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Richard Locke (MP)
Richard Locke may refer to: * Richard Locke (critic), American critic and essayist * Richard M. Locke, American political scientist * Richard Holt Locke Richard Holt Locke (June 11, 1941 – September 25, 1996) was an American actor in gay erotic films of the 1970s and 1980s, who went on to become an AIDS educator and activist. As a performer in adult cinema, Locke has been credited with being on ..., American actor, AIDS educator and activist See also * Dick Locke, member of the Florida House of Representatives {{hndis, Locke, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Locke (critic)
Richard Locke is an American critic and essayist. He is a professor of writing at Columbia University School of the Arts and formerly served as the first editor-in-chief of the redesigned ''Vanity Fair'' and president of the National Book Critics Circle. Biography He received a B.A. from Columbia University, a B.A. from Clare College, Cambridge University, and did graduate work at Harvard University. He was Professor of Writing in the Writing Program at Columbia University School of the Arts, where he has also served as director of Nonfiction Writing and as department Chair. He has also been a senior editor at Simon & Schuster, where he worked as assistant to Robert Gottlieb, deputy editor of ''The New York Times Book Review'', the first editor in chief of the relaunched '' Vanity Fair'' (1983), a lecturer at the English Institute, Harvard University, and a Poynter Fellow at Yale University. He has served as a judge of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize Jury in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard M
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", " Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Holt Locke
Richard Holt Locke (June 11, 1941 – September 25, 1996) was an American actor in gay erotic films of the 1970s and 1980s, who went on to become an AIDS educator and activist. As a performer in adult cinema, Locke has been credited with being one of the "earliest and most widely emulated VCR stars" in gay erotic cinema, as well as someone whose performance and physicality contributed to the evolution of gay sexual behavior in the 1970s and 1980s. Early life Born on June 11, 1941, in East Oakland, California, Locke graduated from Pleasant Hill High School at eighteen, and spent the next three years in the army stationed in Germany as a tank mechanic. Returning to California, he earned a degree at Chico State University, majoring in History and Film. Locke was open about his homosexuality with his family, to which he had close ties. His brother, Robert H. Locke, was also gay and wrote and gave interviews about his life with his Richard. Both parents were ultimately supportive of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |