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Lovett (surname)
Lovett is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: People Academics *Clara Lovett, Italian-born American former president of Northern Arizona University *Edgar Odell Lovett (1871–1957), American mathematics professor and first president of Rice Institute (now Rice University) Actors and musicians * Ben Lovett (born 1978), American musician and film composer *Ben Lovett (British musician) (born 1986), British musician and member of Mumford & Sons *Lyle Lovett (born 1957), American singer-songwriter and actor *Martin Lovett (1927–2020), English cellist *Norman Lovett (born 1946), English stand-up comedian and actor * Ruby Lovett (born 1967), American country music singer Political figures *Lewis Johnstone Lovett (1867–1942), member of the Canadian House of Commons *Phineas Lovett (1745–1828), farmer, merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada Sportspeople *Andrew Lovett (born 1982), Australian rules footballer * Claire Lovett (1910–20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara Lovett
Clara M. Lovett is an American educator and the former president of Northern Arizona University. Early life and education Born in Trieste, Italy, Lovett attended the University of Trieste in Italy and Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. Lovett moved to the United States in 1962 and received master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Texas, Austin. Career Lovett was a faculty member at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Other educational positions included dean of arts and sciences at The George Washington University, provost at George Mason University, and various positions at the University of Colorado, Cal State and CUNY. She was the Founding Trustee for Western Governors University (WGU). Lovett appeared on the list of "100 Most Powerful Women" published by Washingtonian Magazine in 1989. In 1992 she received the "Virginia Educator of the Year" award. In 1993 she became president of Northern Arizona University (NA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mem Lovett
Merritt Marwood "Mem" Lovett (June 15, 1912 – September 19, 1995) was an American professional baseball player who appeared as a pinch-hitter in one Major League Baseball (MLB) game, for the 1933 Chicago White Sox. Listed at and , he batted and threw right-handed. Biography Lovett played on three freshman sports teams at the University of Chicago: football, basketball, and baseball. He was one of several players that the Chicago White Sox added as September call-ups in 1933; fellow call-up Milt Bocek went on to play a total of 30 games for the White Sox during 1933 and 1934. Lovett's only major league appearance came on September 4, 1933. Facing the Detroit Tigers in a road doubleheader at Navin Field, Lovett entered the first game as a pinch hitter in the top of the ninth inning, with the Tigers leading, 8–0. Batting for center fielder Mule Haas, Lovett came to the plate with two outs and catcher Frank Grube on base. The available play-by-play for the game simply says tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titanic (1997 Film)
''Titanic'' is a 1997 American epic film, epic romance film, romance and disaster film directed, written, produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. Incorporating both historical and fictionalized aspects, it is based on accounts of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic, sinking of the Titanic, RMS ''Titanic'' and stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio as members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage. Also starring are Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Victor Garber, and Bill Paxton. Cameron's inspiration for the film came from his fascination with shipwrecks; he felt a love story interspersed with the human loss would be essential to convey the emotional impact of the disaster. Production began on September 1, 1995, when Cameron shot footage of the actual Wreck of the Titanic, ''Titanic'' wreck. The modern scenes on the research vessel'' ''were shot on board the ''Akademik Ms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethan Lovett
Ethan Lovett is a fictional character from the ABC daytime soap opera '' General Hospital''. The role was portrayed by Nathan Parsons from January 30, 2009, to March 7, 2012. Parsons briefly reprised the role for two episodes in April 2013 as part of the series' 50th anniversary celebration. He also reprised his role as Ethan in July 2015 for two episodes. In September 2020, Parsons briefly reprised his role for three episodes. Casting In 2008, ''General Hospital'' put out a casting call for an actor to play "Dante," the son of characters Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Olivia Falconeri ( Lisa Lo Cicero). Parsons auditioned for the role and was called back twice after the audition, but the show did not cast him as Dante. "They said they weren't going to give me the part I auditioned for, but they wanted me on the show, so they were going to write me in," Parsons said. The writers created the character Ethan Lovett specifically for the actor. "It's cool, because it gives me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lovett
William Lovett (8 May 1800 – 8 August 1877) was a British activist and leader of the Chartism, Chartist political movement. He was one of the leading London-based artisan Radicals (UK), radicals of his generation. A proponent of the idea that political rights could be garnered through political pressure and non-violent agitation, Lovett retired from more overt forms of political activity after a year of imprisonment on the political charge of seditious libel in 1839–1840. He subsequently devoted himself to the National Association for Promoting the Political and Social Improvement of the People, seeking to improve the lives of the poor workers and their children by means of a Chartist educational programme put into practice. Biography Early activism Born in the Cornwall, Cornish town of Newlyn in 1800, Lovett moved to London as a young man seeking work as a cabinet maker. He was self-educated, became a member of the Cabinetmakers Society, and later its President. He rose t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lovett (other)
