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Maureen Wheeler AO is a Northern Irish and Australian businesswoman, who co-founded the travel publisher Lonely Planet with her husband, Tony Wheeler. Personal life
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. 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. Wheeler was born in England.
Wheeler is a surname of English origin. ... Maureen Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet Publications; Michael Wheeler (disambiguation), multiple people;
Rajesh Chandy FBA is the Tony and Maureen Wheeler Chair in Entrepreneurship and Marketing at London Business School. [1] Since 2018, he has been a Fellow of the British Academy. [ citation needed ]
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.
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]
She is known for playing Trixie in Deadwood (2004–2006), Maureen Ashby in Sons of Anarchy (2010), and Abby Donovan in Ray Donovan (2013–2017). Career.