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Almond (surname)
Almond is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Barbara Almond (1938–2016), American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst * Bob Almond (born 1967), American comic book inker *Bobby Almond (born 1951), New Zealand footballer *Brent Almond (born 1983), American film producer * Cliff Almond (musician), American drummer and percussion player * Cody Almond (born 1989), Canadian-born Swiss professional ice hockey centre *Darren Almond (born 1971), English artist * David Almond (born 1951), British writer * Edward Almond (1892–1979), American military officer * Gabriel Almond (1911–2002), American political scientist * Hely Hutchinson Almond (1832–1903), Scottish physician and a politician *Henry Almond (1850–1910), English football forward *Harry Almond (1928–2004), British Olympic rower * Hely Hutchinson Almond (1832–1903), Scottish physician and politician *Ian Almond (born 1969), English literary scholar and writer *J. Lindsay Almond (1898–1986), Governor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Almond
Barbara Almond (June 6, 1938 – March 6, 2016) was an American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. She authored books on psychiatry, including ''The Monster Within: The Hidden Side of Motherhood'' (2010). Biography Almond was born Barbara Mary Rosenthal in The Bronx. Her father was an actuary, and her mother was a teacher. She attended The High School of Music & Art in Manhattan before graduating from Antioch College and Yale University Medical School. Almond had a private practice in Palo Alto, California, and taught at Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ... and the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. With her husband Richard, also a psychiatrist, Almond wrote ''The Therapeutic Narrative'', a book about psychiatric conditions in literary chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Almond
Joan Almond (June 3, 1935 – August 28, 2021) was an American photographer, exhibiting since 1987. Career Almond was a photographer for John Cassavetes' ''3 Plays of Love & Hate'' and was also involved in many of Cassavetes' projects that her brother, Bo Harwood, was involved in. Almond was an archival photographer for Charles Kiselyak's book and film ''A Constant Forge'' (2000) about the ''3 Plays of Love & Hate'' and Cassavetes' life. The first exhibition of Almond's black-and-white photos was a collection of 55 photos, ''Jerusalem: The Gathering of Nations'' (1987), presented at the Saidye Bronfman Centre in Montreal. The photos in this show were selected from the over 10,000 photos (b/w and color) Almond had taken while on a photo assignment for the architect, Moshe Safdie for his book ''The Harvard Jerusalem Studio.'' Saidye had hired a team as part of a large urban design project in Jerusalem and approximately 150 of Almond's photos were selected to illustrate this bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Almond
William Almond, known as Willie Almond (5 April 1868 – 1942), was an English footballer who played in The Football League for Accrington, Blackburn Rovers, and Northwich Victoria. In 1887 Almond signed with Witton, the year Witton FC recruited 19 professional footballers. Witton had its best run in both the FA Cup and the Lancashire Cup. What role Almond played in these cup runs is not recorded. Season 1888–1889 Blackburn Rovers had a highly successful inaugural league season in 1888–1889. They finished 4th in the League and reached the semi-final of the FA Cup. Willie Almond made his League and Club debut, playing at centre-half, on 15 September 1888 at Leamington Road, home of Blackburn Rovers in a match against Accrington Accrington is a town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England. It lies about east of Blackburn, west of Burnley, east of Preston, north of Manchester and is situated on the culverted River Hyndburn. Commonly abbreviated by locals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Almond
Steve Almond (born October 27, 1966) is an American short-story writer, essayist and author of ten books, three of which are self-published. Life Almond was raised in Palo Alto, California, graduated from Henry M. Gunn High School and received his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University. He spent seven years as a newspaper reporter, mostly in El Paso and at the ''Miami New Times''. Almond lives in Arlington, Massachusetts with his wife and three children. Literary work Almond's 2014 book ''Against Football'', which documents his growing disillusionment with American football, derived from two pieces written for ''The New York Times''. Almond's second book, '' Candyfreak'' (2005) was a ''New York Times'' Best Seller and won the American Library Association Alex Award and was named the Booksense Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year. Almond's books have been published in half a dozen foreign countries and translated into German, Dutch, Spanish, and Croatian. He has published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Almond
Harry Roy Almond (1891–1960) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1910s. Playing career Almond was born at Glebe, New South Wales. He played five seasons at South Sydney Rabbitohs between 1912–1917. Almond made his debut with Souths in round 13 of the 1912 season against Annandale at second-row. He would not make another appearance for the season and would not appear until round 3 of the 1914 season - where he would score a try to help his team win 17–9 against Western Suburbs. Almond played 7 more games that season and Souths would finish with the 1914 minor premiership, and consequently, the premiership. In round 12 of 1915, Almond scored a try in a 29–3 win over North Sydney. He scored a try in the opening round of 1916, before scoring the final try of his career in a 12-point win over Norths. Souths made the grand final in 1916, however Almond did not play. Almond played 4 more seasons in 1917 Events Below, the events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Almond
Peter Almond is a Trials Division justice at the Supreme Court of Victoria. He was educated at Yarra Valley Grammar and is a graduate of the undergraduate and graduate program in law at the University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor .... During his career as a lawyer he represented clients including the Australian Stock Exchange. References Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria Living people Year of birth missing (living people) University of Melbourne alumni {{Australia-law-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Almond
