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Anthony Russell (paleontologist)
Anthony Russell or Russel may refer to: *Anthony Russel (c. 1663–1743), English portrait-painter *Anthony Russell (bishop), Anglican bishop *Anthony Russell (British singer), contestant on Series 15 of ''The X Factor'' (British) *Anthony Russell (American singer) (born 1980), American singer *Anthony Russell, character in ''Inappropriate Comedy'' *Tony Russell, Australian rules footballer See also *Anthony Russell-Wood (1940–2010), Welsh historian of Brazil *Anthony Russell-Roberts (born 1944), British businessman and opera manager *Tony Russel (1925–2017), American actor {{hndis, Russell, Anthony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Russel
Anthony or Antony Russel (–1743) was an English portrait-painter. Life Antony Russel, son of the painter Theodore Russel, carried on the family tradition of portrait-painting, and is said to have studied under John Riley (painter), John Riley. A portrait by him of the famous Henry Sacheverell, Dr. Sacheverell, painted in 1710, was engraved in mezzotint by John Smith (engraver), John Smith.Cust 1897, p. 425. He was an intimate friend of George Vertue, who engraved some of his portraits, and he supplied Vertue with many biographical notes concerning artists of the seventeenth century, which are now embodied in Horace Walpole, Walpole's ''Anecdotes of Painting''. He died in London in July 1743, aged about eighty. References Citations Bibliography * * Cust, L. H. and Sumner, Ann (2004)"Russell, Anthony (1663?–1743)" In ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. Oxford University Press. * Oliver, Valerie Cassel, ed. (2011)"Russel, Antony" In ''Benezit Dictionary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Russell (bishop)
Anthony John Russell (born 25 January 1943) is a retired Anglican bishop. He was the Diocesan Bishop of Ely from 2000 to 2010, having previously served as an area bishop in the Diocese of Oxford from 1988. Early life Russell was educated at Uppingham School, St Chad's College, Durham (he gained a Bachelor of Arts degree) and Trinity College, Oxford, where he earned a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree. He studied for ordination at Ripon College Cuddesdon. Ecclesiastical career Russell was made a deacon during Advent 1970 (13 December) by Launcelot Fleming, Bishop of Norwich, and ordained a priest the Michaelmas following (26 September 1971) by William Llewellyn, Bishop of Lynn — both times at Norwich Cathedral; he was then a curate in the Hilborough group of parishes in the Diocese of Norwich from 1970 to 1973. From 1973 to 1976 he was priest-in-charge of Preston-on-Stour with Whitchurch and of Atherstone on Stour in the Diocese of Coventry. For the next 11 years he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Russell (British Singer)
The fifteenth and final series of the British television music competition '' The X Factor'' began airing on ITV on 1 September 2018, presented by Dermot O'Leary. Simon Cowell returned alongside new judges Louis Tomlinson, Ayda Field (credited as Ayda Williams), and Robbie Williams who replace departing judges Nicole Scherzinger, Sharon Osbourne, and Louis Walsh. Nile Rodgers filled in for Williams while he was away on his tour for weeks 3–5 of the live shows. On 2 December, Jamaican-born singer Dalton Harris won the series making him the first and only foreign contender to win the UK show. This was the only series that featured Tomlinson, Field, and Williams as judges. Judges and presenters On 6 June 2018, it was announced that Sharon Osbourne would return to judge the fifteenth series, but only for the live shows, due to her ongoing work commitments in the United States. The next day, long-serving judge Louis Walsh announced that after thirteen years on the show, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Russell (American Singer)
Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell is an American singer and musician who performs in Yiddish. He is an African-American convert to Judaism. Early life and education Russell was born in 1980 in Fort Worth, Texas to a Christian family, moving around frequently as a military brat as his father was in the US Navy. When Russell was seven, his family settled in Vallejo, California. Encouraged by his mother, a former classical pianist, Russell gained a deep interest in music. He describes himself as an autodidact, teaching himself to read and play music, and gaining a detailed knowledge of the Bible. He was homeschooled from 6th grade. He earned a degree in music at Holy Names University in Oakland, California. Career After graduating from Holy Names University, he began a career as a bass opera singer in San Francisco and New York. His professional debut was in the world premiere of '' Appomattox'' by Philip Glass. He has stated that formerly he deliberately avoided singing Negro sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Russell
Anthony "Tony" Russell (born 13 January 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He is also the most prolific forward in the history of the Hampden Football League, with a record 1020 goals.''Warrnambool Standard''"South Warrnambool puts Russell up for top honour" 7 July 2011, Greg Best Career Originally from Coleraine, Russell was only a teenager when he kicked over 100 goals in a season for Hamilton in the Western Border Football League.''The Weekly Times'"Bush legend: Tony Russell" 27 September 2012, Ken Piesse At the time Hamilton was tied in the VFL Country zone to . Russell played seven VFL games in three seasons at Collingwood. He kicked four goals when he made his debut, against Essendon, in the 1982 VFL season, but his best haul came the following year, with six goals, four of them in the final quarter, against the Sydney Swans at Victoria Park. He crossed to Victorian Football Association club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Russell-Wood
Anthony John Russell Russell-Wood (1940 – August 13, 2010) was a leading historian of colonial Brazil, the Portuguese Empire, and the broader Luso-Brazilian world. Life Russell-Wood was born in Wales. He was educated at Rossall School and Oxford University and became a member of the faculty of the Department of History at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1971. In 2006, the City Council of Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, made him an honorary citizen. At the time of his death, he was the Herbert Baxter Adams Professor of History at Johns Hopkins. He died, aged 70, in Baltimore, Maryland. Publications His first book, ''Fidalgos and Philanthropists: The Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Bahia, 1550-1755'' (1968), was an ambitious study covering two centuries of the operation and impact of a key, royally chartered and privately financed social-welfare institution of the Portuguese Empire. It was awarded the 1969 Herbert Eugene Bolton Prize (now the Bolton-Johnson Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Russell-Roberts
Anthony de Villeneuve Russell-Roberts CBE, (born 25 March 1944) is a British businessman and opera manager. Early life and education Russell-Roberts is the son of Francis Douglas Russell-Roberts and the pianist Edith Margaret Gertrudis Russell-Roberts, ''née'' Ashton. He is the nephew of the dancer and choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton and residual legatee of Ashton's will. Russell-Roberts was educated at Eton College and, after Voluntary Service Overseas in British Honduras, now Belize, (1961–62), at New College, Oxford, where he read Philosophy, Politics, and Economics ( BA, MA). After graduation, having decided that he was unlikely to succeed in his preferred career as a professional painter, Russell-Roberts became a general management trainee at the brewers Watney Mann (1965–68). In 1968 he joined the property agents Lane Fox and Partners, becoming a partner in 1971. In 1976, his career took a change of direction when he became a stage manager for Glyndebourne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
