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Burrows (surname)
Burrows is an English surname, and may refer to: * Abe Burrows (1910-1985), American humorist and author * Adrian Burrows (b. 1959), former English footballer * Alex Burrows (b. 1981), Canadian ice hockey player * Andy Burrows (b. 1979), British musician * Arthur Burrows (radio broadcaster), British broadcaster * Arthur Burrows (English cricketer) (1865-1890), English cricketer * Arthur Burrows (Australian cricketer) (1903-1984), Australian cricketer * Arthur Burrows (footballer) (1919–2005), former English footballer * Billy Drago, born William Eugene Burrows Jr. (1945-2019), American actor * Bernard Burrows (1910-2002), British diplomat *Charlotte Burrows, American lawyer; chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) * Craig Burrows (b. 1972), Australian rules footballer * Daniel Burrows (1766-1858), US Representative from Connecticut * David Burrows (other) several people * Darren E. Burrows (b. 1966), American actor * Don Burrows (1926–2020), Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abe Burrows
Abe Burrows (born Abram Solman Borowitz; December 18, 1910 – May 17, 1985) was an American humorist, author, and director for radio and the stage. He won a Tony Award and was selected for two Pulitzer Prizes, only one of which was awarded. Early years Born Abram Solman Borowitz in New York City, Burrows graduated from New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn and later attended both City College and New York University. He began working as a runner on Wall Street while at NYU, and he also worked in an accounting firm. After he met Frank Galen in 1938, the two wrote and sold jokes to an impressionist who appeared on Rudy Vallée's radio program. Career Radio His radio career gained strength when he collaborated with Ed Gardner, the writer and star of radio's legendary ''Duffy's Tavern''. The two created the successful series after Gardner's character, Archie, premiered on ''This Is New York'', an earlier radio program. Burrows was made the show's head writer in 1941, and he credited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Burrows
Edward Flud Burrows (August 17, 1917 – December 17, 1998) was an American conscientious objector and peace activist. was raised on a cotton farm in Sumter County, South Carolina. He completed undergraduate studies at Washington and Lee University, earned a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and a doctoral degree from Duke University. He later received a Rosenwald Scholarship to complete doctoral studies in history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. As a conscientious objector to World War II, Burrows was sent to a Quaker Friends camp in the mountains of North Carolina. Later, while in Florida, he served a prison sentence for refusing to carry a draft card. After his release from prison, he spent a year at the Race Relations Institute at Fisk University. In 1948, while completing research for the Commission on Interracial Cooperation in Atlanta, Georgia, Burrows was hired as a history teacher at Guilford College, in Greensboro, North Carolina. At Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Burrows
James Edward Burrows (born December 30, 1940), sometimes known as Jim "Jimmy" Burrows, is an American television director who has been working in television since the 1970s.Stated in interview on ''Inside the Actors Studio'' Burrows has directed over 50 television pilots and co-created the long-running television series '' Cheers''. He has also formed 3 Sisters Entertainment, a joint venture with NBC that is known for ''Will & Grace'' as well as the CBS Productions show '' Caroline in the City''. In 2016, Burrows directed his 1,000th TV episode, on NBC's ''Crowded''. Early life Burrows was born to a Jewish family in Los Angeles, California, the son of Ruth (Levinson) and Abe Burrows, a well-known composer, director and writer. James has one sister, Laurie Burrows Grad. When James was still a young child, his family moved to New York where James attended New York’s High School of Music & Art. Burrows is a graduate of Oberlin College and the graduate program of the Yale Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacen Burrows
Jacen Burrows (born September 11, 1972) is an American comic book artist best known for his work on various books from Avatar Press and Marvel Comics. Career Burrows graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design in 1996 with a degree in Sequential Art and Illustration. He started his career providing illustrations for role-playing games such as ''Dungeons & Dragons'' and ''Star Wars''. He broke into comics working as a cover artist for Avatar Press titles such as ''Snowman: Dead and Dying'', ''Threshold'', ''Quantum Mechanics'' and ''Secrets of the Ravening'', for which he also did interior work. In 1998 he pencilled the ''King Zombie'' series for Caliber Press. In 2000 he started collaborating with writer Warren Ellis on several titles for Avatar Press including ''From the Desk of Warren Ellis'', ''Dark Blue'', ''Scars'', ''Bad World'' and '' Bad Signal.'' For Avatar Press he also illustrated several adaptations of Alan Moore's prose, such as ''Magic Words'', '' Writing fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Burrows
Horace Burrows (11 March 1910 – 22 March 1969) was a professional footballer who played for Mansfield Town and Sheffield Wednesday. Burrows was a left half whose league career lasted from 1932 to 1939, his career was curtailed by the outbreak of World War II. Burrows also played for the England national football team on three occasions. Playing career Non-league football Burrows was born in Sutton-in-Ashfield on 11 March 1910, as a youth he won honours with Nottinghamshire Schools and played for local club Sutton Junction F.C. In February 1929 he was offered a trial by Division Three South side Coventry City and was signed on after a successful tryout. Burrows never managed to break into the Coventry first team and after a year was forced to drop back to playing Non-League football with Mansfield Town who at that time were in the Midland Football League. He had a successful year at Mansfield playing 44 games and helping them get elected to The Football League. His good form was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Burrows
Herbert Burrows (12 June 1845 – 14 December 1922) was a British socialist activist. Early life Born in Redgrave, Suffolk, Burrows' father Amos was a former Chartist leader. Burrows educated himself using Cassell's shilling handbooks, becoming a pupil teacher at the age of thirteen; he initially pursued a career in teaching before becoming an excise officer. In 1869, he married Mary Hannah Musk (1845–1889). The couple had a daughter and a son. From 1872, Burrows studied briefly as a non-collegiate student at the University of Cambridge, but did not take a degree. He worked as a civil servant for the Inland Revenue, including in Norwich, Barnet, Blackburn, and Chatham, a career that lasted until his retirement in 1907. Activism Burrows moved to London in 1877, where he joined radical clubs including the National Secular Society. He was a founder member of the Aristotelian Society in 1880, joined the Social and Political Education League and became Vice President of the Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Burrows
Henry "Harry" Burrows (born 17 March 1941) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa, Plymouth Argyle and Stoke City. Career Burrows was born in Haydock and attracted the attentions of First Division clubs, Burnley, Liverpool, and Aston Villa whilst playing for Wigan Boys. He turned them all down including an offer from Stan Cullis at Wolverhampton Wanderers instead turning his attentions on becoming an apprentice with the National Coal Board (NCB). Villa manager Joe Mercer persuaded Burrows to sign part-time in March 1958 and he made his debut in 1959–60 as Villa won the Second Division title. He played and scored in the final of the inaugural League Cup in 1961 as Villa beat Rotherham United 3–2. Burrows won an England U23 cap against Greece and finished as Villa's top goalscorer in 1961–62 and 1962–63, although the departure of Mercer ended a golden period in Villa's history. The signings of new manager Dick Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Burrows (other)
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George Burrows may refer to: *George Man Burrows (1771–1846), English physician *Sir George Burrows, 1st Baronet (1801–1887), English physician * George Burrows (Indian Army officer) (1827–1917) *George B. Burrows (1832–1909), Wisconsin state senator * George Burrows (swimmer) (1910–1987), Canadian swimmer * George Burrows (cricketer) (born 1998), English cricketer See also *George Burroughs (1650s–1692), executed in Salem witch trials * George Burrough (1907–1965), English cricketer *Burrows (surname) Burrows is an English surname, and may refer to: * Abe Burrows (1910-1985), American humorist and author * Adrian Burrows (b. 1959), former English footballer * Alex Burrows (b. 1981), Canadian ice hockey player * Andy Burrows (b. 1979), British mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Burrows (Australian Soldier)
Brigadier Frederick Alexander Burrows, (10 November 1897 – 23 May 1973) was a salesman and an Australian Army soldier who served in the First and the Second World Wars. A non-commissioned officer in the First World War, during the Second World War he was commander of the 2/13th Battalion during Operation Crusader and the Siege of Tobruk. Early life Frederick Alexander Burrows was born at Wahgunyah in the Australian state of Victoria on 10 November 1897. He was the second child of a labourer, also named Frederick, and his wife, Hester . He went to schools in New South Wales and was working as a grocer's assistant at the time of his enlistment in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in April 1915. He falsified his age in order to join the AIF. First World War Embarking for Egypt in July 1915, Burrows was posted to the 7th Battalion, at the time serving on the Gallipoli peninsula. The battalion remained there until the evacuation in December, after which it was withdrawn ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Burrows
Sir Frederick John Burrows GCSI, GCIE (3 July 1887 – 20 April 1973) was a British politician who served as the last British Governor of Bengal during the British Raj in India. He was Governor of Bengal from 19 February 1946 to 14 August 1947. He was against the partition of Bengal. Burrows was a former Ross railway man and he was the president of the National Union of Railwaymen, the union representing railway workers in England. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart records: "He had endeared himself to the ''Burrah Sahibs'' of Calcutta (Kolkata) with one of his first speeches when, alluding to his modest beginning on the railway, he said, 'When you gentlemen were huntin' and shootin', I was shuntin' and hootin'. He seemed to me to be far more proud of having been a sergeant-major in the Grenadier Guards 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 muc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Burrows
Frank Burrows (30 January 1944 – 24 November 2021) was a Scottish football player and manager who played as a central defender. Life and career Frank Burrows began his football career at Scottish club Raith Rovers. In 1965 he moved south to England and joined Scunthorpe United. Impressive performances as a defender for Scunthorpe led to him being signed by Swindon Town F.C. for the 1968–69 season as a replacement for the departing Mel Nurse. Burrows was a major factor in helping Swindon to their most successful ever season in which they won promotion and the League Cup. Burrows played alongside team captain Stan Harland in the middle of a defence that conceded just 35 goals in 46 League matches. He went on to make over 350 appearances for Swindon. At the start of the 1973–74 season he was made a player coach, such was the feeling that he was a natural leader as well as a solid defender. The 1975–76 season saw his coaching come more into prominence. The season had no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faith Burrows
Faith Swank Burrows (November 17, 1904 – April 11, 1997) was an American cartoonist during the Jazz Age. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Burrows drew a daily comic panel called ''Flapper Filosofy'' (sometimes spelled ''Flapper Filosophy'') for King Features Syndicate. Each panel exhibited a flapper attired in the current fashions with a humorous caption at the bottom. Burrows' panel ran in competition for a time with Ethel Hays' similarly themed '' Flapper Fanny Says'' panel from Newspaper Enterprise Association. In the early 1930s, she also drew a daily panel, ''Ritzy Rosalie'', for King Features. Writers in the United States such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Anita Loos, and illustrators such as Russell Patterson, John Held Jr., Ethel Hays and Faith Burrows popularized the flapper look and lifestyle through their works, and flappers came to be seen as attractive, reckless and independent. Burrows resided in St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis () is the second-largest ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |