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Corrie (given Name)
Corrie or Corry is a given name, often a diminutive, short form of Cornelia or Cornelius. ;Feminine *Corrie Bakker (born 1945), Dutch sprinter ("Cornelia") *Corrie ten Boom (1892–1983), Dutch Holocaust survivor who helped many Jews escape ("Cornelia") *Corry Brokken (1932–2016), Dutch singer ("Cornelia") *Corrie de Bruin (born 1976), Dutch discus thrower and shot putter * Corrie Cameron (1904–1993), New Zealand printmaker and watercolorist * Corrie Clark (born 1982), American swimmer *Corrie Corfield (born 1961), English newsreader for BBC Radio 4 ("Coriona") *Corrie Hartong (1906–1991), Dutch dancer, dance teacher and choreographer ("Cornelia") *Corrie Hermann (born 1932), Dutch GreenLeft politician ("Cornelia") * Corrie Laddé (1915–1996), Dutch swimmer ("Cornelia") * Corrie Lothrop (born 1992), American gymnast *Corrie Moreau (born c.1978), American evolutionary biologist and entomologist *Corrie Schimmel (born 1939), Dutch swimmer ("Cornelia") * Corrie Scott (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelia (name)
Cornelia is a feminine given name. It is a feminine form of the name Cornelius or Cornelis. Nel, Nele, Nelly, Corey, Lia, or Nelia can be used as a shortened version of Cornelia (or Helen or Eleanor). Conny, Connie, Nele, or Neele are popular German short forms used in their own right. Lia and Cokkie are diminutive versions of the Dutch name. In Ancient Rome, ''Cornelia'' was the name of the women born in all the branches of the Cornelii family. For a list of the notable Roman women, see: Cornelia (gens). It is the alternate spelling of Kornelia, Korneliya, and Cornélia. Historical women with the name *Cornelia Africana, mother of the Gracchi * Cornelia, first wife of Julius Caesar *Cornelia, a Christian saint martyred with Anesius *Cornelia Metella ( 73 BCE – 48 BCE), daughter of Metellus Scipio *Cornelia Salonina (died 268), wife of Roman Emperor Gallienus * Cornelia van Cortlandt, the mother of General Philip Schuyler and grandmother of Angelica, and Eliza, the wife ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corry Vreeken
Maria Cornelia Vreeken (born 22 December 1928), née Corry Bouwman, also Corry Vreeken-Bouwman, is a Dutch chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1987). She is a five-time winner of the Dutch Women's Chess Championship (1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1970). Biography In the 1960s and 1970s, Corry Vreeken was one of the leading Dutch women's chess players. She is five time Dutch Women's Chess Champion: 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966 and 1970, and participated in many international chess tournaments. Her best results were in Emmen (1962), shared 1st - 3rd place in Beverwijk (1968) and won zonal tournament in Biel/Bienne (1980). Corry Vreeken two times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments: * In 1971, at Interzonal Tournament in Ohrid ranked 14th place; * In 1976, at Interzonal Tournament in Rozendaal ranked 10th place. Corry Vreeken played for Netherlands in the Women's Chess Olympiads: * In 1963, at first board in the 2nd Chess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corrie Sanders
Cornelius Johannes "Corrie" Sanders (7 January 1966 – 23 September 2012) was a South African professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2008. He won the WBO heavyweight title in 2003 after knocking out Wladimir Klitschko in two rounds, which was considered one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight boxing history; ''The Ring'' magazine named it the Upset of the Year. In 2004, having vacated the WBO title, Sanders faced Wladimir's brother Vitali Klitschko in an unsuccessful but valiant challenge for the vacant WBC and ''Ring'' heavyweight titles. He also held the WBU heavyweight title from 1997 until 2000. Sanders' other notable achievements include holding the South Africa national heavyweight title in 1991, defeating former cruiserweight champions Carlos de León and Bobby Czyz by first round and second-round knockout respectively, and losing in a close slugfest fight with future unified and two-time world heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman (Rahman and Sanders both knock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corrie McKeague
Corrie McKeague (16 September 1993 – 24 September 2016) went missing in the early hours of 24 September 2016 in the Bury St Edmunds area of Suffolk, England. Before disappearing, he worked as a Royal Air Force Regiment gunner. McKeague was last seen, on town centre CCTV footage, entering a cul-de-sac which contained a number of wheelie bins. His mobile phone was tracked by masts along a route between Bury St Edmunds and a landfill site near Barton Mills. Suffolk Constabulary were initially reluctant to search the site for McKeague's remains because a bin lorry that had travelled that route at that time had been estimated to have been carrying a load of only . In March 2017, however, the police discovered that the lorry had a significantly larger weight; more than . McKeague's disappearance remained under investigation and the case attracted widespread publicity, with the authorities believing that he was crushed to death by the bin lorry and that his remains were somewhere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corrie Grant
Corrie Grant (14 November 1850 – December 1924) was a British journalist, barrister and Liberal Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Rugby division of Warwickshire from 1900 to 1910. Early life Grant was born in Kettleburgh, Suffolk to Frances Ann and James Brighton Grant, a brewer and maltster who had been imprisoned for non-payment of Church Rates. He was educated at the City of London School, worked as a journalist, and was called to the bar in 1877 at the Middle Temple, after which he practised on the North Eastern Circuit. Political career Grant stood for Parliament four times before winning a seat. He stood unsuccessfully in Woodstock at the by-election in July 1885, in Birmingham West at the 1892 general election, in Rugby at the 1895 general election,Craig, page 347 and in Harrow at a by-election in 1899.Craig, page 409 He was elected at the 1900 general election as MP for Rugby,Craig, page 409 re-elected in 1906, and stood d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corrie Gardner