Paul Almond (April 26, 1931 – April 9, 2015) was a Canadian television and motion picture screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. He is most known for being the director of the first film in the '' Up'' series. Life and career Paul Almond attended Bishop's College School, McGill University and Balliol College, Oxford University, where he read Philosophy, Politics, Economics; edited the University magazine, Isis; played for the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club; and served as president of the university Poetry Society. At the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, he worked primarily as a director and producer, and also wrote several scripts. He did similar work in England for the BBC, ABC Weekend TV, and Granada TV, where he created the ground-breaking documentary ''Seven Up!'', before embarking on a career as a feature-length film-maker. In the late 1960s, he attempted to establish a high quality Canadian art cinema with his understated and highly interiorized films ''I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Almond
Oliver Almond was a Roman Catholic priest and writer, born in the diocese of Oxford. He is believed by Henry Foley (historian), Foley to have been the brother of the martyr, the Venerable, Ven. John Almond (martyr), John Almond; but Joseph Gillow, Gillow has shown that this is probably a mistake. Biography Oliver was educated at the English Colleges at Rome (1582–87) and Valladolid, and was a missionary in England. He was made George Birkhead 's assistant in Staffordshire in September of 1612 instead of Ralph Stamford. After a year Birkhead substituted him because Almond had been arrested and imprisoned. In July 1613 he was released for a sum of money. He presented the English College, Rome, English College at Rome with a precious chalice. Some of his correspondence is preserved in the Westminster Archives, and he is conjectured by Gillow to have been the writer of a work entitled ''The Uncasing of Heresies, or the Anatomie of Protestancie, written and composed by O.A.'' (Leuve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris Almond
Morris Almond (born February 2, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. Almond is the founder of Almond Athletics. His last professional appearance would be for the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League (D-League). High school Almond was born in Dalton, Georgia and attended McEachern High School in Powder Springs, Georgia, where he was a teammate of fellow professional basketball player Josh Smith. Almond was the first basketball player in McEachern school history to have his #22 jersey retired. College career Almond played college basketball at Rice University, where he was a member of Martel residential college. During his junior season, Almond's scoring average jumped to 21.9 points per game (up from 7.2 points per game as a sophomore). His scoring average led all players in Conference USA. During his senior year, Almond's scoring average increased to 26.4 points per game, ranking third in the nation. He was named Conference USA Player of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Almond
Mary Almond, (born 2 January 1928) is an English physicist, radio astronomer, palaeomagnetist, mathematician, and computer scientist who completed an early PhD in radio astronomy at Jodrell Bank Observatory in 1952. Early life and education Almond was born in Manchester and studied for a degree in physics at the University of Manchester from 1946 to 1949, where she was taught by Patrick Blackett and Bernard Lovell. At the end of their first year of physics lectures, Lovell asked if any of the male students would be interested in spending some time at Jodrell Bank over the summer, digging trenches and mixing concrete and other somewhat physical tasks. After the lecture, Almond went to see him and asked, "Would there be anything for girls to do at Jodrell?" and Lovell said he was sure he could find them something. Almond and Majorie, an old school friend of Almond's who was in the same year, spent two weeks working at Jodrell Bank, living at Alderley Edge in a caravan belon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Almond
Mark Almond (born 1958) is a British author, and was a lecturer in Modern History at Oriel College, Oxford. Almond holds a master's degree (M.A.), and was the Chair of the British Helsinki Human Rights Group (which despite its name was not affiliated with the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights). He served as an election observer under the aegis of the BHHRG in Georgia and Ukraine, among other countries. Almond has been critical of what he characterizes as Western interference with democracy, such as the activities of George Soros. His research interests lie in 19th century and 20th century Central-Eastern Europe; Almond has written a biography of Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu, a study of Albanian migration, and a study of the Bosnian War in its historical context. He has recently been teaching a course on 18th Century France, focusing on the writings of Alexis de Tocqueville. As of 2012, Almond was delivering lectures on European History in Bilkent University in Turkey. Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Almond
Peter Mark Sinclair "Marc" Almond, (born 9 July 1957) is an English singer. Almond first began performing and recording in the synthpop/ new wave duo Soft Cell where he became known for his distinctive soulful voice and androgynous image. He has also had a diverse career as a solo artist. His collaborations include a duet with Gene Pitney on the 1989 UK number one single "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart". Almond's career spanning over four decades has enjoyed critical and commercial acclaim, and he has sold over 30 million records worldwide. He spent a month in a coma after a near-fatal motorcycle accident in 2004 and later became a patron of the brain trauma charity Headway. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to arts and culture. Early life Almond was born in Southport, Lancashire, the son of Sandra Mary Diesen and Peter John Sinclair Almond, a Second Lieutenant in the King's Liverpool Regiment. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |