|
Richard Bird (canon)
Richard Bird may refer to: * Richard Bird (actor) (1895–1979), British actor * Richard Ely Bird (1878–1955), American politician * Richard Bird (computer scientist) (1943–2022), professor at Oxford * Richard Real Bird, American politician and former chairman of the Crow Nation of Montana * Richard A. Bird (born 1940), American politician * Dickie Bird Harold Dennis "Dickie" Bird, (born 19 April 1933) is an English former cricketer and retired international cricket umpire. During his long umpiring career, he became a much-loved figure among players and viewing public, due to his excellence ... (born 1933), English cricket umpire See also * Richard Birde (other) * Richard Byrd (other) {{hndis, Bird, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bird (actor)
Richard Bird (4 April 1895 – December 1979) was an English actor and director of stage and screen. Born George, Bird took the stage name Richard Bird after being nicknamed "Dickie" by his theatre colleagues. After working in a newspaper office for a year he made his stage debut as a member of the Liverpool Repertory Company in 1917. He went on to appear on both the London and American stage, making his film debut in some silent shorts during 1919. He appeared in films throughout the 1930s and 1940s, playing the lead roles in quota quickies '' The Warren Case'' and '' What Happened Then?'' (both 1934). His film roles of the 1930s tended towards melodrama, such as the jealous Ernest in Maurice Elvey's '' The Water Gipsies'' (1932), and the murderous Eric opposite Matheson Lang in '' The Great Defender'' (1934). Middle-age saw his characters become more affable and his later films showcase his ability at light comedy, such as the sleepy Inspector Sneed in '' The Door with Seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Ely Bird
Richard Ely Bird (November 4, 1878 – January 10, 1955) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for the 8th District of Kansas from 1921 to 1923. Bird was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 4, 1878. He moved with his parents to Wichita, Kansas in 1887 and attended the public schools there. He was graduated from Wichita High School in 1898. Bird later studied law and was admitted to the Kansas bar in 1901. He opened his legal practice in Wichita. In 1916 he became a judge of the district court of the 18th Judicial District of Kansas and was serving in that capacity when elected to congress during the Warren G. Harding presidential landslide of 1920. Bird unseated incumbent Democratic Congressman William Ayres by a narrow margin of 30,076 (49.4%) to 29,899 (49.1%). Bird's victory meant that all eight Kansas congressional districts would be represented by Republicans. Rep. Bird would lose his reelection bid in 1922 by a margin of 37,581 (62%) to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bird (computer Scientist)
Richard Simpson Bird (13 February 1943 – 4 April 2022) was an English computer scientist. Posts He was a Supernumerary Fellow of Computation at Lincoln College, University of Oxford, in Oxford England, and former director of the Oxford University Computing Laboratory (now the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford). Formerly, Bird was at the University of Reading. Research interests Bird's research interests lay in algorithm design and functional programming, and he was known as a regular contributor to the '' Journal of Functional Programming'', and as author of several books promoting use of the programming language Haskell, including ''Introduction to Functional Programming using Haskell'', ''Thinking Functionally with Haskell'', ''Algorithm Design with Haskell'' co-authored with Jeremy Gibbons, and other books on related topics. His name is associated with the Bird–Meertens formalism, a calculus for deriving programs from specifications in a functiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Real Bird
Richard Real Bird is a Crow politician and former chairman of the Crow Tribe of Montana. Real Bird served as chairman of the Crow Tribe for two terms, from 1986 until 1990. Real Bird was convicted of fraud and embezzlement while in office. He lost his 1990 re-election bid to Crow Nation secretary Clara Nomee Clara Mae White Hip Nomee (May 12, 1938 – January 31, 2012) was an Crow politician and tribal leader who served as the Crow Chairperson, Chairwoman of the Crow Tribe of Montana for five-terms from 1990 to 2000. Nomee was the first woman to ..., who succeeded him. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Chairpersons of the Crow Nation Native American leaders 20th-century Native American people People convicted of fraud People convicted of embezzlement {{NativeAmerican-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard A
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include " Richie", " Dick", " Dickon", " Dickie", " Rich", " Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", " Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English (the name was introduced into England by the Normans), German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Portuguese and Spanish "Ricardo" and the Italian "Riccardo" (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickie Bird
Harold Dennis "Dickie" Bird, (born 19 April 1933) is an English former cricketer and retired international cricket umpire. During his long umpiring career, he became a much-loved figure among players and viewing public, due to his excellence as an umpire, but also his many eccentricities. Bird played first-class cricket for Yorkshire and Leicestershire as a right-handed batsman, but only scored two centuries in 93 appearances. His career was blighted by a knee injury, which eventually forced him to retire aged 31. He umpired in 66 Test matches (at the time a world record) and 69 One Day Internationals, including 3 World Cup Finals. In February 2014, Yorkshire announced that Bird was to be voted in as the club's president at their Annual General Meeting on 29 March. Bird's autobiography, published in 1997, has sold more than a million copies. Early life Harold Dennis Bird was born at Church Lane, Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, on Wednesday, 19 April 1933, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Birde (other)
Richard Birde may refer to: * Richard Birde (MP for Winchester) (died after 1595), MP for Winchester * Richard Birde (MP for Gloucester) (died 1614), MP for Gloucester See also * Richard Bird (other) * Richard Byrd (other) {{hndis, Birde, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
