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Branford Marsalis Quartet Members
Branford may refer to: *Branford Boase Award, British literary award *Branford Marsalis Quartet, an American jazz band * Operation Branford, a British raid conducted in 1942 during WW2 Places *Branford, Connecticut, a town in the United States **Branford Center, Connecticut, a neighborhood in Branford, Connecticut **Branford Connector, a state road in Branford, Connecticut **Branford Hall Career Institute, a private career college in Branford, Connecticut **Branford High School (Connecticut), a school district in Branford, Connecticut ** Branford Land Trust, an organization in Branford, Connecticut **Branford Point Historic District, a historical district in Branford, Connecticut ** Branford station, a railroad station in Branford ** Branford Town Hall, the town hall in Branford, Connecticut *North Branford, Connecticut, a town in New Haven, Connecticut ** North Branford Center Historic District, historic district in North Branford, Connecticut **North Branford High School, schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branford Boase Award
The Branford Boase Award is a British literary award presented annually to an outstanding children's or young-adult novel by a first-time writer; "the most promising book for seven year-olds and upwards by a first time novelist." The award is shared by both the author and their editor, which '' The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature'' noted is unusual for literary awards. History Wendy Boase, Editorial Director of Walker Books, and Henrietta Branford worked together to produce a great number of books. Both Boase and Branford died in 1999 of cancer. The Branford Boase Award was created to celebrate and commemorate their names and memories and to encourage new talent in writing, which they worked for. The awards were a joint idea by Julia Eccleshare and Anne Marley who both had jobs to do with books. The Branford Boase Award runs alongside the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition for young writers (under 19). Winners receive a hand-crafted box with the Branford Boa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branford, Florida
Branford is a town in Suwannee County, Florida, United States. The population was 711 at the 2020 census. History The Town of Branford was officially incorporated as a municipality in 1961, although it's been settled since the late 1800s, and was expanded and renamed in 1886. The original name was "''Rowland’s Bluff''" in the late 19th century when the settlement consisted of a sawmill and a ferry crossing across the Suwannee River into Lafayette County. The railroad was extended by Henry B. Plant from Live Oak to Branford in 1886, and the community was named "''New Branford''" after Branford, Connecticut, Henry Plant’s hometown. Later the "New" was dropped. Branford was largely destroyed by a hurricane in 1896, being rebuilt right afterwards. Geography The approximate coordinates for the Town of Branford is located at (29.961803, –82.927204). The town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River. U.S. Route 27 and U.S. Highway 129 intersect in Branford. Accordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Branford
Victor Branford (25 September 1863 – 22 June 1930) was a British sociologist. He was the founder of the Sociological Society and was made an Honorary member of the American Sociological Society, now the American Sociological Association. Life Victor Verasis Branford was born in Oundle, Northamptonshire, on 25 September 1863. His father was William Catton Branford (1837–1891), who worked as a veterinary surgeon in Oundle. In addition to Victor, William Branford had one daughter and a further three sons: Mary Ann Kitchen (1861–1907), Lionel William Ernest Catton (1866–1947), Benchara Bertrand Patrick (1868–1944), and John Frederick Kitchen (1869–1946). Branford began his schooling at Oundle School, but transferred to Daniel Stewart's College when the family moved to Edinburgh in 1869 on his father's appointment as Professor of Anatomy at the veterinary college in that city. While studying at Edinburgh University, Victor Branford came under the influence of Patrick Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Branford (speedway Rider)
Robert Peter Branford (born 23 November 1993) is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider. Career Born in Adelaide, South Australia, he is the son of former Australian rider Darrell Branford.Rider Index , speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 4 May 2013 Following in his father's footsteps, Robert took up speedway at the age of ten at the Sidewinders Speedway in Adelaide, and twice finished third in the South Australian Under-16 Championship. In 2010, he began his British speedway career with in the |
Henrietta Branford
Henrietta Diana Primrose Longstaff Branford (12 January 1946 – 23 April 1999) was an English author of children's books. Her greatest success was '' Fire, Bed and Bone'' (1997), a historical novel set during the English peasants' revolt of 1381. For that she won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers, and she was a highly commended runner up for the Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. Biography Branford was born in India, and raised in an isolated part of New Forest in Hampshire, where she learned about animals and learned to ride a horse. After living in many other places she moved to Southampton in 1980 with her husband Paul Carter, a photographer, and their three children Jack, Rose and Polly. Branford had a variety of jobs: as a nanny, in shops, hotels and offices, and for a charity helping elderly people in South L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Victor Branford
Frederick Victor Branford (1892–1941) was a Scottish poet, known for verse of World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ... and the years after. Biography Born Frederick Victor Rubens Branford Powell, the son of actors Mary Branford and Joynson Powell, he was given the second name of Mary's brother Victor Branford and was known in the family as 'Freddie' Powell. After the death of his mother he was brought up by his aunt Dorothy and after her separation from Lionel Branford, they lived in Ardgay, Scotland. (Alasdair Alpin MacGregor's ''The Goat Wife'' tells the evocative story of his hard working and resourceful Aunt Dorothy, who left a comfortable existence in Edinburgh for life as a solo crofter in the Easter Ross village of Ardgay (then known locally as " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Shubrick
William Branford Shubrick (October 31, 1790 – May 27, 1874) was an officer in the United States Navy. His active-duty career extended from 1806 to 1861, including service in the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War; he was placed on the retired list in the early months of the Civil War. Early life William Branford Shubrick was born on October 31, 1790, at "Belvedere Plantation," Bull's Island, South Carolina (now an undeveloped barrier island within the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge), to Mary Branford and Colonel Thomas Shubrick, William was the sixth son and ninth child of the family of sixteen. His father served in the Continental Army under Generals Nathanael Greene and Benjamin Lincoln during the American Revolutionary War. Two of his sons joined the army and four sons including William chose naval career. He briefly studied at Harvard College in 1805-1806 before being commissioned a midshipman on June 20, 1806 at the age of sixteen joining his older brother, Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branford Taitt
Sir Branford Mayhew Taitt, KA (May 15, 1938 – February 15, 2013) was a Barbadian politician who served as a cabinet minister and former President of the Senate of Barbados. He served as Minister of Trade, Industry and Commerce from 1971 to 1976, Minister of Tourism and Industry from 1986 to 1987, Minister of Health from 1987 to 1993, and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1994. Taitt was the longest serving Minister of Health in the country's history. Taitt was born in 1938 on Fairfield Road in Black Rock, Saint Michael, Barbados. He was the youngest of the five children of Clair Rollock and Elma Taitt-Rollock. He attended Wesley Hall Boys' School and Combermere School. Taitt later obtained a bachelor's degree bachelor's degree cum laude from Brooklyn College and a master's degree in public administration from New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis (born August 26, 1960) is an American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in jazz as the leader of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, he also performs frequently as a soloist with classical ensembles and has led the group Buckshot LeFonque. From 1992 to 1995 he led The Tonight Show Band. Early life Marsalis was born on August 26, 1960, in New Orleans. He is the son of Dolores (née Ferdinand), a jazz singer and substitute teacher, and Ellis Louis Marsalis, Jr., a pianist and music professor.Stated on ''Finding Your Roots'', PBS, March 25, 2012 His brothers Jason Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, and Delfeayo Marsalis are also jazz musicians. Career Musical beginnings: 1980–1985 Marsalis graduated from Eleanor McMain Secondary Magnet School in 1978. While in high school he played in a R&B cover band called The Creators. Marsalis then attended Southern University, a historically black college in Baton Rouge, where he stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branford Clarke
Branford Edward Clarke (March 18, 1885 – July 7, 1947) was an Evangelical preacher, poet and artist who promoted the Ku Klux Klan through his art which was drawn for the Pillar of Fire Church and their publications. Biography He was born on March 18, 1885, in London, England. His brother was a Member of Parliament. In the 1920s he converted a Model T into a mobile chapel. He was pastor of the Pillar of Fire Church in Brooklyn, New York, for at least several years. From about 1925 to 1928 he illustrated numerous religious and political publications for the Pillar of Fire Church in partnership with Bishop Alma White, the church's founder and leader. Many of his illustrations supported Bishop White's writings by attacking various minorities including Catholics, Jews, and US immigrants and by promoting the Ku Klux Klan, and women's suffrage. He died on July 7, 1947, and was buried in the Pillar of Fire cemetery in Zarephath, New Jersey. His epitaph reads "The Cross he b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branford Price Millar Library
The Branford Price Millar Library is the library of Portland State University (PSU) in Portland, Oregon, United States. Built in 1968, the academic library was doubled in size in 1991 and houses over 1 million volumes. The five-story building is located on the school's campus on the South Park Blocks in Downtown Portland and is the largest academic library in the Portland area. History In 1959, the first PSU library building, Library East, was completed under the presidency of Branford Millar, second president of Portland State College, serving from 1959 to 1968.PSU Timeline: PSU at 50. ''The Oregonian'', February 15, 1996. That library had its 1 millionth visitor in 1962 and was replaced in 1968 with the Branford P. Millar Memorial Library. Portland State was known as Portland State College until 1969. In August 1989, construction began on an $11 million expansion of the library that doubled the size of the facility.PSU library work under way. ''The Oregonian'', August 24, 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branford-Horry House
The Branford-Horry House is located at 59 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina. The house is unusual for its porch, piazza, which extends over the public sidewalk. The house holds both an exterior and interior historic preservation easement by the Preservation Society of Charleston. Description The 6,216 square foot, three-story house of stuccoed brick has four bedrooms and five baths. Its features include interior cypress paneling, a carved mahogany mantelpiece, french doors, cornice details, and a carved wooden staircase. A cypress-paneled second-floor drawing room, carved by artisan Henry Burnett, is said to be "one of the most distinguished 18th-century rooms in America." A brick courtyard with fountain is located on the property. A two-story piazza extends over the sidewalk, with five columns supporting a pediment. History The house was built after 1751, when William Branford married Elizabeth Savage, who had inherited the corner parcel from her uncle Benjamin Savage. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
