About the artist the mathematician Andrew Casson Unreferenced date August 2008 Infobox artist bgcolour 6495ED name A. J. Casson image AJCasson.JPG imagesize caption birth date birth date mf y 1898 05 17 ... members of the Canadian Group of Painters including Lawren Harris , A. J. Casson , Arthur Lismer , A. Y. Jackson , and Franklin Carmichael . Casson developed a painting style with clear colours and background .... Works gallery Image white pine.jpg A. J. Casson s White Pine , 1957 File GiveUsTheTools.jpg A. J. Casson s Give Us The Tools 1941 Victory Bond File AJCasson medal.jpg A.J. Casson Medal Canadian Society ... 2C 201898 1992&CISOFIELD1 creato&CISOROOT lc A. J. Casson, Lethbridge College Buchanan Art Collection Group of Seven Commons Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Casson, A. J. ALTERNATIVE ... February 20, 1992 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Casson, A. J. Category 1898 births Category 1992 deaths ... A. J. Casson ... awards Alfred Joseph Casson , Order of Canada OC May 17, 1898 February 20, 1992 was a member of the Canada ... in 1926 at the invitation of Franklin Carmichael . Casson is best known for his depictions of landscapes .... At the same time, he studied art at Central Technical School . Casson left Hamilton at age 17 ... Franklin Carmichael to sketch and paint on his own. Carmichael introduced Casson to The Arts and Letters .... During the 1920s, Casson continued to paint during his spare time alone and with the Group of Seven ... of Seven member, left the group in 1921, Casson seemed like an appropriate replacement. Later in 1926, he was invited by Carmichael to become a Group of Seven member. Casson joined excitedly. He left ... president. In 1929 Casson married Margaret Petry. His father died shortly after his marriage, and he ..., a number of books were published that celebrated his works. In 1979, Casson began a long term ... Library and Archives Canada ref A.J. Casson died in 1992 at age 93 and is buried on the grounds ... more details
File AJCasson medal.jpg thumb The A. J. Casson Award The A. J. Casson Award is given to an artist whose work is considered the best submission to the annual Open Water competition organized by the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour CSPWC . It is named after Alfred Joseph Casson 1898 1992 , Painting painter . ref A.J. Casson, A Tribute by Paul Duval, Published by Cerebrus Prentice Hall, 1980, ISBN 0 920892 02 7, ISBN 978 0920892022 , ISBN 978 0130005960 ref and a member of Canada s Group of Seven artists Group of Seven . ref A.J. Casson. My favourite watercolours 1919 1957 by Paul Duval, Published by Cerebrus Prentice Hall, 1982, ISBN 978 0920016138 ref It is officially given for outstanding achievement in watercolour painting and is considered Canada s most significant award in this most challenging medium. ref name awards http www.cspwc.com awards.html Awards ref Open Water is as implied open to any artist working in watercolour . The Juried competition juried exhibitions have over the years been held in a number of notable exhibition venues including The National Gallery of Canada Ottawa, Ontario , The Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto, Ontario , The Beaverbrook Art Gallery Fredericton, New Brunswick , The University of Alberta Calgary , The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Halifax , The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria British Columbia , The Peel Heritage Complex Brampton, Ontario and the John B. Aird Gallery Toronto, Ontario . The competition has attracted a distinguished series of jurors and entries from not only Canada but from many other countries . The award consists of a bronze medal created by Dora de Pedery Hunt which carries an image inspired by one of Casson s most ... Honour Award Recipients 1991 2011 A. J. Casson Award Winners 1956 Tom Hodgson 1991 Michael Dobson ... surviving founder of the Society was approved by Casson himself shortly before his death. He was actively ... Anthony J. Batten ref name multiple ref http anthonybatten.com bio.html Anthony J. Batten, bio ... more details
otheruses Casson disambiguation Cassons or Casson is the name of a Yokut people Yokut Native American tribe in central eastern California . The Cassons are also called the Gashowu. The Casson Yokut territory extended from the eastern side of San Joaquin Valley floor eastward to the upper foothills, between the San Joaquin River to the north and Kings River to south. The Cassons signed the Camp Barbour Treaty under Tom quit http www.tachi yokut.com Treaty N.html , on the San Joaquin River, state of California , April 19, 1851. The treaty was signed by several Yokut tribes and between Redick McKee, George W. Barbour, and O. M. Wozencraft , commissioners on the part of the United States of America . Casson Yokut territory included Madera County, California Madera County and parts of Fresno, California Fresno County. The three chiefs who signed for the Cassons were Domingo Perez, Tom mas and Jose Antonio. Many Native Californians had acquired Spanish language Spanish names during the Spanish missions in California Mission Period. The Cassons, like other Yokuts, and central California Native groups, were pushed from their homes in the San Joaquin Valley to Indian reservation reservations after they signed several treaties, including the Camp Babour Treaty. The Barbour Treaty, Fremont Treaty and other California treaties were never ratified. Several Casson Yokut families went to work for Yosemite in the early 1900s. Like the surrounding tribes, the Mono tribe Mono Paiutes and the Miwoks , they resided there half year and returned to their tribal areas. Later in the late 1920s, Yosemite ... Camp Barbour History with treaty http www.gerlecreek.com dumnayokuts dumnayokuts.htm Casson Yokuts http www.ibiadecisions.com Ibiadecisions 14ibia 14ibia265.PDF Casson Yokut BIA case http www.sacred texts.com nam ca scc index.htm Gashowu Casson Yokut tales http www.gerlecreek.com documents yokutsmonoethnography.htm Gashowu Casson Ethnography The site also includes the neighboring Western Monos. Western ... more details
Casson may refer to Casson , tribe in California, USA Casson, Loire Atlantique , a commune in western France Casson is the surname of A. J. Casson 1898 1992 , Canadian artist Andrew Casson born 1943 , Anglo American mathematician Beau Casson born 1982 , Australian cricketer Herbert Newton Casson Herbert N. Cason 1869 1951 , Canadian author and journalist Hugh Casson 1910 1999 , British architect Lewis Casson 1875 1969 , British actor Lionel Casson 1914 2009 , American classicist Mel Casson 1920 2008 , American cartoonist disambig ... more details
xiii 120pp Buckley, Peter J. and Mark C. Casson 1976 The Future of the Multinational Enterprise, London ...Orphan date February 2009 BLP sources date November 2006 Mark Casson born in 1945 is a professor of economics ... private enterprise which is the subject of his most recent book. Published books Casson, Mark C ... Boyes in J. Rly Canal Hist. Soc, 2010, 36, 131 in which it is noted that this is a counterfactual history of the British railway network. Casson, Mark C. 2009 The Multinational Enterprise Revisited The Essential Buckley and Casson with Peter J. Buckley , Basingstoke, Hants Palgrave Macmillan, x 301pp. Casson, Mark C. 2000 Enterprise and Leadership Studies on Firms, Markets and Networks, Cheltenham Edward Elgar, x 290 pp. Casson, Mark C. 2000 Economics of International Business A New Research Agenda, Cheltenham Edward Elgar, xi 316 pp. Casson, Mark C. 1997 Information and Organization, Oxford ... pages 810 811 issn 0363 7425 jstor 259064 ref Casson, Mark C. 1995 Entrepreneurship and Business Culture, Aldershot Edward Elgar, x 283pp. Casson, Mark C. 1995 The Organization of International Business, Cheltenham Edward Elgar, x 209 pp. Casson, Mark C. 1991 Economics of Business Culture Game Theory, Transaction Costs and Economic Performance, Oxford Clarendon Press, xi 286 pp. Casson, Mark C. 1990 Enterprise and Competitiveness Oxford Clarendon Press Casson, Mark C. 1987 The Firm and the Market ... Blackwell, xii 283 pp. Casson, Mark C. and associates 1986 Multinationals and World Trade Vertical ... J. Buckley and Mark C.Casson 1985 The Economic Theory of the Multinational Enterprise Selected Papers, London Macmillan, xii 235pp. Casson, Mark C. 1983 Economics of Unemployment An Historical Perspective, Cambridge, Mass MIT Press and Oxford Blackwell. Casson, Mark C. 1982 The Entrepreneur An Economic ... doi 10.1111 j.1467 9310.1984.tb00516.x ref Casson, Mark C. 1981 Unemployment A Disequilibrium Approach, Oxford Martin Robertson, xv 263pp. Casson, Mark C. 1979 Youth Unemployment, London Macmillan ... more details
S. Akbulut and J. McCarthy, Casson s invariant for oriented homology 3 spheres an exposition. Mathematical .... Herald, The SU 3 Casson invariant for integral homology 3 spheres. J. Differential Geom. 50 1998 ...In 3 dimensional topology , a part of the mathematical field of geometric topology , the Casson invariant is an integer valued invariant of oriented integral homology 3 sphere s, introduced by Andrew Casson . Kevin Walker 1992 found an extension to rational homology 3 sphere s, called the Casson Walker ... 3 manifold s. Definition A Casson invariant is a surjective map math lambda math from oriented integral ... . The Casson invariant is unique up to sign. Properties If K is the trefoil then math lambda left Sigma frac 1 n 1 cdot K right lambda left Sigma frac 1 n cdot K right pm 1 math . The Casson invariant is 2 or &minus 2 for the Poincar homology sphere . The Casson invariant changes sign if the orientation of M is reversed. The Rokhlin invariant of M is equal to the Casson invariant mod 2. The Casson invariant is additive with respect to connected summing of homology 3 spheres. The Casson invariant ... K n math be the result of math frac 1 n math Dehn surgery on M along K . Then the Casson invariant of math M K n 1 math minus the Casson invariant of math M K n math is the Arf invariant of math K math . The Casson invariant is the degree 1 part of the LMO invariant . The Casson invariant for the Seifert ... d a,b frac 1 a sum k 1 a 1 cot left frac pi k a right cot left frac pi bk a right math The Casson invariant as a count of representations Informally speaking, the Casson invariant counts the number of conjugacy ... splitting math Sigma M 1 cup F M 2 math of math Sigma math , the Casson invariant equals math frac 1 ... Rational homology 3 spheres Kevin Walker found an extension of the Casson invariant to rational homology 3 sphere s. A Casson Walker invariant is a surjective map math lambda CW math ... Lescop defined an extension math lambda CWL math of the Casson Walker invariant to oriented compact ... more details
