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Burge
Burge is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Albert Burge (1889–1943), Australian Rugby player * Bella Burge (1877-1962), music hall performer and boxing promoter *Benjamin Burge (born 1980), Australian sport shooter *Billy Burge (1931–2004), American pool player *Brent Burge, sound editor *Christopher Burge, Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology *Cliff Burge, former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne *Constance M. Burge, creator of the ''Charmed'' TV series *David Burge (1930–2013), American pianist, conductor and composer *Dianne Burge (born 1943), former Australian sprinter *Donald Albert Burge (born 1935), successful businessman within the ESSO group, managing teams across the world and establishing ESSO in both Japan and Singapore * Dora Madison Burge(born 1990), sometimes credited professionally as Madison Burge and Dora Madison, is an American actress * Frank Burge (born 1894), one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Burge
Jon Graham Burge (December 20, 1947 – September 19, 2018) was an American police detective and commander in the Chicago Police Department who was found guilty of having "directly participated in or implicitly approved the torture" of at least 118 people in police custody in order to force false confessions. A United States Army veteran, Burge had served tours in South Korea and Vietnam. When he returned to the South Side of Chicago, he began a career as a city police officer, ending it as a commander. Following the shooting of several Chicago law enforcement officers in 1982, the police obtained confessions that contributed to convictions of two people. One filed a civil suit in 1989 against Burge, other officers, and the city, for police torture and cover-up; Burge was acquitted in 1989 because of a hung jury. He was suspended from the Chicago Police Department in 1991 and fired in 1993. In 2002, a four-year review revealed numerous indictable crimes and other improprieti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Burge
Jeremy Burge (born 14 July 1984) is an emoji historian, founder of Emojipedia, creator of World Emoji Day and widely regarded as an expert on emoji. Business Insider listed Burge in the ''UK Tech 100'' in 2016, 2017 and 2018 referring to him as "The Emoji Maestro" while other publications have used terms such as "Emoji King" or "Lord of Emojis". ''The New Yorker'' dubbed Burge "The Samuel Johnson of Emoji" in 2020. Emojipedia In July 2013, Burge started the emoji reference site Emojipedia, after wondering how long the doughnut emoji had been in existence, and not being able to find an answer on Google or Wikipedia. ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' reported the site had 23 million page views per month in 2017. Burge was ''Chief Emoji Officer'' at Emojipedia between 2016 and 2022, overseeing all editorial content on the site. During his time at Emojipedia, Burge worked with professional sportspeople Tony Hawk and Sasha DiGiulian to improve the accuracy of Emojipedia's sample imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Burge
Frank Burge (14 August 1894 – 5 July 1958) was one of the greatest forwards in the history of rugby league in Australia. Later Burge became one of the game’s finest coaches. His club career was with Glebe and the St. George Dragons. He represented New South Wales on twenty-six occasions and played thirteen test matches for the Kangaroos and played for Australia in a further twenty-three tour matches. Early years Born on 14 August 1894 in Darlington, New South Wales, Burge was playing first grade rugby union at age 14, the youngest ever to play senior rugby in either code. Professional playing career Glebe Upon switching to the professional New South Wales Rugby Football League, Burge was playing first grade for Glebe at age 16 and was selected for the state at age 18. After his attempt to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force was rejected because of a speech impediment, Burge devoted his energies to rugby league. At and equally effective anywhere in the forwards from lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maude Burge
Maude Burge (née Williams, 18 May 1865 – 20 May 1957) was a New Zealand painter influenced by James Nairn. She spent time as an expatriate artist specifically in Europe. Burge was a painting companion of Frances Hodgkins who called Maude Burge a "charming changeable woman" in her published letters. They painted together at the Burge family home in St.Tropez and in Ibiza. Burge's paintings are held in the permanent collection of Auckland Art Gallery, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the National Art Gallery of New Zealand, the Fletcher Trust Collection, the National Library of New Zealand and among private art collectors in the northern and southern hemispheres. Burge exhibited her paintings at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts. Biography Maude Burge was born in Wellington, New Zealand. Her career as an artist was part of the Modern Art movement. She created paintings in oils and watercolours. Burge painted portraits of the Māori in a modernist style. While ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidi Burge
Heidi Ann Horton (née Burge; November 11, 1971) is a former American professional women's basketball player. She is the twin sister of Heather (Burge) Quella. Early life As a 5-month-old in 1972, Heidi Burge was found to have a second aorta wrapped around and constricting her windpipe which needed to be removed through open-heart surgery. At the time, she was given only a 50-50 chance of survival. Prior to starting high school, the Burge family moved to Palos Verdes Estates, California so that the sisters could attend Palos Verdes High School. Although Burge was not originally interested in playing basketball, as she preferred theater and volleyball, after being asked to try out by the ladies basketball coach her freshman year, she quickly fell in love with the game. Burge brought success to the team, transforming the Sea Kings into Southern Section 3-A champions in 1987 and concluding her high-school career second on the school's all-time list of girls' scorers with 1,183 poin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Burge
