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Robert Morris (politician)
Robert or Bob Morris may refer to: :''Ordered chronologically within each section.'' Politics and the law * Robert Hunter Morris (1700–1764), lieutenant governor of Colonial Pennsylvania * Robert Morris (financier) (1734–1806), one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, merchant and politician * Robert Morris (judge) (1745–1815), American federal judge * Robert Morris (MP) (died 1816), English politician * Robert H. Morris (mayor) (1808–1855), mayor of New York City * Robert Morris (lawyer) (1823–1882), early African-American attorney * Page Morris (Robert Page Waller Morris, 1853–1924), U.S. representative from Minnesota * Robert J. Morris (1914–1996), anti-Communist crusader, lawyer and politician * Robert Morris (Denver mayor) (1838–1917), mayor of Denver, Colorado * Robert Morris (Indiana politician), member of the Indiana House of Representatives Arts and entertainment * Robert Morris (artist) (1931–2018), American contemporary artist * Robert M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hunter Morris
Robert Hunter Morris ( – 27 January 1764), was a prominent governmental figure in Colonial Pennsylvania, serving as governor of Pennsylvania and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Early life and education Morris was born in 1700 in Trenton, New Jersey. He was the second son of Lewis Morris and Isabella (née Graham) Morris and named after his father's friend the future colonial governor Robert Hunter. His older brother was Lewis Morris Jr. who served as a member and speaker of the New York General Assembly. His father was very prominent in public life and variously served as chief justice of New York and as the 8th Colonial Governor of New Jersey. His paternal grandparents were Sarah (née Pole) Morris and Richard Morris, who was originally from Monmouthshire, Wales. His grandparents bought Morrisania from Samuel Edsall in 1670 and moved there from Barbados. His mother was the eldest daughter of James Graham, who served as the first Speaker of the New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Michael Morris
Robert Michael Morris (May 6, 1940 – May 30, 2017) was an American actor. He was known for his co-starring role as Mickey Deane in the reality television spoof '' The Comeback'' and as Mr. Lunt in the short-lived series ''Running Wilde''. He also wrote over 100 plays. Biography Born in Kentucky, Morris obtained a Bachelor of Arts in English and art from the University of Dayton, as well as a Master of Fine Arts in playwriting from the Catholic University of America. He taught both high school and college theater before becoming a professional actor relatively late in life and relocating to New York City. "I moved to New York so I could find out what it was like to be a professional actor because my students were all asking questions and all I had was academic knowledge. I didn't have any real professional knowledge." Michael Patrick King, one of Morris's students, and Lisa Kudrow wrote his role in ''The Comeback'' with him in mind; King asked him to audition. Morris also had no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Morris (cryptographer)
Robert Morris (July 25, 1932 – June 26, 2011) was an American cryptographer and computer scientist. His name sometimes appears with a middle initial H that he adopted informally. __TOC__ Family and education Morris was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents were Walter W. Morris, a salesman, and Helen Kelly Morris, a homemaker. He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University in 1957 and a master's degree in applied mathematics from Harvard in 1958. He married Anne Farlow, and they had three children together: Robert Tappan Morris (author of the 1988 Morris worm), Meredith Morris, and Benjamin Morris. Bell Labs From 1960 until 1986, Morris was a researcher at Bell Labs and worked on Multics and later Unix. Using the TMG (language), TMG compiler-compiler, Morris, together with McIlroy, developed the early implementation of the PL/I compiler called EPL for the Multics project. The pair also contributed a version of TYPSET and RUNOFF, runoff text-format ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Schofield Morris
Robert Schofield Morris (14 November 1898 – 5 June 1964) was a Canadian architect and partner at the Toronto-based architectural firm Marani & Morris, one of the leading firms in the country from the 1930s-50s. Morris is one of only two Canadian architects in history to have received the prestigious RIBA Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects. Biography Morris was born in Hamilton, Ontario and studied at Ashbury College in Ottawa and the Royal Military College in Kingston, before joining the Canadian Army to fight during World War I. After the War, in 1919, he began studying at the School of Architecture at McGill University, graduating in 1923. Upon graduation, he moved to New York City and worked at Carrère and Hastings from 1924-1925 and then with Harrie T. Lindeberg until 1927, when he returned to Montreal to work as a draftsman for architect and McGill Architecture professor Harold Lea Fetherstonhaugh. In 1929, Morris moved to Toronto to become a partne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Tuttle Morris
Robert Tuttle Morris (May 14, 1857 – January 9, 1945), also known as Bob Morris, was an American surgeon and writer. Life Early life and the call of medicine Robert Tuttle Morris was born in Seymour, Connecticut on May 14, 1857, the eldest of six children. His father was a lawyer, probate judge, and Governor of Connecticut. His mother Eugenia was an author. He attended Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven before studying biology at Cornell University in Ithaca from 1875-1879. As a child he developed an acute interest in nature and animals and continually observed the phenomena of the natural world. While still in high school in New Haven he planned to attend the biology program organised by Dr. Burt G. Wilder at Cornell. This was one of the first pre-medical curricula in the country. While debating whether to pursue a medical career an incident occurred that helped him to decide. A boy in the nearby town was bitten by a dog that was presumed to be rabid. He was dying of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Murray Morris
