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Charles Shaw (drummer)
Charles Shaw may refer to: *Charles F. Shaw (born 1943), founder of the Charles Shaw wine brand * Charles Green Shaw (1892–1974), American painter and writer *Charles Shaw (writer) (1900–1955), Australian novelist whose book ''Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison'' was adapted for film *Charles Alexander Shaw (1944–2020), United States federal judge *Charles Shaw (singer) (born 1960), rapper who sang vocals credited to Milli Vanilli * Charles Shaw (British Army officer) (1795–1871), British soldier active in Portuguese campaigns *Charles Shaw (journalist) (1911–1987), American journalist * Charles "Bobo" Shaw (1947–2017), American jazz drummer *Charlie Shaw (footballer, born 1862) (1862–1931), English footballer *Charlie Shaw (footballer, born 1885) (1885–1938), Scottish football goalkeeper (Celtic FC) *Charles Shaw (potter) (1832–1906), English potter *Charles Thurstan Shaw (1914–2013), English archaeologist *Charles A. Shaw (1831–1909), New England politician, inventor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles F
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Green Shaw
Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet, writer, and illustrator. He was a key figure in early American abstract art. Shaw's paintings are part of most major collections of American Art, including the Art Institute of Chicago, Corcoran Gallery, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Musee d'Art Moderne de Paris, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Whitney Museum.Pennington, Buck. “The ‘Floating World’ in the Twenties: The Jazz Age and Charles Green Shaw.” ''Archives of American Art Journal'' 20, no. 4 (1980): 17–24. via JSTOR. Accessed March 9, 2022.https://www.jstor.org/stable/1557337“Charles (Green) Shaw.” May 22, 2020. ''CA Online'', January. via Gale. Accessed March 9, 2022. Before turning to art in 1932, Shaw was a prominent writer for '' The New Yorker'' and '' Vanity Fair''. He was also a poet, with more than 1,200 published poems. Early life Shaw was bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Shaw (writer)
Charles Herbert Shaw (10 August 1900 – 1 August 1955) was an Australian journalist and novelist. Life and career Shaw was born in South Melbourne, Victoria. His family moved to north-western Victoria when he was a boy, but his parents died when he was in his early teens, and he had to fend for himself, becoming a rural labourer. During the Depression years he held a variety of jobs in the countryside and his interest in writing led him to work at a newspaper in Forbes, New South Wales. Shaw had several stories published by '' The Bulletin'' and eventually was employed by the magazine as a rural editor.Rutledge, MShaw, Charles Herbert (1900 - 1955) Australian Dictionary of Biography Online He had two collections of outback short stories, ''Outback Occupations'' (1943) and ''A Sheaf of Shorts'' (1944), and one volume of verse ''The Warrumbungle Mare'' (1943) published as well as two detective stories ''The Green Token'' (1943) and ''Treasure of the Hills'' (1944). Shaw de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Alexander Shaw
Charles Alexander Shaw (December 31, 1944 – April 12, 2020) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Education and career Born in Jackson, Tennessee, Shaw received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harris Stowe State College in 1966, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Missouri in 1971, and a Juris Doctor from the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America in 1974. He was an attorney with the appellate branch of the Division of Enforcement for the National Labor Relations Board from 1974 to 1976. He entered private practice in St. Louis, Missouri from 1976 to 1980, and then worked as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri from 1980 to 1987. He then became a state court judge in Missouri's 22nd Judicial Circuit from 1987 to 1993. Federal judicial service On October 25, 1993, Shaw was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a new seat on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Shaw (singer)
Charles Shaw (born July 4, 1960) is an American rapper and singer who, in 1988, performed on recordings credited to Milli Vanilli. Controversy Shaw, a U.S. Army veteran, was reportedly paid $6,000 to perform the rap on Milli Vanilli's hit single " Girl You Know It’s True". In December 1989, Shaw disclosed to '' New York Newsday'' writer John Leland that he was one of three singers on Milli Vanilli's hit debut album, and that Milli Vanilli frontmen Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan were impostors. Milli Vanilli producer Frank Farian reportedly paid Shaw $150,000 to retract his statements. Morvan and Pilatus went on to win the Grammy Award for Best New Artist on February 22, 1990, but rumors about Shaw's involvement persisted. Eventually, the true story of Milli Vanilli was exposed later that year, when Farian broke the story himself, and the duo's Grammy Award was withdrawn. Farian re-launched the group in 1991 as The Real Milli Vanilli, using Shaw with Brad Howell and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Shaw (British Army Officer)
