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Broadbent Theatre - Geograph
Broadbent is an Old English toponymic surname deriving from the location 'Broadbent' near Oldham, Lancashire, describing "broad, bent rushes or reeds". Notable people with the surname include: *Adele Broadbent (born 1968), New Zealand children's author *Alan Broadbent (born 1947), New Zealand–born jazz pianist and composer * Albert Broadbent (1934–2006), English footballer * Ambrose B. Broadbent (1885–1952), American lawyer and politician * Anne Broadbent, Canadian mathematician * Arthur Broadbent (1879–1958), English cricketer * Benjamin Broadbent (other), several people *Betty Broadbent (1909–1983), American woman famous for having more than 550 tattoos *Bob Broadbent (1924–1993), English cricketer *Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (born 1945), English organist and composer * Dan Broadbent (born 1985), English cricketer *Daniel Broadbent (born 1990), British footballer *Donald Broadbent (1926–1993), English psychologist *Edith Hacon née Broadbent (1875–1952 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