Robert Murray Morris (1824–1896) was a military officer in the U. S. Army and Union Army. From 1846, he served as a U. S. Army officer in the Mexican–American War and in the antebellum western frontier of the United States in the Regiment of Mounted Rifles, renamed 3rd Cavalry Regiment in August 1861 at the start of the American Civil War. From 1863 he served as a Major in the 6th Cavalry Regiment in the Civil War and afterwards in Texas and Kansas until his retirement in 1873.Thrapp, Dan L., ''Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography, In Three Volumes'', Vol.II G – O, Index; University of Nebraska Press, A. H. Clark Co., Glendale, 1988, pp.1017–1018 Morris, Robert Murray Life and career Robert Murray Morris was born in the District of Columbia on May 12, 1824, to Commodore Charles Morris and Harriet Bowen Morris. He entered the military academy of West Point, in July 1841 but resigned in January 1842. He was commissioned as second lieutenant in the Regiment of Mounted Rifl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Morris (writer)
Robert Morris (February 1703 – 12 November 1754) was an English writer, architectural theorist, and surveyor. Active during the first half of the eighteenth century, he is best known for his contributions to the Palladian architecture, Palladian revival through a series of influential treatises and pattern books, including ''Lectures on Architecture'' (1734–1736), ''Rural Architecture'' (1750), and ''The Architectural Remembrancer'' (1751). His published designs helped popularise classical architectural principles in Britain and Colonial history of the United States, colonial America, where his influence can be traced in several prominent buildings, particularly in Virginia. Although few executed works can be confidently attributed to him, he was involved in both design and surveying for various projects, including work at Inveraray Castle, Richmond Park, and Culverthorpe Hall. In addition to his architectural writings, Morris anonymously published philosophical and satirica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Morris (football Manager)
Robert or Bob Morris may refer to: :''Ordered chronologically within each section.'' Politics and the law * Robert Hunter Morris (1700–1764), lieutenant governor of Colonial Pennsylvania * Robert Morris (financier) (1734–1806), one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, merchant and politician * Robert Morris (judge) (1745–1815), American federal judge * Robert Morris (MP) (died 1816), English politician * Robert H. Morris (mayor) (1808–1855), mayor of New York City * Robert Morris (lawyer) (1823–1882), early African-American attorney * Page Morris (Robert Page Waller Morris, 1853–1924), U.S. representative from Minnesota * Robert J. Morris (1914–1996), anti-Communist crusader, lawyer and politician * Robert Morris (Denver mayor) (1838–1917), mayor of Denver, Colorado * Robert Morris (Indiana politician), member of the Indiana House of Representatives Arts and entertainment * Robert Morris (artist) (1931–2018), American contemporary artist * Robert M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Morris
Robbie Morris (born 20 February 1982) is a former rugby union player. His position of choice was as a prop, and he could play at tighthead or loosehead. Having started out at local club Hertford RFC, Morris went on to play for the Northampton Saints, starting in 2000. While with the Saints, he made two appearances for the England team as part of their squad in the 2003 Six Nations Championship, before leaving to play for the Newcastle Falcons in 2005. After two years there he moved abroad, joining Irish province Connacht Connacht or Connaught ( ; or ), is the smallest of the four provinces of Ireland, situated in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, C .... In 2010, however, Morris retired early from rugby, aged only 28. He was forced to retire due to an injury to his back. References External linksConnacht profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Morris (American Football)
Robert Samuel Morris (born January 18, 1975) is an American former professional football player who spent his entire eight-year career as a linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the BYU Cougars and was selected by the Colts in the first round (28th overall) of the 2000 NFL draft. With the Colts, Morris won Super Bowl XLI against the Chicago Bears. Early life Morris was born and raised in Nampa, Idaho, and graduated from Nampa High School in 1993. He was an all-state fullback for the Bulldogs in football and ''USA Today'' All-American, and also lettered in basketball and track. Morris was also an Eagle Scout and was inducted into the NHS hall of fame in 2010. College career Morris attended Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, and played college football for the Cougars. Morris was a semi-finalist for the Butkus Award and was named as a first-team All-American by the Associated Press, ''Sporting New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Morris (racing Driver)
Robert Morris (born 4 October 1948) is an Australian former racing driver. Morris was one of the leading touring car drivers during the 1970s and continued racing until 1984. Morris won Australia's premier Touring car race, the Bathurst 1000 in 1976. He also won the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1979. Morris was inducted into the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame in 2004. Early years Morris got his early start in racing through his father Ray Morris who was racing at the time in early sports sedan racing with a modified Ford Falcon. Bob Morris made his Bathurst 1000 debut in 1968 driving a Toyota Corolla with Bruce Hindhaugh in the team backed by Australian Toyota importers AMI that his father Ray also drove for. Morris and Hindhaugh won their class. Morris again registered a class win the following year with Brian Sampson, again in an AMI Corolla. In 1970, spotted by team boss Harry Firth, Morris was picked up by the Holden Dealer Team. He was paired with the HDT's o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Morris (cricketer)
Robert John Morris (27 November 1926 – 29 December 2007) was a Welsh cricketer. He played for Cambridge University and Kent County Cricket Club, making a total of 22 appearances in first-class cricket matches between 1949 and 1951.Williamson Robert Morris CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-03-28. Morris was born at Swansea in South Wales in 1926, the son of Vernon Morris who played for Glamorgan in the 1920s.Vernon Morris . Retrieved 2018-03-28. He attended where he captained the school side and was selected to play for the public schools at |
