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Alexander Gardner (other)
Alexander Gardner may refer to: * Alexander Gardner (photographer) (1821–1882), Scottish photographer who emigrated to the United States * Alexander Gardner (soldier) (1785–1877), traveller, soldier and mercenary * Alex Gardner (artist) (born 1987), American figurative painter * Alex Gardner (baseball) Alexander Gardner (April 28, 1861 – June 18, 1926) was a Canadian professional baseball catcher who played one major league game for the Washington Nationals of the American Association in . Gardner started his only game on May 10, 1884, and ... (1861–1926), Canadian baseball player * Alex Gardner (footballer) (1877–1952), Scottish footballer for Newcastle United * Alex Gardner (singer) (born 1991), Scottish singer-songwriter now known as A-L-X {{Hndis, name=Gardner, Alexander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Gardner (photographer)
Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 – December 10, 1882) was a Scottish and American photographer who immigrated to the United States in 1856, where he began to work full-time in that profession. He is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War, President of the United States, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, and of the conspirators and the execution of the participants in the Lincoln's assassination, Lincoln assassination plot. Early life Alexander was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley, Renfrewshire (historic), Renfrewshire, on October 17, 1821. He became an apprentice jeweler at the age of 14, lasting seven years. Gardner was raised in the Church of Scotland and influenced by the work of Robert Owen, Welsh socialist and father of the cooperative movement. By adulthood he desired to create a cooperative community in the United States that would incorporate socialist values. In 1850, Gardner and others purchased land near Monona, Iowa for this purpose, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Gardner (soldier)
Colonel Alexander Haughton Campbell Gardner, also known as Gordana Khan (; ; 1785–1877), was a traveller, soldier, and mercenary active in Afghanistan and Punjab. He served in various military positions in the region, most notably for the Sikh Empire of Ranjit Singh. Details of his life remain obscure, though several colourful accounts have been written. Although corroborating evidence is sparse, Scottish historian John Keay wrote biographies in 1977, 1979, and, most thoroughly, ''The Tartan Turban: In Search of Alexander Gardner'', in 2017. Biography By Gardner's own accounts he was born in Wisconsin to a Scottish father and Anglo-Spanish mother. Baron von Hügel met Gardner in 1835 and claimed he was Irish. Whatever the case, evidence for Gardner's origins is uncertain. Gardner went to Ireland in about 1809. He returned to America in 1812, but finding his father dead sailed for Europe and never went back to America. From Europe he travelled to Astrakhan in the Russian Emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Gardner (artist)
Alex Gardner (born 1987, Long Beach, California) is an American visual artist working as a figurative painter. Gardner is based in Los Angeles, and has exhibited his work in cities across the United States, Europe and Asia. Work and Career Alex Gardner holds a BFA from California State University, Long Beach (2011). His acrylic paintings often depict anonymous and faceless Black subjects against light colored backgrounds. His human figures are painted in tons of gray, black and blue, and often perform daily and relational tasks. The artist has referenced Old Masters such as Michelangelo and El Greco in previous interviews and statements. In a 2016 interview for Juxtapoz Magazine, Gardner stated that he is interested "in the entire spectrum of human emotion" through his paintings. His first museum solo show in the United States, ''Guest Room'' was presented in 2019 at SCAD Museum of Art, in the campus of Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia, and gathered newly pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Gardner (baseball)
Alexander Gardner (April 28, 1861 – June 18, 1926) was a Canadian professional baseball catcher who played one major league game for the Washington Nationals of the American Association in . Gardner started his only game on May 10, 1884, and caught Ed Trumbull, who was also making his first major league start, in a matchup against the New York Metropolitans. Gardner, who lived in Danvers, Massachusetts, may have been recommended to the team by fellow resident Thorny Hawkes. At the plate, Gardner recorded no hits in three at bat In baseball, an at bat (AB) or time at bat is a batter's turn batting against a pitcher. An at bat is different from a plate appearance. A batter is credited with a plate appearance regardless of what happens upon completion of his turn at bat, ...s. He also played poorly in the field, committing six errors and allowing at least six passed balls (some sources credit him with 12 passed balls, which would be an all-time major league record). Was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Gardner (footballer)
Alexander Gardner (1877 – 1952) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a right half. Career Born in Leith, Gardner played for local club Leith Athletic then moved to Newcastle United at the end of 1899, making over 300 appearances in the English Football League and FA Cup over the next decade. He won three League titles: 1904–05, 1906–07 and 1908–09 (plus the 1907 Sheriff of London Charity Shield in 1907), and played in three FA Cup finals in 1905, 1906 and 1908, though finishing on the losing side in all of them; he had retired through injury by the time the club first claimed the trophy in 1910. He played in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots annual international trial match on four occasions, but despite his consistent success at club level was never selected for Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
