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Nick Lowe (classicist)
Nick Lowe (; born 1956) is a British classical scholar and film critic. He is a reader in classics in the Department of Classics and Philosophy at Royal Holloway, a constituent college of the University of London, with interests including narratology and reception of Greek antiquity in historical fiction. Lowe is also a film reviewer for the science-fiction magazine '' Interzone'', writing the column ''Mutant Popcorn'' since the mid-1980s; he won a British Science Fiction Association Award for the column in 2009. The 25th anniversary of his column was celebrated by a special issue of ''Interzone'' in 2010, including reprints of his first reviews and an interview with Lowe. Early life and education He was born in Manchester, England, and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. He was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, before going on to read classics at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he received his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. His doctoral advisor was Geoffre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. They come in four main pairs of shapes, as given in the box to the right, which also gives their names, that vary between British English, British and American English. "Brackets", without further qualification, are in British English the ... marks and in American English the ... marks. Other symbols are repurposed as brackets in specialist contexts, such as International Phonetic Alphabet#Brackets and transcription delimiters, those used by linguists. Brackets are typically deployed in symmetric pairs, and an individual bracket may be identified as a "left" or "right" bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. In casual writing and in technical fields such as computing or linguistic analysis of grammar, brackets ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh had a population of in , making it the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, second-most populous city in Scotland and the List of cities in the United Kingdom, seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom. The Functional urban area, wider metropolitan area had a population of 912,490 in the same year. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament, the Courts of Scotland, highest courts in Scotland, and the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official residence of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British monarch in Scotland. It is also the annual venue of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The city has long been a cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Waorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine (region), Palestine. * January 25–January 26, 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet Union, Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 2 – Austria and Israel establish diplomatic Austria–Israel relations, relations. * February 11 – British Espionage, spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean (spy), Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of University Of London People
The following people spent time at the University of London as either teaching staff or students. In 2015 there were a total of around 2 million University of London alumni across the world. Until year 2008, all colleges within the federal collegiate system, solely awarded a University of London degree. From 2003 onwards some colleges received their own degree-awarding powers. However, these were held in abeyance until 2008, when a number of colleges began to award their own degrees. Nobel laureates There are a total of 84 Nobel laureates who were either students or staff members at the University of London. Their respective college or colleges is shown in parenthesis. The following table shows the number of Nobel laureates from each college: There are also many non-formal graduates of the University of London who have been awarded honorary degrees and doctorates to Nobel Laureates. Notable names include Amartya Sen (Hon. DSc), Shirin Ebadi (Hon. LLD), George Akerlof (Hon. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of University Of Cambridge Members
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People From Manchester
This is a list of people from Manchester, a city in North West England. The demonym of Manchester is Mancunian or Manc. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname. For people from Greater Manchester see List of people from Greater Manchester. A–F * Daniel Adamson (1820–1890) engineer born in Durham who designed the Manchester Ship Canal; one of the directors of the Manchester chamber of commerce; Justice of the Peace for Cheshire and Manchester; buried in Withington * Chris Addison stand-up comedian, writer and actor * Mark Addy (1840–1890) Manchester-born Albert Medal recipient * Caroline Aherne (1963–2016) BAFTA Award-winning actress, comedian and writer, '' The Mrs Merton Show'' * William Harrison Ainsworth historical novelist born in Manchester * Sir John Alcock aviator who, with fellow British aviator Arthur Brown, made the first nonstop transatlantic flight * Adam Anderson synthesist, one half of synth-pop duo Hurts * Don Arden Cheetham Hill-born m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Glaswegians
