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Broome (name)
Broome is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Albert Broome (1900–1989), British soccer player * Bob Broome, American football coach * Christopher Edmund Broome (1812–1886), British mycologist * David Broome (born 1940), British equestrian * Ernest James Broome (1908–1975), Canadian politician * Emilia Broomé (1866–1925), Swedish politician, feminist and peace activist * Frank Broome (1915–1994), English footballer * Sir Frederick Broome (1842–1896), Governor of Western Australia * Harvey Broome (1902–1968), American lawyer, writer and conservationist * Ian Broome (born 1960), English cricketer * Jack Broome (1901–1985), Royal Navy officer * James E. Broome (1808–1883), American politician * Jerry Broome (born 1966), American actor * John Broome (other), various people ** John L. Broome (1824–1898), United States Marine Corps officer ** John Broome (philosopher) (born 1947), British philosopher ** Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Broome
Albert Henry Broome (30 May 1900 - December 1989) was an English footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le .... His regular position was as a Forward (association football), forward. He was born in Unsworth, Bury, Lancashire. He played for Oldham Athletic A.F.C., Oldham Athletic and Manchester United F.C., Manchester United. External linksMUFCInfo.com profile 1900 births 1989 deaths English men's footballers Manchester United F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Footballers from Bury, Greater Manchester Men's association football forwards {{England-footy-forward-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Broome (philosopher)
John Broome (born 1947) is a British philosopher and economist. He was the White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Biography Broome was educated at the University of Cambridge, at the University of London and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received a PhD in economics. Before arriving at Oxford he was Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews and, prior to that, Professor of Economics and Philosophy at the University of Bristol. He has held visiting posts at the University of Virginia, the Australian National University, Princeton University, the University of Washington, the University of British Columbia, the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences, and the University of Canterbury. In 2007 Broome was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. His book ''Weighing Goods'' (1991) explores the way in which goods "located" in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Broome
William Broome (''c.'' April 1689 – 16 November 1745) was an English poet and translator. He was born in Haslington, near Crewe, Cheshire and died in Bath. Education He was educated at Eton and Cambridge, entered the Church, and became rector of Sturston and later Pulham in Norfolk and Eye in Suffolk. Translations Broome translated the ''Iliad'' in prose along with others, and was employed by Alexander Pope, whom he excelled as a Greek scholar, in translating the ''Odyssey'', of which he Englished the 2nd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 16th, 18th, and 23rd books, catching the style of his master so exactly as almost to defy identification, and thus annoying him so as to earn a niche in The Dunciad. He also translated the Odes of Anacreon Anacreon (; grc-gre, Ἀνακρέων ὁ Τήϊος; BC) was a Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and erotic poems. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of Nine Lyric Poets. Anacreon wrote all of his poetry in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Weston Broome
Sharon Weston Broome (born October 1, 1956) is the mayor-president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She served in the Louisiana State Senate representing the 15th district from 2005 to 2016. She was elected mayor-president in a runoff election held on December 10, 2016. Broome is the first African-American woman to serve as mayor-president. From 2008 to 2016, Broome was the President Pro Tempore of the state Senate. In 2011, she was elected to her second full Senate term without opposition. Early life and career From 1992 to 2004, Broome was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 29. She was succeeded by her legislative assistant, Regina Barrow. From 1996 to 2003, she was Chairman of Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs Committee. Broome was elected Speaker Pro Tempore of the House, the first woman to have held that position. Broome is hence the first woman to serve in the number-two leadership position in both legislative chambers. In 2002, Broome int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockjobber
Stockjobbers were institutions that acted as market makers in the London Stock Exchange. The business of stockjobbing emerged in the 1690s during England's Financial Revolution. During the 18th century the jobbers attracted numerous critiques from Thomas Mortimer, Daniel Defoe and others. These writers denounced the use of market manipulation and front running and regarded it as unethical that the jobbers made money without any interest in the stocks involved. The business survived repeated legislation to ban it and became institutionalised. Prior to the "Big Bang" deregulation of 1986, every stock traded on the Exchange passed through a 'jobber's book', that is, they acted as the ultimate purchasers of shares sold and the source of shares purchased, by stockbrokers on behalf of the latters' clients. Stockbrokers in turn were not permitted to be market makers. In the final years of stockjobbing, the leading firms were Akroyd & Smithers, Wedd Durlacher, Pinchin Denny, Smith Broth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Broome
Lieutenant colonel Ralph Howard Broome (5 July 1889 – 25 January 1985) was a British Army officer and bobsledder who competed during the early 1920s. He was born in Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh, India, and died in Poole, Dorset, England.SR Olympic SportRetrieved 7 January 2017./ref> Honours Broome won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix. Earlier, Broome had been awarded the Military Cross (1915) and Distinguished Service Order (1918) while serving with the Wiltshire Regiment in the First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin .... He retired from the Royal Tank Corps as a lieutenant colonel in 1935. References SourcesBobsleigh four-man Olympic medallists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Broome
