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John Lucas (filmmaker)
John Lucas may refer to: Politicians * John Lucas (Australian politician) (1818–1902), Australian politician in New South Wales * John Lucas (MP for Colchester) (by 1512–1556), MP for Colchester * John Lucas (MP for Gloucester), Member of Parliament in 1311 * John Baptiste Charles Lucas (1758–1842), US congressman from Pennsylvania *John G. Lucas (1864–1944), African-American lawyer and politician Sports * John Lucas II (born 1953), American professional basketball player and head coach * John Lucas III (born 1982), American professional basketball player and assistant coach * John Lucas (cricketer) (1922–2008), West Indian and Canadian cricketer *John Lucas (footballer) (1869–1953), Australian rules footballer for Geelong * Jack Lucas (footballer) (John Lucas, born 1961), Australian rules footballer for Sydney *Johnny Lucas (baseball) (1903–1970), backup outfielder *Johnny Lucas (canoeist) (1931–1993), Luxembourgian sprint canoer Military *John Lucas (British Army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lucas (Australian Politician)
John Lucas (24 June 1818 – 1 March 1902) was a builder and politician in colonial New South Wales, a member of both the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council. Early life Lucas was born on 24 June 1818 at Kingston, part of , to John Lucas, a miller and builder, and Mary Rowley, a daughter of Thomas Rowley. He was educated at a Church of England school in Liverpool, and Captain Beveridge's boarding school. He left school to be apprenticed as a carpenter, the trade of his grandfather Nathaniel Lucas. Political career He first stood for the Legislative Assembly at the 1859 election for Canterbury, but was unsuccessful. He won the seat at the 1860 by-election, holding it at the 1860 general election. In December 1864 he was elected to both Canterbury, and Hartley, choosing to represent Hartley. He was defeated in an attempt to return to Canterbury at the election in December 1869. He regained a seat in the assembly at the 1871 Canterbury by-election, serving until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lucas (comics)
John Lucas is an American comic book inker and penciller, whose style has been compared with that of Russ Heath and Jack Kirby. A prolific freelance contributor to both DC and Marvel Comics, Lucas has also produced a great deal of small press work, as well as "Valkyries" (with Steve Moore) for '' 2000 AD''. Bibliography Comics work includes: *''After Houdini'' (Insight Comics) *'' Atomic Chili: The Illustrated Joe R. Lansdale'' (Mojo Press) *''Before Houdini'' (Insight Comics) *'' Civil War: Front Line'' inker (Marvel Comics) * Codename: Knockout (Vertigo/DC Comics) *'' Desperadoes'': "Epidemic" ( one-shot, Homage Comics) *'' Dick Tracy'' (syndicated strip, GoComics) * ''Drive-In 3: The Bus Tour'' (aka ''Drive-In 3'') ( Subterranean Press) * ''The Exterminators'' inker (Vertigo/DC Comics) *'' Fantastic Four Vol. 6 #7'' inker, with Aaron Kuder (Marvel Comics) *'' Forever Maelstrom'' (DC Comics) *'' Generation M'' inker (Marvel Comics) *''Living in Infamy'' (Ludovico Techn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John R
John R. (born John Richbourg, August 20, 1910 - February 15, 1986) was an American radio disc jockey who attained fame in the 1950s and 1960s for playing rhythm and blues music on Nashville radio station WLAC. He was also a notable record producer and artist manager. Richbourg was arguably the most popular and charismatic of the four announcers at WLAC who showcased popular African-American music in nightly programs from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. (The other three were Gene Nobles, Herman Grizzard, and Bill "Hoss" Allen.) Later rock music disc jockeys, such as Alan Freed and Wolfman Jack, mimicked Richbourg's practice of using speech that simulated African-American street language of the mid-twentieth century. Richbourg's highly stylized approach to on-air presentation of both music and advertising earned him popularity, but it also created identity confusion. Because Richbourg and fellow disc jockey Allen used African-American speech patterns, many listeners thought that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lukacs
John Adalbert Lukacs (; Hungarian: ''Lukács János Albert''; 31 January 1924 – 6 May 2019) was a Hungarian-born American historian and author of more than thirty books. Lukacs was Roman Catholic. Lukacs described himself as a reactionary. Life and career Lukacs was born in Budapest, Hungary, the son of Magdaléna Glück and Pál Lukács (born Löwinger), a physician. His parents, Jewish converts to Roman Catholicism, were divorced before World War II. Lukacs attended a classical gymnasium, had an English language tutor, and spent two summers at a private school in England. He studied history at the University of Budapest.John LukacsSurrounded by Books ''Chronicles: A magazine of American Culture'', November 2, 2017Archived/ref> During the Second World War, when German troops occupied Hungary in 1944, Lukacs was forced to serve in a Hungarian labour battalion for Jews. By the end of 1944, he had deserted from the battalion and was hiding in a cellar until the end of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Lucas
Jonathan Lucas was a former United Nations civil servant. He was appointed Secretary of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) in 2010 in replacement of Koli Kouame. Career Lucas holds a doctoral degree in International Law/Economics from the Graduate Institute of International Studies (Geneva, Switzerland) and a master's degree in Political Science from Acadia University (Wolfville, Canada). He started his professional career in 1982 as Consultant with the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Switzerland, and subsequently joined the United Nations in 1984 as Associate Social Affairs Officer. Throughout his career, Dr. Lucas served in various capacities, including as Legal and First Officer for the policy-making organs of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (now UNODC) and as Senior Programme Management Officer with the Office of the Executive Director/Director-General of the then United Nations Office on Drug Control and Crime Prevention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Lucas (actor)
