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Eugene O'Brien (other)
Eugene O'Brien may refer to: * Eugene O'Brien (actor) (1880–1966), American silent film and stage actor * Eugene O'Brien (composer) (born 1945), American composer, and professor * Eugene O'Brien (engineer) Irish bridge engineer and academic *Eugene O'Brien (playwright), Irish playwright, screenwriter and actor * Eugene O'Brien (politician) (1897–1980), Irish politician *Eugene O'Brien (racing driver) Eugene O'Brien (born 22 March 1960) is a British racing driver and professional driver coach. Career With an engineering degree from Cambridge and a graduate apprenticeship with Rolls-Royce Motors under his belt, Eugene started his racing caree ... (born 1960), British auto racing driver and coach * Eugene W. O'Brien (1897–1970s), American engineer, editor, and publisher {{hndis, Obrien, Eugene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene O'Brien (actor)
Eugene O'Brien (born Louis O'Brien; November 14, 1880 – April 29, 1966) was an American silent film star and stage (theatre), stage actor. Biography O'Brien was born on November 14, 1880 in Boulder, Colorado. He studied medicine at the University of Colorado at Boulder but was keener on the Theatre, stage than becoming a Physician, doctor. O'Brien switched to civil engineering under his family's guidance, but his heart was still set on becoming an actor. He moved to New York City and was "discovered" by theatrical impresario Charles Frohman who signed O'Brien to a three-year contract and put him in ''The Builder of Bridges'', which opened on Broadway theatre, Broadway at the Hudson Theatre on October 26, 1909, after he had appeared on Broadway in ''The Rollicking Girl'' (1905). O'Brien made his name playing opposite Ethel Barrymore, in a revival of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's play ''Trelawny of the 'Wells''', which opened on New Year's Day, 1911, at the Empire Theatre (41st Stree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene O'Brien (composer)
Eugene O'Brien (born 24 April 1945) is an American composer who has been a member of thfacultyat the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music since 1987. He was chair of the Composition Department from 1994 to 1999, and is currently thExecutive Associate Dean. He has also been a member of the composition faculties at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Biographies and descriptions of his work are included in the ''New Grove Dictionary of American Music'', ''Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians'', and the ''Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music''. Education Mr. O’Brien was born in Paterson, N.J., and studied composition with Robert Beadell, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, John Eaton, Iannis Xenakis and Donald Erb. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Nebraska, undertook post-graduate studies at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Köln, Germany as a Fulbright Scholar, and received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene O'Brien (engineer)
Professor Eugene O'Brien is a professor of Civil Engineering at University College Dublin. Prior to joining academia he worked for a number of Engineering companies including G Maunsell & Partners and Mott MacDonald during the course of which he designed a number of bridges. In his later career he established a software company, Tower Software, which concentrated on developing software for engineers. References Academics of University College Dublin Irish civil engineers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Ireland-engineer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene O'Brien (playwright)
Eugene O'Brien is an Irish playwright, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for his very successful play '' Eden'', which after playing at the Peacock Theatre/Abbey Theatre in Dublin was put on in the West End of London and Broadway in New York City. In 2001 the play won the ''Irish Times'' Best New Play of the Year Award and Stewart Parker Prize. O'Brien's second play, ''Savoy'', premiered on the Peacock stage in 2004. Works The author of several radio plays for RTÉ, '' The Nest'' and ''Sloth'', in 2005 he wrote the screenplay to '' Pure Mule'', a six-part television drama for RTÉ, which garnered five Irish Film and Television awards. As an actor, he has worked for The Corn Exchange, Bickerstaffe, Calypso, Storytellers, Barnstorm, Loose Cannon, and Glasshouse Theatre companies, and has appeared in several television series including ''Ballykissangel''. He was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature was created in 1976 by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene O'Brien (politician)
Eugene J. P. O'Brien (12 January 1897 – 29 September 1980) was an Irish politician. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Cumann na nGaedheal (; "Society of the Gaels") was a political party in the Irish Free State, which formed the government from 1923 to 1932. In 1933 it merged with smaller groups to form the Fine Gael party. Origins In 1922 the pro-Treaty G ... Teachta Dála (TD) for the Leix–Offaly constituency at the 1932 general election. He lost his seat at the 1933 general election. References 1897 births 1980 deaths Cumann na nGaedheal TDs Members of the 7th Dáil Politicians from County Offaly {{TeachtaDála-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene O'Brien (racing Driver)
Eugene O'Brien (born 22 March 1960) is a British racing driver and professional driver coach. Career With an engineering degree from Cambridge and a graduate apprenticeship with Rolls-Royce Motors under his belt, Eugene started his racing career in single-seaters, winning his first Formula Ford 1600 race in 1983. After finishing third in the Junior Formula Ford Series in 1983, he focussed on the engineering and set up of racing cars and even the mighty racing trucks whilst he raised the funds for the next stage of his racing career. In 1987, Eugene completed a full season in Formula First, where he finished the year as runner-up. He switched to the much more powerful Formula Vauxhall Lotus single seaters in 1988, ending his second year in the championship as runner-up. Eugene's first championship title came in 1990 with the British Sports 2000 Championship and his second championship title came in 1992, winning the Formula Forward single seater series with an astonishing ten pole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |