 31 May 2024) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond Football Club, Richmond in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL). Notes External links * * Peter Morris at Tigerland Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Peter 1933 births 2024 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Richmond Football Club players Dandenong Football Club players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Morris (baseball)
Peter R. Morris (January 1, 1854 – December 9, 1884) was a 19th-century Welsh baseball player. He played in a single game for the Union Association's Washington Nationals on May 14, 1884. Until 2007, little was known about Morris before a writer of the same name discovered biographical information about him. Career Morris played in one major league game in his career. This came on May 14, 1884, as the shortstop for the Washington Nationals of the Union Association. In the game, he recorded no hits in three at-bats and had three assists and an error in the field. Early knowledge All that was originally known about Morris came from an initial listing in ''The Baseball Encyclopedia'', first published in 1969, for a player known as "P. Morris". This player was said to have been born in Rockford, Illinois. This entry, with the Rockford birthplace and the lack of a first name, persisted in the ''Total Baseball'' books of later vintage. Discovery In 2007, a writer for the Soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Morris (cricketer)
Peter Morris (born 3 December 1937) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He played ten first-class matches for Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ... between 1961 and 1963. See also * List of Auckland representative cricketers References External links * 1937 births Living people New Zealand cricketers Auckland cricketers Cricketers from Auckland {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Morris (English Footballer)
Peter Morris (born 8 November 1943 in Stockbridge) is an English former professional footballer and manager. During his career he made over 300 appearances for Mansfield Town and over 200 for Ipswich Town. His one goal for Norwich City was scored against title-chasing Queens Park Rangers on 17 April 1976. He was also a manager with numerous league and non-league clubs, and notably was player-manager when Mansfield Town were promoted to the Second Division In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ... in 1976-77. External linksPeter Morris at Sporting Heroes Living people 1943 births English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders English Football League players Mansfield Town F.C. players Ipswich Town F.C. players Norwich City F.C. players Pet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Morris (ice Hockey)
Peter Morris (born June 29, 1955) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played in the World Hockey Association (WHA). Career Drafted in the sixth round of the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins, Morris opted to play in the WHA after being selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the second round of the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft. He played parts of two WHA seasons for the Oilers. Personal life Morris's father, Frank Morris, played in the Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci .... Career statistics References External links * 1955 births Living people Canadian ice hockey left wingers Edmonton Oilers (WHA) draft picks Edmonton Oilers (WHA) players Ice hockey people from Edmonton Pittsburgh Penguins draft pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Morris (playwright)
Peter Morris (born 9 November 1973) is an American playwright, television writer and critic, best known for his work in British theatre. Biography Morris was born in Philadelphia and educated at The Haverford School and Yale University, graduating in 1997. He then studied at Somerville College, Oxford on a grant from the British Academy where he was active with OUDS as a writer and performer. Morris' plays are noteworthy for their willingness to address difficult political topics, including the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse in ''Guardians'' and the murder of James Bulger in "The Age of Consent". He is additionally known for his innovative adaptations of work by previous writers, including Aristophanes, Gilbert and Sullivan, and Maurice Maeterlinck. Morris has been included as part of the British school of "In-Yer-Face Theatre" by critic Aleks Sierz. Career ''The Age of Consent'' Morris' play ''The Age of Consent'', starring Ben Silverstone and Katherine Parkinson, "ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Morris (politician)
Peter Frederick Morris (born 29 July 1932) is a former Australian politician. Morris was born in Sydney and was an alderman on the Newcastle City Council from 1968 to 1974. He won the House of Representatives seat of Shortland in 1972. He was appointed Minister for Transport in the first Hawke Ministry in March 1983. In December 1984, he assumed the additional portfolio of aviation. In 1987, he became Minister for Resources and then was briefly Minister for Housing and Aged Care in early 1988. In February 1988, he became Minister for Transport and Communications Support, but was appointed to Cabinet as Minister for Industrial Relations in September 1988. After the 1990 election he was not re-elected to the ministry, due to the formalisation of Labor's faction system and the fact that he did not belong to a faction. Morris did not stand for re-election at the 1998 election. Allan Morris, Member of the House of Representatives for the neighbouring seat of Newcastle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Morris (surgeon)
Sir Peter John Morris, AC, FRS, FMedSci, FRCP, FRCS (17 April 1934 – 29 October 2022) was an Australian surgeon and Nuffield professor of surgery at the University of Oxford. Morris was President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, founder of the Oxford Transplant Centre and director of the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Education and career Morris was born in Australia in 1934 and after education at Xavier College, Melbourne, he was a medical student at St. Vincent's Hospital and the University of Melbourne, graduating in 1957. He commenced his surgical training in Melbourne before moving to the UK and the US to complete his training. Morris returned to Melbourne in 1968 to the University of Melbourne's Department of Surgery, becoming Reader in Surgery in 1971. In 1973, at the age of 39, he was appointed to the Nuffield Chair of Surgery at the University of Oxford. He held this post for 28 years before being el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Morris (swimmer)
Peter Morris (born 30 November 1961) is a British swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre butterfly at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo .... References External links * 1961 births Living people British male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) British male butterfly swimmers {{UK-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Morris (writer)
Peter Morris (born 1962) is an American baseball researcher and author. A lifelong love of baseball led him to membership in the Society for American Baseball Research, where he became an active member of the Biographical Committee, researching the lives of early major league baseball players. Morris is a highly respected baseball researcher, and is often interviewed or cited by major media outlets such as National Public Radio. He has written or co-authored nine books (as of 2014), including the major two-volume work ''A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations that Shaped Baseball'' in 2006, the first book to ever win both the Society for American Baseball Research’s Seymour Medal and the Casey Award. In 2012, he served on the Baseball Hall of Fame’s pre-integration committee. Early life and education Peter Morris was the first child of Ray and Ruth Morris. When he was two years old, the family moved to Washington, D.C. They moved again when he was seven, to Toron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Morice
Peter Morice (died 1588; - also sometimes spelt Morrys, Morris or Maurice) was a Dutch-born (some accounts describe him as a German) engineer who developed one of the first pumped water supply systems for the City of London. In London, his first pumps were powered by an undershot waterwheel housed in the northernmost arches of London Bridge, spanning the tidal River Thames. Early London water supply Until the late 16th century, London citizens were reliant for their water supplies on water from either the River Thames, its tributaries, or one of around a dozen natural springs, including the spring at Tyburn which was connected by lead pipe to a large cistern or tank (then known as a Conduit): the Great Conduit in Cheapside.''Water-related Infrastructure in Medieval London'', http://www.waterhistory.org/histories/london/ So that water was not removed for unauthorised commercial or industrial purposes, the city authorities appointed keepers of the conduits who would ensure that users ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Maurice (other)
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Peter Maurice may refer to: * Peter Maurice (priest) (1803–1878), Welsh priest and writer * Peter Maurice (bishop) (born 1951), Bishop of Taunton * Peter Maurice (Dean of Bangor) (died 1759) *Peter Maurice Music, a UK based music publishing company established in 1930 See also *Peter Morris (other) Peter Morris may refer to: * Peter Morris (Australian footballer) (born 1933), Australian rules footballer for Richmond * Peter Morris (baseball) (1854–1884), Welsh baseball player * Peter Morris (cricketer) (born 1937), New Zealand cricketer * P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |