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Greener NHS National Programme
Greener is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bob Greener (1899–1970), English professional footballer * Christopher Greener (born 1943), United Kingdom's tallest human * Leaf Greener, Chinese fashion journalist * Matthew Greener, British musician * Richard Theodore Greener (1844–1922), American diplomat * William Greener (1806–1869), English inventor and gunsmith See also * "Greener", rock song by the American rock band Tally Hall (band), Tally Hall featured on the 2005 album ''Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (album), Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum''. * ''Greener'', 1994 stop-motion film directed by Mark Osborne (filmmaker), Mark Osborne. * W.W. Greener, English arms-making firm {{surname, Greener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Greener
Robert Greener (17 July 1899 – February 1970) was an English professional Association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder, half-back or an inside forward in the Football League for Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace and York City F.C., York City and in non-League football for Birtley Colliery. After retiring, he worked at Crystal Palace as assistant trainer and later trainer. References 1899 births People from Birtley, Tyne and Wear Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead Footballers from Tyne and Wear 1970 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Crystal Palace F.C. players York City F.C. players English Football League players Crystal Palace F.C. non-playing staff 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-forward-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Greener
Christopher Paul Greener (21 November 1943 – 11 February 2015) was a British actor and basketball player who went on to represent the United Kingdom. Greener was born in New Brighton, Wallasey, Cheshire. He was, at one point, the tallest man in the United Kingdom and, at the time of his death, was the 4th tallest British-born man (after William Bradley, Neil Fingleton and Paul Sturgess) at in height. His weight ranged from during adulthood. From a very young age, Greener had a tumour at the base of his pituitary gland, which controls the release of human growth hormone. As a result of the tumour, Greener's pituitary gland released more growth hormone than in an average person, and he would have continued to grow had the tumour not been treated with radiation therapy when he was in his late 20s. He was in length when he was born, with an average weight, and he followed the development standards of his age during his first year of life. He was measured at on his 1st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leaf Greener
Leaf Greener is a fashion stylist, fashion reporter, creative consultant and founder of LEAF WeChat magazine. Leaf was born in Beijing and currently lives in Shanghai. Career Leaf was hired to work as Senior Fashion Editor for Condé Nast China's ''Self'' Magazine. In 2008, she was appointed to take on the role of Senior Fashion Editor for China‘s highly regarded and most widely read fashion publication ''Elle'' magazine. She then moved on to work as a guest editor for Vogue China magazine. In 2015, she founded LEAF WeChat magazine, which is a self-published mobile magazine. She calls it "the small and artistic" — and it is published exclusively on mobile phones, through the popular app WeChat. She often helps bring Chinese designers to a broader audience, whether on Facebook and Instagram or on Chinese social media platforms Weibo and WeChat. In 2020, she collaborated with Puerto Rican artist, Edwin Antonio on his book titled “Runway Dreams”. Digital fashion star L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Greener
Morning Runner were an English alternative rock band, formed in 2003 in Reading, Berkshire. The band comprised vocalist/guitarist Matthew Jonathan Greener, drummer Ali Clewer, bassist Tom Derrett and pianist Chris "Fields" Wheatcroft. They released one album, '' Wilderness Is Paradise Now'', following top 20 single " Burning Benches", before splitting up in late 2007 due to commercial pressures from their record label, Parlophone. History Origin and early years (2003–2005) Morning Runner formed in Reading, Berkshire. Pianist Chris "Fields" Wheatcroft moved to Reading from Salisbury, where he had dropped out of his classical music course, and Nottingham born vocalist/guitarist Matthew Jonathan Greener moved there with his parents in his early teens. Drummer Ali Clewer and bassist Tom Derrett are from Reading originally. Greener began as a drummer in another band, writing some of their material himself. He left to perform solo, until one night a local promoter asked him to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Theodore Greener
