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Paul Wilson (artist)
Paul Wilson may refer to: Sports *Paul Wilson (baseball) (born 1973), pitcher in Major League Baseball *Paul Wilson (cricketer) (born 1972), Australian cricketer and umpire * Paul Wilson (decathlete), New Zealand decathlete, see national champions decathlon *Paul Wilson (footballer, born 1950) (1950–2017), Scotland international footballer * Paul Wilson (footballer, born 1968), English former footballer * Paul Wilson (footballer, born 1977), English former footballer for Gillingham *Paul Wilson (Jamaican footballer) (born 1993), Jamaican footballer * Paul Wilson (pole vaulter) (born 1947), American; former pole vault world record holder * Paul Wilson (sailor), winner of the 2010 Clifford Day Mallory Cup Musicians *Paul Wilson (musician) (born 1978), bassist for the rock band Snow Patrol * Paul David Wilson (born 1952), American songwriter, composer, conductor, and music producer *Paul Wilson (music theorist), American music theorist and professor *Paul Wilson, Canadian guitaris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wilson (baseball)
Paul Anthony Wilson (born March 28, 1973) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. A right-hander, he played all or parts of seven seasons in Major League Baseball. Baseball career Amateur career Wilson played college baseball for the Florida State University Seminoles under head coach Mike Martin. Professional career Wilson was selected with the first overall pick in the 1994 MLB Draft by the New York Mets. In his minor league career, he was billed alongside Jason Isringhausen and Bill Pulsipher as a future Mets star. The three were dubbed by sportswriters and fans as " Generation K". In 1995, Wilson went a combined 11-6 with a 2.41 ERA while playing for the AA Binghamton Mets and AAA Norfolk Tides. He neared Baseball America 1st team minor league All-Star honors and was named Eastern League Pitcher of the Year. After spending just a season and a half in the minors, Wilson was called up in 1996 and made 26 starts for the Mets. He finished 5-12 with an ERA of 5. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flamingos
The Flamingos are an American doo-wop group formed in Chicago in 1953. The band became popular in mid-to-late 1950s and are known for their 1959 cover version of "I Only Have Eyes for You". They have since been hailed as one of the finest and most influential vocal groups in pop and doo wop music history. In 2001, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band's cover version of "I Only Have Eyes for You" was ranked number 158 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of the " 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". History Early quintet Jacob "Jake" Carey (bass) and Ezekiel "Zeke" Carey (second tenor) formed the group in Chicago, Illinois, United States, after meeting cousins baritone Paul Wilson and first tenor Johnny Carter at a Hebrew Israelite congregation. Earl Lewis (not the Channels lead) soon joined, and after a series of name changes ("The Swallows", "El Flamingos", "The Five Flamingos"), wound up being known as the Flamingos. Sollie McElroy soon replaced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wilson (palaeoclimatologist)
Paul Wilson may refer to: Sports *Paul Wilson (baseball) (born 1973), pitcher in Major League Baseball *Paul Wilson (cricketer) (born 1972), Australian cricketer and umpire * Paul Wilson (decathlete), New Zealand decathlete, see national champions decathlon *Paul Wilson (footballer, born 1950) (1950–2017), Scotland international footballer * Paul Wilson (footballer, born 1968), English former footballer * Paul Wilson (footballer, born 1977), English former footballer for Gillingham *Paul Wilson (Jamaican footballer) (born 1993), Jamaican footballer * Paul Wilson (pole vaulter) (born 1947), American; former pole vault world record holder * Paul Wilson (sailor), winner of the 2010 Clifford Day Mallory Cup Musicians *Paul Wilson (musician) (born 1978), bassist for the rock band Snow Patrol * Paul David Wilson (born 1952), American songwriter, composer, conductor, and music producer *Paul Wilson (music theorist), American music theorist and professor *Paul Wilson, Canadian guitaris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
52nd Academy Awards
The 52nd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1979 and took place on April 14, 1980, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 22 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Howard W. Koch and directed by Marty Pasetta. Comedian and talk show host Johnny Carson hosted the show for the second consecutive year. Three days earlier, in a ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on April 11, the Academy Scientific and Technical Awards were presented by hosts Cloris Leachman and William Shatner. ''Kramer vs. Kramer'' won five awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Robert Benton, Best Actor for Dustin Hoffman, and Best Supporting Actress for Meryl Streep. Sally Field received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wilson (special Effects)
Paul Wilson may refer to: Sports *Paul Wilson (baseball) (born 1973), pitcher in Major League Baseball *Paul Wilson (cricketer) (born 1972), Australian cricketer and umpire * Paul Wilson (decathlete), New Zealand decathlete, see national champions decathlon *Paul Wilson (footballer, born 1950) (1950–2017), Scotland international footballer * Paul Wilson (footballer, born 1968), English former footballer * Paul Wilson (footballer, born 1977), English former footballer for Gillingham *Paul Wilson (Jamaican footballer) (born 1993), Jamaican footballer * Paul Wilson (pole vaulter) (born 1947), American; former pole vault world record holder * Paul Wilson (sailor), winner of the 2010 Clifford Day Mallory Cup Musicians *Paul Wilson (musician) (born 1978), bassist for the rock band Snow Patrol * Paul David Wilson (born 1952), American songwriter, composer, conductor, and music producer *Paul Wilson (music theorist), American music theorist and professor *Paul Wilson, Canadian guitaris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Graham Wilson
