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Tony Wheeler AO (born 20 December 1946) [1] is an English-born Australian publishing entrepreneur, businessman and travel writer, co-founder of the Lonely Planet guidebook company with his wife, Maureen Wheeler.
Lonely Planet was founded by married couple Maureen and Tony Wheeler. In 1972, they embarked on an overland trip through Europe and Asia to Australia, following the route of the Oxford and Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition. [6] [7] The company name originates from the misheard "lovely planet" in a song written by Matthew Moore. [8]
Tony Wheeler (born January 19, 1975) is an American former sprinter. [1] Wheeler ran the 200m, 400m and 4x100m for the Clemson Tigers. College career.
Maureen Wheeler was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and moved to London at the age 20, where she met her future husband, Tony. They travelled from London through Europe and Asia, then on to Australia.
In 1973, Tony Wheeler and his wife Maureen Wheeler, the creators of the Lonely Planet guidebooks, produced a publication about the hippie trail called Across Asia On The Cheap. They wrote this 94-page pamphlet based upon travel experiences gained by crossing Western Europe, the Balkans, Turkey and Iran from London in a minivan.
The hit was preceded by a tour of the United States, following which both Dick Allix and Tony Goulden left the band and were replaced by guitarist and singer Eddie Wheeler and drummer Mark Ellen (died 18 February 2021).
The Wheeler Centre, originally Centre of Books, Writing and Ideas, is a literary and publishing centre founded as part of Melbourne's bid to be a Unesco Creative City of Literature, which designation it earned in 2008. [1] It is named after its patrons, Tony and Maureen Wheeler, founders of the Lonely Planet travel guides.
After a successful first defense, Tony Jr.'s own student, Danny "Stuntman" Wheeler (played by actual light-heavyweight boxer Andre Ward) lays Creed out on the canvas and wins his car. Tony Jr. and Wheeler are both later seen training for a supposed match with "Pretty" Ricky Conlan in the intro of the film's version of HBO Boxing's 24/7 and the ...