Sir Lewis Thomas Casson Military Cross MC 26 October 1875 ndash 16 May 1969 was a United Kingdom British actor and theatre director and the husband of Dame Sybil Thorndike . Early life Lewis Casson was born ... builder, Thomas Casson, from Wales, and his wife Laura Ann. When he was young the family moved to Denbigh in Wales and Casson was educated at Ruthin School . In 1891 Casson s father decided to make a business ... certificate. In 1900 Casson s father began another organ making business and Lewis worked in this for the next four years. Acting career Casson had always been interested in acting and had taken ... of the United States. When Casson returned to England he became a theatrical director working with Annie ... break of the First World War , Casson joined the Royal Army Service Corps . He later joined the Royal ..., Casson resumed his career as a theatrical director. At this point, his wife, Sybil s fame as an actress was becoming widespread, and Casson supported her in her burgeoning career. He directed Sybil ... South Africa in 1928 and the Middle East , Australia and New Zealand in 1932. In 1938 Casson directed ... coast. During the Second World War Casson organised tours of the Old Vic company to the South Wales valleys . Casson was president of the Equity trade union British Actors Equity Association ..., they were one of the few couples who both held titles in their own right. In 1947 Casson was very successful in the leading role in J. B. Priestley s The Linden Tree . In 1959 Lewis and Sybil celebrated ... Casson http www.bris.ac.uk theatrecollection search people sub plays all?forename Lewis& surname ... archive, University of Bristol of Lewis Casson as director IMDb name 0144348 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Casson, Lewis ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1875 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1969 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Casson, Lewis Category 1875 births Category ... officers de Lewis Casson es Lewis Casson ... more details
title Casson handle author R. Gompf Citation last1 Casson first1 Andrew J. title la recherche de ...In 4 dimensional topology, a branch of mathematics, a Casson handle is a 4 dimensional topological Handle mathematics 2 handle constructed by an infinite procedure. They are named for Andrew Casson , who introduced them in about 1973. They were originally called flexible handles by Casson himself, and harvs txt authorlink Michael Freedman first Michael last Freedman year 1982 introduced the name Casson handle by which they are known today. In that work he showed that Casson handles are topological 2 handles, and used this to classify simply connected compact topological 4 manifold s. Motivation In the proof of the h cobordism theorem , the following construction is used. Given a circle in the boundary of a manifold, we would often like to find a disk embedded in the manifold whose boundary is the given circle. If the manifold is simply connected then we can find a map from a disc to the manifold with boundary the given circle, and if the manifold is of dimension at least 5 then by putting .... Casson s idea was to iterate this construction an infinite number of times, in the hope that the problems about double points will somehow disappear in the infinite limit. Construction A Casson handle .... A Casson handle is constructed by thickening the 2 dimensional construction above to give ... framings, and intersection points now have an orientation. Casson handles correspond to rooted ... can be unravelled so make no difference. The simplest exotic Casson handle corresponds to the tree which ... of more complicated Casson handles, with the Whitehead continuum replaced by a similar but more complicated set. Structure Freedman s main theorem about Casson handles states that they are all homeomorphic ... , and there are an uncountable infinite number of different diffeomorphism types of Casson handles. However the interior of a Casson handle is diffeomorphic to R sup 4 sup Casson handles differ from ... more details
Henry Casson was the Secretary of State for Wisconsin from 1895 until 1899. In 1899, at the start of the 56th United States Congress , he was selected by the Republican majority to serve as Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives . He served from December 4, 1899 until April 4, 1911 when Democrats took control of the chamber at the start of the 62nd United States Congress . References cite book last Anderson first William J. coauthors William A. Anderson ed. title The Wisconsin blue book, 1929 year 1929 url http digicoll.library.wisc.edu cgi bin WI WI idx?type header&id WI.WIBlueBk1929&isize M accessdate 2008 08 23 publisher Democrat Printing Company location Madison, Wisconsin page 144 cite book last Barish first Lawrence S. ed. title State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2007&ndash 2008 url http www.legis.wisconsin.gov lrb bb 07bb format PDF origmonth July year 2007 location Madison, Wisconsin publisher Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau chapter Chapter 8 Statistical Information on Wisconsin chapterurl http www.legis.wisconsin.gov lrb bb 07bb statistics.htm isbn 978 0 9752820 2 1 accessdate 2008 08 23 page 721 s start s off succession box title Secretary of State of Wisconsin before Thomas Cunningham after William Froehlich years 1895&ndash 1899 s end WISecretariesOfState Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Casson, Henry ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Casson, Henry Category Sergeants at Arms of the United States House of Representatives Category Year of birth missing Category Year of death missing Category Secretaries of State of Wisconsin Wisconsin politician stub ... more details
Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson , Royal Victorian Order KCVO , Royal Academy RA , Royal Designers for Industry RDI , 23 May 1910 15 August 1999 was a British architect , interior designer, artist, and influential writer and broadcaster on 20th century design. He is particularly noted for his role as director of architecture at the 1951 Festival of Britain on London s South Bank . Casson s family originated from Wales . He was the nephew of actor, Sir Lewis Casson . Hugh Casson studied at Eastbourne College ..., he worked in the Camouflage Service of the Air Ministry . Hugh Casson was appointed to his role as director ... Hall was led by a 39 year old, Leslie Martin . Casson s Festival achievements led to him being knighted Royal Victorian Order KCVO in 1952. After the war, and alongside his Festival work, Casson went ... College of Art where Casson was Professor of Interior Design from 1955 to 1975 , and the masterplanning ... project lasted some 30 years. As a leading light in the fine arts, Casson also served as Provost ... with Sir Hugh Casson , which, despite its title, was in fact about stately homes and places he enjoyed. Casson is commemorated by Private Eye s Sir Hugh Casson Award, recognising the Worst New ... findarticles.com p articles mi m3575 is 1232 206 ai 58310670 Hugh Casson 1910 1999 span by Peter ... www.vam.ac.uk collections architecture architecture features casson archives index.html title Archives of Sir Hugh Casson and Margaret Macdonald Casson work Architecture accessdate 2011 04 03 start ... Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Casson, Hugh ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 23 May 1910 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 15 August 1999 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Casson, Hugh Category 1910 births Casson, Hugh Maxwell, Sir Category 1999 deaths Casson, Hugh Maxwell, Sir Category British architects Casson, Hugh Maxwell, Sir Category Royal Academicians Casson Category Old Eastbournians Casson Category Alumni of St John s College, Cambridge Category Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian ... more details
Elizabeth Casson 14 April 1881 17 December 1954 was the first female doctor to graduate from the University of Bristol . She set up a residential clinic for women with mental disorder s at Dorset House in Bristol in 1929. In 1930 Dr Casson founded the first school of occupational therapy in the UK at Dorset House. Elizabeth Casson House is a psychiatric intensive care service for women provided by Avon and Wiltshire NHS Trust in Bristol. External links cite web url http www.awp.nhs.uk templates page 1097.aspx title Pioneering mental health service for women opens its doors publisher Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust date 2007 01 09 http www.cot.org.uk members casson pdf COTHistoryBookVolII.pdf Occupational Therapy History Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Casson, Elizabeth ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 14 April 1881 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 17 December 1954 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Casson, Elizabeth Category 1881 births Category 1954 deaths England med bio stub ... more details
Infobox scientist name Andrew Casson image Andrew Casson.jpg image size 250px caption Andrew Casson at Berkeley in 1991 br Photo courtesy George M. Bergman birth date birth year and age 1943 birth place death date death place nationality fields Mathematics workplaces Yale University br University of California, Berkeley br University of Texas at Austin alma mater University of Liverpool doctoral advisor C. T. C. Wall doctoral students Danny Calegari br Darren Long br Geoffrey Mess br Andrew Ranicki known for awards Andrew John Casson Fellow of the Royal Society FRS born 1943 is a mathematician , an expert on geometric topology . Casson is the Philip Schuyler Beebe Professor of Mathematics ref http dailybulletin.yale.edu article.aspx?id 8635 Andrew Casson named the Beebe Professor of Mathematics , Yale Daily Bulletin, June 10, 2011. ref at Yale University in the United States where he served as department chair between 2004 and 2007. His Ph.D. advisor at the University of Liverpool was C ... of the Royal Society . Casson has worked in both high dimensional manifold topology and 3 and 4 ... contributed significantly to the disproof of the manifold Hauptvermutung , introduced the Casson invariant , an important modern invariant for 3 manifold s, and Casson handle s, used in Michael Freedman ... haupt.pdf The Hauptvermutung book including Casson s 1967 Trinity College fellowship dissertation http dx.doi.org 10.2140 gtm.2004.7 Proceedings of the Casson Fest Arkansas and Texas 2003 A conference to celebrate Casson s 60th birthday, with biographical information. http www.maths.ed.ac.uk aar casson index.htm Photos from conference, including the honorary degree presented to Casson by the participants MathGenealogy id 24444 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Casson, Andrew ... DEFAULTSORT Casson, Andrew Category 1943 births Category Living people Category Fellows of the Royal ... mathematician stub de Andrew Casson ... more details
Lionel Casson July 22, 1914 New York City July 18, 2009 New York City ref name Crystal http encyclopedia.jrank.org Cambridge entries 098 Lionel Casson.html Lionel Casson Biography, Crystal Reference Encyclopedia ... http www.archaeology.org 0503 etc casson.html Professor Lionel Casson s Acceptance Speech to the AIA ref Casson earned his B.A. in 1934 at New York University, and in 1936 became an assistant professor ... to Casson . As a teenager he owned a sailboat that he would use on Long Island Sound . He attended ... 25casson.html Lionel Casson, Who Wrote of Ancient Maritime History, Dies at 94 , The New York Times , July 24, 2009. Accessed July 29, 2009. ref After completing his military service, Casson returned ... history and classic literature , Casson used ancient material ranging from Demosthenes s speeches ... Institute of America accepting its Gold Medal, Casson recalled a trip to Southern ... been brought to the surface, Casson said that he immediately knew that he was in on the beginning ... Casson s Acceptance Speech to the AIA, January 8, 2005 , Archaeology magazine , March April 2005 ... submarine s. ref name NYTObit Yale University Press published Casson s 2001 book Libraries in the Ancient ..., 2001. Accessed July 29, 2009. ref In the book, Casson puts Homer at the top of a most popular author ... as the precursor of the modern book. Casson rejects the accepted wisdom that the Library of Alexandria ..., Isaac. I. Asimov, a Memoir , New York, Doubleday, 1994, pages 377 378. ref Casson died of pneumonia ..., as well as two daughters and two grandchildren. ref name NYTObit Bibliography Casson, Lionel 1959 ... Gollancz. Casson, Lionel 1991 . The Ancient Mariners Second Edition . Princeton University Press. ISBN 0 6910 1477 9 Casson, Lionel 1960 . Masters of Ancient Comedy . The MacMillan Co. Casson, Lionel ... Co. ISBN 0 3086 0016 9 Casson, Lionel 1964 . Illustrated History of Ships & Boats . Doubleday & Company, Inc. Casson, Lionel 1974 . Travel in the Ancient World . George Allen & Unwin Ltd. Casson ... more details
