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Raeburn
Raeburn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Agnes Raeburn (1872-1955), Scottish artist * Anna Raeburn (born 1944), British broadcaster and journalist * Boyd Raeburn U.S. jazz bandleader and bass saxophonist * Henry Raeburn (1756–1823), Scottish portrait painter * Harold Raeburn (1865–1926), British mountaineer * Julieon Raeburn (born 1978), Trinidadian athlete * Paul Raeburn, U.S. science writer See also * Raeburn Place, playing fields in Edinburgh, Scotland * Rayburn (other) * Deanna Raybourn Deanna Raybourn (born June 17, 1968) is an American author of historical fiction and historical mysteries. Biography Raybourn was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but now lives in Williamsburg, Virginia. She graduated from the University of Texa ... * Michael E. Reiburn (1893–1982), New York politician {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Raeburn
Sir Henry Raeburn (; 4 March 1756 – 8 July 1823) was a Scottish portrait painter. He served as Portrait Painter to King George IV in Scotland. Biography Raeburn was born the son of a manufacturer in Stockbridge, on the Water of Leith: a former village now within the city of Edinburgh. He had an older brother, born in 1744, called William Raeburn. His ancestors were believed to have been soldiers, and may have taken the name "Raeburn" from a hill farm in Annandale, held by Sir Walter Scott's family. Orphaned, he was supported by William and placed in Heriot's Hospital, where he received an education. At the age of fifteen he was apprenticed to the goldsmith James Gilliland of Edinburgh, and various pieces of jewellery, mourning rings and the like, adorned with minute drawings on ivory by his hand, still exist. When the medical student Charles Darwin died in 1778, his friend and professor Andrew Duncan took a lock of his student's hair to the jeweller whose apprentice, Rae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Raeburn
Harold Andrew Raeburn (21 July 1865 – 21 December 1926) was a Scottish mountaineer. He was one of the most prominent British mountaineers of his era with several first ascents. He was mountaineering leader on the initial 1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition. Life Raeburn was born in 1865 at 12 Grange Loan, Edinburgh. His father William Raeburn, a brewer, married Jessie Ramsay in 1849. Harold Raeburn was their fourth son, and he grew up to enter his father's occupation as a brewer. He died in Edinburgh, on 21 December 1926, and was buried in Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh. Mountaineering Scotland It is not documented how or why Raeburn began climbing as a sport, but his early enthusiasm in ornithology led him to climb or descend many steep faces, in search of nests and eggs. A collection of eggs by him is kept in National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh. Living under Edinburgh's Salisbury Crags and possessing a wiry, athletic build he soon adapted to the vertic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes Raeburn
Agnes Middleton Raeburn (1872-1955) was a Scottish member of the informal group of artists known as "The Immortals". Life Raeburn was born in Glasgow to corn merchant James Raeburn and wife Agnes in 1872. She was the youngest of six siblings, including Charles and Lucy Raeburn. Following the death of her mother when she was seven, Raeburn and her siblings were raised by their father. In 1887, at the age of 15, she obtained a place at Glasgow School of Art and she was there for five years. Her tutors included Fra Newberry. During her time at school Raeburn contributed to the student publication, The Magazine, created by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. In 1903 she became the art teacher at Laurel Bank School in Glasgow. She was involved with a Glasgow-based artistic group known as "The Immortals". This group also included Janet Aitken, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, Jessie Newbery, Ruby Pickering, Katharine Cameron, Jessie Keppie and Frances McNair. In 1939 she returned to teach at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Raeburn
Anna Raeburn (born 3 April 1944) is a British broadcaster, author and journalist who is best known for her role as an "agony aunt", giving advice on relationships and more general life problems. As a broadcaster, she has worked for Capital Radio, LBC and the original Talk Radio. She has authored two books and currently writes her own weekly blog called, 'Annalog'. Early life Raeburn went to the all-girls Kirby Grammar School in Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, north Yorkshire. She moved to London aged 17 and at 19 was working in New York. She worked for '' Penthouse'', '' Forum'' and ''Cosmopolitan''. Radio Raeburn built her reputation in the 1970s and 1980s on a popular late night problem phone-in show on Capital Radio, called ''Anna And The Doc''. The journalist Vincent Graff said of the show: “If you were a baffled teenager trying to find your way in the world, Anna and the Doc gave you the roadmap.” Her celebrity status was such that in 1978 she was invited onto BBC Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyd Raeburn
Boyd Albert Raeburn (October 27, 1913 – August 2, 1966) was an American jazz bandleader and bass saxophonist. Career He was born in Faith, South Dakota, United States. Raeburn attended the University of Chicago, where he led a campus band. He gained his earliest experience as a commercial bandleader at Chicago's World Fair (1933–1934). For the rest of the decade, he worked in dance bands, sometimes leading them. In the next decade, the group passed through swing before becoming identified with the bop school. His later big band, which was active c. 1944-1947, performed arrangements that were often comparable to those used by Woody Herman and the "progressive jazz" of Stan Kenton during the same period. The compositions arranged by George Handy were the most contemporary, utilizing dissonance somewhat in the manner of Igor Stravinsky. Johnny Richards joined in 1947, following Handy and stayed for a year writing 50 compsoitions. Later life and death Raeburn's second wif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Raeburn
Paul Raeburn (born November 26, 1950) is an American author and science expositor, known for his book ''Do Fathers Matter?'' (2014) concerning the paternal influence on language acquisition and adolescent sexuality, among other topics. Raeburn is the 2012 American Chemical Society (ACS) Grady-Stack Award Winner for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public. He has been the science editor and a senior writer at Business Week, and the science editor and chief science correspondent of The Associated Press. He writes for The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Scientific American, Psychology Today, The Washington Post, Discover, Popular Science, Child, Self, Technology Review and other newspapers and magazines. Raeburn is a past president of the National Association of Science Writers and a recipient of its Science in Society Journalism Award. A native of Detroit, Raeburn now lives and works in New York City with his wife, writer Elizabeth DeVita and their sons Henry and Luke. Works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raeburn Place
Raeburn Place is the main street of the suburb of Stockbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland, and the name of the playing fields there. Rugby The first ever international rugby football game was played on the playing fields at Raeburn Place on 27 March 1871 between England and Scotland. Andy Mitchell, Scottish Sport History, 10 August 2019 It was won by Scotland. Scotland continued to play their home internationals in Raeburn Place, then at until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julieon Raeburn
Julieon Raeburn (born 18 September 1978 in Trincity) is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 200 metres. He attended the Abilene Christian University Abilene Christian University (ACU) is a private Christian university in Abilene, Texas. It was founded in 1906 as ''Childers Classical Institute''. ACU is one of the largest private universities in the Southwestern United States and has one of th ... in the United States. Achievements References External links * Best of Trinidad 1978 births Living people Abilene Christian University alumni Trinidad and Tobago male sprinters Olympic athletes for Trinidad and Tobago Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Commonwealth Games competitors for Trinidad an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayburn (other)
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Rayburn may refer to: People Places United States Municipalities * Rayburn, Alabama * Rayburn, Georgia * Rayburn, Texas * Rayburn, West Virginia * Rayburn Township, Pennsylvania Structures * Rayburn House Office Building, a Congressional building Arts, entertainment, and media *Rayburn House, the fictional beachside inn owned by the Rayburn family on the Netflix series ''Bloodline'' Brands * Rayburn range, a stove cooker from AGA See also * Raeburn * Deanna Raybourn Deanna Raybourn (born June 17, 1968) is an American author of historical fiction and historical mysteries. Biography Raybourn was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but now lives in Williamsburg, Virginia. She graduated from the University of Texa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deanna Raybourn
Deanna Raybourn (born June 17, 1968) is an American author of historical fiction and historical mysteries. Biography Raybourn was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but now lives in Williamsburg, Virginia. She graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio where she majored in English and History. Her first published novel, ''Silent in the Grave'', was nominated for the Agatha Award for best new mystery of 2007. Set in Victorian era England, the acclaimed series has been optioned as a UK television series by Free@Last TV. Bibliography Lady Julia Grey mysteries * ''Silent in the Grave'', 2007 (hardcover , mass market ) * ''Silent in the Sanctuary'', 2008 (paperback , mass market ) * ''Silent on the Moor'', 2009 (paperback , mass market ) * ''Dark Road to Darjeeling'', 2010 (paperback ) * ''The Dark Enquiry'', 2011 (paperback ) * ''Silent Night'', 2012 (paperback ) * "Midsummer Night" novella, 2013 (e-book ) * "Twelfth Night" novella, 2014 (e-book ) * "Bonfire Night" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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