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Edward Vincent Sullivan was an American television personality,impresario,sports and entertainment reporter,and syndicated columnist for the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. He was the creator and host of the television variety program The Toast of the Town,which in 1955 was renamed The Ed Sullivan Show. Broadcast from 1948 to 1971,it set a record as the longest-running variety show in US broadcast history. "It was,by almost any measure,the last great TV show," said television critic David Hinckley. "It's one of our fondest,dearest pop culture memories."
Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900) and to the works they jointly created. The two men collaborated on fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896,of which H.M.S. Pinafore,The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado are among the best known.
Helen Adams Keller was an American author,disability rights advocate,political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia,Alabama,she lost her sight and hearing after a bout of illness at the age of nineteen months. She then communicated primarily using home signs until the age of seven when she met her first teacher and life-long companion Anne Sullivan,who taught her language,including reading and writing;Sullivan's first lessons involved spelling words on Keller's hand to show her the names of objects around her. She also learned how to speak and to understand other people's speech using the Tadoma method. After an education at both specialist and mainstream schools,she attended Radcliffe College of Harvard University and became the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. She worked for the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) from 1924 until 1968,during which time she toured the United States and traveled to 35 countries around the globe advocating for those with vision loss.
Louis Henry Sullivan was an American architect,and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". He was an influential architect of the Chicago School,a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright,and an inspiration to the Chicago group of architects who have come to be known as the Prairie School. Along with Wright and Henry Hobson Richardson,Sullivan is one of "the recognized trinity of American architecture". The phrase "form follows function" is attributed to him,although he credited the concept to ancient Roman architect Vitruvius. In 1944,Sullivan was the second architect to posthumously receive the AIA Gold Medal.
The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20,1948,to March 28,1971,and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie.
Only Fools and Horses.... is a British television sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991,with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until the end of the show in 2003. Set in working-class Peckham in south-east London,it stars David Jason as ambitious market trader Derek "Del Boy" Trotter and Nicholas Lyndhurst as his younger brother Rodney Trotter,alongside a supporting cast. The series follows the Trotters' highs and lows in life,in particular their attempts to get rich.
Maureen O'Sullivan was an Irish-American actress,best known for playing Jane in the Tarzan series of films during the era of Johnny Weissmuller. She was the mother of actress Mia Farrow. She acted the role of mother to Farrow's character in Hannah and Her Sisters and performed with such actors as Laurence Olivier,Greta Garbo and Myrna Loy. In 2020,she was listed at number eight on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
Anne Sullivan Macy was an American teacher best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller.
The 1779 Sullivan Expedition,also known as the Sullivan-Clinton Expedition and Sullivan Campaign was a military campaign,ordered by George Washington and conducted by the Continental Army,during the American Revolutionary War against Loyalists and the four Nations of the Iroquois which had sided with the British. The Americans carried out the campaign as a response to attacks on Wyoming and Cherry Valley by the British-allied Iroquois in 1778.
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Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan is an English professional snooker player who is widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished players in the history of the sport. As a six-time world champion,a record seven-time Masters champion,and a record seven-time UK champion,he has won a record 20 Triple Crown titles,surpassing Stephen Hendry's previous record of 18. He also holds the record for the most ranking titles in the sport,with 37. He has won career prize money of over £12 million,and has been ranked world number one on multiple occasions.
John Higgins,is a Scottish professional snooker player. Since turning professional in 1992,he has won four World Championships,three UK Championships,and two Masters titles for a total of nine Triple Crown titles,putting him on a par with Mark Selby and behind only Ronnie O’Sullivan (20),Stephen Hendry (18) and Steve Davis (15). He has won 31 career ranking titles,putting him in third place on the all-time list behind O'Sullivan (37) and Hendry (36). Known as a prolific break-builder,he has compiled over 800 century breaks in professional tournaments,second only to O'Sullivan. He has also compiled 12 competitive maximum breaks,placing him second behind O'Sullivan (15). He has been ranked world number 1 on four occasions.
John Richard Thomas Sullivan OBE was an English television scriptwriter responsible for several British sitcoms,including Only Fools and Horses,Citizen Smith and Just Good Friends.
The UK Championship is a professional ranking snooker tournament. It is one of snooker's prestigious Triple Crown events,along with the World Championship and the Masters. It is usually held at the Barbican Centre,York. Ronnie O'Sullivan has won the tournament a record seven times,followed by Steve Davis with six titles and Stephen Hendry with five. Zhao Xintong is the reigning champion,winning his first title in 2021.
John Lawrence Sullivan,known simply as John L. among his admirers,and dubbed the "Boston Strong Boy" by the press,was an American boxer recognized as the first heavyweight champion of gloved boxing,de facto reigning from February 7,1882,to September 7,1892. He is also generally recognized as the last heavyweight champion of bare-knuckle boxing under the London Prize Ring Rules,being a cultural icon of the late 19th century America,arguably the first boxing superstar and one of the world's highest-paid athletes of his era. Newspapers' coverage of his career,with the latest accounts of his championship fights often appearing in the headlines,and as cover stories,gave birth to sports journalism in the United States and set the pattern internationally for covering boxing events in media,and photodocumenting the prizefights.
John Lawrence Sullivan was an American lawyer who served in several positions in the US federal government,including as Secretary of the Navy,the first during the administration of Harry S. Truman.
The Sullivans is an Australian period drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran on the Nine Network from 15 November 1976 until 10 March 1983. The series tells the story of a fictional average middle-class Melbourne family and the effect that the Second World War and the immediate post-war events had on their lives. It covers the period between 1 September 1939 to 22 August 1948. It was a consistent ratings success in Australia,and also became popular in the United Kingdom,the Republic of Ireland,the Netherlands,Gibraltar,Greece and New Zealand.
John Andrew Sullivan was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
John Sullivan was a Founding Father of the United States and an Irish-American General in the Revolutionary War winning several key battles most notably the Delaware crossing. He was a delegate in the Continental Congress,where he signed the Continental Association,Governor of New Hampshire,and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.
The Memorial to Arthur Sullivan by William Goscombe John stands in Victoria Embankment Gardens in the centre of London. It was designated a Grade II listed structure in 1958.
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- ↑ "John Sullivan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