Clifford Charles "Cliff" Burge (27 April 1892 – 14 August 1918) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League. He was killed in action in World War I in France. Family The son of Charles Abraham Burge (1863-1939), and Emily Jane Burge, née Morris (1861-1947). He had two brothers, Trevor Robert William Burge (1895-1953), and Maxwell Lewis Burge (1899-1976), and two sisters, Emily Blanche Burge (1894-1895) and Emily May Burge (1897-1989). Education He completed his education at Melbourne High School, where he was a member of the school's First XVIII. Football He played five senior games for Melbourne in 1914. He was already in the army by the start of the 1915 season. In May 1919, an unidentified former Melbourne footballer, wrote to the football correspondent of ''The Argus'' as follows: ::"In 1914 the Melbourne football team, after its junction with the University, was a fine team, and succeeded in reaching the semi-finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Burge
Heather Marie Quella (née Burge; November 11, 1971) is a former professional basketball player and is the twin sister of Heidi (Burge) Horton. Early life Prior to starting high school, the Burge family moved to Palos Verdes Estates, California so that the sisters could attend Palos Verdes High School. Burge helped bring success to the team, transforming the Sea Kings into Southern Section 3-A champions in 1987 and concluding her high school career atop the school's all-time list of girls' scorers with 1,345 points. Burge played inside against the opposing teams' centers and was the go-to scorer in the paint Heidi and Heather Burge helped the Cavaliers to 3 consecutive Atlantic Coast Championships and 3 consecutive Final Four appearances in 1990, '91 and '92. During the summers, both played for USA Basketball: Heather, making the Women's National Team (1993 Champions of The World Cup Qualifying Tourney in Sao Paolo, Brazil). Heidi played with the Women's Select team (1993 repres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella Burge
Bella Burge (born Leah Belle Orchard; 29 September 1877 – 3 September 1962) was an American-born British music hall performer and actress and friend and colleague of Marie Lloyd and her sisters. Later in life she was the world's first female boxing promoter when she rang The Ring in London's Southwark. During this period she became known as "Bella of Blackfriars". Early life She was born as Leah Belle Orchard to British parents in New York in 1877. After the death of her solicitor-father in 1882 when she was 4 years old she and her mother returned to Whitechapel in London's East End of London, East End where she became known as "Bella" by her schoolfriends. Stage career and the Lloyds At an early age she determined on a career in the music halls and made her first known appearance in 1888 aged 11 at the Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel. Here she came to the notice of the Lloyd Sisters - Gracie and Alice Lloyd (actress), Alice - and in 1890 rented a room in the home of Marie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Burge
Christopher Boyce Burge is Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Education Burge completed his Bachelor of Science at Stanford University in 1990, and continued graduate studies in computational biology at Stanford University, gaining his PhD in 1997 under the supervision of Samuel Karlin. During his time at Stanford he was responsible for developing algorithms for GENSCAN used in gene prediction for example the initial analysis of the Human Genome Project. His PhD thesis was titled ''Identification of genes in human genomic DNA''. Research From 1997 to 1999 Burge worked as a postdoc in the laboratory of Phillip Allen Sharp, working in the fields of RNA splicing and molecular evolution. Burge joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1999 as a Bioinformatics Fellow. He became Assistant Professor in 2002, Associate Professor in 2004, was tenured in 2006, and was promoted to full Professor in 2010. He has been an Associate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora Madison Burge
Dora Madison Burge, sometimes credited professionally as Madison Burge and Dora Madison, is an American actress. She is known for starring as Becky Sproles on the NBC/DirecTV drama '' Friday Night Lights'' from 2009 to 2011. She starred as Jessica "Chilli" Chilton on the NBC drama '' Chicago Fire'' from 2015 to 2016. Personal life Burge was born in Hutto, Texas, as the youngest of six children. She attended Round Rock Christian Academy and was accepted to the University of North Texas, but deferred to pursue an acting career. Career After appearing in a number of short films, in 2009, Burge made her television debut as Becky Sproles in the NBC/DirecTV drama '' Friday Night Lights'' in the fourth season until the show ended with the fifth season in 2011. According to a local interview, Burge said prior to being cast, she did not watch the show, but that did not limit her abilities when auditioning for the part as she was "so right on" for the role. In 2011, Burge appeared in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Burge
Lee Stephen Burge (born 9 January 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League One club Northampton Town. Club career Coventry City On 30 January 2013, Burge joined Conference National side Nuneaton Town on loan for a month, with a view of gaining more experience, He made his Nuneaton Town debut on 2 February 2013 in a 3–2 loss to Stockport County. Burge was joined at Nuneaton by fellow Sky Blue Aaron Phillips, both Burge and Phillips had their loan spells extended until the end of the season and were influential in saving Nuneaton from relegation. At the beginning of the 2014–15 season following Joe Murphy's transfer, Burge was handed the number one shirt. Burge made his professional debut starting on 13 August 2014 in a 2-1 League Cup loss to Cardiff City. After some poor displays from first-choice keeper Ryan Allsop in the opening few months of the 2014–15 season, Burge was handed his first league start for Coventry City agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Burge
Charles George James Burge, (8 October 1906 – 6 September 1990) was an English criminal law barrister, remembered for his defence of Stephen Ward in the Profumo affair in 1963. He is also remembered as John Mortimer's original inspiration for the fictional barrister Horace Rumpole in ''Rumpole of the Bailey''. The son of George Burge, later of Masterton, New Zealand and stepson of Maude Burge, Burge was educated at Cheltenham College, then at Christ's College, Cambridge as an undergraduate commoner. He was called to the Bar from the Inner Temple in 1932.''Who Was Who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died, 1981-1990'', A. & C. Black, p. 105''The London Gazette'', issue 43636, Tuesday, 27 April 1965, p. 4127''The Law Times and Journal of Property'', vol. 196, Office of the Law Times, p. 30, 1943 He practised in the chambers of R. E. Seaton, Q.C., an established "criminal set" in Queen Elizabeth Building, Temple, London. He succeeded Seaton as Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
