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Blatchford (other)
Blatchford, a surname, may refer to: People * Christie Blatchford (1951–2020), Canadian newspaper columnist and broadcaster * Claire Blatchford (born 1944), deaf American author * Edgar Blatchford (born 1950), Alaska politician and newspaper publisher * Edward Blatchford (born 1972), American actor known for his role in the television series ''Malibu, CA'' * Eliphalet Wickes Blatchford (1826–1915), American manufacturer * Howard Blatchford (1912–1943), Canadian flying ace in World War II * Ian Blatchford (born 1965), British museum director * Joseph Blatchford (born 1934), founder of Accion International and third director of the United States Peace Corps (1969–1971) * Kenny Blatchford (1882–1933), mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, and member of the Canadian House of Commons * Liz Blatchford (born 1980), British professional triathlete * Neil Blatchford, American speed skater * Olivia Blatchford (born 1993), American squash player * Richard M. Blatchford (1859–1934), U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christie Blatchford
Christie Marie Blatchford (May 20, 1951 – February 12, 2020) was a Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster. She published four non-fiction books. Blatchford was Canada's first female sports columnist, reporting on sports between 1975 and 1977. In her 48-year career she worked for all four Toronto-based newspapers, winning the 1999 National Newspaper Award for column writing. She was inducted into the Canadian News Hall of Fame in 2019. Her book ''Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army'' also won the 2008 Governor General's Literary Award in Non-fiction. Early years and family Blatchford was born in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, the daughter of Kathleen and Ross Blatchford. Her father, who was in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, managed a hockey arena in Noranda. When Blatchford was in grade 11, the family moved to Toronto when her father became manager of the North Toronto Memorial Arena. She att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Blatchford
Olivia Clyne, (née Blatchford; born January 23, 1993 in New York City) is a professional squash player who represents the United States. Career Blatchford's junior accomplishments included winning the British Junior Open Girls under-15 event in 2007. She competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, representing the U.S.A. She brought back a silver medal from the individual event, and a gold medal from the teams event, with American compatriots Amanda Sobhy and Natalie Grainger. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 12 in April 2021. She won the U.S. National Championship twice in 2017 and 2019. In 2022, she was part of the United States team that reached the final of the 2022 Women's World Team Squash Championships. It was the first time that the United States had reached the final. Personal life In 2018, Blatchford married Alan Clyne Alan Clyne (born 25 July 1986 in Inverness) is a former professional squash player from Scotland. As of 2021 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blatchford, Edmonton
Blatchford is a carbon neutral community being developed on the site of the decommissioned City Centre Airport in Edmonton, Alberta. With an area of , Blatchford is approximately the size of Edmonton's downtown core. It is planned to be a medium-high density neighbourhood which will rely on renewable energy and a district energy sharing system, contain two Light Rail Transit (LRT) stations, and be carbon neutral. The first residents moved into Blatchford in late 2020, approximately five years after ground was broken and four years after the first homes were originally expected to be occupied. Development of Blatchford is occurring in phases; phase one, which is currently under construction, will see 250 townhouses and mixed-use buildings constructed on six parcels of land. Blatchford is expected to take 20 years to fully develop, and contain approximately 30,000 residents once it is complete. History A plan to develop a sustainable community on the grounds of the City Cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blatchford Field
Edmonton City Centre Airport (ECCA), also called Blatchford Field as well as Edmonton Municipal Airport, was an airport within the city of Edmonton, in Alberta, Canada. It was bordered by Yellowhead Trail to the north, Kingsway to the south, 121 Street to the west, and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) and Jefferson armouries to the east. It encompassed approximately of land just north of the city centre of Edmonton. The airport was originally called Blatchford Field, named for former mayor Kenneth Alexander Blatchford. It later was known as the Edmonton Municipal Airport, then as Edmonton Industrial Airport, and then Edmonton City Centre Airport (ECCA), finally ending as Blatchford Field at Edmonton City Centre Airport. Over the years, the three letter code "YXD" continued to be used for the airport by all of the airlines serving the airfield. The airport was closed in November 2013, and , the land is being redeveloped by the City of Edmonton as a planne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrington Blatchford
Torrington Blatchford (1871–1938) was an Australian geologist and was Government Geologist in Western Australia from 1929 until 1934. Birth and education Blatchford was born in Araluen, New South Wales to the prosperous gold buyer John Huxham Blatchford (1828-1894) and Thirza Pierce Blatchford (1831-1905). Both parents were born in Plymouth, Devon, and met and married in Sydney. From the family home in Braidwood, New South Wales, Blatchford attended Newington College (1886—1891) and was active in the Cadets Corps and the Rifle Team. He went up to the University of Sydney and graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in 1894. Blatchford then commenced study in the Faculty of Engineering but this was interrupted by his move to Western Australia. Western Australia In 1897, Blatchford moved to Western Australia and was appointed as senior assistant geologist in the Mines Department. He left the department after four years to become assistant metallurgist and surveyor to the Paddington Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Nathan Blatchford
