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Ronald Wright (other)
Ronald Wright Ronald Wright (born 1948, London, England) is a Canadian author who has written books of travel, history and fiction. His nonfiction includes the bestseller '' Stolen Continents'', winner of the Gordon Montador Award and chosen as a book of t ... (born 1948) is a Canadian author. Ronald Wright or Ron Wright may also refer to: * Ron Wright (baseball) (born 1976), American baseball player * Winky Wright (Ronald Lamont Wright, born 1971), American boxer * Ron Wright (umpire) (1913–1968), Australian cricket umpire * Ronald Wright (cricketer) (1903–1992), English cricketer * Ronald Wright (rugby union) (1949–1983), Scotland international rugby union player * Ron Wright (footballer) (1929–2001), Australian rules footballer * Ron Wright (politician) (1953–2021), member of the United States House of Representatives * Ron Wright (wrestler) (1938–2015), American professional wrestler {{Hndis, Wright, Ronald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Wright
Ronald Wright (born 1948, London, England) is a Canadian author who has written books of travel, history and fiction. His nonfiction includes the bestseller '' Stolen Continents'', winner of the Gordon Montador Award and chosen as a book of the year by ''The Independent'' and the ''Sunday Times''. His first novel, ''A Scientific Romance'', won the 1997 David Higham Prize for Fiction and was chosen a book of the year by the '' Globe and Mail'', the ''Sunday Times'', and ''The New York Times''. Early life and education He studied archaeology at Cambridge University and later at the University of Calgary, where he was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1996. Career Wright has a background in archaeology, history, linguistics, anthropology and comparative culture. He has written both fiction and non-fiction books dealing with anthropology and civilizations. Wright was selected to give the 2004 Massey Lectures. His contribution, '' A Short History of Progress'', looks at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Wright (baseball)
Ronald Wade Wright (born January 21, 1976) is an American former professional baseball player whose career spanned 11 seasons, from 1994 until 2004. He played one game in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, spending the rest of his career in the minor leagues. He was used almost exclusively as a first baseman. Wright attended Kamiakin High School in Kennewick, Washington. The Atlanta Braves drafted him in the seventh round of the 1994 MLB draft. In late August 1996, he was traded along with Corey Pointer and a player to be named later (later identified as Jason Schmidt) to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Denny Neagle. The Pirates called him up to the majors in September, but he did not play due to a wrist injury. He started 1998 back in the minors, where he hurt his back stretching. He needed back surgery, which had complications. Afterward, he regularly had numbness in his right leg, which affected his ability to hit for power. The Cincinnati Reds claimed Wright ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winky Wright
Ronald Lamont "Winky" Wright (born November 26, 1971) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 2012. He is a two-time light middleweight world champion and was the last to hold the undisputed title at that weight until Jermell Charlo in 2022. In his later career he also challenged for a unified middleweight world title. He announced his retirement from boxing in 2012, following a loss to Peter Quillin. In 2005, '' The Ring'' magazine ranked him as the world's second best active boxer, pound for pound. In 2017, it was announced that Wright had been elected as an International Boxing Hall of Fame member in the Modern Category, alongside Vitali Klitschko and Érik Morales, with the induction ceremony scheduled for June 2018. Professional career Early years After his second-round knockout of Carlos Santana on July 30, 1992, in St. Petersburg, Florida, the ring announcer called him "Winky" Wright, the name given to him by his grandmother when he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Wright (umpire)
Ronald James John Wright (1913 – 14 June 1968) was an Australian Test cricket umpire. Wright umpired 13 Test matches between 1948 and 1959. His first Test was between Australia and India at Adelaide Oval on 23 January to 28 January 1948, a match won by Australia by an innings, with Don Bradman scoring 201, Lindsay Hassett scoring 198 not out, and Ray Lindwall taking 7 wickets in the second innings. Wright's partner in this match was George Borwick. His last match was between Australia and the visiting England at Melbourne on 13 February to 18 February 1959, where the home team won comfortably. Les Townsend, officiating in his only Test match, was Wright's partner in this match. Wright umpired 61 first-class matches between 1945 and 1961. Apart from eight of the Test matches he officiated in, all his matches as an umpire were in Melbourne. See also * List of Test cricket umpires __NOTOC__ This is a list of umpire (cricket), cricket umpires who have officiated at least one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Wright (cricketer)
Ronald Charles Barton Wright (13 March 1903 – 3 July 1992) was an English cricketer. Wright was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox and who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Semilong, Northamptonshire and educated in the county at Wellingborough School. Wright made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire against Glamorgan Glamorgan (), or sometimes Glamorganshire ( or ), was Historic counties of Wales, one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974. It is located in the South Wales, south of Wales. Originally an ea ... in the 1923 County Championship. He next appeared for Northamptonshire in the 1930 County Championship against Worcestershire County Cricket Club, Worcestershire. He went on to make eight further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Worcestershire in the 1931 County Championship. In his total of ten first-class appearance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Wright (rugby Union)
Ronald Wright (6 May 1949 - 11 October 1983) was a Scotland international rugby union player. Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for Edinburgh University. He moved on to play for Edinburgh Wanderers. Moving to England, he then played for Richmond in London. Provincial career He played for Edinburgh District in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. He played for Middlesex against Gloucestershire in the English county championship of the 1975-76 season. International career He was capped by Scotland 'B' on 11 November 1972 to play against France 'B' while still playing with Edinburgh University and Edinburgh Wanderers. France 'B' won the match 17 - 15 and ''The Glasgow Herald'' noted: Apart from the solid front row, only one Scot, Wright, did himself justice. It was he that kept Scotland in contention at the touchline, and his aggressive work elsewhere, notably in ruck drive and maul wrestling, should have served as a reminder to others. While with Edin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Wright (footballer)
Ron Wright (25 July 1929 – 20 November 2001) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1929 births 2001 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Fitzroy Football Club players 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Wright (politician)
Ronald Jack Wright (April 8, 1953 – February 7, 2021) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 6th congressional district from 2019 until his death from COVID-19 in 2021. He was a member of the Republican Party. After serving on Arlington's city council and as tax assessor-collector for Tarrant County, Wright was elected to the House of Representatives in 2018 and reelected in 2020. Before his death from COVID-19 on February 7, 2021, Wright had been diagnosed with lung cancer in June 2019. Early life and education Ronald Jack Wright was born on April 8, 1953, in Jacksonville, Texas, the son of Peggy Darlene (Powar) and George Willis Wright. He grew up in Azle, Texas, graduating from Azle High School in 1971. He then attended the University of Texas at Arlington for two years, studying history, psychology, and political science. Career Before entering politics Wright worked at Ceramic Cooling Tower, Inc. He wrote several op-eds for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
