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Branford may refer to: *Branford Boase Award, British literary award *Branford Marsalis Quartet, an American jazz band *Operation Branford, a British raid conducted in 1942 during WW2 Places *Branford, Connecticut, a town in the United States **Branford Center, Connecticut, a neighborhood in Branford, Connecticut ** Branford Connector, a state road in Branford, Connecticut **Branford Hall Career Institute, a private career college in Branford, Connecticut **Branford High School (Connecticut), a school district in Branford, Connecticut ** Branford Land Trust, an organization in Branford, Connecticut **Branford Point Historic District, a historical district in Branford, Connecticut **Branford station, a railroad station in Branford ** Branford Town Hall, the town hall in Branford, Connecticut *North Branford, Connecticut, a town in New Haven, Connecticut **North Branford Center Historic District, historic district in North Branford, Connecticut ** North Branford High School, school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branford Boase Award
The Branford Boase Award is a British literary award presented annually to an outstanding children's or young-adult novel by a first-time writer; "the most promising book for seven year-olds and upwards by a first time novelist." The award is shared by both the author and their editor, which ''The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature'' noted is unusual for literary awards. History Wendy Boase, Editorial Director of Walker Books, and Henrietta Branford worked together to produce a great number of books. Both Boase and Branford died in 1999 of cancer. The Branford Boase Award was created to celebrate and commemorate their names and memories and to encourage new talent in writing, which they worked for. The awards were a joint idea by Julia Eccleshare and Anne Marley who both had jobs to do with books. The Branford Boase Award runs alongside the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition for young writers (under 19). Winners receive a hand-crafted box with the Branford Boase Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branford, Florida
Branford is a town in Suwannee County, Florida, United States. The population was 712 at the 2010 census. Geography Branford is located at (29.961803, –82.927204). The town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River. U.S. Route 27 and U.S. Highway 129 intersect in Branford. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2010, there were 712 people, 277 households, and 185 families in the town. The population density was . There were 347 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 80.2% White, 6.9% African American, 0.8% Native American, 1.7% Asian, Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.2% of the population. Of the 277 households 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.4% were married couples living together, 20.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families. 27.8% of households were one person and 14.8% w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Branford
Victor Branford (25 September 1863 – 22 June 1930) was a British sociologist. He was the founder of the Sociological Society and was made an Honorary member of the American Sociological Society, now the American Sociological Association. Life Victor Verasis Branford was born in Oundle, Northamptonshire, on 25 September 1863. His father was William Catton Branford (1837–1891), who worked as a veterinary surgeon in Oundle. In addition to Victor, William Branford had one daughter and a further three sons: Mary Ann Kitchen (1861–1907), Lionel William Ernest Catton (1866–1947), Benchara Bertrand Patrick (1868–1944), and John Frederick Kitchen (1869–1946). Branford began his schooling at Oundle School, but transferred to Daniel Stewart's College when the family moved to Edinburgh in 1869 on his father's appointment as Professor of Anatomy at the veterinary college in that city. While studying at Edinburgh University, Victor Branford came under the influence of the chari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Branford
Robert Peter Branford (born 23 November 1993) is an Australian speedway rider. Career Born in Adelaide, South Australia, he is the son of former Australian rider Darrell Branford.Rider Index , speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 4 May 2013 Following in his father's footsteps, Robert took up speedway at the age of ten at the in Adelaide, and twice finished third in the South Australian Under-16 Championship. In 2010 he began his British speedway career with in the |
Henrietta Branford
Henrietta Diana Primrose Longstaff Branford (12 January 1946 – 23 April 1999) was an English author of children's books. Her greatest success was '' Fire, Bed and Bone'' (1997), a historical novel set during the English peasants' revolt of 1381. For that she won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers, and she was a highly commended runner up for the Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. Biography Branford was born in India, and raised in an isolated part of New Forest in Hampshire, where she learned about animals and learned to ride a horse. After living in many other places she moved to Southampton in 1980 with her husband Paul Carter, a photographer, and their three children Jack, Rose and Polly. Branford had a variety of jobs: as a nanny, in shops, hotels and offices, and for a charity helping elderly people in South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Victor Branford
Frederick Victor Branford (1892–1941) was a British poet, known for verse of World War I and the years after. Biography Born Frederick Victor Rubens Branford Powell, the son of actors Mary Branford and Joynson Powell, he was given the second name of Mary's brother Victor Branford and was known in the family as 'Freddie' Powell. After the death of his mother he was brought up by his aunt Dorothy and after her separation from Lionel Branford, they lived in Ardgay, Scotland. ( Alasdair Alpin MacGregor's ''The Goat Wife'' tells the evocative story of his hard working and resourceful Aunt Dorothy, who left a comfortable existence in Edinburgh for life as a solo crofter in the Easter Ross village of Ardgay (then known locally as "High Wind"). Branford appears in the book as "Victor".) He may have felt closer to the Branfords than to his father and published his poetry under the surname of Branford. He was educated at Edinburgh University and Leiden University. Serving as a cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Shubrick
