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Broomfield (surname)
Broomfield is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ayan Broomfield (born 1997), Canadian tennis player * Billy Broomfield (born 1945), American politician * Deon Broomfield (born 1991), American football player * Fred J. Broomfield (1860–1941), English-born Australian writer * Herbert Broomfield (1878–unknown), English footballer * Jack Broomfield (1865–1927), African-American community leader in the early 20th century * Jody Broomfield (born 1976), Canadian artist * John Broomfield (1889–1981), Canadian politician * John Calvin Broomfield (1872–1950), Bishop of the Methodist Protestant Church in the United States * Matthew Broomfield ( fl. 1550), Welsh poet * Maurice Broomfield (1916–2010), British industrial photographer * Nick Broomfield (born 1948), English documentary filmmaker * Nigel Broomfield (1937–2018), British ambassador * Robert C. Broomfield (1933–2014), United States judge * William Broomfield (1922–2019), American politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayan Broomfield
Ayan Broomfield (born August 13, 1997) is a Canadian tennis player. Broomfield has won two doubles title on the International Tennis Federation, ITF tour in her career. On April 27, 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 680. On May 4, 2015, she peaked at world number 467 in the doubles rankings. Broomfield made her Women's Tennis Association, WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Coupe Banque Nationale, having received a wildcard with Maria Patrascu into the doubles tournament. She decided to follow the college route and was part of the Clemson University tennis team from January 2016 to May 2017. On May 25, 2019, playing for the UCLA Bruins, she and teammate Gabby Andrews won the doubles event at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championship, defeating Kate Fahey and Brienne Minor of the Michigan Wolverines. A short documentary titled ''Ayan Broomfield Tennis Story'' premiered on Amazon Prime Video on July 22, 2019. She was body double for select scenes of Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Broomfield
Maurice William Broomfield (2 February 1916 – 4 October 2010) was an English photographer whose images of post-war British industry were credited with capturing the optimistic spirit of the time. Life and work Born in Draycott, Derbyshire, England, Broomfield was the son of a lace designer. On leaving school at 15, he worked as a lathe operator on the assembly lines of the engineering company Rolls-Royce. In the evenings he studied at Derby College of Art. During the Second World War he was a conscientious objector, working in the Friends Ambulance Unit as an ambulance driver in the London Blitz, and after the war for Save the Children in Germany. Broomfield's archive has been acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum. The British Library conducted an oral history interview (C459/194) with Maurice Broomfield in 2007 for its An Oral History of British Photography collection. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language Surnames
English is a West Germanic languages, 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 language, Scots, and then closest related to the Low German, Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is Genetic relationship (linguistics), genealogically West Germanic language, West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by Langues d'oïl, dialects of France (about List of English words of French origin, 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 (Ingvae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surnames
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloomfield (surname)
Bloomfield is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Allen J. Bloomfield (1883–1932), New York politician * Angela Bloomfield (born 1972), New Zealand actor and director * April Bloomfield (born 1974), English chef * Ashley Bloomfield (born 1965/1966), New Zealand public health official * Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron Bloomfield (1768–1846), Private Secretary to the Sovereign * Clara D. Bloomfield (1942–2020), American physician-researcher * Clarence Bloomfield Moore (1852–1936), American archaeologist * Debra Bloomfield (born 1952), American photographer * Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler (1863–1927), Austrian-born U.S. pianist * Harry Bloomfield (1883–1950), Australian rugby league footballer * Janet Bloomfield (1953–2007), peace and disarmament campaigner * Jimmy Bloomfield (1934–1983), English football player and manager * Joseph Bloomfield (1753–1823), Governor of New Jersey * Kenneth Bloomfield (born 1931), former head of the Northern Ireland C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Broomfield
