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Richard Miles (actor)
Richard Miles may refer to: * Richard Miles (diplomat) (born 1937), US diplomat *Richard Miles (historian) (born 1969), British historian and archaeologist * Richard Miles (Tswana catechist), Motswana (Tswana) catechist and preacher in South Africa * Richard Pius Miles (1791–1860), Roman Catholic bishop of Nashville *Dick Miles Richard Theodore Miles (June 12, 1925 – October 12, 2010) was an American table tennis player who won 10 national championships between 1945 and 1962, more than any other player. After his playing career ended, Miles wrote an instructional g ... (1925–2010), American table tennis player *Richard Miles, pen name of Gerald Richard Perreau-Saussine, better known as American child actor Peter Miles (1938–2002) See also * Rick Miles, Canadian politician {{hndis, Miles, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Miles (diplomat)
Richard Monroe Miles (born January 8, 1937) is an American diplomat. Life Richard Miles was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on January 8, 1937. He grew up in rural and small-town Indiana. After serving in the Marine Corps from 1954 to 1957, he obtained degrees from Bakersfield College, the University of California at Berkeley and Indiana University. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Army Russian Institute, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Miles worked for the South Carolina Voter Education Project Voter Education Project (VEP) raised and distributed foundation funds to civil rights organizations for voter education and registration work in the southern United States from 1962 to 1992. The project was federally endorsed by the Kennedy adminis ... from 1964 to 1967 in the field of voter registration and political leadership training. Foreign service career He entered the Foreign Service in 1967 and served abroad in Oslo, Belgrade, Moscow, and as Consul General in Leningrad (now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Miles (historian)
Richard Miles (born 1969) is a British historian and archaeologist, best known for presenting two major historical documentary series: BBC2's ''Ancient Worlds'' (2010), which presented a comprehensive overview of classical history and the dawn of civilization, civilisation, and BBC Four's ''Archaeology: a Secret History'' (2013). Miles was born in Pembury, Kent. He studied ancient history and archaeology at the University of Liverpool and sat for a PhD in classics under Professor Peter Garnsey at Jesus College, Cambridge. He is a Professor (highest academic rank), professor of History of Rome, Roman history and archaeology and pro-vice-chancellor of enterprise and engagement at the University of Sydney. He was formerly head of the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, and is a former director of the Arts Career Ready Programme at Sydney. His research primarily concerns Ancient Carthage, Punic and Late Antiquity, Late Roman history and archaeology. He has directed arch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Miles (Tswana Catechist)
Richard Miles was a Motswana (Tswana) catechist and preacher "to the native tribes beyond the border" in South Africa.Morris, D. 2001. Who was Richard Miles? ''Now and Then: Newsletter of the Historical Society of Kimberley and the Northern Cape'' 8(1):6.Morris, DRichard Miles: Motswana preacher "to the native tribes beyond the border Origins Nothing definite is known of Richard Miles's origins, except that he was born a Motswana (Tswana), and as a youth was in the employ of the apothecary John Harfield Tredgold in Cape Town.Ashworth, M.G. 1974. ''The life and fortunes of John Pocock of Cape Town, 1814-1876''; Tredgold, A.1990. ''The Ardernes and their garden''. Cape Town: Arderne Book Trust. Tredgold was Secretary of the Cape of Good Hope Philanthropic Society "for aiding deserving slaves and slave children to purchase their freedom", and maintained regular association with mission activities. He would have been well acquainted with the London Missionary Society Superintendent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Pius Miles
Richard Pius Miles, O.P. (May 17, 1791 – February 21, 1860) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Nashville in Tennessee from 1838 until his death in 1860. Biography Early life Richard Miles was born on May 17, 1791, in Prince George's County, Maryland. His family moved to Kentucky when he was age five. After joining the Dominican Order in October 1806, he was ordained a priest on September 21, 1816. He then worked as a missionary in Ohio and Kentucky for 22 years, also founding a community of Dominican nuns and a school under the Sisters of Charity. He served as pastor in parishes in Somerset, Ohio, and Zanesville, Ohio. Bishop of Nashville On July 28, 1837, Miles was appointed the first bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Nashville by Pope Gregory XVI. He received his episcopal consecration on September 16, 1838, from Bishop Joseph Rosati, with Bishops Simon Bruté and Guy Chabrat serving as co-con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Miles
Richard Theodore Miles (June 12, 1925 – October 12, 2010) was an American table tennis player who won 10 national championships between 1945 and 1962, more than any other player. After his playing career ended, Miles wrote an instructional guide and continued in his sport by playing match games and doing trick shot performances. In its obituary ''The New York Times'' called him "perhaps the greatest table tennis player the United States has ever produced". Early life Miles was born on June 12, 1925, in Manhattan and was raised Jewish by his mother on the Upper West Side after his father left the family when Miles was two years old. Boggan, TimDICK MILES--PART I USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame, 1999. Accessed October 27, 2010. Table tennis career He started playing table tennis as a child after receiving a miniature table tennis set as a birthday gift around the time he was 10 and started playing on full-sized tables at PS 166. By the time he was a teenager he was devoting half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Miles (American Actor)
Peter Miles (April 1, 1938 – August 3, 2002) was the stage name of American child actor Gerald Richard Perreau-Saussine. Article printed on three pages2nd page After his film career ended, he turned to writing under the pen name Richard Miles. Early life Born in Tokyo, Miles was the son of Eleanor Alfrida (Child) and Robert Henri Perreau-Saussine, and the older brother of actresses Gigi, Janine, and Lauren Perreau. He was educated at Beverly Hills Catholic School and graduated from Loyola High School in Los Angeles, California. Acting career His first screen appearance was as the uncredited son of Humphrey Bogart's character in '' Passage to Marseille'' (1944). Other notable film credits include '' Enchantment'' (1948), ''The Red Pony'' (1949), and '' Quo Vadis'' (1951). With then began appearing on television, guest starring in episodes of ''Father Knows Best'', ''The Lone Ranger'', and ''77 Sunset Strip'', among others, and he was a regular on '' The Betty Hutton Sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |