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Brantly (other)
Brantly may refer to: * Brantly International, American aviation manufacturer * Brantly, given name ** Brantly Womack, American scholar * Brantly, surname ** Keith Brantly, American long-distance runner ** Rob Brantly, American baseball player ** Justin Brantly, American football player ** Kent Brantly, American physician and author ** Newby O. Brantly, American inventor and entrepreneur ** Susan Brantly, American scholar ** Theodore Brantly, American jurist See also * Brantley (other) {{disambig, given name, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brantly International
Brantly International Inc. is an American helicopter company with its engineering and administrative offices based Coppell, Texas, United States. Manufacturing of Brantly-designed helicopters is now carried out by Qingdao Haili Helicopters of China. History Brantly Helicopter The company started out 1945 as Brantly Helicopter Corporation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded by Newby O. Brantly. Brantly was so impressed with the Sikorsky VS-300 that he decided to design his own helicopter. In 1946 his first helicopter, the Brantly B-1 with coaxial rotors made its first flight. The B-1 was not put into production. Using lessons learned from the B-1, he decided to build a two-seater with a simple rotor design. This helicopter, the Brantly B-2, made its first flight 1953. In 1957 the company moved to Frederick, Oklahoma, where the B-2 was certified in 1959. He later designed the Brantly 305, a five-seater which made its first flight 1964. It was certified by the FAA in 1965, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brantly Womack
Brantly Womack is Professor Emeritus of Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia, where he has held the Cumming professorial chair, and Senior Faculty Fellow at the Miller Center, where he has held the CK Yen professorial chair. Most of his work has been on Chinese national and international politics. Biography A native of Texas, Womack received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 1977. He had previously received a M.A. from Chicago, and a B.A. from the University of Dallas in 1969. He was a Fulbright Scholar, at the University of Munich, 1969–1970. After he received his doctorate, he worked as Assistant Professor of Political Science and Political Economy at the University of Texas at Dallas, followed by positions as Assistant and then Associate Professor and finally full Professor at Northern Illinois University. He was briefly a Reader in Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London. He went to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Brantly
Keith Alan "KB" Brantly (born May 23, 1962) is an American former professional long-distance runner who contended in the men's marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. Brantly finished twenty-eighth of one hundred and eleven runners who completed the race, in a time of 2:18:17.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes Keith Brantly Retrieved November 4, 2012. He is recognized for his extensive distance-running career that encompasses nearly three decades at distances that range from one mile to a marathon. He graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sports science in 1986, and was later inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great."F Club, Hall of Fame Gator Greats Retrieved December 18, 2014. Running career High school (1976-1980) When Brantly was at Winter Haven High School in 1976, he joined the cross-country team, coached by Buck Dawson. Dawson is a member of Morehead Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Brantly
Robert Jacob Brantly (born July 14, 1989) is an American professional baseball catcher who is currently a free agent. The Detroit Tigers drafted Brantly in the third round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2012 with the Miami Marlins and has also played in MLB for the Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and San Francisco Giants. Before beginning his professional career, Brantly played college baseball for the UC Riverside Highlanders. Amateur career Brantly attended Chaparral High School in Temecula, California. The Washington Nationals drafted Brantly in the 46th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft, but Brantly did not sign. He opted to attend college, enrolling at the University of California, Riverside (UCR). He played college baseball for the UCR Highlanders baseball team in the Big West Conference. In the summer after his freshman season, in 2009, he played collegiate summer baseball for the La Crosse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Brantly
Justin Jay Brantly (born March 28, 1986) is a former American football punter. He played for the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League. He was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Texas A&M. Early years Brantly went to school in East Bernard, Texas, where his father, Jerry Brantly, served as an assistant coach under Dale Lechler, the father of NFL and former Texas A&M punter Shane Lechler. Shane and Justin were childhood friends and continue to be close. Justin later went to Sealy High School in Sealy, Texas, where he ran track and played basketball and baseball. He was voted into the UIL All-Century Defensive Football Third-team. Rivals.com ranked him the 18th kicker prospect in the 2005 recruiting class. He chose to play for Texas A&M over Southern California due to the small-town atmosphere at A&M. He played in the 2005 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. College career Brantly compiled a 44.3 career punting ave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent Brantly
Kent Brantly is an American doctor with the medical mission group Samaritan's Purse. While treating Ebola patients in Liberia, he contracted the virus. He became the first American to return to the United States to be treated for the disease. Life Brantly was born in Indianapolis, the youngest of six children to Dr. Jim and Jan Brantly. He is married to Amber Brantly, and they have two children. Brantly attended Abilene Christian University in Texas, where he earned an undergraduate degree in biblical text in 2003. It was here, at ACU, where he pledged Pi Kappa, a men's social club founded on a deep sense of Christian brotherhood, regardless of which denomination that member belonged to. After leaving ACU, he earned his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine (within Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis) in 2009 and completed his family medicine residency and fellowship in maternal child health at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newby O
Newby (from Old Norse ''Nýbýr'' = ''new farmstead'') may refer to: Places England Cumbria * Newby, Cumbria, near Penrith *Newby Bridge, in Furness Lancashire * Newby, Lancashire, historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire North Yorkshire *Newby, Craven *Newby, Hambleton, near Stokesley *Newby Wiske, Hambleton *Newby, Huby, Harrogate *Newby, Skelton-on-Ure, Harrogate District **Newby Hall, an 18th-century country house * Newby-on-Swale, Harrogate District, a deserted medieval village **Newby Park *Newby, Scarborough ** Newby and Scalby, Scarborough *Newby Head, a former inn, now a farm, near Ribblehead in Craven Elsewhere * Newby, Illinois People *Basil Newby (born 1951), British entrepreneur and businessman * Brendan Newby (born 1996), Irish-American freestyle skier *Chas Newby (born 1941), English musician, temporarily bassist for The Beatles *Chris Newby (born 1957), British film director and screenwriter *Craig Newby (born 1979), New Zealand rugby player *Dangerfield Newby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Brantly
Susan Brantly is an American scholar in Scandinavian literature and a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Career Susan Brantly received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in German and Scandinavian from Harvard University in 1980, her Master of Arts Degree in Scandinavian Literature from the University of Minnesota in 1983, and her Ph.D. in Germanic Languages and Literature from Yale University in 1987. That same year, she began working in the Scandinavian Studies Department at the University of Wisconsin, where she is currently a professor. Contemporary Swedish historical fiction remains a central research interest, and she has published articles on writers such as P.C. Jersild, Sven Delblanc, Sara Lidman, Per Anders Fogelström, P.O. Enquist and others in journals such as, ''Clio'', ''Comparative Literature'', ''Scandinavian Studies'', ''Horizont''. She has also published on August Strindberg and other nineteenth-century Nordic writers, and maintains a keen interest i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Brantly
Theodore M. Brantley (or Brantly) (February 12, 1851 – September 16, 1922) was the longest-serving Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court, serving for 23 years (1899–1922). Biography Brantley was born near Lebanon, Tennessee. He came from a political family in Tennessee—two of his mother's brothers were elected governor of Tennessee (Neill S. Brown in 1847, John C. Brown in 1871). Brantley was educated at Southwestern Presbyterian University in Clarksville, Tennessee and the law school of Cumberland University in Lebanon, graduating in 1881. After practicing law for several years, Brantly became a professor of Ancient Languages, first at Illinois College and then at the College of Montana in Deer Lodge. After returning to the practice of law for several years, Brantley was elected District Judge in the 3rd Judicial District of Montana in 1892 and then Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court in the November 1898 elections. He remained Chief Justice until resigning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
