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Fred Wright (other)
Fred or Frederick Wright may refer to: * Fred Wright (cartoonist) (1907–1984), American labor cartoonist and activist * Fred Wright (historian) (born 1947), British historian and theologian * Frederick Wright (politician) (born 1933), Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada * Frederick Eugene Wright (1877–1953), American optician and geophysicist * Frederick Adam Wright (1869–1946), English classical scholar * Frederick Wright (cricketer) (1855–1929), English cricketer * Fred Wright (researcher), American engineer * Fred Wright (cyclist) (born 1999), British racing cyclist * Fred E. Wright (director) (1868–1936), American actor and director {{hndis, Wright, Fred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Wright (cartoonist)
Fred Wright (June 24, 1907 – December 29, 1984) was an American labor cartoonist and activist who created "thousands" of illustrated news strips as a staff cartoonist for the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE). His first published cartoon appeared in ''The Pilot'', a publication owned by the National Maritime Union, in 1939. In 1949, the UE hired Wright as a staff cartoonist, for whom he worked until his death on December 29, 1984. Early life Wright was born on June 24, 1907, in Derby, Derby, England. With his family, Wright immigrated to America during childhood. Wright learned to draw from his grandfather, an amateur artist who worked as a striper in automobile factories. As a teenager, Wright played saxophone professionally in clip joints and resorts; in the late 1920s, Wright attended classes at the Art Students League of New York, New York Art Students League (NYASL). According to Paul Buhle in ''Encyclopedia of the American Left'', the Great Depr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Wright (historian)
Frederick Wright (born 1947) is a British historian and theologian who has written extensively on the subject of the persecution of the Jewish people throughout history and is one of the few evangelical scholars to interface with the challenge of Theology after Auschwitz and subsequently propose a Theology of Catastrophe. Later works concentrate on philosophical tensions within Jewish - Christian debate and ethical vectors relating to the dynamics of decision-making In psychology, decision-making (also spelled decision making and decisionmaking) is regarded as the Cognition, cognitive process resulting in the selection of a belief or a course of action among several possible alternative options. It could be ... in the historical process. His next title, ''Ethical Vectors in Warfare,'' is due to be published in 2019 ''The Cross became a Sword: The Soldiers of Christ and the First Crusade'', in addition to dealing with the historical events investigates both the character o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Wright (politician)
Frederick William Wright (born 28 October 1933 in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was an investment counsellor and property manager by career. He served in the 32nd Canadian Parliament The 32nd Canadian Parliament was in session from April 14, 1980, until July 9, 1984. The membership was set by the 1980 federal election on February 18, 1980, and it only changed slightly due to resignations and by-elections prior to being di ... at the Calgary North electoral district which he won in the 1980 federal election. He left federal politics after this single term and did not campaign in the 1984 election. External links * 1933 births Canadian people of English descent Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta People from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Alberta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Eugene Wright
Frederick Eugene Wright (October 16, 1877 – August 25, 1953) was an American optical scientist and geophysicist. He was the second president of the Optical Society of America from 1918-1919. Biography He was born in Marquette, Michigan, and his father was a state geologist. In 1895 his mother took Frederick and his two brothers to Germany where he would complete his education. He was awarded his Ph.D. ''summa cum laude'' from the University of Heidelberg. After returning to the United States, he taught at the ''Michigan College of Mines'' and became the Assistant State Geologist. He moved to Washington D.C. in 1904, joining the United States Geological Survey. He then spent some time in exploration of Alaska. In 1906 he joined the Carnegie Institution as a member of their Geophysical Laboratory. He remained on the staff until his retirement in 1944. In 1906, he met Kathleen Finley and in 1909 they were married. Their daughter, Mary Helen Wright Greuter (1914–1997), became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Adam Wright
Frederick Adam Wright (16 February 1869, Gorleston-on-Sea – 2 August 1946, Falmouth) was an English classical scholar known for his translations of Greek and Latin classics. Life He graduated from Great Yarmouth School and Magdalen College, Cambridge. He taught at schools in Brighton and Mill Hill (now in the London Borough of Barnet). From 1913 to 1935 held the chair of Classics at Birkbeck College (afterwards part of the University of London). Works Wright wrote ''A History of Later Latin Literature'' (1931); ''A History of Later Greek Literature from the Death of Alexander in 323 BC to the Death of Justinian in 565 AD'' (1932); a biography of Marcus Agrippa, ''Organizer of Victory'' (1937); and an essay on Plautus, Catullus and Ovid, ''Three Roman Poets'' (1938). In 1916, he published a collection of his own poetry, ''The House on the Hill, and Other Poems''. Of particular interest is Wright's monograph ''Feminism in Greek Literature from Homer to Aristotle'' (1923), an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Wright (cricketer)
Frederick Wright (20 June 1855 – 20 November 1929) was an English cricketer. Wright was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Sysonby, Leicestershire. Wright made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against Derbyshire at Grace Road in the 1895 County Championship. He made four further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Lancashire in the 1897 County Championship. In his five matches, Wright scored 110 runs at an average of 11.00, with a high score of 31. With the ball, he took 17 wickets at a bowling average of 21.47, with best figures of 5/78. His only five wicket haul came against Derbyshire on debut. Wright was 40 years and 49 days old, the oldest bowler to take five wickets on debut until Santha Moorthy broke the record in February 2020. He died at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire on 20 November 1929. References External linksFrederick Wrightat ESPNcricinfo ESPNcricinfo (formerly known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Wright (researcher)
George A. "Fred" Wright is an American engineer who is the Associate Laboratory Director and Principal Research Engineer of the Cyber Technology and Information Security Laboratory (CTISL) at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. In 2008, Wright founded a cyber security incubator, which led to the formation of CTISL in 2010. The Lab focuses on development and integration of security technologies into Government and industry enterprises. His research has focused in a variety of technical areas, including cyber security, electronic warfare, communications systems, signal processing, signals intelligence, and radar systems. Wright is also an adjunct professor of computer science at Georgia Institute of Technology. Education Wright holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Memphis State University The University of Memphis (Memphis) is a public university, public research university in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Wright (cyclist)
Alfred Brockwell Wright (born 13 June 1999) is a British racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Originally from south east London, Wright moved to Manchester at the age of 18 to join the British Cycling Senior Academy, with a focus on the track. In August 2019, Wright joined UCI WorldTeam as a stagiaire for the second half of the season. In November 2019 it was announced that Wright was joining the team, later renamed as for the 2020 season. He was recruited to the team by Rod Ellingworth, the outfit's general manager, who had previously worked for the British Cycling Senior Academy. In April 2020 Wright won stage four of the Giro d'Italia Virtual, held during the Covid-19 crisis that stopped outdoor cycling races. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España. At the Vuelta he placed fourth on the fifteenth stage of the race. 2022 2022 was a breakthrough season for Wright as he took a top-10 at the Tour of Flanders fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
