Richard Turner
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Richard Turner may refer to:
- Richard Turner (reformer)Richard Turner (reformer)Richard Turner was an English Protestant reformer and Marian exile.-Life:Born in Staffordshire, he was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, of which he became a Fellow....
(died 1565?), English Protestant reformer and Marian exile - Richard Turner (iron-founder)Richard Turner (iron-founder)Richard Turner was an Irish iron-founder and manufacturer of glasshouses, born in Dublin.His works included the Palm House at Kew Gardens , the glasshouse in the Winter Gardens at Regent's Park in London, the Palm House at Belfast Botanic Gardens and the Curvilinear Range at the Irish National...
(1798–1881) - Richard Turner (magician)Richard Turner (magician)Richard Turner is an American playing card technician. Although an accomplished magician in his own right, Turner does not perform "magic tricks" in the true sense of the term - he has dedicated his life to mastering and demonstrating the moves used by cardsharps old and new to cheat the uninitiated...
(born 1954), card technician and poker player - Richard Turner (politician)Richard Turner (politician)Richard Turner was a Canadian merchant and legislative councilor.Born in Quebec City, Quebec, the son of James Turner and Susans Frisell, Turner opened a wholesale grocery with a partner called Whitehead & Turner in 1870...
(1843–1917), Canadian merchant and politician - Richard Turner (software)Richard Turner (software)Richard Turner is a Distinguished Service Professor in the School of Systems and Enterprises of Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey...
- Richard Turner (Worcestershire cricketer)Richard Turner (Worcestershire cricketer)Richard Ernest Turner was an English cricketer who played 52 first-class games for Worcestershire either side of the First World War....
(1886–1967), English cricketer - Richard Turner (Cambridge University cricketer)Richard Turner (Cambridge University cricketer)Richard Vinson Turner is a former English cricketer who played ten first-class games for Cambridge University as a batsman in the 1950s...
(born 1932), English cricketer - Richard Turner (producer)Richard Turner (producer)Richard Turner is a radio producer for the BBC. He is one of the co-creators of the BBC Radio 4 panel show The Museum of Curiosity, along with John Lloyd, who also presents the series, and Dan Schreiber, who co-produces the series with Turner. He also worked as script editor for the BBC Radio 7...
, British radio producer - Richard Turner (American football)Richard Turner (American football)Richard Turner is a former nose tackle in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 1981 NFL Draft and played three seasons with the team.-References:...
(born 1959), American football player - Richard Ernest William TurnerRichard Ernest William TurnerLieutenant General Sir Richard Ernest William Turner VC, KCB, KCMG, DSO was a Canadian army officer during the Boer War and World War I, and a recipient of the Victoria Cross...
(1871–1961), Canadian soldier - Rick TurnerRick TurnerRick Turner co-founded Alembic in 1970 and was involved in the design and construction of the Alembic instruments. He founded Rick Turner Guitars in 1979 and joined Gibson in 1988 where he served as president of Gibson Labs West Coast R&D Division.Turner left Gibson in 1992 and ran a guitar repair...
, designer - Rick Turner (philosopher)Rick Turner (philosopher)Richard Turner , known as Rick Turner, was a South African philosopher who was allegedly assassinated by the apartheid state in 1978. Nelson Mandela described Turner "as a source of inspiration".-Life:...
- Dick TurnerDick TurnerRichard "Dick" Turner a.k.a. "Tosser" was a rugby league manager.Turner was born in 1932 and played in the Brisbane Rugby League competition for Brisbane Norths and Redcliffe...
, Australian rugby league footballer, coach and administrator - Dick Turner (footballer) (born 1866), Wrexham A.F.C. and Wales international footballer