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Farmer (surname)
Farmer is an English surname. Although an occupationally derived surname, it was not given to tillers of the soil, but to collectors of taxes and tithes specializing in the collection of funds from agricultural leases."Surname: Farmer" (undated). Internet Surname Database Retrieved May 22, 2010). In 2000, there were 68,309 people with the last name Farmer in the United States, making it the 431st most common last name in the nation. (undated) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce and its director is appointed by the President of the United States. The Census Bureau's primary mission is conducting the U.S. census every ten years, which allocates the seats of the U.S. House of Representatives to the states based on their population. The bureau's various censuses and surveys help allocate over $675 billion in federal funds every year and it assists states, local communities, and businesses make informed decisions. The information provided by the census informs decisions on where to build and maintain schools, hospitals, transportation infrastructure, and police and fire departments. In addition to the decennial census, the Census Bureau continually conducts over 130 surveys and programs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fannie Farmer
Fannie Merritt Farmer (23 March 1857 – 16 January 1915) was an American culinary expert whose ''Boston Cooking-School Cook Book'' became a widely used culinary text. Education Fannie Farmer was born on 23 March 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, to Mary Watson Merritt and John Franklin Farmer, an editor and printer. The family were Unitarians. Although she was the oldest of four daughters, born in a family that highly valued education and that expected young Fannie to go to college, she suffered a paralytic stroke at the age of 16 while attending Medford High School. Fannie could not continue her formal academic education; for several years, she was unable to walk and remained in her parents' care at home. During this time, Farmer took up cooking, eventually turning her mother's home into a boarding house that developed a reputation for the quality of the meals it served. At the age of 30, Farmer, now walking (but with a substantial limp that never left her), enro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previously awarded by countries of the Commonwealth of Nations, most of which have established their own honours systems and no longer recommend British honours. It may be awarded to a person of any military rank in any service and to civilians under military command. No civilian has received the award since 1879. Since the first awards were presented by Queen Victoria in 1857, two-thirds of all awards have been personally presented by the British monarch. The investitures are usually held at Buckingham Palace. The VC was introduced on 29 January 1856 by Queen Victoria to honour acts of valour during the Crimean War. Since then, the medal has been awarded 1,358 times to 1,355 individual recipients. Only 15 medals, of which 11 to members of the Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph John Farmer
Joseph John Farmer VC (15 May 1854 – 30 June 1930) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Early life He attended school in King's Cross, and thereafter was apprenticed to the building trade. However, at the age of 13 years he went to sea with the Mercantile Marine serving aboard English and American ships. In 1875, he was shipwrecked off the Isle of Wight, and again a year later in a hurricane off Hong Kong. He left the sea in 1878, and on returning home he fell ill with smallpox. Whilst still under medical care he saved the life of a delirious patient who tried to jump out of a window. When he had recovered from his illness, he took an appointment as a night porter to look after demented patients. Another similar appointment followed, and after having his interest in medical matters further awakened he joined the Army Hospital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Farmer (other) (born 1957), Attorney General, acting governor of New Jersey, and law school dean
* John Farmer may refer to: * John Farmer (composer) (c. 1570–c. 1601), Renaissance composer of madrigals * John Farmer (author) (1789–1838), American historian and genealogist * John Farmer (cartographer) (1798–1859), Detroit-based mapmaker * John Farmer (1835–1901) (1835–1901), music teacher at Harrow School * John Stephen Farmer (1854–1916), lexicographer and spiritualist * John Bretland Farmer (1865–1944), botanist * John Hind Farmer (1917–2012), SOE Agent, MI6 Agent * John Farmer (footballer) (born 1947), English footballer who played for Stoke City * John Farmer Jr. John J. Farmer Jr. (born June 24, 1957) is an American author, lawyer, politician, and jurist. He is the director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, where he also leads the Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience (CPR). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Farmer (wrestler)
Jeffrey Farmer (born August 14, 1962) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as The nWo Sting, an impostor version of the original Sting aligned to the New World Order stable. Professional wrestling career Early career (19911993) Farmer started wrestling in 1991 as Lightning in the tag team of "Thunder and Lightning" in the IWF promotion in Florida. In August 1993, the team toured All Japan Pro Wrestling, facing teams such as Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas, Jun Akiyama & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, and Mighty Inoue & Takao Omori. While in the promotion, they wrestled as "Lightning & Thunder". World Championship Wrestling (19931994) In 1993, Thunder and Lightning were signed by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). They made their first appearance at a WCW Worldwide taping in Orlando, FL on July 10, 1993 (in an episode that would not air until November 13 of that year), defeati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Farmer (footballer)
