Robert Willson (other)
Robert Willson may refer to: *Robert Willson (artist) (1912–2000), American artist and sculptor notable for his creative use of solid glass * Robert Willson (bishop) (1794–1866), English Roman Catholic Bishop of Hobart in Australia *Bob Willson (born 1928), TV host *Robert Meredith Willson (1902–1984), American musician See also *Robert Wilson (other) Robert Wilson may refer to: Entertainment Authors * Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007), American writer, futurist, and mystic * Robert Burns Wilson (1850–1916), American painter and poet * Robert C. Wilson (born 1951), American novelist and law ...

Robert Willson (artist)
Robert William Willson (Mertzon, Texas, May 28, 1912 – San Antonio, June 1, 2000) was an American artist and sculptor notable for his creative use of solid glass. He was one of the first Americans to work with solid glass in partnership with the glass blowers of Murano, Italy. Educated in the American Southwest and in Mexico, he also studied glass in Murano, Italy. He had an especially close artistic association with Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400  ..., spending thirty-seven summers there making glass sculptures. Further reading * * External links * * ** ** 1912 births 2000 deaths Sculptors from Texas American glass artists Southwestern artists 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century American male artists American male sculptors ...
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Robert Willson (bishop)
Robert William Willson (11 December 1794 – 30 June 1866) was an English Roman Catholic bishop, the first Bishop of Hobart, and an advocate for the convicts in Australia. Life Willson was born at Lincoln, England. His father, a builder, belonged to the Church of England, but became a Roman Catholic late in life; his mother was a devout Roman Catholic. In his twentieth year he decided to enter a religious life as a lay brother, but was advised to study for the priesthood. He entered the College of Old Oscott in 1816, was ordained priest in December 1824, and was sent to Nottingham. When he arrived there was a small chapel that would hold 150 people with difficulty, and as the congregation was increasing, Willson found a good site and built St John the Evangelist's Catholic Church, Nottingham, which was completed in 1828. He began to take special interest in the prisons and the lunatic asylum, was placed on the boards of the county hospital and the lunatic asylum, and ...
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Bob Willson
Bob Willson (1928 – December 27, 2019) was a Canadian radio announcer and the host of programs on CBC Television in Winnipeg and Toronto. His broadcasting career started at the age of 18 at CFGP Grande Prairie, Alberta. In 1947 he moved to CKUA Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho .... Willson started with CBC in 1949 at CBW Winnipeg, and was part of the on-air staff reporting on the ''Winnipeg Flood of 1950''. When CBWT started broadcasting in May 1954, he co-hosted the current affairs interview program ''Spotlight'' with Bruce Marsh. In April, 1959, Willson moved to Toronto where he hosted a teen program on CBLT, ''Talk of the Town''. Willson was the Executive Producer for radio coverage of the 1988 Olympics for CBC. Bob Willson died on December ...
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Meredith Willson
Robert Reiniger Meredith Willson (May 18, 1902 – June 15, 1984) was an American flutist, composer, conductor, musical arranger, bandleader, playwright, and writer. He is perhaps best known for writing the book, music, and lyrics for the 1957 hit Broadway musical ''The Music Man'' and "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" (1951). Willson wrote three other Broadway musicals and composed symphonies and popular songs. He was twice nominated for Academy Awards for film scores. Early life Willson was born in Mason City, Iowa, to Rosalie Reiniger Willson and John David Willson. He had a brother two years his senior, John Cedrick, and a sister 12 years his senior, children's writer Dixie Willson. Willson attended Frank Damrosch's Institute of Musical Art (which later became the Juilliard School) in New York City. He married his high-school sweetheart, Elizabeth "Peggy" Wilson, on August 29, 1920; they were married for 26 years.
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