Henry Corris "Corrie" Gardner (12 March 1879 – 6 August 1960) was an Australian track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics, and played Australian rules football for Essendon Football Club and Melbourne Football Club. Gardner was a member of the Melburnian Hare & Hounds Athletics Club and when aged 25 years old he travelled to St. Louis, Illinois, to compete at the 1904 Summer Olympics, on arrival he was surprised no accommodation had been arranged and was sent to a park to the tent community. In the competition he first entered the long jump, with no qualification round it was straight in to the final, there are no official records of the distance he jumped but it is known he finished outside the first six out of nine athletes. A couple of days later he was on the track competing in the 110 metres hurdles, although his time isn't known he did finish last in his heat so didn't qualify for the final later that day. Gardner was the Australian national ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corry Evans
Corry John Evans (born 30 July 1990) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or centre-back for EFL Championship side Sunderland. A Northern Ireland under-21 and senior international, he came through the Manchester United youth academy, like his older brother, Leicester City centre-back Jonny Evans. Corry Evans is capable of operating in defence or the centre of midfield. He has been used mainly as a midfielder for Blackburn Rovers. Club career Early career Born in Belfast, Evans began his career with Greenisland Boys FC, where fellow Manchester United youth players Craig Cathcart and Conor Devlin also played before moving to England. However, when Evans' brother, Jonny, was signed by Manchester United, the whole family moved to Manchester. Manchester United Evans then joined the Manchester United youth team, and originally played as a schoolboy until he signed a trainee contract with the club on his 16th birthday in July 2006. By then, he had alre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corrie Erickson
Corrie may refer to: Arts and entertainment * nickname of ''Coronation Street'', a long-running British television soap opera ** '' Corrie!'', a play written to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of ''Coronation Street'' in 2010 * The Corries, a Scottish folk group People * Corrie (surname), a surname (including a list of persons with the name) ** Corrie family, a Scottish family * Corrie (given name), a given name (including a list of persons with the name) Other uses * Corrie or cirque, a terrain feature created by glaciation in high mountains * Corrie, Arran, a village on the Isle of Arran, Scotland * A frequently used abbreviation of Corriechatachan, near Broadford on the Isle of Skye (the tack of a cadet branch of the Clan Mackinnon) See also * Corrie Spout, a Scottish waterfall * MV ''Rachel Corrie'', a ship named after Rachel Corrie * Corey (other) * Corry (other) * Cory (other) Cory is a given name and a surname. Cory may also refer to: P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corrie Dick
Corrie Dick is a Scottish jazz musician (drums, percussion, vocals) and composer based in London. He is recognised for his fluency, gritty sound and euphoric abandon on the drum kit and for his poignant and earthy compositional style. He comes from a small family with musical and artistic parents. His sole brother Garry Dick, two and a half years his minor, is an accomplished chef in the West of Scotland. Band and artist associations As well as leading an ensemble under his own name, Corrie performs and records with artists and bands such as: * Laura Jurd * Dinosaur * Jasper Høiby's Fellow Creatures * Rob Luft Riser * Little Lions * Blue-Eyed Hawk * Ink Line * Glasshopper * Lilli Unwin Band Corrie also plays improvised solo drum concerts and frequently collaborates with artists such as Martin Speake, Mark Lockheart, Jacob Collier, Bobby Wellins, Brian Kellock, Leafcutter John, Tom Herbert, Pete Wareham, Kit Downes, Jasper Høiby, Jim Mullen and many other notable musicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corrie Denison
Eric Honeywood Partridge (6 February 1894 – 1 June 1979) was a New Zealand– British lexicographer of the English language, particularly of its slang. His writing career was interrupted only by his service in the Army Education Corps and the RAF correspondence department during World War II. Early life Partridge was born in the Waimata Valley, near Gisborne, on the North Island of New Zealand to John Thomas Partridge, a grazier, and his wife Ethel Annabella Norris. In 1908 the family moved to Queensland, Australia, where he was educated at the Toowoomba Grammar School. He studied classics and then French and English at the University of Queensland. During this time Partridge also worked for three years as a schoolteacher before enrolling in the Australian Imperial Force in April 1915 and serving in the Australian infantry during the First World War, in Egypt, Gallipoli and on the Western Front, before being wounded in the Battle of Pozières. His interest in slang an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corrie D'Alessio
Corrie Vince D'Alessio (born September 9, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in one National Hockey League game for the Hartford Whalers during the 1992–93 NHL season The 1992–93 NHL season was the 76th regular season of the National Hockey League. Each player wore a patch on their jersey throughout the season to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Stanley Cup. The league expanded to 24 teams with the .... D'Alessio played 11 minutes of the Whalers 9–3 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on the 11th of December 1992, saving the 3 shots that were directed at him. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Awards and honors See also *List of players who played only one game in the NHL References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:D'Alessio, Corrie 1969 births Living people Canadian people of Italian descent Canadian ice hockey goaltenders Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey players Hartford Whalers players Ice hockey people from O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corrie Brown
Corrie Brown (16 August 1949 – 18 January 2007) was a British bobsledder. He competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics and the 1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр .... References 1949 births 2007 deaths British male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Great Britain Bobsledders at the 1980 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1984 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from London 20th-century British people {{UK-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
