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Laskey
Laskey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alice M. Laskey (1906–1998), U.S. naval officer and biochemist *Bill Laskey (born 1957), American former professional baseball player *Bill Laskey (American football) (1943–2022), American former football linebacker * Charles Laskey (1908–1998), American ballet dancer, musical theatre performer *Sir Denis Laskey (1916–1987), British ambassador *Michael Laskey (born 1944), English poet and editor * Jack Laskey (born 1982), English actor, son of Michael Laskey *John Laskey Woolcock (1862–1929), barrister and Supreme Court judge in Queensland, Australia *Kathleen Laskey, Canadian actress, primarily associated with television roles * Posteal Laskey, believed to be the Cincinnati Strangler, a serial killer between 1965 and 1966 *Ron Laskey (born 1945), British cell biologist and cancer researcher See also *Laskey, Jaggard and Brown v United Kingdom, case argued before the European Court of Human Rights *Lasky, sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Laskey
William Alan Laskey (born December 20, 1957) is an American former professional baseball player who was a pitcher for six seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1982 to 1986 and in 1988. He played for the San Francisco Giants, Montreal Expos, and Cleveland Indians. Laskey stands tall and weighs . When he played he batted and threw right-handed. Early life William Alan Laskey was born on December 20, 1957 in Toledo, Ohio. He attended Woodward High School and graduated in 1975, where he excelled in baseball. He was inducted into Woodward High School's Hall of Fame in 1999 and the City of Toledo's Hall of Fame in 2002. College career Laskey played collegiately for Monroe Community College and Kent State University. In 1977, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Professional career Drafts and minor leagues Laskey was drafted twice by the Detroit Tigers in the 1977 MLB draft. On January 11, he was drafted in the eighth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Laskey (American Football)
William Grant Laskey (February 10, 1943 – May 6, 2022) was an American professional American football, football player who was a linebacker. He played college football for the University of Michigan and professionally for ten years in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL) from 1965 to 1974. Early life Laskey was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on February 10, 1943. He attended Milan High School (Michigan), Milan High School in Milan, Michigan, where he played football, basketball, and track and field. He broke the school's record in hurdling and registered a long jump of more than . After graduating in 1961, he studied at the University of Michigan and played college football for the Michigan Wolverines football, Michigan Wolverines from 1962 to 1964. He played as an offensive End (gridiron football), end, and caught nine passes for 118 yards and one touchdown during the 1963 and 1964 seasons. Professional career Laskey signed with the Buffalo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Laskey
Jack Laskey is an English actor best known for his theatre work and his role as DS Jakes in the ITV drama series '' Endeavour''. He is the third son of Michael Laskey, a poet. Laskey trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Television Laskey played a recurring TV role as DS Peter Jakes in the ITV series '' Endeavour''. Between 2015 and 2017, Laskey played the role of Alfred Graves 'a young man with a gentle soul' who 'is burdened with an uncommon condition - synesthesia in the TV show X Company. Other television credits include Squirrel Huntin' Sam McCoy in the Emmy Award-nominated '' Hatfields And McCoys'', directed by Kevin Reynolds and Kevin Costner. Laskey played the role of the Photographer in Joseph Pierce's animation ''A Family Portrait''. Film He made his film debut in 2011 as Carruthers in Guy Ritchie's '' Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows''. Laskey played the lead role of Konrad in producer Peter Fudakowski's 2014 adaption of Joseph Conrad's short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Laskey
Ronald Alfred Laskey (born 26 January 1945) is a British cell biologist and cancer researcher. Career and research Laskey was the Charles Darwin Professor of Embryology at the University of Cambridge. In 1991, he co-founded the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research Campaign Institute (now known as the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute), along with five other senior scientists including Professor Sir John Gurdon. In 2001, he founded the Medical Research Council Cancer Cell Unit in 2001, and was Director of the Unit until 2010. Laskey is also a Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge. Awards and honours Laskey was appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours. Other significant honours include the Royal Society Royal Medal, for his "pivotal contributions to our understanding of the control of DNA replication and nuclear protein transport, which has led to a novel screening method for cancer diagnosis", and the Cancer Research UK Lifetime Ach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Posteal Laskey
The Cincinnati Strangler was the name given to an American serial killer responsible for the murder of seven women in Cincinnati, Ohio, between December 1965 and December 9, 1966. During the investigation, a local resident, Posteal Laskey Jr. (June 18, 1937 – May 29, 2007), was declared the main suspect in the killings and was arrested on December 9, 1966, for one of the murders for which he was subsequently convicted. Although he was never charged with the other murders, the media and police blamed him for the other deaths since according to the official version of the investigators, the murders ceased after his arrest. Murders The perpetrator chose as victims women between the ages of 31 and 81 living in Cincinnati's various housing complexes, which were inhabited by poor residents of the city. In five of the seven murders, the victims were sexually assaulted. The first victim was 56-year-old Emogene Harrington, who was strangled to death on December 2, 1965. Four months la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Laskey
Michael George Laskey (born 15 August 1944) is an English poet and editor. Life Born in Lichfield, Staffordshire. Laskey was educated at Gresham's School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he read English. After Cambridge, Laskey worked for ten years as a teacher in secondary schools and further education in Spain and England. Poetry International Profile Laskey has published four poetry collections, including ''New & Selected Poems'' (2008), and three pamphlets. In 1989, Laskey founded the international Poetry Festival and served as its director for ten years. He subsequently became chairman of The Poetry Trust (the organisation that runs th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Laskey
Charles Laskey (September 20, 1908 – December 13, 1998) was an American ballet dancer and occasional performer in musical theatre, best remembered for his association with George Balanchine. As a ballet dancer, Laskey performed with Balanchine's American Ballet, Ballet Caravan, and the New York City Ballet, as well as with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and Eleanor King's Little Group. He originated roles in a number of George Balanchine's works, including ''Serenade'' (1935), and he danced for Eugene Loring and Lew Christensen. After making his Broadway debut in a production of ''Lysistrata'' (1930), Laskey was the principal dancer in ''I Married an Angel'' and ''Louisiana Purchase'', both choreographed by Balanchine. He toured as Dream Curly in ''Oklahoma!'', although Agnes de Mille initially was displeased with his performance. Laskey followed Balanchine to Hollywood, performing in ''On Your Toes'' (1939), ''I Was an Adventuress'' (1940), and ''Louisiana Purchase'' (1941). La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Laskey Woolcock
John Laskey Woolcock (7 November 1861 – 18 January 1929) was a barrister and Supreme Court judge in Queensland, Australia.W. Ross Johnston,Woolcock, John Laskey (1861–1929), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol.12, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pp 570–571. Retrieved 21 March 2010 Early life Woolcock was born in St Clement, Cornwall, England, the son of the Rev. William Woolcock, a Bible Christian missionary, and Elizabeth ''née'' White. John Woolcock came to Queensland with his family in 1866, and was educated at the Normal School and Brisbane Grammar School. Having won a Queensland exhibition scholarship Woolcock attended the University of Sydney, graduating B.A. in 1883. Woolcock excelled in his course and won the gold medal for English verse, the Wentworth medal for an English essay, the George Allen and Renwick scholarships, and the Belmore medal for agricultural chemistry. Career Woolcock taught at Brisbane Grammar School and was later appointed private s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Laskey
Sir Denis Seward Laskey (18 January 1916 – 16 October 1987) was British ambassador to Romania and Austria. Career Denis Seward Laskey was educated at Marlborough College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He joined the Foreign Office in 1939, served briefly in the British Army 1940–41, then returned to the Foreign Office until the end of the war, when he was posted to Berlin and later to the UK delegation to the United Nations in New York. He was Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary (Selwyn Lloyd) 1956–59, Minister (second to the Ambassador) at Rome 1960–64, Permanent Under-Secretary at the Cabinet Office 1964–67, Minister at Bonn 1967–68, Ambassador to Romania 1969–71 and Ambassador to Austria 1972–75. Laskey was appointed CMG in the 1957 New Year Honours , CVO in the 1958 Birthday Honours and knighted KCMG in the 1974 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1974 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Laskey
Kathleen Laskey, sometimes credited as Kathy Laskey, is a Canadian film and television actress."Second City's Laskey now every inch a leading lady". ''Toronto Star'', April 2, 1988. An alumna of The Second City's Toronto troupe, she is most commonly but not exclusively associated with comedic and voice roles. She also voiced Squeak the Mouse on the children's TV show, Peep and the Big Wide World. She has been married since 1990 to her former '' Check It Out!'' castmate Jeff Pustil."Everything's coming up Rosey for Nelvana". ''Toronto Star'', July 12, 1990. Filmography *'' SCTV'' (1982–84): Guest roles *'' Check It Out!'' (1985–88): Marlene *'' Street Legal'' (1988): Sidney *''In Opposition'' (1989): Karen Collier *''Little Rosey'' (1990): Little Rosey *'' Edsville'' (1990): Paula *''Getting Gotti'' (1994): Cassie *''Sailor Moon'' (1995): Berthier/Bertie, Plant Sisters *''George Shrinks'' (2000–03): Perdita Shrinks *'' Blue Murder'' (2001–04): Roberta Thorpe *''Moville Mys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laskey, Jaggard And Brown V United Kingdom
''Laskey, Jaggard and Brown v. United Kingdom'' is a case that was argued before the European Court of Human Rights, which ruled in February 1997, that no violation of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights occurred. Facts During an investigation led by the Obscene Publications Squad of the Metropolitan Police, several video tapes of homosexual, sado-masochistic sexual encounters were obtained by the police. These encounters involved the applicants and possibly as many as forty-four other men. On the basis of their violent sadomasochistic actions, the men were convicted for assault occasioning actual bodily harm. In '' R v. Brown'', the House of Lords upheld their judgement, finding that consent was not a defence to their actions in these circumstances. The applicants believed that a violation of Article 8 had occurred because the activities were consensual, conducted in a private setting, and none of the participants required medical attention. Judgment The Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lasky
Lasky is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Art Lasky (1909–1980), American heavyweight professional boxer *Bette Lasky (born 1947), American politician; New Hampshire state senator and former state representative * David Lasky (born 1967), American cartoonist *Dorothea Lasky (born 1978), American poet *Floria Lasky (1923–2007), American lawyer in the theater world *Jesse Louis Lasky (1880–1958), American movie producer and founder of Paramount Pictures * Jesse L. Lasky, Jr. (1910–1988), American screenwriter, often with his wife Pat Silver-Lasky * Kathryn Lasky (born 1944), American author *Mark Lasky (1954–1983), American cartoonist * Melvin J. Lasky (1920–2004), American journalist *Mitch Lasky (born 1962), American venture capitalist *Pat Silver-Lasky, American actress, screenwriter, and writer, often with her husband Jesse Lasky, Jr. *Rick Lasky, American emergency services consultant, author, motivational speaker *Victor Lasky Victor Lasky (7 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |