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Brent may refer to: *Brent (name), an English given and surname Place name ;In the United States *Brent, Alabama *Brent, Florida * Brent, Georgia *Brent, Missouri, a ghost town * Brent, Oklahoma ;In the United Kingdom * Brent, Cornwall * Brent Knoll, a hill in Somerset, England * Brent Knoll (village), a village at the foot of the hill *East Brent, another village at the foot of the hill *London Borough of Brent, England * South Brent, Devon, England ;Elsewhere * Brent, Ontario, a village in Algonquin Provincial Park, Canada * Brent crater, a meteor crater named after the village of Brent, Ontario *Brent oilfield, North Sea In fiction * Brent (''Planet of the Apes'') * Corey Brent, fictional character on the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * David Brent, fictional character on the BBC television comedy ''The Office'' * Stefan Brent, fictional character on the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Brent Scopes, fictional character from the novel '' Mount Dragon'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent (name)
Brent is an Old English given name and surname. The place name can be from Celtic languages, Celtic words meaning "holy one" (if it refers to the River Brent), or "high place", literally, "from a steep hill" (if it refers to the villages in Somerset and Devon). The surname often indicates that one's ancestors lived in a place called Brent. Brent has also become a regularly used given name in some countries, being among the thousand most common names for boys born in the United States since 1933. When used as a given name today, Brent is sometimes a short form of Brenton, but this was probably not the original inspiration for Brent's use as a given name, since Brenton's own regular use as a first name came many years after Brent was established in that role. Notable people Surname * The Heathertones, Bix Brent (1923–1972), American singer * Charles Brent (1862–1929), Canadian-born missionary bishop of the Philippines and Episcopal Church saint * Dannielle Brent (born 1979), Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Brent
David Brent is a fictional character in the BBC television mockumentary ''The Office (British TV series), The Office'', portrayed by the show's co-creator, co-writer and co-director Ricky Gervais. Brent is a white-collar worker, white-collar office middle-manager and the principal character of the series. He is the general manager of the Slough branch of Wernham Hogg paper merchants and the Supervisor, boss of most other characters in the series. Much of the comedy of the series centres on Brent's many idiosyncrasies, hypocrisies, self-delusions and overt self-promotion. Character Brent is presented as an employer who wholeheartedly believes that his employees love him, whereas in fact, aside from Gareth Keenan, they actually resent him. This is best noticed in the Series 1 finale, where Brent betrays his staff and accepts a promotion to higher management, saving his own skin from the inevitable downsizing that will befall the Slough branch as a consequence. Brent later fails ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Theatre Of Brent
The National Theatre of Brent is a British comedy double act, in the form of a mock two-man theatre troupe. Patrick Barlow plays Desmond Olivier Dingle, the troupe's founder, artistic director and chief executive. The role of his assistant (or as Desmond likes to call him, "my entire company") was first performed by Julian Hough. It has subsequently been taken by various actors, including Jim Broadbent (as Wallace), Robert Austin (as Bernard), and John Ramm (as Raymond Box). Their 1998 production ''Love Upon the Throne'' (featuring Barlow as Prince Charles and Ramm as Diana, Princess of Wales) was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Comedy. Barlow has written a number of books under the banner of The National Theatre of Brent, two of which, ''Shakespeare: The Truth!'' and ''All the World's a Globe: From Lemur to Cosmonaut'', have been adapted for radio. Their radio production in 2007 was ''The Arts and How They Was Done'', for BBC Radio 4, starring Barl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Spar
Brent Spar, or Brent E, was a North Sea oil storage and tanker loading buoy in the Brent oilfield, operated by Shell UK. With the completion of a pipeline connection to the oil terminal at Sullom Voe in Shetland, the storage facility had continued in use, but by 1991, was considered to be of no further value. Brent Spar became an issue of public concern in 1995, when the British government announced its support for Shell's application for its disposal in deep Atlantic waters at North Feni Ridge (approximately from the west coast of Scotland, at a depth of around ). Greenpeace organized a worldwide, high-profile media campaign against this plan occupying Brent Spar for more than three weeks. In the face of public and political opposition in northern Europe (including a widespread boycott of Shell service stations, some physical attacks and an arson attack on a service station in Germany), Shell abandoned its plans to dispose of Brent Spar at sea — whilst continuing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Sidings
Brent sidings was an important marshalling yard and freight facility on the Midland Railway extension to London. History The sidings were situated on both sides of the Midland Main Line between and stations, close to the triangle formed where the Dudding Hill Line left the main line. When the line from the midlands was quadrupled, the two eastern tracks were used by goods trains; to enable these to reach Brent sidings, a flyover was provided at Silkstream Junction, north of . Coal traffic Coal trains, each consisting of up to 85 wagons, were despatched from the marshalling yards at Toton (between Nottingham and Derby Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby gain ...), and received at Brent sidings. Here, they were split up and forwarded to the Midland Railway's own coal depot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Railway Station Brent railway station was on the South Devon Railway, serving the village of South Brent on the southern edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England. The line through Brent opened on 5 May 1848 but the station was not ready to open until 15 June 1848.Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 96 The South Devon Railway was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway on 1 February 1876. On 19 December 1893 the station became a junction, with the opening of the branch to Kingsbridge. The station closed in 1964. Further reading * ''The Great Western in South Devon'' by Keith Beck and John Copsey, Wild Swan Publications 1990, * ''An Illustrated History of Plymouth's Railways'' by Martin Smith, Irwell Press 1995, * ''The South Devon Railway'' by R H Gregory, Oakwood Press1982, * The records of the South Devon Railway and its successors can be consulted at The National Archives National archives are central archive, archives maintained by countries. This article contains a list of n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: &nbs |
