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Samuelson Commission
Samuelson is an English-language patronymic surname meaning "son of Samuel". There are alternative spellings such as the Scandinavian-origin Samuelsson and Samuelsen. It is uncommon as a given name. Samuelson may refer to: * Sir Bernhard Samuelson (1820–1905), British industrialist and educationalist * Cecil O. Samuelson (born 1941), American physician, president of Brigham Young University * Don Samuelson (1913–2000), American politician from Idaho * Emily Samuelson (born 1990), American ice dancer * G. B. Samuelson (1888–1947), British filmmaker * Godfrey Samuelson (1863–1941), British politician, member of parliament 1887–92 * Gar Samuelson (1958–1999), American drummer for the band Megadeth * Sir Henry Samuelson (1845–1937), English politician * Karlie Samuelson (born 1995), American basketball player * Katie Lou Samuelson (born 1997), American basketball player * Linda C. Samuelson (born 1954), American physiologist * Marc Samuelson, British television and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuelsson
Samuelsson is a Swedish patronymic surname meaning "son of Samuel". There are alternative spellings such as the English Samuelson and the Norwegian Samuelsen. It is uncommon as a given name. Samuelsson may refer to: * Bengt I. Samuelsson (born 1934), Swedish biochemist * Evelina Samuelsson (born 1984), Swedish ice hockey player * Guðjón Samúelsson (1887–1950), Icelandic architect * Gunnar Samuelsson (1927–2007), Swedish cross-country skier * Håkan Samuelsson (born 1951), Swedish businessman * Henrik Samuelsson (born 1994), Swedish-American ice hockey player * Kalle Samuelsson (born 1986), Swedish bandy player * Kjell Samuelsson (born 1958), Swedish ice hockey player * Magnus Samuelsson (born 1969), Swedish actor, "World's Strongest Man" * Magnus Samuelsson (footballer, born 1971), Swedish footballer * Magnus Samuelsson (footballer, born 1972), Swedish footballer * Marcus Samuelsson (born 1970), Swedish chef and restaurant owner * Martin Samuelsson (born 1982 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Samuelson
Marc Samuelson is a British TV and film producer and executive producer. Early life Peter Samuelson is his brother. G. B. Samuelson is his grandfather. Emma Samms is his cousin. Career In 1987, Samuelson was a Director of the Association of Independent Producers, Director of the Edinburgh International Television Festival, and MD of Umbrella Films (producers of ''White Mischief'' and ''1984)''. From 1990 to 2006 he ran Samuelson Productions with his LA-based brother, Peter Samuelson, and produced films such as the Oscar-nominated ''Tom & Viv'', the award-winning ''Wilde'' starring Stephen Fry and Jude Law, ''Arlington Road'', ''Gabriel & Me'', ''The Gathering'', ''Things To Do Before You're 30'', and ''Stormbreaker'' which became one of the most successful UK films of 2006, grossing over $13.5m in the UK alone. He executive produced ''The Libertine'', ''Keeping Mum'' and ''Chromophobia''. In August 2007, Samuelson became a director of CinemaNX, the film investment company bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Samuelson
The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French short film * ''Victor'' (2008 film), a 2008 TV film about Canadian swimmer Victor Davis * ''Victor'' (2009 film), a French comedy * ''Victor'', a 2017 film about Victor Torres by Brandon Dickerson * ''Viktor'' (film), a 2014 Franco/Russian film Music * ''Victor'' (album), a 1996 album by Alex Lifeson * "Victor", a song from the 1979 album ''Eat to the Beat'' by Blondie Businesses * Victor Talking Machine Company, early 20th century American recording company, forerunner of RCA Records * Victor Company of Japan, usually known as JVC, a Japanese electronics corporation originally a subsidiary of the Victor Talking Machine Company ** Victor Entertainment, or JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment, a Japanese record label ** Victor Interactive So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Samuelson
Sir Sydney H. Wylie Samuelson (7 December 1925 – 14 December 2022) was a British film director and cinematographer. He was appointed in 1991 by the government of the UK as the first British Film Commissioner. Early life Sydney Wylie Samuelson was born in Paddington, London, to George Berthold Samuelson, a cinema pioneer of the silent film era, and Marjorie Emma Elizabeth Vint. He was educated at the Irene Avenue Council School in Lancing, West Sussex. Career Samuelson started his career as a rewind boy at the Luxor cinema in Lancing, West Sussex. After working in several cinemas in the Midlands as a relief operator for the ABC circuit, he got a job as a trainee film editor with Gaumont British, which was then at Lime Grove in London. After serving in the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1947, he got a job as a trainee cameraman with the Colonial Film Unit. He then went on to work for Rayant Pictures, for whom he filmed the Coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953. In 1954, he set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svend Samuelson
Svend Samuelson (January 24, 1825January 15, 1891) was a Norwegian American immigrant, farmer, and Republican politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Manitowoc County in the 1871 session. Biography Samuelson was born in Christiana, Norway, in January 1825. He received a common school education and emigrated to the United States, settling in the town of Liberty, in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, in 1854. He established a farm there, and served for more than ten years as town clerk. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, he volunteered for service in the Union Army with the 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, frequently referred to as the "Scandinavian Regiment" due to being mostly composed of recent Scandinavian American immigrants. Samuelson was commissioned second lieutenant of Company F in the regiment while it was being organized at Camp Randall, in Madison. The 15th Wisconsin Infantry operated in the western theater of the war, and saw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivert Samuelson
Sivert Vause Samuelson (21 November 1883 – 18 November 1958) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1910. Samuelson was an off-spin bowler and tail-end right-handed batsman who took five MCC wickets in an innings in his third first-class game and found himself in the Test team for the final match in the 1909–10 series, played at Newlands, Cape Town. He failed to take a wicket as England scored 417, with Jack Hobbs making 187. He batted at No 11 in both innings. Samuelson played only one season of Currie Cup cricket for Natal, in 1910–11, taking 13 wickets in each of two matches and finishing with 41 wickets in the season at an average of less than 14 runs per wicket.Christopher Martin-Jenkins Christopher Dennis Alexander Martin-Jenkins, MBE (20 January 1945 – 1 January 2013), also known as CMJ, was a British cricket journalist and a President of MCC. He was also the longest serving commentator for ''Test Match Special'' (TMS) on B ..., ''The Comple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Samuelson
Ruth Culbertson Samuelson (November 4, 1959 – January 23, 2017) was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly, representing the 104th district in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2007 to 2015. From 2000 to 2004, Samuelson served as a member of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners, representing the Fifth District. In 2004, she ran for an At-Large seat on the Board of Commissioners, but lost in a tight general election race. In November 2006, Samuelson was elected to the North Carolina House succeeding five-term incumbent Ed McMahan. Samuelson was elected with 67% of the vote in the election, beating Democrat Paula McSwain. She announced on October 15, 2013, that she would not seek re-election for a fifth term and would leave office at the end of her current term, after the 2014 elections. Samuelson revealed in June 2016 that she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer Ovarian cancer is a cancerous tumor of an ovary. It may originat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Samuelson
Ralph Wilford Samuelson (July 3, 1903 – August 28, 1977) was the inventor of water skiing, which he first performed in the summer of 1922 in Lake City, Minnesota, just before his 19th birthday. Samuelson was already skilled at Aquaplaning_(sport), aquaplaning—standing on a board while being pulled by a Motorboat, powerboat—but he hoped to create something like snow skiing on the water. Lake Pepin, a wide portion of the Mississippi River between Minnesota and Wisconsin, was the venue for his experiments. Patent Samuelson did not patent his invention, nor was his work sufficiently publicized at the time to prevent U.S. Patent 1,559,390 for water skis from being subsequently issued, on October 27, 1925, to prolific inventor Fred Waller of Huntington, New York. Waller marketed his product as "Dolphin Akwa-Skees". Waller later invented the cinema widescreen motion picture system, and in 1952's ''This Is Cinerama'', the first feature film released in the panoramic format, water sk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Samuelson
Peter Samuelson (born 16 October 1951) is an American and British TV and film producer known for films such as ''Revenge of the Nerds'' and ''Arlington Road''. Early life Samuelson was born in London, England, and has a master's degree in English literature from the University of Cambridge. Marc Samuelson is his brother. G. B. Samuelson is his grandfather. Emma Samms is his cousin. Career Samuelson's career in the film industry started in the early 1970s. From 1990 to 2006, Peter Samuelson and Marc Samuelson ran Samuelson Productions. Samuelson served on the initial three-person advisory board for Jeff Skoll's Participant Productions. Producer and executive producer *'' 1660 Vine'' (2022) (Executive Producer) *''Foster Boy'' (2019) (Producer) *'' Man in the Chair'' (2006) (Executive Producer) *'' The Last Time'' (2006) (Producer) *''Stormbreaker'' (2006) (Producer) ** aka '' Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker'' (USA) *''Things To Do Before You're 30'' (2006) (Producer) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Samuelson
Paul Anthony Samuelson (May 15, 1915 – December 13, 2009) was an American economist who was the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. When awarding the prize in 1970, the Swedish Royal Academies stated that he "has done more than any other contemporary economist to raise the level of scientific analysis in economic theory". "In a career that spanned seven decades, he transformed his field, influenced millions of students and turned MIT into an economics powerhouse" Economic historian Randall E. Parker has called him the "Father of Modern Economics", and ''The New York Times'' considers him to be the "foremost academic economist of the 20th century". Samuelson was likely the most influential economist of the latter half of the 20th century."Paul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Samuelson
Pamela Samuelson is the Richard M. Sherman '74 Distinguished Professor of Law and Information Management at the University of California, Berkeley with a joint appointment in the UC Berkeley School of Information and Boalt Hall, the School of Law. Education and early career A 1971 graduate of the University of Hawaii and a 1976 graduate of Yale Law School, Samuelson practiced law as a litigation associate with the New York law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher before becoming an academic. From 1981 through June 1996 she was a member of the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, from which she visited at Columbia, Cornell, and Emory Law Schools. Academic career She was appointed Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School for the Fall 2007 term. She is also co-director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology and a co-founder of Authors Alliance. She has been a member of the University of California at Berkeley School of Law faculty since 1996. Technolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
