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  Gatorsports.com :: 100 years of Gator Football   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Robert Fraser (1937-1986) was a noted London art dealer of the 1960s and beyond.
Fraser was educated at Eton and spent several years in Africa in the 1950s as an officer of The King's Rifles; it was later rumoured that during this time he had a sexual liaison with the young Idi Amin.
Fraser sponsored the 1966 exhibition by Yoko Ono at the Indica Gallery at which she first met John Lennon.
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 Robert Fraser
Fraser & Son, California Landscape Architects and Seed Growers was a lively concern for many years supplying a large clientele with “original seed grown in the Busch Gardens”.
Robert Gordon Fraser was from Aberdeenshire, Scotland and came to the U.S. circa 1885 with his wife, Alice.
The Frasers were provided a cottage in the Upper Gardens from 1912 to 1927 adjacent to green houses where Robert G. could carry on his experiments with hybrids.
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 Constable Benton Fraser
Robert Fraser won her heart (although she was leaning that way already) when he shot the 'deviant' who was holding her hostage.
Although Fraser was young when she died, he does have vivid memories of her: he told his father's ghost that he'd seen her being petty, angry, brave, frightened, but this only seemed to reaffirm his respect for his mother.
Fraser was raised in the Yukon and the Northwest Territories.
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 Sergeant Robert Fraser
Robert Fraser was a legend in his own time, as was stated at his funeral, and was very well-respected by his peers.
The only time his reputation ever came into question was when Gerrard planted monetary evidence against Robert Fraser who, at that point was dead and could not speak in his own defense.
Gerrard was his friend, and this man ultimately betrayed Robert Fraser and had him killed.
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 Fraser of Philorth
Their earlier years are given under Fraser of that Ilk, from which page there are links to Fraser of Lovat, Fraser of Muchalls, and to here to continue the line of Sir Alexander Fraser of Touchfraser, son of Andrew Fraser, yr of Touchfraser (and grandson and heir of Sir Richard Fraser of Touchfraser).
The successor as Representer of this branch of the Frasers,
Alexander Fraser of Durris and Cowie, 1st of Philorth, knight, Sheriff of Aberdeen, m 1st, in 1375, Joanna 2nd dtr of William, Earl of Ross, with whom he received Philorth, and m 2nd ante 1400 Elizabeth believed a dtr of David Hamilton of Cadzow.
www.baronage.co.uk /bphtm-03/fraser02.html   (1222 words)

  
 ArtScope.net: Groovy Bob: The Life and Times of Robert Fraser (book review)
Fraser's life was a fable of celebrity, the rise and fall of an enigmatic, appetite-driven tastemaker whose facility in art dealing and gallery events furthered the careers of then-fledgelings Peter Blake, Bridget Riley, Richard Hamilton, Andy Warhol, Jim Dine and Ed Ruscha, to name just a few.
Robert Fraser died in relative obscurity in 1986, of complications resulting from AIDS.
Fraser's rise and fall, his trend-setting art wheeling and dealing in "the free-floating spirit" of 60's London, his withdrawal to India, and his forgotten end could have been as riveting as any movie.
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 World Vegetarian Congress - Chiang Mai, Thailand, January 1999 - some particpants
Robert’s own involvement started as soon as he was old enough to carry a collecting tin for the RSPCA, he and his parents being closely involved with this society in Wales.
In 1992, Robert was elected Convenor of the Vegetarian Union of Australasia, a loose grouping of vegetarian societies around the country.
Some of Robert’s other interests include serving on the Board of Management of an Aged Home; working as a volunteer newsreader and program presenter for a “Print Handicapped” radio station in Perth; and listening to classical music, a pleasure we share.
www.ivu.org /congress/thai99/profiles/robert.html   (578 words)

  
 Andy Warhol, Cannes and Robert Fraser
We connected with Robert [Fraser] in London right away - he was really nice.
And we met Robert and we must have shown it in Robert's apartment.
Robert had this amazingly arrogant attitude towards the police which stopped them coming in.
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 PROFILES IN CARDIOLOGY: Robert S. Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Born in Nelson, British Columbia, in 1922, Fraser graduated with an M.D. degree from the University of Alberta in 1946.
At that time, cardiac catheterization was not part of Fraser's activities, so he arranged to participate in a catheterization team in Minneapolis; he later found that most of the essential skills were learned on the job.
Fraser's success in developing cardiology led to his appointment as Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, a position he held from 1969 to 1974.
www.clinicalcardiology.org /productcart/pc/briefs/9903briefs/22-248.profiles_fraser.html   (1371 words)

  
 Conferon Sales Network: Robert Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Robert is based in South Florida and supports new client development throughout the South Florida area and nationwide.
Robert has previously served as President of the Miami Chapter of the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International.
Robert is supported by his wife, Juliadi Two and his daughter Veronique.
www.conferon.com /cnam/profiles/fraser.html   (120 words)

