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Peter Townsend (1919–2006)
Peter Townsend may refer to: * Peter Townsend (cricketer) (1910–1995), English cricket player * Peter Townsend (drummer), American musician * Peter Townsend (golfer) (born 1946), British golf player * Peter Townsend (RAF officer) (1914–1995), British military pilot linked to Princess Margaret * Peter Townsend (sociologist) (1928–2009), British academic * Peter Townsend (1919–2006), ''Art Monthly Australasia'' editor * Peter Townsend, American owner of the Sterling Iron Works See also * Pete Townshend Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, guitarist, keyboardist, second lead vocalist, principal songwriter and leader of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s an ... (born 1945), British guitarist of The Who * Peter Townsend Barlow (1857–1921), American jurist * Peter Townend (other) {{hndis, Townsend, Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Townsend (cricketer)
Peter Norton Townsend (15 February 1910 – 9 May 1995) was an English first-class cricketer. The son of the cricketer Charlie Townsend, he was born in February 1910 at Norton, County Durham. He was educated at Winchester College, before going up to New College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1929, making two appearances against the touring South Africans and Nottinghamshire. He scored 16 runs in his two matches, while with his leg break bowling he took 3 wickets. After graduating from Oxford, he became a solicitor. Townsend died at Bromley in May 1995. Coming from a large cricketing family, several relatives played cricket at first-class level, with his father and brother, David, playing Test cricket for England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Townsend (drummer)
Peter Townsend is an American drummer from Louisville, Kentucky now living in Nashville, Tennessee. He has recorded and performed with Will Oldham in the bands Palace, Superwolf and Bonnie "Prince" Billy. He has also been featured on recordings and tours with King Kong, Nathan Bell, Human Bell, Nicolai Dunger, David Pajo, Brightblack Morning Light and many others. Discography Palace Music *''The Mountain'' (EP) *''Lost Blues and Other Songs'' Bonnie "Prince" Billy *''I See a Darkness'' *'' Summer in the Southeast'' *'' Superwolf'' Singles * "I Am Drinking Again" * "We All, Us Three, Will Ride" / "Barcelona" * "Cold and Wet" * " I Gave You" * "Love in the Hot Afternoon" * "Hombre Sencillo" * "Must Be Blind" / "Life in Muscle" * "There Is No God" / "God Is Love" * "Christmas Eve Can Kill You" / "Lovey Kravezit" Cross *"Die Forever" King Kong * ''Buncha Beans'' Nathan Bell * ''Colors'' * ''Rain Music'' Compilation * ''Musique Pour Statues Menhirs'' Human Bell * ''Human Bell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Townsend (golfer)
Peter Michael Paul Townsend (born 16 September 1946) is an English professional golfer. After a very successful amateur career he turned professional in 1966. He had a number of wins in the early part of his professional career including the Piccadilly PGA Close Championship in 1968. He represented Great Britain twice in the Ryder Cup, in 1969 and 1971. Amateur career Townsend had a very successful amateur career. He won the Boys Amateur Championship in 1962 and 1964, the Carris Trophy in 1964 and the British Youths Open Amateur Championship in 1965. In 1966 he won both the Brabazon Trophy and the Lytham Trophy and made the cut in the Open Championship finishing as the second-best amateur to Ronnie Shade. He was selected for Great Britain & Ireland in the 1965 Walker Cup and the 1966 Eisenhower Trophy. He turned professional in December 1966 under the management of Mark McCormack. Professional career Townsend won the 1967 Dutch Open in his first season as a professional. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Townsend (RAF Officer)
Group Captain Peter Wooldridge Townsend, (22 November 1914 – 19 June 1995) was a British Royal Air Force officer, flying ace, courtier and author. He was equerry to King George VI from 1944 to 1952 and held the same position for Elizabeth II from 1952 to 1953. Townsend notably had a romance with Princess Margaret, Elizabeth's younger sister. Early life Townsend was born in Rangoon, Burma, to doctor's son Lieutenant Colonel Edward Copleston Townsend, of the British Indian Army,Barrymaine, Norman (1958). ''The Peter Townsend Story''. E. P. Dutton Ltd., p. 19. and his wife, Gladys, daughter of Herbert Hatt-Cook, of Hartford Hall, Cheshire; his father had married aged 42, 20 years older than his bride. The Townsend family, of Devon, tended to send its sons into the church or the armed forces. From 1928 to 1932, Townsend was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College, then an all-boys private school. RAF career Townsend joined the Royal Air Force in 1933 and trained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Townsend (sociologist)
