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Nicholas Wright (other)
Nicholas or Nick Wright may refer to: Sports * Nicholas Wright (cricketer, born 1960), English cricketer * Nicholas Wright (cricketer, born 1901) (1901–1974), English cricketer * Nick Wright (footballer, born 1975), English footballer * Nick Wright (footballer, born 1987), English footballer * Nick Wright (sportscaster) (born 1984), sports radio and television personality Other people * Nicholas Wright (academic) (born 1945), English academic * Nicholas Wright (playwright) Nicholas Verney Wright (born 1940 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a British dramatist. Biography Nicholas Wright was born in Cape Town, attended Rondebosch Boys' School and from the age of six was a child actor on radio and on the stage. He cam ... (born 1940), British dramatist * Nicolas Wright (born 1982), Canadian actor * Nick Wright (politician) (born 1982), Canadian politician and lawyer * Nick Wright (Royal Navy officer) (born 1949), private secretary to the Princess Royal * N. T. Wright (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Wright (cricketer, Born 1960)
Nicholas Peter Gerrard Wright (born 9 January 1960) is a former English cricketer. Wright was a left-handed batting (cricket), batsman, his bowling (cricket), bowling style is unknown. He was born in Mill Hill, Middlesex. Wright made his debut for Hertfordshire County Cricket Club, Hertfordshire in the 1980 Minor Counties Cricket Championship, Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk County Cricket Club, Norfolk. Wright played Minor Counties of English and Welsh cricket, Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1980 to 1997, which included 76 Minor Counties Championship matches and 21 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A cricket, List A debut against Hampshire County Cricket Club, Hampshire in the 1983 NatWest Trophy. He made 6 further List A appearances for the county, the last coming against Warwickshire County Cricket Club, Warwickshire in the 1991 NatWest Trophy. In his 7 List A matches, he scored 67 runs at a batting average (cricket), batting average of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Wright (cricketer, Born 1901)
Nicholas Edward Wright was an English cricketer active from 1921 to 1922 who played for Northamptonshire (Northants). He appeared in eight first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm medium pace. Wright was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire on 28 August 1901 and died in Corby, Northamptonshire on 20 May 1974. He scored 30 runs with a highest score of 8 and took two wicket In the sport of cricket, the term wicket has several meanings: * It is either of the two sets of three Stump (cricket), stumps and two Bail (cricket), bails at each end of the Cricket pitch, pitch. The Fielding (cricket), fielding team's playe ...s with a best performance of two for 59. References 1901 births 1974 deaths English cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers 20th-century English sportsmen {{england-cricket-bio-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Wright (footballer, Born 1975)
Nicholas John Wright (born 15 October 1975, in Codnor) is an English former professional footballer who played for Derby County, Carlisle United and Watford before his career was cut short by injury. Wright, who played as a forward, is best remembered for scoring an overhead kick in the 1999 Football League First Division play-off final, helping secure Watford's promotion to the Premier League. The following season in the top flight Wright only made four league appearances, though this included games against Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd) or simply United, is a professional association football, football club based in Old Trafford (area), Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, Engl .... References External links * 1975 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Derby County F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Wright (footballer, Born 1987)
Nicholas "Nick" Wright (born 25 November 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a striker. Wright played in the Football League for Bristol City and Northampton Town while on loan from Birmingham City where he began his career. He went on to play non-league football for a variety of clubs: three years at Tamworth, two with Kidderminster Harriers, and shorter periods for Ashford Town (Kent), Halesowen Town, Mansfield Town, Lincoln City and Worcester City. In 2008, he was first capped by England C, the team that represents England internationally at semi-professional level. Club career Birmingham City Wright was born in Birmingham, West Midlands. He joined Birmingham City's youth academy when he was a teenager, but never progressed into the first-team. He spent spells on loan to several clubs before turning down Birmingham's offer of a new one-year contract, and left the club at the end of the 2006–07 season. Loans In January 2006, Wright joined Conference Premi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Wright (sportscaster)
Nicholas James Wright (born October 3, 1984) is an American sports television personality, sports podcaster, and former sports radio talk show host. Wright is a co-host of '' First Things First'', a talk show on Fox Sports 1 (FS1), alongside Kevin Wildes and Chris Broussard. Signed to The Volume podcast network, he also hosts '' What's Wright? with Nick Wright'' with his son, Damonza Byrd. Outside of sports, Wright has also participated in poker competitions. His presence in the sports media landscape has garnered him both praise and criticism from fellow media members and viewers, who have particularly noted his open fandom for his hometown professional sports teams and basketball player LeBron James, as well as his outspoken views on social issues in sports. Early life Nick Wright was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. He is of partial Polish-Jewish descent through one of his grandfathers. He also has Irish and Italian ancestry and was raised Roman Catholic. His fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Wright (academic)
Sir Nicholas Alcwyn Wright is a British professor and medical doctor. He was the Warden of Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. Wright attended Bristol Grammar School and Durham Medical School accepted him straight into the second year before he graduated in 1965 and proceeded to achieve two post-graduate degrees in pathology at Newcastle University. He was Professor of Pathology at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School at the Hammersmith Hospital, and then became the Dean of the Royal Postgraduate Medical School before becoming the Deputy Principal of the Imperial College School of Medicine in 1998. Sir Nicholas was Warden of Barts and The London from 2001 until 2009. He is also Head of the Histopathology Unit at Cancer Research (UK) Ltd, President of the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland and was the President of the British Society of Gastroenterology in 2003-04. He was Knight Bachelor, knighted in the New Year Honours 2006, New Year Honours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Wright (playwright)
Nicholas Verney Wright (born 1940 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a British dramatist. Biography Nicholas Wright was born in Cape Town, attended Rondebosch Boys' School and from the age of six was a child actor on radio and on the stage. He came to London in 1958 to train as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and subsequently worked as a floor-assistant in BBC Television and as a runner in film, notably John Schlesinger's ''Far From the Madding Crowd''. He started work at the Royal Court Theatre in 1965 as Casting Director and became, first, an assistant director there and then the first Director of the Royal Court's Theatre Upstairs, where for several years he presented an innovatory programme of new writing. From 1975 to 1977 he was joint artistic director of the Royal Court and he was subsequently a member of the Royal Court Theatre's Board. He is former literary manager and associate director of the Royal National Theatre, and a former member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Wright
Nicolas Wright (born March 23, 1982) is a Canadian actor. Wright has performed on stage, television and film. In 2004, he received the "most promising newcomer" award at the Just for Laughs film festival in Montreal for his short film, ''Toutouffe''. His credits include '' Hatley High'' (2003), '' Superstorm'' (2007), '' The Wild Hunt'' (2008), '' Afghan Luke'' (2011), and '' Independence Day: Resurgence'' (2016). He was nominated for an ACTRA Montreal Award for outstanding male performance for his acting in the movie '' White House Down'' (2013). Career Nicolas began his career on film playing the lead role in '' Hatley High'' (2003), He co-starred with Tom Sizemore and Nicola Stephenson in the BBC mini-series, '' Superstorm'' (2007). He starred in the IFC mini-series, ''The Festival'' (2005), and its spin-off sequel '' The Business'', which co-starred Kathleen Robertson. In 2007, he starred in MGM’s '' War Games: The Dead Code'', and Lifetime’s ''Girl's Best Friend'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Wright (politician)
Nicholas dePencier Wright (born May 20, 1982) is a Canadian business lawyer and politician. He was the founding leader of the Green Party of Nova Scotia and was the founding Executive Director of the Canadian animal advocacy organization Animal Justice. He is currently founder and CEO of foreign affairs publication Geopolitical Monitor and was an elected member ("Bencher") of the governing body of the Law Society of Ontario (2019-2023). Background and education Wright was born in Toronto, Ontario. He attended Lakefield College School before moving to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he received an honours degree in philosophy from the University of King's College, Halifax and an MBA and a law degree from Dalhousie University. He has since additionally earned an LLM in tax law from Osgoode Hall Law School. Politics On March 5, 2006, Wright became the leader of the Green Party of Nova Scotia at the Party's founding convention—after winning a contested nomination vote over long time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Wright (Royal Navy Officer)
Captain Sir Nicholas Peter Wright, KCVO (born 1949) was Private Secretary to The Princess Royal from 2002 to 2019. On his retirement from the post he was appointed an Extra Equerry to Her Royal Highness from 1 February 2019. He was educated at Ampleforth College, the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and the Joint Service Defence College. Commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1968 as a Supply and Secretariat Branch officer, he served in HMS ''Whitby'' and HMS ''Diomede'' 1969–1973, and was flag lieutenant to the Flag Officer Medway 1973–1975. In 1976–1977 he was deputy supply officer in the guided missile destroyer HMS ''Norfolk''. From 1978 to 1980 he was on the staff of the Headquarters Allied Forces Northern Europe, Oslo (a NATO appointment). In 1980–1982 he was Supply Officer of the frigate HMS ''Lowestoft''. In 1982–1984 he was assistant secretary to the Second Sea Lord in Main Building, Whitehall, and from 1985 to 1987 on the staff of the Britannia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |