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Christopher Knight
Christopher or Chris Knight may refer to: Film and television *Christopher Knight (actor) (born 1957), American actor * Christopher Knight (filmmaker), blogger and filmmaker * Chris Knight (''Neighbours''), fictional character in the soap opera ''Neighbours'', portrayed by Luke Mitchell *Chris Knight, the protagonist in the motion picture ''Real Genius'' Music *Chris Knight (musician) (born 1960), American country music singer and songwriter ** ''Chris Knight'' (album), his self-titled debut album Writing * Chris Knight (anthropologist), author of several books on human origins and evolutionary linguistics; founding member of the Radical Anthropology Group *Christopher Knight (author), author of several books examining archaeoastronomy, stone monuments and megaliths, and Freemasonry *Christopher Knight, the pseudonym used by author Christopher Wright *Chris W. Knight, author of the autobiography '' Son of Scarface'' Other uses *Christopher Knight (art critic), American art criti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Knight (actor)
Christopher Anton Knight (born November 7, 1957)"Christopher Night Biography" . Biography.com/ Retrieved January 6, 2010 is an American actor and businessman. He is best known for playing Peter Brady on the 1970s series ''''. He has since gone on to become a successful businessman and enjoyed a semi-resurgence in the public eye with television appearances in the 2000s. Early life and work Knight was born in New York City, New York, the son of Wilma and Edward Knight, an actor. Knight's ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Knight (filmmaker)
Robert Christopher Knight (born 1973/1974) is a blogger and filmmaker based in Greenville, South Carolina who received much attention for a video he uploaded to YouTube and a subsequent copyright infringement clash with Viacom. The incident has since gone on to be cited in numerous legal writings and court cases involving digital copyright and the interests of corporations versus independent content producers. Education Knight graduated from Rockingham County Senior High School in 1992. He earned an Associate of Arts degree from Rockingham Community College in Wentworth, North Carolina. In 1999, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Historical Studies from Elon University in Elon, North Carolina. Career Knight ran for one of five new at-large seats on the Rockingham County, North Carolina Board of Education in 2006, and self-produced a series of television commercials for his campaign. Knight paid for airtime and the commercials were broadcast on WGSR Star 39 from Reidsvi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Knight (Neighbours)
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the Network Ten soap opera ''Neighbours'' in 2008, by order of first appearance. In December 2007, it was announced that Susan Bower would be taking over the role of executive producer from Ric Pellizzeri, who had been with the show for five years. The 24th season of ''Neighbours'' began airing on 14 January 2008 and Bower started on set on 21 January 2008. On 26 May, Bower's name was added to the credits alongside Pellizzeri's. January saw the birth of #Chloe Cammeniti, Chloe Cammeniti, the first child of the established Carmella Cammeniti and Oliver Barnes. Singer Dean Geyer was cast in the full-time role of #Ty Harper, Ty Harper and models Erin McNaught and Imogen Bailey were cast in the roles of #Sienna Cammeniti, Sienna Cammeniti and #Nicola West, Nicola West respectively. Scott Major, who previously played Darren Stark, rejoined ''Neighbours'' as Daniel Fitzgerald (Neighbours), Daniel Fitzgerald's Lucas Fitzgerald, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Genius
''Real Genius'' is a 1985 American comic science fiction film directed by Martha Coolidge and written by Neal Israel, Pat Proft, and PJ Torokvei. Starring Val Kilmer and Gabriel Jarret, the film, set on the campus of Pacific Tech, a science and engineering university similar to Caltech, follows Chris Knight (Kilmer), a genius in his senior year, who is paired with a new student on campus, Mitch Taylor (Jarret), to work on a chemical laser. The film received positive reviews from critics, and it grossed $12 million at the North American box office. Plot The CIA has covertly hired Professor Jerry Hathaway at Pacific Technical University to develop the power source for "Crossbow": a laser weapon precise enough to commit illegal political assassinations from outer space. Hathaway uses his position to recruit brilliant students to do the work for him but, aside from his graduate student and toady Kent, does not tell them the reason for their research. Hathaway's latest prospect is ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Knight (musician)
Chris Knight (born June 24, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter from Slaughters, Kentucky. In addition to releasing solo records of his own material, Knight has had a successful career writing songs that have been recorded by Confederate Railroad, John Anderson, and Randy Travis among others. Biography Early life Knight was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Slaughters, Kentucky. His extended family lives in the same area of Kentucky. Knight has three brothers and a sister. His father was a pipe liner. When he was three years old, he asked for a plastic guitar for Christmas. At 15, he became serious and began teaching himself John Prine songs on his older brother's guitar. In an interview, Knight commented "At one point I could play probably 35–40 John Prine songs." Knight earned a degree in agriculture from Western Kentucky University. He worked for ten years as a mine reclamation inspector and as a miner's consultant for the Kentucky Department of Surface Mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Knight (album)
