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Robert Lawson (high Sheriff)
Robert Lawson may refer to: *Robert Lawson (architect) (1833–1902), Scottish architect who emigrated to New Zealand *Robert Lawson (author) (1892–1957), American author and illustrator, best known for his work in children's literature *Robert Lawson (British Army officer) (died 1816), Royal Artillery officer *Robert Lawson (cricketer) (1901–1974), Australian cricketer *Robert Lawson (racing driver), runner-up in the 2008 SEAT Cupra Championship *Robert Lawson (screenwriter), screenwriter of ''What Goes Up'' *Robert Lawson (South Australian politician) (born 1944), Liberal member of the South Australian Legislative Council * Robert Lawson (Victorian politician) (born 1927), Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council * Robert Lawson (American general) (1748–1805), American Revolutionary War militia general and politician * Robert C. Lawson (1883–1961), American clergyman, founder of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ *Robert G. Lawson Robert "Bob" G. Lawson is a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lawson (architect)
Robert Arthur Lawson (1 January 1833 – 3 December 1902) was one of New Zealand's pre-eminent 19th century architecture, architects. The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography states that he did more than any other designer to shape the face of the Victorian era architecture of the city of Dunedin. He is the architect of over forty Church (building), churches, including Dunedin's First Church of Otago, First Church for which he is best remembered, but also other buildings, such as Larnach Castle, a country house, with which he is also associated. Born at Newburgh, Fife, Newburgh, in Fife, Scotland, he emigrated in 1854 to Australia and then in 1862 to New Zealand. He died aged 69 in Canterbury, New Zealand, Canterbury, New Zealand. Lawson is acclaimed for his work in both the Gothic revival and classical architecture, classical styles of architecture. He was prolific, and while isolated buildings remain in Scotland and Australia, it is in the Dunedin area that most surviving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lawson (author)
Robert Lawson (October 4, 1892 – May 27, 1957) was an American writer and artist, best known for his work as an author and illustrator of children's literature. Lawson won the prestigious Caldecott Medal in 1941 for his illustrations in '' They Were Strong and Good'' and the Newbery Medal in 1945 for his work on '' Rabbit Hill''; he is the only person to have won both of medals. In addition to his work in children's books, Lawson also created etchings, which earned him the John Taylor Arms Prize from the Society of American Etchers in 1931. His artwork, including etchings, prints, works in pen and ink, and pencil on paper, is held in prominent collections such as the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Biography Early life Robert Lawson was born on October 4, 1892, in New York City. He was raised in Montclair, New Jersey, where he developed an early interest in art while in high school. He went on to study art at the New York School of Fine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lawson (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant-General Robert Lawson (died 26 February 1816) was a British Army officer who served in the Royal Artillery during the American War of Independence and the Egyptian Campaign. Career Lawson entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, on 17 July 1758, and passed out as a lieutenant-fireworker, royal artillery, on 25 December 1759. Lawson served through the famous siege of Belle Isle in 1761, and was afterwards at Gibraltar for some years. In 1766, he was promoted to second lieutenant, and in 1771 to first lieutenant. He went to America with Lord Cornwallis in 1776 and was deputy-bridgemaster of the army under Sir William Howe, and in 1779 was appointed bridgemaster to Sir Henry Clinton. There is little information respecting his services during the American war, but in the Royal Military Repository, Woolwich, was placed a model of "a field-carriage for small mortars to be used occasionally as howitzers", which is stated to have been invented and used by him at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lawson (cricketer)
Robert Lawson (23 March 1901 – 28 November 1974) was an Australian cricketer. He played two first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adju ... matches for Victoria in 1931. See also * List of Victoria first-class cricketers References External links * 1901 births 1974 deaths Australian cricketers Victoria cricketers Cricketers from Melbourne 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-cricket-bio-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lawson (racing Driver)
Robert Lawson may refer to: *Robert Lawson (architect) (1833–1902), Scottish architect who emigrated to New Zealand *Robert Lawson (author) (1892–1957), American author and illustrator, best known for his work in children's literature *Robert Lawson (British Army officer) (died 1816), Royal Artillery officer *Robert Lawson (cricketer) (1901–1974), Australian cricketer * Robert Lawson (racing driver), runner-up in the 2008 SEAT Cupra Championship * Robert Lawson (screenwriter), screenwriter of ''What Goes Up'' * Robert Lawson (South Australian politician) (born 1944), Liberal member of the South Australian Legislative Council * Robert Lawson (Victorian politician) (born 1927), Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council * Robert Lawson (American general) (1748–1805), American Revolutionary War militia general and politician * Robert C. Lawson (1883–1961), American clergyman, founder of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ *Robert G. Lawson Robert "Bob" G. Lawson is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SEAT Cupra Championship
