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Blackmore (name)
Blackmore (variations include: Blackmoore, Blackmoor, Blackmor) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anauta Blackmore (c. 1890ā€“1965), Inuit lecturer and writer * Amy Blackmore, Canadian impresario * Ben Blackmore (born 1993), English rugby league player * Beulah Blackmore (1886-1967), American home economist * Bill Blackmore, English footballer, active 1912ā€“1920 * Clayton Blackmore (born 1964), Welsh international footballer * Clifford Blackmore, Kansas politician * David Blackmore (1909ā€“1988), Welsh cricketer * Denis Blackmore, American mathematician * Edwin Gordon Blackmore (1837ā€“1909), South Australian parliamentary secretary and horseman * Eleanor Blackmore (1873ā€“1943), English Baptist missionary in Nicaragua * Elizabeth Blackmore (born 1987), Australian actress * Emilie Blackmore Stapp (1876ā€“1962), American children's author and philanthropist * Ernest Blackmore (1895ā€“1955), English cricketer * Frank Blackmore (1916ā€“2008), British ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anauta Blackmore
Anauta Blackmore (ā€“1965), also known as Lizzie Ford Blackmore, was an Arctic author, memoirist and lecturer. She is best known for her 1940 autobiography, ''Land of the Good Shadows'', which may be the first book-length autobiography of an Inuk. Blackmore claimed to have Inuit ancestry, although it's unclear if this was true. Early life She was born Sarah Elizabeth Ford on Baffin Island in about 1890. Her father was George (or Yorgke) Ford, who worked for the Hudson's Bay Company as an interpreter. In Blackmore's recounting, her mother was an Inuit woman, although company archives suggest her mother was from Newfoundland and died around 1905. She married her cousin, trading-post manager William R. Ford, with whom she had two daughters, but was widowed in August 1913 when Ford drowned. After this she spent some time in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Montreal, Quebec, and Detroit, Michigan, before settling in Indianapolis, Indiana, around 1920. Here she married construction contractor Harr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginny Blackmore
Virginia Blackmore (born 6 March 1986) is a singer and songwriter from Auckland, New Zealand. Blackmore's song, ''Bones'', has received regular airplay throughout the United States and she has also performed the song on Weekend Mixtape and the Ralphie Show on 95.5 WPLJ. The song also entered the Billboard Music Charts at No. 40 for Adult Pop Songs in March 2013, reached No. 1 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart in July 2013 and certified platinum in the first week of August 2013. Career Blackmore left school at the age of 16 to become a musician. It was her principal who encouraged her to leave school and focus on her career which was also said to be supported by her parents. She began her career in London where she secured a publishing deal as a songwriter. She has previously written songs for artists such as Christina Aguilera and Adam Lambert but decided that she wanted to sing the songs herself. She then wrote and performed the songs ''SFM'' and ''Bones''. She was said ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Blackmore
Neil Blackmore is a British novelist who had a success in Germany and other countries in the 1990s and 2000s with his first two novels, ''Soho Blues'' and ''Der Himmel Ć¼ber Damaskus''. These books were published to great success and critical strength and Neil Blackmore toured all over the country of Germany, where his books sold very well. The books were also published in the United Kingdom (''Der Himmel Ć¼ber Damaskus'' under the title of ''Split My Heart'' there). In the UK the books were published by Orion House and were less successful than in Europe. But his books were give very good reviews by newspapers. Neil Blackmore was one of the first writers to have a writing blog, starting in the late 1990s. Bright Red, his website centered on his blog (not then called so), was one of the best known writing sites of the time, known for its humour and honesty. In 2000 ''The Independent'' newspaper named it one of the best websites on writing but Neil Blackmore stopped it a year later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahia Blackmore
Mahia Blackmore (2 January 1949 ā€“ 31 May 2021) was a New Zealand singer and bandleader who got her start as a singer in the 1960s. She was referred to as New Zealand's own queen of rhythm and blues. She was also part of the Billy TK band Powerhouse. She was profiled on ''Whenua'', a radio show presented by HÄ“nare te Ua on numerous occasions. Background The eldest of five children, she was born Mahia Carole Blackmore in Palmerston North, on 2 January 1949. She grew up with music, surrounded by it at home, at school and in the community at the marae. Her father was involved in music. In the 1940s, he was a member of Kapiti vocal group, the Te Whare Quintet. In addition to being referred to as New Zealand's blues queen, or queen of rhythm and blues, she has been referred to as the New Zealand equivalent of Ma Rainey. Career 1970s In the early 1970s, she had a single released on the Tony McCarthy Recordings label, a label that captured the early recordings of Deane Ware ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Blackmore
Lewis Gordon Blackmore (21 May 1886 ā€“ 23 July 1916) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family and early life Blackmore's father, Edwin Gordon Blackmore (1837ā€“1909), an Englishman from Bath, the son of a doctor, had fought as a volunteer in the "Maori Wars" with the Taranaki Rifle Volunteer Corps from 1863 to 1864, and had moved to South Australia and had established himself in Adelaide. He was a co-founder of the Adelaide Club, the Adelaide Hunt Club, and served the Clerk of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1886 and, later, served as the Clerk of the Federal Parliaments. Blackmore's mother, Eleanora Elizabeth Farr (1847ā€“1901), was the eldest daughter of ven. Archdeacon George Henry Farr (1819ā€“1904), M.A., LL.D. and Julia Warren Ord. Blackmore had four older brothers, Gordon Patteson Blackmore (1872ā€“1941), George Edward Blackmore (1874ā€“1936), James Gairdner Blackmore (1876ā€“?), Edwin Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh Blackmore
