Chris Alexander (basketball)
Chris or Christopher Alexander may refer to: * Christopher James Alexander (1887–1917), English ornithologist *Christopher Alexander (1936–2022), British-American architect and design theorist *Chris Alexander (politician) (born 1968), Canadian politician *Chris Alexander (editor), Canadian editor of ''Fangoria'' magazine and horror film director See also *Cris Alexander Cris Alexander (born Allen Smith, January 14, 1920 – March 7, 2012) was an American actor, singer, dancer, designer, and photographer. Early life and education Cris Alexander was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1920. He began using the name C ...

Christopher James Alexander
Christopher James Alexander (24 March 1887 – 5 October 1917) was an English ornithologist. He was the son of Joseph Gundry Alexander and the brother of ornithologists Wilfred Backhouse Alexander and Horace Gundry Alexander. Early life Alexander was born on 24 March 1887 in Croydon, England, and was educated at Bootham School, York and the South-Eastern Agricultural College, Wye. He gained a BSc in Agriculture in 1908 from the college and remained there as staff for the next year. In 1909, after devoting some time to mycological work in England, Alexander left for Rome to take up a post as redacteur at the International Institute of Agriculture, where he stayed until 1916. From an early age, Alexander showed a love of natural history which continued up until his death. Whilst he was at school he kept detailed notes of observations on birds, plants, and insects. He continued these daily notes after he left school and indeed for the rest of his life. He observed the song o ...
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Christopher Alexander
Christopher Wolfgang John Alexander (4 October 1936 – 17 March 2022) was an Austrian-born British-American architect and design theorist. He was an emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley. His theories about the nature of human-centered design have affected fields beyond architecture, including urban design, software, and sociology. Alexander designed and personally built over 100 buildings, both as an architect and a general contractor. In software, Alexander is regarded as the father of the pattern language movement. The first wiki—the technology behind Wikipedia—led directly from Alexander's work, according to its creator, Ward Cunningham. Alexander's work has also influenced the development of agile software development. In architecture, Alexander's work is used by a number of different contemporary architectural communities of practice, including the New Urbanist movement, to help people to reclaim control over their own built environment. How ...
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Chris Alexander (politician)
Christopher A. Alexander, (born September 9, 1968) is a former diplomat and former Conservative Party of Canada politician. He served as Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration from 2013 to 2015. He represented the riding of Ajax—Pickering, in Ontario, in the House of Commons of Canada from 2011 to 2015. He was defeated by his Liberal predecessor Mark Holland in the 2015 election. Alexander spent 18 years in the Canadian Foreign Service, and served as Canada's first resident Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2003 to 2005. Following this he served as a Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan until 2009. After winning his seat in the 2011 election, Alexander was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence. On July 15, 2013, he was appointed Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. He ran for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada in 2016–17, placing 10th in a field of 14 can ...
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Chris Alexander (editor)
Chris Alexander is a Canadian magazine editor, film critic, director, musician, composer, teacher and writer. Alexander was a member of the Toronto Film Critics Association and was the editor-in-chief of '' Fangoria'', an editor of American film website ComingSoon.net and a writer for the daily newspaper ''Metro News''. Career In 2010 Alexander became the editor-in-chief of New York City based horror film magazine '' Fangoria'' , a position he held until September 2015, when he stepped down in favor of pursuing his directorial and music career. Alexander also stated that he intended to continue to contribute editorial content but that he also intended to focus on ''Delirium,'' a Full Moon Features magazine he launched with filmmaker Charles Band. Alexander was previously a publicist with Warner Bros. Canada and later, a writer and columnist for '' Rue Morgue'' and also the editor and publisher of the official magazine for the rock band Kiss. Alexander has also worked as a radio ...
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