Rob Kirby (racing Driver)
Robert Kirby (1948–2009) was a British musician and arranger. Robert Kirby may also refer to: * Robert J. Kirby (1889–1944), prison warden * Robert Kirby (satirist) (1936–2007), South African satirist * Robert Kirby (humor columnist) (born 1953), syndicated humor columnist for the ''Salt Lake Tribune'' * Robert Kirby (cartoonist) (born 1962), American comics artist See also * Robion Kirby Robion Cromwell Kirby (born February 25, 1938) is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley who specializes in low-dimensional topology. Together with Laurent C. Siebenmann he invented the Kirby–Siebenmann invariant ...

Robert Kirby
Robert Kirby (16 April 1948 – 3 October 2009) was a British-born arranger of string sections for rock and folk music. He was best known for his work on the Nick Drake albums, ''Five Leaves Left'' and ''Bryter Layter'', but also worked with Vashti Bunyan, Elton John, Ralph McTell, Strawbs, Paul Weller and Elvis Costello. Early life He was educated at Bishop's Stortford College an independent school in Hertfordshire, and then Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Cambridge University Patrick Humphries' book ''Way To Blue'' gives some details of Kirby's time at university. He sang in a group called 'The Gentle Power of Song'. His tutor once told him that his compositions sounded like a breakfast cereal commercial. This was intended as an insult, but Kirby took this as his high praise: "As good as that, eh?". Kirby went to Caius College, Cambridge and made friends with Paul Wheeler. They were both members of the Caius Breakfast Club, also called "The Loungers". There were ...
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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 ...
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Robert Kirby (satirist)
Robert Kirby (26 April 1936 – 10 February 2007) was a famous South African satirist, playwright, comedian, novelist, columnist and musician who died in 2007 following complications from a heart operation, four months prior. Career Kirby started his career in the early ’60s as a broadcaster at the SABC where he presented ''The Early Morning Programme''. He became well known for his brand of satirical humour and his sharp wit—both of which were demonstrated in his later column in the South African newspaper, ''Mail & Guardian''. Kirby is particularly remembered for his plays and reviews which were highly monitored due to his Liberalism, liberal attitude to apartheid. Kirby also wrote specialist essays on fly fishing and on Aviation, whilst putting in many hours flying for the Red Cross. Awards Kirby was twice awarded the English Academy of Southern Africa’s Thomas Pringle Award for journalism, in 1996 and 2002, for his reviews and for an educational article respectively. ...
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Robert Kirby (humor Columnist)
Robert Kirby (born 1953 in California) is an American writer. He was a columnist for the ''Salt Lake Tribune'' from 1994 until 2021, focusing on the quirks of Utah and Mormon culture. Biography Kirby was born into a military family. in Barstow, California. He served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Uruguay, where he met his future wife. On his return from Uruguay, he was hired as a police officer with the Grantsville Police Department, and later the Springville Police Department (1979). Kirby began writing columns for the local newspapers the ''Springville Daily Herald'' and ''Utah County Journal'' under the pseudonym ''Officer John "Blitz" Kreeg'' In 1989, Kirby quit the police force to write full-time. The ''Salt Lake Tribune'' has published his column since 1994. Kirby won the 2007 Utah Headliners Award for the Opinion Column category. In September 2018, Kirby was suspended from the ''Salt Lake Tribune'' for three months ...
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Robert Kirby (cartoonist)
Robert Kirby (; born 1962) is an American cartoonist, known for his long-running syndicated comic ''Curbside'' – which ran in the gay and alternative presses from 1991 to 2008 – and other works focusing on queer characters and community, including ''Strange Looking Exile'', ''Boy Trouble'', ''THREE'', and ''QU33R.'' He has worked alongside critically acclaimed queer artists including Diane DiMassa and Alison Bechdel. Background Robert Kirby was born in Detroit, Michigan in September 1962. He lived in Manhattan, New York City, New York for a while, during which he worked on ''Curbside Boys: The New York Years.'' He attended the University of Minnesota. Kirby began publishing comics with ''Strange Looking Exile,'' a zine published in the early 1990s, and grew popular through his long-running comic ''Curbside Boys.'' Kirby was married in October 2013, after same-sex marriage was legalized in Minnesota in May of that same year. He and his spouse John live in Saint Paul, Minnes ...
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