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Breckinridge (other)
Breckinridge may refer to: People * Breckinridge (surname) * Breckinridge family * Marvin Breckinridge Patterson (1905–2002), American photojournalist, cinematographer, and philanthropist * Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (1851–1921), principal of Princeton Seminary from 1887 to 1921 * Breckinridge Long (1881–1958), United States ambassador to Italy * Bobby Breckinridge, fictional character in ''Degrassi'' * John Breckinridge Castleman (1841–1918), military officer and prominent landowner and businessman in Louisville, Kentucky * John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875), senator from Kentucky, fourteenth Vice President of the United States, and later Confederate general and the last Confederate Secretary of War * Robert Breckinridge McAfee (1784–1849), Kentucky politician, and seventh Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky * James Breckenridge Speed (1844–1912), businessman and philanthropist in Louisville, Kentucky Places In the United States: * Breckenridge, Colorado, origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breckinridge (surname)
Breckinridge is a surname, and may refer to: * Aida de Acosta (, 1884–1962), in 1903 flew Santos Dumont's dirigible airship * Cabell Breckinridge (1788–1823), lawyer and politician in Kentucky * Clifton R. Breckinridge (1846–1932), congressman from Kentucky, Minister to Russia, son of John C. Breckinridge * Desha Breckinridge (1867–1935), editor and publisher of the ''Lexington Herald'', husband of Madeline McDowell Breckinridge and brother of Sophonisba Breckinridge * Henry Skillman Breckinridge (1886–1960), lawyer, politician, and Olympic fencer * James Breckinridge (1763–1833), Virginia lawyer and politician, Revolutionary War soldier and brigadier general in the War of 1812 * James Carson Breckinridge (1877–1942), United States Marine Corps officer * James D. Breckinridge (died 1849), U.S. Representative from Kentucky * John Breckinridge (U.S. Attorney General) (1760–1806), United States Senator and Attorney General * John B. Breckinridge (1913–1979), Attorney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breckenridge, Colorado
The Town of Breckenridge is the home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Summit County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 5,078 at the 2020 United States Census. Breckenridge is the principal town of the Breckenridge, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town also has many part-time residents, as many people have vacation homes in the area. The town is located at the base of the Tenmile Range. Since ski trails were first cut in 1961, Breckenridge Ski Resort has made the town a popular destination for skiers. Summer in Breckenridge attracts outdoor enthusiasts with hiking trails, wildflowers, fly-fishing in the Blue River, mountain biking, nearby Lake Dillon for boating, white water rafting, three alpine slides, a roller coaster, and many shops and restaurants up and down Main Street. The historic buildings along Main Street with their clapboard and log exteriors add to the charm of the town. Since 1981, Breckenridge h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Breckinridge (DD-148)
USS ''Breckinridge'' (DD–148) was a in the United States Navy during World War II, later reclassified as AG-112. She was named for Ensign Joseph Breckinridge. History ''Breckinridge'' was launched on 17 August 1918 by William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, Philadelphia, sponsored by Miss Genevieve Dudley Breckinridge, a niece of Ensign Breckinridge. The ship was commissioned on 27 February 1919, Commander Arthur L. Bristol in command. ''Breckinridge'' joined the Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet operating off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. She was employed along the east coast principally in the development and tests of sonar devices until placed out of commission in reserve at Philadelphia on 30 June 1922. Recommissioned in May 1930, ''Breckinridge'' served with the Scouting Force United States Fleet, along the east coast until late in 1932. She sailed for the Pacific where she served with the Scouting Force from Alaska to Pearl Harbor. In May 1936 she was assign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myra Breckinridge (film)
''Myra Breckinridge'' is a 1970 American comedy film based on Gore Vidal's 1968 Myra Breckinridge, novel of the same name. The film was directed by Mike Sarne, Michael Sarne, and featured Raquel Welch in the title role. It also starred John Huston as Buck Loner, Mae West as Leticia Van Allen, Farrah Fawcett, Rex Reed, Roger Herren, and Roger C. Carmel. Tom Selleck made his film debut in a small role as one of Leticia's "studs." Theadora Van Runkle was costume designer for the film, though Edith Head designed West's costumes. Like the novel, the picture follows the exploits of Myra Breckinridge (née Myron), a transgender woman who has undergone a gender reassignment surgery, sex change operation. Claiming to be her own widow, she manipulates her uncle into giving her a position at his acting school, where she attempts to usurp Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood's social order by introducing femdom into the curriculum. The picture was controversial for its sexual explicitness (inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myra Breckinridge
''Myra Breckinridge'' is a 1968 satirical novel by Gore Vidal written in the form of a diary. Described by the critic Dennis Altman as "part of a major cultural assault on the assumed norms of gender and sexuality which swept the western world in the late 1960s and early 1970s", the book's major themes are feminism, transsexuality, American expressions of machismo and patriarchy, and deviant sexual practices, as filtered through an aggressively camp sensibility. The controversial book is also "the first instance of a novel in which the main character undergoes a clinical sex-change". Set in Hollywood in the 1960s, the novel also contains candid and irreverent glimpses into the machinations within the film industry. ''Myra Breckinridge'' was dismissed by some of the era's more conservative critics as pornographic at the time of its first publication in February 1968; nevertheless, the novel immediately became a worldwide bestseller and has since come to be considered a classic i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breckinridge House
