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Christopher Winter
Christopher Winter may refer to: * Christopher Winter (pirate), English pirate * Christopher Winter (artist), English artist * W. Christopher Winter William Christopher Winter (born December 27, 1972) is an American sleep researcher, Neurology, neurologist, author, and authority regarding sleep and athletic performance. A 2010 article in ''Trail Runner'' magazine described Winter as "the lea ..., American sleep researcher, neurologist and author See also * Chris Winter (other) {{hndis, Winter, Christopher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Winter (pirate)
Christopher Winter ( fl. 1716–1723) was an English pirate active in the Caribbean. He is best known for sailing in Spanish service and launching the career of Edward England. History Winter was active in the Nassau, Bahamas area in 1716. The following year King George offered a pardon to all pirates who surrendered within a year. Winter kept active, capturing a merchant ship near Jamaica and forcing one of its crewmen, Edward England, into piracy. England embraced piracy and Winter returned with him to the Republic of Pirates on New Providence. Finally electing not to accept the pardon, Winter sailed with Nicholas Brown to Cuba where they converted to Catholicism and signed on as ''guarda costa'' privateers with the Spanish. Winter began attacking English ships and settlements off Jamaica, raiding them for slaves which he took back to Cuba. Governor Nicholas Lawes of Jamaica complained to Spanish officials in Trinidad and Cuba and even sent the warship to demand the return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Winter (artist)
Christopher Winter (born 31 May 1968) is an English contemporary artist. In addition to painting and drawing, both abstract and figurative, Winter also makes video and sculpture. His work interprets contemporary reality and reactions to modern life. Life and education Winter was born in Kent, England. He studied at Sussex Coast College Hastings, Hastings College of Arts, Camberwell College of Arts and the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in Germany with Fritz Schwegler. In the early 1990s, he was a member of the London art collective, BANK (art collective), BANK. From October 1993 to June 1994, Winter was artist-in-residence for the city of Mannheim, Germany. In 2010, the Reiss Engelhorn Museum in Mannheim, featured a solo exhibition of his work titled "Wild Life”. The museum invited artists to exhibit who had received the award from the city of Mannheim under the slogan "Welcome Back", acknowledging their artistic work and its progress since the scholarship. In 2015, Kerber Verlag p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
