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Biffy may refer to: __NOTOC__ People Nickname * Amyas Borton (1886–1969), British First World War pilot, air commander and air vice marshal * Wilfred Dunderdale (1899–1990), British spy and intelligence officer * Langdon Lea (1874–1937), American football player and coach * Jay L. Lee (1887–1970), American football player and coach Other people * Count de Biffy, a chess player in the 1786 chess treatise ''Traité des Amateurs'' Fictional characters * Charles "Biffy" Biffen, the title character of "The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy", a P. G. Wodehouse short story * Bifford T. "Biffy" Goldstein, a main character in ''Detentionaire'', a Canadian animated series Other uses * Biffy Clyro, sometimes shortened to Biffy, a Scottish rock band * ''Biffy'', a 1920 play written by Vera Beringer Vera Beringer (2 March 1878 – 29 January 1964) was a British actress and writer. As a child she became well-known for playing Little Lord Fauntleroy on the London stage. Later she was a play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amyas Borton
Air Vice Marshal Amyas Eden Borton, (20 September 1886 – 15 August 1969) was a pilot and commander in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War and a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the 1920s. He saw active service on the Western Front, in Palestine and in Iraq. In the latter part of his career, Borton was the second Commandant of the RAF College at Cranwell before becoming the Air Officer Commanding RAF Inland Area. Early life and infantry service Amyas Borton was born on 20 September 1886 in Tanfield, Durham, the younger son of Irish-born Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Borton, a soldier and barrister. His elder brother, named Arthur Borton like their father, was known as "Bosky" whereas Amyas was known as "Biffy". He was commissioned into the Black Watch Militia in January 1904. In 1906, while remaining in the Black Watch, Borton transferred to the Regular Army. Borton learned to fly whilst on leave from his regiment in 1911, gaining Royal Aero Club ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfred Dunderdale
Commander Wilfred Albert "Biffy" Dunderdale, (24 December 1899 – 13 November 1990) was a British spy and intelligence officer.John Bruce Lockhart, "Dunderdale, Wilfred Albert (1899-1990)", rev., ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 It has been suggested that Dunderdale was used by Ian Fleming as a basis for the character of James Bond. Life Wilfred Dunderdale was born in Odessa, son of Richard Albert Dunderdale, a shipping magnate. Dunderdale served in the Royal Navy during the First World War, despite his thick accent. He worked for the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) between 1921 and 1959. His work involved liaison with French intelligence (1926–40) and Polish intelligence (1940–45). Later moving to New York, he died there in November 1990. According to notes compiled by Stephen Dorril for his 1989 book, ''A Who's Who of the British State'', Dunderdale was a member of Boodle's. Notes Further reading * Matthew M. Ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langdon Lea
Langdon "Biffy" Lea (May 11, 1874 – October 10, 1937) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Princeton University, where he was selected as a first-team College Football All-America Team, All-American at Tackle (gridiron football position), tackle three consecutive years, in 1893, 1894, and 1895. He later served as head football coach at the University of Michigan in 1900 and at Princeton in 1901. Lea was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1964. Biography Lea graduated from St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire), St. Paul's School in the 1892, and entered the scientific department of Princeton University in the fall of 1892. He first became famous as a football player in 1893 when he played a brilliant game against Winters of Yale on Thanksgiving. He played Tackle (gridiron football position), tackle for Princeton and became recognized as one of the best tackles ever to play the game. He was selected as a fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay L
A jay is a member of a number of species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy, passerine birds in the Crow family, Corvidae. The evolutionary relationships between the jays and the magpies are rather complex. For example, the Eurasian magpie seems more closely related to the Eurasian jay than to the East Asian blue and green magpies, whereas the blue jay is not closely related to either. Systematics and species Jays are not a monophyletic group. Anatomical and molecular evidence indicates they can be divided into an American and an Old World lineage (the latter including the ground jay The ground jays or ground choughs belong to a distinct group of the passerine order of birds in the genus ''Podoces'' of the crow family Corvidae. They inhabit high altitude semi-desert areas from central Asia to Mongolia Mongolia; Mong ...s and the piapiac), while the grey jays of the genus ''Perisoreus'' form a group of their own.http://www.nrm.se/download/18.4e32c81078a8d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traité Des Amateurs
''Traité des Amateurs'' is the short name of the chess treatise ''Traité Théorique et Pratique du jeu des Echecs, par une Société des Amateurs'', published in France in 1786 and subsequently translated into German and English. A reviewer in 1830 wrote that: The ''Traite des Amateurs'', is one of the best practical works on Chess, extant. It contains a great number of beautifully played games, together with much solid information, and it is matter of regret that the scarcity of the book, prevents its being more generally used by the Chess student. ''Le Traité des Amateurs'' ''Le Traité des Amateurs'' is a chess treatise composed by a "Society of Amateurs" who were contemporaries of Philidor and all frequented the Café de la Régence in Paris. Of these, the strongest players were Bernard, Carlier, Leger and Verdoni. Philidor, who lived in London, took no part in writing the ''Traité des Amateurs'' (which embodies many criticisms and comments on his earlier book). Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rummy Affair Of Old Biffy
"The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published in the '' Saturday Evening Post'' in the United States in September 1924, and in '' The Strand Magazine'' in the United Kingdom in October 1924. The story was also included in the 1925 collection ''Carry On, Jeeves''. Bertie's forgetful friend Biffy loses the woman he loves after he forgets her surname and address. He asks Bertie for help when he inadvertently gets engaged to the formidable Honoria Glossop instead. Plot Bertie is staying in Paris, where he meets with an old friend, Charles "Biffy" Biffen. Biffy fell in love with a model named Mabel on an ocean liner going to New York. He proposed to her and she said yes. Biffy arranged to meet her at her hotel the next day, but he forgot the name of the hotel, and could not make inquiries because he forgot Mabel's last name. She knows Biffy's name and where he lives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detentionaire
''Detentionaire'' is a Canadian mystery thriller animated series produced by Nelvana and aired on Teletoon from September 12, 2011, to January 29, 2015, for total of 53 episodes, spanning 4 seasons. It was created by Daniel Bryan Franklin and Charles Johnston and produced by Tracey Dodokin. It currently airs reruns on Teletoon/Télétoon, Cartoon Network & Disney XD in Canada. Plot The story revolves around high school student Lee Ping, a teenager who on his first day of 10th grade is framed for a major prank and punished with a full year of detention. Every day with the help of his friends, Lee sneaks out of detention to try to find who was really behind the prank, all while trying to avoid being caught by the school's principal, Barrage. In his quest to clear his name, Lee uncovers a conspiracy within the school that is tied to his family. Characters Main characters *Lee Ping (Jonathan Tan) - Lee is the main protagonist of the series. He was born in Korea and raised in Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biffy Clyro
Biffy Clyro are a Scottish rock band that formed in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, composed of Simon Neil (guitar, lead vocals), James Johnston (bass, vocals), and Ben Johnston (drums, vocals). Currently signed to 14th Floor Records, they have released nine studio albums, six of which (''Puzzle'', ''Only Revolutions'', '' Opposites'', '' Ellipsis'', ''A Celebration of Endings'' and ''The Myth of the Happily Ever After'') reached the top five in the UK Albums Chart, with their sixth studio album, ''Opposites'' claiming their first UK No. 1 album. Three consecutive studio albums (''Opposites'', ''Ellipsis'' and ''A Celebration of Endings'') peaked at number one in the UK official albums chart. After their first three albums, the band expanded their following significantly in 2007 with the release of their fourth album, ''Puzzle'', creating more mainstream songs with simpler rhythms and distancing themselves from the more unusual dissonant style present in their previous three albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Beringer
Vera Beringer (2 March 1878 – 29 January 1964) was a British actress and writer. As a child she became well-known for playing Little Lord Fauntleroy on the London stage. Later she was a playwright, sometimes using the byline Henry Seton. Early life Vera Beringer was born in London in 1878,Though some sources that give 1879 as the year, Vera Beringer's birth was registered in London in 1878; ''Civil Registration Birth Index'', via Ancestry.com the younger daughter of German-born pianist Oscar Beringer and American-born novelist and playwright Aimée Daniell Beringer. Her sister was actress Esme Beringer. Her brother Guy Beringer was a journalist, credited with coining the word "brunch" in 1895. Career Beringer became internationally famous in childhood for originating the role of Little Lord Fauntleroy on the London stage in 1888. She was coached in stagecraft by Madge Kendal. As a teen, she played Juliet to her sister's Romeo in a production of ''Romeo and Juliet''. Othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackpool
Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre rivers, and is north of Liverpool and northwest of Manchester. At the 2011 census, the unitary authority of Blackpool had an estimated population of 139,720 while the urban settlement had a population of 147,663, making it the most populous settlement in Lancashire, and the fifth-most populous in North West England after Manchester, Liverpool, Bolton and Warrington. The wider built-up area (which also includes additional settlements outside the unitary authority) had a population of 239,409, making it the fifth-most populous urban area in the North West after the Manchester, Liverpool, Preston and Birkenhead areas. It is home to the Blackpool Tower, which when built in 1894 was the tallest building in the British Empire. Throughout the Medieval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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