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Robert Newman (other)
Robert Newman may refer to: Entertainment * Robert Loftin Newman (1827–1912), American painter and stained-glass designer * Robert Newman (impresario) (1858–1926), manager of the Queen's Hall and founder of the Promenade Concerts * Robert Newman (actor) (born 1958), American actor, known for his long-running role on ''Guiding Light'' * Robert Newman (comedian) (born 1964), British comedian, also known as Rob Newman * Robert Newman (agent), Hollywood talent agent Politics * Robert Newman (fl. 1397–1413), MP for Cricklade and Malmesbury * Sir Robert Newman, 1st Baronet (1776–1848), British MP for Exeter, 1812–1826 * Robert Newman, 1st Baron Mamhead (1871–1945), British MP for Exeter, 1918–1931 Sports * Bob Newman (born 1938), American football player * Rob Newman (footballer) (born 1963), English football coach * Robert Newman (bowls) (born 1975), English bowler Other * Robert Newman (sexton) (1752–1804), American sexton who placed lanterns for Paul Revere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Loftin Newman
Robert Loftin Newman (November 10, 1827 – March 31, 1912) was an American painter and Stained glass, stained-glass designer. He specialized in oil on canvas as his medium and is sometimes associated with Albert Pinkham Ryder as a painter of mood. Newman's works include ''Good Samaritan'', painted in 1886, ''Flight into Egypt'', ''Harvest Time'', ''Sailboat Manned by Two Men'', and ''The Bather''. Biography Newman was born in Richmond, Virginia and moved to Clarksville, Tennessee when he was 11 years of age. Later, as a young adult, he studied art in New York (state), New York, England, and France. Newman served briefly as an artillery lieutenant for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He died of asphyxiation from a gas leak from a stove on March 31, 1912. References External linksRobert Loftin Newman exhibition catalogs 1827 births 1912 deaths Artists from Richmond, Virginia Confederate States Army officers 19th-century American painters 19th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Newman (bowls)
Robert Newman (born 1975) is a former English international lawn and indoor bowls player. Bowls career Newman was a junior international indoors and lost to Stuart Airey in the final of the 1995 English indoor singles championship. Newman won three bronze medals in the World Bowls Championship. The first two in the triples and fours at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Ayr followed by another bronze in the fours at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch. Newman also won a bronze medal at the lawn bowls competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He announced his retirement in 2016. He won two Men's National Championships in the triples (2003) and the fours (1993) bowling for Reading. He finished runner-up to Graham Shadwell in the 1999 national junior singles. In 2009 he won the fours silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships The Atlantic Bowls Championships was a bowls, lawn bowling competition held between national bowl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolt Beranek And Newman
Raytheon BBN (originally Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc.) is an American research and development company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1966, the Franklin Institute awarded the firm the Frank P. Brown Medal, in 1999 BBN received the IEEE Corporate Innovation Recognition, and on 1 February 2013, BBN was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honors that the U.S. government bestows upon scientists, engineers and inventors, by President Barack Obama. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon in 2009. History BBN has its roots in an initial partnership formed on 15 October 1948 between Leo Beranek and Richard Bolt, professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Bolt had won a commission to be an acoustic consultant for the new United Nations permanent headquarters to be built in New York City. Realizing the magnitude of the project at hand, Bolt had pulled in his MIT colleague Beranek for help and the partnership between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert B
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 ''Hrōþ, 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 Robert (surname), as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert (name), 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 (given name), Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto (given name), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Newman (sexton)
Robert Newman (March 20, 1752 – May 26, 1804) was an American sexton at the Old North Church in Boston, Massachusetts. He is considered a Patriot in the American Revolution for hanging lanterns along with vestryman John Pulling in his church's steeple on April 18, 1775, part of a warning signal devised by Paul Revere during the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Life and career Newman had become sexton of Christ Church, now known as Old North Church, in 1772. He lived with his mother in 1775, and she was renting part of their home to British officers. After pretending to go to bed on the night of April 18, Newman snuck out of his house undetected by the officers and joined vestryman John Pulling and Thomas Bernard, who assisted him with the signal. Bernard served as a lookout while Pulling and Newman went to the belfry, the tallest structure in the area. Using a code devised by Revere, Newman hung two lanterns in the church's belfry to warn Patriots that the British were ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Newman (footballer)
Robert Nigel Newman (born 13 December 1963) is an English football manager and former professional footballer, who was most recently head of recruitment at Premier League side West Ham United. As a player, he was a defender, notably playing in the Premier League for Norwich City, where he also featured in the UEFA Cup. He also played in the Scottish Premier League for Motherwell, in the Football League with Bristol City, Wigan Athletic and Southend United and for non-league sides Chelmsford City and Gorleston. Following retirement, Newman had spells in charge of Southend United, Gorleston and Cambridge United. He later became a first team coach at AFC Bournemouth and briefly registered as a player to add cover. He has since worked in a recruitment role, firstly for Manchester City and with West Ham United. Playing career Newman signed for Bristol City as an apprentice in October 1981, later serving as club captain and eventually playing 483 games for the club, leaving him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Newman (impresario)
Robert Newman (1858 – 4 November 1926) was an English businessman and musical impresario. He is most celebrated as the founder of the series of classical music concerts that are now known as The Proms. Born in 1858 into a wealthy family, Newman had an initial career as stockjobber in the City of London. He also studied singing in Italy, and sang bass, which included participation in the first performance of Hubert Parry's oratorio ''Job''. He became a concert agent and gained initial experience organising orchestral concerts with Frederic Hymen Cowen at Covent Garden. In 1893, Newman became the first manager of the Queen's Hall. He had the idea for a series of concerts at the Queen's Hall, at affordable prices for a mass audience, with a proportion of the audience able to promenade in a designated space without seats. Newman hired Henry Wood as the conductor for these "promenade concerts", and summarised his idea to Wood: "I am going to run nightly concerts and train the publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Newman
Robert Donald Newman (October 14, 1936-November 9, 2022) was an American football player. He played college football for Washington State Cougars football team from 1956 to 1958 and was a 2nd round draft pick by the San Francisco 49ers in 1958. Newman was born and raised in the California Bay area. He was highly recruited coming out of high school and chose to go to Washington State University, Washington State. At WSU, Newman played quarterback, defensive back, punter and placekicker. He had school recording setting seasons in 1956 and 1957. In 1956, he ranked second behind John Brodie among NCAA major college players with 1,240 passing yards and led the nation in total offense. . In 10 games during the 1957 season, he completed 104 of 188 passes for 1,391 passing yards and 13 touchdowns, and he also compiled 1,444 yards of total offense. He again led the NCAA major colleges that year in total offense and passing efficiency and ranked second in passing yards. He also led the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
