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Dick Johnson (journalist)
Richard or Dick Johnson may refer to: Academics * Dick Johnson (academic) (1929–2019), Australian academic * Richard C. Johnson (1930–2003), professor of electrical engineering * Richard A. Johnson, artist and professor at the University of New Orleans * Richard Johnson, former director of the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies Arts and entertainment * Richard Johnson (war artist) (born 1966), Canadian journalist and war artist * Richard S. Johnson (artist) (born 1939), American painter * Richard Johnson (actor) (1927–2015), English actor * Richard Johnson (columnist), American gossip columnist * Richard Johnson (director) (born 1974), American film director who founded Joystick Films in 2005 * Dick Johnson (clarinetist) (1925–2010), musician, played in the Artie Shaw band * Richard Johnson (16th-century writer) (1573–c. 1659), romance writer * Richard B. Johnson (born 1943), ''Abominable Firebug'' author * Richard Johnson (pianist) (born 1975), A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Johnson (academic)
Richard St Clair Johnson (6 June 1929 – 31 August 2019) was an Australian academic and senior public servant. Background and early life Dick Johnson was born in Singapore, one of four children born to Australian parents. His father worked in the insurance industry in Asia. He attended secondary schooling at the Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, Jesuit Riverview College. In 1946 Johnson began a double honours degree in Greek and Latin at the University of Sydney. Career Johnson was Professor of Classics at the Australian National University from 1962 to 1984. In his first year in the role, he established the Australian National University Classics Museum so that Canberra students could learn about ancient Greek and Roman objects. In April 1984, Johnson was appointed Departmental secretary, Secretary of the Department of Education (1984–1987), Department of Education (later, Department of Education and Youth Affairs, Education and Youth Affairs). He left his role in Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Johnson (test Pilot)
Richard Lowe Johnson (September 21, 1917 - November 9, 2002) is best known for being chief test pilot for Convair, a division of the American defence contractor General Dynamics, and as a founding member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots in 1955. Biography Johnson was born in Cooperstown, North Dakota, and educated at Oregon State University. In 1942, Johnson enlisted in the US Army Air Corps and served as a P-47 Thunderbolt pilot with the 57th Group's, 66th Fighter Squadron, in North Africa and Italy. He completed 180 combat missions and was awarded the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, four Distinguished Flying Crosses and fourteen Air Medals. Johnson graduated from the Air Materiel Command Engineering Test Pilot School in 1946. The F-86A set its first official world speed record of 671 miles per hour (1,080 km/h) on September 15, 1948, at Muroc Dry Lake flown by Major Richard L. Johnson, USAF. Johnson remained in the US Air Force until 1953, having reached ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Johnson (footballer)
Richard Kemp Johnson (1895 – 3 January 1933) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Liverpool, New Brighton and Stoke City. Career Johnson was born in Gateshead and played for Victoria Adelaide, Bensham, Hebburn Argyle, Marley Hill United and Felling Colliery before joining Liverpool in 1919. He scored 13 goals in 27 games in 1920–21 and his 16 goals in 41 in 1922–23 helped the Anfield side to win the Football League First Division. He left for Stoke City in February 1925 and he scored four goals towards the end of the 1924–25 season to help Stoke avoid the drop however relegation was suffered the following season. He helped Stoke gain an instant return winning the Football League Third Division North in 1926–27 and then became a backup player until his departure to New Brighton in August 1929. He spent two seasons at New Brighton and the left for Welsh League side Connah's Quay & Shotton before his death at the age of 38 in 1933. Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Johnson (rugby)
Richard Johnson (born 19 December 1985) is an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s. He has played for the Bradford Bulls and on loan from the Bradford Bulls at Wollongong. Playing career Johnson was born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. He is one of three rugby playing brothers, who have all donned the Bulls shirt at Academy level. Richard joined Bradford Bulls straight from school and has been there for the last six years. In 2007 he was honoured with the captaincy of the Under 21s. Johnson made his début against Leeds Rhinos The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home games at Headingley Rugby Stadium, AMT Headingley Rugby Stadium and compete in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby lea ... on 8 August 2008. Johnson will spend 2009 season playing for Wollongong in Sydney. Statistics Club career References 1985 births Living people Bradford B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Johnson (golfer)
Richard Johnson (born 2 February 1972) is a Welsh professional golfer. Early life Johnson's father, Peter, is the former pro at Vale of Glamorgan in Cardiff, Wales and is chairman of the PGA in Wales. Peter Johnson is now the professional at Ridgeway Golf Club in Caerphilly. Professional career Johnson played on the PGA Tour's developmental tour from 1999 to 2007. During the final year of this timespan, he led the Nationwide Tour's money list to earn his PGA Tour card. However, he was unable to retain his card and returned to the Nationwide Tour. At the 2009 Michael Hill New Zealand Open, Johnson scored a hole in one on the par-4 15th hole for which he won a pallet of Heineken beer. He was the second Nationwide Tour golfer to score a hole-in-one on a par-4. Professional wins (5) Nationwide Tour wins (4) Nationwide Tour playoff record (1–0) PGA EuroPro Tour wins (1) Results in The Players Championship CUT = missed the halfway cut Team appearances Amateur *Jacques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Johnson (cricketer, Born 1988)
Richard Matthew Johnson (born 1 September 1988) is an English former professional cricketer who played for Warwickshire and Derbyshire County Cricket Clubs. He played as a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. Johnson was born in Solihull and educated at Solihull School. He played for ECB Schools against an India Under-19 team, before making his Minor Counties Championship debut for Herefordshire in the same year. In 2007 he began playing for Warwickshire Second XI and in May 2008 made his debut in List A cricket for the county before making first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adju ... debut for Warwickshire against Cambridge UCCE later the same month. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Johnson (cricketer, Born 1979)
Richard or Dick Johnson may refer to: Academics * Dick Johnson (academic) (1929–2019), Australian academic * Richard C. Johnson (1930–2003), professor of electrical engineering * Richard A. Johnson, artist and professor at the University of New Orleans * Richard Johnson, former director of the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies Arts and entertainment * Richard Johnson (war artist) (born 1966), Canadian journalist and war artist * Richard S. Johnson (artist) (born 1939), American painter * Richard Johnson (actor) (1927–2015), English actor * Richard Johnson (columnist), American gossip columnist * Richard Johnson (director) (born 1974), American film director who founded Joystick Films in 2005 * Dick Johnson (clarinetist) (1925–2010), musician, played in the Artie Shaw band * Richard Johnson (16th-century writer) (1573–c. 1659), romance writer * Richard B. Johnson (born 1943), ''Abominable Firebug'' author * Richard Johnson (pianist) (born 1975), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Johnson (cricketer, Born 1974)
Richard Leonard Johnson (born 29 December 1974) is a former international English cricketer who coached Middlesex County Cricket Club from 2022 to 2025. Domestic career A right-arm fast-medium pace swing bowler and useful late-order batsman (he scored two first-class centuries), Johnson made his first-class debut as a teenager in the 1992 County Championship as an opening bowler for Middlesex. Johnson made headlines in 1994 when he took all ten Derbyshire wickets in their second-innings, returning figures of 10/45. These remain the best innings figures taken in the English County Championship since 1945. He joined Somerset in 2001, helping the county to win the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy in that season. He rejoined Middlesex in 2007. In a short international career, Johnson played three Tests and ten One Day Internationals (ODIs) for England in 2003, his only year of international cricket. Johnson announced his retirement from first-class cricket in October 2007, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Johnson (cricketer, Born 1829)
Richard Cubitt Johnson (13 October 1829 – May 1851) was an English cricketer who played in two matches for Cambridge University that are now considered to have been first-class. Cricketarchive maintains that he was baptised on 18 December 1829; the parish records at Lavenham in Suffolk make it clear he was baptised on 18 October 1829 and also record his birth date of 13 October. He was born at Lavenham, Suffolk and died at Cambridge. Johnson was the eldest son of the rector of Lavenham, also named Richard Johnson, and his wife, the former Mary Ann Cubitt. He was educated at Bury St Edmunds Grammar School and at Clare College, Cambridge. He was followed to Cambridge and into the cricket team there by his younger brother, George Randall Johnson – whose son, Peter Randall Johnson, took the same path 50 years later and was then a famous Somerset cricketer. Johnson played cricket for Cambridge University in two matches, one each at home and away, against the Marylebone Cricket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Z
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", " Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", " Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English (the name was introduced into England by the Normans), German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Portuguese and Spanish "Ricardo" and the Italian "Riccardo" (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Johnson (judge)
Richard Johnson (27 October 1937 – 4 August 2019) was an Irish judge who served as President of the High Court from 2006 to 2009 and a Judge of the High Court from 1987 to 2009. Johnson was also under the terms of the Constitution of Ireland by that office an ex-officio member of the Supreme Court. In the absence of the Chief Justice, he acted as a member of the Presidential Commission. Johnson was born in Blennerville, County Kerry, and studied law at University College Dublin (UCD). He qualified as a barrister at the King's Inns in 1960. He practised on the South Western Circuit (Kerry, Limerick and Clare) until he became Senior Counsel in 1977. As a Senior Counsel, he practised on the Munster Circuit and in Dublin until 1987. He was appointed a High Court judge in 1987. His father was a district court judge for several years and his son and daughter are barristers. The Government of Ireland nominated Justice Nicholas Kearns on 7 October 2009 to replace him as Presiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Johnson (mayor)
Richard Johnson is an American politician and city manager who served as Mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts and City Manager of Lowell, Massachusetts. Early career Prior to running for office, Johnson served as an administrative assistant to Taunton Mayor Theodore J. Aleixo, Jr. and as Director of the Taunton Housing Authority. Mayor of Taunton In 1981, incumbent Mayor Joseph Amaral chose not to seek re-election and Johnson ran to succeed him. He finished first in the preliminary election with 4289 votes, defeating Amaral's administrative assistant Walter Precourt Jr. (2776 votes), City Councilman Tijuana Goldstein-Star (2729 votes), recent Syracuse University graduate David Goren (262 votes), and rock musician Russell N. Hurst (76 votes). He defeated Precourt in the general election 7266 votes to 6030. During Johnson's first term, the city suffered economic misfortune as Parker Brothers and Paragon Gear shut down their Taunton plants. Although the city suffered through an economi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
