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Michael Garrett (DJ)
Michael Garrett may refer to: * Michael Garrett (astronomer) (born 1964), General Director of the Dutch astronomy research foundation ASTRON * Michael Garrett (composer) (born 1944), British composer * Mick Garrett (born 1937), Irish Gaelic footballer * Michael X. Garrett (born 1961), U.S. Army general * Michael Garrett (politician) (born c. 1985), member of the North Carolina State Senate * Mike Garrett Michael Lockett Garrett (born April 12, 1944) is a former American football player who won the Heisman Trophy in 1965 as a Halfback (American football), halfback for the USC Trojans football, USC Trojans. Garrett played professional football for ... (born 1944), American football player {{hndis, Garrett, Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Garrett (astronomer)
Michael (Mike) Garrett (born 1964) is a Scottish astronomer. He has been the Director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics since September 2016. He was previously the General Director of ASTRON, part of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. Personal life He was born in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland, and brought up in nearby Saltcoats, on the west coast. Education He went to St. Mary's (1969–1976) and St. Andrew's RC schools (1976–1982). He graduated with first-class honours at the University of Glasgow (1982–1986). He studied for his PhD at Jodrell Bank Observatory, University of Manchester (1986–1990), supervised by Dennis Walsh. Career Garrett started work at the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE) in 1996, working on support for the European VLBI Network. He became the director of JIVE in 2003, and over the course of his four-year tenure the number of employees at the institute doubled from 20 to 40. On 1 February 2007 he beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Garrett (composer)
Michael Garrett (born 1944) is a British composer, born in Leicestershire. He has been composing and performing for more than fifty years. His many works extend across a wide range of styles. Career He has written many symphonic, chamber and instrumental works as well as vocal music and has written extensively for the piano. During the 1960s his early compositions incorporated experiments with serial techniques; and in the years since then he has composed a wealth of music in a more melodic vein. He began studying the piano and composing in 1956 and studied at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London where he won a scholarship to study with Edmund Rubbra (1961–1964). He also studied piano with Frank Merrick who was himself a pupil of Theodor Leschetizky. He composed music for two Ken Russell films ''Women in Love'' (1969) and '' Savage Messiah'' (1972). He worked as composer and pianist in the theatre, gave piano recitals of jazz and experimental music, and also comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Garrett
Mick Garrett (born 1937 in Scotstown, County Monaghan) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Tuam Stars winning 7 county titles with them and was a member of the Galway senior inter-county team from 1959 until 1965. Mick Garrett was born in 1937 in Scotstown, County Monaghan County Monaghan ( ; ga, Contae Mhuineacháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of Border strategic planning area of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County C ... References 1937 births Living people Galway inter-county Gaelic footballers Tuam Stars Gaelic footballers {{Galway-gaelic-football-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael X
Michael X (17 August 1933 – 16 May 1975), born Michael de Freitas, was a Trinidad and Tobago-born self-styled black revolutionary and civil rights activist in 1960s London. He was also known as Michael Abdul Malik and Abdul Malik. Convicted of murder in 1972, Michael X was executed by hanging in 1975 in Port of Spain's Royal Gaol. Biography Michael de Freitas was born in Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, to an " Obeah-practising black woman from Barbados and an absent Portuguese father from St Kitts". Busby, Margaret"Notting Hill to death row"(review of ''Michael X: A Life In Black And White'', by John Williams), ''The Independent'', 8 August 2008. Encouraged by his mother to pass for white, "Red Mike" was a headstrong youth and was expelled from school at the age of 14. In 1957 he emigrated to the United Kingdom, where he settled in London and worked as an enforcer and frontman for Peter Rachman, the notorious slum landlord. He professed to dislike the role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Garrett (politician)
Michael Kennedy Garrett (born ) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina State Senate, representing the 27th district. He was elected in 2018, defeating Republican incumbent Trudy Wade Trudy Wade (born July 18, 1951) is an American politician who served in the North Carolina Senate from the 27th district from 2013 to 2019. She represented the state's twenty-seventh Senate district, which consists of Guilford County, North Carol .... References External links Living people 1980s births Democratic Party North Carolina state senators 21st-century American politicians {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |