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Nicholas Adams (died 1628)
Nic, Nick, Nicky or Nicholas Adams may refer to: Performers * Nick Adams (actor, born 1931) (1931–1968), American TV, film and theater actor *Nick Adams (actor, born 1983), American musical theater dancer *Nic Adams, Australian guitarist, co-founder of 2011 deathcore band Justice for the Damned Politicians * Nicholas Adams (died 1584) (''c.''1521–''c.''1584), English MP for West Looe and Dartmouth * Nicholas Adams (died 1628), English MP for Pembroke (UK Parliament constituency) * Nick Adams (commentator) also known as Nick Adamopoulos (born 1985), former local councillor and American conservative author Sportsmen *Nick Adams (racing driver) (born 1948), English sportscar competitor *Nicholas Adams (cricketer) (born 1967), English right-handed batsman *Nick Adams (rugby union) (born 1977), English prop and coach *Nicky Adams (born 1986), English footballer Writers *Nicholas Adams, joint pen name of married American novelists Debra Doyle (1952–2020) and James D. Macdonald ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Adams (actor, Born 1931)
Nick Adams (born Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock; July 10, 1931 – February 7, 1968) was an American film and television actor and screenwriter. He was noted for his roles in several Hollywood films during the 1950s and 1960s along with his starring role in the ABC television series '' The Rebel'' (1959–1961). Decades after his death from a prescription drug overdose at the age of 36, his widely publicized friendships with James Dean and Elvis Presley would stir speculation about both his private life and the circumstances of his death. In an ''AllMovie'' synopsis for Adams's last film, reviewer Dan Pavlides wrote, "Plagued by personal excesses, he will be remembered just as much for what he could have done in cinema as what he left behind." Early life and career Adams was born as Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania to Catherine (Kutz) and Peter Adamshock, an anthracite coal miner. His parents were both Ukrainian. In 1958, he told columnist Hedda Hopper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Adams (rugby Union)
Nick Adams (born 11 October 1977 in Preston, England) is an English rugby union player and coach for Stourbridge R.F.C. Nick Adams' position of choice is as a prop. He has previously played for US Montauban, CS Bourgoin-Jallieu, Cornish Pirates and London Wasps. In April 2012, Adams won the National League 3 Midlands title with Rugby Lions in his first season A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperate and pol .... The Lions achieved the championship having won every game they played. Adams left the Lions in June 2012, joining Stourbridge Saxons as a player and coach. References External linksWasps profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, Nick 1977 births Living people Alumni of the University of Leicester English rugby union players Nottingham R.F.C. players Rugby union players fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Adam
Nicholas Adam (1716–1792) was a French linguist and writer. Born in Paris, he achieved distinction by authoring a grammar book which bore the title: ''La vraie manière d'apprendre une langue quelconque, vivante ou morte, par le moyen de la langue française'' ("True manner of learning an unspecified, living or dead language, by the means of the French language"). It consisted of five grammars: French, Latin, Italian, German, and English. He published another book which he called "''Les quatre chapitres''", on reason, self-love, love of our neighbour, and love of virtue; writing it in good and bad Latin, and good and bad French. He has also left many translations of classic works, among them, Alexander Pope's "''Essay on Man''", Samuel Johnson's "'' Rasselas''", Joseph Addison's "'' Cato''", Edward Young's "''Night Thoughts''", etc. He was a favourite of Choiseul, who sent him as French ambassador to Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Adams (character)
Nicholas Adams is a fictional character, the protagonist of two dozen short stories and vignettes written in the 1920s and 1930s by American author Ernest Hemingway. Adams is partly inspired by Hemingway's own experiences, from his summers in Northern Michigan at Ernest Hemingway Cottage, his family cottage to his service in the Red Cross ambulance corps in World War I. The first of Hemingway's stories to feature Nick Adams was published in his 1925 collection ''In Our Time (short story collection), In Our Time'', with Adams appearing as a young child in the collection's first story, "Indian Camp". All Nick Adams stories were later collected in a 1972 book, published after Hemingway's death, titled ''The Nick Adams Stories''. They are, for the most part, stories of initiation and adolescence. Taken as a whole, as in ''The Nick Adams Stories'', they chronicle a young man's coming of age in a series of linked episodes. The stories are grouped according to major time periods in Nick's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Adams (writer)
Nick Adams (born Jamile Adams in 1973) is an American television writer and author. He served as a writer for the Netflix original series, '' BoJack Horseman''. Adams, an African American, is the author of the book ''Making Friends with Black People'', which he describes as a humorous but potent "how to guide" to bridging racial divides.Adams, Nick (2006). ''Making Friends with Black People.'' New York: Kensington Publishing Corp. Adams lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife. He is also a member of the Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. ''Making Friends with Black People'' In an interview with National Public Radio interviewer Ed Gordon, Adams says "boredom" was the impetus that drove him to write ''Making Friends with Black People''.Gordon, Ed (Mar 10, 2006)"'Making Friends with Black People': A Guide" (Interview with Nick Adams) ''NPR.org.'' Retrieved April 30, 2007. He was living in Tucson, Arizona at the time, a place without a substantial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Peel (writer)
John Peel (born 1954) is a British writer, best known for his TV series tie-in novels and novelisations. He has written under several pseudonyms, including "John Vincent" and "Nicholas Adams". He lives in Long Island, New York. While his wife is a US citizen, Peel continues to travel under a British passport. Career During the 1980s, Peel wrote a licensed spin-off novel based on the popular 1960s TV series ''The Avengers (TV series), The Avengers'', titled ''Too Many Targets''. He is also known for his various books based on ''Doctor Who'', ''Star Trek'' and ''James Bond Jr.'' (written as "John Vincent"). ''Doctor Who'' books A friend of the television writer Terry Nation, Peel wrote novelisations of several ''Doctor Who'' stories for Target Books featuring Nation's Daleks; he is reportedly one of the few writers to have been willing to do so, given the high percentage of the author's fee that Nation's agents demanded for the rights to use the Daleks. For similar reasons, Peel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debra Doyle
