The Two Bobs were an American vaudeville duo who performed successfully in British music halls , and recorded, in the early twentieth century. They were Robert Lee Alden (1876–1932) and Robert Joseph Adams (1874–1948).
13-957: Robert , Bob or Bobby Adams may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Bob Adams (1874–1948), one half of American vaudeville duo The Two Bobs Robert Adams (actor) (1906–1965), British Guyanese actor Robert Adams (sculptor) (1917–1983), British sculptor and designer Robert Adams (science fiction writer) (1933–1990), American science fiction and fantasy writer, best known for his Horseclans series Robert Adams (photographer) (born 1937), American photographer Robert 'Shellsuit Bob' Adams , fictional character in BBC Scotland's River City Sportsmen [ edit ] Bob Adams (1920s pitcher) (1901–1996), American League baseball pitcher Bob Adams (1930s pitcher) (1907–1970), National League baseball pitcher Bob Adams (footballer) (1917–1970), English footballer who played in
26-762: A song which they recorded and which was popularised in the 1960s by singer Val Doonican . Adams married the French-born violinist and entertainer Odette Myrtil in 1917, and returned to the U.S.; they later divorced. After he returned to England, he ran a club in Maidenhead , Berkshire . Alden and Adams continued to perform together in England until at least 1927. Alden died in London in 1932, aged 55. Adams died in 1948, aged 74. Robert Merrihew Adams Robert Merrihew Adams FBA (September 8, 1937 – April 16, 2024)
39-568: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Two Bobs Bob Adams and Bob Alden met and joined forces when they were both performing in shows in Chicago . They wrote and sang songs such as "My Girl in Dixie" and "You've Met All Comers But You've Just Met Me", and performed together on stage in New York City in the late 1890s before touring on
52-677: The Gifford Lectures on "God and Being". He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2006 and was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1991. Adams died in Montgomery, New Jersey , on April 16, 2024, at the age of 86. As a historical scholar, Adams had published on the work of the philosophers Søren Kierkegaard and G.W. Leibniz . His work in the philosophy of religion includes influential essays on
65-687: The American Civil War See also [ edit ] Rob Adams (disambiguation) Bert Adams (disambiguation) Robert Adam (disambiguation) Adams (surname) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Adams&oldid=1242084134 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
78-872: The Football League for Bristol Rovers, Cardiff City and Millwall Bobby Adams (1921–1997), Major League Baseball infielder Bob Adams (decathlete) (1924–2019), Canadian decathlete Robert Adams (rower) (born 1942), Canadian rower Bob Adams (American football) (born 1946), American football tight end for several National Football League teams Robert Adams (Australian footballer) (born 1949), Australian rules footballer Bob Adams (first baseman) (born 1952), Major League Baseball utility player Politicians [ edit ] Robert H. Adams (1792–1830), US senator from Mississippi, 1830 Robert Patten Adams (1831–1911), puisne judge and politician in Tasmania, Australia Robert Adams Jr. (1849–1906), member of
91-730: The Two Bobs recorded in Britain for the Columbia Phonograph Company , and introduced such American songs as " Alexander's Ragtime Band ", " Casey Jones ", and " Waiting for the Robert E. Lee ". From 1916, they recorded for Edison Bell 's 'The Winner' label. They wrote many of their own songs, and increasingly focused on novelty songs . They also wrote with English songwriters Bert Lee and R. P. Weston , and found success with "When Paderewski Plays" (1916) and with " Paddy McGinty's Goat ",
104-965: The US House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, 1893–1906 Robert Adams VI (1963–2019), lobbyist, political campaign manager and strategist Robert Stanley Adams (1895–1943), member of the Florida State Senate Robert Watkins Adams (1839–1886), member of the Florida State Senate Others [ edit ] Robert Adams (architect) (1540–1595), English architect Robert Adams (sailor) (1790–?), American sailor and explorer Robert Adams (physician) (1791–1875), Irish physician Robert Adams (handgun designer) (1810–1880), British designer and manufacturer of firearms Robert Dudley Adams (1829–1912), businessman in colonial Australia, and littérateur Robert Adams II (1832–1882), cotton planter and officer in
117-877: The army of the Confederate States of America Sir Robert Bellew Adams (1856–1928), British general and 1897 recipient of the Victoria Cross Robert M. Adams (literary scholar) (1915–1996), American literary scholar Robert McCormick Adams Jr. (1926–2018), American anthropologist Robert Adams (spiritual teacher) (1928–1997), American teacher of Advaita Vedanta (Non-dualism) Robert Merrihew Adams (born 1937), American philosopher Rob Adams (architect) (born 1948), director of City Design, City of Melbourne, Australia Bob Adams (road manager) (fl. 1960s–1981), British road manager Bob Adams (electrical engineer) (fl. 1977–2018), American engineer Robert N. Adams , American brevet brigadier general during
130-570: The philosophy department after its near-collapse due to personal and scholarly conflicts between analytical and Continental philosophers. Adams retired from Yale in 2004 and taught part-time at the University of Oxford in England , where he was a senior research fellow of Mansfield College . In 2009 he became a Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Adams's late wife, Marilyn McCord Adams ,
143-459: The vaudeville circuit around the United States. After a journalist misinterpreted a passing comment as meaning that they were about to travel to England, and published it as fact, they decided to do that, and found work at Charles Morton 's Tivoli Theatre in London. They became successful in London as singers and comic entertainers, and toured in Britain and, in 1914, Australia. From 1912,
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#1733104605635156-636: Was also a philosopher , working on medieval philosophy and the philosophy of religion and was the Regius Professor of Divinity at Christ Church, Oxford . In 2013 both became visiting research professors at Rutgers University , in conjunction with the founding of the Rutgers Center for the Philosophy of Religion. Adams was a past president of the Society of Christian Philosophers . In 1999, he delivered
169-557: Was an American analytic philosopher , who specialized in metaphysics , philosophy of religion , ethics , and the history of early modern philosophy . Adams was born on September 8, 1937, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He taught for many years at the University of California, Los Angeles , before moving to Yale University in the early 1990s as the Clark Professor of Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics. As chairman, he helped revive
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