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Robert Lawson (high Sheriff)
Robert Lawson may refer to: *Robert Lawson (architect) (1833–1902), Scottish architect who emigrated to New Zealand *Robert Lawson (author) (1892–1957), American author and artist * Robert Lawson (British Army officer) (died 1816), Royal Artillery officer * Robert Lawson (cricketer) (1901–1974), Australian cricketer *Robert Lawson (high sheriff), English official of Northumberland *Robert Lawson (South Australian politician) (born 1944), Liberal member of the South Australian Legislative Council * Robert Lawson (Victorian politician) (born 1927), Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council * Robert Lawson (racing driver), runner-up in the 2008 SEAT Cupra Championship *Robert Lawson (screenwriter), screenwriter of ''What Goes Up'' *Robert Lawson (Virginia) (1748–1805), American Revolutionary War militia general * Robert C. Lawson (1883–1961), American clergyman, founder of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ * Robert G. Lawson (born 1938), American law professor at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lawson (architect)
Robert Arthur Lawson (1 January 1833 – 3 December 1902) was one of New Zealand's pre-eminent 19th century architects. It has been said he did more than any other designer to shape the face of the Victorian era architecture of the city of Dunedin. He is the architect of over forty churches, including Dunedin's First Church for which he is best remembered, but also other buildings, such as Larnach Castle, a country house, with which he is also associated. Born at Newburgh, in Fife, Scotland, he emigrated in 1854 to Australia and then in 1862 to New Zealand. He died aged 69 in Canterbury, New Zealand. Lawson is acclaimed for his work in both the Gothic revival and classical styles of architecture. He was prolific, and while isolated buildings remain in Scotland and Australia, it is in the Dunedin area that most surviving examples can now be found. Today he is held in high esteem in his adopted country. However, at the time of his death his reputation was at a low ebb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lawson (author)
Robert Lawson (October 4, 1892 – May 27, 1957) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He won the Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in '' They Were Strong and Good'' in 1941 and the Newbery award for his short story for ''Rabbit Hill'' in 1945. Background Born in New York City, Lawson spent his early life in Montclair, New Jersey. Following high school, he studied art for three years under illustrator Howard Giles (an advocate of dynamic symmetry as conceived by Jay Hambidge) at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (now Parsons School of Design), marrying fellow artist and illustrator Marie Abrams in 1922. His career as an illustrator began in 1914, when his illustration for a poem about the invasion of Belgium was published in ''Harper's Weekly''. He went on to publish in other magazines, including the ''Ladies Home Journal'', ''Everybody's Magazine'', ''Century Magazine'', ''Vogue'', and ''Designer''. Camouflage service During World War I, La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lawson (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant-General Robert Lawson (died 26 February 1816) was a British Army officer who served in the Royal Artillery during the American War of Independence and the Egyptian Campaign. Career Lawson entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, on 17 July 1758, and passed out as a lieutenant-fireworker, royal artillery, on 25 December 1759. Lawson served through the famous siege of Belle Isle in 1761, and was afterwards at Gibraltar for some years. In 1766, he was promoted to second lieutenant, and in 1771 to first lieutenant. He went to America with Lord Cornwallis in 1776 and was deputy-bridgemaster of the army under Sir William Howe, and in 1779 was appointed bridgemaster to Sir Henry Clinton. There is little information respecting his services during the American war, but in the Royal Military Repository, Woolwich, was placed a model of "a field-carriage for small mortars to be used occasionally as howitzers", which is stated to have been invented and used by him at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lawson (cricketer)
Robert Lawson (23 March 1901 – 28 November 1974) was an Australian cricketer. He played two first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ... matches for Victoria in 1931. See also * List of Victoria first-class cricketers References External links * 1901 births 1974 deaths Australian cricketers Victoria cricketers Cricketers from Melbourne {{Australia-cricket-bio-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lawson (high Sheriff)
Robert Lawson may refer to: *Robert Lawson (architect) (1833–1902), Scottish architect who emigrated to New Zealand *Robert Lawson (author) (1892–1957), American author and artist * Robert Lawson (British Army officer) (died 1816), Royal Artillery officer * Robert Lawson (cricketer) (1901–1974), Australian cricketer *Robert Lawson (high sheriff), English official of Northumberland *Robert Lawson (South Australian politician) (born 1944), Liberal member of the South Australian Legislative Council * Robert Lawson (Victorian politician) (born 1927), Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council * Robert Lawson (racing driver), runner-up in the 2008 SEAT Cupra Championship *Robert Lawson (screenwriter), screenwriter of ''What Goes Up'' *Robert Lawson (Virginia) (1748–1805), American Revolutionary War militia general * Robert C. Lawson (1883–1961), American clergyman, founder of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ * Robert G. Lawson (born 1938), American law professor at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lawson (South Australian Politician)
