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Paul Willis (other)
Paul Willis (born 1950) is a British cultural theorist. Paul Willis may also refer to: * Paul Willis (actor) (1901–1960), American child actor of the silent film era * Paul Willis (cricketer) (born 1952), English cricketer * Paul Willis (English footballer) (1970–2011), English football midfielder * Paul Willis (science communicator), Australian paleontologist and science communicator * Paul Willis (Scottish footballer) Paul Willis (born 1945) is a British social scientist known for his work in sociology and cultural studies. Paul Willis' work is widely read in the fields of sociology, anthropology, and education, his work emphasizing consumer culture, sociali ... (born 1991), Scottish football midfielder * Paul K. Willis (1947–1999), Canadian sketch comedian and television/radio writer {{hndis, name=Willis, Paul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Willis
Paul Willis (born 1945) is a British social scientist known for his work in sociology and cultural studies. Paul Willis' work is widely read in the fields of sociology, anthropology, and education, his work emphasizing consumer culture, socialization, music, and popular culture. He was born in Wolverhampton and received his education at the University of Cambridge and at the University of Birmingham. He worked at Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies and subsequently at the University of Wolverhampton. He was a Professor of Social/Cultural Ethnography at Keele University. In the autumn of 2010, he left Keele University and is now a professor at Princeton University. Background Paul Willis’s work has focused mainly, but not exclusively, on the ethnographic study of lived cultural forms in a wide variety of contexts. From highly structured to weakly structured ones, Willis examines how practices of `informal cultural production` help to produce and construct cultural wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Willis (actor)
Paul Willis (April 9, 1901 – November 3, 1960) was an American actor of the silent film era. Biography Born in Chicago, Illinois, Willis began his career as a child actor in the 1910s. He made his screen debut for Vitagraph Studios at the age of twelve in the title role of the 1913 drama-short ''Little Kaintuck''. He would go on to play a variety of juvenile roles, often opposite child actress . One notable film starring Willis was the 1914 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Willis (cricketer)
William Paul Willis (born 15 June 1952) is a former English cricketer. Willis was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Durham, County Durham. Willis made his debut for Lincolnshire in the 1974 Minor Counties Championship against the Yorkshire Second XI. Willis played Minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire from 1974 to 1979, which included 30 Minor Counties Championship matches. He made his List A debut against Glamorgan in the 1st round of the 1974 Gillette Cup. He played 2 further List A matches for Lincolnshire, against Surrey in the 2nd round of the 1974 tournament and Derbyshire in the 1976 Gillette Cup The 1976 Gillette Cup was the fourteenth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 26 June and 4 September 1976. The tournament was won by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club who defeated Lancashire C .... In his 3 matches, he scored 31 runs and took a single wicket, which came at an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Willis (English Footballer)
Paul Edward Willis (24 January 1970 – 9 July 2011) was an English footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Halifax Town and Darlington. He also played in Darlington's 1989–90 Conference-winning team, and in the Northern Premier League for Southport. Willis was born in Liverpool in 1970. His older brother Jimmy also became a footballer. Paul Willis and wife Dawn had two children. He died of pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer arises when cell (biology), cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a Neoplasm, mass. These cancerous cells have the malignant, ability to invade other parts of t ... in 2011 at the age of 41. References 1970 births 2011 deaths Footballers from Liverpool English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Halifax Town A.F.C. players Darlington F.C. players Southport F.C. players English Football League players National League (Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Willis (science Communicator)
Paul M. A. Willis is an Australian palaeontologist, science communicator and former Director of the Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus). Career Willis studied zoology and geology at University of Sydney and went on to complete a PhD in palaeontology at the University of New South Wales. He has been a resident palaeontologist on ten Antarctic expeditions and has written or co-authored eight books on dinosaurs, rocks and fossils. While Willis found his first fossil when he was six, the earliest part of his collection was a small echinoid collected by his parents on their honeymoon. Willis completed a BSc at Sydney University in zoology and geology before conducting a PhD at the University of New South Wales. His Doctoral thesis was on The Phylogenetic Systematics of Australasian Crocodilians. Willis's doctoral studies resulted in the erection of several new taxa including the subfamily Mekosuchinae, and the genera ''Baru'', ''Kambara,'' ''Australosuchus'', ''Trilophosuchus'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Willis (Scottish Footballer)
Paul Willis (born 1945) is a British social scientist known for his work in sociology and cultural studies. Paul Willis' work is widely read in the fields of sociology, anthropology, and education, his work emphasizing consumer culture, socialization, music, and popular culture. He was born in Wolverhampton and received his education at the University of Cambridge and at the University of Birmingham. He worked at Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies and subsequently at the University of Wolverhampton. He was a Professor of Social/Cultural Ethnography at Keele University. In the autumn of 2010, he left Keele University and is now a professor at Princeton University. Background Paul Willis’s work has focused mainly, but not exclusively, on the ethnographic study of lived cultural forms in a wide variety of contexts. From highly structured to weakly structured ones, Willis examines how practices of `informal cultural production` help to produce and construct cultural wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
