Oliver Allen

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Allen Oliver

Joseph Allen Oliver (born 8 September 1924) is a retired English footballer who played as a winger.

Oliver started his career with non-league Crofton Colliery Welfare before joining Derby County in 1947. He scored 2 goals in 17 appearances in total for Derby County before joining Stockport County in 1950, where he went on to score 32 goals in 151 league and cup games. Oliver moved on to Gateshead in 1954, making 153 league and cup appearances and scoring 37 goals in 4 years at the club. Oliver then moved to non-league Ashington in 1958.

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Hugh Allen Oliver Hill

Hugh Allen Oliver Hill FRSC FRS (born 1937), usually known as Allen Hill, is Emeritus Professor of Bioinorganic Chemistry at the University of Oxford and Honorary Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford and Wadham College, Oxford. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1990 and was awarded the 2010 Royal Medal of the Royal Society "for his pioneering work on protein electrochemistry, which revolutionised the diagnostic testing of glucose and many other bioelectrochemical assays.".

After studying at Queen's University Belfast Hill moved to the Oxford in 1962, becoming a fellow of The Queen's College in 1965. His research awards include the Interdisciplinary award, the Chemistry and Electrochemistry of Transition Metals medal, and the Robinson award of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Breyer medal of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and the Mullard Award and the Royal Medal of the Royal Society.

In 2012 his work on the electrochemical monitoring of proteins and its application to the monitoring of glucose concentrations in the blood of diabetic patients was marked by the award of a Landmark blue plaque in Oxford.

Hugh Allen

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Hugh Allen (politician)

Hugh Wright Allen (April 30, 1889 – March 2, 1972) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers of Alberta caucus. During his time in office he served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Premier's John Brownlee and Richard Reid.

Political career

Allen ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1926 Alberta general election. He ran as the United Farmers candidate in the Peace River provincial electoral district winning on the first count. Allen defeated two other candidates and took 54% of the popular vote to hold the seat for his party.

Due to boundary redistribution in the 1930 Alberta general election. The city of Grande Prairie got its own electoral district. Allen ran for re-election in the new Grande Prairie provincial electoral district. Allen was acclaimed.

On July 10, 1934 Premier Richard Reid appointed Allen to the Executive Council of Alberta. He was appointed to two cabinet portfolios the first as the Minister of Municipal Affairs and the second as the Minister of Lands and Mines.

Hugh Allen (bishop)

Hugh Allen was an Anglican bishop in the second half of the sixteenth century.

An Englishman, he was appointed Bishop of Down and Connor on 21 November 1573; and translated to ferns on 24 May 1582. He died at Fethard in 1599

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Oliver Hill

Oliver White Hill, Sr. (May 1, 1907 – August 5, 2007) was a civil rights attorney from Richmond, Virginia. His work against racial discrimination helped end the doctrine of "separate but equal." He also helped win landmark legal decisions involving equality in pay for black teachers, access to school buses, voting rights, jury selection, and employment protection. He retired in 1998 after practicing law for almost 60 years. Among his numerous awards is the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded by President Bill Clinton in 1999.

Childhood, education

Hill was born as Oliver White in Richmond, Virginia, in 1907. His parents separated while he was still a baby, and he took on his stepfather's last name. The Hill family moved to Roanoke and then to Washington, D.C., where he graduated from Dunbar High School.

Oliver White Hill earned his undergraduate degree from Howard University and entered Howard University School of Law in 1930. He studied under the tutelage of Charles Hamilton Houston, the chief architect in challenging Jim Crow laws through legal means. In law school, Hill was a classmate and close friend of future Supreme Court Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall. He graduated second in his class after Marshall in 1933.