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Famous People with Name Prior

Prior as First Name

Prior Erskine Waverley Jones     Prior Erskine Waverley Jones       Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Prior Erskine Waverley Jones: was a West Indian cricketer who played in nine Tests from 1947-48 to 1951-52.

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Prior as Last Name

Mark William Prior     Mark William Prior       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mark William Prior: is a starting pitcher for the San Diego Padres. His career has notably been muddled with injuries after a promising start which had pundits calling him a future superstar.His repertoire of pitches includes a low to mid 90's fastball, a curveball, a slurve, and a changeup.Prior graduated from University of San Diego High School. He was originally drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1998 amateur draft, but they were unable to sign him to a contract.In 2001, Prior re-entered the draft, and was considered by some to be the top prospect, but the Minnesota Twins, who had the top pick, were warned that Prior didn't want to play for them. Fearing a tough signability problem, the Twins opted to take local talent catcher Joe Mauer,

Edward Gawler Prior     Edward Gawler Prior       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edward Gawler Prior: was a mining engineer and politician in British Columbia. Prior worked as a mining engineer in England until 1873 when he moved to the province where he settled in Nanaimo and took employment as assistant manager of the Vancouver Coal Mining & Land Co., Ltd. In 1878 he resigned and was appointed Inspector of Mines for the British Columbia government. He left that position and went into business as an iron and hardware merchant in 1880. Prior was first elected to the provincial legislature in 1886. In 1888, Prior won a seat in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative. From December 1895 to July 1896 and 1897 Prior served as Controller of Inland Revenue in the cabinets of Prime Minister Sir Mackenzie Bowell and his successor Sir Charles Tupper. He lost his seat in 1901 due to violations of election rules. He moved to provincial politics and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 1901 becoming minister of mines. In 1902 he became the 15th premier leading the province's last non-partisan administration but was dismissed by the lieutenant governor in 1903 due to charges of conflict of interest that involved giving an important construction contract to his own hardware business, and lost his seat in the 1904 provincial election. He was also defeated that year in an attempt to return to the federal House of Commons.

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