Housing at the University of Chicago includes seven residence halls that are divided into 48 houses. Each house has an average of 70 students. Freshmen and sophomores must live on-campus. Limited on-campus housing is available to juniors and seniors. The University operates 28 apartment buildings near campus for graduate students. In 2014, 54% of undergraduates lived in college-owned housing. History Gates-Blake and Goodspeed Halls opened in 1892 as the first residence halls for the University of Chicago. The buildings were designed by Henry Ives Cobb and served as dormitories for divinity school and graduate students. The buildings feature oriels along their facades and gables along the roof line that are signs of the Chicago Gothic architecture. The first women's dorm, Foster Hall, opened in 1893. It was converted to offices in 1961-62. Residence halls Burton–Judson Courts Burton–Judson Courts, often known as "BJ", is located at 1005 E. 60th St. and accommodates 320 stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breckinridge Center, Kentucky
Breckinridge Center is a census-designated place (CDP) in Union County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 1,874 at the 2000 census. It is named for the Breckinridge Job Corps Center, now known as the Earle C. Clements Job Corps Center. History Breckinridge Center was formerly home to Camp Breckinridge, a prisoner of war camp operated by the United States Armed Forces during World War II. It was later converted into the headquarters of the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division during the Korean War. The camp was deactivated and was sold in 1965. Geography Breckinridge Center is located at (37.679306, -87.866073). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,874 people, 250 households, and 182 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 260 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 41.36% White, 49.84% Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breckinridge County, Kentucky
Breckinridge County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,432. Its county seat is Hardinsburg, Kentucky. The county was named for John Breckinridge (1760–1806), a Kentucky Attorney General, state legislator, United States Senator, and United States Attorney General. It was the 38th Kentucky county in order of formation. Breckinridge County is now a wet county, following a local option election on January 29, 2013, but it had been a dry county for the previous 105 years. History The area presently bounded by Kentucky state lines was a part of the U.S. State of Virginia, known as Kentucky County when the British colonies separated themselves in the American Revolutionary War. In 1780, the Virginia legislature divided the previous Kentucky County into three smaller units: Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln. In 1791, this area was separated into the State of Kentucky; it became effective on June 1, 1792. From that time, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Breckenridge Speed
James Breckenridge Speed (alternatively James Breckinridge Speed; January 4, 1844 – July 7, 1912) was an American corporate executive, entrepreneur, and philanthropist based in Louisville, Kentucky. He served as the President of the Louisville Railway Company and over the course of his life founded and led multiple public companies including the Louisville Cement Company and the Ohio Valley Telephone Company. Early life and family James Breckenridge Speed was born on January 4, 1844, in Boonville, Missouri to Marry Ellen (née Shallcross) and William Pope Speed, son of John Speed. His mother died when he was an infant. He came to Louisville as an 11-year-old, James B. Speed was raised there by aunt Lucy Fry Speed, thus always considered a Louisvillian. His parents and siblings were all born in Louisville, and his family was the influential Speed family, which had had a great impact on the city. His uncle, also a James Speed, was United States Attorney General in Abraham Lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breckinridge Family
The Breckinridge family is a family of public figures from the United States. The family has included six members of the United States House of Representatives, two United States Senators, a cabinet member, two ambassadors, one United States Vice President, and one unsuccessful candidate for United States President. Breckinridges have served as college presidents, prominent ministers, soldiers, and theologians and in important positions at state and local levels. The family was most notable in Kentucky and most prominent during the 19th century, during nearly one third of which a member of the family served in the United States Congress. Prominent members * Alexander Breckenridge (1686–1743). An Ulster-Scots and first Breckenridge in the New World. Emigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania c. 1728. Married to Jane Preston in County Londonderry, Ireland. She was sister of Robert Preston, * Robert Breckenridge Sr. (1720–1773), here termed Colonel Robert Breckenridge. Captain in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Breckinridge McAfee
Robert Breckinridge McAfee (February 18, 1784 – March 12, 1849) was an American diplomat, historian and politician who was the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky serving from 1824 to 1828. Early life McAfee was born on February 18, 1784, in Mercer County, Kentucky. He was the son of Robert McAfee (1745–1795) and Anne ( née McCoun) McAfee (1746–1794), who were distant cousins. Among his siblings was Samuel McAfee, Mary Ann (née McAfee) Adams, Sarah (née McAfee) Curran, and Anne (née McAfee) Cardwell. His brother Samuel and sister Anne both married Cardwell siblings. McAfee spent much of his leisure time in childhood hunting squirrels. McAfee was orphaned in 1795 after his father, a pioneer of Kentucky, was killed in New Orleans, Louisiana. His guardian his father's friend and his namesake, John Breckinridge, who later became the Attorney General of the United States under President Thomas Jefferson. Career McAfee attended Transylvania University, graduating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John C
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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