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Folland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alison Folland (born 1978), American actress and filmmaker * Gerald Folland (born 1947), American mathematician * Henry Folland (1889–1954), British aviation engineer and aircraft designer * Leah Norah Folland (1874–1957), British educationalist, philanthropist and politician * Michael Fleming Folland (1949–1969), United States Army soldier * Neil Folland (born 1960), British cricketer * Nicholas Folland (born 1967), Australian artist and arts educator * Nick Folland (born 1963), British cricketer * Rob Folland (born 1979), British footballer See also *Folland Aircraft Folland Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturing company which was active between 1937 and 1963. History British Marine Aircraft Limited was formed in February 1936 to produce Sikorsky S-42-A flying boats under licence in the UK. The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Folland
Alison Folland (born August 10, 1978) is an American actress and filmmaker. Folland was born in Boston to a travel agent mother and a cardiologist father. She grew up in Wellesley, and attended high school at Buckingham Browne & Nichols, a private school in Cambridge. She was nominated in 1997 for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead in '' All Over Me'' and had supporting roles in films such as ''To Die For'', ''Good Will Hunting'' and '' Boys Don't Cry''. Filmography *''To Die For'' (1995) - Lydia Mertz *'' Before and After'' (1996) - Martha Taverner *'' All Over Me'' (1997) - Claude *''Good Will Hunting'' (1997) - M.I.T. Student *'' Boys Don't Cry'' (1999) - Kate *''Pigeonholed'' (1999) - Eve *''Finding Forrester'' (2000) - Jeopardy Contestant *'' Things Behind the Sun'' (2001) - Lulu *''Milwaukee, Minnesota'' (2003)- Tuey Stites *'' The Ballad of Pinto Red'' (2004) - Pinto Pulaski *''She Hate Me'' (2004) - Doris *'' Stay Until Tomorrow'' (2004) - Carla *''Zeroph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Folland
Gerald Budge Folland is an American mathematician and a professor of mathematics at the University of Washington. He is the author of several textbooks on mathematical analysis. His areas of interest include harmonic analysis (on both Euclidean space and Lie groups), differential equations, and mathematical physics. The title of his doctoral dissertation at Princeton University (1971) is "The Tangential Cauchy-Riemann Complex on Spheres". In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. Publications and books ''A Guide to Advanced Real Analysis'' Washington, D.C. : Mathematical Association of America, 2009. Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, 2008. * ''Advanced Calculus'', Prentice-Hall, 2002. * ''Real Analysis: Modern Techniques and their Applications'' (2nd ed.), John Wiley, 1999, . * "The uncertainty principle: a mathematical survey", ''J. Fourier Anal. Appl.'' 4 (1997), 207–238 (with A. Sitaram). ''Introduction to Partial Differential Equat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Folland
Henry Philip Folland OBE (22 January 1889 – 5 September 1954) was an English aviation engineer and aircraft designer. Early years Folland was born on 22 January 1889 to Frederick and Mary Folland at 2 King Street, Holy Trinity, Cambridge.1891 Cambridge Census RG12/1287, Folio 64, p. 5. His father was listed as a Stonemason. Aviation career In 1905, Folland became an apprentice at the Lanchester Motor Company in Birmingham, he then joined the design staff at Swift Motor Company and then in 1908 he became a draughtsman at the Daimler Company. It was at Daimler that he developed his interest in powered flying machines. Folland worked at the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough from 1912,''Flight'' 10 September 1954, p. 395. where he was lead designer on the S.E.4 and later S.E.5. The S.E.4 was the fastest aircraft known in 1914, and the S.E.5 was a major fighter aircraft during the First World War. He also designed the Royal Aircraft Factory's "Aerial Target" (built by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leah Norah Folland
Mrs Leah Norah Folland JP CBE (1874 – 12 March 1957), was a Welsh educationalist, philanthropist and Liberal Party politician. Background Folland was born Leah Norah Thomas (sometimes known as Lilly), at Pontypool, the daughter of Reverend John Thomas, the Baptist minister at Penclawdd. In 1906 she married Henry Folland, a tin plate manufacturer. They had one son, Dudley Croft Folland and one daughter, Patti Eugenie Folland. Professional career Folland worked as a teacher at Crwys School at Three Crosses, Swansea and then at Gorseinon School. She was a Justice of the Peace. She was a member of the Council of the University College of Swansea. Political career Folland was Liberal candidate for the Gower division at the 1923 General Election. She came second, polling 40.9%. She did not stand for parliament again. In 1939 This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Fleming Folland
Michael Fleming Folland (April 15, 1949 – July 3, 1969) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War. Biography Folland was born in Richmond, Virginia, April 15, 1949. He joined the Army in 1968, and by July 3, 1969, was serving as a Corporal in Company D, 2d Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 199th Infantry Brigade. During a firefight on that day, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, during Operation Toan Thang III, Folland smothered the blast of an enemy-thrown hand grenade with his body, sacrificing his life to protect those around him. Folland, aged 20 at his death, was buried at Glendale National Cemetery in his hometown of Richmond. Medal of Honor citation Corporal Folland's Medal of Honor citation reads: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Cpl. Folland distinguished himself while se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Folland
Neil Geoffrey Folland (born 27 June 1960) is an English former cricketer. He played as a right-handed batsman and was born in Bristol. Folland made his List A debut for Devon County Cricket Club in 1986, scoring 30 runs and represented the team in the Minor Counties Championship between 1985 and 1988. He joined Bedfordshire in 1990, for whom he played in the Minor Counties Championship until 1994. He made a single List A appearance for Bedfordshire, in the 1991 NatWest Trophy, against Worcestershire, scoring 10 runs. CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-08-15. His brother, Nick Folland, played first-class cricket for |
Nicholas Folland
Nicholas (Nic) Folland is a South Australian artist and arts educator. He is Head of Contemporary Studies and Sculpture at Adelaide Central School of Art, a Samstag scholar (awarded 1999), and subject of the 2014 SALA Festival monograph, ''Nicholas Folland''. Biography Folland was born in Adelaide in 1967 and received a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) from the South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia. He received a Masters of Visual Arts from the Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney in 2009. In 1999, he was awarded the Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship which enabled him to join the research program work at the Piet Zwart Institute and the Public Art Observatory in Barcelona. Artistic style and subject Folland uses found objects such as knives, trophies, furniture, crystalware and taxidermied animals to create sculpture and mixed media artworks. An example of his work in the Museum of Contemporary Art (Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Folland
Nicholas Arthur Folland (born 17 September 1963) is a former first-class cricketer, who represented Somerset County Cricket Club between 1992 and 1994. He is now a school headmaster. Life and career Nick Folland studied at Loughborough University, gaining a BSc and a PGCE. After graduating, he taught young deaf people for three years before joining the staff at Blundell's School in Devon. Folland came into county cricket unusually late; following success at Minor Counties level with Devon, he was persuaded by Somerset that he could combine his teaching with a professional cricket career and made his debut in regular first-class cricket in 1992, at the age of 28. He had played one first-class match earlier for the Minor Counties representative side against the Indian tourists in 1990. Folland went on to play 32 first-class matches and 68 at List A level. The highlight of his career was the two first-class centuries in a match that he made in 1993 against Sussex. These turned o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Folland
Robert Folland (born 16 September 1979) is a footballer who played in the English Football League for Oxford United Oxford United Football Club is a professional football club in the city of Oxford, England. The team plays in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The chairman is Grant Ferguson, the manager is Karl Robinson and th .... References * Welsh footballers Oxford United F.C. players English Football League players 1979 births Living people Association football forwards {{Wales-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
