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Leon Gordon (other) (1894–1960), English playwright
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Leon Gordon (1830–1892, Judah Leib Gordon) was a Hebrew poet. Leon Gordon may also refer to: *Leon Gordon (athlete) (born 1974), Jamaican sprinter *Leon Gordon (painter) (1889–1943), American portrait and landscape painter *Leon Gordon (playwright) Leon Gordon Bennett (January 12, 1894 – January 4, 1960) was an English-born playwright, screenwriter, actor and director best known for writing film ''White Cargo''. Biography Gordon was born in Brighton, England in January 1894 and studied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Gordon
Judah Leib (Ben Asher) Gordon, also known as Leon Gordon, (December 7, 1830, Vilnius, Lithuania – September 16, 1892, St. Petersburg, Russia) (Hebrew: יהודה לייב גורדון) was among the most important Hebrew poets of the Jewish Enlightenment. Biography Gordon was born to well-to-do Jewish parents who owned a hotel in Vilnius. As a privileged child, he was able to study ''Torah'' with some of the great educators of the city, and soon proved to be an exceptional student. He had already mastered the entire Bible by the age of eleven, and was fluent in hundreds of pages of ''Talmud.'' Matters took a sharp turn when Gordon was fourteen, and his father went bankrupt. Unable to finance his son's education any longer, the younger Gordon began a course of independent study at one of the many study halls in the city. In just three years, he had mastered almost the entire Talmud and dozens of other religious texts. By that time, however, he was also drawn by the spirit of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Gordon (athlete)
Leon Gordon (born 1 July 1974) is a former Jamaican sprinter who competed in the men's 100m competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... He recorded a 10.48, not enough to qualify for the next round past the heats. His personal best is 10.19, set in 1996. He was also on the 1996 Jamaican men's 4 × 100 m relay team, which won its heat, and was subsequently disqualified in the semifinal round. Stats References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Gordon (painter)
Leon Gordon (1889–1943) was an American landscape and portrait painter, illustrator, and sculptor. He lived and worked in California, New York (state), Florida, and the Russian Federation. Life Gordon was born in 1889 in Borisov, modern day Belarus (then part of the Russian Empire). He later moved to the United States where he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. Career During his life, he painted portraits of Willa Cather, Dorothy Gish, Will Rogers, President Calvin Coolidge, Benjamin Barr Lindsey, Winston Churchill, John L. Lewis and Helen Keller. His work was sold by Earl Stendahl. While he lived in New York, Gordon was a member of the Society of Independent Artists, and took part in their 1917 exhibition. In 1930, ''Good Housekeeping'' magazine commissioned Gordon to paint twelve portraits of "the twelve greatest American women" (including Eleanor Roosevelt, Grace Abbott and Florence Sabin) which were published once a month in the magazine through 1931. Perma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