William S. Broomfield, (April 28, 1922 – February 20, 2019) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Early life Broomfield, the son of Scevillian C. and Fern Broomfield was born in Royal Oak, Michigan. His father was a dentist. He graduated from Royal Oak High School in 1940 and attended Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) at East Lansing. During the Second World War, he served in the United States Army Air Corps. After the war, he engaged in the real-estate and property-management business. Political career Broomfield was a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1949–1954, serving as speaker pro tempore in 1953. He served in the Michigan State Senate in 1955 and 1956. In 1956, Broomfield was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 18th District to the United States House of Representatives for the 85th and to the seventeen succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1957, to January 3, 1993. Due to redistricting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert C
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Broomfield
Sir Nigel Hugh Robert Allen Broomfield (19 March 1937 – 29 October 2018) was a British diplomat. Career Broomfield was born in Nowshera and educated at Haileybury College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He joined the British Army and was commissioned in the 17th/21st Lancers in 1959, retiring with the rank of Major in 1968. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1969 and served in the British embassies in Bonn and Moscow, and with the British Military Government in Berlin, as well as senior posts at the FCO. He was Deputy High Commissioner, New Delhi, 1985–88; Ambassador to the German Democratic Republic 1988–90; Deputy Under Secretary of State (Defence) at the FCO 1990–92; and Ambassador to Germany 1993–97. Broomfield was appointed CMG in 1986 and knighted KCMG in 1993. After retiring from the Diplomatic Service, Sir Nigel was director of the Ditchley Foundation 1999–2004. He took part in the Atlantic Storm exercise in 2005. He was a non- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Broomfield
Nicholas Broomfield (born 1948) is an English documentary film director. His self-reflective style has been regarded as influential to many later filmmakers. In the early 21st century, he began to use non-actors in scripted works, which he calls "Direct Cinema". His output ranges from studies of entertainers to political works such as examinations of South Africa before and after the end of apartheid and the rise of the black-majority government of Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress party. Broomfield generally works with a minimal crew, recording sound himself and using one or two camera operators. He is often seen in the finished film, usually holding the sound boom and wearing the Nagra tape recorder. Early life and education Nicholas Broomfield was born on 30th January, 1948. He is the son of photographer Maurice Broomfield (1916-2010) and Sonja Lagusova (1922-1982). His mother was a Czech Jew. From 1959 to 1965, Broomfield was educated at Sidcot School, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floruit
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicating the time when someone flourished. Etymology and use la, flōruit is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of the Latin verb ', ' "to bloom, flower, or flourish", from the noun ', ', "flower". Broadly, the term is employed in reference to the peak of activity for a person or movement. More specifically, it often is used in genealogy and historical writing when a person's birth or death dates are unknown, but some other evidence exists that indicates when they were alive. For example, if there are wills attested by John Jones in 1204, and 1229, and a record of his marriage in 1197, a record concerning him might be written as "John Jones (fl. 1197–1229)". The term is often used in art history when dating the career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Broomfield
Billy Broomfield (born January 15, 1945) is an American politician. He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi. According to the state constitution of 1890, it is to comprise no more than 122 members elected fo ... from the 110th District, from 1992 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected mayor of Moss Point, Mississippi in 2013. Running as an independent, he lost reelection to Democrat Mario King in 2017. References 1945 births Living people African-American mayors in Mississippi African-American state legislators in Mississippi Mayors of places in Mississippi Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives People from Moss Point, Mississippi 21st-century American politicians 21st-century African-American politicians 20th-century African-American people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Broomfield
Matthew Brwmffild ( fl. 1525–1545) was a Welsh poet. He is believed to have been from the Maelor area. Around 1520 he wrote a number of poems in praise of Rhisiart ap Rhys ap Dafydd Llwyd, of Gogerddan, and in 1539, of Rhys ap Howel of Porthamyl, Anglesey. His other subjects include Lewis Gwynn (died c.1552), and Siôn Wynn ap Meredith of Gwydyr (died c. 1559). The ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography The ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (''DNB'') is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885. The updated ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (''ODNB'') was published on 23 September ...'' reports that about twenty poems by him are recorded. References Year of birth missing Year of death missing 16th-century Welsh poets {{Wales-poet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
