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Haffenden Company
Haffenden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Elizabeth Haffenden (1906–1976), British costume designer *John Haffenden John Haffenden (born 19 August 1945) is emeritus professor of English literature at the University of Sheffield. Education and positions held A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin ( B.A., 1st class, in English language and literature: Richard ... (born 1945), English academic and writer * Ray Haffenden, New Zealand rugby league player, coach, and administrator {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Haffenden
Elizabeth Haffenden (18 April 1906 – 29 May 1976) was a British costume designer. She is recognized for her prolific work across stage and screen. She is best known for creating costumes for most of the Gainsborough melodramas. Haffenden received two Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design, for ''Ben-Hur'' (1959) and '' A Man for All Seasons'' (1966), winning both times. Education and Career Elizabeth Haffenden was born in Croydon to wholesale draper James Wilson-Haffenden and Edith Carruthers. Elizabeth Haffenden trained at Croydon School of Art and the Royal College of Art. After working as a commercial artist she entered theatre costume design working with Laurence Irving. Haffenden's first film costume designs were for '' Colonel Blood'' (1933, working alongside art directors Laurence Irving and John Bryan. In 1939 she joined Gaumont British film studios, and from 1942–1949 she was in charge of the costume department for the popular cycle of Gainsborough me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Haffenden
John Haffenden (born 19 August 1945) is emeritus professor of English literature at the University of Sheffield. Education and positions held A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin ( B.A., 1st class, in English language and literature: Richard F. Littledale Prize), where he edited Icarus, he was supervised for his doctorate at St Peter's College, Oxford by Richard Ellmann. He was for two years a lecturer in English and Liberal Studies, Oxford College of Further Education, before teaching at the University of Exeter, 1973–74. A member of staff at the University of Sheffield since 1975, he was made reader in 1988 and promoted to a personal chair in 1994. He was visiting lecturer, Peking University, Beijing, China, 1984; guest lecturer at the 50th Anniversary Conference of "Xinan Lienda" ( National Southwest Associated University), Kunming, China, 1988. He was a British Academy research reader, 1989–91; Leverhulme Research Fellow, 1995–96. He has been a Fellow of the Yaddo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |