George Patterson Y&R

George Patterson Y&R (GPY&R) is an Australasian advertising agency with offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide. The New Zealand arm of Y&R Group's direct advertising agency operates as Y&R NZ and has offices in Auckland and Wellington. The agency was formed in 2005 when the international advertising holding conglomerate WPP Group acquired the Australian marketing communications company, The Communications Group (TCG).

History

The George Patterson agency was founded on 1 November 1934. George Patterson had started started his advertising career at the age of 18 in 1908 and within a year had became Australia’s youngest advertising manager, at McPherson’s, a large engineering company. He left McPherson’s in 1913, wanting to gain experience of advertising overseas. He took on the job of advertising manager at a magazine in New York, before returning to Australia at the outbreak of war in 1914. Patterson served in a medical unit in Africa during the war, and in 1919 started his first agency. A partnership with Norman Catts followed, and Catts-Patterson became Australia’s largest agency.

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George Patterson (ice hockey)

George Franklin "Paddy" Patterson (May 22, 1906 – January 20, 1977) was a professional ice hockey centre who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was born in Kingston, Ontario.

As an NHL rookie, George scored the first goal for the newly named Toronto Maple Leafs in 1926–27. He was also a member of the following teams: the Montreal Canadiens, New York Americans, Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, and St. Louis Eagles.

George Patterson (footballer)

George Thomas Patterson (born 15 September 1934) is an English former professional footballer who played as a half-back in the Football League for Hull City, York City and Hartlepools United and in non-League football for Silksworth Juniors, King's Lynn, South Shields, Gateshead and Goole Town.

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Yōrō

Yōrō (養老) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Reiki and before Jinki. This period spanned the years from November 717 through February 724. The reigning empress was Genshō-tennō (元正天皇).

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Events of the Yōrō era

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Y&R

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