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Shorter (other)
Shorter may refer to: As a place name *Shorter, Alabama, a town located in Macon County, Alabama, United States As a surname *Alan Shorter (1932–1988), American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player *Brian Shorter (born 1968), American former basketball player *Clement Shorter (1857–1926), English journalist *Clinton Shorter (born 1971), Canadian film and television composer *Dora Sigerson Shorter (1866–1918), Irish poet and sculptor *Edward Shorter (1767–1836), British inventor *Eli Sims Shorter (1823–1879), American politician *Frank Shorter (born 1947), American athlete *Jim Shorter (1938–2000), American football player *John Gill Shorter (1818–1872), American politician *Justin Shorter (born 2000), American football player *Ken Shorter (born 1945), Australian actor *Laurence Shorter (born 1970), American author and comedian *Richard Shorter (1906–1984), English cricketer *Rick Shorter (1934–2017), American musician and record producer *Shannon Shorter (born 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shorter, Alabama
Shorter is a town in Macon County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 385, down from 474 at the 2010 census. According to the 1990 U.S. Census records, it was incorporated in 1984.https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-2.pdf Geography Shorter is located in western Macon County at , along U.S. Route 80. It is east of Montgomery, the state capital, and west of Tuskegee. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shorter has a total area of , of which , or 0.60%, are water. The center of town lies on a low ridge which drains south to Cubahatchee Creek and north to Calebee Creek, both of which are west-flowing tributaries of the Tallapoosa River. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 355 people, 121 households, and 93 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 133 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 82% Black or African American, 16% White, 1% Native American, and 1% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Shorter
Ken Shorter (born -1947), also credited as Kenneth Shorter. is an Australian actor best known for playing the title role in the biker film ''Stone'' (1974), and ''You Can't See 'round Corners'' (1969).> Television appearances include '' Skippy'', '' Play School'', ''Matlock Police'', ''Homicide'', ''Division 4'', '' G.P.'', ''Casualty'' and ''The Bill''. Films include ''Ned Kelly'' and ''Sunday Too Far Away'', and the Disney film ''Dragonslayer'' (1981). Filmography References External links *Ken Shorterat National Film and Sound Archive The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national co ... 20th-century Australian male actors Living people Australian male television actors Australian male film actors Australian children's television presenters 1940s births Year of bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shorter University
Shorter University is a private Baptist university in Rome, Georgia. It was founded in 1873 and offers undergraduate and graduate degrees through six colleges and schools. In addition Shorter operates the Robert H. Ledbetter College of Business and the School of Nursing at off-campus facilities in the Rome area. Fielding athletic teams known as the Shorter Hawks, the university is a member of NCAA Division II and the Gulf South Conference. The official school and athletic colors are blue and white. History Founding and early history Shorter University was founded in 1873 by Luther Rice Gwaltney, pastor of the Rome Baptist Church, as a women's college known as the Cherokee Baptist Female College. The college was renamed in 1877 to Shorter Female College because of the financial contributions of Alfred and Martha Shorter. Shorter was located in Victorian-style buildings on Shelton Hill near downtown Rome and educated young women at primary, preparatory and collegiate lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short (other)
Short may refer to: Places * Short (crater), a lunar impact crater on the near side of the Moon * Short, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Short, Oklahoma, a census-designated place People * Short (surname) * List of people known as the Short Arts, entertainment, and media * Short film, a cinema format (also called film short or short subject) * Short story, prose generally readable in one sitting * ''The Short-Timers'', a 1979 semi-autobiographical novel by Gustav Hasford, about military short-timers in Vietnam Brands and enterprises * Short Brothers, a British aerospace company * Short Brothers of Sunderland, former English shipbuilder Computing and technology * Short circuit, an accidental connection between two nodes of an electrical circuit * Short integer, a computer datatype Finance * Short (finance), stock-trading position * Short snorter, a banknote signed by fellow travelers, common during World War II Foodstuffs * Short pastry, one which is rich in butte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he joined Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet, and then co-founded the jazz fusion band Weather Report. He has recorded over 20 albums as a bandleader. Many Shorter compositions have become jazz standards, and his music has earned worldwide recognition, critical praise and commendation. Shorter has won 11 Grammy Awards. He is acclaimed for his mastery of the soprano saxophone since switching his focus from the tenor in the late 1960s and beginning an extended reign in 1970 as ''Down Beat''s annual poll-winner on that instrument, winning the critics' poll for 10 consecutive years and the readers' for 18. ''The New York Times Ben Ratliff described Shorter in 2008 as "probably jazz's greatest living small-group composer and a contender for greatest living improv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susie Lankford Shorter
Susie Isabel Lankford Shorter (January 4, 1859 – February 23, 1912) was an American educator, philanthropist, and writer. Early life Susan Isabel (or Isabella) Lankford was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, the daughter of Whitten Strange Lankford and Clarissa Carter Lankford. Her father was a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She was educated at Wilberforce University in Ohio. Career Susie Lankford taught for a few years before she married. As a faculty wife at Wilberforce, she ran a student store, offered a free kindergarten for local children, and provided care for sick students in her home. She was president of the Wilberforce Ladies' College Aid Society.Jessie Carney Smith, ed.''Notable Black American Women, Book 2''(VNR AG 1996): 595–597. Shorter wrote articles for church publications. Her booklet "Heroines of African Methodism" (1891) was written to celebrate the eightieth birthday of Bishop Daniel Payne. "We are proud of our women," she wrote. "Little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Shorter