Aljhon Andres "Jon" Lucas (born August 18, 1995) is a Filipino actor. He is a part of ABS-CBN's Star Magic Circle 2013 and is best known for playing Dominic Zaragosa on the television drama '' Got to Believe''. In June 2019, he transferred to GMA Network. Filmography Television Movies References External links Jon Lucas' profile on Star MagicJon Lucas' profile on GMA Artist Center {{DEFAULTSORT:Lucas, Jon 1995 births Living people Filipino male television actors Members of Iglesia ni Cristo Star Magic ABS-CBN personalities GMA Network personalities Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Lucas
Jonathan Lucas (born October 29, 1975) is an American film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his collaborative work with Scott Moore, which includes ''The Hangover'', '' 21 & Over'' and ''Bad Moms''. Life and career He is a graduate of Yale University as well as an alumnus of Pingry School. He started working as an assistant for screenwriter Daniel Petrie, Jr. in the '90s along with Scott Moore, who would become his longtime writing partner. The first script Lucas and Moore ever wrote together was '' Flypaper'', although the movie didn't get made until 2011. In addition, they both worked on providing uncredited rewrites on ''Wedding Crashers'', ''27 Dresses'', ''Chicken Little'', ''Monster-in-Law'', and ''Mr. Woodcock''. In 2005 and 2007, they were hired to write the screenplays for the family comedies '' Rebound'' and ''Full of It''. They also participated on the screenplay for the holiday comedy ''Four Christmases'' in 2008. The following year, they wrote the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Seymour Lucas
John Seymour Lucas (21 December 1849 – 8 May 1923) was a Victorian English historical and portrait painter, as well as an accomplished theatrical costume designer. He was born into an artistic London family (he was the nephew of the painter John Lucas), and originally trained as a woodcarver, but turned his attention to portrait painting and entered first the St. Martin's Lane Art School and later the Royal Academy Schools. Here he met fellow artist Marie Cornelissen from France, whom he married in 1877. Lucas' artistic education included extensive travels around Europe, particularly Holland and Spain, where he studied the Flemish and Spanish masters. He first started exhibiting in 1872, was elected an associate member of the Royal Academy in 1886, and a full Royal Academician in 1899. Biography and work John Seymour Lucas was first and foremost a historical genre painter with a particular talent for realism in the depiction of costumes and interiors. Inspired by van ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Meredyth Lucas
John Meredyth Lucas (May 1, 1919 – October 19, 2002) was an American Television writer, writer, Television director, director and Television producer, producer, primarily for television. Career Son of screenwriter Bess Meredyth and writer/director Wilfred Lucas, and the adopted son of director Michael Curtiz, Lucas grew up in Southern California, where he attended a number of schools, including Urban Military Academy, Southwestern Military Academy, Pacific Military Academy, and Beverly Hills High School. After a failed attempt at college, he began his Hollywood career with a job as an apprentice script clerk at Warner Brothers. He is best remembered for the work he did on ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' as a writer, producer and director. He wrote four of the episodes broadcast from 1967 to 1969: "The Changeling (Star Trek: The Original Series), The Changeling", "Patterns of Force (Star Trek: The Original Series), Patterns of Force", "Elaan of Troyius", and "That Which Surv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lucas (priest)
John Michael Lucas (13 June 1921 – 20 January 1992) was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Totnes from 1976 to 1981. He was educated at Kelly College and ordained in 1945. He held curacies at Wolborough and Ashburton before becoming Rector of Weare Giffard in 1952. He later held incumbencies at Landcross, Monkleigh, Northam and Chudleigh Knighton before his Archdeacon An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that o ...’s appointment. Crockfords (Lambeth, Church House, 1975) ISBN (invalid) 0108153674, alternate version: , , Notes 1921 births People educated at Kelly College Archdeacons of Totnes 1992 deaths {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lucas (poet)
John Lucas (born 1937) is a poet, critic, biographer, anthologist and literary historian. He runs a poetry publishers called Shoestring Press, and he is the author of ''92 Acharnon Street'' ( Eland, 2007), which won the Dolman Best Travel Book Award in 2008. Biography Lucas was born in Devon in 1937. He has taught English at universities throughout the world, and is Professor Emeritus at the Universities of Loughborough and Nottingham Trent. He has written and translated over forty books, including critical studies of Dickens, John Clare and Arnold Bennett, books on English poetry, an anthology of the works of Nancy Cunard, as well as a life of his maternal grandfather, which combines biography with social history. In 2010 he published ''Next Year Will Be Better: A Memoir of England in the 1950s''. Since 2011, Lucas has also written several novels, including ''Waterdrops'' (2011). His collections of poetry include ''Studying Grosz on the Bus'', winner of Aldeburgh Festival Poetry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lucas (philosopher)
John Randolph Lucas (18 June 1929 – 5 April 2020) was a British philosopher. Biography Lucas was educated at Winchester College and then, as a pupil of R.M. Hare, among others, at Balliol College, Oxford. He studied first mathematics, then Greats (Greek, Latin, Philosophy and Ancient History), obtaining first class honours in both. He sat for Finals in 1951, and took his MA in 1954. He spent the 1957–58 academic year at Princeton University, studying mathematics and logic. For 36 years, until his 1996 retirement, he was a Fellow and Tutor of Merton College, Oxford, and he remained an emeritus member of the University Faculty of Philosophy. He was a Fellow of the British Academy. Lucas is perhaps best known for his paper " Minds, Machines and Gödel," arguing that an automaton cannot represent a human mathematician, attempting to refute computationalism. An author with diverse teaching and research interests, Lucas wrote on the philosophy of mathematics, especiall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
