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Robert Sullivan (scientist)
Robert Sullivan may refer to: *Robert Sullivan (judoka) (born 1949), British Olympic judoka *Robert Sullivan (poet) (born 1967), Māori writer from New Zealand *Robert Austin Sullivan (1947–1983), American man executed in Florida *Robert Baldwin Sullivan (1802–1853), Canadian lawyer, judge, and the second mayor of Toronto *Robert J. Sullivan Jr. (born 1945), American politician *Robert "Sully" Sullivan, American radio and television personality, entrepreneur, and musician *Robert M. Sullivan (born 1951), paleontologist *Bob Sullivan (American football) (Robert Joseph Sullivan, 1923–1981), American football player *Robbie Sullivan, fictional character in the television series ''Modern Family'' *Bobby Sullivan, musician and activist *Robert Joseph Sullivan (educator) (1800–1868), Northern Irish educationalist, founder of Sullivan Upper School, author of English texts and dictionaries *Robert Sullivan (reporter), associated with ''The New Yorker'' See also *Bob Sullivan (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Sullivan (judoka)
Robert Sullivan (born 28 June 1949) is a British judoka. He competed in the Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 70 kg, men's half-middleweight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1973 he married Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. His cousin is the father of Catherine Zeta-Jones. References External links * 1944 births Living people British male judoka Olympic judoka for Great Britain Judoka at the 1972 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century British sportsmen {{UK-judo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Sullivan (poet)
Robert Sullivan (born 1967) is a Māori people, Māori poet, academic and editor. His published poetry collections include ''Jazz Waiata'' (1990), ''Star Waka'' (1999) and ''Shout Ha! to the Sky'' (2010). His books have a Postmodernism, postmodern quality and "explore social and racial subjects, and aspects of Māori tradition and history." He is "widely seen as one of the most important contemporary Māori poets". Biography Sullivan is of Māori and Irish descent. His grandfather was an immigrant to New Zealand from Galway. He identifies with the Ngā Puhi (Ngāti Manu/Ngāti Hau) and Ngāi Tahu, Kāi Tahu iwi, and describes himself as multicultural. He began teaching at the University of Hawaiʻi in 2003 and received a teaching award in 2008 for his work as associate professor of English. He also held the position of Director of Creative Writing at the University of Hawaiʻi. At the Manukau Institute of Technology, Sullivan led the creative writing programme and served as De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Austin Sullivan
Robert Austin Sullivan (July 20, 1947 – November 30, 1983) was an American man who was executed by the state of Florida in the electric chair for the 1973 murder of a Howard Johnson's restaurant manager. He was the second person to be executed in Florida after capital punishment was reinstated in 1976, and at the time of his execution, he had been on death row longer than anyone else in the United States. His execution generated attention when Pope John Paul II personally pleaded for clemency to spare Sullivan's life; however, Governor Bob Graham refused the appeal. Sullivan was executed in 1983 and maintained his innocence to the end. Early life Sullivan was born on July 20, 1947, in Boston, Massachusetts. Two weeks after his birth, he was adopted by a couple from Nashua, New Hampshire, and was later raised in Belmont, Massachusetts, by his adoptive mother after the couple divorced. Murder On the evening of April 8, 1973, Sullivan and his accomplice, Reid McLaughlin, went to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Baldwin Sullivan
Robert Baldwin Sullivan, (May 24, 1802 – April 14, 1853), was an Irish-Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician who became the second Mayor of Toronto, Upper Canada. Career In 1835, he was elected to Toronto City Council of the year-old city of Toronto and was chosen to be mayor. He added a business-like atmosphere to council with the official 'robes of office'. The Council worked on matters like tax rates, grants and the removal of 'filth and nuisances from the city streets'. On May 6, 1835, Council's Committee on draining and paving approved construction of the city's first main sewer on King Street into which all drains and sewers were to be connected. In 1836, actions by new Lieutenant Governor Francis Bond Head triggered the resignation of the members of the Executive Council for the province. Sullivan accepted an appointment to the council. In the same year, he became the commissioner of crown lands. In 1839, he was appointed surveyor general of the province and became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert J
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] |
Robert "Sully" Sullivan
Robert "Sully" Sullivan is an American radio and television personality, entrepreneur, and lead singer and guitarist for The Sully Band. He is the host of the nationally syndicated business and personal finance television program, ''The Big Biz Show'', which is simulcast across over 150 domestic radio stations, millions of broadcast television homes, and internationally via the American Forces Network. Sullivan is also a professional business keynote speaker, specializing in negotiation skills. Early life and education Sullivan was raised in San Diego, and began playing guitar at the age of six after learning " (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" with his father. As a teenager, he attended Clairemont and Valhalla high schools, where he played football before attending SDSU. While at college, Sullivan participated in theater before receiving his B.A. in journalism in 1983. Career Sullivan began his career in the late 1980s, working as a newspaper publisher in San Diego, before be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert M
