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Places

Brinton (crater) This is a list of named geological features on Pluto, identified by scientists working with data from the ''New Horizons'' spacecraft. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially approved the first 14 names on 8 August 2017 (announced 7 ...

, on Pluto * Brinton, Michigan, United States *

Brinton, Norfolk Brinton is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Brinton is located south-west of Holt and north-west of Norwich. Today, Brinton Parish also includes the village of Sharrington. History Brinton's name is of Anglo- ...

, England

People

* Anna Cox Brinton (1887–1969), American classics scholar, Quaker worker *

Crane Brinton Clarence Crane Brinton (February 25, 1898 – September 7, 1968) was an American historian of France, as well as a historian of ideas. His most famous work, '' The Anatomy of Revolution'' (1938) likened the dynamics of revolutionary movements to ...

, American historian of France and the history of ideas *

Daniel Garrison Brinton Daniel Garrison Brinton (May 13, 1837July 31, 1899) was an American archaeologist, ethnologist, historian, and surgeon. Biography Brinton was born in Thornbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Yale University in 185 ...

, American archaeologist and ethnologist * Donna M. Brinton, American linguist *

Edward Brinton Edward Brinton (January 12, 1924 – January 13, 2010) was a professor of oceanography and research biologist. His particular area of expertise was Euphausiids or krill, small shrimp-like creatures found in all the oceans of the world. Early ...

(1924–2010), oceanographer and biologist *

Ellen Starr Brinton Ellen Starr Brinton (March, 16, 1886 - July 2, 1954) was an American pacifist, human rights activist and archivist. She represented the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) both locally and internationally and was known for he ...

(1886–1954), pacifist, speaker and archivist *

Emma Southwick Brinton Emma Southwick Brinton (, Southwick; April 7, 1834 – February 25, 1922) was an American Civil War army nurse, traveler, and foreign correspondent. Early years and education Emma Dexter Southwick was born in Peabody, Massachusetts, April 7, 1834. ...

(1834–1922), American Civil War nurse, traveller, correspondent * Henry G. Brinton, American minister and author *

Howard Brinton Howard Haines Brinton (1884–1973) was an author, professor and director whose work influenced the Religious Society of Friends movement for much of the 20th century. His books ranged from Quaker journal anthologies to philosophical and historical ...

(1884–1973), Quaker activist *

John Brinton John Brinton (25 January 1827 – 2 July 1914) was an English carpet manufacturer and a Liberal politician. Brinton was born at Kidderminster, the son of Henry Brinton a carpet manufacturer. He joined the family carpet manufacturing firm Joh ...

, British Liberal politician * Laurel J. Brinton, Canadian-American linguist *

Maurice Brinton Christopher Agamemnon Pallis (2 December 1923 – 10 March 2005) was an Anglo-Greek neurologist and libertarian socialist intellectual. Under the pen names Martin Grainger and Maurice Brinton, he wrote and translated for the British group Solid ...

, writer for libertarian socialist group Solidarity *

Sal Brinton Sarah Virginia Brinton, Baroness Brinton (born 1 April 1955), known as Sal Brinton, is a British politician who served as president of the Liberal Democrats from 2015 to 2020. In November 2010 she was nominated to the House of Lords, taking he ...

, British Liberal Democrat politician *

Sam Brinton Samuel Otis Brinton (born ) is an American nuclear engineer and LGBTQ activist. They served as the deputy assistant secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy from June to December 2022. Brinton was dismissed ...

, American nuclear engineer and LGBTQ activist *

Willard C. Brinton Willard Cope Brinton (December 22, 1880 – November 29, 1957''Mechanical Engineering,'' Vol. 80, 1958. p. 158) was an American consulting engineer, president of Brinton Associates, and information visualisation pioneer, particularly known for p ...

(1880–1957), American engineer, and information visualisation pioneer {{disambig