This list covers famous or notable people or groups who were born or raised in Glasgow, Scotland or have been connected with it. Arts Architecture * David Hamilton – architect *Charles Rennie Mackintosh – architect and designer * Alexander "Greek" Thomson – architect Film *Bill Forsyth – film director * May Miles Thomas – screenwriter, filmmaker Journalism * Lawrence Donegan – journalist * Ross Finlay – motoring journalist, travel writer and broadcaster * Johann Hari – journalist * Jack House – journalist, writer and broadcaster * Andrew Marr – journalist, writer and television presenter * Jack Webster – journalist Literature * Freddie Anderson – socialist playwright and poet originally from Ireland * James Bridie – playwright * Catherine Carswell – novelist and biographer of the Scottish Renaissance *A. J. Cronin – doctor and novelist * Ivor Cutler – poet, songwriter, humourist * Lavinia Derwent – children's writer * Alasdair Gray – artist, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Film Critics
Film critics analyze and evaluate film. They can be divided into journalistic critics who write for newspapers, and other popular, mass-media outlets and academic critics who are informed by film theory and publish in journals. Notable journalistic critics * Taran Adarsh (''indiaFM'') * James Agee (''Time'', ''The Nation'') * Hollis Alpert ('' Saturday Review'') * David Ansen (''Newsweek'') * Michael Atkinson * James Berardinelli * Peter Biskind * Peter Bogdanovich * Hye Bossin * Peter Bradshaw (''The Guardian'') * Joe Bob Briggs * Richard Brody (''The New Yorker'') * Tom Brook (''BBC'') * Ty Burr (''The Boston Globe'') * Ernest Callenbach * Vincent Canby (''The New York Times'') * Charles Champlin (''The Los Angeles Times'') * Justin Chang (''The Los Angeles Times'', ''Fresh Air'', '' Variety'') * Anupama Chopra (''Anupama Chopra'') * Michel Ciment ('' Positif'') * Jay Cocks (''Time'') * Pat Collins (''WWOR-TV'') * Richard Corliss (''Time'') * Kevin Courrier (CB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press was the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted a letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it was the oldest university press in the world. Cambridge University Press merged with Cambridge Assessment to form Cambridge University Press and Assessment under Queen Elizabeth II's approval in August 2021. With a global sales presence, publishing hubs, and offices in more than 40 countries, it published over 50,000 titles by authors from over 100 countries. Its publications include more than 420 academic journals, monographs, reference works, school and university textbooks, and English language teaching and learning publications. It also published Bibles, runs a bookshop in Cambridge, sells through Amazon, and has a conference venues business in Cambridge at the Pitt Building and the Sir Geoffrey Cass Sports and Social Centre. It also served as the King's Printer. Cambridge University Press, as part of the University of Cambridge, was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open University Press
McGraw Hill is an American education science company that provides educational content, software, and services for students and educators across various levels—from K-12 to higher education and professional settings. They produce textbooks, digital learning tools, and adaptive technology to enhance learning experiences and outcomes. It is one of the "big three" educational publishers along with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Pearson Education. McGraw Hill also publishes reference and trade publications for the medical, business, and engineering professions. Formerly a division of The McGraw Hill Companies (later renamed McGraw Hill Financial, now S&P Global), McGraw Hill Education was divested and acquired by Apollo Global Management in March 2013 for $2.4 billion in cash. McGraw Hill was sold in 2021 to Platinum Equity for $4.5 billion. History McGraw Hill was founded in 1888, when James H. McGraw, co-founder of McGraw Hill, purchased the ''American Journal of Railway Ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Literature
Greek literature () dates back from the ancient Greek literature, beginning in 800 BC, to the modern Greek literature of today. Ancient Greek literature was written in an Ancient Greek dialect, literature ranges from the oldest surviving written works until works from approximately the fifth century AD. This time period is divided into the Preclassical, Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. Preclassical Greek literature primarily revolved around myths and include the works of Homer; the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey''. The Classical period saw the dawn of drama and history. Three philosophers are especially notable: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. During the Roman era, significant contributions were made in a variety of subjects, including history, philosophy, and the sciences. Byzantine literature, the literature of the Byzantine Empire, was written in Atticizing, Medieval and early Modern Greek. Chronicles, distinct from historics, arose in this period. Encyclopedias ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Kirk
Geoffrey Stephen Kirk, () was a British classicist who served as the 35th Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge. He published widely on pre-Socratic philosophy and the work of the Greek poet Homer, culminating in a six-volume philological commentary on the ''Iliad'' published between 1985 and 1993. Born into a middle-class family in Nottingham, he began studying classics at Clare College, Cambridge but joined the Royal Navy during World War II. He was deployed to the Aegean Sea as part of the Levant Schooner Flotilla and distinguished himself through his command of modern Greek. His service, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, became the basis for his 1997 memoir ''Towards The Aegean Sea''. Kirk began his career as a lecturer and fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge in the 1950s. He also held professorships at Yale and Bristol University. In 1974, having gained a reputation as a leading Hellenist through the publication of his first ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
