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  1. George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld

    BLP sources date February 2009 Recentism date March 2011 Arthur George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld , Order ... to be a coherent and effective player. George Weidenfeld has served in many philanthropic ... references Reflist http www.strategicdialogue.org trustees Institute for Strategic Dialogue Lord Weidenfeld s Biography http www.ijp.org weidenfeld The IJP George Weidenfeld Bursary for British and German ... Persondata . NAME Weidenfeld, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 13 September 1919 PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna, Austria DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Weidenfeld, George Category ... Category University of Vienna alumni de George Weidenfeld es George Weidenfeld fr George Weidenfeld ... , and newspaper columnist. Weidenfeld attended the University of Vienna and the city s Diplomatic ... commentator for the BBC and also wrote a weekly newspaper column. In 1948, Weidenfeld co founded the publishing firm Weidenfeld & Nicolson with Nigel Nicolson . The firm published several ... . In 1985, Weidenfeld s publishing interests expanded to the United States, when he acquired the Grove ... York division of Weidenfeld & Nicolson to form Grove Nicolson. In 1991, Weidenfeld & Nicolson s UK branch ... company, Grove Nicolson, merged with the Atlantic Monthly Press to form Grove Atlantic Inc. Weidenfeld ... to work on attracting prestigious authors to his imprint s. A notable coup for Weidenfeld & Nicolson came in 2005 when Weidenfeld arranged the publication of Memory & Identity by John Paul II . Weidenfeld ... cite web url http www.europaeum.org content view 111 123 title Weidenfeld Institute for Strategic ... UK , France and Germany . ref in the 1990s, was established with Lord Weidenfeld as its president ... of the National Portrait Gallery England National Portrait Gallery 1988 95 . Weidenfeld, who became a British citizen in 1946, was knighted in 1969 and created Life peer as Baron Weidenfeld of Chelsea ... from the University of Exeter . Weidenfeld has been married to Annabelle Whitestone since 1992 ...   more details



  1. Weidenfeld & Nicolson

    primarysources date November 2010 Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd often shortened to W&N or Weidenfeld is a British publisher of fiction and reference books. It is a division of the Orion Publishing Group . History Founded in the late 1940s by George Weidenfeld and Nigel Nicolson , Weidenfeld & Nicolson established a solid reputation by publishing controversial landmark titles like Vladimir Nabokov s Lolita 1959 and Portrait of a Marriage 1973 , Nicolson s biography of his mother, Vita Sackville West . In its early years Weidenfeld also published nonfiction works by, among others, Isaiah Berlin , Hugh Trevor Roper , and Rose Macaulay , and novels by Mary McCarthy and Saul Bellow . This was followed in subsequent years by a host of titles by world leaders and historians, along with contemporary fiction and glossy illustrated books. ref Weidenfeld & Nicolson , http www.orionbooks.co.uk history.aspx A brief history of the Orion Publishing Group Orionbooks.co.uk. Retrieved February 20, 2009. ref Weidenfeld was one of Orion s first acquisitions after the group s founding in 1991, and formed the core of its offerings. Weidenfeld imprints originally included J. M. Dent and Everyman s Library Everyman Paperbacks , and have expanded greatly since the Orion acquisition and Orion s acquisition in turn by Hachette Livre in 1998. ref Foundation , http www.orionbooks.co.uk history.aspx A brief history of the Orion Publishing Group Orionbooks.co.uk. Retrieved February 20, 2009. ref References reflist External links http www.orionbooks.co.uk Orion website Category Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom Weidenfeld and Nicolson Category Companies with year of establishment missing Category Companies established in the 1940s Lagard re UK publish company stub fr Weidenfeld & Nicolson ...   more details



  1. Edward Weidenfeld

    Edward L. Weidenfeld , is the former counsel to the United States House Committee on Insular Affairs from 1971 1973 ref http books.google.com books?id 3TcDGQAACAAJ&dq Edward Weidenfeld This Nation s Supply of and Demand for Fuel and Energy Resources ref and counsel to the 1980 Reagan Bush campaign. ref http books.google.com books?id loBZAAAAMAAJ&q Edward Weidenfeld&dq Edward Weidenfeld&pgis 1 Media Circus The Trouble With America s Newspapers ref As the founder of the Weidenfeld Law Firm, ref http ... Board Members Bureau of National Affairs ref Weidenfeld was named one of the Top 75 lawyers in Washington ... Need a GOOD Lawyer? Washingtonian Magazine ref Participation in government Weidenfeld was Counsel ... ref Three Presidents appointed Weidenfeld to advisory positions, including the President ... in 1991. In 1982, Weidenfeld was appointed Chairman of the Advisory Panel for Foreign Disaster ... in democratic initiatives In 1983, Weidenfeld was appointed co counsel to the Democracy Project ... during this time, Mr. Weidenfeld negotiated the first free exchange between the U.S. media and Novisti ... Mandela s election in 1984. Notable private sector cases In 1973 Weidenfeld represented the Domestic ... Ammonia ref Weidenfeld also served as Counsel to and sat on the board of Imatron Inc. and InVision ... 4378.htm Dicey Days for This Bomb Detector ref In 1999, Weidenfeld helped facilitate the return of Major ... Development In the late 1980s Mr. Weidenfeld invested in a Brunswick, Georgia multi family apartment ... ref Education Weidenfeld received his law degree from Columbia Law School and his bachelor of science ... Alumni Association Officers and Directors ref Weidenfeld has been elected a life member of the American Law Institute . Personal Weidenfeld is married to Sheila Rabb Weidenfeld, daughter of the late ... reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Weidenfeld, Edward ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Weidenfeld, Edward ...   more details



  1. Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize

    Oxford Weidenfeld Translation Prize is an annual literary prize for any book length translation into English from any other living European language . ref http www.st annes.ox.ac.uk about oxford weidenfeld translation prize.html Oxford Weidenfeld Translation Prize , official web page. ref The first prize was awarded in 1999 in literature 1999 . ref http www.st annes.ox.ac.uk about oxford weidenfeld translation prize prevwinners.html Previous winners . ref Previous winners 2010 Jamie McKendrick for his translation of Valerio Magrelli s The Embrace Selected Poems Faber and Faber 2009 Anthea Bell for her translation of Sa a Stani ic s How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone 2008 Margaret Jull Costa for her translation of E a de Queiroz s Os Maias The Maias Dedalus 2007 Michael Hofmann for his translation of Durs Grunbein s Ashes for Breakfast Selected Poems Faber 2006 Len Rix for his translation of Magda Szab s The Door novel The Door Harvill Secker 2005 Denis Jackson for his translation of Theodor Storm s Paul the Puppeteer Angel Books 2004 Michael Hofmann for his translation of Ernst Junger s Storm of Steel Penguin 2003 Ciaran Carson for his translation of Dante Alighieri s Divine Comedy Inferno Granta 2002 Patrick Thursfield and Katalin Banffy Jelen for Miklos Banffy s They Were Divided Arcadia 2001 Edwin Morgan poet Edwin Morgan for his translation of Ph dre by Jean Racine Carcanet into Scots 2000 Margaret Jull Costa for the translation of Jose Saramago s All the Names Harvill 1999 Jonathan Galassi for his translation of Eugenio Montale s Collected Poems Carcanet Notes reflist External links http www.st annes.ox.ac.uk about oxford weidenfeld translation prize.html Oxford Weidenfeld Translation Prize , official web page. http www.st annes.ox.ac.uk about oxford weidenfeld translation prize prevwinners.html Previous winners . Category Translation awards Category Awards established in 1999 ...   more details



  1. Dov Berish Weidenfeld

    Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Weidenfeld, Dov Berish ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1881 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1965 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Weidenfeld ...   more details



  1. George

    George may refer to TOCright People See George given name See George surname See Saint George See George Orwell Places Australia Lake George, New South Wales Canada George s Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador George Street, St. John s , Newfoundland and Labrador South Africa George, Western Cape United States George Air Force Base , a former U.S. Air Force base located in California George, Iowa George, Washington George County, Mississippi George West, Texas Lake George New York Lake George town , New York Lake George village , New York In computing GEORGE computer , early computer built in 1957 by Argonne National Laboratory GEORGE operating system , a range of operating systems George 1 4 for the ICT 1900 range of computers GEORGE, a programming language invented by Dr. Charles Leonard Hamblin for an Australian version of the DEUCE computer in 1958 Where s George? , a website that tracks the circulation of American currency George robot , a simple humanoid robot built in 1949 by Tony Sale In popular culture george band , an Australian band George Kirrin , Famous Five character known simply as George George Nozuka , better known as George, Canadian singer George Harrison , the lead guitarist in The Beatles pop group Concert for George , event dedicated to George Harrison George TV series George TV series , a Canadian Swiss television series George of the Jungle , an animated TV program George magazine George magazine , a magazine founded by John F. Kennedy, Jr Curious George , a series of illustrated books Hans and Margaret Rey and a children s TV program on PBS Kids George ... Autopilot , affectionately known as George George bus service , a bus service in Falls Church, Virginia George ship George ship , an Australian sloop wrecked in 1806 Kawanishi N1K J , a Japanese fighter aircraft Allied codenamed George Society for the Prevention of Calling Sleeping Car Porters George Other uses George magazine Asda George clothing George clothing , a clothing brand sold ...   more details



  1. The George

    The George is the name of many Public house Inns inn s, hotel s and public house s in the United Kingdom UK . It may also be a common shortening of The George and Dragon . Well known examples include The George, Southwark The George, Dublin The George, one of the public houses and inns in Grantham Other uses The schooner George , captured by the privateer Fly in 1817 disambig ...   more details



  1. George Will

    Infobox person name George Will image GeorgeWill06.jpg image size 200px caption George Will attending ... name George Frederick Will birth date birth date and age mf yes 1941 5 4 birth place Champaign, Illinois ... Frederick L. Will and Louise Hendrickson Will website George Frederick Will born May 4, 1941 is an American ... A Mother s Love, Clarified author Will, George F. page A23 work Washington Post date July 13, 2006 ... . ref name quotes cite web url http www.baseball almanac.com quotes george will quotes.shtml title George Will Quotes work Baseball Almanac date 2000 2007 accessdate December 15, 2007 ref Will has ... Out of Afghanistan first George F. last Will date September 1, 2009 accessdate May 3, 2010 ref ... work The Washington Post title No Checks, Many Imbalances first George F. last Will date February ... work The Washington Post title Guard the Borders And Face Facts, Too first George ... Post title The Abortion Argument We Missed first George F. last Will date December 1, 2005 ... first Ramesh title Penalty Box George Will gets capital punishment wrong. url http old.nationalreview.com ... More Prisoners, Less Crime first George F. last Will date June 22, 2008 accessdate May 3, 2010 ref Additionally, Will is generally skeptical of affirmative action programs. ref cite web title George ... Post title Democrats Prosperity Problem first George F. last Will date June 10, 2007 accessdate May 3, 2010 ref He was also opposed to both George W. Bush and Barack Obama s stimulus plans. ref cite news ... Post title Liberal Policies Paving Way for Higher Taxes first George F. last Will date July ... work The Washington Post title The Right Minimum Wage first George F. last Will date January ... first George F. last Will date January 20, 2005 accessdate May 3, 2010 ref Criticism of the George W. Bush administration George Will opposed the nomination of Harriet Miers to the United States Supreme Court and was among the first to do so. Will expressed reservations about Presidency of George ...   more details



  1. George Is On

    Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name George Is On Type Album Longtype Artist Deep Dish Cover Deep Dish George is On.jpg Released July 12, 2005 Recorded &mdash Genre Electronica br Progressive house Length 72 min. Label Thrive Records br EMI Producer Reviews Allmusic Rating 3.5 5 Allmusic class album id r781523 pure url yes link Last album This album Next album Image Deep Dish George is On intnl.jpg thumb 200px right International version cover George is On is the second album by dance music duo Deep Dish . It features their recent Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart hit Flashdance which features Anousheh Khalili also their biggest UK chart hit, reaching 3 , as well as a remake of the classic Fleetwood Mac song Dreams Fleetwood Mac song Dreams , for which Stevie Nicks provided new vocals. Say Hello , the second single released from the album, hit number one on the U.S. dance chart in September 2005, becoming their second dance chart topper their first being The Future of the Future Stay Gold , a collaboration with Everything But the Girl from 1998 . Track listings Two versions were released for the album the United States version, and the International version. USA version Disc 1 No Stopping For Nicotine Sacramento Flashdance featuring Anousheh Khalili Swallow Me Awake Enough featuring Anousheh Khalili Everybody s Wearing My Head Say Hello featuring Anousheh Khalili Dreams Fleetwood Mac song Dreams featuring Stevie Nicks Dub Shepherd Sexy Ill Sergio s Theme In Love With A Friend Deep Dish vs Dire Straits Flashing For Money Sultan Radio Edit Disc 2 Flashdance David Guetta Guetta & Joachim Garraud Garraud F Me I m Famous Remix Flashdance Hoxton Whores Remix Say Hello Rock Mix Say Hello Steve Angello Angello & Sebastian Ingrosso Ingrosso Remix Say Hello Paul Van Dyk Remix Say Hello Dylan Rhymes Acid Thunder Mix Say Hello & Flashdance Videos Enhanced CD Content ... ru George Is On ...   more details



