Andrew Clarke (other)
Andrew Clarke may refer to: *Andrew Clarke (British Army officer, born 1793) (1793–1847), Governor of Western Australia *Sir Andrew Clarke (British Army officer, born 1824) (1824–1902), Governor of the Straits Settlements, son of the above *Andrew Clarke (actor) (born 1954), Australian actor *Andrew Clarke (British politician) (1868–1940), Labour Member of Parliament 1923–1924, and 1929 *Andrew Clarke (cricketer, born 1961), English former cricketer *Andrew Clarke (cricketer, born 1975), English cricketer *Andrew Clarke (Trinidadian cricketer) (born 1945), Trinidadian cricketer *Andy Clarke (footballer) (born 1967), English former footballer *Andy Clarke (businessman) (born 1964), British businessman *Andy Clarke (comics), British comics artist *Andy C (Andrew Clarke, born 1973), English DJ *Andrew Clarke, a fictional character from ''The Breakfast Club'' *Andrew Clarke, Australian composer who collaborates with artist Jess Johnson See also *Andrew Clark (other) And ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrew Clarke (British Army Officer, Born 1793)
Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Clarke KCH (1793 – 11 February 1847) was Governor of Western Australia from 1846 until his death in 1847. Andrew Clarke was born in Donegal, Ireland in 1793. He entered the British Army as an ensign in the 8th West India Regiment (without purchase) at the age of 13 in 1806, and rose rapidly through the ranks. In 1808 he transferred to the 46th Foot as lieutenant, again without purchase. At the age of 18, he was given temporary command of the troops in Van Diemen's Land. In 1813 he became a captain and went to New South Wales with his regiment. In 1818 he was in India, and in 1823 he married a widow named Frances Lardner, while on leave in England. A son was born in July 1824. In 1825 he purchased a majority. He returned to Europe in 1833, was created a knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order in 1837, was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in the Army in 1838, and purchased the lieutenant-colonelcy of his regiment in 1839. In 1842 Colonel Clarke t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrew Clarke (British Army Officer, Born 1824)
Lieutenant General Sir Andrew Clarke, (27 July 1824 – 29 March 1902) was a British soldier and governor, as well as a surveyor and politician in Australia.Betty Malone, Clarke, Sir Andrew (1824–1902), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Vol.3, MUP, 1969, pp 409–411. Background and education Born in Southsea, Hampshire, Clarke was the eldest of the four sons of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Andrew Clarke, the Governor of Western Australia (1793–1847). Clarke's early years were spent in India with his parents. He was later brought up by his paternal grandfather and two uncles, one of whom was the father of Marcus Clarke, at the family home of Belmont, near Lifford, Ireland. He was educated at The King's School, Canterbury, and at Portora Royal School at Enniskillen, Ireland. At 16 he entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, where one of his teachers was Michael Faraday. Career Graduating in 1844, Clarke was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineer ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrew Clarke (actor)
Andrew Clarke (born 1954) is an Australian actor most known for his television work. Andrew Clarke was one of the most popular Australian actors in the 1980s and 1990s. He is also a two-time Logie winner. Career Andrew Clarke began his career in theatre. His theatre credits include ''Macbeth'', ''The Winter's Tale'', '' Arsenic and Old Lace'', ''The Cherry Orchard'', '' Long Day's Journey into Night'', ''The Glass Menagerie'', '' The Devil's Advocate'', '' Waiting for Godot'' and ''Under Milk Wood''. He has had several high-profile roles in television movies, series and mini-series, including starring in the popular series '' Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River'' ("''Snowy River: The McGregor Saga''") as Matt McGregor for four seasons from 1993-1996. He also starred in an episode of '' Halifax f.p.'' in 1999. Other television roles included a short stint in soap opera ''Prisoner'', where (in 1982) he played the role of Judy Bryant's son-in-law Geoff Maynard, and the on ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrew Clarke (British Politician)
Andrew Bathgate Clarke (5 February 1868 – 1 February 1940) was a British Labour Party politician who served as the member of parliament (MP) for Midlothian and Peebles Northern for two short periods in the 1920s. He first contested the seat at 1922 general election, and won it in 1923, with a 9.6% majority over the sitting Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ... MP Sir George Hutchison. At the 1924 general election, Hutchison retook the seat, but died in office in December 1928. Clarke won the seat back at the resulting by-election in January 1929, but only held it for 121 days until the general election in May 1929. He unsuccessfully contested the seat one more time, at the 1931 election. References External links * Member ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrew Clarke (cricketer, Born 1961)
Andrew Russell Clarke (born 23 December 1961) is a former English cricketer. Clarke was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Patcham, Sussex. A late starter to county cricket, not making his debut for Sussex until he was 26, Clarke played for Sussex for 3 seasons. He later played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire and Norfolk, before retiring in 2003. Sussex Clarke initially played a Second XI Championship fixture for Sussex in 1981 against the Second XI of Hampshire County Cricket Club, Hampshire, but made no further appearances for the Sussex Second XI for some while following that fixture. He did though play club cricket in Brighton, while working as an insurance underwriter. However, in 1987 he had trials at Sussex, where he again played Second XI cricket for the Sussex Second XI. The trial turned out to be a success for Clarke, with Sussex signing following which he took a sabbatical from his job. His late start in county cricket, at the ag ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrew Clarke (cricketer, Born 1975)
