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Robert Wilkinson (printseller)
Robert Wilkinson may refer to: * Robert "Monty" Wilkinson, acting U.S. attorney general in 2021 *Robert Wylkynson (–1515 or later), English composer *Robert Wilkinson, an adult on the list of colonists at Roanoke Colony * Robert Wilkinson (cartographer) (died 1825), 18th-century English mapmaker *Robert M. Wilkinson (1921–2010), American politician, Los Angeles councilman * Robert Wilkinson (probate judge), probate judge, founding member of Phi Alpha Literary Society * Robert Wilkinson (English cricketer) (1811–1888), English cricketer * Robert Wilkinson (Australian cricketer), Australian cricketer *Robert Wilkinson (Australian politician) (1838–1928), New South Wales politician and businessman * Robert Wilkinson (footballer) (born 1956), Australian rules footballer * Robert Wilkinson (Canadian politician) (1888–1967), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia *Robert Stark Wilkinson Robert Stark Wilkinson (1843–1936) was a British architect. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monty Wilkinson (lawyer)
Robert Montague "Monty" Wilkinson is an American lawyer who has spent his entire career at the Justice Department. He served as acting United States Attorney General from January 20 to March 10, 2021. Wilkinson is presently the director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys. Education Wilkinson graduated from Dartmouth College in 1983 and from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1988. Career In 1989, Wilkinson served as a law clerk to Eric Holder, then a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. He joined the U.S. Department of Justice as a trial attorney in 1990 and subsequently worked as special counsel and spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, becoming an associate deputy attorney general in 1997. Wilkinson worked for the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, the office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and the law firm Troutman Sanders, before being appointed deputy chief of staff and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wylkynson
Robert Wylkynson (sometimes Wilkinson) (ca. 1450 – Eton after 1515) was one of the composers of the Eton Choirbook. Wylkynson became parish clerk of Eton in 1496, then in 1500 he was promoted to ''Informator'' - the master of the choristers. Only four works survive: * 2x Salve Regina * Jesus autem transiens/Credo in Deum à 13 * motet ''O virgo prudentissima'' (fragmentary) But these works show Wylkynson to have been "an extremely ambitious composer and a more than competent one."Hugh Benham Latin church music in England, c. 1460–1575 1977 Page 95 Recordings *Salve Regina Eton Choirbook Vol. I The Sixteen, dir. Harry Christophers *Jesus autem transiens/Credo in Deum à 13. Eton Choirbook Vol. III The Sixteen, dir. Harry Christophers *Jesus autem transiens/Credo in Deum à 13. on ''À 40 Voix''.Huelgas Ensemble, dir. Paul Van Nevel. HMC 801954 *Jesus autem transiens/Credo in Deum à 13. Eton Choirbook Tonus Peregrinus , the wandering tone, or the ninth tone, is a reciting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Colonists At Roanoke
Roanoke Colony was an enterprise financed and organized by Sir Walter Raleigh in the late 16th century to establish a permanent English settlement in the Virginia Colony. 1585 colony The original colony was established in 1585 as a military outpost under the command of Ralph Lane, and evacuated in 1586. A list of colonists is provided in Richard Hakluyt's ''The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, And Discoveries Of The English Nation'', although no author is recorded for the list. The list denotes 107 men who served under Lane, for a total of 108 colonists. A point of contention among historians is that John White is not listed among the 1585 colonists. White is known to have arrived at Roanoke with the colonists, but there is no record of him remaining with the colony through the winter or returning to England with Richard Grenville's fleet. David Beers Quinn argued that White must have remained in the colony long enough to produce a map based on the colonists' 1586 e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wilkinson (cartographer)
Wilkinson ( 1768 – 1825) was an English cartographer of maps and atlases, engraver, and book publisher. Career Most of Wilkinson's maps were derived from English map publisher John Bowles. Following Bowles' death in 1779, Wilkinson acquired the Bowles map plate library, after which he updated the plates until 1794, when he released ''The General Atlas of the World''. This atlas was reissued several times, in 1802 and 1809, before Wilkinson's death in 1825. Wilkinson's other works include ''Bowen and Kitchin's Large English Atlas'' (1785), ''Speer's West Indies'' (1796), ''Atlas Classica'' (1797), and independently issued maps of New Holland (1820) and North America (1823). He also published, initially together with William Herbert, groups of plates depicting historic scenes and buildings in London and the area surrounding it, under the title ''Scarce Topographical Prints No. II. ... of Londina Illustrata'' in 1808. These were issued serially until 1819, when they were publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert M
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 Wilkinson (probate Judge)
Phi Alpha () is a men's Literary Society founded in 1845 at Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois. It conducts business meetings, literary productions, and other activities in Beecher Hall, the oldest college building in the state of Illinois. Origin "On Thursday evening, September 25, 1845, seven students from Illinois College gathered in a small room on the third floor of the old dormitory and made a momentous and historic decision. In order to unite a group of men whose ideas and principles were similar enough as to desire a common bond of fellowship, a new society was to be organized. Five days later the Immortal Seven drew up and adopted the constitution that proved to be the birth certificate of Phi Alpha Literary Society."Phi Alpha Literary Society, ''Pledge Manual'', Illinois College, Jacksonville, IL, p.8 Founders The seven founders of Phi Alpha who are called the Immortal Seven are: * Nehemiah WrightPhi Alpha Literary Society, ''Pledge Manual'', Illinois Colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wilkinson (English Cricketer)
Robert Hindley Wilkinson (1811 – 5 February 1888) was an English academic, and a cricketer with amateur status who was active from 1828 to 1831. Life Wilkinson was born in London, the son of Robert Wilkinson and his wife Catherine Allix, daughter of John Peter Allix of Swaffham Prior; the Rev. Charles Allix Wilkinson, the writer, and Isaac Herbert Wilkinson were his brothers, in a family of seven brothers and three sisters. He attended Eton College and was cricket captain there in 1828. He entered King's College, Cambridge, in 1830, graduating B.A. in 1833 and M.A. in 1836. He was a Fellow of King's from 1832 to 1852, and bursar in 1846. Entering Lincoln's Inn in 1835, he was called to the bar in 1838. He was an original member of the Philological Society. Wilkinson was a magistrate and lieutenant-colonel of militia. He was Lord of the Manor of Graveley, Hertfordshire, through his wife Caroline Obert. He died in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Cricketer Wilkinson made his first-cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wilkinson (Australian Cricketer)
Robert Wilkinson was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class cricket match for Victoria in 1854. See also * List of Victoria first-class cricketers This is a list of Victoria first-class cricketers. The Victoria cricket team have played first-class cricket since 1851, when they played the Tasmania cricket team at Launceston. Below is a chronological list of cricketers to have represented Vi ... References Year of birth missing Year of death missing Australian cricketers Victoria cricketers Place of birth missing Melbourne Cricket Club cricketers {{Australia-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wilkinson (Australian Politician)
Robert Bliss Wilkinson (1838 – 26 April 1928) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in Northampton to engineer David Wilkinson and Elizabeth Bliss. He attended Hanwell College before migrating to Victoria in 1852. From 1853 he worked for the Castlemaine and Maryborough branches of the Bank of Victoria. He ran a station near Wagga Wagga from 1865 in partnership with J.S. Lavender; they sold out after a few years and became stock agents in 1870, running out of Sydney, Hay, Wagga Wagga and Bourke. On 15 November 1882 he married Alice Georgiana Foss Jarrett; they had no children, but a second marriage on 26 February 1890 to Annie Louise Leitch (''née'' Lavender) resulted in three children. Robert Bliss and Annie Louisa Wilkinson are buried directly alongside Alice Georgiana Foss Wilkinson behind St. Thomas' church in South Strathfield (formerly known as Enfield). In 1880 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balranald. A Free Trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wilkinson (footballer)
Robert Wilkinson (born 25 December 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Career Wilkinson, a ruckman from Inverloch-Kongwak, started his VFL career for Hawthorn as a 17-year old in the 1974 season. He debuted in Hawthorn's round six loss to Fitzroy at Junction Oval and was picked again the following week against Carlton. At some point after this he returned to the bush, but in 1979 returned to the Hawthorn lineup for a second stint of league football. He made five appearances for Hawthorn in the 1979 VFL season, which ended in round 20 after he was suspended. The tribunal gave him two-weeks for spitting at Essendon rover Ken Mansfield. He didn't return to the side in 1980 until round eight and put together nine games for the season. In 1981 he remained at Hawthorn but didn't play senior football. He continued his career in the Victorian Football Association with Camberwell Camberwell () is a district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wilkinson (Canadian Politician)
Robert Wilkinson (February 8, 1888 – January 4, 1967) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1933 to 1937 from the electoral district of Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Point Grey is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was first contested in the general election of 1933. It was created out of parts of Richmond-Point Grey, South Vancouver and ..., a member of the Liberal party. References 1888 births 1967 deaths {{BritishColumbia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Stark Wilkinson
Robert Stark Wilkinson (1843–1936) was a British architect. Born in Exeter, his father was a Town Councillor and Guardian. He studied architecture at the University of Oxford. Notable works * Doulton & Co pottery works, North Lambeth, 1879 * Exeter Lunatic Asylum, Digby, 1886 * Henry Doulton mausoleum, West Norwood Cemetery, c.1888 * Saracen's Head Hotel, No 10 Snow Hill, London. (Alterations) 1896–1903.Saracen's Head Hotel plans Corporation of London Records Office COL/SVD/PL/02/0177 Doulton works Probably his most notable work was the headquarters and factory building of Sir Henry Doulton's pottery works, in North Lambeth. The building was in an extravagant high Gothic style, making extensive use of Doulton pottery tiles and figures for detailing. Only a small portion of the building survives today, as Doulton House. It retains its terracotta tympanum by Doulton's potter George Tinworth George Tinworth (5 November 1843 – 11 September 1913) was an English ceramic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