Jeff Farmer (born 24 June 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer of Aboriginal descent. He was the first indigenous player to kick 400 goals in the Australian Football League (AFL). Melbourne career Known as "The Wizard" (or "The Wiz") because of his uncanny ability to create goals from nothing, Farmer began his professional football career with the Melbourne Football Club in 1995. Farmer has always been one of the AFL's most exciting players. His career best goalkicking performance came against Collingwood at the MCG in 2000 when he kicked 9 goals in the second half after barely being able to get a touch in the first two-quarters. He was taken from the field for the third quarter and was on the interchange bench before Ben Beams suffered a broken wrist and was unable to continue. He finished the 2000 season with a career best 76 goals and was named in the All-Australian team. After 118 games and 259 goals for Melbourne, he was traded to Fremantle at the end of 2001. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Farmer-Butterfield
Jean Farmer-Butterfield (born October 21, 1947) is an American politician who served as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives for the 24th district from January 2003 to July 2020. Early life and education Farmer-Butterfield was born in Wilson, North Carolina. She earned a Bachelor and Master of Arts from North Carolina Central University. Career Farmer-Butterfield has worked as a consultant and manager of non-profits in the health and human services field for many years. Farmer-Butterfield was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2002 and assumed office in 2003. During her tenure, she served as a House majority whip from 2007 to 2011. She lost that position after the Republican Party members gained control of the North Carolina House of Representatives in the 2010 election. In 2020, Governor Roy Cooper nominated Farmer-Butterfield to the state Employment Security Board of Review, an appointment that requires confirmation by the legis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Farmer (other)
James Farmer (1920–1999) was one of the leaders of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. James Farmer may also refer to: * James Farmer (politician) (1823–1895), representing Marsden (and other electorates) in the New Zealand Parliament * James Farmer (industrialist) (1823–1892), British industrialist and mayor of the County Borough of Salford * James Farmer (lawyer) (born 1941), New Zealand barrister and jurist; Queen's Counsel * James L. Farmer Sr. (1886–1961), first African-American Texan to earn a doctorate * Jim Farmer (born 1964), American basketball player * Jim Farmer (runner) (born 1965), American distance runner * James N. Farmer (born 1976), online education and WordPress pioneer, founder of Edublogs * J. Doyne Farmer J. Doyne Farmer (born 22 June 1952) is an American complex systems scientist and entrepreneur with interests in chaos theory, complexity and econophysics. He is Baillie Gifford Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry George Farmer
Henry George Farmer (17 January 1882 – 20 December 1965) was a British musicologist and Arabist. He studied under Thomas Hunter Weir, Professor of Oriental Languages at University of Glasgow. He wrote extensively about Arab musical influences on the European musical tradition and the Islamic contributions to Medieval Europe, Islamic legacy to music theory. Life and career Farmer was born in Birr Barracks, near Birr, County Offaly, Offaly (Kings County), Ireland, where his father, also Henry George Farmer (1848-1900), was stationed with the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment of the British Army. His mother, Mary Ann Harling (1850-1907), was related to Afflecks and Allans of Scotland. Henry grew up in a disciplinarian family and part of an Anglo-Irish community in the Irish Midlands. By age seven he began studying piano, choral singing and harmony. The organist and choirmaster Vincent Sykes (b.1851) tutored him. The Farmers were originally from Berkshire and had several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Farmer
Graham Vivian "Polly" Farmer (10 March 1935 14 August 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the East Perth Football Club and West Perth Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL). Born in Western Australia and of indigenous heritage through his Noongar mother, Farmer is considered one of the greatest footballers in the game's history; when the Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, Farmer was among the 12 inaugural players given 'legend' status. He is primarily recognised for the way he revolutionised ruckwork and handballing. After retiring as a player, Farmer returned to Geelong to become the VFL's first coach of indigenous background, and he was also named coach of Western Australia's first State of Origin team. The Graham Farmer Freeway in his hometown of Perth is named in his honour. Early life Farmer was born at the Hillcrest Materni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Farmer (other)
George Farmer may refer to: * George Farmer (Royal Navy officer) (1732–1779), officer of the Royal Navy * George Farmer (footballer, born 1862) (1862–?), footballer who played for Stoke City * George Farmer (footballer, born 1863) (1863–1905), Wales international footballer who played for Everton * George Farmer (luger) (born 1938), American Olympic luger * George Farmer (wide receiver, born 1948), American football player for the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions, college basketball player * George Farmer (wide receiver, born 1958), American football player for the Los Angeles Rams and Miami Dolphins * George Farmer (running back) (born 1993), American football player for the Seattle Seahawks * George Farmer (aquascaper), British aquascaper * Buck Farmer (George Runie Farmer, born 1991), American baseball pitcher * George Farmer, husband of Candace Owens Candace Amber Owens Farmer ( Owens; born April 29, 1989) is an American conservative author, talk show host, politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
