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Robert Little (other)
Robert Little may refer to: * Robert Little (journalist), American journalist for the ''Baltimore Sun'' * Robert Little (minister) (1762–1827), English-American Unitarian minister * Robert A. Little Robert Alexander Little, (19 July 1895 – 27 May 1918), a World War I fighter pilot, is generally regarded as the most successful Australian flying ace, with an official tally of forty-seven victories. Born in Victoria (Aus ... (1895–1918), Australian pilot * Rob Little (born 1972), American stand-up comedian and actor * Robert Little (architect) (1919–2005), modernist architect in Cleveland, Ohio * Robert Wentworth Little (1840–1878), Freemason * Robert Little (Flying Tiger) (died 1942), World War II double flying ace See also * Robert Littell (other) {{hndis, Little, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Little (journalist)
Robert Little is an American journalist who is the senior investigations editor for NPR. He previously served as investigations and enterprise editor and earlier, a reporter, for ''The Baltimore Sun''.Robert Little Biography " ''The Baltimore Sun''. Little is a native who first worked for the ''Sun'' in 1979 as a 13-year-old newspaper delivery boy. He earned his in |
Robert Little (minister)
Robert Little (1762 – October 5, 1827) was a Unitarian minister. He was born in England in 1762. He immigrated to the United States in 1819 because of poor health and religious restrictions in England against all churches except the Church of England. He was the first pastor of ''First Unitarian Church'' in Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ..., and was instrumental in its formation in 1821. He served in that position until 1827 when he died unexpectedly. References External links All Souls Church, Washington, D.C., 2010 The Unitarian, January, 1908 Vol 1 {{DEFAULTSORT:Little, Robert 19th-century American clergy American Unitarians 1762 births 1827 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert A
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] |
Rob Little
Rob Little (born December 24, 1972) is an American comedian and actor from Pinconning, Michigan. He has been performing stand-up comedy since 1998 and has been acting in movies and television. He has also produced two straight to DVD comedy specials based on his stand-up. His humor is often self-deprecating, although he prides himself as the "happiest comic in America." Early life Growing up, Little had a difficult time in elementary school due to being overweight. In an interview, Little stated, "In elementary school, kids would always pull food away from me at lunchtime saying mean, hurtful things like... 'Let go of my sandwich!'". Already at a young age, Little knew he wanted to become a comedian. When Little was 5 years old, he was watching his current inspiration, comedian George Carlin, do a comedy bit on TV when he and his parents were heading to Mackinac Island for a family vacation. Because his parents were asleep, he was able to view this adult-oriented comedy. Littl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Little (architect)
Robert Andrews Little (1919–2005) was a modernist architect based in Cleveland, Ohio. He received the Cleveland Arts Prize for Architecture in 1965. Little practiced in the Bauhaus and International styles. He also designed and advocated energy-efficient features, and employed Jewish and African-American architects and engineers. Born in Boston, he was a direct descendant of Paul Revere. Little studied with Marcel Breuer and Walter Gropius. He graduated from Harvard in 1937 and continued there completing his masters 1939. Little came to Cleveland in 1947. He taught at Case Western Reserve University’s school of architecture. His firm, Little & Associates, merged with Dalton·Dalton Associates in 1969. He was married to Ann Halle Little. Work * Halle Brothers Shaker Square department store (1948), located between the Shaker Square Cinemas and the rapid transit station, was his first commission. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and won the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wentworth Little
Robert Wentworth Little (1840 – April 11, 1878) was a clerk and cashier at the Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon of the secretary's office at the United Grand Lodge of England and later secretary of the Royal Masonic School, Royal Institution for Girls. He is credited with the structural design of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia, S.R.I.A. with the rituals acquired from the store room of Freemasons' Hall, London, Freemasons Hall. He was also a founder of the Ancient and Primitive Rite Rite of Memphis-Misraim, of Misraim in England. Various controversy around the origins of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia, S.R.I.A. seem to be resolved in a paper given at the General Assembly of the S.R.I.S. at Perth, 3 May 1947 and thereafter at the Metropolitan Study Group, Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia, S.R. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Little (Flying Tiger)
Robert Laing "Bob" Little (died May 22, 1942) was an American fighter pilot and double ace with the Flying Tigers, credited with 10, 10.5 or 10.55 victories. He was a native of Spokane, Washington, and attended North Central High School in 1935 and 1936. Little resigned from the United States Army Air Corps 8th Pursuit Group to join the Flying Tigers in the days before the United States entered World War II. He was one of the few Flying Tigers with prior experience with the Curtiss P-40 fighter, having logged 375 hours. In 1942, he was credited with downing Nakajima Ki-27 fighters on January 29 and February 6, 25 and 26, as well as a Nakajima Ki-43 fighter on April 8. He was killed while on a ground attack mission at the Salween River Gorge south of Baoshan. Wingman R. H. Smith reported that Little was diving at the target when, at Smith heard an explosion, then saw flames and smoke coming from Little's left wing. With half the wing gone, the airplane went into a tight spin a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