William Branford Shubrick (October 31, 1790 – May 27, 1874) was an officer in the United States Navy. His active-duty career extended from 1806 to 1861, including service in the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War; he was placed on the retired list in the early months of the Civil War. Early life Born at "Belvedere Plantation," Bull's Island, South Carolina (now an undeveloped barrier island within the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge), to Mary Branford and Colonel Thomas Shubrick, William was the sixth son and ninth child of the family of sixteen. His father served in the Continental Army under Generals Nathanael Greene and Benjamin Lincoln during the American Revolutionary War. Two of his sons joined the army and four sons including William chose naval career. He briefly studied at Harvard College in 1805-1806 before being commissioned a midshipman on June 20, 1806 at the age of sixteen joining his older brother, John Templer Shubrick. Naval career He started his act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branford Taitt
Sir Branford Mayhew Taitt, KA (May 15, 1938 – February 15, 2013) was a Barbadian politician who served as a cabinet minister and former President of the Senate of Barbados. He served as Minister of Trade, Industry and Commerce from 1971 to 1976, Minister of Tourism and Industry from 1986 to 1987, Minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental health. Coun ... from 1987 to 1993, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business (Barbados), Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1994. Taitt was the longest serving Minister of Health in the country's history. Taitt was born in 1938 on Fairfield Road in Black Rock, Saint Michael, Barbados. He was the youngest of the five children of Clair Rollock and Elma Taitt-Rollock. He attended Wesley Hall Boys' Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis (born August 26, 1960) is an American saxophonist The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pro ..., composer, and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in jazz as the leader of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, he also performs frequently as a soloist with classical ensembles and has led the group Buckshot LeFonque. From 1992 to 1995 he led the Tonight Show Band. Early life Marsalis was born on August 26, 1960, in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, and raised in New Orleans. He is the son of Dolores (née Ferdinand), a jazz singer and substitute teacher, and Ellis Marsalis, Jr., Ellis Louis Marsalis, Jr., a pianist and music professor.Stated on ''Finding Your Roots'', PBS, March 25, 2012 His brothers Jason Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, and Delfeayo Marsalis are also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branford Clarke
Branford Edward Clarke (March 18, 1885 – July 7, 1947) was an Evangelical preacher, poet and artist who promoted the Ku Klux Klan through his art which was drawn for the Pillar of Fire Church and their publications. Biography He was born on March 18, 1885 in London, England. His brother was a Member of Parliament. In the 1920s he converted a Model T into a mobile chapel. He was pastor of the Pillar of Fire Church in Brooklyn, New York for at least several years. From about 1925 to 1928 he illustrated numerous religious and political publications for the Pillar of Fire Church in partnership with Bishop Alma White, the church's founder and leader. Many of his illustrations supported Bishop White's writings by attacking various minorities including Catholics, Jews, and US immigrants and by promoting the Ku Klux Klan. He died on July 7, 1947 and was buried in the Pillar of Fire cemetery in Zarephath, New Jersey. His epitaph reads "The Cross he bore, through years of servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branford Price Millar Library
The Branford Price Millar Library is the library A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vir ... of Portland State University (PSU) in Portland, Oregon, United States. Built in 1968, the academic library was doubled in size in 1991 and houses over 1 million volumes. The five-story building is located on the school's campus on the South Park Blocks in Downtown Portland and is the largest academic library in the Portland area. History In 1959, the first PSU library building, Library East, was completed under the presidency of Branford Millar, second president of Portland State College, serving from 1959 to 1968.PSU Timeline: PSU at 50. ''The Oregonian'', February 15, 1996. That library had its 1 millionth visitor in 1962 and was replaced in 1968 with the Branford P. Millar Memorial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branford-Horry House
The Branford-Horry House is located at 59 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. The house is unusual for its piazza, which extends over the public sidewalk. The three-story house of stuccoed brick has Georgian interiors. The front piazza, built over the sidewalk, was added by Branford's grandson, Elias Horry, in about 1830. In 1988, a speeding car crashed into the house, knocking out two of the columns and sending one into the front door of the house. The house was built after 1751, when William Branford married Elizabeth Savage, who had inherited the corner parcel from her uncle Benjamin Savage. Upon her death in 1801, the home was inherited by Ann Branford and her husband Thomas Horry. See also *Capers-Motte House *Miles Brewton House *Robert Brewton House The Robert Brewton House is a historic house at 71 Church Street in Charleston, South Carolina. With a construction date at or before 1730, it is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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