Brigadier-General Sir Charles Shaw (6 August 1794''Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950'' – 22 February 1871) was a Scottish soldier and liberal, who served in the British Army and in British volunteer forces on the constitutional side in civil wars in Portugal and Spain. He was later a pioneering police commissioner. Early years Charles Shaw was born in 1794 in Ayr, Scotland, the third son of county clerk Charles Shaw and Barbara Wright. Alexander Shaw and John Shaw the surgeons, and Patrick Shaw the legal writer, were his brothers. He was educated at Aberdeen and Edinburgh universities, destined for the law, but chose a military career instead. Military career British Army Shaw was commissioned into the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Light Infantry as an ensign by purchase in 1813. He joined the 2nd Battalion, a training cadre supplying drafts to the 1st Battalion serving in the Peninsular War. In December 1813 the 2/52nd (only 196 strong) embarked in Sir Thomas Graham' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Shaw (journalist)
Charles Shaw (June 25, 1911 – December 14, 1987), was an American journalist who worked with Edward R. Murrow during World War II and then went on to be News Director and broadcast journalist at WCAU-TV, the CBS affiliate in Philadelphia. Shaw was born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. While at WCAU in the early 1950s, he was one of the first broadcast journalists to speak out against Senator Joseph McCarthy, even before Murrow did so. In the late 1950s, Shaw was drawn to the story of the burgeoning Cuban revolution, and he travelled to Cuba to secretly meet with Fidel Castro and his brother Raúl Castro in the mountains of southern Cuba. When Castro came to power, Shaw was invited to Cuba by the new government, and he was also given a commendation by Castro when the new Cuban leader visited Washington in the early 1960s, before relations between the two governments turned sour. After leaving CBS in the early 1960s, Shaw became editor of the ''Bucks County Gazette' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles "Bobo" Shaw
Charles Wesley "Bobo" Shaw (September 5, 1947 – January 16, 2017) was an American free jazz drummer, known as a prominent member of the Human Arts Ensemble and Black Artists Group. He was born in Pope, Mississippi, United States. Charles "Bobo" Shaw joined the American Woodsman Drummer bugle corp in 1953 and also played with the Tom Powel Post American Legion #77. Shaw also learned trombone and bass growing up, and studied drums under Joe Charles and Elijah Shaw. "Bobo" also studied with Rich O'Donnel and Bernnie Snyder of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. He also was a founding member of the Black Artists Group, a St. Louis, Missouri, ensemble, in the 1960s; during that decade he also played with Lester Bowie, Frank Lowe, Hamiett Bluiett, and Oliver Lake. He moved to Europe later in the 1960s and played in Paris with Anthony Braxton, Steve Lacy, Frank Wright, Alan Silva, Michel Portal, Cecil Taylor, and Frank Lowe. After returning to St. Louis, he played with L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Shaw (footballer, Born 1862)
Charles Richard Shaw (18 November 1862 – February 1931) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for West Bromwich Albion. Charlie Shaw was born in Willenhall, a suburb of Walsall, Staffordshire. He played school football for Essington & Willenhall Schools. He then played football for Willenhall Pickwick moving onto Wolverhampton Wanderers. Sometime before 1888 Shaw left Wolverhampton Wanderers and signed for Walsall Swifts for his first spell there leaving in August 1888. Charlie Shaw signed for West Bromwich Albion, as an amateur, in August 1888. Shaw, playing as a winger, made his West Bromwich Albion and League debut on 29 September 1888 at Stoney Lane, the then home of West Bromwich Albion. The visitors were Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Shaw (footballer, Born 1885)
Charles Shaw (21 September 1885 – 27 March 1938) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper, mainly for Queens Park Rangers and Celtic. He served as Celtic's team captain for several years in the 1920s.Celtic player Shaw, Charles FitbaStats He took over the position from and was succeeded by . Shaw went 1,287 minutes in all competitions without conceding a goal in early 1914, a British football record which stood for nearly a century. Never capped by |
Charles Shaw (potter)
Charles Shaw (1832 – 5 March 1906) was an English potter, born in Tunstall, Staffordshire.Robert Fyson, Shaw, Charles (1832–1906), ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 18 April 2010. He is notable for his autobiography (''When I was a Child''), published by Methuen in March 1903 under the name "An Old Potter". Shaw was a staunch Liberal and believer in free trade, who intended to warn of the dangers of protectionism. Fellow Liberal Robert Spence Watson wrote the book's introduction, calling it a reminder of the condition of child labour Child labour refers to the exploitation of children through any form of work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and is mentally, physically, socially and morally harmful. Such e ... in the 1840s and as an inspiration to improve children's conditions. However, despite Watson financing 1500 copies, Shaw's autobiograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Thurstan Shaw
Chief Charles Thurstan Shaw CBE FBA FSA (27 June 1914 – 8 March 2013) "Professor Thurstan Shaw" ''The Telegraph'' (UK), 9 March 2013 was an archaeologist, the first trained specialist to work in what was then British West Africa. He specialized in the ancient cultures of present-day Ghana and Nigeria. He helped establish academic institutions, including the Ghana National Museum and the archaeology department at the . He began working with the |
