Famous People with Name Pride

Prideaux John Selby            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Prideaux John Selby: was an English ornithologist, botanist and artist and landowner.Selby is best known for his Illustrations of British Ornithology (1821–1834), the first set of life-sized illustrations of British birds. He also wrote Illustrations of Ornithology with William Jardine and A History of British Forest-trees (1842).Many of the illustrations in his works were drawn from specimens in his collection. In addition to the above works he contributed to Jardine's Naturalist's Library the volumes on the Pigeons (1835) and the Parrots (1836), the latter illustrated by Edward Lear. He was for some time one of the editors of the Magazine of Zoology and Botany. His collections were sold in 1885 and became dispersed. The South African birds collected by Andrew Smith went to the Zoology Museum of the University of Cambridge.

Prideaux Selby            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Prideaux Selby: was an English soldier and political figure in Upper Canada. He joined the 5th Foot Regiment in Ireland in 1781, and arrived in Detroit with the regiment in 1790. In 1792, he was appointed assistant secretary of Indian Affairs by Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe and took up residence in Amherstburg. In 1802, he became a justice of the peace in the Western District. In 1807, he moved to York (Toronto). In 1808, he was appointed to the Executive Council of Upper Canada and appointed receiver general. In 1809, he was also appointed auditor general.

Charley Frank Pride            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charley Frank Pride: is a country music artist. During his career, he has had thirty-six number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. He is one of the few African-American country musicians to have had considerable success in the largely white country music industry and the only one to be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.

Richard Fletcher "Dicky" Pride III            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Fletcher "Dicky" Pride III: is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Pride was named All-Southeastern Conference his junior and senior years. He was a semifinalist at the 1991 U.S. Amateur Championship. He turned pro in 1992.