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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.
After travelling across Europe with Maureen Wheeler, they arrived in Melbourne in 1972 and put out their first book, Across Asia on the Cheap in 1973. [4] This would grow into the Lonely Planet empire, a name derived from a misheard Joe Cocker song (the lyric was, in fact, "lovely planet"). [2] They married and had two children, Tashi and ...
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]
Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray; January 19, 1923 – May 31, 2013) was an American character actress of stage, television and film. Stapleton is best known for her portrayal of Edith Bunker, the perpetually optimistic and devoted wife of Archie Bunker, on the 1970s sitcom All in the Family. [1]
Thewlis was born David Wheeler in Blackpool on 20 March 1963, [1] the son of Maureen (née Thewlis) and Alec Raymond Wheeler. [2] [3] His parents ran a toy and wallpaper shop. [2] [3] He has an older and a younger sibling. As a teenager, he played in a rock band called QED and played lead guitar with a punk rock band called Door 66. [4]
He met his first wife, Hyung Poon, whilst working on a guidebook in South Korea.They married in Seoul in 1982, and their son, Ashley, was born in 1989. After their marriage ended, [b] Crowther had a brief second marriage to a woman he met in Kenya, but this also ended in divorce.
Maureen Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet Publications; Michael Wheeler (disambiguation), multiple people; Mavis Wheeler (1908–1970), English socialite and artist's model; Mortimer Wheeler (1890–1976), British archaeologist; Nathaniel Wheeler (1820–1893), American businessman; Nicholas Wheeler (born 1965), British businessman
Maureen / m ɔː ˈ r iː n / is a female name, the female form of the male given name Maurice. In Gaelic, it is Máirín , a pet form of Máire (the Irish cognate of Mary ), which is derived from the Hebrew Miriam .