- Sir John Swinburne 7th Baronet
Sir John Swinburne, 7th Baronet was a British Baronet and Liberal politician. He was High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1866 and the Member of Parliament for Lichfield, Staffordshire, between 1885 and 1892. In the 1895 general election he stood as the parliamentary candidate for the Liberal Party in Newbury, but was not elected. - Algernon Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne (April 5, 1837 - April 10, 1909) was a Victorian era English poet. His poetry was highly controversial in its day, much of it containing recurring themes of sadomasochism, death-wish, lesbianism and irreligion. - James Swinburne
Sir James Swinburne (February 28,1858-March 30, 1958) was a British electrical engineer and manufacturer. Often called the "Father of British Plastics", Swinburne revolutionized the plastics industry throughout Europe and his native Britain. Swinburne was a prominent engineer in the electrical industry. He worked on the first electric lightbulb and coined many new electrical words. - George Swinburne
George Swinburne (3 February 1861 - 4 September 1928) Australian engineer, politician and public man. Swinburne was born at Paradise, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. His father, Mark William Swinburne, who married Jane Coates in 1860, was then a draughtsman in the Armstrong works at Elswick, working for a salary of 27s. a week. Later he improved his position, and in 1892 established his own business as a brass-founder, engineer and coppersmith. - John Swinburne
John Swinburne (born July 4, 1930 in Pennsylvania) is the founder of the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (SSCUP) and was that party's sole representative in the Scottish Parliament from 2003 until 2007. He is also a director of Motherwell Football Club. Shortly after his election, it was alleged that Swinburne had made some homophobic comments during the election campaign. Swinburne strongly denied the charge, saying he did not have a "homophobic bone in his body", … - William Swinburne
William Swinburne (1805 - 1883) was a pioneering steam locomotive builder of the United States. Swinburne was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1805. By 1833 he had moved to Paterson, New Jersey, where, in 1837 he was employed by Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor as a pattern maker. He left Rogers employ in 1848 to form his own company in a partnership with Samuel Smith. - John Swinburne
John Swinburne (May 30, 1820 - March 28, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born at Deer River, New York, Swinburne attended the public schools and academies in Denmark and Lowville, Lewis County, and in Fairfield, Herkimer County. He was graduated from the Albany Medical College in 1847 and commenced practice as a physician and surgeon. During the Civil War was appointed a medical officer. - Algernon Charles Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne (April 5, 1837 - April 10, 1909) was a Victorian era English poet. His poetry was highly controversial in its day, much of it containing recurring themes of sadomasochism, death-wish, lesbianism and irreligion. - Richard Swinburne
Richard G. Swinburne (born December 26, 1934) is an eminent British professor and philosopher primarily interested in the philosophy of religion and philosophy of science. - Nora Swinburne
Nora Swinburne (24 July 1902 - 1 May 2000) was a British actress. Her step-daughter is the actress Rosalind Knight. - Theodore Watts-Dunton
Theodore Watts-Dunton (October 12 1832 - June 6 1914) was an English critic and poet. He is now best remembered as the friend and minder of Algernon Charles Swinburne, whom he rescued from alcoholism. Walter Theodore Watts was born at St. Ives in what was then Huntingdonshire. He added his mother's name of Dunton to his surname in 1897. He was originally educated as a naturalist, and saw much of the East Anglian Gypsies, … - Harold Nicolson
Sir Harold George Nicolson KCMG (November 21 1886 - May 1 1968) was a British diplomatist, author and politician. Nicolson was instrumental in preparing Britain's policy towards Greece. His philhellenism was matched by notable Turkophobia. He was the husband of writer Vita Sackville-West, and is best remembered today for that relationship, immortalised in their son's book, "Portrait of a Marriage". - Philip Bourke Marston
Philip Bourke Marston was an English poet. He was born in London. His father, John Westland Marston (1819-1890), wrote verse dramas, and was a friend of Dickens, Macready and Charles Kean. Philip's godparents were Philip James Bailey and Dinah Mulock. At his father's house near Chalk Farm he met authors and actors of his father's generation, and subsequently the Rossettis, Swinburne, Arthur O'Shaughnessy and Henry Irving. In his fourth year, his sight began to decay, … - Edward Moxon
Edward Moxon was a British poet and publisher. He was born at Wakefield in Yorkshire. In 1826 he published a volume of verse, entitled "The Prospect, and other Poems", which was received favourably. In 1830 Moxon was started by Samuel Rogers as a London publisher in New Bond Street. The first volume he produced was Charles Lamb's "Album Verses". Moving to Dover Street, Piccadilly, Moxon published an illustrated edition of Rogers's "Italy", … - John Nichol
John Nichol (September 8, 1833 - October 11, 1894), Scottish man of letters, son of the astronomer J. P. Nichol (1804-1859), was educated at Glasgow and Balliol College, Oxford, where he had a brilliant career. After taking his first-class in classics, he remained at Oxford as a coach. With Albert Venn Dicey, Thomas Hill Green, Swinburne and others, he formed the Old Mortality Society for discussions on literary matters. - George Edward Woodberry
George Edward Woodberry, Litt. D., LL. D. (1855-1930) was an American literary critic and poet, born in Beverly, Mass. He graduated from Harvard in 1877, and became professor of English at the University of Nebraska. In 1891-1904 he was professor of comparative literature at Columbia University. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. - Edmund John
Edmund John (27 November 1883 - 28 February 1917) was a British poet of the Uranian school whose verses were modelled on the Symbolist poetry of Swinburne and other earlier poets. Much of his work was condemned by critics for being overly decadent and unfashionable. He fought in the First World War, but was invalided out in 1916. He died at Taormina, in Sicily, a year later - Richard Lowenstein
Richard Lowenstein is an Australian film director. His mother was author and activist Wendy Lowenstein. He has written, produced and directed the feature films "He Died With A Felafel In His Hand", "Dogs In Space", "Say A Little Prayer", "Strikebound" and "Ghost Story", as well as numerous ground-breaking & award-winning music videos for bands such as INXS and U2, concert performance films and TV commercials. - John Barlas
John Evelyn Barlas (1860 - 1914), pseudonym Evelyn Douglas, was an English poet and political activist of the late nineteenth century. He was a member of the decadent movement in literature, as well as a revolutionary socialist in politics. Eight books of his Swinburne-influenced verse were published between 1884 and 1893, including 1885's "the Bloody Heart", 1887's "Phantasmagoria: Dream-Fugues" and 1889's "Love Sonnets". - Francis Viélé-Griffin
Francis Viélé-Griffin, French poet, was born at Norfolk, Virginia, USA. he was the son of Egbert Ludoricus Viele. He was educated in France, dividing his time between Paris and Touraine. His volumes include: *"Cueille d'avril" (1885) *"Les Cygnes" (1887; new series, 1892) *"La Chevauckee d'Yeldis" (1893) *"Swanhilde", a dramatic poem (1894) *"Laus Veneris" (1895), … - Oliver W F Lodge
Oliver William Foster Lodge, was a poet and author; he was the eldest son of Sir Oliver Lodge (1851-1940), the physicist. O W F Lodge’s published works included "What Art Is" (1927); "Six Englishmen" (six tributes in verse, to Marlowe, Jonson, Shelley, Keats, Swinburne and William Morris); "Summer Stories" (1911), a collection of stories, … - Arthur Henry Bullen
Arthur Henry Bullen, often known as A. H. Bullen, (9 February 1857, London - 29 February 1920, Stratford-on-Avon) was an English editor and publisher, and a specialist in 16th and 17th century literature. His father George Bullen (d. 1894) was librarian at the British Museum. A. H. Bullen's interest in Elizabethan dramatists and poets started at the City of London School, before he went to Worcester College, Oxford to study classics. - Graeme Base
Graeme Base (b. 1958) is a successful Australian author and artist of picture books that have been sold internationally. He is perhaps best known for his second book, "Animalia" published in 1986, and third book "The Eleventh Hour" which was released in 1989. He was born in England but moved to Australia with his family at the age of eight and has lived there ever since. He attended Box Hill High School and Melbourne High School in Melbourne, … - Mark Bolton
Mark Bolton (born April 3, 1979) is an Australian rules footballer. He was recruited to Essendon with pick 4 in the 1997 National Draft, via Ringwood, Victoria and Eastern U18. He went on to make his debut in 1998 and has since played 117 games (as of end 2006 season). He has now played over 100 games, so his offspring will be eligible to represent Essendon under the father/son rule. He is considered lucky to have reached 100 games, … - Houman Younessi
Houman Younessi (b. May 28, 1963) is an American educator, practitioner, consultant and investigator in computer science, information systems, decision science, business, and systems and software engineering. He is currently Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs at the Hartford Graduate Campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Hartford, CT, USA, where he is also director of the Rensselaer Initiative in Systems Engineering (RISE), … - Ray Crooke
Ray Crooke (1922-), is an Australian artist born in Melbourne. He won the Archibald Prize in 1969 with a portrait of George Johnston. His painting "The Offering" (1971) is in the Vatican Museum collection. Many of his works are in Australian galleries. He is known for serene views of Islander people and ocean landscapes, many of which are based on the art of Gauguin. - Sarah Watt
Sarah Watt is an Australian film director. Watt received a masters' degree from the Swinburne University of Technology and is married to actor William McInnes and has given birth to two children within this marriage. In 1995, she directed a short film, "Small Treasures", which won Best Short at the Venice Film Festival. In 2000, she made a program for the SBS series "Swim Between the Flags". - Jack Swinburne
- Paul Swinburne
- Ron Swinburne
- Teresa Swinburne
- Karl Swinburne
- P.J. Swinburne
- Phil Swinburne
- Mercia Swinburne
- Lawrence Swinburne
- Clare Swinburne
- Kathy Bowlen
Kathy Bowlen is an Australian newsreader, journalist and television presenter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She presents the Victorian weekend bulletin and short nightly newsbreaks for "ABC News", as well as the Victorian edition of ABC's "Stateline" current affairs program. In addition to her television work, she is a member of the University Council of Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, … - Swinburne Indo
Swinburne has a strong reputation in Australia and overseas as a provider of career orientated education and as a university with a commitment to research. The University maintains a strong technology base and important links with industry, complemented by a number of innovative specialist research centres which attract a great deal of international interest. - John Hipwell
I have over two decades of experience as a skilled film and television production professional with 23 feature film credits (8 Producer), over 20 international and or national TV documentary credits (10 Production manager & 12 Producer), over 100 hours of TV drama production experience (1st assistant director), 21 cinema commercials director/producer, over 60 Corporate videos as producer and director and many other creative credits on numerous short film, event an new media . . .
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