Paul Broome (born June 6, 1976, in Dallas, Texas) is a retired American soccer defender who played eight seasons in Major League Soccer. Youth and college Broome graduated from Lake Highlands High School in Dallas, Texas, where he was an All-State soccer and football player. He also played youth soccer with the Dallas Texans Soccer Club. He attended Southern Methodist University, playing as a midfielder and forward on the men's soccer team from 1995 to 1998. He graduated with a degree in business administration. Professional Broome was drafted in the first round (12th overall) in the 1999 MLS College Draft by his hometown Dallas Burn. In 1999, Broome appeared in thirteen games, registering one goal and two assists. He saw an enlarged role in 2000, playing a utility role for the Burn in outside midfield and left back. He played in 20 games in 2000 and 22 games in 2001. During the 2000 MLS offseason, Broome trained with Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League. In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Broome
Olivia Broome (born 13 June 2001) is a para powerlifter who won a bronze medal in the under-50 kg event at the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics. She is the British and world junior record holder in the under-50 kg event, and has won multiple Para Powerlifting World Cup medals. She also won the junior under-50 kg event at the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships, silver medal in the women's 50 kg event, and a silver medal in the lightweight event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Personal life Broome is from Chorley, Lancashire. She has been a student at Loughborough University. Career Broome started para powerlifting at the age of 15, and trains at the British Weightlifting Centre at Loughborough University. She came 10th in the under-50 kg event at the 2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships in Mexico City, and second in the junior under-50 kg event. She won a medal at that year's British Championships. She received the 2017 British Weight Lifting Young Lifter of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Anne Broome, Lady Broome
Mary Anne Barker, Lady Barker (29 January 1831 – 6 March 1911), later Mary Anne Broome, Lady Broome, was an English author. She wrote mainly about life in New Zealand. Biography Born Mary Anne Stewart in Spanish Town, Jamaica, she was the eldest daughter of Walter Steward, Island Secretary of Jamaica. She was educated in England, and in 1852 married Captain George Robert Barker of the Royal Artillery, with whom she had two children. When Barker was knighted for his leadership at the Siege of Lucknow, Mary Anne became "Lady Barker". Eight months later Barker died. On 21 June 1865, Mary Anne Barker married Frederick Napier Broome. The couple then sailed for New Zealand, leaving her two children in England. The couple's first child was born in Christchurch in February 1866, but died in May. By this time, they had moved to the sheep station ''Steventon'', which Broome had partnered with H. P. Hill to buy. They remained there for three years; they lost more than half their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Broome
As of Round 2 2022, a total of 269 players have played at least one senior game for the West Coast Eagles, an Australian rules football team in the Australian Football League. A number of other players were listed (or are listed) with the club for periods of time without making their debut, some of whom played at senior level for other AFL teams. West Coast Eagles players 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Other players Listed players yet to play a senior game for West Coast Delisted players who did not play a senior game for West Coast ;Notes For various reasons, a number of players drafted in the late 1980s and early 1990s refused to live in Western Australia, instead choosing to remain and play football in their home states. Burton later played 70 games with and 77 games with the . Edmonds later played one game with . Edwards had previously played six games with and 10 with the . Freeman had previously played five games with . Gow had previously played se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Broome
Johnny Broome (Born: 14 March 1818; Birmingham, England – 31 May 1855; England) was a lightweight bare-knuckle boxer. Broome was a gifted pugilist known as "Young Duckro." He was never defeated in the prize ring, and had a younger brother (Harry Broome) who became Heavyweight Champion of England. Johnny stood 5’ 6½" and weighed between 133 and 140 pounds. Early life Johnny Broome was born in Birmingham on 14 March 1818. According to one source: "while he was yet a boy he could ride a pony at full gallop, standing on its bare back, and hence he gained in the neighbour-hood the nickname of "Young Ducrow" (Andrew Ducrow was a famous acrobatic horseman of the age). The same source states: "Johnny was by trade a hammerman, and his work at the anvil strengthened and developed the muscles of his splendid chest and arms." Boxing career Johnny Broome fought 10 times and was undefeated when he retired from the ring. Early fights took place with Jack Hunt, Tom Ellis and Bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John "Jack" Spoor Broome
John Spoor Broome (December 1, 1917 – April 10, 2009) was an American rancher, aviator and philanthropist. Early life He was born in Chicago, Illinois into a successful ranching family, the son of Thornhill Francis Broome and Caryl Russell Spoor. His grandfather, William R. Broome, had purchased a part of the Rancho Guadalasca Mexican land grant along the Ventura County coastline, which he later inherited in 1946 upon the death of his father. Broome attended Washington and Lee University and obtained a bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University. Career Aviation Broome had an early love for aviation and first soloed a plane at age 17 in 1935. He served as a transport pilot and instructor for the Army Air Forces Air Transport Command over the North Atlantic during World War II. After the war, he worked as a pilot for American Airlines from 1943-1946. He acquired the nickname the “Flying Rancher” for his frequent use of a Mitsubishi MU-2. In 1985, to ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
