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Lander (surname)
Lander is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anton Lander (born 1991), Swedish ice hockey player * Bernard Lander (1915–2010), Founder of Touro College * Brad Lander (living), American politician * Bruce Lander (born 1946), Judge of the Federal Court of Australia * David Lander (1947–2020), American actor, comedian and author * Eric Lander (born 1957), American professor of biology * Frederick W. Lander (1822–1862), American engineer * Harald Lander (1905–1971), Danish balletmaster and husband of Margot Lander * Henry W. Lander (1826–1904), American lawyer and politician * Jarl Lander (1944–2014), Swedish politician * John Lander (explorer) (1807–1839), Cornish explorer * Jasmin Lander (born 2000), Danish curler * Jim Lander (1930–2020), American politician * John St Helier Lander (1868–1944), British artist * John Lander (rower) (1907–1941), British rower; gold medalist at the 1928 Summer Olympics * Johnny Lander (), English footballe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Lander
Sven Anton Lander (born April 24, 1991) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre for Timrå IK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Lander was drafted in the second round, 40th overall, at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft by the Edmonton Oilers. Playing career Lander broke into the Swedish Elitserien during the 2007–08 season as a centre for Timrå IK. He had also represented Timrå in the junior league between the 2006–07 and 2008–09 seasons. Lander was named one of the alternate captains for the team on 22 September 2009. Before leaving Sweden, Lander played for Timrå IK in the Elitserien, where his father, Anders "Ante" Karlsson was the head coach. On 28 April 2011, Lander signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Edmonton Oilers and committed to play in North America from the 2011–12 season. Lander scored his first NHL point, an assist on Lennart Petrell's first NHL goal, on 3 November 2011, against the Los Angeles Kings. Lander's first career NHL goal was sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lander (rower)
John Gerard Heath Lander (7 September 1907 – 25 December 1941) was a British rower who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during the Second World War. Lander was born in Liverpool. He attended Shrewsbury School and was in the Shrewsbury crew that won the Ladies' Challenge Plate at Henley Royal Regatta in 1924. He then went to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he crewed for the First Trinity Boat Club. With Edward Vaughan Bevan, Richard Beesly and Michael Warriner, he won an Olympic gold medal in the coxless fours event rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. They recorded a time of 6:36.0 in the final to beat the |
Tim Lander
Tim Lander (born 26 February 1938) is a Canadian poet. Born in Surrey, England, he studied at the University of London. In 1964, Lander emigrated to Canada. He lived primarily in Vancouver, where he began publishing chapbooks of his poetry. He now lives in Nanaimo Nanaimo ( ) is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. As of the Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census, it had a population of 99,863, and it is known as "The Harbour City." The city was previously known as the "H ..., British Columbia. Lander can be seen regularly playing a penny-whistle in front of the Regional Library branch at the Krall space (downtown Nanaim He survives by selling his poetry and enjoys the generosity of verbal exchange with passers-by. Bibliography *''Street Heart Poems'' (1993) *''Pecunia Non Olet'' (1997) *''The Glass Book: Poems'' (1999) *''The Book of Prejudices'' (2002) *''Inappropriate Behaviour'' (2006) 1938 births Living people Writers from British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Lander
Sir Stephen James Lander, KCB (born 1947) is a former chairman of the United Kingdom's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), who also served as Director General of the British Security Service (MI5) from 1996 to 2002. Career Lander attended Parkside School, Cobham, Bishop's Stortford College and Queens' College, Cambridge, where he earned a doctorate in history entitled ''The diocese of Chichester 1508–1558 : Episcopal reform under Robert Sherburne and its aftermath''. In 1975, after three years at the Institute of Historical Research (part of the University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...) where he was assistant editor of the Victoria History of Cheshire, and serving as an Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Liverpool, he joined MI5. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lemon Lander
Richard Lemon Lander (8 February 1804 – 6 February 1834) was a British explorer of western Africa. He and his brother John were the first Europeans to follow the course of the River Niger, and discover that it led to the Atlantic. Biography Lander was the son of a Truro innkeeper, born in the Fighting Cocks Inn (later the Dolphin Inn). Educated at 'Old Pascoe’s’ in Coombs Lane, Truro, until 1817 when, aged 13, he accompanied a merchant to the West Indies, where he suffered an attack of yellow fever in San Domingo. Returning home in 1818, he gained employment as a servant to several wealthy London families with whom he travelled in Europe. Lander's explorations began as a servant to the Scottish explorer Hugh Clapperton with whom he went in 1823 to the Cape Colony, and then on to an expedition to Western Africa in 1825. Clapperton died on 13 April 1827 near Sokoto, in present-day Nigeria, leaving Lander as the only surviving European member of the expedition. He procee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Sèan Lander
Nicholas Lander is an Australian botanist. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lander, Nicholas 1948 births Living people Botanists active in Australia 20th-century Australian botanists 21st-century Australian botanists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Lander
Nicholas Lander (born April 8, 1952 in Manchester, England) is a consultant to and writer on the restaurant industry. He studied at Manchester Grammar School, Jesus College, Cambridge, and Manchester Business SchoolLANDER, Nicholas Laurence ''Who's Who 2014'', A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 before establishing himself as one of Britain's foremost restaurateurs in the 1980s with L'Escargot restaurant in Soho, London. Since 1989 he has been the restaurant correspondent for the '''', where his weekly columns, under the byline of 'Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ned Lander
Ned Lander is an Australian film producer, director and former head of SBS Independent from Adelaide, South Australia. He has produced or commissioned many culturally significant programs, including the animated children's series ''Little J and Big Cuz'' (2017), '' Last Cab to Darwin'' (2015) and ''Radiance'' (1998). He is also known for directing ''Wrong Side of the Road'' (1981), a drama-documentary about Aboriginal musicians which won the Jury Prize at the Australian Film Institute Awards, and ''50 Years of Silence'' (1994), which won the AACTA award The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the AACTA Awards, are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). The awards recognise excellence in the film and television industry, ... for Best Documentary. Filmography References External links * Australian film producers Australian film directors Living people 1956 births {{Australia-fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan Lander
Kittie is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in London, Ontario in 1996. All of their material has been released through independent record labels, which to date includes six studio albums, one video album, four extended plays, thirteen singles, and thirteen music videos. "Kittie" was chosen as the band name because the name "seemed contradictory." Kittie formed in 1996 when Fallon Bowman and Mercedes Lander met in gym class. Morgan Lander became the lead vocalist and one of Kittie's guitarists and Tanya Candler completed the band's lineup on bass. After signing to NG Records, Kittie released their debut album '' Spit'', which was certified gold by the RIAA and sold at least 600,000 copies in the United States. The band released ''Oracle'' in 2001 and '' Until the End'' in 2004. In 2005, Kittie parted ways with Artemis Records and created their own label. The band released ''Funeral for Yesterday'' in 2007 and signed to E1 Music in 2009. The band released '' In the Black'' in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margot Lander
Margot Ella Florentz Lander (23 August 1910 – 18 July 1961), a prima ballerina with the Royal Danish Ballet, was the most important Danish ballerina of the first half of the twentieth century. Born in Oslo to Ella Florentz (1891-?), an opera singer, and Marx Gerharh (1871–1938), a journalist, Lander began studying at the Royal Danish Ballet School in 1917 and joined the Royal Danish Ballet in 1928. Two years later she married Harald Lander (1905–1971), a dancer and choreographer who became the ballet-master at the Royal Danish Ballet. They divorced in 1946. Margot Lander became principal dancer in 1933 and Denmark's first prima ballerina in 1942. She danced key roles in Harald Lander's ballets, in August Bournonville's repertoire as well as in Coppélia and Swan Lake before retiring in 1950. She was also the ballet instructor of former queen of Denmark Anne Marie Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson (born 7 April 1991) is an English singer. She has attained charting singles on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabel Lander
__NOTOC__ Mabel Lander (1882 – 19 May 1955) was British pianist and teacher, mostly remembered today as piano tutor to the Royal Family in the 1930s and 1940s, though her real legacy comes from her teaching several generations of prominent pianists, composers and musicians.Obituary, 'Miss Mabel Lander', ''The Times'', 21 May 1955, p 10 Early career Lander began her musical studies at the Berlin Hochschule in 1898 at the age of 17. She spent four years there, playing in concerts with the violin pupils of Joseph Joachim. Becoming disillusioned with the teaching she moved to Vienna and studied with Theodor Leschetizky, who himself had been a pupil of Carl Czerny. After several years in Vienna she moved to Dublin, where she established herself as a concert pianist and teacher. However, her career as a public performer was cut short (around 1917) when she developed a rheumatic complaint in her hands, which left her unable to satisfy her own high standards. London During the war, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leena Lander
Leena Lander (born 25 October 1955, in Turku) is a Finnish author. She grew up in Turku, in a boys' home that her father ran. In 1992, she won the Thanks for the Book Award for ''Tummien perhosten koti'' (The Home of the Dark Butterflies), which was made into a successful Finnish film in 2008. Her work is known for its concern with the treatment of children and tensions involving authority and conscience. She also won the Pro Finlandia medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland The Order of the Lion of Finland ( fi, Suomen Leijonan ritarikunta; sv, Finlands Lejons orden) is one of three official orders in Finland, along with the Order of the Cross of Liberty and the Order of the White Rose of Finland. The President ... in 2000. References External links IMDB page 1955 births Living people People from Turku Writers from Southwest Finland Finnish women novelists 20th-century Finnish novelists 21st-century Finnish novelists 20th-century Finnish women writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
