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Edward Bland (poet)
Edward Bland may refer to: * Edward Bland (composer) (1926–2013), American composer and musical director * Edward Bland (explorer) Edward Bland (died ca. 1653) was an English explorer and merchant.Martha W. McCartney, Jamestown People to 1800: Landowners, Public Officials, Minorities, and Native Leaders (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company 2012 ) pp. 73-74 Early and f ... (died c. 1653), English explorer and merchant * Edward David Bland (1848–1927), American politician in Virginia * Joseph Edward Bland (1866–1945), also known as J. Edward Bland, American politician in Michigan {{hndis, Bland, Edward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Bland (composer)
Edward Osmund Bland (July 25, 1926 – March 14, 2013) was an American composer and musical director. Biography Bland was born on the South Side of Chicago to Althea and Edward Bland. His father was a postal worker but also a self-taught literary critic with illustrious friends such as Ralph Ellison, Gwendolyn Brooks and Langston Hughes. Edward senior died in the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, and son Edward Bland also briefly served in the Army during World War II, after which he studied at both the University of Chicago and the American Conservatory of Music on the G.I. Bill. Among his compositions is a concerto for electric violin and chamber orchestra. He composed scores for the TV play ''A Raisin in the Sun'' (1989) and the film ''A Soldier's Story'' (1984). Another notable work is ''Sketches Set Seven'' for piano. He also wrote, directed and produced the 1959 film ''The Cry of Jazz''. In the 1990s, this documentary was rediscovered by scholars and celebrated as an early ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Bland (explorer)
Edward Bland (died ca. 1653) was an English explorer and merchant.Martha W. McCartney, Jamestown People to 1800: Landowners, Public Officials, Minorities, and Native Leaders (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company 2012 ) pp. 73-74 Early and family life Bland was born in England to the wife of John Bland, a London merchant and investor in the Virginia Company. His mother was named either Mary,Martha W. McCartney, Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company 2007 ) pp. 139 or Susan. He was baptized on February 5, 1614 in the Saint Stephen Coleman Street parish. He had several brothers and sisters, of whom John Bland II, Theodorick Bland and Adam Bland also emigrated to Jamestown, where they became merchants, trading Virginia tobacco and other goods for items essential for the colony's well-being as well as luxury goods. Personal life Around 1634 Bland married his cousin Jane Bland, the daughter of his uncl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward David Bland
Edward David Bland (October 1848 – February 13, 1927) was an American politician. A three-term member of the Virginia House of Delegates, Bland was known for helping to forge an alliance between African-American Republicans and the Readjuster Party. Early life Bland was born into slavery, probably in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, to Frederick Bland and Nancy Yates Bland. After the Civil War, the family moved to Petersburg, Virginia, where Frederick Bland worked as a shoemaker and preacher. Bland learned the shoemaker's trade from his father, and attended a local night school organized by Northerners for African Americans. He married Nancy Jones of Petersburg on December 18, 1872; two years later, they moved to City Point, Virginia, where he worked as a shoemaker. The couple had nine children. Political career Bland became involved in local politics in the 1870s. At a mass meeting of black Republicans in 1879, Bland gave a speech advocating an alliance with the Readjus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