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] |
Bob Sullivan (American Football)
Robert Joseph "Bob" Sullivan (August 15, 1923 – June 19, 1981) was a walk-on offensive half back and defensive back out of Holy Cross who played for the dominant 1948 San Francisco 49ers under head coach Buck Shaw. The team went 12–2, finishing 2nd in the AAFC West. At 5'-10" and , Sullivan rushed 33 times for 121 yards over 13 games and had 4 receptions for 58 yards. His only touchdown came as a return TD. Defensively, Sullivan had one interception In Ball game, ball-playing Competitive sport, competitive team sports, an interception or pick is a move by a player involving a pass of the ball—whether by foot or hand, depending on the rules of the sport—in which the ball is intended for ... for a six-yard return. References American football defensive backs American football halfbacks Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football players Holy Cross Crusaders football players San Francisco 49ers players 1923 births 1981 deaths {{Amfoot-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Sullivan
''Modern Family'' is an American TV comedy series revolving around three families interrelated through Jay Pritchett, his son Mitchell Pritchett, and his daughter Claire Dunphy. The families meet for family functions (usually around their three neighborhoods or while traveling during vacations) and cross-family bonding. Main cast The Dunphy family Phil Dunphy Philip Humphrey "Phil" Dunphy (Ty Burrell) is Claire's husband of 15 years who sees himself as the "cool dad". He dotes on his wife Claire and constantly tries to find ways to bond with his three kids. He is seen as very competitive, one example being his always beating his son. He has a very juvenile attitude and is referred to by Claire as the "kid he'smarried to." He uses a parenting method that he calls "peerenting", which is a combination of talking like a peer but acting like a parent. Phil is a realtor who is very confident in his work, once saying, "I could sell a fur coat to an Eskimo." Phil has a seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Sullivan
Bobby Sullivan is a musician and activist. He grew up in the Washington, DC punk scene. Forming Soulside in 1983, their first release under the name Lunch Meat was a split 7" with Dave Grohl's first band, Mission Impossible. After the first 7", all their work (three albums and another 7") was produced by Ian MacKaye and released on Dischord Records. Soulside toured extensively in the US, Canada, and Mexico, and toured Europe in 1989, including Eastern Europe. Soulside were the only American band to play at one of the illegal punk shows held in East Berlin in the 1980s, shows put on in tolerant Lutheran churches against the wishes of the dictatorship and its security organs such as the Stasi. The shows normally featured banned East German groups, and only rarely did international bands appear, traveling into East Berlin on tourist visas and playing in borrowed gear. After Soulside's split, Sullivan formed 7 League Boots in Boston, a band which blended reggae and rock. After rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Joseph Sullivan (educator)
Robert Joseph "Bob" Sullivan (August 15, 1923 – June 19, 1981) was a walk-on offensive half back and defensive back out of Holy Cross who played for the dominant 1948 San Francisco 49ers under head coach Buck Shaw. The team went 12–2, finishing 2nd in the AAFC West. At 5'-10" and , Sullivan rushed 33 times for 121 yards over 13 games and had 4 receptions for 58 yards. His only touchdown came as a return TD. Defensively, Sullivan had one interception In Ball game, ball-playing Competitive sport, competitive team sports, an interception or pick is a move by a player involving a pass of the ball—whether by foot or hand, depending on the rules of the sport—in which the ball is intended for ... for a six-yard return. References American football defensive backs American football halfbacks Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football players Holy Cross Crusaders football players San Francisco 49ers players 1923 births 1981 deaths {{Amfoot-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Sullivan (educator)
Robert Sullivan may refer to: *Robert Sullivan (judoka) (born 1949), British Olympic judoka *Robert Sullivan (poet) (born 1967), Māori writer from New Zealand *Robert Austin Sullivan (1947–1983), American man executed in Florida *Robert Baldwin Sullivan (1802–1853), Canadian lawyer, judge, and the second mayor of Toronto * Robert J. Sullivan Jr. (born 1945), American politician *Robert "Sully" Sullivan, American radio and television personality, entrepreneur, and musician * Robert M. Sullivan (born 1951), paleontologist *Bob Sullivan (American football) (Robert Joseph Sullivan, 1923–1981), American football player *Robbie Sullivan, fictional character in the television series ''Modern Family'' *Bobby Sullivan, musician and activist *Robert Joseph Sullivan (educator) (1800–1868), Northern Irish educationalist, founder of Sullivan Upper School, author of English texts and dictionaries * Robert Sullivan (reporter), associated with ''The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
