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Birchfield (surname)
Birchfield is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Allan Birchfield (born 1949/1950), New Zealand coal and gold miner * Bill Birchfield (1935–2016), American politician, lawyer, and civic leader * Connie Birchfield (1898–1994), New Zealand housekeeper, trade unionist, and political activist {{surname, Birchfield ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Birchfield
Allan Birchfield (born 1949/1950) is a coal and gold miner from the South Island's West Coast of New Zealand. He is chairman of the West Coast Regional Council and known for his climate change denial. Biography Birchfield's family has a long history of coal and gold mining and sawmilling on the West Coast. His father was Maxwell John Birchfield (1923–1990). Birchfield farms land at Ngahere, works an alluvial gold claim near Hokitika, and is director of Birchfield Coal Mines Ltd, owned with his three siblings. Birchfield Coal Mines, started by Birchfield's parents in 1977, employs 20 people at a mine near Reefton, and in 2016 bought the Liverpool and Strongman mines from bankrupt mining company Solid Energy. Birchfield is the owner of the ''Kanieri'', the last gold dredge operating on the West Coast and the largest remaining alluvial bucket gold dredge in the world. The dredge was built in 1938 to work the Kaniere area, and recovered of gold from around Hokitika and from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Birchfield
William O. Birchfield Jr. (December 19, 1935 – February 5, 2016) was an American politician, lawyer, and civic leader in Jacksonville, Florida. He referred to himself as the "Duke of Mayo" from the small town (population less than 1,000) where he was born and raised. Early life and education Birchfield was born in Mayo, Florida, and graduated from Lafayette High School in 1954. He attended the University of Florida, majoring in agriculture, and was a member of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, Phi Kappa Phi, and Florida Blue Key. Birchfield was named to the ''UF Hall of Fame'' in 1957, earned his bachelor's degree in 1958, then enlisted in the United States Navy. Birchfield decided to further his education and was accepted by the Fredric G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida, where he was a member of Phi Delta Phi and earned his Juris Doctor in 1963. He was admitted to the Florida Bar on June 12, 1964. He was honored as a ''Distinguished Alumnus'' by the University o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |