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Arthur Baker (other)
Arthur Baker may refer to: * Arthur Baker (calligrapher) (c. 1930–2016), American calligrapher and typeface designer * Arthur Baker (producer) (born 1955), American record producer and DJ * Arthur Slade Baker Brigadier General Arthur Slade Baker CMG (13 December 1863 – 3 September 1943) was a senior British Army officer during the First World War. Biography Born on 13 December 1863, Arthur Slade Baker was educated at Bedford School. He received ... (1863–1943), British Army officer * Arthur Baker, character in '' The Long Walk'' See also * Art Baker (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Arthur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Baker (calligrapher)
Arthur Baker ( – December 2016) was the creator of a distinctive and dramatic style of brush and pen calligraphy. Biography Baker grew up in Berkeley, California. He attended school on the West Coast of the United States and New York City, where he studied under Oscar Ogg, George Salter, and Tommy Tompson. Baker studied letterforms and historical calligraphic styles, about which he wrote many books. Baker also designed typefaces, and his own pens and brushes. Baker lived most of his life in Andover, Massachusetts. His hobbies included designing, making and flying paper airplanes. Baker died in December 2016, at the age of 86. His archive is held at Letterform Archive Typefaces *Amigo *Baker Sans—Eddie Bauer catalog logo and text. *Baker Signet—designed in 1965. *Calligraphica *Cold Mountain *Collier Script *Daybreak *Duckweed *Fish Face *Hiroshige *Kigali *Kigali Block *Kigali Decorative *Kigali ZigZag *Marigold *Mercator *Oak Graphic *Oxford *Pelican *Sassafras * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Baker (producer)
Arthur Baker (born April 22, 1955) is an American record producer and DJ best known for his work with Hip hop music, hip hop artists like Afrika Bambaataa and Planet Patrol, as well as British group New Order (band), New Order. He is also known for remixing the Jill Jones song "Mia Bocca" on the 12" single, taken from her self-titled debut album ''Jill Jones (album), Jill Jones'' (1987), released on Prince's Paisley Park Records, as well as remixing the Pet Shop Boys song, "Disco (Pet Shop Boys album), In the Night". His remix of the song was used as the main theme for the BBC TV programme ''The Clothes Show'' between 1986 and 1994. He also remixed the "Massive Jungle Mix" for Tina Turner's UK top 40 single "Whatever You Want (Tina Turner song), Whatever You Want" (co-written by himself, Taylor Dayne and Fred Zarr). Arthur Baker's songs are represented by Downtown Music Publishing. Biography Early career Born in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 22, 1955, Baker began working ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Slade Baker
Brigadier General Arthur Slade Baker CMG (13 December 1863 – 3 September 1943) was a senior British Army officer during the First World War. Biography Born on 13 December 1863, Arthur Slade Baker was educated at Bedford School. He received his first commission as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1882, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on 1 October 1882, to the rank of captain on 1 October 1891, and to the rank of major on 1 April 1900. He served during the Second Boer War in South Africa between 1900 and 1901. In June 1902 he was appointed as Inspector, General Stores division, of the Army Ordnance Department, serving at Woolwich until 1905. He was Deputy Assistant Director at the War Office between 1908 and 1912. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1912. He served during the First World War, and was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General. Brigadier General Arthur Slade Baker was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Long Walk (novel)
''The Long Walk'' is a dystopian horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1979, under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. It was collected in 1985 in the hardcover omnibus ''The Bachman Books'', and has seen several reprints since, as both paperback and hardcover. In 2023, Centipede Press released the first stand-alone hardcover edition. Set in a future dystopian America, ruled by a totalitarian regime, the plot revolves around the contestants of a grueling annual walking contest. In 2000, the American Library Association listed ''The Long Walk'' as one of the 100 best books for teenage readers published between 1966 and 2000. While not the first of King's novels to be published, ''The Long Walk'' was the first novel he wrote, having begun it in 1966–67 during his freshman year at the University of Maine, some eight years before his first published novel, ''Carrie'', was released in 1974. Plot In a dystopian America, a major source of entertainment is the Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |