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Richard Robbins (sociologist) (1928–2020), American ichthyologist
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Richard Robbins may refer to: *Richard Robbins (anthropologist) (born 1940), teaching professor of anthropology at SUNY Plattsburgh * Richard Robbins (composer) (1940–2012), American film score composer * Richard Robbins (character), fictional character from the ''Another Code'' video games *Richard Robbins (poet), American poet *Richard E. Robbins, American filmmaker and documentarian *Richard Robbins (artist) (1927–2009), British artist, sculptor and art teacher *C. Richard Robins Charles Richard Robins (November 25, 1928 – November 12, 2020) was an American academic, environmentalist and ichthyologist. Early life and university Robins was born on November 25, 1928 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to Helen Ayers Robins and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Robbins (anthropologist)
Richard Robbins (born 30 March 1940) is a Distinguished Teaching Professor of anthropology at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh.McKenna, Brian (2011Bestselling Anthropologist "Predicted" Financial Meltdown of 2008, ''Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter'' Education He received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Rutgers University, a Master of Arts in Anthropology from New York University, and a Ph.D in Anthropology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Awards and honors * 2005: American Anthropological Association AAA/McGraw-Hill Teacher of the Year Award * 2002: SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor * 1977: SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching Selected publications * 2012: ''Cultural Anthropology: A Problem Based Approach'' (6th edition), Cengage Publishers * 2012: Neoliberalism, Race and Racism. In: ''Encyclopedia of Race and Racism'', 2nd edition. Edited by Patrick Mason. Cengage Publishers * 2009: Anthropologizing E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Robbins (composer)
Richard Stephen Robbins (December 4, 1940 – November 7, 2012) was an American-born composer, best known for his motion picture scores for the Merchant Ivory films. Robbins was born in South Weymouth, Massachusetts. In November 2012, he died of Parkinson's disease at the age of 71. He died at his home in New York. Personal life Robbins began playing the piano at the age of five. He graduated from the New England Conservatory in Boston, and later received a fellowship through a fund established by the philanthropist Frank Huntington Beebe to continue his studies in Vienna. Robbins was gay and lived his later years with his long-term partner, artist Michael Schell. Awards Robbins was nominated for an Oscar in 1992 for his score for the film ''Howards End'' (performed by Martin Jones) and in 1993 for ''The Remains of the Day''. Additionally, he won a Sammy Film Music Award in 1992 for ''Howards End''. Filmography Robbins wrote the score for the following films unless otherwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Robbins (character)
released as ''Trace Memory'' in North America, is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Cing and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS portable video game console. A sequel, '' Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories'', was released for the Wii. Players take on the role of Ashley Mizuki Robbins, a 13-year-old girl, as she searches for her father on the fictional Blood Edward Island. Gameplay revolves around solving puzzles, and is controlled using the DS touchscreen or D-pad. ''Another Code'' received average critical response. Though praised for its implementation of the DS controls, its story and hand drawn artwork, many criticized the game's short length, unoriginal puzzles, and gearing toward a teenage audience. Gameplay Assuming control of Ashley Robbins, players navigate through 3D environments and attempt to solve puzzles. During movement, the touchscreen displays an aerial view of Ashley and her surroundings. The player can move Ashley using a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Robbins (poet)
Richard Robbins (born in Los Angeles) is an American poet. He grew up in Southern California and Montana. He graduated from San Diego State University, and University of Montana, with an M.F.A. in 1979, where he studied with Richard Hugo and Madeline DeFrees. Before his recent retirement, he taught for 37 years at Minnesota State University, Mankato, Awards * Frontier Award * The Loft Award of Distinction in Poetry * Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship * National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship * Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award, from the Poetry Society of America. * Hawthornden Fellowship. Works *''The Oratory of All Souls,'' Lynx House Press, 2023, *''Body Turn to Rain: New and Selected Poems,'' Lynx House Press, 2017, *''Other Americas,'' Blueroad Press, 2010. *''Radioactive City,'' Bellday Books, 2009. * * * *Toward New Weather hapbook Frontier Award Committee, 1978 Editors * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Robbins, Richard Year of birth missing (living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick (nickname), Dick", "Dickon", "Dickie (name), Dickie", "Rich (given name), Rich", "Rick (given name), Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", "Ricky (given name), 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Robbins (artist)
Richard Robbins (12 July 1927 – 28 July 2009) was a British artist, sculptor and art teacher, who ended his career as Head of Fine Art at Middlesex University. Early life Robbins was born in Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, in 1927. His parents were the economist Lionel Robbins (1898-1984) and his wife Iris (née Gardiner) (1896-1997). Robbins was born on the day that his father was elected a Fellow of New College, Oxford. His father became a life peer in 1958, rendering Robbins The Hon, which was a title he loathed and never used. He had an older sister, Anne, who would go on to marry the economist and journalist Christopher Johnson. He attended King Alfred and University College Schools in London and, during World War II, New College School in Oxford and Dauntsey's School in Wiltshire. He was sent to Dauntsey's, known for its art teaching, having expressed a view at the age of seven that “I want to be a painter”. Military Just after the end of the War in 1945, at 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |