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Alex Taylor (academic)
Alex or Alexander or Alexandra Taylor may refer to: People Actors and theatrical professionals * Alex Taylor, stage name used by pornographic actress Adriana Molinari (born 1970) * Alex Cole Taylor, acting teacher Businesspeople * Alex Taylor (businessman) (1853–1916), Canadian entrepreneur, inventor and politician * Alexander C. Taylor, American businessman, CEO of Cox Enterprises Politicians * Alex Taylor (Australian politician) (1906–1976), Australian politician * Alex Taylor (Canadian politician) (born 1936), Canadian politician * Alexander Donald Taylor (born 1928), Australian politician * Alexander Wilson Taylor (1815–1893), US Representative from Pennsylvania Sportspeople * Alex Taylor (American football) (born 1997), American football offensive tackle * Alex Taylor (footballer) (born 1962), Scottish footballer * Alex Taylor (rugby union) (born 1990), New Zealand rugby union player * Alexandra Taylor (born 1994), Cypriot alpine skier Other people * Alex Taylor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Molinari
Adriana Molinari (born 26 November 1967), known professionally as Alex Taylor, is a former beauty pageant winner, model, exotic dancer, and pornographic actress who mainly worked for Vivid Entertainment from around 1998 to 2000. Early life She moved to Hampton, New Hampshire from South America with her parents when she was in seventh grade. She was a bathing suit model for a time as a teenager. She is a graduate of Winnacunnet High School. Career Molinari was named Miss Hampton Beach, New Hampshire in 1984 and Miss New Hampshire USA in 1991. She started stripping in 1990 in Massachusetts and failed to place in the 1991 Miss USA pageant. In the Spring of 1991, Miss USA pageant officials stripped her of her crown when a national supermarket tabloid publicly revealed that she had been moonlighting as an exotic dancer. She was a Penthouse Pet in August 1994 under the stage name Alex Taylor and appeared in that adult magazine over thirty times. She has also appeared on the TV shows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Taylor
Alexis Taylor (born 20 April 1980) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist, keyboardist, and guitarist of the band Hot Chip. He is also the keyboardist of the band About Group and has released solo material. Early life Alexis Taylor was born in London on 20 April 1980, the son of a Greek mother and an English father. His mother is a psychoanalyst, while his father is a professor of English at a university. Career Taylor formed Hot Chip with Joe Goddard while at Elliot Secondary School in the Putney area of London. He studied English at Jesus College, Cambridge from 1999 to 2002, during which time Hot Chip played a variety of gigs (with various line-ups) at Cambridge's live music venues. In 2007, Taylor and Hot Chip produced a two-song album, ''Doubleshaw'', as Booji Boy High under the pseudonyms Georgios Panayiotou and Mother Markzbow. The name Booji Boy comes from the character created by Devo. After the release of Hot Chip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Tayler
Alec Tayler (16 May 1892 – 30 October 1964) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Football Tayler joined Geelong from Lara at the beginning of the 1923 season. His performances in the Geelong junior team quickly gained attention, after his third game it was stated that "this player on present form can hardly be overlooked for League football." He made his senior debut in July in a victory against Carlton and played five games as a half forward. He dropped out of the team after contracting influenza and was stated to be returning via the seconds but never again played a senior game. Tayler was still playing with Geelong reserves in 1925. Death Alec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Taylor (Third Watch Character)
''Third Watch'' is an American television drama series which first aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005 and followed the lives of an ensemble cast of characters portraying police officers of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and firefighters and paramedics of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). Chronology of the characters along the series Maurice 'Bosco' Boscorelli Maurice Louis "Bosco" Boscorelli is a fictional NYPD police officer on the television series ''Third Watch.'' He was played by Jason Wiles. 'Bosco' was one of the few cast members to stay on the show for its entire six season run. Only his mother and his girlfriends ever call him "Maurice", while his brother calls him "Mo"; otherwise, he is known as "Boz", "Bosco" or "Boscorelli" to everyone else. Bosco grew up as the eldest of two children to his parents, Anthony and (Angela) Rose Boscorelli. His father was an abusive, alcoholic parent who used to beat him and his brother Michael, as well as his m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Smith Taylor
Alexander Smith Taylor (1817–1876), best known for his ''Indianology of California'' written in a column for ''The California Farmer and Journal of Useful Arts'' (1860–1861),Teixeira, 1997. pg. 39 was an avid collector, prodigious author and obscure, sometimes errant, historian with an obscure background, and considered the "first bibliographer of California". Life His father, A. S. Taylor, was a naval officer of some distinction in the War of 1812. His mother, Mary Chapman, was a native of Wapping Parish, London. He arrived in Monterey, California, on September 8, 1848, on the brig ''Pacific''. In 1849 he opened an apothecary shop and resided in Monterey until 1860 when he moved to Santa Barbara. It is unknown whether he visited the " gold diggings". While in Monterey he also worked as "clerk of the United States District Court". In 1860, he married Maria Josefa Ortega y Hill, a daughter of Daniel A. Hill and Rafaela Luisa Olivera y Ortega of Santa Barbara. Tayl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Burt Taylor
