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- 1
Top works
- World's First Football Superstar
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1859-05-22
- Active to
- 1930-07-07
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks
· 2003 · cited 45,710x
- AutoDock Vina: Improving the speed and accuracy of docking with a new scoring function, efficient optimization, and multithreading
· 2009 · cited 33,764x
- AutoDock4 and AutoDockTools4: Automated docking with selective receptor flexibility
· 2009 · cited 23,170x
- The cBio Cancer Genomics Portal: An Open Platform for Exploring Multidimensional Cancer Genomics Data
· 2012 · cited 15,162x
- Controlled growth of monodisperse silica spheres in the micron size range
· 1968 · cited 13,425x
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Key facts
- Monarch
- Elizabeth II
- Governors general
- Nita Barrow , Clifford Husbands
- Deputy
- Billie Miller (1994–2003), Mia Mottley (2003–2008)
- Preceded by
- Erskine Sandiford
- Succeeded by
- David Thompson
- Prime minister
- Lloyd Erskine Sandiford
- Born
- Owen Seymour Arthur , ( 1949-10-17 ) 17 October 1949, Bridgetown , British Windward Islands , (present day Barbados )
- Died
- 27 July 2020 (2020-07-27) (aged 70), Bridgetown, Barbados
- Party
- Barbados Labour Party (Until 2014)
- Other political affiliations
- Independent (2014-2018)
- Spouse s
- Beverly Arthur ( née Batchelor ) (m. 1978; div. 2000), Julie Arthur (m. 2006)
- Children
- 2 daughters: Leah and Sabrina
- Parents
- Frank Leroy Arthur (father) Iretha "Doll" Arthur (mother)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Owen Seymour Arthur PC (17 October 1949 – 27 July 2020) was a Barbadian politician who served as the fifth prime minister of Barbados from 6 September 1994 to 15 January 2008. He is the longest-serving Barbadian prime minister to date. He also served as Leader of the Opposition from 1 August 1993 to 6 September 1994 and from 23 October 2010 to 21 February 2013.
Arthur was a firm advocate for regional integration and cooperation among the countries of the Caribbean. He was described by CARICOM as the chief architect of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy. He argued in favour of making the Caribbean Court of Justice the final court of appeal for countries of the Caribbean, and he advocated for the University of the West Indies regional airline LIAT, and projection of resistance against infringement on sovereignty by large nations.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Owen Arthur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.