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Belfrage is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Cedric Belfrage (1904–1990), British journalist, socialist, author and translator * Bruce Belfrage (1900–1974), English actor and BBC newsreader * Erik Belfrage (1946–2020), Swedish diplomat and banking executive * Frank Belfrage (born 1942), Swedish ambassador, and Swedish Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs (2006–2014) * Fredrik Belfrage (born 1949), Swedish TV and radio presenter * Gustav Wilhelm Belfrage (1834–1882), American insect collector * Henry Belfrage (1774–1835), Scottish theologian * Nicolas Belfrage (born 1940), British Master of Wine and writer * Sally Belfrage Sally Belfrage (October 4, 1936 – March 14, 1994) was a United States-born United Kingdom, British-based 20th century non-fiction writer and international journalist. Her writing covered turmoils in Northern Ireland, the American Civil Rights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cedric Belfrage
Cedric Henning Belfrage (8 November 1904 – 21 June 1990) was an English film critic, journalist, writer and political activist. He is best remembered as a co-founder of the radical US weekly '' National Guardian''. Later Belfrage was referenced as a Soviet agent in the US intelligence Venona project, although it appears he had been working for British Security Co-ordination as a double agent. Early years Cedric Henning Belfrage was born in Marylebone, London, on 8 November 1904, the son of Sydney Henning Belfrage and Frances Grace (née Powley). He was educated at Gresham's School, before entering Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. There he had the same room as Christopher Marlowe had in the 16th century. While still a Cambridge student, Belfrage began a writing career as a film critic, with a first article in ''Kinematograph Weekly'' in 1924. In 1927 he went to Hollywood, where he was hired by the '' New York Sun'' and ''Film Weekly'' as a correspondent. Belfrage returned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Belfrage
Bruce Belfrage (30 October 1900 – August 1974) was an English actor and BBC radio newsreader.Obituary in ''The Times'', ''Mr Bruce Belfrage'', 17 August 1974, p.14 He was casting director at the BBC between 1936 and 1939, and founded the BBC Repertory Company in 1939. Early life Bruce Belfrage was born in Marylebone, London, the son of Sydney Henning Belfrage and Frances Grace (née Powley). His younger brother was the author and journalist Cedric Belfrage. He was educated at Gresham's School before taking an honours degree in modern languages at St John's College, Oxford. Career Belfrage is reported as performing on stage in London with The Strolling Players in February 1923. He played in a notable triumph—''A Sleeping Clergyman''—with Robert Donat in 1933 and in BBC radio plays in 1934. He appeared in his first film in 1932. He was a broadcaster in the early days of 2LO at Savoy Hill, and in 1935 joined the BBC as a casting director and later became a news reader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Belfrage
Erik Jean Christian Antoine Belfrage (13 April 1946 – 18 April 2020) was a Swedish diplomat, banking executive, and political consultant. Early life and education Belfrage was the son of diplomat Kurt-Allan Belfrage and his wife, Renée France Paule Puaux. His brother, Frank Belfrage, is an economist and diplomat. Belfrage graduated from Stockholm School of Economics in 1970. Career Belfrage worked in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs from 1970 to 1987 as a diplomat in Geneva, Washington, D.C., Bucharest, Beirut, and Paris. In 1987, he became vice president at Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken and as an adviser to Investor AB. Belfrage also served as an advisor to Peter Wallenberg and the Wallenberg family between 1987 and 2012. Death After suffering from COVID-19 during its pandemic, Belfrage died at Saint Göran Hospital Saint Göran Hospital (Swedish: ''Sankt Görans sjukhus'') is a hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. It is located on Kungsholmen, a small island in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Belfrage
Frank Kurt Claude Belfrage (born 13 March 1942) is a Swedish economist and diplomat who was State Secretary for Foreign Affairs between 2006 and 2014, heading the Ministry for Foreign Affairs under then Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt. He was previously Ambassador of Sweden to the European Union from 1994 to 1999 and Ambassador of Sweden to France from 2001 to 2006. Belfrage is a member of the noble Belfrage family. He is the son of diplomat Kurt-Allan Belfrage and his wife, Renée France Paule Puaux. He is the nephew of Leif Belfrage who was State Secretary for Foreign Affairs from 1956 to 1967. He is married and has four daughters. Belfrage was part of the 2016 SVT documentary "Springnotan" revealing to the Swedish people how some of their political leaders hid money from tax authorities. Belfrage used a temporary and questionable tax amnesty, avoiding imprisonment, where his name was revealed. Awards *Commander of the Legion of Honour * H. M. The King's Medal, 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrik Belfrage
Fredrik Belfrage (born Knut Fredrik Åkesson Belfrage; 29 July 1949, in Växjö) is a Swedish TV and radio presenter and sports reporter. He is the son of the dentist Åke Belfrage (1915–1985) and Vera Maria, born Vange (1914–1984). He is descended from a noble family of Scottish origin, and wears a tie in his clan tartan. Belfrage has presented numerous series such as the well-known ''Melodifestivalen'' (heats for the Eurovision Song Contest), ''Gomorron Sverige'', ''Bell & Bom'', ''Prat i Kvadrat'', ''Tipsextra'', ''Lilla Sportspegeln'' and ''Vinna eller försvinna''. He was initially involved in the 2009–10 revival of ''Här är ditt liv'', the Swedish programme based on '' This Is Your Life'', but left after a dispute with Sveriges Television Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Swedish national public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag (national par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Wilhelm Belfrage
Gustav Wilhelm Belfrage (c. 1834–1882) was an American insect collector. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden, but travelled to the United States in 1860 where he settled in Bosque County Bosque County ( ) is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,235. Its county seat is Meridian, while Clifton is the largest city and the cultural/financial center of ..., Texas.Gustav Wilhelm Belfrage at the SIA archives. Belfrage collected thousands of insect specimens near his home and sold them to collectors and scientists all over the world. Many species were first described based on specimens he collected. Scien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Belfrage
Rev Henry Belfrage (1774–1835) was a Scottish minister of the Secession church. Life He was son of the Rev. John Belfrage, minister of the first Associate congregation in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, who was of a Kinross-shire family. The father was born at Colliston on 2 February 1736, soon after the Secession. He had been called to Falkirk in 1758; married Jean Whyte, daughter of John Whyte, a corn merchant, who belonged to the congregation, and had by her five sons and seven daughters. Henry was the fourth son, and was born at the manse in Falkirk on 24 March 1774. From the first he was destined by his parents to be a minister of the Gospel. He 'ran away' to school, while between four and five, along with his elder brother Andrew. At six he read Latin grammatically. He had the advantage of a good teacher at the grammar school in James Meek. At ten he used to preach, and was commonly spoken of as 'the young or wee minister.' In his thirteenth year he proceeded to the University o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Belfrage
Nicolas Belfrage MW (19 July 1940 – 17 September 2022) was a British Master of Wine, a wine writer and considered one of the foremost experts on Italian wine. Life and career Belfrage was born in Los Angeles in 1940, the son of British socialist writer Cedric Belfrage and his wife Molly Castle. He grew up in New York City and later in London where he was educated at St Paul's School on a scholarship. He studied French and Italian at University College London. He worked with Italian wine, either in the trade or as a writer, since the early 1970s and qualified as a Master of Wine in 1980, the first American to achieve this honor. Belfrage has contributed to publications such as '' Decanter'', '' The World of Fine Wine'', ''Wein Gourmet'', and shared a column in '' Harpers Magazine'' with Franco Ziliani, with whom he has also collaborated on contributions to Tom Stevenson's annual ''Wine Report''. For several years he has contributed the Italy section to Hugh Johnson's P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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