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Frank Brown (Nebraska)
Frank Brown may refer to: * Frank Brown (governor) (1846–1920), governor of Maryland *Frank Herbert Brown (1868–1959), English journalist *Frank Clyde Brown (1870–1943), American folklorist and university administrator * Frank Edward Brown (1908–1988), American archaeologist * Frank Brown (alpine skier) (1937–2016), American Olympic skier *Frank Brown (footballer, born 1890) (1890–?), English footballer * Frank Brown (cyclist) (1890–1969), Canadian Olympic cyclist *Frank Chouteau Brown (1876–1947), American architect *Frank Brown (Australian footballer) (1887–1928), Australian rules footballer *Francis Harold Brown (1943–2017), American geologist and geochemist *Frank Brown (entertainer) (1858–1943), clown, acrobat and circus entrepreneur in Argentina *Frank Brown (journalist) (born ), American journalist * Frank J. Brown (1956–2020), African-American visual artist * Frank A. Brown Jr. (1908–1983), American researcher of biological rhythms *Frank London Bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Brown (governor)
Frank Brown (August 8, 1846 – February 3, 1920), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 42nd Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1892 to 1896. Born in 1846 in Sykesville, Maryland, he also served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1876 to 1878. He died in 1920 in Baltimore, Maryland. Brown was employed early on by the R. Sinclair & Co. Later he worked as a clerk in the State tobacco warehouse from 1870 to 1875. In 1880, he became the President of the Maryland State Agricultural & Mechanical Society. From 1886 to 1890 Brown was assigned to be the Postmaster of Baltimore. For the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 Brown was the President of Board of Managers in Maryland. Later in life he served as the President of the Baltimore Traction Company. His political positions included becoming Campaign Treasurer of the Democratic State Central Committee in 1885 In 1892, Brown was elected to his highest position as Governor of Maryland, se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Brown (entertainer)
Frank Brown (6 September 1858 Brighton, England – 9 April 1943, Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a clown, acrobat and circus entrepreneur with a long career in Argentina, where he was known as ''El Payaso Inglés'' (''The English Clown)''. Career Coming from a circus family where both his father and grandfather had been clowns, Brown performed acrobatics and clowning from childhood, and was part of tours to Moscow and Mexico. He arrived in Buenos Aires in 1884 when he was around 26 and worked in the Brothers Carlo circus. He took the name ''Pepino el 88'' while performing with the ''criollo'' clown, José Podestá. After an accident in 1893 he only performed as a clown. In 1910 he was part of a performance to celebrate the Argentine centenary, but the tent was destroyed by arson. Some of his those who admired his art were Roberto Payró and Carlos Pellegrini. Rubén Darío wrote about him: ''Franck Brown como los Hanlon Lee'' ''sabe lo trágico de un paso'' ''de payaso y e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin Browne
Franklin Doughty Browne (4 March 1873 – 12 August 1946) was an English cricketer. He played in ten first-class matches for Kent County Cricket Club between 1899 and 1903.Franklin Browne . Retrieved 8 March 2017. Early life Browne was born at in London in 1873, the son of George and Mary Browne ('''' Hill). His father was a solicitor, originally from |
Frank Brown Park
Frank Brown Park is a outdoor recreation facility in Panama City Beach, Florida. The park hosts various sporting events throughout the year, and has facilities available for public use. Events Organizations such as the Ironman Florida Triathlon, United States Specialty Sports Association, National Softball Association, Grand Slam Baseball, United States Fastpitch Association, Independent Softball Association, World Softball League and the International Flag Football Association hold championship events at the Frank Brown facilities.Frank Brown Park Web site: About Us http://www.playballinparadise.com/ Facilities The park includes nine softball fields, two tee ball fields, three soccer fields, four multi-purpose football fields, four tennis courts, two outdoor basketball courts, two shuffleboard courts, one indoor gym, one playground, one large group picnic pavilion, one Freshwater Youth Fishing Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank London Brown
Frank London Brown (October 17, 1927 – March 12, 1962) was an American writer, activist, and union leader known for his significant contributions to literature, civil rights, and workers' rights. Born in Kansas City Missouri, to an African-American family, and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Brown's upbringing in a racially charged environment greatly influenced his later work and activism. He played a crucial role in advancing the causes of racial equality and social justice through his writings, civil rights activities, and leadership in labor unions. His writings include two novels, ''Trumbull Park'' (1959) and ''The Myth Maker'' (posthumous publication, 1969), recognized as contributions in literary realism and literary existentialism. A part of the Chicago Black Renaissance, his novels portrayed African-American experiences in Chicago and urban America. Life Frank London Brown was born to Myrtle and Frank Brown on October 17, 1927, in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1939 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank A
Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Currency * Liechtenstein franc or frank, the currency of Liechtenstein since 1920 * Swiss franc or frank, the currency of Switzerland since 1850 * Westphalian frank, currency of the Kingdom of Westphalia between 1808 and 1813 * The currencies of the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland (1803–1814): ** Appenzell frank ** Argovia frank ** Basel frank ** Berne frank ** Fribourg frank ** Glarus frank ** Graubünden frank ** Luzern frank ** Schaffhausen frank ** Schwyz frank ** Solothurn frank ** St. Gallen frank ** Thurgau frank ** Unterwalden frank ** Uri frank ** Zürich frank Places * Frank, Alberta, Canada, an urban community, formerly a village * Franks, Illinois, United States, an unincorporated community * Franks, Missouri, United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank J
Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Currency * Liechtenstein franc or frank, the currency of Liechtenstein since 1920 * Swiss franc or frank, the currency of Switzerland since 1850 * Westphalian frank, currency of the Kingdom of Westphalia between 1808 and 1813 * The currencies of the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland (1803–1814): ** Appenzell frank ** Argovia frank ** Basel frank ** Berne frank ** Fribourg frank ** Glarus frank ** Graubünden frank ** Luzern frank ** Schaffhausen frank ** Schwyz frank ** Solothurn frank ** St. Gallen frank ** Thurgau frank ** Unterwalden frank ** Uri frank ** Zürich frank Places * Frank, Alberta, Canada, an urban community, formerly a village * Franks, Illinois, United States, an unincorporated community * Franks, Missouri, United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Brown (journalist)
Frank Brown (born 1952/1953) is an American sports journalist and former National Hockey League (NHL) communications executive. During his career, Brown has worked for the ''New York Daily News,'' ''The Associated Press,'' and the NHL as a communications executive. After retiring in 2018, Brown was awarded the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award by the Hockey Hall of Fame. Career Brown published his first paid hockey article in a 1970 New York Rangers game program for $50 from the Rangers public relations director. From there, he began his career as a journalist for The Associated Press, typically covering the Montreal Canadiens. Under the leadership of Stan Fischler, Brown stated he learned the "courage of my convictions" after being handed Gordie Howe's phone number. Following this, Brown joined the New York Daily News in 1980 until 1998. In 1993, Brown published "''New York Rangers: Broadway Blues.''" The following year, during the New York Rangers 1994 Stanley Cup Finals series, Bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Harold Brown
Francis Harold Brown (October 24, 1943 – September 30, 2017) was an American geologist and geochemist who mapped the sedimentary sequence and geology of most of the Turkana Basin in Kenya, east Africa. Brown introduced single-crystal argon-argon and potassium-argon dating into the Turkana Basin, resolving disputes over the age of '' Kenyanthropus platyops'' and other fossils. Early life Brown was born in Willits, California, to Vivien Clarice Jameson Brown and carpenter and viticulturist Francis Edward Brown. As an undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley, he studied chemistry, Latin and linguistics, rowed, and spent one obligatory year in the ROTC. Brown ultimately chose to pursue studies in geology and acquired his BA in 1965. He opposed the Vietnam war but reported to his draft board when he realized he had failed to register. Brown was not drafted. After receiving his PhD from Berkeley, he took a faculty position at the University of Utah in the Geology D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Herbert Brown
Sir Frank Herbert Brown CIE (1868–1959) was an English journalist, on the editorial staff of ''The Times'' from 1929 to 1954. He was a recognised authority on Indian affairs. Life He was born 13 March 1868, a younger son of the Rev. Jospeh Brown, a Baptist minister of Upwell in Norfolk, near Wisbech. His first experience as a journalist was with the ''Cambridgeshire Times'', based at March. In India, Brown worked on the '' Bombay Gazette'' for five years, as a leader writer and assistant editor. He then moved to Lucknow and the ''Indian Daily Telegraph''. Suffering from malaria, Brown returned to the United Kingdom, where for many years he was a freelance journalist. He was London correspondent of the ''Times of India'', and assiduously built a network of Indian contacts. He witnessed the 1909 assassination of Curzon Wyllie. He joined the editorial staff of ''The Times'' of London, to which he had contributed often from 1902, in 1929. In March 1931, Brown contradicted in a le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Brown (Australian Footballer)
Francis Paterson Brown (13 November 1887 – 26 November 1928) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * 1887 births 1928 deaths Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Melbourne Football Club players St Kilda Football Club players People from Berwick, Victoria {{AFL-bio-1887-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Chouteau Brown
Frank Chouteau Brown (1876–1947) was an American architect, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and educated at the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts, the Boston Art Club and in Europe. In 1902, he began practice in Boston and from 1907 to 1919, was editor of the ''Architectural Review'' periodical. In 1916, he became a member of the faculty of Boston University Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ... and in 1919, head of the Department of Art and Architecture. He was the architectural designer of the 1933 renovation of the Dillaway–Thomas House in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Selected bibliography * * * * References External links * * * Boston University faculty Architects from Minneapolis Architects from Boston 20th-century American architects 1876 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
