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Graham Dorrington (born in Chalfont St. Giles), is an English aeronautical engineer. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1989 and was formerly a lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London, though he is now teaching at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. He was the subject of the film The White Diamond (2004) directed by Werner Herzog.
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Dorrington is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 609 at the 2010 census, down from 727 at the 2000 census. Originally known as Cold Spring Ranch until 1902, the town sits on State Route 4 and historically was a stopping point along the toll road between Murphys and Ebbetts Pass, often serving as a resort for visitors to what is now Calaveras Big Trees State Park. Dorrington is also home to the second largest Sugar Pine in the world, measuring 32 feet in circumference and 220 feet tall. Dorrington is named for Dora Connell (Meyers), wife of John (Jack) Connell of Camp Connell.
The Tupolev Tu-155 is a modified Tupolev Tu-154 (СССР-85035) which was used as an alternative fuel testbed, and was the world's first experimental aircraft operating on hydrogen and later liquid natural gas. The similar Tu-156 was never built.
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Paul Dorrington is an English guitarist and bassist best known for his 1991-1995 tenure in The Wedding Present.
Dorrington is a large village in Shropshire, England, it is located 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Shrewsbury. The population of the village was estimated as being 619 in 2008.
Arthur George Morrison was an English writer and journalist known for realistic novels, for stories about working-class life in the East End of London, and for detective stories featuring a specific detective, Martin Hewitt. He also collected Japanese art and published several works on the subject. Much of his collection entered the British Museum, through purchase and bequest. Morrison's best known work of fiction is his novel A Child of the Jago (1896).
The White Diamond is a 2004 documentary film by Werner Herzog. It illustrates the history of aviation and depicts the struggles and triumphs of Graham Dorrington, an aeronautical engineer, who has designed and built a teardrop-shaped airship which he plans to fly over the forest canopies of Guyana. It features music composed by Ernst Reijseger, which was re-used in Herzog's 2005 film The Wild Blue Yonder.
John Dorrington was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent his entire 12-year professional career with Birmingham, for which he made 106 appearances in the Football League.
Art Dorrington was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre.
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss is a 1936 British romantic comedy film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Cary Grant. It is a remake of the 1920 film The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss, based on The Curious Quest, a 1919 novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim.
Robbery Under Arms is a 1920 Australian film directed by Kenneth Brampton and financed by mining magnate Pearson Tewksbury. It is an early example of the "Meat pie Western".
Sir Nicholas Pedley was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1656 and 1679.
Grant Stephen Dorrington OAM BEM is an Australian rules football administrator who is a former player and coach.
Theophilus Dorrington (1654–1715) was a Church of England clergyman. Initially a nonconforming minister, he settled at Wittersham in The Weald, an area with many Dissenters, particularly Baptists. He became a controversialist attacking nonconformity. He also warned that the Grand Tour could create Catholic converts, by aesthetic impressions.
Albert Dorrington was an English writer, active in Australia, who was born in Fulham, London, England.
John Webster Dorrington was an American newspaper editor and politician. He was elected to the Arizona Territorial Legislature five times and served as owner, editor, and publisher of the Arizona Sentinel for thirty years.
Jamie Dorrington is an English actor known for his roles as Tommy in the Sky drama The Endz and Gaz in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.
Dorrington railway station was a station in Dorrington, Shropshire, England. The station was opened in 1852 and closed in 1958.
William Dorrington was an English army officer. Contemporary sources often spell his surname as "Dorington", or "Dodington".
Charles William Dorrington is a retired Canadian Anglican bishop and church musician of the Reformed Episcopal Church (REC). From 1996 to 2016, he was bishop ordinary of the Diocese of Western Canada and Alaska. He also initiated and oversaw the REC's work in Cuba, which led to the formation of the Missionary Diocese of Cuba.
