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Sellars
Sellars is a surname, and may refer to * Bill Sellars (1925–2018), British television producer * Billy Sellars (1907–1987), English footballer * Doug Sellars (1961–2011), Canadian television executive * Elizabeth Sellars (1921–2019), British actress * Ernie Sellars (1890–1955), Australian rules footballer * Harry Sellars (1902–1978), English footballer who played for Stoke City * Herbert Sellars (1896–1918), British First World War flying ace * James Sellars (1843–1888), Scottish architect * Jerell Sellars, English footballer who played for Aston Villa * John Sellars (academic administrator), president of Graceland University * John Sellars (footballer) (1924–1985), English footballer who played for Stoke City * Les Sellars, Australian rugby league footballer * Luke Sellars (born 1981), Canadian professional ice hockey player * M. R. Sellars (born 1962), American writer * Mandy Sellars (born 1975), British woman possibly afflicted with Proteus syndrome * Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Sellars
Peter Sellars (born September 27, 1957) is an American theatre director, noted for his unique contemporary stagings of classical and contemporary operas and plays. Sellars is professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he teaches ''Art as Social Action'' and ''Art as Moral Action''. He is widely regarded as one of the key figures of theatre and opera of the last 50 years. Biography Early and middle career Sellars was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. His classmate Sloane Citron, a future magazine publisher, remembered Sellars as: Sellars attended Harvard University. As an undergraduate, he performed a puppet version of Wagner's ''Ring'' cycle, and directed a minimalist production of '' Three Sisters''. Mature birch trees were placed on the stage apron at Loeb Drama Center and Chopin ''Nocturnes'' were played on a concert grand piano that could be seen through a suspended gauze box set. Sella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfrid Sellars
Wilfrid Stalker Sellars (May 20, 1912 – July 2, 1989) was an American philosopher and prominent developer of critical realism, who "revolutionized both the content and the method of philosophy in the United States". Life and career His father was the Canadian-American philosopher Roy Wood Sellars, a leading American philosophical naturalist in the first half of the twentieth-century. Wilfrid was educated at the University of Michigan (BA, 1933), the University at Buffalo, and Oriel College, Oxford (1934–1937), where he was a Rhodes Scholar, obtaining his highest earned degree, an MA, in 1940. During World War II, he served in military intelligence. He then taught at the University of Iowa (1938–1946), the University of Minnesota (1947–1958), Yale University (1958–1963), and from 1963 until his death, at the University of Pittsburgh. He served as president of the Metaphysical Society of America in 1977. He was a founder of the journal ''Philosophical Studies''. Sella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Sellars
Elizabeth Macdonald Sellars (6 May 1921 – 30 December 2019) was a Scottish actress. Early life and education Sellars was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the daughter of Stephen Sellars and Jean Sutherland. She appeared on the stage from the age of 15, and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She also studied law for five years in England. Career Sellars worked with ENSA during World War II, entertaining British troops. She made her first London stage appearance in 1946 in ''The Brothers Karamazov'', directed by Peter Brook and sharing the stage with Alec Guinness. She later appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company as Elizabeth in ''Richard III'', Helen in ''Troilus and Cressida'', Gertrude in ''Hamlet'', and Hermione in ''The Winter's Tale''. She played opposite Valentine Dyall, Louise Hampton, and Anthony Ireland in ''The Other Side'', at the Comedy Theatre, London, in 1946. Sellars entered films with '' Floodtide'' (1949), part of an all-Scottish cast, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerell Sellars
Jerell Anthony Sellars (born 11 December 1995) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Redditch United. Sellars is a graduate of the Aston Villa Academy and played on loan at English Football League clubs Wycombe Wanderers and Cheltenham Town before moving to Östersund in Sweden. Career Aston Villa Sellars joined Aston Villa in 2012 from Lincoln City. He never made a senior appearance and was released in 2017. On 24 March 2016, Sellars followed teammate Benjamin Siegrist by joining League Two side Wycombe Wanderers on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season. Cheltenham Town On 7 July 2017, Sellers joined League Two side Cheltenham Town. On 21 June 2018, it was announced that Sellars would leave Cheltenham at the end of the month upon the expiry of his contract. Östersunds FK On 23 July 2018, Sellars joined the Swedish club Östersund in the top Swedish league Allsvenskan. He scored his first goal in Swedish football on 11 November 2018, in a 3–3 home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Sellars
William Sellars (5 June 1925 – 19 December 2018) was an English television producer and director, most active from the 1960s to the 1980s. His entire 33-year-career was spent working on projects for the BBC.''All Memories Great & Small'', Oliver Crocker (2016; MIWK) Of these, '' All Creatures Great and Small'' (1978–90), which he produced for its entire run, was the biggest success. Conversely, he had a major critical failure with '' Triangle'' (1981–83), a soap opera set on board a ferry in the North Sea. Early life Sellars was born in Tideswell in Derbyshire and left school at the age of 14 to work in a factory. He performed his Second World War service in the 11th East African Royal Artillery Regiment of the British Army and toured India with the Combined Services Entertainment company. Career Sellars began his career in the theatre in 1947, working as an assistant floor manager. This was followed by a long period spent in repertory theatre, where he also began di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Sellars
Scott Sellars (born 27 November 1965) is an ex English football coach and former professional footballer who is ex Technical Director at Wolverhampton Wanderers. As a player, he was a winger who made more than 500 appearances, notably playing in the Premier League with Leeds United, Newcastle United and Bolton Wanderers. He also played football with Blackburn Rovers, in Denmark with AGF Aarhus and in the Football League with Huddersfield Town and Mansfield Town. He was capped three times at England at under-21 level. Since retirement he has previously been assistant manager at Chesterfield and academy coach at Manchester City. He has also worked as the head coach of Wolverhampton Wanderers U23's, as well as assistant head coach under caretaker manager Rob Edwards for Wolves' first team. He is the ex Technical Director at Wolverhampton Wanderers. Playing career After starting his career at Leeds United, Sellars established himself in the Second Division with Blackburn Rov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Sellars
Lieutenant Herbert Whiteley Sellars (11 June 1896 – 15 May 1918) was a British World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories. On 21 March 1918, Sellars shot down and killed the German ace Ludwig Hanstein. Biography Sellars was born in Liverpool, the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sellars. He was educated at The Leas, Hoylake, and the Loretto School, Musselburgh, and was entered for Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He began learning to fly at the Beatty School at Hendon Aerodrome in December 1915, and on 10 May 1916 was granted Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate No. 2852 after flying a Caudron biplane. He was then commissioned as a second lieutenant (on probation) in the Royal Flying Corps on 3 June 1916, appointed a flying officer on 20 July, and confirmed in his rank on 17 August. He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 July 1917. Sellers served in No. 25 Squadron flying the two-seater F.E.2b on fighter/reconnaissance patrols, before transitioning to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilyn Sellars
Marilyn Sellars (born December 31, 1938) is an American country music and gospel singer who had several hits during the mid-1970s on Mega Records, most notably the original version of " One Day at a Time" in 1974. Early career Sellars was born in Northfield, Minnesota in 1938. She started singing in church at the age of three singing "Oh, What A Beautiful Morning". Sellars began singing at functions and clubs around Minnesota as a teenager and after high school graduation in 1956, sang a variety of music with country and Gospel music being her favorites. Many of her family and friends enjoyed her singing and suggested Sellars moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1973. Breakthrough Sellars signed with Mega Records in 1973 and success began quite rapidly with a song written by Marijohn Wilkin and Kris Kristofferson called "One Day at a Time". This would become a hit for Sellars in 1974 and reached No. 19 on the country charts and No. 37 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandy Sellars
Mandy Sellars (born 20 February 1975 in Lancashire, United Kingdom) is a British woman with a rare genetic mutation that has resulted in extraordinary growth in both of her legs. In 2006, some doctors diagnosed Sellars as having Proteus syndrome, a very rare condition thought to affect only 120 people worldwide, but more recent diagnoses have focused on a '' PIK3CA'' gene mutation. Some reports still describe her condition as a rare form of Proteus syndrome, but Sellars herself has disputed the diagnosis. Sellars's condition has been covered in several television programs, leading Sellars to jokingly describe herself as a "part-time TV star". Biography Sellars was born with abnormally large and misshapen legs and feet, which continued to grow at a disproportionate rate. In a November 2009 interview, she estimated that she weighed about 21 stone (294 lb or 133 kg): 6 stone (84 lb or 38 kg) for her upper body and the remainder in her legs and feet (210 lb o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Sellars
Harry Sellars (9 April 1902 – 30 December 1978) was an English footballer and football manager, who played in the English Football League for Stoke City. He made 395 appearances for Stoke in all competitions, and helped the club to win the Third Division North title in 1926–27 and the Second Division title in 1932–33. He went on to briefly manage League of Ireland side Dundalk in 1947. His son John also played for Stoke in the 1950s. Together, father and son played 808 league and cup games for the club. Playing career Sellars was born in Beamish, Durham and joined his local club Darlington as an amateur in 1919. The "Quakers" found him a job cleaning train carriage windows an improvement on his previous employment as a miner. Sellars turned down a trial at Manchester United in favour of turning professional with ambitious Northern League club Leadgate Park who offered him £2 a week. He was recommended to several Football League clubs by various scouts and Stoke City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sellars (footballer)
John Sellars (28 April 1924 – 24 June 1985) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City. He made 384 appearances for Stoke. His father Harry was also a footballer who played for Stoke. Career Sellars was born in Stoke-on-Trent, joining his local club Stoke City where his father Harry had played 395 matches for. He and a number of younger players played for Stoke during the War and was a regular in the side until the Football League resumed in 1946–47 where his place was taken by George Antonio. Frank Mountford's injury in January opened the door for the 22-year-old Sellars to take his chance and he filled in a right half easily, playing a vital role as Stoke fell short of winning their first ever League title. In 1947–48 Sellars had to fill in around Stoke's injury ravaged team, playing at full-back, right-wing and even centre-forward before finding his place at left-half replacing Jock Kirton despite being right footed. Manager Bob McGrory describ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Wood Sellars
Roy Wood Sellars (July 9, 1880, Seaforth, Ontario – September 5, 1973, Ann Arbor, Michigan) was a Canadian-born American philosopher of critical realism and religious humanism, and a proponent of naturalistic emergent evolution (which he called evolutionary naturalism). Sellars received his B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, where he taught for over 40 years. He is the father of Wilfrid Sellars. In his 1969 book ''Reflections on American Philosophy From Within'' he described his views on materialism as evolutionary materialism, an extension to his 1922 groundbreaking book ''Evolutionary Naturalism''. He helped draft the Humanist Manifesto in 1933 and also signed the Humanist Manifesto II in 1973. Sellars was a supporter of socialism, saying that socialism was a democratic conception of economic organisation which "will give the maximum possible at any one time of justice and liberty". See also *American philosophy *List of American philosophers References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