Peter Brereton Townsend (6 April 1928, Middlesbrough – 8 June 2009, Dursley) was a British sociologist. The last position he held was Professor of International Social Policy at the London School of Economics. He was also emeritus Professor of Social Policy in the University of Bristol, and was one of the co-founders of the University of Essex. He wrote widely on the economics of poverty and was co-founder of the Child Poverty Action Group.''The Independent'', 13 June 2009Professor Peter Townsend: Campaigner for social justice who co-founded the Child Poverty Action Group/ref> The Peter Townsend Policy Press Prize was established by the British Academy in his memory. Life and education Peter Townsend was educated at Fleet Road Elementary School, Gospel Oak, University College School, St John's College, Cambridge (MA) and the Free University, Berlin. He was married three times: Ruth Pearce (1949) with whom he had four sons; Joy Skegg (1977) with whom he had one daughter; Jean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Monthly Australasia
''Art Monthly Australasia'', also known as ''Art Monthly'' and formerly titled ''Art Monthly Australia'', is an Australian visual arts magazine published since 1987. Since 1992 the magazine has been published by non-profit publisher Art Monthly Australia Ltd under the auspices of the Australian National University's School of Art & Design in Canberra Canberra ( ; ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the Federation of Australia, federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's list of cities in Australia, largest in .... The full-time editors have included Peter Townsend, Peter Timms, Philippa Kelly, Deborah Clark, Maurice O’Riordan and since 2014, Michael Fitzgerald. The magazine features articles that provide context and expand on the critical discourse about art in both the Asia-Pacific region and Australia."Robert Nelson, Rudd & Rundle: paternalism revisited". In '' Arena Magazine'', no. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sterling Iron Works
The Sterling Iron Works owned by Peter Townsend was one of the first steel and iron manufacturers in the Thirteen Colonies and the first steel producer in the Province of New York. The company was most famous for forging the Hudson River Chain that kept the British Navy from sailing up the Hudson during the American Revolution, and served to protect the strategically important fort at West Point, New York, West Point. The works were operational from 1761 to 1842. Initial ore discovery In 1750 the first discovery was made of a rich superficial deposit of iron ore at the south end of Sterling Mountain, in the town of Monroe, New York. In the following year, Ward & Colton erected at the outlet of mine and Sterling Lake, Sterling Pond, in the extreme southern part of Warwick, near the Monroe line, a charcoal blast-furnace, which was the first in Warwick. These works were called the Sterling Iron-works, honoring General William Alexander, Lord Stirling, William Alexander known as Lord Sti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, guitarist, keyboardist, second lead vocalist, principal songwriter and leader of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s. His aggressive playing style, poetic songwriting techniques and authorship of two rock operas with the Who, as well as other projects, have earned him critical acclaim. Townshend has written more than 100 songs for 12 of the Who's studio albums. These include concept albums, the rock operas ''Tommy (The Who album), Tommy'' (1969) and ''Quadrophenia'' (1973), plus popular rock radio staples such as ''Who's Next'' (1971); as well as dozens more that appeared as non-album singles, bonus tracks on reissues, and tracks on rarities compilation albums such as ''Odds & Sods'' (1974). He has also written more than 100 songs that have appeared on his solo albums, as well as radio jingles and Theme music, television theme songs. While known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Townsend Barlow
Peter Townsend Barlow (July 21, 1857 – May 9, 1921) was an American jurist who served as a New York City Magistrate for nearly two decades. Early life Peter T. Barlow was born at New York City to Samuel Latham Mitchell Barlow (1826–1889) and the former Alice Cornell Townsend (1833–1889). His father was a prominent New York Wall Street attorney who frequently represented the interest of the American railroad industry. Barlow’s grandfather was Samuel Bancroft Barlow, a noted American physician.America's successful men of affairs: An encyclopedia of contemporaneous ... edited by Henry Hall (1895) Barlow's sister, Alice Wadsworth Barlow, was married to Stephen Henry Olin, a lawyer who served as the acting president of Wesleyan University. Barlow's niece, Julia Lynch Olin, was married to Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, the former Lt. Gov. of New York. Barlow attended Harvard College and graduated with the Class of 1879; receiving his law degree two years later from Columbia La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
