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Viner
Viner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Brian Viner (born 1961), English journalist * Charles Viner (jurist), British legal writer *Charles Viner (1812–1906), British philatelist * Cliff Viner (born 1949), American businessman *Emily Viner, Australian mountain bike orienteer * Frederick Viner (1858–1940), English watercolour artist. *Giuseppe Viner (1875–1925), Italian painter *Horace Viner (1880–1955), Welsh footballer * Ian Viner (born 1933), Australian politician * Irina Viner (born 1948), Russian rhythmic gymnastics coach * Jacob Viner (1892–1970), Canadian economist * Katharine Viner (born 1971), English journalist * Michael Viner (1944–2009), American film and record producer *Sir Robert Viner, 1st Baronet (1631–1688), English businessman and Lord Mayor of London * William Litton Viner (1790–1867), British organist and composer * William Samuel Viner (1881–1933), Australian chess master See also *Vyner Vyner is a surname and may refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Viner
Jacob Viner (3 May 1892 – 12 September 1970) was a Canadian economist and is considered with Frank Knight and Henry Simons to be one of the "inspiring" mentors of the early Chicago school of economics in the 1930s: he was one of the leading figures of the Chicago faculty. Paul Samuelson named Viner (along with Harry Gunnison Brown, Allyn Abbott Young, Henry Ludwell Moore, Frank Knight, Wesley Clair Mitchell, and Henry Schultz) as one of the several "American saints in economics" born after 1860. He was an important figure in the field of political economy. Early life Viner was born to a Jewish family on May 3, 1892, in Montreal, Quebec, to Romanian immigrant parents. He earned his undergraduate degree at McGill University in 1914. He received a PhD at Harvard University, where he wrote his dissertation, under the trade economist F. W. Taussig. Academic career Viner was a professor at the University of Chicago from 1916 to 1917 and from 1919 to 1946. At various times, Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Viner
Irina Alexandrovna Viner-Usmanova (russian: Ирина Александровна Винер-Усманова; born July 30, 1948) is an Uzbek-born Russian rhythmic gymnastics coach who is head coach of the Russian national team, president of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation, and former vice president of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Committee of the International Gymnastics Federation. In 2015, Viner was awarded the Olympic Order in recognition of her outstanding achievements in global sports, making Viner the first gymnastics coach in history to receive the award. Thomas Bach, the President of the International Olympic Committee, personally handed her the necklace and presented the award. Viner is one of the most successful gymnastics coaches of all time, her pupils include five of the last six Olympic all-around champions: Margarita Mamun (2016), Evgeniya Kanaeva (2008, 2012), Alina Kabaeva (2004), and Yulia Barsukova (2000). She is married to business magnate A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Samuel Viner
William Samuel Viner (5 December 1881, in East Maitland, New South Wales – 27 March 1933, in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...) was an Australian chess master. He was the West Australian champion in 1900, 1901, 1903 and 1905, and won the Perth Chess Club's handicap tournament three times. He also won four times Australian Chess Championship (1906, 1912, 1913, 1924) and once New Zealand Chess Championship in 1907. References * John van Manen, ''Viner, William Samuel (1881–1933)'', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pp 329–330. External links William S Viner chess games - 365Chess.com 1881 births 1933 deaths Australian chess players {{Australia-chess-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Viner
Brian Viner (born 25 October 1961, London) is an English journalist and author. Viner was born to an unmarried mother at the now demolished Royal Northern Hospital, London, and was adopted by a couple in Southport, Merseyside when a few weeks old. He met his birth parents for the first time in the 1990s. He was educated at King George V School, Southport, then at St Andrews University. In 1985/6 he was a Robert T Jones Memorial Scholar at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. From 1994 to 1999 Viner wrote for the '' Mail on Sunday''. In 1997 he won a '' What the Papers Say'' Award for his work as the paper's television critic. He was a columnist on '' The Independent'' from January 1999 to December 2011, and then turned freelance, writing for numerous national newspapers, including the ''Daily Mail'', '' The Mail on Sunday'', the '' Financial Times'', '' The Sunday Telegraph'', '' The Sunday Times'', '' The Independent'', '' The Guardian'', the '' Daily Mirror'' and the ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Viner (jurist)
Charles Viner (1678–5 June 1756) was an English jurist, known as the author of ''Viner's Abridgment'', and the benefactor of the Vinerian chair and the Vinerian Scholarship at the University of Oxford. Life The son of Mary and Charles Viner, a draper of Salisbury, he was baptised at the church of St. Thomas, Salisbury, on 3 November 1678. He studied for a time at Oxford, where he matriculated at Hart Hall on 19 February 1695. He then resided at Aldershot, Hampshire, and had chambers in the Temple (King's Bench Walk), but was not called to the bar. He married Raleigh Weekes (1681–1761), a descendant of Walter Raleigh, on 16 November 1699 at Saint Ethelburga's church in Bishopsgate in London. There were no children from the marriage. Viner died at Aldershot on 5 June 1756. He and his wife are buried in the churchyard of St Michael's church in Aldershot and have a memorial plaque inside the church. Legacy By his will, dated 29 December 1755, Viner left the remaind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Viner
Charles William Viner A.M., Ph.D., (1812Birch, Brian. ''Biographies of Philatelists and Dealers''. 9th edition. Standish, Wigan: 2008, p.1468. – 14 March 1906) was a British philatelist who was a founding member of the ''Philatelic Society, London'', later to become the Royal Philatelic Society London, and who was present at the initial meeting of the society on 10 April 1869, and serving as its Secretary from 1871 to 1874. His obituary in ''The London Philatelist'' referred to him as the "Father of Philately" and elsewhere he was described as the ''vieille garde'' (old guard) of philately having been actively collecting and writing about stamps since 1860."The Death of Dr. Viner" in ''The London Philatelist'', Vol. XV, No.172, April 1906, pp. 88-89. In 1921 he was entered on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists as one of the founding ''Fathers of philately''. Early days According to Fred Melville, Viner first became interested in stamp collecting in about 1855 when a lady ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Viner
Clifford G. Viner (born 1948)BusinessWeek: "Clifford G. Viner" retrieved May 7, 2015 is an American businessman who founded the III Finance hedge fund October 7, 2012 and is a co-owner of the . Biography Born in . He is of |
Emily Viner
Emily Viner is an Australian mountain bike orienteer. She won a silver medal in the long distance at the 2002 World MTB Orienteering Championships The World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships is the official event for awarding World Champion titles in mountain bike orienteering Mountain bike orienteering (MTB-O or MTBO) is an orienteering endurance racing sport on a mountain bike ..., placed fourth in the sprint, and fifth in the relay with the Australian team. References External links * Emily Vinerat World of O Runners Australian orienteers Female orienteers Australian female cyclists Mountain bike orienteers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Australian sportswomen {{Australia-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Viner
Frederick Viner (5 March 1858 – 17 August 1940) was an English watercolour artist. Frederick Viner, known as Fred, and his twin brother Alfred, were born at Gardener's Lodge, Sheen Mount, East Sheen, sons of William Viner and Jane Whiting; their father was gardener to Mr Henry Porter Smith. He was educated at Mortlake Schools. From 1873 he was a seaman and in 1876 he signed up for ten years service in the Royal Navy but was discharged in 1878. On the 1881 Census he is recorded in Canterbury Prison as a mariner serving 15 months 'hard labour' for housebreaking. He returned in 1899 to live in Richmond at the Grove Road Institution and was recorded there at the time of the 1901 Census. He made his living as a watercolour artist painting local scenes, mostly of Richmond, Kew and Isleworth Isleworth ( ) is a town located within the London Borough of Hounslow in West London, England. It lies immediately east of the town of Hounslow and west of the River Thames and its t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Viner
Giuseppe Vìner (18 October 1875 - 5 October 1925) was an Italian painter, active in depicting rural country landscapes in the style of the Macchiaioli and later in Divisionism. Biography He was born in Seravezza, province of Lucca, in present Tuscany. His main work is a triptych called ''Terra Madre'', now split between the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Florence, a museum of Budapest, and a private collection in Düsseldorf. He committed suicide in his home in Castelverde in Versilia Versilia is a part of Tuscany in the north-western province of Lucca and southern part of Massa-Carrara, and is named after the Versilia river. Known for fashionable Riviera resorts, it consists of numerous clubs that are frequented by local celebr .... Volume 2, by Ugo Ojetti (1926), Page 480. References |
Horace Viner
Horace Viner (1877 – 1935) was a Welsh professional footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke. Career Viner was born in Chirk and played for Birkenhead before joining Stoke in 1904. He was signed as back up to Welsh international goalkeeper Leigh Richmond Roose and Jack Benton. Viner's only appearance for Stoke game against Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ... in March 1904. On his release at the end of the season he joined Rhyl Athletic. After finishing his footballing career at Rhyl, Viner started his own caravan park. Career statistics References Welsh men's footballers Stoke City F.C. players English Football League players 1877 births 1935 deaths People from Chirk Footballers from Wrexham County Borough Men's ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Viner
Robert Ian Viner AO (born 21 January 1933) is an Australian solicitor and barrister,Robert Ian Viner: Curriculum Vitae at Western Australian and former politician. He was the member for the seat of |