Richard Theodore Greener (1844–1922) was a pioneering African-American scholar, excelling in elocution, philosophy, law and classics in the Reconstruction era. In 1870, he became the first black undergraduate at Harvard University to receive a bachelor's degree.Stewart, Ruth Ann and David M. Kahn (1980) “Richard T. Greener, His Life and Work”. An Exhibit and Tribute Sponsored by the National Park Services. June 4,1980—October 31, 1980. National Park Service. The previous year, Harvard Law School, Harvard Medical School, and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine awarded degrees to their first black graduates in 1869. After graduating with honors from Harvard, Greer worked as a high school teacher and principal. In 1873, he was recruited by the University of South Carolina (USC) to become the school's first black professor. While on the USC faculty, he enrolled in and graduated from USC's Law School. He also served as associate editor for the '' New National Era'', a ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Greener
William Greener (1806–1869) was an English inventor and gunmaker. He developed a self-expanding bullet in 1835, an electric lamp in 1846 (patent specification 11076 of that year) some 33 years before Thomas Edison's patent in 1879. William Greener also invented the percussion system for firing cannon, made improvements to the miner's safety lamp and won a prize for designing a mechanical device by which four gates at railway/road level crossings could be opened or closed simultaneously. He also invented a self-righting lifeboat, which was exhibited with a rocket gun and several of his famous percussion muzzle-loading shotguns and rifles at the Great Exhibition of 1851, where he was awarded a gold medal. The Greener bullet had a hollow base which was fitted with a plug which forced the base of the bullet to expand and catch the rifling. This allowed the bullet to fit easily into the muzzle of the rifle so that it could be easily loaded, but then expand upon firing so that as l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tally Hall (band)
Tally Hall (sometimes stylized as tallyhall) is an American rock music, rock band formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in December 2002, and publicly active until the conclusion of their Good & Evil (album), ''Good & Evil'' tour in 2011. The band is known for its upbeat melodies, whimsical lyrics, and a dedicated fanbase on social media sites. The members originally described their musical style as "wonky rock", later redefining their sound as "fabloo" ( ), to not let any particular genres define their music after critics began defining the characteristics of "wonky rock". Tally Hall has five members, each of them distinguished by the color of their neckties: guitarist Rob Cantor (yellow), guitarist Joe Hawley (red), drummer Ross Federman (gray), keyboardist Andrew Horowitz (green), and bassist Zubin Sedghi (blue). Touring partner Casey Shea (black) and producer and roadie Bora Karaca (orange) also have their own tie colors. All five members have provided vocals for the band. Once un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (album)
''Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum'' is the debut studio album by American rock band Tally Hall, originally released on October 24, 2005. Their previous recordings were all independently produced and distributed demos. All of the tracks on the album are finished versions of their demo tracks featured in '' Party Boobytrap E.P.'', and ''Welcome to Tally Hall E.P.'', with the exception of "Haiku," which is a completely new song. The album gets its name from a museum of mechanized curiosities that was located in Farmington Hills, Michigan. The album's cover art is also based on a number of machines located within the museum. The album was officially re-released on September 12, 2006, under the Quack! Media label. This re-release coincided with additional publicity on MTV, national distribution in all major retail stores, and various other TV appearances including ''The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson''. The music video for "Good Day" was first shown at Tally Hall's two Ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Osborne (filmmaker)
Mark Randolph Osborne (born September 17, 1970) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator. He is best known for directing the animated films ''Kung Fu Panda'' (2008) and ''The Little Prince'' (2015), the former of which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. He also directed the stop-motion short film '' More'' (1998), which was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Biography Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Osborne grew up in Woodstock, Vermont until at age 14 he moved to Flemington, New Jersey and graduated from Hunterdon Central Regional High School in 1988. He began his career by studying Foundation Art at Pratt Institute in New York before receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts in June 1992. His thesis film, ''Greener'', won numerous awards and was screened at more than 40 film festivals worldwide. He has received two Academy Award nominati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