Robert David Lawson, (born 15 August 1944) was an Australian politician from 1993 to 2010 as a Liberal Party member of the South Australian Legislative Council. Prior to entering politics, Lawson was appointed Queen's Counsel. He held many positions in Liberal governments, such as Parliamentary Secretary for Information Technology, Presiding Member of Legislative Review Committee, Minister for the Ageing, Minister for Disability Services, Minister for Administrative Services, Minister for Information Services, Minister for Administrative and Information Services, Minister for Workplace Relations, Consumer Affairs, and briefly, 45th Attorney-General of South Australia The attorney-general of South Australia is the Cabinet minister in the Government of South Australia who is responsible for that state's system of law and justice. The attorney-general must be a qualified legal practitioner, although this wa .... He has also held many positions in the Shadow Ministry, as wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lawson (Victorian Politician)
Robert Lawson (born 18 May 1927) is an Australian former politician. Life and career Lawson was born on 18 May 1927 in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ..., to Leonard Langworthy Lawson, a builder, and Alice Dorothy. He attended local state schools and became the managing director of Lawsons Pty Ltd. After joining the Liberal Party in 1950, Lawson was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1979 as a member for Higinbotham. Lawson was at an event for Mayor Jack Campbell in the 1980's. He held the seat until his retirement in 1992, the year the Kennett government was brought to government at the Victorian state election. Lawson married charity worker Nancy Curtis in 1949. She died from pancreatic cancer in November 2009, at the age of 82. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lawson (racing Driver)
Robert Lawson may refer to: * Robert Lawson (architect) (1833–1902), Scottish architect who emigrated to New Zealand *Robert Lawson (author) (1892–1957), American author and artist *Robert Lawson (British Army officer) (died 1816), Royal Artillery officer *Robert Lawson (cricketer) (1901–1974), Australian cricketer *Robert Lawson (high sheriff), English official of Northumberland * Robert Lawson (South Australian politician) (born 1944), Liberal member of the South Australian Legislative Council *Robert Lawson (Victorian politician) (born 1927), Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council * Robert Lawson (racing driver), runner-up in the 2008 SEAT Cupra Championship *Robert Lawson (screenwriter), screenwriter of ''What Goes Up'' *Robert Lawson (Virginia) (1748–1805), American Revolutionary War militia general *Robert C. Lawson (1883–1961), American clergyman, founder of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ *Robert G. Lawson (born 1938), American law professor at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SEAT Cupra Championship
The SEAT Cupra Championship was a one-make series that ran for six years between 2003 and 2008, the last five of which ran as a support package to the British Touring Car Championship. Originally the prize for winning the championship was a drive for the SEAT works team in the BTCC. From 2005 and onwards this changed to a £100,000 cheque. Throughout the championship's six years, 78 drivers competed. It established itself as one of the main routes into topline Touring Car racing, and drivers went on to do well in either the BTCC or World Touring Car Championship. Past contenders such as Rob Huff, Mat Jackson, James Pickford, Emmet O'Brien and Gordon Shedden mean that tin top fans keep a close eye on these cars and drivers for the next big racing talent. The Cars Cars driven are the SEAT León Cupra. Engine sizes moved from a 1.8 L (first generation Cupra R) to the second generation León with a 2.0 L engine in 2007. The engines use an inline four cylinder layout and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lawson (screenwriter)
Robert Lawson is an American playwright, director, composer, screenwriter and visual artist. His film, What Goes Up, co-written with Jonathan Glatzer and starring Steve Coogan, Olivia Thirlby, Hilary Duff, Molly Shannon and Josh Peck, was released on May 29, 2009. The film was distributed by Sony Pictures, with a DVD release on June 16, 2009 by Sony Home Entertainment. Lawson is the author and composer of dozens of theater works, a number of which are published by Playscripts, Inc. and are regularly produced across the U.S., Europe and Asia''.'' Among these are ''Hiroshima : crucible of light'' which has been produced in Singapore, London, Vancouver and Australia. NYC premiere was in 2009 by the Untitled Theater Co. 61 at Walkerspace. Texts have also appeared in ''American Writing'', ''Poems & Plays'' and ''The Northern New England Review''. He is the recipient of a ''Meet the Composer'' grant for his work on ''Leonardo’s Tank'' produced by Andy’s Summer Playhouse (NH) for wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lawson (Virginia)
Robert Lawson (January 23, 1748 – March 28, 1805) was an officer from Virginia in the American Revolutionary War. In early 1776 Lawson was commissioned a major in the 4th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Army. He eventually became the colonel in command of the regiment. He resigned from the Continental Army in December 1777. Lawson returned to active duty in 1779 as a brigadier general in the Virginia militia. According to some accounts, he commanded the Virginia militia at the Battle of Guilford Court House. Biography Family Robert Lawson was born 23 Jan 1748 and died 28 Mar 1805 in Richmond, Virginia. His obituary in the ''Richmond Gazette and General Advertiser'' states that his funeral was held at the State Capitol that afternoon, and then his body was escorted by the City Guards to the St. John's Episcopal Churchyard for burial. He was the son of Benjamin Lawson and Elizabeth Claiborne. He married Sarah Meriwether Pierce 13 Dec 1769 in VA, daughter of John Pierce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert C
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] |
