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Robert Gardner (ballet)
Robert Gardner may refer to: Law and politics *Bob Gardner, legislator in Colorado *Robert Gardner (Victorian politician) (1916–2002), Australian politician * Robert A. Gardner (politician), Ohio politician * Robert K. A. Gardiner (1914–1994), Ghanaian minister for Finance and Economic Planning * Bob Gardner (Queensland politician) (1890–1966), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Sportspeople *Robert Gardner (footballer) (1847–1887), Scottish footballer * Robert Gardner (golfer) (1890–1956), American golfer and pole vaulter *Rob Gardner (baseball) (born 1944), Major League Baseball pitcher Musicians *Rob Gardner (musician) (born 1965), rock musician *Rob Gardner (composer) (born 1978), American composer of primarily oratorios Others *Robert Gardner (academic) (born 1938), Canadian documentary filmmaker and Ryerson University professor *Robert Gardner (anthropologist) (1925–2014), director of the Film Study Center, Harvard University * Robert Gardner (ballet) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Gardner
Robert S. Gardner (born c. 1954) is a legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. A United States Air Force veteran and attorney, Gardner was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2006. From 2006 to 2012, he represented House District 21, which encompasses western El Paso County and northeastern Fremont County. In the 2016 general election, Gardner was elected to represent Senate District 12. Biography Gardner graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1976, and served as a missile launch officer in the Air Force. While an Air Force officer, Gardner earned a J.D. from the University of Texas in 1981 with honors and a L.L.M. from the George Washington University School of Law in 1986, specializing in government procurement law. After earning his law degree, Gardner served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps. He also taught procurement and business law as a member of the Air Force Academy law faculty. After leaving active duty in 1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gardner (academic)
Robert Gardner may refer to: Law and politics *Bob Gardner, legislator in Colorado * Robert Gardner (Victorian politician) (1916–2002), Australian politician * Robert A. Gardner (politician), Ohio politician * Robert K. A. Gardiner (1914–1994), Ghanaian minister for Finance and Economic Planning * Bob Gardner (Queensland politician) (1890–1966), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Sportspeople *Robert Gardner (footballer) (1847–1887), Scottish footballer * Robert Gardner (golfer) (1890–1956), American golfer and pole vaulter *Rob Gardner (baseball) (born 1944), Major League Baseball pitcher Musicians * Rob Gardner (musician) (born 1965), rock musician *Rob Gardner (composer) (born 1978), American composer of primarily oratorios Others * Robert Gardner (academic) (born 1938), Canadian documentary filmmaker and Ryerson University professor *Robert Gardner (anthropologist) (1925–2014), director of the Film Study Center, Harvard University * Robert Gardner (ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert J
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert W
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert H
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Brown Gardner
Robert Brown (Robby) Gardner (February 27, 1939 – May 5, 1998) was an American mathematician who worked on differential geometry, a field in which he obtained several novel results. He was the author and co-author of three influential books, produced more than fifty papers, eighteen masters students and thirteen Ph.D students. His 1991 book, ''Exterior Differential Systems'', coauthored with R. Bryant, S. S. Chern, H. Goldschmidt, and P. Griffiths, is the standard reference for the subject. Robert Bryant, Duke University's Professor of Mathematics and the president of the American Mathematical Society (2015-2017) was a student of his. He is better known in the United States for his improvements and popularization of the methods of Élie Cartan (most notably, Cartan's equivalence method, an algorithmic procedure for determining if two geometric shapes are different). The works of Cartan were hard to grasp for most students, and Gardner worked to explain them in more access ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota Ballet
The Minnesota Ballet is a ballet company and school located in Duluth, Minnesota. Founded in 1965 by Donna Harkins and Jan Gibson as the Duluth Civic Ballet, the company has since expanded into a touring company with seventeen professional artists. From 1992 to 2007 the Artistic Executive Director of the Minnesota Ballet was Allen Fields, who retired to become Artistic Director Emirtus. Fields acquired rights to works by master choreographers like Agnes de Mille, Antony Tudor, and George Balanchine. He was succeeded by Robert Gardner. In 2019, Minnesota Ballet welcomed a new Artistic Director, Karl von Rabenau, to lead the company. The Minnesota Ballet is entering its 54th season in 2019/20. History Before the Minnesota Ballet existed, Donna Harkin was a ballet teacher with a studio in Duluth. In spring 1965 she choreographed and produced the first all-ballet performance featuring area amateur dancers. The show proved so popular that Northlanders wanted to encourage the yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gardner (ballet)