Debra Doyle (November 30, 1952 – October 31, 2020) was an American author in multiple related fiction genres, including science fiction, fantasy, and mystery, for young adults and adults. Her works were co-written with her husband, James D. Macdonald. Life and career Doyle earned a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania with a dissertation on Old English poetry. Her first work written with Macdonald was "Bad Blood" in 1988. Their novel ''Knight's Wyrd'' was awarded the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature in 1992 and appeared on the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age list in 1993. They published two series, ''Mageworlds'' (7 novels) and ''The Wizard Apprentice'' (8 novels), and two alternate history novels, ''Land of Mist and Snow'' and ''Lincoln's Sword''. Doyle and Macdonald also published together under other names. They published their first novel, ''Night of Ghosts and Lightning'', in 1989 under the house name Robyn Tallis; two Tom Swift novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicky Adams
Nicholas William Adams (born 16 October 1986) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger and wing back for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Radcliffe. Although he was born in England, he has represented Wales under-21 at international level. Adams began his professional career at Bury in 2005 and has now had three spells there. He has also played for Bury, Leicester City, Brentford, Rochdale, Crawley Town, Rotherham United and Carlisle United. Career Bury Adams was born in Bolton, Greater Manchester. Adams progressed through the Youth and Centre of Excellence system at Bury and shot to fame with a debut goal against Darlington as he made his first-team debut in a 1–0 home win in October 2005. After the match, Adams debut performance was praised by Chris Casper saying "I'm made up for young Nicky Adams, as he has really worked hard on his game, he's run himself into the ground for the team, and he took the goal well." Adams earned more playing time in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Adams (cricketer)
Nicholas Jack Adams (born 1 March 1967) is a former English first-class cricketer. Adams was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Bedford, Bedfordshire. Adams made his debut for Cambridgeshire in the 1985 Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk. From 1985 to 2001, he represented the county in 82 Minor Counties Championship matches and 24 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List-A debut for Cambridgeshire against Derbyshire in the 1st round of the 1987 NatWest Trophy. From 1987 to 2001, he represented the county in 11 List-A matches. His final List-A match for the county against the Derbyshire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. As well as playing List-A cricket for Cambridgeshire, Adams represented a number of other teams in one-day cricket. In 1993 he played a single List-A match for Minor Counties in the 1993 Benson & Hedges Cup against Durham. In 1997, he represented the Norfolk in a single matc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Adams (actor, Born 1983)
Nicholas Adams (born June 10, 1983) is an American actor, singer, and dancer, known for starring as Adam/Felicia in the original Broadway production of ''Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'' and starring as Whizzer Brown in the first national tour of the Lincoln Center Theater revival of ''Falsettos''. Career In 2005, Adams earned a BFA in musical theatre with a minor in dance from the Boston Conservatory of Music. In New York, he joined the international tour of the musical ''Chicago'', later joining the Broadway cast. He was also in the original Broadway cast of '' The Pirate Queen''. In 2007 he co-starred with Mario Lopez as Larry in the Broadway revival of ''A Chorus Line''. In June 2009 he was in the original cast of the Broadway revival of ''Guys and Dolls''. In 2010, Adams played Angelique in the original Tony-winning revival cast of '' La Cage aux Folles'' on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre, starring Kelsey Grammer. He also starred as Adam/Felicia in ''Priscilla, Queen of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Adams (racing Driver)
Nick Adams (born 7 August 1948) is a British former racing driver. Adams raced in British Formula Atlantic competition in 1980 and 1981. He began racing part-time in the World Sportscar Championship in 1985 and raced there until 1992. He made his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut for Chamberlain Engineering driving a Spice SE89C in 1989. He drove that car for Chamberlain until 1993. He made a single British F2 start in 1992 for Madgwick International. He made his last Le Mans drive in 1995 driving a GT2 Class Porsche 911 to sixth in class. Adams rounded out his career driving a Jaguar XJ220 for Chamberlain in one race of the Global GT Championship in 1996, then returning to racing in 2006 to make six starts in the FIA GT3 European Championship in an Ascari KZ1 The Ascari KZ1 is a sports car made by Ascari Cars. The car is named from the initials of Ascari's owner Klaas Zwart, a wealthy Dutch businessman. The KZ1 made its worldwide debut at the 2005 Autosport International with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Adams (commentator)
Nick Adams (born Nicholas Adamopoulos; born September 5, 1985) is an Australian-born American conservative political commentator and author. Adams came to public attention on March 3, 2017, when Donald Trump made favorable comments and tweets about his work, notably a tweet promoting Adams' book ''Green Card Warrior'' and a second tweet on August 25, 2017 promoting his book ''Retaking America''. Early life and education Adams was born in Sydney, Australia to a Greek Australian father and a German Australian mother. Adams survived stage IV neuroblastoma diagnosed at 16 months of age. Adams attended Trinity Grammar School and went on to attend the University of Sydney where he graduated with a Bachelor of Media and Communications. Political career Adams was elected to the Municipality of Ashfield council in 2004 on the Young Liberals ticket. At age 21, he was elected as deputy mayor. He was elected under a loophole which allowed Adams as a non-resident to run for elections. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
