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Brownlee (surname)
Brownlee is an English or Scottish toponymic surname, named after Brownlee, Lanarkshire or Brownley, Warwickshire. Notable people with the surname include: *Alistair Brownlee (born 1988), British triathlete *Bruce Brownlee, New Zealand squash player *Charles Brownlee (1821–1890), Cape Colony politician * Derek Brownlee (born 1974), Scottish politician *Donald E. Brownlee, American astronomer * Edward M. Brownlee, American sculptor *Gerry Brownlee (born 1956), New Zealand politician * Helen Brownlee, Australian executive * John Brownlee (statistician) (1868–1927), British statistician *John Brownlee (baritone) (1900–1969), Australian operatic baritone *John Edward Brownlee (1884–1961), Canadian politician *John L. Brownlee, American lawyer, former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia *Jonny Brownlee (born 1990), British triathlete *Justin Brownlee (born 1988), American-Filipino basketball player * Kimberley Brownlee (born 1978), Canadian philosopher *Lawrence B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toponymic Surname
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name."Toponymic Surnames as Evidence of the Origin: Some Medieval Views" , by Benjamin Z. Kedar. This can include specific locations, such as the individual's place of origin, residence, or of lands that they held, or can be more generic, derived from topographic features.Iris Shagir, "The Medieval Evolution of By-naming: Notions from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem", ''In Laudem Hierosolymitani'' (Shagir, Ellenblum & Riley-Smith, eds.), Ashgate Publishing, 2007, pp. 49-59. Toponymic surnames originated as non-hereditary personal s, and only subsequently came to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonny Brownlee
Jonathan Callum Brownlee (born 30 April 1990) is a British professional duathlete and triathlete. He is a six-time World champion (once World Triathlon Series, twice World Sprint Triathlon, three-time World Triathlon Mixed Relay), and one-time Olympic champion (mixed relay) in triathlon. Brownlee was the 2012 Triathlon World Champion, and the silver medallist in 2013 and 2016. Brownlee is also a two-time World Sprint Triathlon Champion when it was held as a separate event between 2010 and 2011. He is the former Under-23 Triathlon World Champion (2010). He won the bronze medal in the individual triathlon at the London 2012 Olympic Games, the silver medal in the same race at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the gold medal in the mixed relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Brownlee also finished the 2021 Super League Triathlon Championship Series in 3rd place, behind fellow Team Relay member Alex Yee and Olympic bronze medallist, Hayden Wilde of New Zealand. He had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Craig Brownlee
William Craig Brownlee (1784 – February 10, 1860) was an American clergyman, professor of languages and author. He was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland and was the fourth son of the Laird of Torfoot. President William McKinley was a distant cousin. Brownlee founded the Philoclean Society at Rutgers in 1825. Basking Ridge, NJ named a street, Brownlee Place, in his hono Career Brownlee studied at the University of Glasgow, receiving a Master's degree with honors. He was licensed as a minister by the Church of Scotland in 1808, before coming to the United States Brownlee held several Associate Presbyterian pastorates in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and was master of a classical academy in Basking Ridge, NHe received an honorary degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in 182then the University of Glasgow gave him an honorary Doctor of Divinity in 1824 for his critical work on the Quaker Brownlee's parishioners described him as an independent thinker and engaging speaker who often c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shona Brownlee
Shona Brownlee MBE (born 1979) is a British skier and Royal Air Force Corporal. She won two medals at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships, and competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics. Early life Brownlee is from Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland. She attended Carmondean Primary School and Deans Community High School. She has a bachelor's degree in music from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and a master's degree from Arizona State University. RAF career Bronwlee joined the Royal Air Force in 2012. That year, she injured her ankle in training, which later developed into complex regional pain syndrome. In 2018, she had a leg amputation. Brownlee has been a member of the Central Band of the Royal Air Force; she plays the French horn and piano. Prior to her amputation, she was unable to be part of the marching band due to her injury. Sports career Brownlee started skiing in Bavaria, Germany in 2018. She later became part of the Armed Forces Para Snowsport Team, and in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Brownlee
Scott Alexander Brownlee (born 19 March 1969) is a New Zealand rower. Brownlee was born in 1969 in Christchurch, New Zealand. His father is the rower Mark Brownlee and his cousin is the politician Gerry Brownlee. He represented New Zealand at the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Summer Olympics in the coxless four. He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 600 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee The New Zealand Olympic Committee (before 1994, The ''New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association'') is both the National Olympic Committee and the Commonwealth Games Association in New Zealand responsible for selecting athletes to re .... Brownlee is currently the CEO of Schick Civil Construction Ltd. References 1969 births Living people New Zealand male rowers Olympic rowers for New Zealand Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers from Christchurch {{NewZealand-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Brownlee
Ryan Brownlee in an American college baseball coach and former professional second baseman. Playing career A native of Evansville, Indiana, Brownlee played four seasons of college baseball under his father Jim at the University of Evansville. In 1996, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Brownlee went on to play one professional season in 1997 with the independent Evansville Otters. Coaching career Brownlee coached two seasons with the Purple Aces before moving to James Madison in 2000, where he remained for four seasons. Brownlee moved to Iowa in 2004, and added recruiting coordinator duties during his nine seasons with the Hawkeyes. During that time, 32 players he recruited or coached were drafted by Major League teams. In September 2012, he was named to his first head coaching position with the Western Illinois Leathernecks baseball program. He then served as the head coach of the Western Illinois Leathernecks. Head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Brownlee
Robert Gregg Brownlee (October 21, 1942 – February 27, 1991) was an American chemist. Biography Robert Brownlee was born October 21, 1942, in South Dakota. He founded Brownlee Labs in the 1970s, in the San Francisco Bay area, a manufacturer of columns and pumps for high-performance liquid chromatography systems. Bob Brownlee took the initiative "along with Tom Jupille, Steve Bakalyar, Nelson Cooke, Jerry Higgins and Ron Majors" to form the Bay Area Chromatography Colloquium. Bob Stevenson is quoted as saying in his ''Nine Lives of the California Separation Science Society'' that Brownlee Labs was "certainly one of the globe's leaders in HPLC column technology." In the 1980s, when Robert Brownlee was diagnosed with AIDS-related complex, he sold his company to Applied Biosystems of Foster City, California, in 1984. (Applied later merged with Perkin-Elmer). Sometime later, he began a new company, which was viewed by Applied as a competitor. A lawsuit was instituted and later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Brownlee
Norman Edward Brownlee (Feb 7, 1896 - April 9, 1967) was born in Algiers, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. He was a pioneer jazz musician and led (and played piano with) a very popular orchestra in New Orleans in the 1920s, Brownlee's Orchestra of New Orleans. He also performed with many well-known orchestras and musicians of his day. His bass fiddle is in the New Orleans Jazz Museum. At least two of his recordings from 1925 are known, of 'Dirty Rag' and 'Peculiar' on Okeh Records. He served in both WWI and WWII, as a Quartermaster during WWI and Executive Assistant to the base commander at Eglin Air Force Base, Eglin Field during WWII. After the second war, he was employed with Bayview Memorial Cemetery, where he became Office Manager. Norman was a lifetime member and past president of the American Federation of Musicians Local in Pensacola, Florida. References 1896 births 1967 deaths Jazz musicians from New Orleans {{US-jazz-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |