Wollen
Wollen may refer to * Malcolm Wollen (1928–2013), Indian air marshal *Peter Wollen (1938–2019), English film theorist and writer *Philip Wollen (born 1950), Australian humanitarian philanthropist *William Barnes Wollen William Barnes Wollen (6 October 1857 – 28 March 1936) was an English Painting, painter mostly known for his paintings of battle and historical scenes and sporting events. Career Born in Leipzig on 6 October 1857, he was educated at Univer ...

Peter Wollen
Peter Wollen (29 June 1938 – 17 December 2019) was an English film theorist and filmmaker. He studied English at Christ Church, Oxford. Both a political journalist and film theorist, Wollen's ''Signs and Meaning in the Cinema'' (1969) helped to transform the discipline of film studies by incorporating the methodology of structuralism and semiotics. He taught film at a number of universities and was Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles at the time of his retirement from academe in 2005. Life Wollen was born on 29 June 1938, in Woodford, northeast London, to Douglas and Winifred (Waterman) Wollen. Douglas was a Methodist minister and Winifred was a teacher. Peter attended a Methodist boarding school, Kingswood School, in Bath, Somerset, England. In 1959, Wollen graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in English literature. In 1968, Wollen married noted film theorist and his partner in filmmaking, Laura Mulvey. They divorced in 1993 a ...
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Philip Wollen
Philip Wollen OAM (born 1950) is an Australian philanthropist, environmentalist, animal rights activist, and public speaker. He is a former vice-president of Citibank and general manager at Citicorp. Education and career Wollen attended the Bishop Cotton Boys' School in Bangalore and later delivered the General Thimayya Memorial Lecture in Bangalore, India, in 2008. He resides in Melbourne, Victoria, with his wife Trix. Wollen supports projects related to children, animals, the environment, palliative care, and youth development. In 2005, he received the Medal of the Order of Australia. In 2007, he was named Australian of the Year The Australian of the Year is a national award conferred on an Australian citizen by the National Australia Day Council, a not-for-profit Australian Government-owned social enterprise. Similar awards are also conferred at the state and territor ... (Victoria). The National Australia Day Council described him as "essentially a private man" who ...
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Malcolm Wollen
Air Marshal Malcolm Shirley Dundas Wollen (2 August 1928 – 23 May 2013), PVSM, VrC, was an Indian Air Force officer who served as the Commanding Officer of the Guwahati Air Force base in Assam during the 1971 Indo Pak War. He later also served as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Air Command and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Air Command. He was awarded the Vayu Sena Medal on 26 January 1968. He was later bestowed with the Vir Chakra and the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) on 26 January 1972 for his exceptional skill and devotion to duty during the Indo Pak War of 1971. Early life and education Malcom Wollen was born on 2 August 1928. He attended Bishop Cotton Boys' School, Bangalore. In 1947, he was commissioned into the Indian Air Force and awarded the Sword of Honor, the Flying Trophy, and the President's plaque in September, 1949 while commissioning. The Indo Pak War, 1971 During the 1971 Indo Pak war, Grou ...
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