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Robert Shaw (poet)
Robert John Shaw (born 31 July 1933) is a British poet and pioneer of poetry and jazz fusion. Life Born in Coventry, he grew up in Wyken, where his father was a machine-setter at Morris Motors. As a child, he experienced twenty-five German raids in The Blitz in nine months. He was educated at King Henry VIII School. Shaw first trained as a reporter on ''The Coventry Standard'', under the painstakingly prosaic editorship of former BBC correspondent Edgar Letts, who, troubled by Shaw's copy, often was to be heard enquiring of the chief reporter, "Do you this can be possibly true?". Shaw went on to gain an honours degree in arts (with first-class honours in English Literature) at The University of Leeds, supplementing his grant with work as a correspondent for the Manchester office of ''Melody Maker'' and as a freelance for the ''Yorkshire Evening Post''. Shaw's two years as a conscript in the Army included periods at the Joint Services School for Linguists run by the Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Shaw Plays "Caravan" At The Oasis - The LImes, Lincoln, UK, December, 2001
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] |
