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Lovelock (surname)
Lovelock is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Lovelock (born 1982), Australian boxer *Bill Lovelock (1922–2003), English songwriter and television producer *Christopher Lovelock (1940–2008), British academic *David Lovelock (born 1938), British theoretical physicist and mathematician *Damien Lovelock (1954–2019), Australian musician *Douglas Lovelock (1923–2014), English civil servant * Irene Lovelock (1896–1974), British activist *Jack Lovelock (1910–1949), New Zealand athlete *James Lovelock (1919–2022), British scientist, environmentalist and futurologist *Millie Lovelock, New Zealand musician * Mitchell Lovelock-Fay (born 1992), Australian cyclist *Ossie Lovelock (1911–1981), Australian sportsman *Ray Lovelock (actor) (1950–2017), Italian actor *William Lovelock (1899–1986), British classical composer and pedagogue *Yann Lovelock Yann Lovelock British Empire Medal, BEM (born 11 February 1939) is an English writer and translator who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Lovelock
Adam Lovelock (born 12 December 1982 in Canberra) is a retired Australian professional boxer. Lovelock was ranked in the Australian National Boxing Federation (ANBF) and by the World Boxing Council (WBC), after winning the WBCABCO Cruiserweight (boxing) title in 2012. Lovelock is now a Boxing Matchmaker and Sports commentator for Australian Professional boxing. Education Lovelock held a scholarship in the Talented Sports program at Erindale College in Canberra. Amateur Boxing Lovelock held an amateur boxing record of 73 Wins, 11 Losses, and was affiliated with Boxing Australia. Lovelock was a multiple State, and two time National Amateur Champion. Lovelock trained out of the Australian Institute of Sport. Professional career Lovelock retired with a professional Boxing record of 12 wins, 7 losses, and competed out of Canberra and Brisbane. Professional Boxing Titles ·QLD State ·WBF Australasian ·WBC Continental Notable bouts In 2016, Lovelock traveled to T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Lovelock
William (Bill) Lawrence Lovelock was born in Sydney on 19 June 1922 and died in the North Sydney suburb of Ryde City on 8 August 2003. He was a songwriter and broadcaster with successes in Australia, Great Britain and the United States. Life Bill Lovelock descended from a family originally from the English town of Wallingford who settled in the Sydney area in the 1860s. After acting as an intelligence reporter during World War 2, he was unsettled by the experience and unable to settle down to academic study. Instead, he began a career as musician and writer and had his first radio play, "Banshee", broadcast in the late 1940s. His biggest success was with the song "Snowy River, Roll!", which was written in support of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. Made "the official anthem of the Authority" and recorded by the band of the Royal Australian Air Force, it found its way into the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's School Song Book, and the antipodean Girl Guides' Song Book, to be sun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Lovelock
Christopher Lovelock (12 July 1940 – 24 February 2008) was born in the town of Saltash, Cornwall in the United Kingdom. He was best known as a pioneer in the field of Services Marketing among other titles such as author, professor, and consultant. Lovelock was also known for his excellent case studies. Christopher Lovelock attained a Ph.D. from Stanford University, publishing his thesis on the topic of "Marketing Public Transportation". Lovelock had earlier graduated with an MBA from Harvard University after arriving in the US in 1967. Lovelock had also obtained a Master of Arts in Economics and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of Edinburgh, during which time he appeared on the first series of ''University Challenge''. Lovelock embarked on his academic career serving, most significantly, on the faculty of the Harvard Business School (USA) for 11 years in addition to other academic appointments at distinguished institutions including the University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Lovelock
David Lovelock (born 1938) is a British theoretical physicist and mathematician. He is known for Lovelock theory of gravity and the Lovelock's theorem Lovelock's theorem of general relativity says that from a local gravitational action which contains only second derivatives of the four-dimensional spacetime metric, then the only possible equations of motion are the Einstein field equations. T .... Notes Books * External links * David LovelockPersonal Home Page 1938 births British mathematicians British relativity theorists Living people {{UK-physicist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damien Lovelock
Damien Richard Lovelock (21 May 1954 – 3 August 2019), known familiarly as Damo, was an Australian musician, sports broadcaster and writer. He fronted the hard rock band The Celibate Rifles from 1980 as their lead singer-songwriter and later issued two solo albums. He was also a sports broadcaster, an author and yoga instructor. Life Damien, the only child of songwriter Bill Lovelock and the singer Joan Wilton, was born in Amersham during the short while they were living in England. Soon after his mother's return, she was photographed with her son on a beach "teaching him to become an Australian". It was she too who encouraged him to compete in games and athletics at school. On Bill Lovelock’s return to Australia, Damien reconnected with him amicably and worked as an office boy for his father’s ''This Is Your Life'' show during the 1970s. During his late teens and early twenties Lovelock had problems with drugs and alcohol before changing direction and completing a media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Lovelock
Sir Douglas Arthur Lovelock, KCB (7 September 1923 – 30 July 2014) was an English civil servant and Church of England asset manager. Having entered the civil service in 1949, he served as Chairman of the Board of Customs and Excise from 1978 to 1983, and then First Church Estates Commissioner from 1983 to 1993, also chairing the Central Board of Finance of the Church of England from 1983 to 1992. He attracted controversy when it emerged that there had been a £500m fall in value in the Church of England's property portfolio in 1989–90, owing to the decision to borrow to invest in commercial property investments in the mid-1980s before the market sunk and interest rates rose.Ruth Gledhill, "Church Financial Chief Admits Investment Mistakes", ''The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Lovelock
Irene May Lovelock (26 May 1896 – 9 August 1974) was the founder of the British Housewives' League. Early life She was born Irene May Northover Smith on 26 May 1896 in Wood Green, London, the elder daughter of an ironmonger, William Northover Smith (1864–1953), and his wife, Florence Minnie Heath (1869–1943). She was educated in Margate and Finchley, and at the Birmingham School for Young Ladies. Career Lovelock formed the British Housewives' League in June 1945, and was its chairman, until April 1946, when she became president. Its membership was more than 70,000 in 1948. Personal life Her husband was a Church of England clergyman, the Revd John Herbert Lovelock (1903–1986), and they had three children. Lovelock died at St George's Hospital St George's Hospital is a large teaching hospital in Tooting, London. Founded in 1733, it is one of the UK's largest teaching hospitals and one of the largest hospitals in Europe. It is run by the St George's University Hospita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Lovelock
John Edward Lovelock (5 January 1910 – 28 December 1949) was a New Zealand athlete who became the world 1500m and mile record holder and 1936 Olympic champion in the 1500 metres. Early life Lovelock was born in the town of Crushington (near Reefton) as the son of English immigrants. From his early days at school he participated and excelled in fields beyond athletics. At Fairlie School (1919–23) he was dux of the primary school, represented the school in rugby, competed in swimming and athletics, and was a prefect. At Timaru Boys' High School, which he attended as a boarder from 1924, he set school athletics records but was also involved in nearly every area of school life. In 1928, his final year, Lovelock was school dux, head prefect, and won the school's boxing championship cup. The following year he went to University of Otago to study medicine. Lovelock showed a talent for sports while at the university, and competed for the university team in the New Zea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Lovelock
James Ephraim Lovelock (26 July 1919 – 26 July 2022) was an English independent scientist, environmentalist and futurist. He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the Earth functions as a self-regulating system. With a PhD in medicine, Lovelock began his career performing cryopreservation experiments on rodents, including successfully thawing frozen specimens. His methods were influential in the theories of cryonics (the cryopreservation of humans). He invented the electron capture detector, and using it, became the first to detect the widespread presence of chlorofluorocarbons in the atmosphere. While designing scientific instruments for NASA, he developed the Gaia hypothesis. In the 2000s, he proposed a method of climate engineering to restore carbon dioxide–consuming algae. He was an outspoken member of Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy, asserting that fossil fuel interests have been behind opposition to nuclear energy, citing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millie Lovelock
Millicent Ellen Lovelock (born ) is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from New Zealand who performs as Repulsive Woman. She was a member of Dunedin bands, Astro Children (2010–2017, 2019) and Trick Mammoth (2013–2015). As Repulsive Woman she released her debut album, ''Relief'', in June 2019. Late that year Lovelock relocated to Manchester. ''Relief'' won the Taite Music Prize for Best Independent Debut in May 2020. Biography Lovelock started her musical career in Dunedin. At four or five years old she started to learn violin but does not consider herself to be proficient, and had been taught guitar by her father from the age of 13. Later she was classically trained in violin and clarinet. Her early performances included cover versions of pop boy band, One Direction. Lovelock on guitar and vocals founded Astro Children in 2010, with fellow school friend, Isaac Hickey on drums. The alt-pop, shoegaze duo's name references "Astro Zombies" by the Misfits. One venue they played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell Lovelock-Fay
Mitchell Lovelock-Fay (born 12 January 1992 in Canberra) is an Australian cyclist riding for the Avanti Racing Team. Palmares ;2012 :1st Tour of Thailand The Tour of Thailand, officially the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhon's Cup Tour of Thailand is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race A race stage, leg, or heat is a unit of a race that has been divided in several parts for the r ... ::1st stage 2 ;2014 :1st stage 3 Tour of Toowoomba (TTT) :1st Tour of Southland ::1st Prologue (TTT) and stage 4 :3rd Tour de Perth References 1992 births Living people Australian male cyclists Cyclists from the Australian Capital Territory {{Australia-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ossie Lovelock
Oswald Ifould Lovelock (28 August 1911 – 1 August 1981) was an Australian sportsman and sports administrator. He represented Western Australia at cricket and baseball, and also played football for in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL). In later life, he took up golf, winning several tournaments at clubs in Western Australia, and went on to serve as president of the Subiaco Football Club. Career Born to Oswald Oliver Lovelock and his wife, Rose Janey (née Ifould), in Highgate on 28 August 1911, Lovelock played both cricket and football from an early age, representing Western Australia at a national schoolboys' carnival in 1926. He debuted for West Perth in the WANFL in 1932, and played in the club's 1932 premiership win. In total, he played 25 games for the club over three seasons from 1932 to 1934, kicking three goals, and also spent time with the club's reserve team in the West Australian National Football Association (WANFA). He made his cricket debut fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
