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Bossard is a surname which may have origins in similar names in Normandy. Notable people with the surname include: *Frank Bossard (1912–2001), British intelligence service agent convicted of spying for the Soviet Union *Roger Bossard Roger Bossard is the head groundskeeper at Guaranteed Rate Field, home of the Chicago White Sox. Bossard joined the White Sox in 1967 working as an assistant to his father, Gene Bossard, and became the official head groundskeeper when his fathe ... (born 1949), American head groundskeeper at Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago References {{surname, Bossard French-language surnames Surnames from given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Bossard
Frank Clifton Bossard (13 December 1912 – 19 June 2001) was a British Secret Intelligence Service agent who provided classified documents to the Soviet Union in the 1960s. Early life Bossard was born in 1912 to a poor single mother, Ethel Bossard (née Clifton). His father, Frank Bossard, a journeyman joiner, died before he was born. His mother worked as a housekeeper and general store manager in Gedney, Lincolnshire until 1923, when she married a farmer and moved to the country.Hearn (2006), 100. Bossard dropped out of school when his stepfather could no longer afford it and became a store clerk. Despite his lack of education, Bossard became interested in radios, building his first one at sixteen. In the 1930s, Bossard joined the British Union of Fascists, but felt himself out of place among people whom he regarded as upper-class.Waugh (2003). Eventually, he saved enough money to attend radio technology courses at Norwich Technical College. When he ran out of money, he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Bossard
Roger Bossard is the head groundskeeper at Guaranteed Rate Field, home of the Chicago White Sox. Bossard joined the White Sox in 1967 working as an assistant to his father, Gene Bossard, and became the official head groundskeeper when his father retired in 1983. He is known amongst the industry as "The Sodfather" and is highly influential in the development of new ballparks. He is the longest-tenured groundskeeper in major-league history and has been with the Sox longer than any other employee. His grandfather Emil Bossard and uncle Marshall Bossard worked for years for the Indians and were inducted into the MLB Groundskeepers Hall of Fame. His father, Gene Bossard, was the Sox’s head groundskeeper at old Comiskey from 1940 to ’83. Nineteen of 30 major-league teams use a patented drainage system that Bossard developed for the opening of Guaranteed Rate Field in 1991, including Chase Field in Arizona, Comerica Park in Detroit, Miller Park (Milwaukee), Miller Park in Milwauke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French-language Surnames
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien) largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the ( Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Francophone in both English and French. French is an official language in 29 countries across multiple continents, most of which are members of the ''Organisation internationale de la Francophonie'' (OI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