The SEAT Cupra Championship was a one-make series that ran for six years between 2003 and 2008, the last five of which ran as a support package to the British Touring Car Championship. Originally the prize for winning the championship was a drive for the SEAT works team in the BTCC. From 2005 and onwards this changed to a £100,000 cheque. Throughout the championship's six years, 78 drivers competed. It established itself as one of the main routes into topline Touring Car racing, and drivers went on to do well in either the BTCC or World Touring Car Championship. Past contenders such as Rob Huff, Mat Jackson, James Pickford, Emmet O'Brien and Gordon Shedden mean that tin top fans keep a close eye on these cars and drivers for the next big racing talent. The Cars Cars driven are the SEAT León Cupra. Engine sizes moved from a 1.8 L (first generation Cupra R) to the second generation León with a 2.0 L engine in 2007. The engines use an inline four cylinder layou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lawson (screenwriter)
Robert Lawson is an American playwright, theatre director, director, composer, screenwriter and visual artist currently living in France. Projects in process (2024) include an untitled limited series created with Jonathan Glatzer for RiffRaff Films and New Republic Pictures; a feature screenplay based on Walker Percy's ''Lancelot'' for Goodman Pictures; ''Dream/State,'' a limited YA TV series based on ''The Promises of Dr. Sigmundus'' by Brian Keaney for Goodman Pictures. His film, What Goes Up, co-written with Glatzer and starring Steve Coogan, Olivia Thirlby, Hilary Duff, Molly Shannon and Josh Peck, was released in 2009. The film was distributed by Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures, with a DVD-R, DVD release on Sony Home Entertainment. Lawson is the author and composer of dozens of theater works, a number of which are published by Broadway Licensing, Playscripts, Inc. and are regularly produced across the U.S., Europe and Asia''.'' Among these are ''Hiroshima : crucible of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lawson (South Australian Politician)
Robert David Lawson, (born 15 August 1944) was an Australian politician from 1993 to 2010 as a Liberal Party member of the South Australian Legislative Council. Prior to entering politics, Lawson was appointed Queen's Counsel. He held many positions in Liberal governments, such as Parliamentary Secretary for Information Technology, Presiding Member of Legislative Review Committee, Minister for the Ageing, Minister for Disability Services, Minister for Administrative Services, Minister for Information Services, Minister for Administrative and Information Services, Minister for Workplace Relations, Consumer Affairs, and briefly, 45th Attorney-General of South Australia The attorney-general of South Australia is the Cabinet minister in the Government of South Australia who is responsible for that state's system of law and justice. The attorney-general must be a qualified legal practitioner, although this wa .... He has also held many positions in the Shadow Ministry, as wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lawson (Victorian Politician)
Robert Lawson (18 May 1927 ― 12 July 2024) was an Australian politician. Life and career Lawson was born on 19 May 1927 in Melbourne, to Leonard Langworthy Lawson, a builder, and Alice Dorothy. He attended local state schools and became the managing director of Lawsons Pty Ltd. He joined the Liberal Party in 1950, and was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council The Victorian Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House, Melbourne, Parliament ... in 1979 as a member for Higinbotham. He held the seat until his retirement in 1992, the year Liberal Party won government at the Victorian state election. Lawson married charity worker Nancy Curtis in 1949. She died from pancreatic cancer in November 2009, at the age of 82. Lawson died on 12 July 2024, aged 97. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lawson, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lawson (American General)
Robert Lawson (January 23, 1748 – March 28, 1805) was a Virginia lawyer, planter and politician who distinguished himself in the American Revolutionary War, rising to the rank of brigadier general in the Virginia militia. available at hathitrust.org After the conflict, he practiced law, held various political offices and operated a plantation in Prince Edward County, Virginia, but also suffered from alcoholism, which caused his estrangement from his family as well as being swindled. As discussed by the United States Supreme Court in Wagner v. Baird, 48 U.S. 234 (1849), although granted over 10,000 acres of land in what became the state of Ohio, Lawson transferred those rights to a swindler, so decades later his heirs unsuccessfully sought redress. Early life and education Robert Lawson was born January 23, 1748, the son of Benjamin Lawson and his wife, the former Elizabeth Claiborne. His mother would die in Amelia County in 1804, and her brother Philip Whitehead Claiborne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert C
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
