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Albert Tucker (other)
Albert Tucker may refer to: * Albert Tucker (politician) (1843–1902), member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly *Albert W. Tucker Albert William Tucker (28 November 1905 – 25 January 1995) was a Canadian mathematician who made important contributions in topology, game theory, and non-linear programming. Biography Albert Tucker was born in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, and ea ... (1905–1995), Canadian mathematician * Albert Tucker (artist) (1914–1999), Australian painter * Al Tucker (1943–2001), Albert Tucker, American basketball player {{hndis, name=Tucker, Albert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Tucker (politician)
Albert Edwin Elworthy Lee Tucker, often referred to as Albert Lee Tucker, (16 March 1843 – 8 May 1902) was an Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Life Tucker was born in Fitzroy, Melbourne, the son of John Tucker and Elizabeth Elworthy. He primarily adopted the scholastic profession, but ultimately embraced commercial pursuits, from which he retired in 1870. Tucker was mayor of Fitzroy in 1873 and in 1879. In May 1874 he was returned to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Collingwood and when the constituency was divided was returned in May 1877 for the new district of Fitzroy, which he represented until October 1900. In 1878 he acted as chairman of the Royal Commission on Closed Roads. In the second James Service Government, he was Minister of Lands from March 1883 to February 1886, in which capacity he was the author of the Land Act, and of a measure specially dealing with the Mallee country. Tucker died at his home, Colebrooke, North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert W
Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert Computers, Inc., a computer manufacturer in the 1980s Entertainment * ''Albert'' (1985 film), a Czechoslovak film directed by František Vláčil * ''Albert'' (2015 film), a film by Karsten Kiilerich * ''Albert'' (2016 film), an American TV movie * ''Albert'' (Ed Hall album), 1988 * "Albert" (short story), by Leo Tolstoy * Albert (comics), a character in Marvel Comics * Albert (''Discworld''), a character in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' series * Albert, a character in Dario Argento's 1977 film ''Suspiria'' Military * Battle of Albert (1914), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France * Battle of Albert (1916), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France * Battle of Albert (1918), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France People * Albert (given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Tucker (artist)
Albert Lee Tucker (29 December 1914 – 23 October 1999) was an Australian artist and member of the Heide Circle, a group of modernist artists and writers associated with Heide, the Melbourne home of art patrons John and Sunday Reed. Along with Heide Circle members such as Sidney Nolan and Arthur Boyd, Tucker became associated with the Angry Penguins art movement, named after a publication founded by poet Max Harris and published by the Reeds. Early life and education Tucker left school at 14 to help support his family and had no formal art training, but obtained work as a house painter, cartoonist and commercial illustrator, in an advertising agency before joining the commercial artist John Vickery. For seven years he attended the Victorian Artists' Society evening life drawing class three nights a week. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