''Stuart: A Life Backwards'' is a biography by Alexander Masters of his friend Stuart Clive Shorter, formerly, at various times, a prisoner and a career criminal. It explores how a young boy, somewhat disabled from birth, became mentally unstable, criminal and violent, living homeless on the streets of Cambridge. As the title suggests, the book starts from Shorter's adult life, and works backwards to trace through his troubled childhood, examining the effects his family, schooling and disability had on his eventual state. The book won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award in 2005 for biography, and the 2006 Hawthornden Prize. It won the 2005 Guardian First Book Award. Recently many secondary schools across the UK have included it in their higher education academic syllabus for English language. A television dramatisation with the same name, starring Tom Hardy as Shorter and Benedict Cumberbatch as Masters was co-produced by the BBC and HBO in 2007. Tom Hardy was nominated for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon Shorter
Shannon Jerod Shorter (born August 1, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Split of the Adriatic League and the Croatian League. The 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Texan has played for teams in eleven countries including China, Argentina, Japan, Israel, Mexico, Turkey and France. College career Shorter played four years of college basketball between 2007 and 2011. After spending his freshman season with Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, Shorter joined Paris Junior College for his sophomore year. He returned to a Division 1 school in 2009, joining North Texas. In 66 games for North Texas over two seasons, he averaged 6.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. Professional career Shorter, who went undrafted in 2011, spent time playing across Mexico, Argentina, Israel, Japan and China between 2012 and 2016. On September 23, 2016, Shorter signed with TED Ankara Kolejliler of the Turkish Basketball Super League. In March 2017, he left Ankara and joined French team Le Mans S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Shorter
Rick Shorter (May 1, 1934 - September 1, 2017) was a songwriter, music producer, and author. During the 1960s when he was most active, he produced and arranged for a multitude of artists. They include Ciska Peters, Big Dee Irwin, and Galt MacDermot. His compositions have been covered by Ola & the Janglers, The Five Tornados, Johnny And The Hurricanes, The Liverbirds, The Esquires, Gene Pitney and Burl Ives. He also composed, arranged, and produced " If I Call You By Some Name" which was a hit for The Paupers. In the 1970s, Shorter returned to his faith and, along with his wife Gwen became very active in the Seventh-day Adventist church from which he had drifted away over prior years. Background The son of a clergyman who used to be a jazz guitarist, Shorter came from a Seventh-day Adventist background. By the time he was ten years old, he was singing professionally at gospel camps. He also had his own local radio show while still at junior high. His cousin is jazz saxophonist, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Shorter
Richard Nicholas Shorter (26 July 1906 – 20 January 1984) was an English cricketer. Shorter was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Loughton, Essex, and was educated at Repton School. Shorter made his first-class debut for Essex against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in the 1926 County Championship. He made 22 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Cambridge University in 1929. In his 23 first-class appearances, Shorter scored 108 runs at an average of 6.00, with a high score of 21. With the ball, he took 15 wickets at a bowling average of 46.33, with best figures of 3/14. He died at Drogheda, County Louth County Louth ( ; ga, An Lú) is a coastal county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Louth is bordered by the counties of Meath to the south, Monaghan to the west, Armagh to the north and Down to the ..., Ireland, on 20 January 1984. Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Shorter
Laurence Shorter (born 1970) is an author and comedian who lives in London. He is the author of ''The Optimist: One Man’s Search For The Brighter Side Of Life'', which was published in January 2009 by Canongate Books, and author and photographer of ''A Hedonist's Guide to Tallinn'', published by Hg2. Born in New York, he studied History at Cambridge University. Following an early career in business which included management consultancy, new media business development and venture capital, Shorter gained an MBA at the business school INSEAD. He went on to co-found a Business-to-business web startup in Paris. He has been writing and performing since 2001, when he was selected for the Old Vic Theatre’s noted "New Voices" programme. He and his work have appeared on the BBC, in The Observer and The Independent, and at the Edinburgh Festival and assorted London theatres. ReferencesDetails of ''The Optimist'' on the publisher's website (Canongate Books Canongate Books (trading as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Shorter
Justin D. Shorter (born April 17, 2000) is an American football wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Penn State and Florida. Early life and high school Shorter grew up in the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, New Jersey, where he played prep football at South Brunswick High School. College career Shorter began his college career at Penn State. He played in four games and caught three passes for 20 yards as a true freshman before redshirting the season. Shorter had 12 receptions for 137 yards ten games into his redshirt freshman season before entering the NCAA transfer portal. Shorter ultimately transferred to Florida. He was granted immediate eligibility to play for Florida after transferring after receiving a waiver from the NCAA. Shorter had 25 receptions for 268 yards and three touchdowns in his first season with the Gators. As a redshirt junior, he caught 41 passes for 550 yards and three touch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
