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Edward Wright (other)
Edward Wright may refer to: *Edward Wright (mathematician) (1561–1615), English mathematician and cartographer * Edward Wright (principal) (–1683) Principal of Glasgow University * Edward Wright (artist) (1912–1988), painter, typographer and graphic designer * Edward Wright (Medal of Honor) (1829–1901), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient * Edward L. Wright (born 1947), American astrophysicist and cosmologist * Edward Fortescue Wright (1858–1904), English cricketer * Edward George Wright (1831–1902), New Zealand engineer and politician * Edward Percival Wright (1834–1910), Irish ophthalmic surgeon, botanist and zoologist *Ed Wright (composer) (born 1980), English composer * E. M. Wright (1906–2005), English mathematician *Ed Wright (baseball) (1919–1995), Major League Baseball pitcher * Gordon Wright (footballer) (Edward Gordon Dundas Wright, 1884–1947), English footballer *Bearcat Wright (Edward Wright, 1932–1982), African-American profession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Wright (mathematician)
Edward Wright (baptism, baptised 8 October 1561; died November 1615) was an English mathematician and cartographer noted for his book ''Certaine Errors in Navigation'' (1599; 2nd ed., 1610), which for the first time explained the mathematical basis of the Mercator projection by building on the works of Pedro Nunes, and set out a reference table giving the linear scale multiplication factor as a function of latitude, calculated for each minute of arc up to a latitude of 75°. This was in fact a table of values of the integral of the secant function, and was the essential step needed to make practical both the making and the navigational use of Mercator charts. Wright was born at Garvestone, Garveston in Norfolk and educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he became a Oxford fellow, fellow from 1587 to 1596. In 1589 the college granted him leave after Elizabeth I of England, Elizabeth I requested that he carry out navigational studies with Azores Voyage of 1589, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bearcat Wright
Edward M. Wright (January 13, 1932 – August 28, 1982) better known by his ring name "Bearcat" Wright was an American professional wrestler who became popular in the late 1950s and 1960s. Despite racial tension in the United States, he became wildly popular as a babyface. Wrestling in either singles competition or in tag team competition (often matched with Bobo Brazil), thousands of fans would pack arenas to see him. He was the son of boxer Ed "Bearcat" Wright, and had an 8–0 record as a professional boxer himself in the early 1950s, boxing as "Bearcat Wright Jr." Professional wrestling career The Arizona Wrestling Legends website says, "He was seen in Australia, in Canada, throughout the south, in the midwest, in Texas, always winning the support of the fans as he battled the likes of The Sheik, Johnny Valentine and Kinji Shibuya. A tall and lanky man, he was usually noted for flying dropkicks, spin kicks, and leaps off the rope." He adopted a "claw hold" for his finis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Fleet Of South Australia
In 1836, at least nine ships carried the first European settlers from England to the south coast of Australia for the establishment of the City of Adelaide and the province of South Australia. Although not all of the ships sailed together, they have been referred to as the "First Fleet of South Australia" since all were carrying the first immigrants, including the founding planners and administrators of the new settlement, all of whom were represented at the proclamation of the new province. People After a historic meeting at Exeter Hall on 30 June 1834, where the principles, objects, plan and prospects of the new Colony of South Australia were explained to the public, hundreds of enquiries from prospective immigrants started to arrive at the South Australian Association's headquarters in London. The ships that sailed in 1836 would carry prospective emigrants as well as staff employed by the South Australian Company, a private business enterprise, and various appointees of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Herbert Wright
Edward Herbert Wright (September 28, 1863 – August 6, 1930) was an American politician and political activist who helped play a pivotal early role in African-American political participation in Chicago. Early life and education Wright was born on September 28, 1863, in New York City. A graduate of the College of the City of New York at 17 years old, Wright taught in New Jersey for three years. After his arrival in Chicago while looking for a job, Wright found odd jobs such as assisting a Pullman porter, working as a real estate office assistant and working in the registry department of the post office. Career He soon caught the eye of local elected officials, and was hired into the county clerk’s office. Wright participated in the 1888 Republican National Convention, which was hosted in Chicago, and was rewarded for his work by being hired as bookkeeper and railroad incorporation clerk in the secretary of state’s office, the first African-American to be appoin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward W
Edward is an English language, English male name. It is derived from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements ''wikt:ead#Old English, ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and ''wikt:weard#Old English, weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the House of Normandy, Norman and House of Plantagenet, Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes. The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III of England, Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I of England, Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration. Variant forms The name has been adopted in the Iberian Peninsula#Modern Iberia, Iberian peninsula since the 15th century, due to Edward, King of Portugal, whose mother was English. The Spanish/Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and Duarte (name), Duart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Richard Wright