Leigh (David) Blackmore (born 1959) is an Australian horror writer, critic, editor, occultist, musician and proponent of post-left anarchy. He was the Australian representative for the Horror Writers of America (1994ā€“95) and served as the second President of the Australian Horror Writers Association (2010ā€“2011). His work has been nominated four times for the Ditmar Award, once for fiction and three times for the William Atheling Jr. Award for criticism. He has been a Finalist in both the Poetry and Criticism categories of the Australian Shadows Awards. He has contributed entries to such encyclopedias as S.T. Joshi and Stefan J. Dziemianowicz (eds) ''Supernatural Literature of the World'' (Greenwood Press, 2005, 3 vols) and June Pulliam and Tony Fonseca (eds), ''Ghosts in Popular Culture and Legend'' (ABC-Clio, 2016). According to ''The Melbourne University Press Encyclopedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy'', "His name is now synonymous with Australian horror," ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JĆ¼rgen Blackmore
Over the Rainbow were a rock band formed in 2008 by former members of Rainbow, along with Rainbow leader Ritchie Blackmore's son JĆ¼rgen (replacing his father on guitar). Members include Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow 1980-1984), Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow 1980-1983), Tony Carey (Rainbow 1975-1977) and Greg Smith (Rainbow 1994-1997). There was originally at least one member in the band from every part of Rainbow's career except for the years 1979 to 1980. In late 2009, Carey was replaced by Paul Morris (Rainbow 1994-1997). They performed songs from all eras of Rainbow's music. Over the Rainbow have not been active since 2011. History In 2008, Carey, Rondinelli, Smith and Turner decided to work together in performing Rainbow music again but agreed that the only legitimate way that this could be accomplished was with a Blackmore on guitar. In 2009, four ex-members Joe Lynn Turner, Bobby Rondinelli, Tony Carey and Greg Smith teamed up with JĆ¼rgen Blackmore, Ritchie's son, to form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Horne Blackmore
John Horne Blackmore (March 27, 1890 ā€“ May 2, 1971) was a Canadian school teacher and principal and Canadian politician. He was one of the first elected members and leaders of the Social Credit Party of Canada, a political party in Canada that promoted the social credit theories of monetary reform. Life and career Born in Sublett, Idaho, he immigrated to Cardston area as a child. He was brought up in a Mormon household. He attended the UofA and Calgary Normal School. Blackmore was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1935 election as Member of Parliament representing Lethbridge, Alberta. The Social Credit movement had swept to power in Alberta in the 1935 Alberta provincial election just weeks earlier. He was chosen the party's parliamentary leader. He formed the material he was saying in speeches into book form, and Money the Master Key was published in 1939. The book describes "Money Power" - "the Designing Will that pulls hidden strings." (p. 12) In 19 ... [...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, flŨruit 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. 1197ā€“1229)". The term is often used in art history when dating the career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blackmore
John Blackmore was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654. Blackmore was the son of John Blackmore of Exeter, Devon. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 12 December 1634, aged 18. He was awarded BA on 16 January 1640 and MA on 19 May 1649 when he was a major in the army. In 1654, Blackmore was elected Member of Parliament for Tiverton in the First Protectorate Parliament, but the election was declared void. He sat instead for the combined seat of East Looe and West Looe. Blackmore is said to have been knighted by Oliver Cromwell. He was Sheriff of Devon The High Sheriff of Devon is the Queen's representative for the County of Devon, a territory known as his/her bailiwick. Selected from three nominated people, they hold the office for one year. They have judicial, ceremonial and administrative f ... in 1657 or 1658. References Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall Alumni of Exeter College, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Blackmore
James Blackmore (February 2, 1821 – February 6, 1875) was an American politician. He served as Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1868 to 1869 and 1872 to 1875. Life Blackmore was born in 1821 in Washington County, Pennsylvania. His father was County Treasurer in 1855, and young Blackmore served as Chief Clerk. Mayor Blackmore was engaged in the lumber and coal business. The city expanded east and George Westinghouse began manufacturing the air brake in the Strip District during Mayor Blackmore's initial term. A new City Hall was completed on Smithfield Street and the city's southern boundaries were extended during Mayor Blackmore's second term. James Blackmore's last address was 167 Wylie Avenue. His only child was called his name sake, James Blackmore Jr, it was unknown what he did for a living. He died February 6, 1875, less than a week after finishing his term, and is buried in Allegheny Cemetery. His only known living relative lives in Worthing, United Kingdom and is a direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Blackmore
Joseph Henry "Jake" Blackmore (unknown - 26 March 1964) Scrum.com was an international rugby forward who played for and with . He won a single cap for |