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Robert Neville (character)
Robert Neville may refer to: *Robert Neville (bishop) (1404–1457), English bishop *Robert Neville (journalist) (1905–1970), American war correspondent *Robert Neville (Royal Marines officer) (1896–1987), Royal Marines officer and Governor of the Bahamas *Robert Cummings Neville (born 1939), theologian-philosopher *Robert Neville (politician), MP for Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the ... * Robert Neville (character), the protagonist of the science-fiction horror novel '' I Am Legend'' and its various film adaptations See also * Robert Nevil, musician * Robert de Neville (died 1282), English nobleman {{hndis, Neville, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Neville (bishop)
Robert Neville (1404 – 8 or 9 July 1457) was an English prelate who served as Bishop of Salisbury and Bishop of Durham. He was also a provost of Beverley. He was born at Raby Castle. His father was Ralph Neville and his mother was Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt. He was thus a highly placed member of the English aristocracy. Neville was nominated Bishop of Salisbury on 9 July 1427, and consecrated on 26 October 1427. He was then translated to Durham on 27 January 1438.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 271 Neville died on 8 July 1457.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 242 Citations References * * 1404 births 1457 deaths Bishops of Durham Bishops of Salisbury 15th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Robert 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 compou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Neville (journalist)
Robert G. M. Neville (May 12, 1905 – February 17, 1970) was an American newspaper and magazine reporter who, in a 40-year career, covered the Spanish Civil War, World War II and the Korean War, working for ''The New York Times'', ''New York Post'', ''New York Herald Tribune'', '' PM'' and, starting in 1937, ''Time'' magazine, where he remained for two and, subsequently, 13 years, rising in 1938 to become the publication's foreign news editor. Background A native of Oklahoma, Robert Neville was born on a ranch near the small city of Vinita, to Missourians Oliver D. Neville and Lavona A. Neville. They subsequently moved with his family to Wyoming where, living in another small city, Gillette, he worked, at the age of 14, as a hand typesetter for a local newspaper. Starting his higher education at the University of California and then transferring to New York City for a Bachelor of Literature degree at Columbia University, he obtained a Master's degree from Columbia School of Journ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Neville (Royal Marines Officer)
Major-General Sir Robert Arthur Ross Neville, KCMG, CBE (17 December 1896 – 12 June 1987) was a British Royal Marines officer who served in both world wars. He was later Governor of the Bahamas from 1950 to 1953. Early life and education Neville was born the son of a British Army officer and educated at Cheltenham College before joining the Royal Marines in 1914 at the age of 17. Career Military career During World War I, he served aboard the ''King Edward VII'' and the ''Royal Oak'', participated in the Battle of Jutland, and commanded a company in France. After the war, Neville served as aide-de-camp to the governors of Hong Kong, Ceylon, and Bombay, and worked with the Indian Statutory Commission. He also served in intelligence roles in Shanghai and aboard the ''Queen Elizabeth'' in the Mediterranean Fleet. During World War II, he was Assistant Director of Naval Intelligence and Royal Marines Adviser to Combined Operations. Between 1945 and 1950, Neville was Comma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Cummings Neville
Robert Cummings Neville (born May 1, 1939, in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.) is an American systematic philosopher and theologian, author of numerous books and papers, and ex-Dean of the Boston University School of Theology. He is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Religion, and Theology at Boston University. J. Harley Chapman and Nancy Frankenberry, editors of a festschrift—a collection of critical essays written in Neville's honor—entitled ''Interpreting Neville'', consider him to be "one of the most significant philosophers and theologians of our time". Neville was Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and has taught at Yale, Fordham, and the State University of New York Purchase. He was granted a Doctorate ''honoris causa'' by the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Far Eastern Studies in 1996. Philosophical and theological work Theory of being Neville's most significant scholarly contribution is arguably his metaphysica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Neville (politician)
Robert Neville may refer to: *Robert Neville (bishop) (1404–1457), English bishop * Robert Neville (journalist) (1905–1970), American war correspondent * Robert Neville (Royal Marines officer) (1896–1987), Royal Marines officer and Governor of the Bahamas * Robert Cummings Neville (born 1939), theologian-philosopher * Robert Neville (politician), MP for Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the ... * Robert Neville (character), the protagonist of the science-fiction horror novel '' I Am Legend'' and its various film adaptations See also * Robert Nevil, musician * Robert de Neville (died 1282), English nobleman {{hndis, Neville, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorkshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Yorkshire was a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of England from 1290, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament, traditionally known as Knights of the Shire, until 1826, when the county benefited from the disfranchisement of Grampound (UK Parliament constituency), Grampound by taking an additional two members. The constituency was split into its three historic ridings, for Parliamentary purposes, under the Reform Act 1832. Each riding returned two MPs. The county was then represented by the Yorkshire East Riding (UK Parliament constituency), Yorkshire East Riding, Yorkshire North Riding (UK Parliament constituency), Yorkshire North Riding and Yorkshire West Riding (UK Parliament constituency), Yorkshire West Riding constitue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Neville (character)
Robert Neville may refer to: *Robert Neville (bishop) (1404–1457), English bishop *Robert Neville (journalist) (1905–1970), American war correspondent *Robert Neville (Royal Marines officer) (1896–1987), Royal Marines officer and Governor of the Bahamas *Robert Cummings Neville (born 1939), theologian-philosopher *Robert Neville (politician), MP for Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the ... * Robert Neville (character), the protagonist of the science-fiction horror novel '' I Am Legend'' and its various film adaptations See also * Robert Nevil, musician * Robert de Neville (died 1282), English nobleman {{hndis, Neville, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Am Legend (novel)
''I Am Legend'' is a 1954 post-apocalyptic horror novel by American writer Richard Matheson that was influential in the modern development of zombie and vampire literature, and in popularizing the concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease. The novel was a success and was adapted into the films '' The Last Man on Earth'' (1964), ''The Omega Man'' (1971), and '' I Am Legend'' (2007). It was also an inspiration for George A. Romero's ''Night of the Living Dead'' (1968). Plot Set on Cimarron Street in 1976 Gardena, California, after an apocalyptic war that ravages the land with weekly dust storms, the novel details the life of Robert Neville in the months and eventually years after the outbreak of a pandemic that has killed the rest of the human population and turned infected survivors into "vampires". The vampires conform remarkably to their stereotypes in fiction and folklore: they are blood-sucking, pale-skinned, and nocturnal, though otherwise indistinguishable from nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Nevil
Robert S. Nevil (born October 2, 1958) is an American pop singer, songwriter, record producer, and guitarist who had five ''Billboard'' top 40 hits including his songs " C'est la Vie" (#2, 1986), "Dominoes" (#14, 1987), and " Wot's It to Ya" (#10, 1987). Life and career Nevil began playing guitar at age 11 and played in a series of cover bands. He began performing his original music and signed a publishing deal in 1983, writing songs for the Pointer Sisters; El DeBarge; Alison Moyet; and Earth, Wind & Fire. In 1986, he obtained his first recording contract, signing with Manhattan Records, and he recorded his debut album with the producers Alex Sadkin and Phil Thornalley. His debut single " C'est la Vie" reached #2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, propelling the album into the top 40 on both the U.S. pop and ''Billboard'' R&B chart. His second single "Dominoes" hit #14 on the Hot 100 and #22 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, while the third single "Wot's It to Ya" peaked at # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |