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Ron Carter (other)
Ron Carter (born 1937) is an American jazz double-bassist. Ron or Ronald Carter may also refer to: *Ron Carter (basketball) (born 1956), American basketball player *Ron Carter (businessman) (born 1935), New Zealand businessman *Ron Carter (ice hockey) Ronald Carter (born March 14, 1958) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. Early life Carter was born in Montreal. He played junior ice hockey for the Sherbrooke Castors of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Career Cart ... (born 1958), Canadian professional ice hockey right winger * Ronald Carter (linguist) (1947–2018), British linguist * Ronald Carter (sport shooter) (born 1938), British sport shooter * Ronald G. Carter, American author {{hndisambig, Carter, Ron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Carter
Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy Awards, and is also a Cello, cellist who has recorded numerous times on the instrument. In addition to a solo career of more than 60 years, Carter is well-known for playing on numerous iconic Blue Note albums in the 1960s, as well as being the anchor of trumpeter Miles Davis's "Miles Davis Quintet#Second Great Quintet, Second Great Quintet" from 1963-1968. Beginning with ''Where? (album), Where?'' in 1961, Carter's studio albums as leader also include ''Uptown Conversation'' (1969), ''Blues Farm'' (1973), ''All Blues (Ron Carter album), All Blues'' (1973), ''Spanish Blue (album), Spanish Blue'' (1974), ''Anything Goes (Ron Carter album), Anything Goes'' (1975), ''Yellow & Green (Ron Carter album), Yellow & Green'' (1976), ''Pastels (album), Pastels'' (1976), ''Piccolo (album), Piccolo'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Carter (basketball)
Ronald Carter Jr. (born August 31, 1956) is an American former basketball shooting guard. He played college basketball for the VMI Keydets. Early years Carter attended Perry Traditional Academy. He accepted a basketball scholarship from the Virginia Military Institute. He contributed to the school winning two Southern Conference championships (1975–76 and 1976–77). In the NCAA basketball tournament, he led his team to the Elite Eight (1976) and the Sweet 16 (1977). As a senior, he set school records with 45 points scored in a single-game (against Long Beach State College), 19 free throws made in a single-game (against Siena College), and an average of 26.3 points per contest during the season. He averaged 19.2 points (third in school history), 6.9 rebounds per game and had sixty 20+ scoring games (school record) during his career. He was a three-time All-SoCon and All-tournament selection. He was a two-time Southern Conference Player of the Year and the SoCon tournament' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Carter (businessman)
Sir Ronald Powell Carter (born 17 June 1935) is a retired New Zealand businessman. Early life and family Carter was born in Auckland in 1935, the son of Sybil Muriel (née Townsend) and Eric Powell Carter, a mechanic. He was educated at Auckland Grammar School from 1948. In 2013 he described his time at the school: "In all my days at school, although I was in a high-achieving class, I did not cross the platform once in my five years at Auckland Grammar to receive a class or a subject prize." Carter then attended Auckland University College, graduating in 1958 with a Master of Engineering degree in civil engineering. His thesis was titled ''The effect of stress on the longitudinal wave velocity of an ultrasonic pulse in concrete''. Beca Group Carter joined the Beca engineering company in 1959, becoming a partner in 1965 and managing director in 1986. He was chairman of the Beca group until 2002. Corporate governance and other roles Carter has been a member, director or chairp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Carter (ice Hockey)
Ronald Carter (born March 14, 1958) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. Early life Carter was born in Montreal. He played junior ice hockey for the Sherbrooke Castors of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Career Carter was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the second round of the 1978 NHL Entry Draft. His rights were acquired by the expansion Edmonton Oilers, and he played two games for the Oilers in the 1979–80 season. Carter played only two games in the National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ... and went on to have a long career in minor professional leagues. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International References External links * 1958 births Living people Anglophone Quebec people Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Carter (linguist)
Ronald Allan Carter (4 May 1947 – 12 September 2018) was a British linguist. A native of Leeds, Carter studied English, Russian, and German, as well as comparative literature, at University of Birmingham. He began teaching at the University of Nottingham after completing a doctorate in 1979. Carter was a founding member of the Poetics and Linguistics Association, and later led the group as chairman. He was elected fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1995, and granted an equivalent honor by the Academy of Social Sciences The Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS) is a representative body for social sciences in the United Kingdom. The academy promotes social science through its sponsorship of the Campaign for Social Science, its links with Government on a variety of m ... in 2002. In 2009, Carter was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire. Carter died on 12 September 2018 at the age of 71. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Ronald 1947 births 2018 deaths 20th-ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Carter (sport Shooter)
Ronald Carter (born 11 July 1938) is a British former sports shooter. He competed in the trap event at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the .... References 1938 births Living people British male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Great Britain Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{UK-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