  
 The Novels of Ayi Kwei Armah - Robert Fraser
Fraser begins with an introductory chapter, "The Context: Liberation and Resistance" -- suggesting his approach to Armah's "polemical fiction" (so his subtitle).
Fraser's assessments are quite balanced, acknowledging specific weaknesses and pointing to the particular strengths of each work.
Robert Fraser studied at the University of Sussex.
www.complete-review.com /reviews/ghana/armahak2.htm   (433 words)

  
 Rise and fall of a wheeler-dealer Spectator, The - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
She is scrupulously fair in revealing the dark side of her subject, but on the whole this is a celebration of the life of the most flamboyant art dealer of his generation.
And, since it was Fraser's style always to be part of the action, contributions by such friends as Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Dennis Hopper and other movers and shakers of contemporary social mores make the book an entertaining social history as well as a private consolation.
Robert and his elder brother Nicholas had a lot to live up to, but Nicholas, a conventional paragon, says he was frightened of his father in a way the prodigal Robert was not.
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 Prof Robert Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Prof Robert Fraser is a member of the Medical Research Council Blood Pressure Group.
He is a graduate of the University of Nottingham with postgraduate degrees from the Universities of London and Glasgow.
McLauren Dorrance A, Graham D, Dominiczak A, Fraser R Inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis increases erythrocyte membrane fluidity and unsaturated fatty acid content.
www.medther.gla.ac.uk /mrc/fraser.htm   (1408 words)

  
 Robert Fraser (ITV) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Robert Fraser (1904-1984?) was an Australian who found success in the United Kingdom as a journalist, civil servant and eventually as the first Director General of the British Independent Television Authority (ITA).
However, Fraser is probably best-known for his contribution to the ITV system through his work with the Independent Television Authority.
Fraser continued in the post until 1970, supervising most of the initial construction and development of ITV.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Fraser_(ITV)   (268 words)

  
 Pilka & Associates., P.A. - Practicing in Personal Injury & Wrongful Death, Real Estate, Construction Law, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Fraser worked in the firm of Dempsey and Kelly, later known as Dempsey and Slaughter, until January 15, 1979, when he opened his own office.
Fraser, Hearsay and the Truth of the Matter Asserted: An Evidentiary Island, Florida Bar Journal, February, 1984.
Dempsey and Fraser, Petitioning for the Writ of Certiorari: A Procedural Minuet, Florida Bar Journal, February, 1978.
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 Robert Brownjohn / 15 October 2005 to 26 February 2006 : Graphic Designer (1925-1970) - Design/Designer Information
Combining audacious imagery with ingenious typography, illustration and found objects, ROBERT BROWNJOHN (1925-1970) was among the most innovative graphic designers in 1950s New York and 1960s London, where he designed titles for James Bond films, graphics for the Robert Fraser Gallery and artwork for the Rolling Stones.
In his audacious choice of images – from the bare breasts on a poster for Robert Fraser’s Obsession exhibition, to the gold-painted female torso in his Goldfinger titles – Brownjohn captured the experimental spirit of the 1960s by introducing the progressive ideas of Moholy-Nagy to popular culture in inspired juxtapositions of type and image.
In a poster for the Robert Fraser Gallery he used the nipples of a model’s breasts to represent the Os in the exhibition title, Obsession.
www.designmuseum.org /design/robert-brownjohn   (1765 words)

  
 Amazon.fr : The Chameleon Poet: Livres en anglais: Robert Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The key to Barker’s self-tormenting soul was, as Fraser carefully and plausibly delineates, his conflicted origin and upbringing.
The poet was born a Catholic, in 1913, in parochially Protestant suburban Essex.
In the way that second-rate books often make the best films, Robert Fraser has taken a second division poet’s untamed existence and turned it into a sharp, dry, clever, witty, comprehensive and absorbing portrait of an entire milieu.
www.amazon.fr /Chameleon-Poet-Robert-Fraser/dp/0224062425   (437 words)

  
 Robert Fraser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fraser was fined 20 guineas and legal costs.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, suggested the cover artist, Peter Blake, and also gave Paul McCartney a small painting of an apple by Rene Magritte which is believed to have been the inspiration for the name and logo of the Beatles' record company, Apple Records.
The famous 1967 Richard Hamilton work Swingeing London depicts Jagger and Fraser, in handcuffs, being taken from court to prison in a police van.
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 Robert Fraser, 1926-2006
Robert Frederick Fraser, 79, of Ozark passed away Friday, March 24, 2006.
He was born July 7, 1926, in Kansas City, the son of Edward and Bethel (Brown) Fraser.
Fraser practiced family medicine and obstetrics in Daviess County, Ind. During his 35-year career, he delivered in excess of 3,000 to 4,000 babies.
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 Robert Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The business of Robert Fraser and Partners was originally formed in 1934 by Brown Bothers Harriman and Co and Brown Shipley as Brown Harriman and Co., and was renamed Robert Fraser and Partners Limited on a change of ownership in 1949.
Robert Fraser and its associates has access to substantial funding, which together with a wide range of services and contacts facilitates the operations as consultants, principals, co-principals and intermediaries for corporate vendors, purchasers, professional investors or traders.
The reputation of the house is based on professionalism, thoroughness, confidentiality and expertise in the analysis of the objectives of companies and indiduals introduced.
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 An obitiuary for Sergeant Robert Fraser
Robert Fraser was a legend in his own time and was very well-respected by his peers.
He was the father of Constable Benton Fraser.
Robert Fraser will always be remebered for the advice he offered his son.
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 The Austin Chronicle Books: Twenty Flight Rock: The Summer Rock Roundup
Fraser's interest in modern art revealed itself early, and by the time he was through at Eton, he knew he wanted to be an art dealer.
In 1962, he opened the Robert Fraser Gallery, and was a smashing success.
He was a principle figure in the legendary Redlands drug raid along with Mick and Keith, but Robert was the one who did the time for possession of heroin.
www.austinchronicle.com /gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=82385   (458 words)

  
 Robert Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
obert Fraser, chairman of the law firm Goodwin, Procter & Hoar since 1984, is widely known in the Boston area for his contributions to the city's and state's cultural, business and educational sectors.
A lawyer whose practice has focused on taxation, corporate and banking law, Fraser has also poured much of his energy into civic activities.
In 1987 he and his law partners donated a $1 million permanent endowment, Support for Early Educational Development (SEED), to the Boston Plan for Excellence in the public schools.
www.voice.neu.edu /960516/fraser.html   (95 words)

  
 Robert Fraser Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
A French reader for beginning through intermediate students "Mort a Paris" (Fraser and Williams) is a wonderful selection of adventure and mystery.
by Robert T. Fraser, Ph.D., David C. Clemmons, Ph.D. Addressing the critical issues in community re-entry in a very practical manner, this book is suitable for all members of a community re-entry or brain-injury rehabilitation team.
The twelfth volume of poems in the Walt McDonald First-Book Series, Gregory Fraser's Strange Pieta is a compelling exploration of illness and family life, memory and desire, friendship and loss.
www.alibris.co.uk /search/books/author/Robert_Fraser   (684 words)

  
 Welcome to :: Visual Arts Painting :: Robert Fraser
These stories/paintings are based around a three month period in my life when the difference between reality and fantasy was not a thin fl line but a huge grey blur.
Robert Fraser (Ngati Porou) was born in 1979 to the roar of tumultuous crowds at the Mt Smart Stadium.
He has been a solid 'B' student all of his academic career and graduates from the AUT Bachelor of Visual Arts programme in November of 2001.
visualartsgrads.aut.ac.nz /visarts01/painting/r_fra/r_fra.htm   (207 words)

  
 Cleveland State University || Music Department || Faculty & Staff - Robert Fraser
Robert Fraser, Jazz Guitar, is a legend among Cleveland area guitarists.
Fraser often performs with The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, and is an active theater orchestra musician having performed at the State, Palace, Hanna and Cleveland Playhouse Theaters.
Fraser has a B.S.E.E. degree from the Case Institute of Technology (now Case Western Reserve University).
www.csuohio.edu /music/facultyandstaff/bios/fraser.html   (152 words)

  
 Robert Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Robert Fraser Team and associated companies are assembling syndicated property acquisitions to make co-investments of individual investment properties of between £2.5m.
Robert Fraser has a long history of property financings and holdings and the present co-parties have an established track record of success in commercial property investment in co-ownership over the last ten years.
Copyright © 2004 Robert Fraser · All rights reserved.· by devego.com
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 Royal Navy Seaman Robert Fraser
Died age 22 on 27 February 1942 during the Battle of the Java Sea
Son of Peter Mackie Fraser and Frances Mary Fraser; husband of Winifred Joyce Fraser, of Brockley, London.
Father of Malcolm Robert Fraser (deceased), Grandfather to Ian Rober Fraser and Great-Grandfather to Vincent Robert Fraser.
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 Robert Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Robert chose to relocate to Florida when boyhood friend Trevor Harrison moved the most essential operations of Weston Corporation over from London.
Robert is the youngest of James and Mary Fraser's five children.
As a younger son of the Earl of Selkirk, Rob had every advantage in his upbringing, however he must make his own way in the world.
www.dslink.net /currents/characters/robert.htm   (226 words)

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