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Richard Boyer (other)
Richard Boyer may refer to: *Richard Boyer (broadcaster) (1891–1961), Australian broadcaster *Richard O. Boyer (1903–1973), American journalist *Rick Boyer (1943–2021), American author *Richard Delmer Boyer (born 1958), American convicted murderer {{Hndis, Boyer, Richard ...
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Richard Boyer (broadcaster)
Sir Richard James Fildes (Dick) Boyer, (24 August 1891 – 5 June 1961) was an Australian Pastoral farming, grazier and broadcasting chairman, chief. From 1945 until his death he served as chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Broadcasting Commission and the annual Boyer Lectures on Radio National are named in his honour. Early life, student career and military service Boyer was born at Taree, New South Wales, the third and youngest son of a Wesleyanism, Wesleyan minister (Christianity), minister. He attended Kinross Wolaroi School, Wolaroi College, Orange, New South Wales, Orange, and Newington College (1901–1909). At the University of Sydney he graduated Bachelor of Arts, BA in 1913 and Master of Arts, MA Hons in 1915. Boyer joined the Methodist ministry and in 1914 and 1915 was a probationer in the Canberra circuit. Boyer enlisted in the Australian Army First Australian Imperial Force, Australian Imperial Force on 2 September 1915 having previous ...
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Richard O
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), 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 (nickname), Dick", "Dickon", "Dickie (name), Dickie", "Rich (given name), Rich", "Rick (given name), Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", "Ricky (given name), 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 "Ricc ...
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Rick Boyer
Richard Lewis Boyer (194319 January 2021) was an American writer, best known for series of crime novels featuring Charlie "Doc" Adams, a dental surgeon in New England. His debut novel ''Billingsgate Shoal'' received the Edgar Award for best novel in 1983. In 1981, Boyer originated the Places Rated Almanac, a ranking of the country's 333 metropolitan areas according to the most important factors that influence the quality of life: climate, cost of living, jobs, arts, recreation, health care and environment, education, transportation, and crime. The Places Rated Almanac was updated with new editions throughout the 1990s. Boyer was born in Evanston, Illinois. He majored in English at Denison University and earned an MFA in creative writing at the University of Iowa, studying under Kurt Vonnegut. Boyer worked as a high school teacher, a sales representative for publishing company and taught English at Western Carolina University Western Carolina University (WCU) is a public univer ...
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