Michael Casson OBE 2 April 1925 12 December 2003 born in London, was a studio potter , referred to as respected and charismatic . ref cite web url http www.independent.co.uk news obituaries michael casson 549104.html title Michael Casson Obituaries, News publisher The Independent date accessdate 2011 07 07 ref He studied art and woodwork at Shoreditch College, and ceramics at Hornsey College of Art . ref cite web url http www.uwic.ac.uk ICRC issue006 mcasson articles mc01.htm title Interpreting Ceramics issue 6 publisher Uwic.ac.uk date accessdate 2011 07 07 ref , and was one of the founding potters of the Craft Potters Association , a co operative that acquired a shop and gallery in central London in 1958. ref cite web url http www.northwalespotters.co.uk 2004January mick 20casson.htm title Michael Casson MBE publisher Northwalespotters.co.uk date 2003 12 12 accessdate 2011 07 07 ref In 1976, Casson devised and presented The Craft of the Potter for the BBC a series that involved practical demonstrations and discussion about the art of the ....potter. ref cite web author Walter Keeler url http www.guardian.co.uk news 2003 dec 27 guardianobituaries.artsobituaries title Obituary Michael Casson publisher The Guardian date accessdate 2011 07 07 ref See also Studio pottery References reflist External links http www.independent.co.uk news obituaries michael casson 549104.html Michael Casson obituary Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Casson, Michael ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1925 04 02 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 2003 12 12 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Casson, Michael Category 1925 births Category 2003 deaths Category Officers of the Order of the British Empire Category Artists from London Category English potters Category English television presenters ... more details
Infobox CanadianMP honorific prefix small The Honourable small br name Richard L. Casson honorific suffix br small Queen s Privy Council for Canada PC small image only free content images are allowed for depicting living people see WP NONFREE term start Canadian federal election, 1997 1997 term end Canadian federal election, 2011 2011 predecessor Ray Speaker birth date birth date and age 1948 12 30 birth place Calgary , Alberta successor Jim Hillyer death date death place profession printer party Conservative Party of Canada Conservative party colour Conservative residence Lethbridge , Alberta riding Lethbridge electoral district Lethbridge footnotes term start2 term end2 predecessor2 successor2 spouse Jeanene Casson religion Richard L. Casson post nominals country CAN PC born December 30, 1948 in Calgary , Alberta is a Canada Canadian politician. Casson was a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons , representing the riding of Lethbridge from 1997 to 2011. Before politics Casson is a former manager of printing services. Casson was mayor of Picture Butte, Alberta from 1986 to 1995 and a councillor before that. Entrance to politics In the 1997 federal election Casson received 55.5 of the popular vote. He went on to receive 66 in the 2000 election ... Alliance 2000 2003 and the Reform Party of Canada 1997 2000 . Casson is the Chairman of the Standing Committee on National Defence and Co Chair Permanent Joint Board on Defence. In 2003, Rick Casson ... of Canadian military deployment in Afghanistan to 2009. On January 7, 2010 Casson announced that he ... Official site http www.howdtheyvote.ca member.php?id 59 How d They Vote? Rick Casson s voting ... Persondata . NAME Casson, Rick ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Canadian politician DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1948 PLACE OF BIRTH Calgary , Alberta DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Casson ... from Lethbridge Category Mayors of places in Alberta Category People from Calgary fr Rick Casson ... more details
Felice Casson born 5 August 1953, in Chioggia , Province of Venice is an Italy Italian magistrate and politician , who discovered the existence of Operation Gladio , a stay behind NATO anti communism anti communist army during the Cold War , while investigating an attack on three Carabinieri in 1972, for which two neo fascists were convicted the explosives used in the attack supposedly came from a NATO arms cache. ref cite news title Gladio dominates Italy s political arena publisher The Independent date 1990 11 16 ref 622 Gladio members, including two people who served as prime minister and president, were exposed in the course of the investigation. ref http www.todayszaman.com tz web detaylar.do?load detay&link 140315 Gladio prosecutor Casson Ergenekon like organizations spread like cancer , Today s Zaman , 28 April 2008 ref Passionate about jurisprudence , he graduated from the University of Padua , and entered the magistracy in 1980 as a prosecuting attorney . His most famous efforts were concerned with the Gladio in Italy . He was also the principal prosecutor in the trial of major directors of EniChem and Montedison regarding an environmental disaster and the death of 157 workers due to PVC production in Marghera , an industrial district devoted to petrochemical industries, near Venice, Italy . In 2005, he left the magistracy to run as a candidate for mayor of Venice for the centre left coalition. However, two dissenting centre left parties supported the former mayor Massimo Cacciari , who won by just a handful of votes. Casson went on to be elected as a senator on the Democrats of the Left list during the Italian general election, 2006 2006 general election and again ... References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Casson, Felice ALTERNATIVE ... Casson, Felice Category 1953 births Category Living people Category Venetian politicians ... Italy Italy politician stub de Felice Casson fr Felice Casson it Felice Casson tr Felice Casson ... more details
File Itsmedilly102757.jpg right thumb 460px Alfred James pseudonym for Alfred Andriola and Mel Casson s It s Me, Dilly October 27, 1957 Mel Casson July 25, 1920 May 21, 2008 was an United States American cartoonist with a 50 year career. He is primarily remembered for his work on the daily comic strips Sparky comics Sparky , Angel , Mixed Singles Boomer and Redeye comics Redeye , plus numerous magazine cartoons. ref http www.westportnow.com index.php? v2 comments 20384 ref Born in Boston, Massachusetts , Casson was encouraged by his father to pursue a career in art. He received a scholarship to the Art Students League of New York . Casson signed a cartooning contract with The Saturday Evening Post at age 17, and his artwork began to appear regularly in The Saturday Evening Post , Esquire magazine Esquire , The New York Times , Ladies Home Journal and other major magazines. WWII He enlisted in the infantry for World War II service and made the Normandy Landings Normandy Landing on D Day . His commander was killed instantly upon reaching Omaha Beach , leaving Casson to lead the attack. He ... for Alfred Andriola of Kerry Drake and worked on the strip from 1958 to 1962. In the 1970s, Casson ... , he handed it over to a collaboration of Casson as illustrator and Bill Yates as writer. When Yates himself became ill in 1999, Casson took over both writing and art for the strip, a role he continued until his death in 2008. Mel Casson was married to Mary Lee Culver Casson, an opera singer ... nearly all of his married life. Books Casson had five cartoon books published, including the anthology ... PR292.htm King Features press release announcing Mel Casson s death http www.westportnow.com index.php ... c casson mel.htm Biography by Lambiek.Net Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Casson, Mel ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1920 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH May 21, 2008 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Casson, Mel Category 1920 births Category 2008 deaths ... more details
Infobox cricketer biography playername Beau Casson female image country Australia fullname Beau Casson ... Beau Casson born 7 December 1982 in Subiaco, Western Australia is a former Australian cricket ... cricket team Australia at Test cricket . Primarily a left arm wrist spin ner, Casson is also capable with the bat and has a highest First class cricket First class score of 99. Casson retired from all ... Beau Casson retires from all cricket. ref Early and personal life Casson was born and grew up in the Perth ... name casson http www.theage.com.au news cricket casson coming out of the shadows 2008 05 09 1210131268265.html?page fullpage Casson coming out of the shadows The Age. Retrieved 11 June 2008 ref He ... career. ref name cassonCasson was born with Tetralogy of Fallot , a congenital heart defect for which ... beau casson plenty of ticker 2008 06 05 1212259008344.html Beau Casson Plenty of ticker The Age ... casson2 Junior career A talented junior cricketer, Casson represented the Australian U 19 cricket ... Players 26 26611 Youth Test Matches.html Youth Test Matches played by Beau Casson 3 Cricket Archive ... Matches.html Youth One Day International Matches played by Beau Casson 8 Cricket Archive. Retrieved ... swept the series 3 0 and Casson performed solidly taking 8 wickets at 17.37 with best figures of 5 ... 2000 01 Cricket Archive. Retrieved 11 June 2008 ref Casson has also represented Western Australia .... ref http cricketarchive.com Players 26 26611 Other matches.html Other matches played by Beau Casson ... Casson has represented both New South Wales Blues New South Wales and Western Warriors Western Australia ... As a junior, Casson competed for the Western Australian Under 17 and 19 teams as well as their Second ... debut, Casson also played for a Western Australian XI that took on the travelling England cricket ... Warriors Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2008 ref Casson made his first class debut on 8 December 2003 ... Pura Cup 2002 03 Cricket Archive. Retrieved 17 June 2008 ref Casson, however, had an excellent second ... more details
refimproveBLP date March 2008 COI date March 2008 Johnnie Casson is an England English comedian who has appeared on numerous occasions on British television, notably on ITV s The Comedians TV series The Comedians and many guest spots on Des O Connor Tonight . ref cite web url http www.halifaxcourier.co.uk news Comic Johnnie Casson is star.4223363.jp title Comic Johnnie Casson is star for fete date 26 June 2008 work Evening Courier accessdate 4 November 2010 location Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax ref Early career Casson was born 23 April 1943 in Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax , West Riding of Yorkshire . After leaving school St Bede s Grammar Bradford , Casson joined a band called The Crestas as their drummer. The Crestas supported The Beatles on their first tour of Scotland, and worked many major cabaret venues, such as Batley Variety Club, Wakefield Theatre Club, Caesars Palace, The Maltings, where they backed Tammy Wynette on several TV specials. With The Cresters he appeared regularly on TV shows such as Cliff Richard & Friends and gaining an army of fans when the band were selected for a long residency on Granada TV . While on the cabaret circuit Casson not only drummed, but started performing comedy. The comedy gradually became more popular than the music and in 1984, whilst on a family holiday at a Butlins Holiday Camp, his wife entered him into that week s talent contest. He won the contest, which meant a free holiday to appear in the regional finals, which he again won. The grand final was held at the London Palladium and Casson was again the judges choice. Following this, and a winning slot on Hughie Green s Opportunity Knocks UK TV series Opportunity Knocks , he decided it was time to break from The Crestas, and went on the road as a solo stand up comedy stand ... Casson, Johnnie ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1943 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Casson, Johnnie Category 1943 births Category Living people Category English ... more details
Infobox person name Casson Ferguson image imagesize caption birth date 29 May 1891 birth place Alexandria, Louisiana , USA death date 12 February 1929 death place Los Angeles, California , USA years active 1917 1928 birth name othername occupation Actor Casson Ferguson 29 May 1891 &ndash 12 February 1929 was an American film actor of the silent film silent era . He appeared in 54 films between 1917 in film 1917 and 1928 in film 1928 . He was born in Alexandria, Louisiana , and died in Los Angeles, California . Selected filmography How Could You Jean? 1918 Partners Three 1919 in film 1919 Madame X 1920 film Madame X 1920 in film 1920 Manslaughter 1922 film Manslaughter 1922 in film 1922 Grumpy 1923 film Grumpy 1923 The Road to Yesterday 1925 Cobra 1925 film Cobra 1925 in film 1925 External links imdb name id 0272392 name Casson Ferguson Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Ferguson, Casson Michel ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Actor DATE OF BIRTH 29 May 1891 PLACE OF BIRTH Alexandria, Louisiana USA DATE OF DEATH 12 February 1929 PLACE OF DEATH Los Angeles, California USA DEFAULTSORT Ferguson, Casson Category 1891 births Category 1929 deaths Category American film actors Category American silent film actors Category Actors from Louisiana Category Deaths from pneumonia Category Infectious disease deaths in California US film actor 1890s stub ... more details
MedalTableTop MedalSport Women s slalom canoeing canoe slalom MedalWorldChampionships MedalBronze 1999 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 1999 La Seu d Urgell K 1 team MedalBottom Amy Casson is a Great Britain British slalom canoeing slalom canoer who competed in the late 1990s. She won a bronze medal in the K 1 team event at the 1999 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d Urgell . References http www.canoeicf.com site canoeint if downloads result Pages 2042 83 20from 20Medal 20Winners 20ICF 20updated 202007.pdf?MenuID Results 2F1107 2F0 2CMedal 5Fwinners 5Fsince 5F1936 2F1510 2F0 ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships Part 2 rest of flatwater now sprint and remaining canoeing disciplines 1936 2007. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Casson, Amy ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Casson, Amy Category British canoeists Category Living people Category Year of birth missing living people UK canoe bio stub ... more details
Multiple issues notability February 2010 BLP sources February 2010 Casson Trenor is an American environmentalist , social activist author, restaurateur, blogger and media personality. ref name sustainableoceanproject1 http sustainableoceanproject.com 2009 10 21 casson trenor man on a mission part 1 ref Trenor is the author of Sustainable Sushi ref cite web url http www.sustainablesushi.net learn more about the author title About the Author publisher Sustainable Sushi date 2009 01 13 accessdate 2010 02 24 ref and the co owner of Tataki, San Francisco s first sustainable sushi restaurant. ref name sustainableoceanproject1 He was named one of Time Magazine s Heroes of the Environment 2009 . ref cite web author By SIMON ROBINSON Tuesday, Sep. 22, 2009 url http www.time.com time specials packages article 0,28804,1924149 1924151 1924445,00.html title Heroes of the Environment 2009 Heroes of the Environment 2009 publisher TIME date 2009 09 22 accessdate 2010 02 24 ref See also Sustainable Sushi Sustainable Seafood Miya s References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Trenor, Casson ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Environmentalist DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Trenor, Casson Category Living people Category American environmentalists ... more details
Leslie Frank Casson 1903 1969 was a Middle Ages mediaevalist and art historian. Born in England, he was professor of English Language and Medieval Literature at the University of Cape Town , South Africa , from 1952 68, ref cite book title Guide to the South African manuscript collections in the South African Library, Cape Town year 1987 publisher Government Archives Service url http books.google.com books?id vkyAQAAIAAJ&q 22leslie frank casson 22&dq 22leslie frank casson 22&hl en&ei 472ITYW CInpgAe8wIzCDQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 3&ved 0CDIQ6AEwAjgK ref where he was also head of the department. ref name opland cite book last Opland first Jeff title The dassie and the hunter A South African meeting year 2005 publisher University of KwaZulu Natal Press isbn 9781869140366 pages 1, 105 url http books.google.com books?id jKYaAQAAIAAJ&q 22leslie casson 22&dq 22leslie casson 22&hl en&ei WL2ITYvHHJPrgQejpJDDDQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 10&ved 0CE8Q6AEwCQ ref His area of interest extended from Latin manuscripts ref cite book title A fourteenth century concordance to the Vulgate Ms. Grey 48 b 1 in the South African Public library, Cape Town year 1960 publisher Quarterly bulletin of the South African Library url http books.google.com books?id 4gkGNQAACAAJ&dq 22leslie frank casson 22&hl en&ei yr2ITYSnEsL2gAeN7onSDQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 2&ved 0CC8Q6AEwAQ ... University of Adelaide url http books.google.com books?id spLsNwAACAAJ&dq 22leslie frank casson 22 ... worked on the manuscripts in the Grey Collection , ref cite book last Casson first Leslie Frank title ... frank casson 22&hl en&ei yr2ITYSnEsL2gAeN7onSDQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 5&ved 0CDsQ6AEwBA ... ref Teaching and legacy Casson was known for his stern approach to his students, which included ... . NAME Casson, Leslie ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Art and Middle Ages historian DATE OF BIRTH 1903 PLACE OF BIRTH England DATE OF DEATH 1969 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Casson, Leslie Category ... more details
William Casson 23 October 1796 22 January 1886 was an English botanist , seed merchant, and local historian. He discovered the Fen or Crested Buckler fern Dryopteris cristata in Yorkshire and wrote a local history of Thorne, South Yorkshire Thorne , The History and Antiquities of Thorne, with some account of the drainage of Hatfield Chase 1829, 3rd edition 1874 . He also established a large garden on the edge of the Thorne Moors with his brother John in which he bred varieties of rhododendron , sheep laurel , and springbeauty . William was born in Thorne on October 23, 1796 to Mordecai and Mary Casson. He had two brothers, Mordecai and John Calvert, and one sister, Sarah. After a very basic education at the vicarage school, he was apprenticed to a firm of grocers and later worked in a grocery business in Thorne started by his grandfather. By the mid 1850s, William and his brother John had become successful seedsmen, grocers, and farmers. They established an important nursery east of Thorne where he transformed the unproductive moor into a place for raising a variety of plants for their business Limbert 1991 . William was an ardent Quaker who was closely involved with Thorne Friends Preparative Meeting as well as a member of Balby Monthly Meeting. In March 1879, he became a minister and visited other meetings throughout Yorkshire , often in the company of a Scarborough, North Yorkshire ... burial ground off Church Lane in Thorne. References Casson, William, Dictionary of British ... books?id g7YHAAAAQAAJ&printsec titlepage PPA1,M1 M. Limbert, William Casson of Thorne, The Naturalist 117 1991, 3 15. M. Limbert, Casson s Garden a horticultural venture on Thorne Moors, Landscape Archaeology and Ecology 4 2000, 77 84. William Casson, The History and Antiquities of Thorne, with some ... g7YHAAAAQAAJ&printsec titlepage PPA1,M1 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Casson ... 22 January 1886 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Casson, William Category 1796 births Category 1886 deaths ... more details
Christopher Casson 20 March 1912 &ndash 9 July 1996 was an England English born actor who became a citizen of Republic of Ireland Ireland in 1946. His work included stage, screen, radio and television roles. His portrayal of a Church of Ireland canon in the long running series The Riordans made him known nationwide. Life and work He was born in Manchester , England , the youngest son of actors Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Casson . He made his stage debut at age three in Julius Caesar at the Old Vic . ref name boy cite book last Boylan first Henry year 1998 title A Dictionary of Irish Biography, 3rd Edition page 62 location Dublin publisher Gill and MacMillan ISBN 0 7171 2945 4 ref After a brief naval career he enrolled at the Central School of Dramatic Art at the Albert Hall . He began his professional career in 1930. He toured Egypt, Palestine, Australia and New Zealand during the 1930s. In 1938 he joined the Hilton Edwards and Miche l Mac Liamm ir company at the Gate Theatre in Dublin . He married the Irish stage designer and artist Kay O Connell in 1941, with Mac Liamm ir as his best man. They had two daughters. He became a Roman Catholic in 1946. He worked with Longford Productions until 1950, when he became a freelance actor. Casson achieved national fame with his portrayol of Canon Browne in The Riordans. He also had parts in The Irish RM, Autumn Sunshine and Strangers and Brothers. His film credits included Captain Lightfoot , Shake Hands with the Devil and Frankie Starlight . He was part of a Jacob s Award winning production in 1982, as a member of the Radio ireann Players RT Players , when he acted the part of Virag in RT Radio s Ulysses broadcast unabridged, 30 hour, marathon broadcast of James Joyce s novel, Ulysses novel Ulysses . ref http www.rte.ie readingulysses ... Casson, Christopher ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 20 March 1912 PLACE OF BIRTH Manchester DATE OF DEATH 9 July 1996 PLACE OF DEATH Dublin DEFAULTSORT Casson, Christopher Category ... more details
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