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Rickard
Rickard is both an English surname and a masculine Swedish given name. It is of European origin and it is closely related to the given name Richard and the surnames Rickards and Richards. People with the surname *Bob Rickard (born 1945), founder and editor of the UK magazine ''Fortean Times: The Journal of Strange Phenomena'' *Brenton Rickard, (born 1983), breaststroke swimmer from Australia *Bruce Rickard, (1929–2010), Australian architect and landscape architect *Cliff Rickard, (born 1943), Australian Paralympic athlete, snooker player and table tennis player *Clinton Rickard, (1882–1971), Tuscarora chief known for founding the Indian Defense League, and for promoting Native American sovereignty * Derek Rickard, (born 1947), English footballer *Diana Rickard, (born 1953), Australian competition swimmer *Doug Rickard, (1939–2002), Australian-born space engineer *Edgar Rickard, (1874–1951), mining engineer and lifelong confidant of U.S. President Herbert Hoover *Eva Rickar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Rickard
''Fortean Times'' is a British monthly magazine devoted to the anomalous phenomena popularised by Charles Fort. Previously published by John Brown Publishing (from 1991 to 2001), I Feel Good Publishing (2001 to 2005), Dennis Publishing (2005 to 2021), and Exponent (2021), it is now published by Diamond Publishing, part of Metropolis International. In December 2018, its print circulation was just over 14,800 copies per month. This now appears to include digital sales. The magazine's tagline is "The World of Strange Phenomena". History Origin The roots of the magazine that was to become ''Fortean Times'' can be traced back to Bob Rickard's discovering the works of Charles Fort through the secondhand method of reading science-fiction stories: :" John Campbell, the editor of ''Astounding Science Fiction'' (as ''Analog'' was then titled), for example," writes Rickard "encouraged many authors to expand Fort's data and comments into imaginative stories." In the mid-1960s, while Ricka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinton Rickard
Clinton Rickard (1882–1971) was a Tuscarora chief known for founding the Indian Defense League, and for promoting Native American sovereignty. He worked for free passage of Native Americans across the US–Canada border, and to prevent the flooding of the Tuscarora Reservation. Biography Rickard was born 19 May 1882 on the Tuscarora Reservation in New York to George and Lucy Rickard "Clinton was one of ten soldiers detailed to protect Vice President Theodore Roosevelt on a visit to Buffalo in 1901. He later served with distinction in the US Cavalry during the Philippine insurrection after the Spanish–American War." He became a farmer, and was described as "plain-spoken." In 1926, Chief Clinton Rickards founded the Indian Defense League with Chief David Hill, Jr. and Sophie Martin. The purpose of the League is "to promote unrestricted travel across the international border between the United States and Canada." "Chief Rickard always preached the sovereignty of Indian natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Rickard
Georgia Rickard is an Australian-born travel journalist, magazine editor, author and media commentator. The former editor of Australia's largest-selling travel magazine, ''Australian Traveller'', Rickard has contributed to ''News Limited, Conde Nast, Fairfax Media'', ''BBC'' and several newspapers of note, including the ''South China Morning Post'' and ''The Times.'' Early career Rickard began her career in sales for a recruitment agency, a beginning she later credited for the foundations of an entrepreneurial outlook as a magazine editor. Under the tutelage of Valerie Khoo she transitioned to journalism, contributing on a freelance basis to titles such as ''Cosmopolitan'', ''CLEO'', ''Women's Health'', '' GQ'', ''Prevention'', and the ''Sunday Telegraph''. At 23, Rickard became editor of ''Healthy Food Guide'' magazine, making her the youngest Australian editor of a national title at the time. It was her first formal role in publishing. Despite the globally declining clima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Rickard
Rick "Ricky" Rickard (born 1958) is a retired New Zealand professional wrestler who competed in the National Wrestling Alliance-affiliated All Star-Pro Wrestling, promoted by his father Steve Rickard, as well as touring Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and the United States during the 1970s and early 1980s. He was a mainstay on his father's wrestling programme '' On the Mat'' and briefly held the NWA British Empire/Commonwealth Championship in 1983. Rickard also had a successful 10-year amateur career representing New Zealand as an amateur wrestler in the United States. Career Ricky Rickard began his career as an amateur at the age of 10 performing at Raynor Greeks Hall. As a youngster, he trained on a very small canvas mat before his father, Steve Rickard, purchased a rubber round mat for several thousand dollars. Rickard went on to have a long and successful career in the amateur ranks and eventually represented New Zealand in competition in the United States. Rickard later b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rickards
Rickards is an English surname. It is closely related to the surnames Rickard and Richards. Rickards may refer to: *Ashley Rickards, American actor *Barrie Rickards, British paleontologist *Clint Rickards, New Zealand police officer *Edwin Alfred Rickards, British architect *Emily Bett Rickards, Canadian actress *Esther Rickards (1893–1977), British surgeon and politician *Sir George Kettilby Rickards *George William Rickards, Member of Parliament *Harry Rickards, British-born comedian *James Rickards, American lawyer and financial commentator *Jocelyn Rickards (1924–2005), Australian costume designer * John Rickards (author), British crime-writer *John Rickards (priest), South African Anglican priest * John E. Rickards, American politician *Ken Rickards, West-Indian cricketer *Samuel Rickards, British clergyman *Scott Rickards, British footballer *Tudor Rickards Tudor Rickards (born 1941 in Pontypridd, Wales) is a self published author of non-fiction and fiction, a business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reuben Rickard
Reuben Rickard (August 20, 1841 – February 24, 1896) was a mining engineer He married Mary Elizabeth Humphreys October 3, 1863. They had six children, three of whom died young. who served as President of the Town Board of Trustees in Berkeley, California from 1891 to 1893, and again for about one month during 1895. Rickard was born on August 20, 1841, in England. Rickard was hired by John Taylor and Sons of London to oversee their mining and metallurgical operations in Pontgibaud, France in the 1860s. In 1875, the Rickard family emigrated to the United States as Reuben had been hired to manage the operations of the Richmond Mining Company in Eureka, Nevada. He worked there six years before taking on another job inspecting mines for English investors throughout the western U.S. and Mexico. The family finally settled in Berkeley, California on July 24, 1882. Reuben's wife died of tuberculosis on March 28, 1895, in Central City, Colorado. Reuben Rickard died February 24, 189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Rickard
Jack Rickard (March 8, 1922 – July 22, 1983), was an American illustrator for numerous advertising campaigns and multiple comic strips but was best known as a key contributor to '' Mad'' for more than two decades. Rickard's artwork appeared in more than 175 ''Mad'' issues, including 35 covers; he also illustrated sixteen ''Mad'' paperback covers. After attending the Rochester Institute of Technology on an art scholarship, Rickard did commercial art for Chaite Studios in the 1950s. He illustrated covers for "men's magazines" such as " Adventure" and " True Detective", contributed to Charlton Comics and worked as an assistant on the '' Li'l Abner'' comic strip. Soon after, he became a mainstay in the advertising field, where his work attracted the attention of ''Mads editors. He began illustrating for the humor magazine in 1961 and remained a regular until his death from cancer 22 years later. Comic strip In 1966–1967, he collaborated with Mell Lazarus on a newspaper comic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Rickard
Bruce Rickard (1 December 1929 – 22 September 2010; born Bruce Arthur Lancelot Rickard) was an Australian architect and landscape designer. Throughout his career, he was involved with the production of commercial, landscape and urban planning projects, but much of his work was residential, including the design of more than 80 family homes around the north shore and northern beaches of Sydney. He was one of the longest-serving Chapter Councillors with the Australian Institute of Architects, serving 16 years, and a founding member of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects. He was the first Australian to be awarded a Masters in Landscape Architecture. Early life Childhood Rickard was born on 1 December 1929 in Roseville, Sydney, to Arthur Lancelot Rickard and his wife Myfanwy. He grew up with his family, including his siblings, at their 5 acre property in Turramurra, who then moved to a small flat in Roseville during World War II. He attended Barker College, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Rickard
Tuaiwa Hautai "Eva" Rickard (née Kereopa; 19 April 1925 – 6 December 1997) rose to prominence as an activist for Māori land rights and for women’s rights within Māoridom. She was born in Raglan. Her methods included public civil disobedience and she is best known for leading the occupation of the Raglan golf course in the 1970s. Biography Eva Rickard was most notably regarded for her decade long, very public civil disobedience campaigns to have ancestral lands alongside Raglan harbour returned to the local tribes and Māori ''mana'' (power, effectiveness) and culture recognized. During the Second World War, the New Zealand Government took land from indigenous Māori owners by acquisition for the purpose of a military airfield. The land was not returned to the Tainui Awhiro peoples following the war; instead, a block was turned into a public Raglan golf course in 1969. Throughout the 1970s Rickard campaigned to raise public awareness about Māori land rights. After at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Rickard
Edgar Rickard (January 17, 1874 – January 21, 1951) was a mining engineer and lifelong confidant of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. Biography Family He was the son of mining engineer Reuben Rickard, and the brother of Thomas Rickard Thomas Rickard (1866–1911) was a mining engineer, an early resident of Berkeley, California, and served as the last President of the Town Board of Trustees from 1903 to 1909, before the new city charter went into effect, creating the office of ..., a mining engineer and one-time mayor of Berkeley, California. He was born on January 17, 1874, in Pontgibaud, France. Carrier For many years around the turn of the century, he was the editor of a mining journal in London. Diary Rickard maintained a diary. Due to his close connection with President Herbert Hoover, Rickard's diary has become an important source of information about Hoover. Death Rickard died on January 21, 1951 in San Francisco, California. References American mining en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenton Rickard
Brenton Scott Rickard (born 19 October 1983) is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Australia. He emerged at the international level in 2006, swimming at the Commonwealth games. He has captured multiple Olympic and World Championship medals, as well as world and Commonwealth records. During this period he was coached by Vince Raleigh. In 2009, he was Australian Institute of Sport Athlete of the Year. Olympic Games He arrived in Beijing as a medal contender and a serious threat for the gold medal in all three of his events. He set Australian, Commonwealth and Oceanic records, capturing silver medals in the 200-metre breaststroke and 4×100-metre medley relay, and finished 5th in the 100-metre breaststroke. * Beijing Olympics in Beijing, China: ** 200-metre breaststroke. ** 4×100-metre medley relay. **(5th) 100-metre breaststroke. FINA World Championships Rickard's first World Championships were a good one, consistently capturing medals in all of his pet events. No Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Rickard
Jeff Rickard is currently the Program Director anMorning ShowHost at Emmis Communications’ all-sports radio station, WFNI, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Career Rickard started with Emmis as a part-time host and programming advisor before being tapped to take over programming duties full time in August of 2018. Along with former Colts’ lineman and veteran radio host Joe Staysniak, Rickard began hosting the Fan Morning Show in May of 2019. Since Rickard has served as the program director, WFNI has consistently increased its ratings share and is now a consistent top performer across both men 25-54 in the Winter 2021 Nielsen ratings. Rickard has done both radio and television throughout his career with his last television stint coming as part of the now defunct Comcast Network (CN8). Jeff hosted a nightly, half-hour news, highlight and talk show which emanated from a studio in Boston but was available to all Comcast subscribers throughout the eastern United States. Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