Paul Graham Wilson (born 1928) is an Australian botanist. He has been a most prolific contributor to the journal ''Nuytsia'', contributing to the first issue in 1970 and to the 12th volume in 1998, which was dedicated to him for his contributions to plant taxonomy and to celebrate his 70th birthday. Since his retirement from the Western Australian Herbarium in 1993, he has helped to maintain a comprehensive census of the flora of Western Australia. Wilson has mostly published papers dealing with the plant families Rutaceae, Asteraceae and Chenopodiaceae. Selected publications * A taxonomic revision of the genera ''Crowea'', ''Eriostemon'', and ''Phebalium'' (Rutaceae) * A taxonomic review of the genera ''Eriostemon'' and ''Philotheca ''Philotheca'' is a genus of about fifty species of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae. Plants in this genus are shrubs with simple leaves arranged alternately along the stems, flowers that usually have five sepals, five petals and ten st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul C
Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Christian missionary and writer *Pope Paul (other), multiple Popes of the Roman Catholic Church *Saint Paul (other), multiple other people and locations named "Saint Paul" Roman and Byzantine empire *Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (c. 229 BC – 160 BC), Roman general *Julius Paulus Prudentissimus (), Roman jurist *Paulus Catena (died 362), Roman notary *Paulus Alexandrinus (4th century), Hellenistic astrologer *Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (625–690), Greek surgeon Royals *Paul I of Russia (1754–1801), Tsar of Russia *Paul of Greece (1901–1964), King of Greece Other people *Paul the Deacon or Paulus Diaconus (c. 720 – c. 799), Italian Benedictine monk *Paul (father of Maurice), the father of Maurice, Byzan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wilson (translator)
Paul Robert Wilson (born 3 July 1941 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian translator and writer. In 1967 he moved to Czechoslovakia where he performed as a singer with The Plastic People of the Universe. Because he was a member of this group, he was expelled from Czechoslovakia in 1977. This band was banned in Czechoslovakia and their recordings could not be officially released. Wilson later founded a record label Boží Mlýn and released some of their recordings in Canada. Paul Wilson later went on to become one of the major translators into English of Václav Havel's work. In 2006 he was working on a new translation of ''The Memorandum'' for the Havel Festival, which also features two of his other translations. He also translated many books, such as '' I Served the King of England'' by Bohumil Hrabal Bohumil Hrabal (; 28 March 1914 – 3 February 1997) was a Czech writer, often named among the best Czech writers of the 20th century. Early life Hrabal was born in Žideni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wilson (nuclear Engineer)
Paul Philip Hood Wilson (born October 13, 1971) is the Grainger Professor of Nuclear Engineering in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is a prominent nuclear energy communicator, and advocate of modern computational science practices. He is well known for leading the production of the computational nuclear engineering toolkits ALARA,Wilson, P.P.H. "ALARA: Analytic and Laplacian Adaptive Radioactivity Analysis." PhD Thesis, Fusion Technology Institute, UW-Madison, 1999.Wilson, P.P.H., and D.L. Henderson. "ALARA: Analytic and Laplacian Adaptive Radioactivity Analysis, Volume I, Technical Material." Fusion Technology Institute Report. Madison, WI, United States: Fusion Technology Institute, UW-Madison, 1998.Wilson, P.P.H., and D.L. Henderson. "ALARA: Analytic and Laplacian Adaptive Radioactive Analysis, Volume II, Users’ Guide." Fusion Technology Institute Report. Madison, WI, United States: Fusion Technology Institute, UW-Madis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wilson (meditation Teacher)
Paul Wilson is an Australian meditation teacher, columnist, and author of two novels and 19 self-help and spiritually-oriented books, including ''The Calm Technique'', ''Instant Calm'', ''The Little Book of Calm'', ''Calm at Work'', ''The Little Book of Calm at Work'', ''Calm for Life'', ''The Complete Book of Calm'', ''Perfect Balance'', ''The Quiet'', ''A Piece of the Quiet'' and "Calm, No Matter What" – mostly around the topic of finding peace of mind in everyday life. Because so many of these books had 'calm' in the title, the Times (UK) nicknamed him The Guru of Calm. It has been estimated that he has taught over a million people to meditate,. and he was listed as one of the 100 people who make Britain a happier place. Books ''Calm, No Matter What'' ''Calm No Matter What'' ( was published by Pan MacMillan. ''The Calm Technique'' Wilson's book ''The Calm Technique'' () was one of the first mass-market books on meditation. First published in the Eighties by Greenhouse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wilson (criminologist)
Paul Richard Wilson (born 9 March 1941) is a New Zealand-born Australian social scientist. He was convicted and jailed in 2016 for historical sex offences. Biography Wilson was born in New Zealand. He holds both B.A. and M.A.(Hons) degrees from the University of Canterbury, and an earned Ph.D. from the University of Queensland. He has made contributions to the forensic investigation of criminological issues, Australian policing and the Australian criminal justice system. He has questioned the use of mandatory sentencing. Wilson also has written critiques of societal and political issues including the ethics of Australia's involvement in the Iraq War, the casualties of the Iraq War and youth mental health. Wilson has held academic appointments at the University of Canterbury, the Australian National University, the University of Queensland, the Australian Institute of Criminology, Queensland University of Technology, and Bond University and also has been a visiting fellow at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wilson, Baron Wilson Of High Wray
Paul Norman Wilson, Baron Wilson of High Wray (24 October 1908 – 24 February 1980) was a British engineer, Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland (1965 to 1974) and of Cumbria (1974 to 1980) and Governor of the BBC. Early life The younger son of Norman Forster Wilson, CE, of Kendal, Westmorland, and of Mrs H. G. M. Wilson (''née'' Harris), Wilson was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, and Clare College, Cambridge.Paul Norman Wilson, Baron Wilson of High Wray, of Kendal in the County of Cumbria (Life Peer 1976, Extinct 1980) Debretts.com online: retrieved 4 May 2022 Career Wilson began his career as a ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
