A. J. R. Russell-Wood A. J. R. Russell-Wood Anthony John R. Russell-Wood (1940 – August 13, 2010) was a leading historian of colonial Brazil, the Portuguese Empire, and the broader Luso-Brazilian world. Russell-Wood was born in Wales. He was educated at Rossall School and Oxford University and became a member of the faculty of the Department of History at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1971; at the time of his death, he was the Herbert Baxter Adams Professor of History. His first book, "Fidalgos and Philanthropists: The Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Bahia, 1550-1755" (1968), was an ambitious study covering two
The Lord of the Rings (film series) The Lord of the Rings (film series) The Lord of the Rings is a film series consisting of three epic fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson. They are based on the novel "The Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien. The films are subtitled "" (2001), "" (2002) and "" (2003). They are a New Zealand-American venture produced by WingNut Films and The Saul Zaentz Company and distributed by New Line Cinema. The trilogy was one of the biggest and most ambitious film projects ever undertaken. It had a budget of $281 to $330 million depending on