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Charles Brown (pole Vaulter)
Charles or Charlie Brown may refer to: People Arts and entertainment Music * Charlie Brown (singer) (born 1986), British singer * Charlie Brown (born 1970), American rapper and member of Leaders of the New School * Charles Brown (musician) (1922–1999), American blues singer Other arts and entertainment * Charlie Brown (DJ) (–2022), American radio DJ * Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810), American novelist * Charles D. Brown (1887–1948), American stage and film actor * Charles Brown (actor) (1946–2004), American actor with Negro Ensemble Company Military * Charlie Brown (pilot) (1922–2008), American World War II pilot ** Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident, 1943 * Charles Brown (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1678–1753), Royal Navy officer * Charles Brown (Medal of Honor, 1864) (1841–1919), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient * Charles Brown (Medal of Honor, 1872) (1849–?), American 1871 Korean Expedition Marine and Medal of Honor recipient * Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Brown (singer)
Charlie Brown (born 20 October 1986) is a British singer and songwriter from London. He supported N-Dubz star Dappy on his UK tour in 2012. His single "On My Way (Charlie Brown song), On My Way" was released by All Around the World Productions. Career 2012–present: Breakthrough On 2 December 2012, Brown released his debut single "Dependency", the song features vocals from Yungen and Ms D. He released his second single "She Makes Me" on 19 December 2012. He released the single "On My Way (Charlie Brown song), On My Way" which was released by All Around the World Productions on 24 March 2013, the song peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart, making it his first and only top ten single. In July 2013 he released the single "Floodgates". On 8 June he had duetted with Misha B on "Floodgates Part 2", which was officially released 21 July. He released the single "Bones" on 13 October 2013. Discography Singles Music videos References Living people English pop singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Brown (Indiana Politician)
Charlie Brown (born March 8, 1938) is a former American politician who is a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Indiana House of Representatives representing the 3rd District (1982-2018). Brown, who is African-American, is a member of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus. In 2017, Brown announced that he would not be running for reelection to the State House. Early life On March 8, 1938, Brown was born in Williston, South Carolina. Brown grew up in Philadelphia. Education In 1961, Brown earned a bachelor's degree from Cheyney University of Pennsylvania (formerly Cheyney State Teachers' College), a public historical Black institution, in Cheyney, Pennsylvania. In 1982, Brown earned a master's degree from Indiana University Northwest. Career In 1961, Brown became a teacher at the Gary Community School Corporation until 1968. From 1968 to 1988, Brown was youth coordinator, Mayor's assistant on youth activities, director of the Youth Services Bureau, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles E
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was ''Churl, Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinisation of names, Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as ''Carolus (other), Carolus''. Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as wikt:churl, churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its deprecating sense in the Middle English period. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch language, Dutch and German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Arthur Brown
Charles Arthur Brown, M.M. (August 20, 1919 – May 14, 1997) was an American-born Catholic missionary and bishop. As a member of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll) he was assigned to missions in Bolivia. He served as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Santa Cruz from 1957 to 1997. Early life and education Charles Brown was born in the Highbridge section of the Bronx, New York, to James and Mary Jane (Sullivan) Brown and was one of 11 children. He was educated at Sacred Heart School and Cathedral College, a minor seminary for the Archdiocese of New York. He entered Maryknoll following graduation and entered Venard Apostolic College in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. He completed his studies for the priesthood at Maryknoll Seminary in New York before being ordained a priest on June 9, 1946. Priesthood Brown spent his entire career in the Maryknoll Mission in Bolivia. He did pastoral work in Cochabamba before being the named the National Directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Hunter Brown
Charles Hunter Brown (1825–1898) was a New Zealand politician from Canterbury, New Zealand. He represented Christchurch Country in the 2nd Parliament in 1860 Events January * January 2 – The astronomer Urbain Le Verrier announces the discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan (hypothetical planet), Vulcan at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. * January 10 &ndas ... from 21 April to 5 November, but was defeated when he then stood for the Cheviot electorate in North Canterbury in the 1861 election. References 1825 births 1898 deaths Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates Unsuccessful candidates in the 1860–1861 New Zealand general election 19th-century New Zealand politicians {{NewZealand-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Brown (New Zealand Politician)
Charles Brown (1820 – 2 September 1901) was a New Zealand politician from the Taranaki area. Personal life Brown was born in London, England, the son of Charles Armitage Brown (the close friend and biographer of the poet John Keats) and Abigail O'Donohue, an Irish house servant at Wentworth Place, where Brown and Keats resided. Brown said later in life that his parents were married in a Catholic service in Ireland in August 1819, but this claim seems to be discounted by biographers as an attempt to cover up his illegitimacy, which was a social stigma in those times. At the age of two, he was taken by his father to Italy, where they lived for a number of years, initially in Pisa and later in Florence. Brown received all his early education in Italy from his father. In his writings his father refers to his son by the name "Carlino", and this appeared to be his commonly used name in England and Europe."The friend of Keats: a life of Charles Armitage Brown", by Eric Hall McCorm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Brown (Labour Politician)
Charles Brown (1884 – 22 December 1940) was a British Labour Party politician. Born in Cromford in Derbyshire, Brown became a hosiery worker in Sutton-in-Ashfield. He was involved in the labour movement, as an educational organiser for the National Council of Labour Colleges. In 1925, he was elected to Sutton-in-Ashfield Urban District Council, and in 1928, to Nottinghamshire County Council. Brown was elected in the 1929 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mansfield in Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ..., and held the seat until his death in 1940, at the age of 56. References * * External links * 1884 births 1940 deaths Councillors in Nottinghamshire Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Brown (Australian Politician)
Dr Charles Victor Watson Brown (24 May 1895 – 1 May 1970) was an Australian politician. He was the Independent member for Gregory in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1939 to 1941. Brown was born in Paddington in Sydney and was educated at Fort Street Public School. He became a teacher before enrolling in a medical degree at the University of Sydney. He served for two years with the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps in World War I before completing his degree in 1920. He worked at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital and Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children and practised in Balmain in Sydney before moving to Isisford in Queensland as medical officer at the Isisford District Hospital. He later spent 17 years as a doctor at Longreach, including a stint as government medical officer, in which role he served until his election to parliament. He was known across the district for his early adoption of aeroplanes for use in medical care and his efforts to address chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Henry Brown (politician)
Charles Henry Brown (March 7, 1904 – April 26, 1959) was an American lawyer and politician who served as speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives. Early life Charles Henry Brown was born in Whiting, Vermont, on March 7, 1904. He graduated from Brandon High School and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Hampshire in 1926. While at UNH, Brown participated in the Reserve Officer Training Corps program. After college, Brown studied at the University of Michigan Law School, passed the bar, and established a practice in Brandon. Career A Republican, Brown served in local offices including town agent and town grand juror. He served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1949 to 1951. In 1952, Brown was again elected to the Vermont House and served three terms, 1953 to 1959. He was speaker of the House in his final term, 1957 to 1959. Brown was appointed Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs (chief assistant) to Governor Robert Staffo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Harrison Brown
Charles Harrison Brown (October 22, 1920 – June 10, 2003) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served two terms in the United States House of Representatives for Missouri's 7th congressional district. He is the most recent Democrat to serve from that district. Early life and education Born in Coweta, Oklahoma, Brown attended public schools in Humansville and Republic, Missouri, and high school in Springfield. He attended Drury College in 1937, 1938 and 1940 and George Washington University in 1939. Career before politics After one year as an announcer and writer, Brown was program director of Springfield, Missouri radio station KWTO from 1937 to 1938. He was radio publicity director for the Missouri Conservation Commission in 1940 and later worked for Drury College as public relations director. Brown briefly returned to KWTO in 1942, then worked as an account executive with St. Louis-based Gardner Advertising Company from 1943 to 1945. In 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Elwood Brown
Charles Elwood Brown (July 4, 1834 – May 22, 1904) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Brown attended the common schools and Greenfield Academy, He was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1854. He went south and, while serving as tutor at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, studied law. He was Admission to the bar in the United States, admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Chillicothe, Ohio. He served as prosecuting attorney of Ross County in 1859 and 1860. In the first year of the American Civil War, Brown enlisted as a private in Company B, 63rd Ohio Infantry, Sixty-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, September 2, 1861. He was promptly commissioned as a captain on October 23, 1861. Brown lost his left leg on July 22, 1864, in the Atlanta Campaign. He was promoted through the ranks to colonel June 6, 1865. Brown was mustered out of the volunteers on July 8, 1865. In recognition of Brown's servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Brown (Wisconsin Politician)
Charles Brown (June 24, 1828 – ?) was an American farmer from Brookfield Center, Wisconsin, who served a single one-year term as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Waukesha County during the 1872 term (the 25th Wisconsin Legislature). Background Brown was born in Bristol, New Hampshire on June 24, 1828. He received a public school education, and became a farmer. He came to Wisconsin in 1856, and settled in Waukesha County. Political office He was elected in 1871 for the 2nd Waukesha County Assembly district (the Towns of Delafield, Brookfield, Lisbon, Menomonee, Merton, Oconomowoc and Pewaukee) as a Republican, with 1342 votes to 1036 votes for Democrat C. M. Smith. He was assigned to the standing committees on state affairs and town and county organization. Identity This Charles Brown cannot be the same as the Charles E. Brown who served in the 3rd (1845) session of the 4th Wisconsin Territorial Assembly in 1845, representing an unspecified port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