  1. George Painter

    George Duncan Painter, Order of the British Empire OBE 5 June 1914 &ndash 8 December 2005 ref name guardian cite web first Ronald last Hayman title George Painter Writer whose life of Proust became the standard work publisher The Guardian date 2005 12 05 url http books.guardian.co.uk obituaries story 0,11617,1675304,00.html accessdate 2007 07 31 ref known as George D. Painter, was an English author most famous as a biographer of Marcel Proust . Painter was born in Birmingham . His father was a schoolmaster, and his mother was an artist. ref name guardian He studied classics at Trinity College, Cambridge and later lectured in Latin at the University of Liverpool for one year. From 1938 until World War II and again after the war, he worked at the British Museum in the printed books section. His two volume biography of Proust was published in 1959 and 1965, and is still widely considered to be one of the finest literary biographies in the English language. ref Smith, Dinitia 2000 04 13 Why Proust? And Why Now? The New York Times. ref Its second volume won the Duff Cooper Prize . ref name guardian His later work Chateaubriand Volume 1 The Longed For Tempests was awarded the 1977 James Tait Black Memorial Prize . Bibliography 1951 Andr Gide a critical and biographical study ref name Painter Details taken from a copy of Marcel Proust a biography , London, Chatto and Windus 1959 no ISBN ref London Arthur Barker Revised and enlarged. London Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1968 Translations into French 1968 and Italian 1969 1951 The Road to Sinodun a winter and summer monodrama poems ref name Painter London Rupert Hart Davis 1953 Andr Gide Marshlands and Prometheus Misbound ref name Painter ... Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Painter, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... DEFAULTSORT Painter, George Category 1914 births Category 2005 deaths Category Aston Old Edwardians Category English academics Category English biographers England writer stub fr George Painter pt George ...   more details



  1. George Croft

    refer George W. Croft George Croft rector hndis Croft, George ...   more details



  1. George Szirtes

    George Szirtes pron en s rt born May 9, 1948 is a Hungary Hungarian born United Kingdom British poet, writing in English, as well as a translator from the Hungarian language into English. He has lived in the United Kingdom for most of his life. Life He was born Budapest , and came to England as a refugee in 1956 aged 8. He was brought up in London and studied Fine Art in London and Leeds . His poems began appearing in national magazines in 1973 and his first book, The Slant Door , was published in 1979. It won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize the following year. He has won a variety of prizes for his work, most recently the 2004 T. S. Eliot Prize , for his collection Reel and the Bess Hokin Prize for poems in Poetry magazine, 2008. His translations from Hungarian poetry, fiction and drama have also won numerous awards. Szirtes lives in Wymondham , Norfolk , and teaches at the University of East Anglia . He is married to the artist Clarissa Upchurch, with whom he ran The Starwheel Press ... Stevenson Bloodaxe British Council 2001 George Szirtes Poetry Archive, 2006 Prizes and Honours 1980 ... programmes 1999 Shortlisted for Weidenfeld Prize for The Adventures of Sindbad 2000 Shortlisted for Forward Prize Single Poem Norfolk Fields 2002 George Cushing Prize for Anglo Hungarian Cultural ... Cultura Hungarica medal 2005 T. S. Eliot Prize, for Reel 2005 Shortlisted for Weidenfeld Prize for the Night ... Poems of Freda Downie Bloodaxe 1995 The Colonnade of Teeth Modern Hungarian Poetry, co edited with George ... links http www.georgeszirtes.co.uk index.php?page biography George Szirtes http georgeszirtes.blogspot.com George Szirtes Blog http www.contemporarywriters.com authors ?p authC2D9C28A0a478228D2TqT2337731 ... www.poetrylibrary.org.uk news poetryscene ?id 168 George Szirtes T S Eliot Lecture, 2005 http www.hungarianquarterly.com ... poetryarchive singlePoet.do?poetId 224 George Szirtes at The Poetry Archive http ... ro George Szirtes ...   more details



  1. George Nathan

    , Antony . The Battle for Spain The Spanish Civil War 1936 1939 . London Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006 ... Persondata . NAME Nathan, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1895 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1937 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Nathan, George Category 1895 births Category ... in the Spanish Civil War Category British Jews spain hist stub an George Nathan ca George Nathan it George Nathan ...   more details



  1. George Griffin

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  1. George Gross

    George Gross may refer to George Gross journalist George Gross American football hndis Gross, George ...   more details



  1. George Reese

    George Reese may refer to George Reese computer programmer George Reese basketball hndis Reese, George ...   more details



  1. George Ashwell

    George Ashwell may refer to George Gilbert Ashwell George Ashwell controversialist hndis Ashwell, George ...   more details



  1. George Saville

    mergeto George Savile date January 2011 George Saville may refer to George Saville Carey George Saville Woods See also George Savile disambiguation hndis Saville, George fr George Savile ...   more details



  1. George Sharpe

    George Sharpe may refer to George H. Sharpe , lawyer George Sharpe politician See also George Sharp , English cricketer hndis Sharpe, George ...   more details



  1. George and the Dragon

    George and the Dragon may refer to George and the Dragon Efteling George and the Dragon Efteling , a wooden roller coaster George and the Dragon film George and the Dragon film , a 2004 historical fantasy film Saint George and the Dragon , a medieval legend See also George and Dragon disambiguation Saint George and the Dragon disambiguation The Dragon and the George disambig ...   more details



  1. George Farmer

    George Farmer is the name of George Farmer wide receiver, born 1948 George Farmer wide receiver, born 1958 , American football player George Farmer wide receiver, born 1993 George Farmer footballer George Farmer navy See also intitle George Farmer Farmer George hndis Farmer, George ...   more details



  1. George Gissing

    Infobox Writer for more information see Template Infobox Writer doc image George Gissing.jpg imagesize 200px caption birthdate birth date 1857 11 22 birthplace Wakefield , Yorkshire , England deathdate death date and age 1903 12 28 1857 11 22 deathplace Ispoure , Saint Jean Pied de Port , France movement Naturalism literature Naturalism notableworks Thyrza 1887 The Nether World 1889 Born In Exile 1892 Will Warburton 1905 signature website footnotes George Robert Gissing pron en s the g in his surname is hard 22 November 1857 28 December 1903 was an English novelist who published twenty three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early Naturalism literature naturalistic works, he developed ... reach new heights by some critics he is counted alongside George Meredith and Thomas Hardy as one ... Clodd , Memories Watts & Co., London 1926 , Chapter 15, pp.  165 195. Paul Delany, George Gissing A Life London Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008 . Deborah McDonald, Clara Collet 1860 1948 An Educated ... Gissing, George Dictionary of National Biography , Second Supplement, Vol. II ... son References Reflist External links Wikisource1911Enc Gissing, George Robert http www.archive.org ... 3AGeorge 20Gissing Works by or about George Gissing at Internet Archive scanned books original editions color illustrated gutenberg author id George Gissing name George Gissing plain text and HTML http ... View?docid dfj62zqb 169gx4gvwdk The George Gissing Website http www.lang.nagoya u.ac.jp matsuoka ... Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gissing, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 22 November ... Ispoure , Saint Jean Pied de Port , France DEFAULTSORT Gissing, George Category 1857 births Category ... Category English short story writers an George Gissing de George Robert Gissing el es George Gissing hr George Gissing it George Gissing nl George Gissing ja pl George Gissing ro George Gissing ru , sh George Gissing ...   more details



  1. George Barris

    George Barris may refer to George Barris auto customizer , designer of custom made cars George Barris photographer , photographer in the U.S. Army and of Hollywood stars hndis Barris, George DEFAULTSORT Barris, George it George Barris ...   more details



  1. Frederick George

    Frederick George may refer to J. Frederick George , a pseudonym of author George Jewsbury Frederick Charles George is the full name of the footballer Charlie George See also intitle hndis George, Frederick ...   more details



  1. George Askew

    George Askew may refer to George Askew, a List of Big Brother 2006 housemates UK George 2006 Big Brother UK housemate George Edward Askew See also George Ayscue hndis Askew, George ...   more details




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