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Brunton (surname)
Brunton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Brunton (1946–2002), New Zealand poet * Alexander Brunton (1772–1854), Scottish minister in the Church of Scotland * Anna Ross Brunton (born 1773), English actress and dramatist * Barbara Brunton (1927–2014), Australian stage and radio actress * C. Brunton (Norfolk cricketer) () * Colin Brunton (born 1955), Canadian film director * Dianne Brunton, New Zealand ecologist * Dorothy Brunton (1890–1977), Australian singer and actress * Elizabeth Brunton (1799–1860), English actress * Elizabeth York Brunton (1880–), Scottish artist * Gordon Brunton (1921–2017), English businessman * Guy Brunton (1878–1948), English archaeologist and Egyptologist * Kira Brunton (born 1999), Canadian curler * James Brunton, contemporary Canadian judge * John Brunton (cricketer) (1869–1962), English cricketer * John Brunton (manufacturer) (1837–1917), Scottish businessman * John Brunton (scenic artist) (1849–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Brunton
Alan Mervyn Brunton (14 October 1946 – 27 June 2002) was a New Zealand poet and playwright. Biography Brunton was born in Christchurch and educated at Hamilton Boys' High School, the University of Auckland and Victoria University of Wellington. He was founding editor of Freed, and in 1970 Brunton moved to Europe and Asia, publishing Messengers in Blackface (1973, London). From 1974 to 1978 he co-founded an experimental theatre group, Red Mole with his partner Sally Rodwell. He co-edited Spleen 1976–77. He lived his latter years at Island Bay, a suburb of Wellington. He died in Amsterdam in 2002 during a visit to Europe. Works Alan Brunton's work was interwoven between his poetry and theatre. He performed as part of the troupe in Red Mole in many venues including in the 1970s Carmen's Balcony in Wellington, New Zealand. Carmen's Balcony was a notorious nightclub run by Carmen Rupe Carmen Rupe (10 October 1936 – 14 December 2011), was a New Zealand drag performer, brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauder Brunton
Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st Baronet, (14 March 1844 – 16 September 1916) was a British physician who is most-closely associated with the use of amyl nitrite to treat angina pectoris. Early life Brunton was born on 14 March 1844 in Roxburgh in southeastern Scotland, the son of James Brunton (1781–1863) and his second wife Agnes Stenhouse (1807–1848). James's first wife was Euphemia Lauder (1794–1822), which gives explanation for his middle name, although he was not directly related to the Lauder's of the Bass. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, beginning research into pharmacology while still a student there, and receiving a gold medal for his 1866 thesis on digitalis. Career He left Edinburgh to work in Austria, the Netherlands, and Germany, returning to University College, London, and while there he was selected for a position at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Brunton's clinical use of amyl nitrite to treat angina was inspired by earlier work with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
