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Holyoak
Holyoak is a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Keith Holyoak, (born 1950) cognitive psychologist *Percy Hobson Holyoak Percy Hobson Holyoak (1874 – 25 May 1926) was a British businessman in Hong Kong and member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council of Hong Kong. Background and business career Percy Hobson Holyoak was the son of the Rev. T. H. Hol ... (1874–1926), British businessman in Hong Kong * Warren Holyoak (born 1934), Australian rules footballer *Neil Holyoak, musician under the stage name Holy Oak See also * Holyoake (surname) * Holyoke (other) * Holly oak (other) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Holyoak
Keith James Holyoak (born January 16, 1950) is a Canadian-American researcher in cognitive psychology and cognitive science, working on human thinking and reasoning. Holyoak's work focuses on the role of analogy in thinking. His work showed how analogy can be used to enhance learning of new abstract concepts by both children and adults, as well as how reasoning breaks down in cases of brain damage. Holyoak is also a poet. He has published four collections of his own poems, ''My Minotaur'', ''Foreigner'', ''The Gospel According to Judas'', and ''Oracle Bones'', as well as a collection of translations of classical Chinese poetry by Li Bai and Du Fu, '' Facing the Moon''. Biography Holyoak was born in Langley, British Columbia, Canada, in 1950. He received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of British Columbia in 1971, and his PhD in Psychology from Stanford University in 1976. His doctoral advisor was Gordon Bower. He was on the faculty of the University of Michigan f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Hobson Holyoak
Percy Hobson Holyoak (1874 – 25 May 1926) was a British businessman in Hong Kong and member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council of Hong Kong. Background and business career Percy Hobson Holyoak was the son of the Rev. T. H. Holyoak of Chesham-Bois, Buckinghamshire, England. He first arrived in Far East as a member of the Reiss & Co., a well-known Manchester trading firm in Hong Kong since 1864. He moved to Hong Kong in 1899 and was in charge of the Hong Kong office as a managing partner. He subsequently took over the firm with P. W. Massey when it suffered in the commercial slump in 1921 and 1922 and altered the name to Holyoak, Massey, & Co. with Holyoak as the senior partner. Holyoak also held positions in many leading public companies. Among others, he was the chairman of the board of directors of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation for three times, chairman of the board of directors of the Hongkong, Canton, and Macao Steamboat Company, Ltd., chai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holyoake
Holyoake is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Francis Holyoake (1567–1653), British lexicographer *George Holyoake (1817–1906), English secularist and co-operator *Henry Holyoake (1657–1731), headmaster of Rugby School *Holly Holyoake, Welsh classical music singer *Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake (1904–1983), New Zealand politician *Ronald Holyoake (1894–1966), English cricketer *Thomas Holyoake (1616?–1675), Church of England cleric See also *Holyoak, surname *Hollioake Hollioake is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adam Hollioake (born 1971), Australian-born English cricketer *Ben Hollioake Benjamin Caine Hollioake (11 November 1977 – 23 March 2002) was an English cricketer who played fo ..., surname * Holyoke (other) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Oak
Neil Holyoak is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter. Living a nomadic life between Montreal, Hong Kong, British Columbia, and Los Angeles, he performs with a shifting band that comes together under the banner Holy Oak. Holy Oak's sound is a mix of folk influences intertwined with indie rock experimentation and poetic lyrics. Music Neil Holyoak's music has been referred to as folk/country with a surrealist twist. There is careful attention to poetry in lyrical composition and storytelling in Holy Oak's songs. There is often an exploration of beauty coexisting in the face of melancholia in his music. Holyoak has created four studio albums, working with well respected musicians and producers in Montreal including Howard Bilerman of Arcade Fire, Nick Kuepfer, Dave Smith, and Dave Bryant of Godspeed You Black Emperor Godspeed You! Black Emperor (sometimes abbreviated to GY!BE or Godspeed) is a Canadian post-rock band which originated in Montreal, Quebec in 1994. The group re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Holyoak
Warren Holyoak (born 19 December 1934) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Holyoak, Warren Living people 1934 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Hawthorn Football Club players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holyoke (other)
Holyoke is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Holyoke may also refer to: *Holyoke, Colorado, a home rule municipality in Phillips County, Colorado *Holyoke Publishing, an American comic book publisher *Holyoke Range, a traprock mountain range in Massachusetts *Mount Holyoke, a mountain in the Holyoke Range *Elizur Holyoke, namesake of Holyoke, Massachusetts *Keith Holyoake, a former Prime Minister of New Zealand *a fictional place *Holyoke station, an Amtrak station * Holyoke Heritage State Park *Holyoke Automobile Company See also *Holyoake, a surname *Holyoak, a surname *Holyoke Blue Sox, a baseball team in Holyoke, Massachusetts *Holyoke Millers, a baseball team in Holyoke, Massachusetts *Holyoke Community College, a college in Holyoke, Massachusetts *Holyoke Mall at Ingleside, a mall in Holyoke, Massachusetts *Mount Holyoke College Mount Holyoke College is a private liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It is the oldest member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |