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Tull is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Davis Tull (born 1991), American football player) *Edmund Tull (1870–1911), Hungarian artist * Fisher Tull (1934–1994), American musician *Jethro Tull (agriculturist) (1674–1740), English agricultural pioneer * Mustafa Wahbi et Tull (1897–1949), Jordanian poet *Patrick Tull (1941–2006), British actor *Thomas Tull (born 1970), American businessman and film producer *Walter Tull (1888–1918), British football player and soldier Fictional characters: *Vernon Tull and Cora Tull, a fictional couple in the William Faulkner novel ''As I Lay Dying ''As I Lay Dying'' is a 1930 Southern Gothic novel by American author William Faulkner. Faulkner's fifth novel, it is consistently ranked among the best novels of 20th-century literature.The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classical Guide to Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davis Tull
Charles Davis Tull (born November 12, 1991) is a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the fifth round of the 2015 NFL Draft. He played college football at University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. College career The Mocs were back to back Southern Conference champions from 2013–2014. Tull played defensive end and linebacker and started a school-record 48 straight games. As a true freshman in 2011, he was voted to the conference All-freshman team as well as the College Sports Journal FCS freshman All-American team. In his sophomore season, he recorded 12.5 sacks and 19 tackles for loss, breaking school single season records for both. He was voted a first-team all-American by Walter Camp and AFCA and multiple fan sites. He received second-team all-American recognition from the Sports Network and Associated Press. He was also voted Defensive player of the year for the conference by the coaches and media and won the school's male athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Tull
Edmund Tull (1870–1911), also known as Ödön Tull, was a Hungarian artist born at Székesfehérvár. He was educated at Budapest, Milan, and Paris, being in the last-named city a pupil of J. P. Laurens and of B. Constant. His first work, "The Cathedral of Notre Dame," attracted attention at the exposition in Budapest in 1896, while his etchings are especially valued in London and Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST .... His best-known works are: "Peasant Mowing," "A Lane in Dort," and "The Island of Capri," in the historical art museum of Budapest; and "The Smithy," owned by Archduchess Isabella. References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tull, Edmund Hungarian Jews 1870 births 1911 deaths 20th-century Hungarian painters Hungarian male painters 20th-century Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fisher Tull
Fisher Aubrey Tull, Jr. (September 23, 1934 – August 23, 1994), known professionally as Fisher A. Tull, aka Mickey Tull, was an American composer, arranger, educator, administrator, and trumpeter. Life and career Tull was born in Waco, Texas, where he attended public schools. He eventually earned three degrees from the University of North Texas: a B.M. in music education (1956), a M.M. in music theory (1957), and a Ph.D. in music composition (1965). He studied trumpet with John Haynie and composition with Samuel Adler. While an undergraduate, he played trumpet in and arranged for various jazz and dance bands, including the University of North Texas Lab Bands. In 1957 Tull became a faculty member at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, serving as Chairman of the Department of Music since 1965. Tull entered into serious composition beginning in the early 1960s. His works are generally tonal but harmonically adventurous and rhythmically vigorous, and show a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jethro Tull (agriculturist)
Jethro Tull (baptised 30 March 1674 – 21 February 1741, New Style) was an English agriculturist from Berkshire who helped to bring about the British Agricultural Revolution of the 18th century. He perfected a horse-drawn seed drill in 1701 that economically sowed the seeds in neat rows, and later developed a horse-drawn hoe. Tull's methods were adopted by many landowners and helped to provide the basis for modern agriculture. Biography Tull was probably born in Basildon, Berkshire, to Jethro Tull, Sr, and his wife Dorothy, ''née'' Buckeridge. He was baptised there on 30 March 1674. He grew up in Bradfield, Berkshire and matriculated at St John's College, Oxford, at the age of 17. He trained for the legal profession, but appears not to have taken a degree. He became a member of Staple Inn, and was called to the bar on 11 December 1693 by the benchers of Gray's Inn."Tull Jethro" in: ''The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs'', by Cuthbert W. Johnson, 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mustafa Wahbi Et Tull
Mustafa Wahbi Tal ( ar, مصطفى وهبي التل; 25 May 189924 May 1949), also known by his pen name Arar ( ar, عرار), was a Jordanian poet, writer, teacher and civil servant, widely regarded as Jordan's most prominent poet and among the best-known Jordanian poets among Arab readers. Born in Irbid in the Ottoman Empire on 25 May 1899, Tal completed his elementary education in his hometown, later leaving to complete his high school education in Damascus. His rebellious and stubborn temperament would appear as early as his high school years in Damascus, when he would be exiled several times by the Ottoman authorities for participating in school strikes against their policies in the region. In his adulthood, Tal would be imprisoned and exiled several times for democratic activism or for insulting high-ranking officials by the governments of the Arab Kingdom of Syria, and, after its downfall, by the government of the Emirate of Transjordan. His first job was in Karak, Tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Tull
Patrick Tull (28 July 1941 – 23 September 2006) was a British stage, film and television actor. Early life and education Tull was born in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England, the son of Phillida and Richard Tull. His father was an army officer and his mother an actress. Career Film and television work Although never a regular cast member, Tull performed in a number of episodes of well-known BBC television series in the 1960s, including ''Z-Cars'', and its spin-off '' Softly, Softly'', the soap opera'' Crossroads'' and the comedy ''Dad's Army''. He also was heard but not seen in an episode of '' Doctor Who'' in '' The Krotons''. Tull acted in a few films including '' Mosquito Squadron'' (1969), ''Sex Farm'' (1973), and '' Parting Glances'' (1986), directed by Bill Sherwood. Theatre work On Broadway, he was a founding member of Tony Randall's National Actors' Theatre and appeared in ''Getting Married'' by George Bernard Shaw. Tull's off-Broadway credits includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Tull
Thomas Tull (born June 9, 1970) is an American billionaire businessman, entrepreneur, and film producer. He is the former chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Legendary Entertainment. Tull is the founder of Tulco LLC, an investment holding company that uses artificial intelligence and other technologies to guide investing. Early life and education Tull grew up in Endwell, New York, the son of a dental hygienist single mother. As a youth, Tull was an athlete, playing baseball and American football, football. Tull graduated from Hamilton College (New York), Hamilton College in 1992. Career Early career After college, Tull abandoned plans to become a lawyer and instead went into business, starting a chain of Self-service laundry, laundromats. Among his innovations were different prices according to demand at different times of day. Tull next went into the field of financing, buying and selling several tax and accounting offices. He later became chief of operations of Tax S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Tull
Walter Daniel John Tull (28 April 1888 – 25 March 1918) was an English professional footballer and British Army officer of Afro-Caribbean descent. He played as an inside forward and half back for Clapton, Tottenham Hotspur and Northampton Town and was the third person of mixed heritage to play in the top division of the Football League after Arthur Wharton and Willie Clarke. He was also the first player of African descent to be signed for Rangers in 1917 while stationed in Scotland. During the First World War, Tull served in the Middlesex Regiment, including in the two Footballers' Battalions. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant on 30 May 1917 and killed in action on 25 March 1918. Early life Tull was born in Folkestone, Kent, the son of Barbadian carpenter Daniel Tull and Kent-born Alice Elizabeth Palmer. His paternal grandfather was a slave in Barbados. His maternal English grandmother was from Kent. He began his education at North Board School, now Mundella P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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