Robert Lovett may refer to: * Robert A. Lovett (1895–1986), United States Secretary of Defense * Robert Morss Lovett (1870–1956), American educator and writer; acting Governor of the United States Virgin Islands * Robert Q. Lovett, film editor * Robert S. Lovett Robert Scott Lovett (June 22, 1860 – June 19, 1932) was an American lawyer and railroad executive. He was president and chairman of the board of the Union Pacific Railroad and a Director of both The National City Bank of New York and Western U ... (1860–1932), chairman of the Southern Pacific Company Executive Committee 1909–1913. * Sir Robert Lovett (17th c.) of Liscombe in Buckinghamshire, England (see Lovett baronets) {{hndis, Lovett, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lovett (other) (1692–1780), English amateur scientist
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Richard Lovett may refer to: * Richard Lovett (Seigneur), Seigneur of Upper Normandy * Richard Lovett (writer) (1851–1904), English Methodist minister and author *Richard A. Lovett (born 1953), science fiction author *Richard Lovett (scientist) Richard Lovett (1692–1780) was an English amateur scientist and lay clerk of Worcester Cathedral. Lovett was mainly known as a pioneer in the electric shock therapy. His results from experiments around 1755, were recorded in ''The Subtil Mediu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neville Lovett
Ernest Neville Lovett, (16 February 1869 – 8 September 1951) served as the Bishop of Portsmouth in the Church of England from 1927 to 1936 and as the Bishop of Salisbury from 1936 to 1946. Life Lovett was born in Torquay on 16 February 1869 and educated at Sherborne School and Christ's College, Cambridge. Lovett was ordained in 1892 and served as priest at Clifton, Wymynswold in Kent (now called Womenswold), Bishop's Caundle in Dorset and Shanklin on the Isle of Wight. He was Rector of Farnham, Surrey from 1908 to 1912. In 1909 Lovett produced a historical tableaux describing the history of Farnham since the Roman period which was played in the newly built church house. This representation was developed as the "Farnham Historical Episodes" performed in the Farnham Castle ground in 1910. In 1912 Lovett wrote another historical pageant, ''The passing of the Bailiff: a play of Georgian Farnham: recalling certain incidents there in the year 1793 (circa) and the people w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Lovett
Linda Lovett is an Australian lawyer and was the first Indigenous woman to become a member of the Bar in Victoria (11 May 2006). She is a part of the Bunurong tribe of Victoria and the Pyemmairrener tribe of Tasmania. Biography For much of Lovett's childhood, her family lived in the family car, travelling from place to place around Victoria to avoid government authorities who, her parents feared, might separate the children from their parents as part of the Stolen Generations. Lovett completed her legal studies while raising three children as a single mother. In her final years of study, she worked for the Department of Justice. In 2002, Lovett helped to establish the Indigenous Law Students and Lawyers Association. The organisation was later renamed Tarwirri and used as a model for a nationwide organisation. She became a member of the Bar in Victoria in 2006, the first Indigenous woman and the second Indigenous person to do so. She took a position as a criminal lawyer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lovett (other) (1832–1908), Canadian politician, shipbuilder, and captain
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John Lovett may refer to: *John Lovett (American politician) (1761–1818), U.S. Representative from New York *John Lovett (American football coach) (born 1950) * John Lovett (tight end) (born 1996), American football player * John Lovett (baseball) (1877–1937), American baseball player * John M. Lovett (1943–2003), Australian government administrator * John Lovett (runner), winner of the 1970 distance medley relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships See also * Jon Lovett (born 1982), American speechwriter and media personality * Jon Lovitz (born 1957), American comedic actor *John Lovitt John Lovitt (October 9, 1832 – April 13, 1908) was a Canadian ship’s captain, shipowner, shipbuilder, entrepreneur, and politician. Early life and education Born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, the eldest son of the John W. Lovitt, Lovitt was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Lovett
William J. "Wild Bill" Lovett (July 15, 1894 – November 1, 1923) was an Irish American gangster in early 20th century New York. Beginnings Lovett was brought to New York City as a child and first fell in with the local Irish gangs around the Brooklyn waterfront as a teenager. The day after America's entry into World War I, Lovett enlisted in the United States Army. He was assigned to Company C, 13th Machine Gun Battalion, 77th Infantry Division. During fierce combat on the Western Front, Lovett was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery. Upon his return to Brooklyn, he resumed his place as head of the Jay Street Gang, a group of toughs who sparred with Dinny Meehan's rival White Hand Gang for control of Brooklyn's lucrative waterfront rackets. Rise to prominence Lovett was labeled by the media as the new "leader" of the White Hand Gang after he took control of the waterfront rackets upon the killing of Dinny Meehan, who was shot while sleeping at his home with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Lovett
Ann Rose Lovett (6 April 1968 – 31 January 1984) was a 15-year-old schoolgirl from Granard, County Longford, Ireland who died giving birth beside a grotto on 31 January 1984.Comment: Emily O'Reilly: The unfinished business of Ann Lovett and what we never managed to learn , '''', 30 March 2003, retrieved 3 July 2009 Her baby son died at the same time and the story of her death played a huge part in a seminal national debate on women giving birth outside marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