Andrew John Clarke (born 9 November 1975) is an English cricketer. Clarke is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Brentwood, Essex. Clarke made his debut in List A cricket for the Essex Cricket Board against Suffolk in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. It was in that format of the game that his debut for Essex came against Middlesex in 2001. From 2001 to 2004, he represented Essex in 40 List A matches, the last of which came against Warwickshire in the 2004 totesport League. In his 40 List A matches for Essex, he took 53 wickets at a bowling average of 24.05, with best figures of 4/28. Clarke made his first-class debut for Essex against Glamorgan in the 2002 County Championship. From 2002 to 2004, he represented the county in 10 first-class matches, the last of which came against Derbyshire. In his 10 first-class matches, he scored 179 runs at a batting average of 14.91, with a high score of 41. In the field he took 4 catches. With t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrew Clarke (Trinidadian Cricketer)
Andrew Clarke (born 9 February 1945) is a Trinidadian cricketer. He played in eight first-class matches for Trinidad and Tobago from 1966 to 1971. See also * List of Trinidadian representative cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for the Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team in the West Indies. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all t ... References External links * 1945 births Living people Trinidad and Tobago cricketers {{Trinidad-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andy Clarke (footballer)
Andrew Weston Clarke (born 22 July 1967) is an English former footballer. A striker, he scored 74 goals in 410 league games in a 14-year career in the English Football League. After helping Barnet to the Conference title in 1990–91, he was signed to Wimbledon, a Football League side, at the relatively late age of 23. He played for the "Dons" in the Premier League, before being loaned out to Port Vale in 1998 and Northampton Town in 1999. He joined Peterborough United in June 1999, and scored the only goal of the Third Division play-off final in 2000. He retired in May 2005. Career Barnet Clarke originally started playing Sunday League football in the Greek Community League, before moving on to Islington St Mary's in the Spartan League. He was signed to Barnet by manager Barry Fry. He scored on his debut for the "Bees" in a 5–1 defeat at Sutton United on 6 May 1989. He made a huge impression at Underhill over the next eighteen months, and was named as the club's Player ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andy Clarke (businessman)
Andrew James Clarke (born January 1964) is a British businessman. His most notable position to date is serving as the CEO of the Asda chain of supermarkets from 2010 to 2016, until he was replaced by Sean Clarke (unrelated), the head of parent company Walmart's operations in China. He began his career as a Fine Fare, the supermarket chain, then in 1984 at the age 21, Clarke joined Morrisons as a grocery manager. About 1992, he took over Asda's flagship supermarket in Edinburgh and had increasing responsibility from there. In 2000, he joined discount clothing chain Matalan as chief operating officer, and then worked at McKinsey & Company and Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its ... supermarket. He rejoined Asda in 2005 and became the chief operating officer. In No ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andy Clarke (comics)
Andy Clarke is a British comics artist who came to prominence working at '' 2000 AD'' and became known to a wider audience with his later work at DC Comics, notably the 2009 volume of '' R.E.B.E.L.S.'' and various Batman-related publications. Biography Andy Clarke started his career in the series '' Sinister Dexter'' in the anthology '' 2000 AD'', becoming one of the main artists on the story between 1998 and 2004. While working there he would also work on some of the anthology's other flagship titles, like ''Judge Dredd'' and '' Nikolai Dante'', and one-off stories like '' Thirteen'' and '' Snow/Tiger''. He started work for American company DC Comics in 2005 on a number of stories in titles like ''Aquaman'' and ''Detective Comics''. In 2008 he has worked on the Two-Face issue of ''The Joker's Asylum'' written by David Hine and then, year later, became the main artist on the '' R.E.B.E.L.S.'' ongoing series with writer Tony Bedard who has said that Clarke is "the greatest artis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andy C
Andrew John Clarke (born 7 April 1976) is a British DJ and record producer and is co-founder of RAM Records, a pioneering label in the drum and bass genre. Music career Early years Andy C was a DJ in his own right but gained a strong reputation and more bookings off the back of the successful " Valley of the Shadows" track, an early drum and bass track that walked the line perfectly between hardcore and drum and bass just as the genres were starting to split. The track, created and released by Origin Unknown (made up of Andy C and Ant Miles)—often referred to as "31 Seconds" or "Long Dark Tunnel" because of the samples it incorporates—made use of a heavy bassline, bell samples and a rolling drum track to produce a popular, easy to recognise track that was easy to mix and became a favourite in dance floors at raves across the UK and beyond. The track was released as an EP in 1993 and has been remixed and re-released several times, and is widely recognised as one of the mo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Breakfast Club
''The Breakfast Club'' is a 1985 American teen coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes. It stars Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy. The film tells the story of five teenagers from different high school cliques who serve a Saturday detention overseen by their authoritarian vice-principal. ''The Breakfast Club'' premiered in Los Angeles on February 7, 1985, and was theatrically released by Universal Pictures on February 15, 1985. It grossed $51.5 million against a $1 million budget, and earned acclaim from critics, who consider it to be one of Hughes's most memorable and recognizable works. The media subsequently referred to the film's five main actors as members of a group called the " Brat Pack". In 2015, the film was digitally remastered and was re-screened in 430 theaters in celebration of its 30th anniversary. In 2016, ''The Breakfast Club'' was selected for preservat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |