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Bluford may refer to: People ;Surnamed * Ferdinand D. Bluford (1882-1955) U.S. educator * Guion Bluford (born 1942), U.S. astronaut * Lucile Bluford (1911-2003) U.S. journalist * Terry Bluford Moore (1912-1995) U.S. baseball player * Albert Bluford Walker (1926-1992) U.S. baseball player * Floyd Bluford Henry III (born 1968) U.S. baseball player ;with this given name * Bluford Duck (1858-1895) Old West outlaw * Bluford Wilson (1841-1924) Solicitor General of the United States of America Places * Bluford, Illinois Other uses * The Bluford Series, a series of young adult novels See also * Bruford (other) * Bufford * Buford (other) * Blue (other) * Blu (other) * Ford (other) Ford commonly refers to: * Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford * Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river Ford may also refer to: Ford Motor Company * Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company * Ford F ... {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand D
Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "courage" or "ready, prepared" related to Old High German "to risk, venture." The name was adopted in Romance languages from its use in the Visigothic Kingdom. It is reconstructed as either Gothic or . It became popular in German-speaking Europe only from the 16th century, with Habsburg rule over Spain. Variants of the name include , , , and in Spanish, in Catalan, and and in Portuguese. The French forms are , '' Fernand'', and , and it is '' Ferdinando'' and in Italian. In Hungarian both and are used equally. The Dutch forms are and '' Ferry''. There are numerous short forms in many languages, such as the Finnish . There is a feminine Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form, . Royalty Aragón/León/Castile/Spain *Ferdi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guion Bluford
Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. (born November 22, 1942) is an American aerospace engineer, retired United States Air Force (USAF) officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut in which capacity he became the second person of African descent to go to space. While assigned to NASA, he remained a USAF officer rising to the rank of colonel. He participated in four Space Shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992. In 1983, as a member of the crew of the Orbiter ''Challenger'' on the mission STS-8, he became the first African American in space as well as the second person of African descent in space, after Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez. Personal life Born in Philadelphia, Bluford graduated from Overbrook High School in 1960. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 1964, a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) in 1974, a Doctor of Philosophy degree in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucile Bluford
Lucile Harris Bluford (July 1, 1911 – June 13, 2003) was a famous journalist and opponent of segregation in America's education system, and after whom the Lucile H. Bluford Branch of the Kansas City Public Library is named. Early life Lucile Bluford was born on July 1, 1911, in Salisbury, North Carolina, to John Henry Bluford and Viola Harris Bluford. Her father was a professor at the state's Agricultural and Technical College. In 1921 when Bluford was 10, and upon the death of his mother, John Bluford accepted a position teaching science at Lincoln High School in Kansas City, Missouri. Bluford attended Wendell Phillips Elementary and Lincoln High School. At a young age, she was exposed to segregated education, as Missouri was a Jim Crow state that adhered to "separate but equal" doctrine. Career Bluford was encouraged in her interest in journalism by a high school English teacher, Trussie Smothers, at the segregated Lincoln High School. She was the valedictorian of her 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Bluford Moore
Terry Bluford Moore (May 27, 1912 – March 29, 1995) was an American professional baseball center fielder, manager, and coach. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals (–, –), and later coached for them (–, –). Moore managed the Philadelphia Phillies, taking the reins from Steve O’Neill, for the second half of the season. Playing career A right-handed batter and thrower, Moore began his professional baseball career in 1932. In 1934, he hit .328 in the American Association and earned a roster spot with the Cardinals the following season. Moore joined the Cardinals the year after the Gashouse Gang won the 1934 World Series. He hit for a career .280 batting average in 1,298 games, with 80 home runs. He played on two National League championship and world champion teams: the 1942 and 1946 Cardinals. During his career (interrupted by World War II service), he played with greats such as Dizzy Dean, Joe Medwick, Frankie Frisch, Johnny Mize, Enos Slaughter, and Stan Musial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Bluford Walker
Albert Bluford "Rube" Walker (May 16, 1926 – December 12, 1992) was an American Major League Baseball catcher and longtime pitching coach. Career A native of Lenoir, North Carolina, Walker batted left-handed, threw right-handed and was listed as tall and during his playing career. He was signed by the Chicago Cubs' organization in 1944 and spent four full years in their farm system, where he was the All-Star catcher in the Class B Three-I League (1946) and the Double-A Southern Association (1947). He made his major league debut with the Cubs on April 20, 1948, and spent 11 years in the National League as a second-string catcher. He appeared in 608 games played over that span, and his 50 games started as a catcher with the 1950 Cubs were the most of his big-league career. The following season, on June 15, 1951, he was involved in a blockbuster trade with the Brooklyn Dodgers, in which the league-leading Dodgers obtained the Cubs' slugging outfielder, Andy Pafko. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floyd Bluford Henry III
Floyd Bluford "Butch" Henry III (born October 7, 1968) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for five MLB teams from 1992 to 1999. Listed at and , he pitched and batted left-handed. Henry has also been a coach in Minor League Baseball and a manager in independent baseball. Playing career Henry was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the 15th round of the 1987 MLB draft. He was 23 years old when he made his major league debut on April 9, 1992, with the Houston Astros. During his career, Henry had a record of 33–33, with a 3.83 ERA and 345 strikeouts in 621 innings pitched. He also played for the Montreal Expos, Boston Red Sox and the Seattle Mariners. He had the best year of his career with the 1994 Expos, when he posted an 8–3 record with a 2.43 ERA. After spending the entire 2000 season on the disabled list, and a short-lived comeback attempt in the minors in 2001, Henry announced his retirement in 2003 due to arm troubles. Post-playing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluford Duck
Blue Duck, sometimes referred to as Bluford Duck (1858–1895), was an outlaw of the American Old West, probably best known for a photograph taken of him in the mid-1880s, in which he posed with Belle Starr, a famous female outlaw. Biography Blue Duck was born in the Cherokee Nation, with the name of Sha-con-gah. By the early 1870s he was riding with gangs across the Oklahoma Territory committing armed robberies and acts of cattle rustling. Blue Duck became romantically involved with Belle Starr during that time. When she married outlaw Sam Starr, she and her husband formed their own gang, which Blue Duck joined. He is believed to have ridden with the gang through most of the latter part of the 1870s, although his involvement with them was off and on. On June 23, 1884, while riding drunk in the Flint District of the Cherokee Nation, and in the company of outlaw William Christie, the two men came upon a farmer named Samuel Wyrick. For no apparent reason, the two outlaws opene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluford Wilson
Bluford Wilson (November 30, 1841 – July 15, 1924) was a Union Army officer in the Civil War and a government official who served as Solicitor of the United States Treasury. Early life Bluford Wilson was born near Shawneetown, Illinois on November 30, 1841. He studied at McKendree College and the University of Michigan Law School before enlisting for the American Civil War. Military career Wilson joined the 120th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He soon received an officer's commission and appointment as regimental adjutant. He later served on several other staffs, including that of the XIII Corps, taking part in numerous battles and campaigns, including Champion Hill, Black River and the Siege of Vicksburg, and the Red River Campaign. He was discharged with the rank of major at the end of the war. For the rest of his life Wilson was active in the Grand Army of the Republic and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Legal career Wilson resumed studying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluford, Illinois
Bluford is a village in Jefferson County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census the village population was 688, down from 785 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Mount Vernon Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Bluford is in eastern Jefferson County, south of Illinois Route 15 and east of Mount Vernon, the county seat. According to the 2010 census, Bluford has a total area of , of which (or 99.45%) is land and (or 0.55%) is water. History The town of Bluford was named after Bluford "Bluf" Green (1868–1912) when he was a small boy by his father Wiley Green (1835–1878), who was the local justice of the peace. An extended story about Bluford by Mrs. Opal H. Wood, follows: In 1881, before there was a Bluford, construction was started on the Air Line Railroad, later the Southern Railroad. George Evans, Mt. Vernon banker, laid out the town on 40 acres of land bisected by the railroad. In 1882, Rev. Z. H. Byard, a United Brethren preacher, built th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bluford Series
''The Bluford Series'' is a widely read collection of contemporary American young adult novels set in the fictional inner-city high school of Bluford High in Southern California. Bluford is named for Guion "Guy" Bluford, the first African-American astronaut. The series was created and published by Townsend Press and was co-distributed by Scholastic. As part of an effort to promote reading in underfunded school districts, Townsend Press originally made the Bluford Series available to schools for a dollar each. As of 2018, over 11 million Bluford Series novels were in print. Synopsis ''The Bluford Series'' is set in Bluford High School, the fictional school all the main characters attend. Each novel features a teenage protagonist facing difficult challenges in and out of school. Topics explored in the books include bullying, school violence, teenage pregnancy, divorce, peer pressure, and substance abuse. Despite these gritty topics, the Bluford Series has been praised widely for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruford (other)
Bruford may refer to: Musical groups *Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe *Bruford (band) *Bruford Levin Upper Extremities * Bill Bruford's Earthworks Places *Rose Bruford College People with the surname *Alex Bruford, founder of ''Infadels'' *Bill Bruford (born 1949), English drummer * Marjorie Frances Bruford (1902-1958), British artist * Michael W. Bruford (born 1963), British molecular ecologist and conservation biologist *Robert Bruford Robert Bruford (28 June 1868 – 29 December 1939) was a British farmer and agriculturist who developed his activities into the political field. Highly active in his native Somerset where he was a member of many public bodies and served in local ... (1868–1939), English farmer, agriculturist and politician * Walter Horace Bruford (1894–1988), British scholar of German literature Albums * The Bruford Tapes * ''Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe'' (album) * ''Bruford Levin Upper Extremities'' (album) See also * Bluford (other) * Buford (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bufford
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Bufford is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Charles Lee Bufford (born 1953-4), American man cleared of murder * Jamall Bufford, American rapper known as "Buff1" *John Henry Bufford (1810-1870), American lithographer * Joseph Henry Bufford (c.1854-1923), American state legislator See also * Buford (surname) * Burford (surname) * Bluford (other) *Bruford (other) Bruford may refer to: Musical groups *Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe *Bruford (band) *Bruford Levin Upper Extremities * Bill Bruford's Earthworks Places *Rose Bruford College People with the surname *Alex Bruford, founder of ''Infadels'' *Bill Bru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