Edward Richard Wright (c. 1813–21 December 1859) was an English comedian and actor. Life He was one of at least five children born to Elizabeth and Francis Wright, whose profession was listed as "Gent", of Sloane Square in London. He was initially apprenticed to a bookbinder, but later abandoned that career, and his wife, for the stage. He had married his first wife, Mary Lucretia Jacobs (1802-1849) in December 1833 at Kensington in Middlesex. The marriage was not a happy one, and Wright having left her destitute when he left her, he was sued by his wife in court in 1838 for the return of their infant daughter, Charlotte Frances Wright (1837-), and to provide his estranged wife with suitable maintenance. She never regained custody of her daughter. Wright became a citizen of London and a member of the Skinners' Company. After acting, in September 1832 at the Margate Theatre, John Reeve's part of Marmaduke Magog in the ''Wreck Ashore'' of John Baldwin Buckstone, he was seen i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Wright (sailor)
Edward Wright (born 13 October 1977) is a professional sailor from Great Britain and who was nominated for the 2010 ISAF World Sailor of Year Awards. Career Results Highlights * 3rd – 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships in the Finn * 2nd – 2013 Finn World Championship * 2nd – 2012 Finn World Championship * 3rd – 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships in the Finn * 1st – 2010 Finn World Championship * 3rd – 2006 Finn World Championship * 6th – 2002 Laser A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation. The word ''laser'' originated as an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radi ... World Championship References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Ed 1977 births Living people English male sailors (sport) Sportspeople from Nottingham Green Comm Racing sailors 5.5 Metre class world champions Finn class world champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Wright (cricketer, Born 1874)
Edward Campbell Wright (23 April 1874 – 28 July 1947) was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played for Gloucestershire, Oxford University and Kent between 1894 and 1902. Wright was born at South Shields in County Durham, the son of a Church of England clergyman. His father died in 1880 and Wright was educated at the Clergy Orphan School in Canterbury where he played cricket.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 614–615.Available onlineat the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)Wright, Mr Edward Campbell Obituaries in 1947, '' Wisden Cricketers' Almanack< ...
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Edward Wright (cricketer, Born 1945)
Edward Wright (born 3 May 1945) is an English former cricketer. Wright was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born in Shipdham, Norfolk. Wright made his debut for Norfolk in the 1969 Minor Counties Championship against Cambridgeshire. Wright played Minor counties cricket for Norfolk from 1969 to 1982, making 72 Minor Counties Championship appearances. He made his only List A appearance in 1982 against Leicestershire in the NatWest Trophy The Friends Provident Trophy was a one-day cricket competition in the United Kingdom. It was one of the four tournaments in which the eighteen first-class counties competed each season. They were joined by teams from Scotland and Ireland. Lan .... He wasn't required to bat in the match, but did bowl 9 wicket-less overs for the cost of 19 runs. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Edward 1945 births Living people People from Shipdham English cricketers Norfolk cricketers Cricketers fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Wright (Lancashire Cricketer)
Edward Wright (dates of birth and death unknown) was an English cricketer who made seven appearances in 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 .... Wright made his debut in first-class cricket for Manchester Cricket Club in 1844 against a Yorkshire XI at Moss Lane. He played a further six first-class matches until 1849. He scored a total of 88 runs in his seven matches, with a high score of 23. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Edward Date of birth unknown Date of death unknown English cricketers Manchester Cricket Club cricketers Place of birth missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Wright (footballer)
Edward Gordon Dundas Wright (3 October 1884 – 5 June 1947) was an English amateur association football, footballer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, being part of the England national amateur football team, English team, who won the gold medal in the Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics, football tournament. He played one match in this team. He was the Captain (association football), captain of Hull City A.F.C., Hull City team for seven seasons in a row. Club career After attending St Lawrence College in Ramsgate, Wright went up to Queen's College in Cambridge, where he soon earned a place in the University of Cambridge, University XI for three years (1904–06), where he stood out for his excellent ball control and tactical knowledge as an Association football positions#Winger, outside left. On leaving Cambridge, he accepted a post at Hymer's College in Kingston upon Hull, Hull, teaching Natural History and Science, and in the same year, he was elected Captain (as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Wright (principal)
Edward Wright of Kersie (c.1605–1683) was a minister of the Church of Scotland who served as Principal of the University of Glasgow from 1662 to 1683. Life He was born around 1605 the son of William Wright, probably at Kersie Mains, a property on the River Forth near Falkirk. His father was a merchant either in Falkirk and/or Edinburgh. Edward was educated at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with an MA in June 1620. Joining the Church of Scotland he was ordained as minister of Clackmannan in September 1666. He translated to the High Kirk of Glasgow in April 1641. In August 1641 he was elected Professor of Divinity at the University of Aberdeen but the General Assembly refused him permission to move and required him to stay in Glasgow. In November 1646 he deliberately moved to the less onerous position as minister of Falkirk.''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; vol. 7; by Hew Scott In December 1662 he replaced Robert Baillie as Principal of the University of Glasgow. He di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
