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Jimmy Ellis (boxer)
American boxer
For the rockabilly singer, see Jimmy "Orion" Ellis. For the soul singer, see The Trammps. For the other boxer named Jimmy Ellis, see Jim Ellis (American football). For similarly-named people, see James Ellis.
Jimmy Ellis | |
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Ellis in 1968 | |
| Born | James Albert Ellis (1940-02-24)February 24, 1940 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | May 6, 2014(2014-05-06) (aged 74) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Heavyweight |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Reach | 76 in (193 cm) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record[1] | |
| Total fights | 53 |
| Wins | 40 |
| Wins by KO | 24 |
| Losses | 12 |
| Draws | 1 |
James Albert Ellis (February 24, 1940 – May 6, 2014) was an American professional boxer. He won the vacant WBAheavyweight title in 1968 by defeating Jerry Quarry, making one successful title defense in the same year against Floyd Patterson, before losing to Joe Frazier in 1970.
Early life
He was born one of ten children. His father, Walter, was a pastor, and Ellis was brou
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Educational Background
BA English, University of New Brunswick, 1986
BSc(CS) Computer Science, University of New Brunswick, 1985
MA English, University of New Brunswick, 1988
PhD English, York University, 1995
Biography
I am professor of English at the University of Calgary and director of the Calgary Institute for the Humanities, Canada’s oldest humanities institute. I teach sixteenth-century poetry and prose, on which I have written numerous essays and books, including most recently The Poem, the Garden and the World: Poetry and Performativity in Elizabethan England (Northwestern UP, 2023). My current project looks at the role of plants in The Faerie Queene. I have also taught and published on British film, with a focus on queer directors such as Terence Davies, Isaac Julien, and most extensively, Derek Jarman; in addition to essays in this area, I published Derek Jarman’sAngelic Conversations (Minnesota UP, 2009).
As director of the CIH, I have edited a series of books on the environmental humanities: Calgary: City of Animals (2017); Water Rites: R •
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