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Jack Carlson FRSA (born May 22, 1987) is an American designer, author, archaeologist, and former U.S. national team rowing coxswain. He is the founder of the New York-based apparel brand Rowing Blazers, [1] and has led the revival of several British and American heritage brands, including Warm & Wonderful, Gyles & George, and Arthur Ashe.
Rowing Blazers is an American clothing and accessories brand founded by Jack Carlson. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The brand is known for its blazers , rugby shirts , and other apparel, as well as its colorful, slightly subversive take on " preppy " style, its celebrity clientele, and high-profile collaborations.
Lee Sun-Kyun L'Inconnue de la Seine Lucretia's suicide by Marcantonio Raimondi (1534) Ludwig II of Bavaria. L'Inconnue de la Seine (late 1880s), unidentified French woman pulled out of the Seine, known for the influence of her death mask on literature and art [726] Deborah Laake (2000), American columnist and writer, overdose of pills [727]
Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, Constable of the Tower of London, 1430 – 1475.He fell overboard a ship and his body was found in the English Channel; George, Duke of Clarence (born 1449), executed for treason against his brother king Edward IV of England on 1478, by drowning in a barrel of Malmsey wine; or so the legend says, because modern assessments favour the traditional decapitation ...
He competed in the men's eight event at the 1936 Summer Olympics. [1] Fergusson committed suicide by shooting himself in 1970. [2] [3] Fergusson rowed for the New South Wales Police club in Sydney. In 1936 the Police Club's eight dominated the Sydney racing season, the New South Wales state titles and won the Henley-on-Yarra event. [4]
In March 1967, a 28-year-old British merchant marine officer, Robin Knox-Johnston, realised that a non-stop solo circumnavigation was "about all there's left to do now".". Knox-Johnston had a 32 foot (9.8 m) wooden ketch, Suhaili, which he and some friends had built in India to the William Atkin Eric design; two of the friends had then sailed the boat to South Africa, and in 1966 Knox-Johnston ...
Fox allegedly offered a prize of $10,000 (roughly $300,000 in 2018 money) to the first men to row across the Atlantic, although no contemporary sources exist that confirm this money was ever offered by Fox or the Police Gazette, or that Harbo and Samuelsen were expecting such a substantial sum. Numerous sources report the men were expecting ...
Alvin Edmund Ulbrickson Jr. (October 10, 1930 – July 6, 2012) was an American rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Ulbrickson was born in Seattle, and was the son of the famed University of Washington rowing coach of the same name, Al Ulbrickson Sr. [1]