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Ed Roberts (athlete)
Ed Roberts may refer to: *Ed Roberts (activist) (1939–1995), American leader of the disability rights movement *Ed Roberts (computer engineer) (1941–2010), American computer pioneer * Ed Roberts (poet) (born 1958), American poet, writer and publisher * Ed Roberts (''Emmerdale''), fictional character on the television series ''Emmerdale'' See also * Eddie Roberts (other) *Ed Robertson Lloyd Edward Elwyn Robertson (born October 25, 1970) is a Canadian musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the band Barenaked Ladies. He, along with former member Steven Page, founded the group in 1988. As of Page's ... (born 1970), Canadian lead singer of Barenaked Ladies * Edward Roberts (other) {{hndis, Roberts, Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Roberts (activist)
Edward Verne Roberts (January 23, 1939 – March 14, 1995) was an American activist. He was the first wheelchair user to attend the University of California, Berkeley. He was a pioneering leader of the disability rights movement. Biography Early life Roberts contracted polio at the age of fourteen in 1953, two years before the Salk vaccine ended the epidemic. He spent eighteen months in hospitals and returned home paralyzed from the neck down except for two fingers on one hand and several toes. He slept in an iron lung at night and often rested there during the day. When out of the lung he survived by " frog breathing," a technique for forcing air into the lungs using facial and neck muscles. He attended school by telephone communication until his mother, Zona, insisted that he attend school once a week for a few hours. At school, he faced his deep fear of being stared at and transformed his sense of personal identity. He gave up thinking of himself as a "helpless cripple," an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Roberts (computer Engineer)
Henry Edward Roberts (September 13, 1941 – April 1, 2010) was an American engineer, entrepreneur and medical doctor who invented the first commercially successful personal computer in 1974. The article gives his date of birth as September 13, 1941. He is most often known as " the father of the personal computer." He founded Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) in 1970 to sell electronics kits to model rocketry hobbyists, but the first successful product was an electronic calculator kit that was featured on the cover of the November 1971 issue of ''Popular Electronics''. The calculators were very successful and sales topped one million dollars in 1973. A brutal calculator price war left the company deeply in debt by 1974. Roberts then developed the Altair 8800 personal computer that used the new Intel 8080 microprocessor. This was featured on the cover of the January 1975 issue of ''Popular Electronics'', and hobbyists flooded MITS with orders for this $397 compu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Roberts (poet)
Ed Roberts (born June 27, 1958, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American poet, writer and publisher currently based in Yukon, Oklahoma. Retrieved 2014-12-02. Early life Ed Roberts was born June 27, 1958, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He graduated in 1976. After a life-threatening illness in the year 2000 Roberts began to publicly share his poetry.Poetry Style and influences His poems are mainly written in |
Ed Roberts (Emmerdale)
''Emmerdale'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on 16 October 1972. The following is a list of characters that first appeared during 2012, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by the soap's executive producer, Steve Frost. #Ed Roberts, Ed Roberts made his debut appearance in February, followed by Declan Macey's half-sister, #Megan Macey, Megan shortly after, her son #Robbie, Robbie first appeared in May, while #Kerry Wyatt, Kerry Wyatt arrived in July. #Steve Harland, Steve Harland, #Vanessa Woodfield, Vanessa Woodfield, #Dominic Andrews, Dominic Andrews and #Gemma Andrews, Gemma Andrews all made their debuts in December. There were three births in 2012, Jack Sugden, the son of Andy Sugden and Debbie Dingle and Molly Sharma, the daughter of Nikhil Sharma and Genesis Walker were born in October and Archie Breckle, the son of Jai Sharma and Rachel Breckle was born in December. Additionally, multiple #Other characters, other characters appeared in 2012. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Roberts (other) '', an American sitcom in 1980
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Eddie Roberts may refer to: * Eddie Roberts (boxer) (born 1903), American boxer * Eddie Roberts (footballer) (born 1947), English footballer * Eddie Roberts Chifundo, Panamanian footballer with C.D. Árabe Unido * Eddie Roberts, musician with The New Mastersounds * Eddie Roberts, American ice hockey player with the Pittsburgh Victorias, 1902–1904 * Eddy Roberts, American soccer player See also * ''The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts ''The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts'' (a.k.a. ''L.A.T.E.R.'') is an American syndicated television sitcom about a college professor and his family. It was intended to be a spoof of soap operas in the same style as ''Soap'' and ''Mary Hartman, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Robertson
Lloyd Edward Elwyn Robertson (born October 25, 1970) is a Canadian musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the band Barenaked Ladies. He, along with former member Steven Page, founded the group in 1988. As of Page's departure in 2009, Robertson and bassist Jim Creeggan are the only remaining original members of the band. Biography Early and personal life Robertson was born in Scarborough, Ontario. He is the youngest of five children, with two sisters, Lynn and Bonnie, and two brothers, Bill and Doug; He claims to have been named on a bet. His mother, Wilma, was a secretary for Imperial Oil, and his father, Earl, worked both as a shipping foreman for Honeywell, and as an egg grader. He believes that his conception was an "accident" because he is several years younger than his siblings, who were all born about one year apart. He credits this situation with allowing him to have the experience of being both in a big family, and an only child—once his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
