Robert Duncan
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Arts
- Robert Duncan (writer)Robert Duncan (writer)-Career:Robert Duncan was part of the 'second wave' of writers for Creem magazine, becoming managing editor from 1975 to 1976. In Creem's 1977 Reader Poll, he finished third in balloting for "Best Rock Critic" behind Lester Bangs and Robert Christgau...
(born 1952), American music critic - Robert Duncan (actor)Robert Duncan (actor)Robert Duncan is an English actor. He is best known for his television role as Gus, the jargon-speaking manager, from Drop the Dead Donkey. He also appeared in Casualty as Peter Hayes between 1995 and 1996.-Biography:...
(born 1952), British TV actor - Robert Duncan (composer)Robert Duncan (composer)Robert Duncan is a Canadian composer of film and television music, who composed music for such TV series as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Unit; and films such as Butterfly on a Wheel and Into the Blue 2: The Reef...
, U.S. composer - Robert Duncan (poet)Robert Duncan (poet)Robert Duncan was an American poet and a student of H.D. and the Western esoteric tradition who spent most of his career in and around San Francisco. Though associated with any number of literary traditions and schools, Duncan is often identified with the poets of the New American Poetry and Black...
(1919–1988), U.S. poet
Politics
- Robert B. DuncanRobert B. DuncanRobert Blackford Duncan was an American politician from the state of Oregon. A Democrat, he served multiple terms in the Oregon Legislative Assembly and as a U.S. congressman from Oregon. In the Oregon House of Representatives he served as speaker for four years, and in the U.S. House he...
(1920-2011), U.S. Representative from Oregon - Robert L. DuncanRobert L. DuncanRobert Lloyd Duncan is a Republican member of the Texas Senate from the 28th District, centered on Lubbock. First elected to the Senate in a 1996 special election, Duncan had previously served in the Texas House of Representatives from District 84 from 1989 to 1993.-Background:Duncan is the only...
(born 1953), Texas state senator - Mike DuncanMike DuncanRobert M. "Mike" Duncan was the 60th Chairman of the Republican National Committee. He was elected in January 2007, replacing Ken Mehlman, and served until January 30, 2009, when he withdrew from renomination to the chairmanship...
(Robert M. Duncan, born 1951), 2007 RNC Chairman - Robert Duncan (politician)Robert Duncan (politician)Robert Duncan was was a Unionist politician in Scotland.He was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Glasgow Govan at the 1906 general election, but was defeated at the January 1910 general election....
(1850–1925), Unionist Party (Scotland) MP for Govan
Science and engineering
- Robert C. Duncan (astrophysicist), U.S. astrophysicist
- Robert Duncan (physicist)Robert Duncan (physicist)Robert Duncan is an astrophysicist at the University of Texas at Austin. With Christopher Thompson, he formed the theory around magnetars, and was awarded the Bruno Rossi Prize for this work in 2003.- References :...
, U.S. physicist - Robert C. Duncan (engineer)Robert C. Duncan (engineer)Robert C. Duncan was an American engineer and engineering manager, particularly for the US Government. He is best known for two of the programs he directed to a successful completion - guidance and control for Apollo program, and the Polaroid SX-70 camera.- Biography :He received BS degrees from...
(1923–2003), distinguished U.S. engineer
Other
- Robert C. Duncan (athlete) (1885–1957), British Olympic athlete
- Robert Morton DuncanRobert Morton DuncanRobert Morton Duncan is a former United States federal judge.Born in Urbana, Ohio, Duncan received a B.S. from Ohio State University in 1948 and a J.D. from Ohio State University College of Law in 1952. He was an attorney examiner for the Ohio Bureau of Workmen's Compensation from 1959 to 1960,...
(born 1927), U.S. federal judge - Robert Duncan (bishop)Robert Duncan (bishop)Robert William Duncan, Jr. is an American bishop. He has been Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America since June 2009. In 1997, he was elected Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh...
(born 1948), Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America
See also
- Robert Duncan & Co, Glasgow shipyard
- Bobby Duncum (disambiguation)