''Chris Knight'' is the debut album from country music singer and songwriter Chris Knight. It was released on February 10, 1998 by Decca Nashville. Singles from it were "Framed" and "It Ain't Easy Being Me", although neither charted. "The Hammer Going Down" also appeared on the soundtrack of the 1998 film '' Black Dog'', which was also released by Decca. The Road Hammers later covered the song on their 2005 self-titled debut album. Track listing All songs written by Chris Knight except where noted. # "It Ain't Easy Being Me" (Chris Knight, Craig Wiseman) – 3:32 # "Framed" – 3:48 # "Bring the Harvest Home" (Knight, Wiseman) – 4:10 # "Something Changed" – 4:14 # "House and 90 Acres" – 3:52 # "Summer of '75" (Knight, Sam Tate, Annie Tate) – 3:27 # "Run from Your Memory" (Knight, Tim Krekel) – 3:02 # "Love and a .45" (Knight, Fred Eaglesmith) – 3:14 # "The Hammer Going Down" (Knight, Dean Miller) – 5:30 # "The Band Is Playing Too Slow" – 3:59 # "The River's Ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Knight (anthropologist)
Chris Knight (born 1942) is a British anthropologist. Life Professional Following an MPhil in Russian Literature from the University of Sussex in 1975, Knight gained his PhD in 1987 at the University of London for a thesis on Claude Lévi-Strauss's four-volume ''Mythologiques''. He became a lecturer in anthropology at the University of East London in 1989 and a professor at the same institution in 2000.Richard Rogers and Paul Lewis"Professor suspended over claims he incited G20 violence"''The Guardian'', 27 March 2009 A founding member of the "Radical Anthropology Group" (RAG), Knight is currently a senior research fellow in the Department of Anthropology, University College London. Since graduating from the University of Sussex in 1966, Knight has been exploring the idea that language and symbolic culture emerged in the human species through a process of Darwinian evolution culminating at a certain point in revolutionary change. Becoming human was, from this perspective, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Knight (author)
Christopher Knight is an author who has written several books dealing with theories such as 366-degree geometry and has argued in favour of the origins of Freemasonry being based on the rituals once used by the Order of the Knights Templar. In an interview about the book ''Who Built the Moon?: 2005'' Knight stated that, as many scientists have observed, the moon does not appear to be a natural object. Knight has stated that he believes there are three possible causes, including the idea that it could have been built by humans with a message in "base ten arithmetic so it looks as though it is directed to a ten digit species that is living on Earth right now – which seems to mean humans." Books Co-authored with Robert Lomas: * ''The Hiram Key''. 1996, Century. * ''The Second Messiah''. 1997, Century. * ''The Holy Grail (Mysteries of the Ancient World)''. 1997, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. * ''Uriel's Machine''. 1999, Century. * ''The Book Of Hiram''. 2003, Century. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Wright (author)
Christopher Wright, born November 24, 1964 in Pontiac, Michigan, is the author of dozens of horror fiction books for children and young adults. He writes under the pseudonyms Johnathan Rand and Christopher Knight. Almost all of Wright's books (except American Chillers) take place in his home state of Michigan. Biography Wright grew up in Waterford Michigan, until his family moved to Grayling after his 4th Grade year of school. He lived for a short time in Houghton Lake before moving to Petoskey for six years, then to a little cabin in the woods outside of Cheboygan before moving to Topinabee (about 25 miles directly south of the Mackinac Bridge) with his wife and three dogs named "Scooby-Boo" "Lily Munster" and "Spooky Dude." In 2007, Wright became involved in exposing a case of animal cruelty, and documented the case on a website called "Thor's Warriors", a website that shows hidden animal abuse and cruelty cases to the public. Chillermania Wright owns his own bookstore, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Son Of Scarface
''Son of Scarface: A Memoir by the Grandson of Al Capone'' is an autobiography by Chris W. Knight, who alleges that his father was the hidden son of Al Capone gangster Al Capone. Synopsis The autobiography chronicles the author’s broken childhood as he uncovers family secrets that his abusive mother attempted to keep him and his sister from pursuing. As an adult he seeks the truth about both his grandfather and his father, who used a fraudulent birth certificate. After years of genealogical research and interviews of close family friends Chris Knight concludes that his father is a hidden son of Al Capone Alphonse Gabriel Capone (; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the .... Author Chris W. Knight. References {{Reflist Organized crime memoirs American autobiographies Works about Al Capon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Knight (art Critic)
Christopher Knight is an American art critic for the ''Los Angeles Times''. He was awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, after being a three-time finalist (1991, 2001 and 2007). He received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Art Journalism from the Dorothy and Leo Rabkin Foundation in 2020, and the 1997 Frank Jewett Mather Award for Distinction in Art Criticism from the College Art Association, the first journalist to win the award in more than 25 years. Knight has appeared on CBS' '' 60 Minutes'', PBS' ''Newshour'', NPR's ''Morning Edition'', ''All Things Considered'' and CNN, and he was featured in ''The Art of the Steal,'' the 2009 documentary on the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. He is the author of two books: ''Last Chance for Eden: Selected Art Criticism, 1979-1994,'' published in 1995 by Art Issues Press, and ''Art of the Sixties and Seventies: The Panza Collection,'' published by Rizzoli in 1989 and reissued in 2003. Prior to joining the ''Los Angeles Times'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Knight (cricketer)
Christopher George Knight (born 1 December 1972) is a former English cricketer. Knight was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Taunton in 1972. CricketArchive. Retrieved 2023-04-22. Knight made his debut for the in the 1st Round of the 2001 Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy against the . Knight's final List-A match came in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
