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Robert Heller
Robert Heller may refer to: * Robert Heller (magician) (1826–1878), English magician, mentalist, and musician * Robert Heller (journalist) Robert Heller (10 June 1932 – 28 August 2012) was a British management journalist, management consultant, author of a series of management books, and the founding editor of ''Management Today''. Biography Born in London, England, Heller atte ... (1932–2012), British management journalist and management consultant * H. Robert Heller (born 1940), American economist and governor of the Federal Reserve System {{hndis, Heller, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Heller (magician)
Robert Heller, also Joseph Heller, (born William Henry Palmer; 1826–1878) was an England, English magic (illusion), magician, mentalist, and musician. The year of his birth is the subject of some speculation; some sources list it as 1829 while others claim 1830. As the son of a famous concert pianist, Heller began his life as a musician studying at the Royal Academy of Music. After becoming fascinated with magic at age 14, Heller began copying his idol Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, from whom he adopted his first name. Heller left his scholarship at the academy to become a professional magician. However, he gained a reputation as both a magician and a concert pianist when he arrived in New York in 1852, eventually settling permanently in the United States. For instance, he gave the first American performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven), Piano Concerto No. 5 in the Boston Music Hall on 4 March 1854, accompanied by the orchestra of the Germania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Heller (journalist)
Robert Heller (10 June 1932 – 28 August 2012) was a British management journalist, management consultant, author of a series of management books, and the founding editor of ''Management Today''. Biography Born in London, England, Heller attended Christ's Hospital in the Sussex countryside, served in the Royal Army Service Corps, and then attended Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a double first in history. In 1955, Heller started to work for the ''Financial Times'', where in 1958 he was made US correspondent. In 1963, he moved to become business editor of ''The Observer''. In 1966, Heller was founding editor of ''Management Today'', a monthly business magazine published by Haymarket Publishing, where he worked for two decades. Here he started a second career as a writer of business books. During the early 1970s, he started a relationship with gallerist Angela Flowers Angela Mary Flowers (; 19 December 1932 – 11 August 2023) was a British Art dealer, gall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
