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Jolyon Hoff
Jolyon is a male given name, a medieval spelling variant of Julian, originating in England. Notable people and characters with the name include: People *Jolyon Brettingham Smith (1949–2008), British composer *Jolyon Connell, British journalist * Jolyon 'Jol' Danzig, co-founder of Hamer Guitars * Jolyon Dixon (born 1973), English guitarist *Jolyon Howorth (born 1945), British scholar of European politics and military policy *Jolyon Jackson (1948–1985), Irish musician and composer *Jolyon James, Australian-born actor *Jolyon Maugham (born 1971), British barrister *Jolyon Palmer (born 1991), British professional racing driver *Jolyon Petch (born 1978), New Zealand DJ and music producer * Jolyon Ralph, founder of the mineral database mindat.org in 1993 *Jolyon Rubinstein, British actor, writer, producer and director *Jolyon Temple, Australian children's author Alternative spellings *Joleon Lescott (born 1982), English footballer Fictional characters *Jolyon Wagg, a charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius (name)
Julius is a masculine given name and a surname, derived from the ''nomen'' of a Ancient Rome, Roman family, most famously Julius Caesar. The name may be derived from Greek language, Greek ''ιουλος (ioulos)'' or from Latin ''Jovilius'' . Julio (given name), Julio/Júlio is the Spanish language, Spanish/Portuguese language, Portuguese form and Jules is the French language, French form. Given name *Julius the centurion, Julius, the centurion given custody of Paul the Apostle in Acts 27 *Pope Julius (other), multiple popes *Julius the Veteran (255–302), Catholic, Anglican and Eastern Orthodox saint and martyr *Julius (judge royal) (fl. before 1135), nobleman in the Kingdom of Hungary *Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1812–1884), German noble *Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1528–1589), German noble *Julius Aghahowa (born 1982), Nigerian footballer *Julius Akosah (born 1982), Cameroonian-Hongkonger (soccer) footballer *Julius Axelrod (1912–2004), an Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolyon Petch
Jolyon Petch is a New Zealand-born, Australian-based DJ, producer and remixer, best known for his singles "Holding On" and "Dreams", which spent 3 weeks and 7 weeks respectively at number one on the Australian ARIA Club chart. Petch also released music under the aliases of Elektrik Disko, Auckland House Authority, Digital Remedy and YolaDisko. As of 2023, he is the only New Zealand dance music producer to have produced over eleven number-one singles on the Australian ARIA Club chart. His breakthrough single "Dreams" also spent seven weeks at number one on the ARIA club chart, which gave the Kiwi producer his longest run at the top, making him the only New Zealander to ever accomplish this. In 2022, his followup single to "Dreams" came out in September - "I Just Want Your Touch" which saw him collaborate with hit singer Starley. The single went straight to #1 on the ARIA club chart and held the top spot for five weeks consecutively plus adds to radio in Australia. Petch's sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Jolyon West
Louis Jolyon "Jolly" West (October 6, 1924 – January 2, 1999) was an American psychiatrist who was a longtime consultant and contractor for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). West worked in the United States Air Force as a medical officer. He pioneered research into brainwashing techniques employed against American prisoners of war (POWs) by their captors. His research exonerated U.S. servicemen under suspicion of treason for making false confessions during the Korean War era. This brought him to the attention of the CIA. West became involved in research into the use and abuse of LSD and other drugs, becoming a contractor for MKUltra, a CIA mind control project in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1954, at the age of 29, West became a full professor and chair of psychiatry at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. In 1967, West operated in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district to conduct research into the hippie movement there. From 1969 to 1989, West served as chair of p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Carter (cricketer)
Timothy Jolyon Carter (born 21 September 1969) is a former English cricketer. Carter was a right-handed Batsman (cricket), batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Tiverton, Devon. Carter represented the Surrey Cricket Board in List A cricket, List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Norfolk County Cricket Club, Norfolk in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the board in four List A matches, the last of which came against Lincolnshire County Cricket Club, Lincolnshire in the second round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In his four List A matches, he scored 47 runs at a batting average (cricket), batting average of 11.75, with a high score of 29. In the field he took two catch (cricket), catches. References External linksat CricinfoTimothy Carter at CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Timothy 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Tiverton, Devon Cricketers from Devon English cricketers Sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destiny 2
''Destiny 2'' is a free-to-play online first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie. It was originally released as a pay-to-play game in 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows. It became free-to-play, utilizing the games as a service model, under the ''New Light'' title on October 1, 2019, followed by the game's release on Stadia the following month, and then PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S platforms in December 2020. The game was published by Activision until December 31, 2018, when Bungie acquired the publishing rights to the franchise. It is the sequel to 2014's ''Destiny'' and its subsequent expansions. Set in a " mythic science fiction" world, the game features a multiplayer "shared-world" environment with elements of role-playing games. Like the original, activities in ''Destiny 2'' are divided among player versus environment (PvE) and player versus player (PvP) game types. In addition to normal story missions, PvE features three-player " strikes" and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Galsworthy
John Galsworthy (; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. He is best known for his trilogy of novels collectively called '' The Forsyte Saga'', and two later trilogies, ''A Modern Comedy'' and ''End of the Chapter''. He was awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born to a prosperous upper-middle-class family, Galsworthy was destined for a career as a lawyer, but found it uncongenial and turned instead to writing. He was thirty before his first book was published in 1897, and did not achieve real success until 1906, when '' The Man of Property'', the first of his novels about the Forsyte family was published. In the same year his first play, '' The Silver Box'' was staged in London. As a dramatist, he became known for plays with a social message, reflecting, among other themes, the struggle of workers against exploitation, the use of solitary confinement in prisons, the repression of women, jingoism and the politics and morality of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Forsyte Saga
''The Forsyte Saga'', first published under that title in 1922, is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by the English author John Galsworthy, who won the 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature. They chronicle the vicissitudes of the leading members of a large upper-middle-class English family that is similar to Galsworthy's. Only a few generations removed from their farmer ancestors, its members are keenly aware of their status as " new money". The main character, the solicitor and connoisseur Soames Forsyte, sees himself as a "man of property" by virtue of his ability to accumulate material possessions, but that does not succeed in bringing him pleasure. Separate sections of the saga, as well as the lengthy story in its entirety, have been adapted for cinema and television. ''The Man of Property'', the first book, was adapted in 1949 by Hollywood as '' That Forsyte Woman'', starring Errol Flynn, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, and Robert Young. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Tintin
''The Adventures of Tintin'' ( ) is a series of 24 comic albums created by Belgians, Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. By 2007, a century after Hergé's birth in 1907, ''Tintin'' had been published in more than 70 languages with sales of more than 200 million copies, and had been adapted for radio, television, theatre, and film. The series first appeared in French on 10 January 1929 in (''The Little Twentieth''), a youth supplement to the Belgian newspaper (''The Twentieth Century''). The success of the series led to serial (literature), serialised strips published in Belgium's leading newspaper (''The Evening'') and spun into a successful Tintin (magazine), ''Tintin'' magazine. In 1950, Hergé created Studios Hergé, which produced the canonical versions of ten ''Tintin'' albums. Following Hergé's death in 1983, the final instalment of the series, ''Tintin and Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolyon Wagg
Jolyon Wagg () is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is a gregarious, simple, and overbearing insurance salesman who enters the story by barging in uninvited. Character history Jolyon Wagg is disliked by Captain Haddock, who finds him irritating, although Wagg remains cheerfully oblivious and believes himself a great friend of the Captain. Wagg is portrayed as a clueless tourist in the exotic places where Tintin and the Captain have their adventures. He is an insurance salesman by trade, and he often tries to sell other characters insurance. Wagg often quotes his Uncle Anatole, who was a barber. Jolyon Wagg is based on a salesman who came to Hergé's door and invited himself in, but also on a stereotype of what Hergé called a ''belgicain'', a petty-minded Belgian lacking self-awareness. Wagg appears late in the series, starting with ''The Calculus Affair'', where his self-importance and insensitivity enra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
