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Frank Brennan (businessman)
Frank Brennan is the name of: *Frank Brennan (judge) (1884β1949), Queensland Labor MLA and Supreme Court judge *Frank Brennan (politician) (1873β1950), Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1911 to 1931 and 1934 to 1949 *Frank Brennan (footballer) (1924β1997), Scottish footballer who played for Newcastle United *Frank Brennan (writer) (died 1995), Australian romance novelist under the name "Emma Darcy" *Frank Brennan (priest) (born 1954), Australian Jesuit priest, lawyer and academic *Frank Brennan (karateka) (born 1960), British karate champion and instructor *Frank Brennan (economist) Frank Brennan (15 December 1947 β 1 September 2015) was an Irish tax inspector and an author on tax-related subjects. Accomplishments Throughout his lifetime, Brennan earned himself a reputation as being "the widely respected economist and tax c ... (1947β2015), Irish economist See also * Francis Brennan (other) {{hndis, Brennan, Frank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Brennan (judge)
Frank Tenison Brennan (6 December 1884 – 6 August 1949) was a Labor Party politician, lawyer and Supreme Court judge. He was a Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Queensland MLA from 1918 to 1925. History Born in Maryborough, Queensland, Maryborough the son of Martin Brennan and educated at the Christian Brothers College, Maryborough, Christian Brothers' College there, served his articles at Warwick, Queensland, with his brother E. J. Brennan, and qualified in 1912, heading the list of that year. He practised as a solicitor in Toowoomba, Queensland, Toowoomba from 1912 to 1918. He was active in the Conscription in Australia, anti-conscription campaign. He was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly for electoral district of Toowoomba, Toowoomba in 1923, defeating James Tolmie (Australian politician), James Tolmie. He was appointed Minister in Charge of Health and Local Authorities, and the following year, Education Minister. The same year he was admitted to the Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Brennan (politician)
Francis Brennan (1873 β 6 November 1950) was an Australian lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served as Attorney-General in the Scullin Government (1929β1932). He was a member of the House of Representatives for over 35 years (1911β1931, 1934β1949), one of the longest periods of service. His brother Tom Brennan was a United Australia Party senator, a rare instance of family members representing opposing parties. Early life Brennan was born at Upper Emu Creek near Bendigo, Victoria and was a younger brother of Tom Brennan, later an assistant minister in the conservative Lyons government. He studied law at the University of Melbourne and achieved an LL.B. in 1901. A prominent lay figure in Melbourne Catholicism, he established a legal business specialising in union cases. He joined the Labor Party in 1907 and unsuccessfully contested Bendigo in 1910, but won Batman at a by-election in 1911. In 1913 he married Cecilia Mary O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Brennan (footballer)
Francis Brennan (23 April 1924 β 5 March 1997) was a Scottish footballer. Brennan was a tough centre half who moved to Newcastle United from Airdrieonians for Β£7,500 in 1946. He made his debut for the club against Millwall in August 1946 and appeared on 351 occasions for the Magpies between 1946 and 1956. Brennan moved into management after his playing retirement, initially with North Shields between 1956 and 1962, then in Singapore and Trinidad. He returned to North Shields in 1967 and helped them to victory in the 1969 FA Amateur Cup. He was appointed manager of Darlington in August 1971 but stayed in the post for only three months before joining South Shields in a coaching role in 1972. Career statistics :A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Charity Shield and Coronation Cup. Managerial statistics Honours As a player Newcastle United *FA Cup winner: 1951, 1952 As a manager North Shields *FA Amateur Cup The FA Amateur Cup was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Brennan (writer)
Emma Darcy is the pseudonym used by the Australian husbandβwife writing team of Wendy Brennan (28 November 1940 β 12 December 2020) and Frank Brennan (1936 β 1995), they wrote in collaboration over 45 romance novels. In 1993, for the Emma Darcy pseudonym's 10th anniversary, they created the "Emma Darcy Award Contest" to encourage authors to finish their manuscripts. After the death of Frank Brennan in 1995, Wendy wrote on her own. She lived in New South Wales, Australia. Darcy sold 60 million books from 1983 to 2001, and averaged six new books per year. In 2002, Darcy's first crime novel ''Who Killed Angelique?'' won the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel. In 2003, the next novel, ''Who Killed Bianca'', was a finalist for the Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel. Personal life Wendy Brennan Wendy was born 28 November 1940 in Australia, she had an Honours degree in Latin and worked as a high school English teacher. She was reputedly the first woman computer programmer in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Brennan (priest)
Frank Tenison Brennan SJ AO (born 6 March 1954) is an Australian Jesuit priest, human rights lawyer and academic. He is known for his 1998 involvement in the Wik debate when Paul Keating called him "the meddling priest" and the National Trust classified him as a Living National Treasure. Brennan has a longstanding reputation of advocacy in the areas of law, social justice, refugee protection, Aboriginal reconciliation and human rights activism. Early life and education Brennan is the first born son of Sir Gerard Brennan, a former chief justice of the High Court of Australia and Patricia O'Hara, an anaesthestist. Brennan is a fourth generation Australian. He is of Irish descent on both sides of his family and has German ancestry from his paternal grandmother. Brennan studied at Downlands College in Toowoomba, and at the University of Queensland where he graduated with honours in arts and law. He then studied at the Melbourne College of Divinity, where he graduated, again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Brennan (karateka)
Frank Brennan, is a Shotokan karateka born on 6 May 1960 in the City of Liverpool. He was a British karate champion in the 1970s and 1980s, winning a wide variety of titles both as an individual and as part of the KUGB team. He remains a well-known and well-respected KUGB instructor and coach. Always sport-oriented, Brennan took up gymnastics while at school. At the age of twelve he tried to join the Red Triangle Karate Club, but he was told to go and join the judo club for a year because he was too young. He started to train at the club in 1973 under the tuition of Andy Sherry and KUGB chief instructor Keinosuke Enoeda. His competition career began in 1974 when he competed in the KUGB Northern Regional Championships as a 4th kyu, entering and winning the junior kata event. His introduction to kumite was even more dramatic; in 1975, while fighting for the Red Triangle team, Bob Poynton broke his leg in one of the matches. The team had no reserves, so the young Brennan, now a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Brennan (economist)
Frank Brennan (15 December 1947 β 1 September 2015) was an Irish tax inspector and an author on tax-related subjects. Accomplishments Throughout his lifetime, Brennan earned himself a reputation as being "the widely respected economist and tax consultant who designed the blueprint for tackling Ireland's black economy in the early 1990s." He did this through his well-researched paper that explained how to harness black money "to kick-start an otherwise stagnant economy." Publications * ''A Company Purchasing its own Shares'', 1991 * ''Brennan & Howley tax acts commentary : 2000β2001'' * ''Brennan & Howley tax acts commentary : 2001β2002'' He also coauthored the Tax Commentary for many years. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Brennan, Frank 1947 births 2015 deaths 20th-century Irish economists 21st-century Irish economists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