Alexander Burt Taylor, (6 June 1904 – 13 March 1972) was a Scottish civil servant and author who served as the Registrar General for Scotland. Life Alexander Burt Taylor was born 6 June 1904 at Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland, the son of Rev A. B. Taylor of the United Free Church of Scotland. Following schooling at the Hamilton Academy his father moved to the Paterson United Free Church in Kirkwall on Orkney in 1919, so he completed his schooling at Kirkwall Grammar School. Taylor matriculated at the University of Edinburgh and graduated MA in 1925. He taught at schools in Stirling and Falkirk in Scotland, then at Columbia University, New York.Archives Hub, University of Manchester. Papers of Dr. Alexander Burt Taylor . Retrieved 2011-04-16 In 1933 he became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Taylor (physician)
Sir Alexander Taylor FRSE MRIA (1802–18 May 1879) was a 19th-century Scottish physician and author. He attended to the wounded in both sides during the Franco-Prussian War, and wrote a book which promoted the healthful climate of Pau. Early life and education He was born in 1802 in Alton, Ayrshire, the son of William Taylor, a ship-owner. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, gaining his doctorate (MD) in 1825. Medical career In 1835 he served as Staff Surgeon to the English Auxiliary Force in Spain. In 1839 he settled in Pau in the Pyrenees and lived and worked there for the rest of his life. In 1842 he published ''On the Curative Influence of the Climate of Pau, and the Mineral Waters of the Pyrenees, on Disease''. The book did much to promote the town as a tourist destination. The climate was said to combat "Winter Depression" and respiratory disease and was first aimed at English-speaking countries, then translated into several European languages. Visito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Taylor (singer)
Alexander Robert Taylor (February 28, 1947 – March 12, 1993) was an American singer. Alexander Taylor was the eldest child of Gertrude and Isaac M. Taylor. He was a member of a family which produced a number of musicians, the most famous of whom is James Taylor, as well as Livingston, Hugh, and Kate Taylor. Alex Taylor had two sons, Edward and James. The elder son, Edward was adopted, and lives in North Carolina; his second son James, who resides on Martha's Vineyard, is the namesake of Alex's brother James, and inspired his uncle's 1970 hit "Sweet Baby James." Alex Taylor traveled around Florida gigging and recording his finest work at a little studio in Tampa called Progressive Music. Taylor suffered a heart attack on March 7, 1993, in Sanford, Florida, while recording a third album at King Snake Records Studio. He died on March 12, 1993 (James's birthday), at age 46. He was survived by his wife Brent B. Taylor, then age 46, of West Tisbury; his two sons; and granddaught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Taylor (British Army Officer)
Major General Alexander Taylor CB, (born 30 August 1970) is a senior British Army officer. He is currently serving as Director, Army Legal Services Branch. Taylor was educated at Hurstpierpoint College and Durham University (BSc), followed by Cambridge University (LLM). Before joining the military he was a solicitor with City of London firm Wilde Sapte Denton Wilde Sapte LLP (informally Dentons) was an international law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It merged with the United States-based law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal in September 2010, forming SNR Denton. At the time .... References People educated at Hurstpierpoint College Alumni of Durham University British Army generals Living people 1970 births {{UK-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Taylor (rugby Union)
Alex Taylor (born c. 1990 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for Stirling County as a Number Eight. Rugby Union career Amateur career Having started his rugby at Southland Boys' High School, Taylor moved on to senior club play for Woodlands Rugby Club. He was part of 4 Galbraith Shield wins which included a 3 peat. Having moved to Spain for a short term contract with top club VRAC in Valladolid. Taylor has since moved to Scotland, where now plays for Stirling County. Professional career Taylor played provincial rugby in New Zealand before moving to Scotland. He played for Southland alongside John Hardie. He also played 7s for Southland where he competed in two national tournaments. In 2015, he left New Zealand to go to Scotland. Taylor played for Glasgow Warriors against Canada 'A' on 30 August 2016. International career He has represented New Zealand at schoolboy and age grade level teams. He was a trialist of the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Cole Taylor
Alex Taylor is an American stage actor, writer and film/theatre director. He is the youngest surviving acting teacher to have worked with famed acting teacher Sanford Meisner, having been in the last class to work with Meisner before the latter's death in 1997. Taylor attended Baylor University and studied with Sandra Seacat, coach to such actors as Johnny Depp, Jessica Lange, Meg Ryan and Mickey Rourke. In 2008, Taylor co-founded the Sanford Meisner Studio in Burbank, California; the name was later changed to the Taylor School of Acting. He has performed in over 60 theatrical productions. As a result of his stage work, Edward James Olmos invited him to participate in Marlon Brando's ''Lying for A Living'' where he worked with Marlon Brando, Sean Penn, Peter Coyote, Whoopi Goldberg, and Robin Williams. ''Backstage'' magazine named the Taylor School of Acting as one of the top 5 acting schools to study at in Los Angeles. He lives in Burbank, California Burbank is a city i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
