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Bray (surname)
Bray is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alan Bray (1948–2001), British historian *Alastair Bray (born 1993), Australian footballer *Anna Eliza Bray (1790–1883), British novelist * Angie Bray (born 1953), British politician *Billy Bray (1794–1868), British preacher * Charles Bray (1811–1884), British philosopher * Charles Bray (glass artist) (1922–2012), British painter and glass sculptor *Curtis Bray (1970–2014), American football player and coach *David A. Bray, Executive-level technologist *Deanne Bray (born 1971), American actress * Dennis Bray, British scientist * Hiawatha Bray, American columnist *George Bray (1918–2002), English footballer * Graham Bray, rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s *Jan de Bray (c. 1627–c. 1697), Dutch painter *Jeremy Bray (1930–2002), British politician *Jeremy Bray (born 1973), Irish cricketer *John Bray (athlete) (1875–1945), American athlete * John Bray (physician), botanist and physician * John Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Bray
Alan Bray (13 October 1948 – 25 November 2001) was a British historian and gay rights activist. He was a Roman Catholic and had a particular interest in Christianity's relationship to homosexuality. Early life Bray was born in Hunslet, Leeds, to a working-class family. His mother died when he was 12, an event that profoundly affected his relationships. He attended Leeds Central High School, where he met his lifelong friend Graham Wilson. He attended Bangor University and spent a year at an Anglican seminary before beginning a career in civil service. Gay rights activism He became involved with the Gay Liberation Front in the 1970s and actively campaigned for gay rights. His interest in sexual politics influenced his work on history, which culminated in two books. His groundbreaking book ''Homosexuality in Renaissance England'' was published in 1982. His second book, ''The Friend'', was published posthumously. Legacy The Roman Catholic Caucus of the Gay and Lesbian Christian M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bray (athlete)
John Bray (August 19, 1875 in Middleport, New York – July 18, 1945 in San Francisco, California) was an American athlete. He won the bronze medal over 1500 m at the Olympic Games in Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ... in 1900. Bray also participated in the 800 metre competition and finished sixth. References External links * 1875 births 1945 deaths American male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field Williams College alumni Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics People from Niagara County, New York Sportspeople from New York (state) {{US-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllis Bray
Phyllis Bray (30 August 1911 – 1991) was a British artist and illustrator known for involvement in the East London Group of artists, for the murals she produced and for illustrating children's books. During her career she also exhibited at the Royal Academy and at several leading London galleries. Biography Bray was born in Norwood in west London. Her father, William de Bray, was a British diplomat, who was at one point an attaché to the court of the mother of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Bray obtained a scholarship to study at the Slade School of Art from 1927 to 1931, where her tutor was Henry Tonks. At the Slade Bray won several prizes. In 1933 she was elected to the London Group and also married her first husband, the artist, and fellow evening-class teacher, John Cooper and together they were to become core members of the East London Group. Bray became known for her landscapes, which she painted in both oils and watercolours, and for her murals. For over forty years Bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bray
Reverend Michael Bray is an American Lutheran minister who was convicted in 1985, along with two other defendants of two counts of conspiracy and one count of possessing unregistered explosive devices in relation to seven bombings of women's health clinics and three offices of women's health advocacy groups in Washington, D.C., Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. Bray and his wife, Jayne, are the named defendants in the Supreme Court decision ''Bray v. Alexandria'', a ruling that determined pro-life demonstrators could not block entrances to abortion clinics in order to stop patients from entering to receive services. At the time of his conviction he was a member of the Christian extremist terrorist organization Army of God. Because of his involvement with the organization, public acts of terrorism, and suspected authorship of the underground manual ''Army of God'', Bray is considered "the intellectual father of the extreme radical fringe of the antiabortion movement which engag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimo Bray
Massimo Bray (born 11 April 1959) is an Italian intellectual and politician, who served as the minister of culture from 28 April 2013 to 22 February 2014. Early life and education Bray was born in Lecce on 11 April 1959. He studied philosophy and literature in various cities, including Florence, Naples, Venice, Paris and Simancas. Career Bray is an academic publisher and a magazine editor. He was on the editorial board of the Italian Institute of Human Sciences until 1994. He is the cofounder of Notte della Taranta, which is among the most popular music festivals in Europe. He launched a blog on the Italian-language version of ''the Huffington Post''. Bray is a member of the Democratic Party. He was appointed minister of culture to the cabinet led by the prime minister Enrico Letta on 28 April 2013. He replaced Lorenzo Ornaghi in the post. Bray's term ended in February 2014 when he was replaced by Dario Franceschini Dario Franceschini (; born 19 October 1958) is an Italia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maury Bray
Andrew Maurice Bray (August 27, 1909 – December 8, 1966) was an American football tackle who played two seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National Football League. He played college football at Southern Methodist University and attended Abilene High School in Abilene, Texas Abilene ( ) is a city in Taylor and Jones Counties in Texas, United States. Its population was 125,182 at the 2020 census, making it the 27th-most populous city in the state of Texas. It is the principal city of the Abilene metropolitan statis .... References External linksJust Sports Stats 1909 births 1966 deaths Players of American football from Texas American football tackles SMU Mustangs football players Pittsburgh Steelers players People from Paducah, Texas {{Amfoot-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lourinda Bray
Lourinda Bray is an American restoration artist and historian with a specialty in carousel animals. She is also the owner of Running Horse Studios, a 7,000-square-foot carousel animal restoration warehouse. Her collection exceeds 400 and spans animals created throughout America, Mexico, and Europe from the mid-19th century to the present day. In addition to carousel figures, she has collected and restored other parts of carousels such as decorative mirrors, placards, base boards, and benches. Her collection also includes carousel-themed toys, postcards, and miniatures. The collection is sourced from numerous carousel carvers from the Golden Age of carousels such as Herschell-Spillman, Charles Carmel, Charles Looff, E. Joy Morris, M.C. Illions & Sons Carousell Works, Philadelphia Toboggan Company, Dentzel Carousel Company, C.W. Parker Amusement Company, W.P. Wilcox, Josef Hübner, D.C. Muller Brothers, J.R. Anderson, Stein & Goldstein, Charles W. Dare, Orton Sons & Spooner, Danie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libba Bray
Martha Elizabeth "Libba" Bray (March 11, 1964) is an American writer of young adult novels including the Gemma Doyle Trilogy, '' Going Bovine'', and ''The Diviners''. Early life Martha Elizabeth Bray was born in Montgomery, Alabama. Her father was a gay Presbyterian minister, and her mother was an English teacher. She and her family moved to West Virginia for a brief period, then to Corpus Christi, Texas and finally to Denton, Texas, where Bray attended high school. At the age of eighteen, three weeks after graduating high school, Bray was involved in a serious car accident. She had to undergo thirteen surgeries over six years to reconstruct her face, and has an artificial left eye because of the accident. Bray graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1988 as a Theatre major. As a budding playwright, she felt it important to be in New York City. When her childhood best friend, already living in Manhattan, called saying she was looking for a roommate, Bray moved to New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Bray
Leslie Lingwood Bray (14 January 1895 – 29 November 1957) was an English first-class cricketer who served as an officer in both the British Army and the Royal Air Force in both world wars. In the latter stages of the First World War, Bray was commissioned as a Second lieutenant#United Kingdom & other Commonwealth countries, second lieutenant into the London Regiment (1908–1938), London Regiment in November 1917. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines), lieutenant in May 1919, alongside the temporary rank of Captain (British Army and Royal Marines), captain that he had held since January 1919. He was transferred to the Corps of Military Accountants in April 1920, retaining his temporary rank of captain. He transferred to the Royal Air Force in November 1925, following the disbanding of the Corps of Military Accountants, and was granted the rank of flying officer, with Bray completing his probation in May 1926. The following year he appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Randolph Bray
John Randolph Bray (August 25, 1879 – October 10, 1978) was an American animator, cartoonist, and film producer. Early life John Randolph Bray was born in Addison, Michigan on August 25, 1879, to Methodism, Methodist Presbyterian minister Edward Bray and his wife Sarah. He was educated at the Detroit School of Boys and the Detroit School of Art. Bray enrolled at the Michigan's Alma College for a degree in civil engineering, but dropped out after a year. Work After he dropped out of college, Bray was a journalist for the ''Detroit Evening Press'', however this proved fruitless. A couple years after this job, Bray landed a job for the ''Brooklyn Daily Eagle'', in which he met his friend Max Fleischer. While he was in Brooklyn, he met an immigrant from Germany named Margaret Till, and they married in 1904. He worked for ''Judge (magazine), Judge'' from 1907 to 1909, drawing a comic named ''Little Johnny and the Teddy Bears'', simply named ''The Teddy Bears'' in its first run. Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Jefferson Bray
John Jefferson Bray, (16 September 1912 – 26 June 1995) was an Australian lawyer, judge, academic, university administrator, Crown officer, and poet. From 1967 to 1978, he served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia. Early life and parents Bray was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 16 September 1912, the elder son of Harry Midwinter Bray (1879–1965), an Adelaide stockbroker, and his wife, Gertrude Eleanore Stow (members of whose family were Congregationalist missionaries in South Australia). His father's family had a history of involvement in South Australian politics and current affairs: Bray's grandfather was the Honourable Sir John Cox Bray, a former Premier of South Australia. On his mother's side, Bray claimed a collateral relationship to the third U.S. president, Thomas Jefferson. Education Bray was educated at the state school at Sevenhill in the Clare Valley; at St Peter's College, Adelaide; and at the University of Adelaide, where he ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Francis Bray
John Francis Bray (26 June 1809 – 1 February 1897) was a radical, chartist, writer on socialist economics, and activist in both Britain and his native America in the 19th century. He was hailed in later life as the "Benjamin Franklin" of American labor. Life John Bray was born in Washington, D.C., while his father was performing with a theatrical company based in the city. Bray's father had been born into a Yorkshire family of farmers and clothiers around Huddersfield. In 1822 they moved back to the West Riding, to Leeds. But their initial plans were stymied when his father died shortly after their return. Young John was then lodged with a relative and was apprenticed into the printing trade around the West Riding. He moved back to Leeds in 1832 and worked on a local paper and became involved in the working class movement in Leeds, including the Chartist Movement, then growing in Leeds around Feargus O'Connor's Northern Star. He also helped to found the Leeds Working Men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