Samuel Nathan Blatchford (1925–2005) was an American soldier and civil engineer. He is the most decorated Native American soldier to date. Blatchford's mother, Pauline Manuelito was the great-granddaughter of the great war chief Manuelito, who fought Kit Carson in the Navajo Wars (1869–63) and led his people in exile to the current Navajo Reservation. In 1941, Blatchford began his own journey as a warrior, enlisting into the US Army Air Corps before World War II. At the age of 17, standing 5'9" and weighing 130 pounds, it seemed unlikely that Samuel would make much of a name for himself as a warrior. His military service included: * Serving as a radio operator and gunner on a B17 Flying Fortress in Europe and getting shot down four times. * Working with the French Resistance until his capture by the Gestapo. * Numerous escape attempts from Stalag 17-B. * Combat flying missions in Korea. * Combat service as a ground forward air controller with an Army unit in Vietnam. Durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Blatchford (university President)
Samuel Blatchford (August 1, 1767 – March 17, 1828) was the first president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Early life Blatchford was born in Devonport, Devon, England on August 1, 1767. He was the oldest of four children born to Henry Blatchford and, his second wife, Mary (nee Heath) Blatchford, who married in 1766. From his father's first marriage, he had an older half-brother, John Blatchford, "who was eminent for his piety." His younger siblings from his parents marriage were Jane Blatchford, Joseph Blatchford (who died aged five) and William Blatchford (who died in infancy). He was educated at the Dissenting College of Theology at Homerton, now called Homerton College, Cambridge. Career On November 4, 1789, he was ordained and became pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Kingsbridge, Devon. In 1791, he became pastor of the church in Topsham, Devon. In 1795, Blatchford moved from England to the United States, where he became pastor of a church in Bedford, Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Blatchford
Samuel M. Blatchford (March 9, 1820 – July 7, 1893) was an American attorney and judge. He was most notable for his service as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from April 3, 1882 until his death in 1893. Early life Blatchford was born in Auburn, New York on March 9, 1820. He was the eldest of five children born to Julia Ann (née Mumford) Blatchford and Richard Milford Blatchford (1798–1875), a well known attorney and friend of Daniel Webster who served as a New York State Assemblyman in 1855, U.S. Minister to the Papal States, and New York City Park Commissioner in 1872. After his mother's death in 1857, his father remarried to Angelica Hamilton, the daughter of James Alexander Hamilton and granddaughter of Alexander Hamilton, the first Treasury Secretary. Angelica died in 1868, and Blatchford married for the third time, to Katherine Hone. His grandfather, also named Samuel Blatchford, was born in England and was the first president o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Blatchford
Robert Peel Glanville Blatchford (17 March 1851 – 17 December 1943) was an English socialist campaigner, journalist, and author in the United Kingdom. He was also noted as a prominent atheist, nationalist and opponent of eugenics. In the early 1920s, after the death of his wife, he turned towards spiritualism. Early life Blatchford was born 17 March 1851 in Maidstone, Kent. His parents, John Glanville Blatchford, a strolling comedian, and Georgina Louisa Corri ''(maiden;'' 1821–1890), an actress – named him after the Conservative Prime Minister Robert Peel who died the year before. His great-grandfather, by way of his mother, Domenico Corri (1746–1825), was an Italian musician and publisher who, in the late 18th century, moved from Rome to Edinburgh to teach music. One of his grandnieces, Christine Glanville (1924–1999), was an acclaimed English puppeteer. Blatchford's father died in 1853, leaving him in the care of his mother. She continued her acting career for nine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard M
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", " Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Blatchford
Nathaniel H. "Neil" Blatchford, IV (born October 5, 1945) is a retired American speed skater who specialized in the 500 m sprint. In this event he finished in 5th and 15th place at the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe ..., respectively. He finished second in this distance at the 1968 and 1969 world championships. He was the US Intermediate Champion in 1963 and won the All-around title in 1964. Personal bests: *500 m – 38.46 (1972) *1000 m – 1:21.7 (1972) *1500 m – 2:12.9 (1972) *5000 m – 8:36.9 (1969) References External linksNeil Blatchford speedskatingstats.com 1945 births Living people American male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of the United States Speed skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Blatchford
Claire Blatchford (born 1944 in Washington D.C.)Jepson, J. C. (1992). Claire Blatchford. In No walls of stone: an anthology of literature by deaf and hard of hearing writers (pp. 20-25). Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press.Books by Claire Blatchford. (2004). SteinerBooks. Retrieved November 15, 2011, fro/ref> is an author. She became deaf at the age of six due to mumps. She graduated in 1966 from Bennington College. and earned a master's degree from Adelphi University in the Waldorf School teacher training program and in Deaf education from Teachers College, Columbia University Teachers College, Columbia University (TC), is the graduate school of education, health, and psychology of Columbia University, a private research university in New York City. Founded in 1887, it has served as one of the official faculties and .... She is married and has two daughters. She continued working for several years as a teacher of deaf children. Claire Blatchford is an author of sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
