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Simon Walker (author)
Simon Walker may refer to: People * Simon Walker (businessman) (born 1953), Director General of the Institute of Directors * Simon Walker (composer) Simon Walker (born in Sydney, NSW, Sydney 1961; died June 2010) was an Australian composer of many notable film and television scores such as ''For the Term of His Natural Life (miniseries), For the Term of His Natural Life'', ''The Wild Duck (f ... (1961-2010), Australian composer * Simon Walker (historian) (1958–2004), English medievalist * Simon Walker (sailor) (born 1968), English yachtsman, adventurer and author Fictional characters * Simon Walker (''Hollyoaks''), a character on the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' {{hndis, Walker, Simon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Walker (businessman)
Simon Edward John Walker (born 28 May 1953) is Chairman of the Trade Remedies Authority, and business adviser and consultant to a number of companies. He was previously lead non-executive director of the Department for International Trade and Director General of the Institute of Directors from 2011 to 2016. Prior to this he has been Communications Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II and an advisor to former Prime Minister, John Major. He was born and grew up in South Africa and has worked in media, politics and business in New Zealand, Belgium and the UK. Early life and education Walker was born in 1953 in the city of Johannesburg in South Africa. In 1961 he moved to the UK and attended Highgate Junior School, moving back to South Africa in 1964 to live in Cape Town and attend South African College High School there, followed by a return to the UK to study at Balliol College, Oxford, where he gained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and was elected President of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Walker (composer)
Simon Walker (born in Sydney, NSW, Sydney 1961; died June 2010) was an Australian composer of many notable film and television scores such as ''For the Term of His Natural Life (miniseries), For the Term of His Natural Life'', ''The Wild Duck (film), The Wild Duck'', ''Annie's Coming Out'', ''It Is of Eden I Was Dreaming'', ''Around the World in 80 Days (1988 film), Around the World in 80 Days'', ''The Pickwick Papers (1985 film), The Pickwick Papers'', ''Run Rebecca, Run'', and the theme as well as incidental music for the long-running ABC TV (Australian TV channel), ABC TV drama series ''G.P.''. ''Annie's Coming Out'' won multiple awards including Best Film at the 1984 Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (now known as AACTA Awards), and ''G.P.'' won the 1992 Logie Awards, Logie Award for Most Outstanding Series Several of Walker's screen scores and one classical composition have been released on music albums, mostly being various titles on the Australian 1M1 Records sound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Walker (historian)
Simon Walker (24 January 1958 – 26 February 2004) was a British historian of late-medieval England. Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, he was educated at Charterhouse School and Magdalen College, Oxford. He was awarded a Prize Fellowship of All Souls College, Oxford where he completed his D.Phil thesis on John of Gaunt. In 1984 he was appointed to a lectureship at the University of Sheffield, and was subsequently promoted to Reader. In 1999 he was appointed a vice-warden of All Souls and gained an Extraordinary Research Fellowship at the College. Walker's work focused on late-medieval political history, more specifically on the relations between nobles and retainers within the framework often referred to as bastard feudalism. His best-known work, ''The Lancastrian Affinity, 1361–1399'' (1990), explored the retinue of John of Gaunt John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399), was an English royal prince, military leader and statesman. He was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Walker (sailor)
Simon Walker is an English yachtsman, adventurer and businessman. He is one of only a handful of people who have raced the wrong way around the world more than once. Walker raced on board Rhone Poulenc as the mate in the British Steel Challenge in 1992–3, and again as Skipper of Toshiba Wave Warrior in the next edition, the BT Global Challenge 1996–7. He finished 2nd overall and was the youngest skipper in the fleet. He won the first Teacher's Whisky Round Britain Challenge race in 1995. Outside of racing he has also led sailing expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica. He then went on to become the managing director of the race organiser Challenge Business and was instrumental in the next two events, the BT Global Challenge 2000/1 and the Global Challenge 2004/5. During this time he employed the Princess of Wales (then Catherine Middleton) for a summer job prior to her going to University. As managing director, he also oversaw several editions of the Atlantic Rally for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