Robert Gardner may refer to: Law and politics *Bob Gardner, legislator in Colorado *Robert Gardner (Victorian politician) (1916–2002), Australian politician * Robert A. Gardner (politician), Ohio politician * Robert K. A. Gardiner (1914–1994), Ghanaian minister for Finance and Economic Planning * Bob Gardner (Queensland politician) (1890–1966), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Sportspeople *Robert Gardner (footballer) (1847–1887), Scottish footballer * Robert Gardner (golfer) (1890–1956), American golfer and pole vaulter *Rob Gardner (baseball) (born 1944), Major League Baseball pitcher Musicians *Rob Gardner (musician) (born 1965), rock musician *Rob Gardner (composer) (born 1978), American composer of primarily oratorios Others *Robert Gardner (academic) (born 1938), Canadian documentary filmmaker and Ryerson University professor *Robert Gardner (anthropologist) (1925–2014), director of the Film Study Center, Harvard University * Robert Gardner (ballet) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gardner (anthropologist)
Robert Grosvenor Gardner (November 5, 1925 – June 21, 2014) was an American academic, anthropologist, and documentary filmmaker who was the Director of the Film Study Center at Harvard University from 1956 to 1997. He is known for his work in the field of visual anthropology and films like the National Film Registry inductee '' Dead Birds'' and ''Forest of Bliss''. In 2011, a retrospective of his work was held at Film Forum, New York. Biography He was the sixth child and third son, born in the home of his grandmother Isabella Stewart Gardner. He was a cousin of poet Robert Lowell. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University in 1947, he became an assistant to the founder of the Byzantine Institute of America, Thomas Whittemore at Harvard's Fogg Museum. This led to travels to Anatolia, Fayum and London working with Coptic textiles and restoring Byzantine art Next, he started teaching medieval art and history at the College of Puget Sound in Washingt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Gardner (composer)
Rob Gardner (born 1977) is an American Latter-day Saint composer of primarily oratorios. One of his most widely performed works is his oratorio ''Lamb of God'' about the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It was recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra at Air Studios in London in June 2010. Gardner was born and raised in Mesa, Arizona in a Latter-day Saint family. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Bordeaux France mission. He attended Brigham Young University for his undergrad and the University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...'s film and television composition program. Among the oratorios by Gardner are ''He is Jesus Christ'', ''Joseph Smith the Prophet'', ''Saints and Pioneers'' and ''Lamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gardner (Victorian Politician)
Robert Arthur Gardner (20 November 1916 – 2002) was an Australian politician and community organiser. He was born in Carlton to accountant Robert Stanley Gardner and Dorothy Elizabeth Jones. He attended Melbourne High School and Melbourne University, becoming a journalist. He edited the ''Caulfield Mercury'' from 1937 to 1939 and in 1939 was inaugural general secretary of the Opportunity Club. On 2 May 1942 he married Joyce Olver, with whom he had three sons. In 1945 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the independent member for Ivanhoe ''Ivanhoe: A Romance'' () by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in three volumes, in 1819, as one of the Waverley novels. Set in England in the Middle Ages, this novel marked a shift away from Scott’s prior practice of setting st ..., but he was defeated in 1947. He was later secretary of the Town and Country Planning Association of Victoria (1951–64, 1968–70) and its president from 1972 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Gardner (musician)
Robert Gardner (born March 26, 1965) is an American musician best known as the drummer for the original lineups of L.A. Guns and Guns N' Roses, and was also the backup drummer for Hollywood Rose. Early life Gardner was born in Manhattan, New York. His parents divorced when he was young and both had remarried. His father would move to Los Angeles, California in 1972, while his mother remained in New York. Gardner moved to live with his father and attended Fairfax High in 1979, where he met future L.A. Guns members Mike Jagosz and Tracy Ulrich. He also met future Hollywood Rose member Chris Weber as well as future Guns N' Roses members Saul Hudson and Steven Adler around this time. Gardner and Ulrich decided to form a band, rehearsing in a garage at Gardner's father's house. Gardner suggested Jagosz as singer for the band. Originally in a band together called Pyrrhus alongside bassist Dani Tull, they would officially form L.A. Guns after the group hired Danish bassist Ole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
