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Robert Francis (critic)
Robert Francis may refer to: * Robert Francis (MP), Member of Parliament for Staffordshire, c.1400 *Robert Francis (barrister) (born 1950), British barrister specialising in medical law *Robert Francis (musician) (born 1987), American singer/songwriter and producer *Robert Francis (poet) (1901–1987), American poet *Robert Francis (actor) (1930–1955), American actor * Robert Francis (writer) (1909–1946), French writer, winner of the 1934 Prix Femina *Bobby Francis (born 1958), former ice hockey head coach *Bob Francis (radio presenter) (1939–2016), talk back radio presenter for FIVEaa in South Australia *Bob Francis (referee) (born 1942), New Zealand rugby union referee and mayor * Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke (born 1972), American politician *Robert Francis (politician) Robert Francis is a British politician and businessman who has served as Chairman of the Council of the Isles of Scilly since 2018. He, along with his wife Teresa, have owned the Star Castle, Isles of Scil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Francis (MP)
Robert Francis may refer to: * Robert Francis (MP), Member of Parliament for Staffordshire, c.1400 *Robert Francis (barrister) (born 1950), British barrister specialising in medical law *Robert Francis (musician) (born 1987), American singer/songwriter and producer *Robert Francis (poet) (1901–1987), American poet *Robert Francis (actor) (1930–1955), American actor * Robert Francis (writer) (1909–1946), French writer, winner of the 1934 Prix Femina *Bobby Francis (born 1958), former ice hockey head coach *Bob Francis (radio presenter) (1939–2016), talk back radio presenter for FIVEaa in South Australia *Bob Francis (referee) (born 1942), New Zealand rugby union referee and mayor * Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke (born 1972), American politician *Robert Francis (politician) Robert Francis is a British politician and businessman who has served as Chairman of the Council of the Isles of Scilly since 2018. He, along with his wife Teresa, have owned the Star Castle, Isles of Scil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staffordshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Staffordshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1832. History Boundaries and franchise The constituency, which first returned members to Parliament in 1290, consisted of the historic county of Staffordshire, excluding the city of Lichfield which had the status of a county in itself after 1556. (Although Staffordshire also contained the boroughs of Stafford and Newcastle-under-Lyme, and part of the borough of Tamworth, each of which elected two MPs in its own right for part of the period when Staffordshire was a constituency, these were not excluded from the county constituency, and owning property within the borough could confer a vote at the county election. This was not the case, though, for Lichfield.) As in other county constituencies the franchise bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Francis (barrister)
Sir Robert Anthony Francis, KC (born 4 April 1950) is a British barrister. He specialises in medical law, including medical and mental health treatment and capacity issues, clinical negligence and professional discipline.Denis Campbell The Guardian, (30 January 2013Robert Francis QC: the man behind the NHS Mid Staffs report theguardian.com; accessed 11 January 2018. He has appeared as a barrister for and chaired several high-profile inquiries into medical controversies/scandals. He qualified as Bachelor of Law (LL.B) (Hons) at Exeter University. He has been a barrister since 1973 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1992. He is a Recorder (part-time Crown Court judge) and authorised to sit as a deputy High Court Judge. He is a governing Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, where he has chaired its Education and Training Committee. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Francis (musician)
Robert Francis (born September 25, 1987, in Los Angeles, California) is a multi-instrumentalist, Americana singer-songwriter. His debut full-length album, ''One By One'', was released in August 2007 by Aeronaut Records, gaining him notice for its "emotional darkness and musicality". His sound is distinguished by his "bright, gravelly baritone", often conveying the emotion of a more "hardened performer". He is best known for the song " Junebug", which was a top ten airplay hit in Europe in 2010. ''One By One'' (2007) At nineteen years old, Francis "separated himself from his friends and society to write his debut record, One By One." The album took over a year to make with Francis' earning"how to engineer over that period of time." Half of the album was recorded in his childhood home while the rest was recorded at his friend's parents' house while they were out of town. "Songs like Dakota and One By One were recorded there." The album received three and a half stars on the Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Francis (poet)
Robert Francis (August 12, 1901; Upland, Pennsylvania – July 13, 1987) was an American poet who lived most of his life in Amherst, Massachusetts. His 1953 poem, “The Pitcher”, is a classic work among coaches, athletes, baseball players —- and pitchers and artists. It demonstrates brilliantly an example of how any physical action is not just acting on the environment, but also an interactive communication with all elements of it, including the people. Life Robert Francis was born on August 12, 1901 in Upland, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard University in 1923. He would later attend the Graduate School of Education at Harvard where he once said that he felt that he'd come home. He lived in a small house he had built for himself in 1940, which he called Fort Juniper, near Cushman Village in Amherst, Massachusetts. Francis chose to name his home "Fort Juniper" since juniper is nearly indestructible. His main poetic mentor was Robert Frost, and indeed Francis's first vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Francis (actor)
Robert Charles Francis (February 26, 1930 – July 31, 1955) was an American actor. He appeared in only four Hollywood films, all with military themes, before he was killed at age 25 in the crash of a small airplane he was piloting. Early life Robert Charles Francis was born in Glendale, California in 1930. His parents, James and Lillian Francis, ran a family pharmacy. He was the youngest by 10 years of three children. Francis was a conscientious student and an excellent skier, so much so that throughout the majority of his teenage years he had aspirations to join the U.S. Olympic team. While tanning himself on a Santa Monica beach, he was spotted by a Hollywood talent scout who persuaded him that with his handsome, all-American looks he should try to become an actor. Francis graduated from Pasadena City College in 1947 and then began to take acting classes, though interrupted by a two-year stint in the U.S. Army. He attended the Batomi Schneider Drama Workshop, where the husba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Francis (writer)
Robert Francis, pen name for Jean Godmé, (1909–1946) was a French writer, winner of the 1934 edition of the Prix Femina. Biography Robert Francis was Jean-Pierre Maxence's brother, the pseudonym of Pierre Godmé. After studying science, he occupied a post of civil engineer in the North of France in the 1930s. At the same time, he devoted himself to letters and founded with his brother in 1928 a literary magazine, ''Les Cahiers'', which disappeared in 1931. Robert Francis belonged to the middle of the ''jeune droite catholique des années 1930'' ("Young Catholic Right of the 1930s").Nicolas Kessler, Jean-Louis Loubet del Bayle, ''Histoire politique de la jeune droite (1929-1949)'', L'Harmattan, 2001 A friend of Thierry Maulnier, he wrote with him and his brother a work which had a certain success on its release: ''Demain la France'' ("Tomorrow France") which was a charge against the regime of the moment, written on the morrow of the 6 February 1934 crisis. Work ; Histoire d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Francis
Robert Emile Francis (born December 5, 1958) is a Canadian-born American former professional ice hockey player and coach. He played 14 games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings during the 1982–83 season, though most of his career was spent in the minor leagues. He was the head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes of the from June 1999 to February 2004. In 2002 Francis became the first Coyotes' coach to win the Jack Adams Award. He is the son of former NHL general manager and coach Emile Francis. Coaching career Francis served as a player-coach with the Salt Lake Golden Eagles of the International Hockey League (IHL) in 1986, followed by four years as head coach of the IHL's Utah Grizzlies. After head coaching stints in the American Hockey League (AHL) for the Saint John Flames and Providence Bruins, Francis spent two years at the NHL level as an assistant coach to Pat Burns of the Boston Bruins before being hired by the Phoenix Coyotes in 1999. In 2002, afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Francis (radio Presenter)
Robert Neville "Bob" Francis (11 March 1939 – 12 November 2016) was an Egyptian-born Australian talk back radio presenter at radio station 5AA in Adelaide. His program aired between 8pm and 12 midnight on weekdays and was rated as Adelaide's most popular talk back program. In July 2013, it was announced that Francis was to retire at the end of that year. The following month he announced that he would retire from broadcasting on 8 August 2013 after 57 years. A variety of radio, television, media, and music celebrities expressed their appreciation towards his career through taped segments being aired during his last week of broadcast. Life and career Francis was born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1939. Francis hosted his own radio show on 5AA from 1985 to 2013 and was the station's longest serving employee. He completed 50 years in radio. In 1964, at just 25 years of age, while working as a radio DJ, Francis put together a petition of 80,000 signatures which ended up persuading the Bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Francis (referee)
Robert Charles Francis (born 1942) is a New Zealand politician and former rugby union referee. Francis was the mayor of Masterton from 1986 until 2007, and chair of the Wairarapa District Health Board from 2006 to 2013. Early years Francis originally played rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ..., but stopped due to asthma and instead concentrated on refereeing. Referee career Francis started as a referee aged 18 in 1961. He went on to control almost 100 first-class matches. This included 12 Ranfurly Shield games and 10 test matches. During the 1980s, he was rated the world's number one referee. Francis later served as the chairman of the New Zealand Referee Association for 14 years and was on the referee selection panel for several Rugby World Cups. In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beto O'Rourke
Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke ( , ; ; born September 26, 1972) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2013 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, O'Rourke was the party's nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2018, a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, and was the Democratic nominee for the 2022 Texas gubernatorial election. O'Rourke was born into a local political family in El Paso, Texas, and is a graduate of Woodberry Forest School and Columbia University. While studying at Columbia, he began a brief music career as bass guitarist in the post-hardcore band Foss. After his college graduation, he returned to El Paso and began a business career. In 2005, he was elected to the El Paso City Council, serving until 2011; he served as mayor pro tempore during his first year in office. O'Rourke was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012 after defeating eight-term incumbent Democrat Silvestre Reyes i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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