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Harland (name)
Harland is both a surname and a given name. The name Harland is of Anglo-Saxon origins. It can be traced back to the Midlands as one of the earliest recorded surnames in the United Kingdom. Notable people with the name include: Surname *Albert Harland, British politician *Bryce Harland, New Zealand diplomat *David M. Harland, author * Edward James Harland, co-founder of Harland and Wolff shipbuilders * Georgina Harland, Olympic athlete * Henry Harland, novelist and editor * James Penrose Harland, archaeologist *Kurt Harland, singer and composer *Louisa Harland, Irish actress * Marion Harland, pen name of Mary Terhune * Maurice Harland, 20th century Anglican bishop * Paul Harland, Dutch science fiction writer *Robert Harland, actor *Sydney Harland, British botanist * W. Brian Harland, geologist Given name *Harland Ah You, American football player *Harland Bartholomew, American civil engineer and urban planner * Harland Epps, American astronomer * Harland Gunn, American football pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Harland
Albert Harland (6 September 1869 – 25 February 1957) was a British people, British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician. After studying at Temple Grove in East Sheen and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Harland moved to Sheffield, where he set up as a snuff (tobacco), snuff manufacturer.Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, ''Who's Who of British MPs: Volume III, 1919-1945'' In 1902, he was elected to Sheffield City Council, Sheffield County Borough Council, serving until 1911. In 1923, he was re-elected to the Council, and also as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for Sheffield Ecclesall (UK Parliament constituency), Sheffield Ecclesall. He stood down from the Council but held the Parliamentary seat in 1924 United Kingdom general election, 1924. In 1929 United Kingdom general election, 1929, Harland moved to stand for Sheffield Hillsborough (UK Parliament constituency), Sheffield Hillsborough, but was unable to gain the seat. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Harland
Robert John Yurgatis is an American stage and television actor. He is known for playing Jack Flood in the American crime drama television series '' Target: The Corruptors!''. Harland attended St. James High School for Boys, later graduating in 1953. He then attended Columbia School of Broadcasting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for which Harland worked as a disc jockey and radio announcer in Wilmington, Delaware. He applied at the private performing arts conservatory American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Harland lived in Greenwich Village, New York, while attending and having roles in its stage productions. In 1957, Harland played the lead role in the stage play, titled, ''Bus Stop''. The play shown at the Robin Hood Playhouse. He performed in summer stock theaters. He adopted "Harland" as a stage name. Harland began his film and television career in 1958, where he played the lead role of "Hank Moore" in the film '' As Young as We Are''. He played the role of "Depu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harland Williams
Harland Michael Williams (born November 14, 1962) is a Canadian actor, comedian and writer. After several years of stand-up in Toronto and Los Angeles he made his film debut in ''Dumb and Dumber'' (1994) before playing starring roles in the short-lived sitcom ''Simon'' (1995–96) and the Disney comedy ''RocketMan'' (1997). He co-starred in ''Half Baked'' and played a psychopathic hitch-hiker in ''There's Something About Mary'' in 1998. He later appeared in films such as ''The Whole Nine Yards'' (2000), ''Freddy Got Fingered'' (2001) and ''Sorority Boys'' (2002), and provided voices in works such as ''Gary & Mike'', ''Robots'' (2005), ''Meet the Robinsons'' (2007), and ''Sausage Party'' (2016). He is also an author of children's books, and creator of the children's animated series ''Puppy Dog Pals''. Early life Harland Williams was born on November 14, 1962, in Toronto, Ontario, to Lorraine Mary (née O'Donnell), a social worker and writer, and John Reesor Williams, a lawyer who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harland Svare
Harland James Svare (November 25, 1930 – April 4, 2020) was an American professional football player, coach and general manager. Svare was a linebacker who played eight seasons with the Los Angeles Rams and New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) from 1953 to 1960. He was the Rams head coach from midway the 1962 season through 1965, and the San Diego Chargers head coach from 1971 through 1973. He was general manager of the Chargers from 1971 to 1976. During the halftime intermission of a November 1972 game, Chargers owner Eugene V. Klein Eugene Victor Klein (January 29, 1921March 12, 1990) was an American businessman who was chairman of the board of directors and chief stockholder of National General Corporation, an insurance and entertainment company based in Los Angeles, Ca ... awarded Svare a five-year coaching contract, an unpopular decision; however, Svare voluntarily stepped down from the position during the following season. Head coaching record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonel Harland Sanders
Colonel Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 December 16, 1980) was an American businessman, best known for founding fast food chicken restaurant chain KFC, Kentucky Fried Chicken (also known as KFC) and later acting as the company's brand ambassador and symbol. His name and image are still symbols of the company. Sanders held a number of jobs in his early life, such as Stoker (occupation), steam engine stoker, insurance salesman, and filling station operator. He began selling fried chicken from Harland Sanders Café and Museum, his roadside restaurant in North Corbin, Kentucky, during the Great Depression. During that time, Sanders developed his "secret recipe" and his patented method of cooking chicken in a pressure fryer. Sanders recognized the potential of the restaurant restaurant franchise, franchising concept, and the first KFC franchise opened in South Salt Lake, Utah, in 1952. When his original restaurant closed, he devoted himself full-time to franchising his frie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harland Bradley Howe
Harland Bradley Howe (February 19, 1873 – April 22, 1946) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont. Education and career Howe was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, on February 19, 1873, the son of Worcester C. Howe and Rosaline (Bradley) Howe. He was educated in Caledonia County, Vermont, and graduated from Lyndon Institute. Originally trained as a harness maker, he contracted polio which left him unable to perform such demanding physical labor. He began to study law with an attorney in Lyndonville and afterwards attended the University of Michigan Law School. Unable to continue his studies after the first year because his funds were exhausted, he returned to Vermont and set up a collection agency in the law offices of Henry C. Bates, and the fees he earned enabled him to return to school. Howe received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Michigan Law School in 1894, passed the bar and became an attorney. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harland Gunn
Harland Gunn (born August 30, 1989) is a former American football offensive guard in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons. He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He played college football at the University of Miami. Early years Gunn attended Omaha Central High School. As a senior, he received All-state honors at offensive tackle. He accepted a football scholarship from the University of Miami. He started 30 out of 38 career games at both guard positions. As a redshirt freshman, he only played in the season opener against Charleston Southern University. As a sophomore, he started 5 out of 13 games at right guard. As a junior, he started all 13 games at right guard. As a senior, he started all 12 games at left guard, while not allowing a sack nor committing a single penalty. Professional career Dallas Cowboys Gunn was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys after the 2012 NFL draft on April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harland Epps
Harland Epps is an astronomer, known for designing effective optics for telescopes all around the world. He is also a professor at the University of California Observatories (UCO) / Lick Observatory, teaching astronomy and astrophysics. Education Epps received his B.A. in Astronomy in 1959, from Pomona College, Claremont, California. He then moved to Wisconsin to pursue an M.S. and Ph.D. in Astronomy, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He earned his M.S. in 1961, and later, received his Ph.D. in 1964. Career From 1955-1958, Epps worked as an optical technician. He worked at Davidson Optronics, Inc., West Covina, California. From 1964-1965, Epps aided an astronomy teacher during the school year at San Diego State College, San Diego, California. Then he decided to become an assistant at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1965-1970. Epps has been a consultant of optical designs since 1969 and continues to do so. He designs new and more effective optics fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harland Bartholomew
Harland Bartholomew (September 14, 1889 – December 2, 1989) was the first full-time urban planner employed by an American city. A civil engineer by training, Harland was a planner with St. Louis, Missouri, for 37 years. His work and teachings were widely influential, particularly on the use of government to enforce racial segregation in land use. Early life Bartholomew was born in Stoneham, Massachusetts, on September 14, 1889. He moved to New York City when he was 15 and attended Erasmus High School in Brooklyn. He completed two years of a Civil Engineering degree at Rutgers, but ran out of money to continue his studies. (He would receive an honorary degree in Civil Engineering from Rutgers University in 1921.) In 1912, he landed a position with E.P. Goodrich, a civil engineering firm that was a strong advocate for the efficient planning of cities. His work with Goodrich consisted principally of conducting traffic counts on bridges, a task that Bartholomew found dreary but tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harland Ah You
Harland Ah You (born February 26, 1972) is a former gridiron football defensive lineman who played 10 games with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League in 1998. He played college football at Brigham Young University and attended Kahuku High & Intermediate School in Kahuku, Hawaii. He is the son of former Montreal Alouette Junior Ah You Miki "Junior" Ah You (born December 30, 1948) is a former college and professional Canadian and American football player who played primarily at the defensive end position. Ah You enjoyed most of his professional career success with the CFL Montr .... References External linksJust Sports Stats {{DEFAULTSORT:Ah You, Harland 1972 births American sportspeople of Chinese descent American sportspeople of Samoan descent Players of American football from Hawaii American football defensive linemen Canadian football defensive linemen Players of Canadian football from Hawaii BYU Cougars football players Calgary Stampeders play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Harland
Sydney Cross Harland (1891–1982) was a British agricultural botanist with considerable international experience. His area of expertise was especially in the growing of cotton. Early life and education Sydney Cross Harland was born in Snainton in Yorkshire on 19 June 1891, the son of Erasmus Harland and his wife Eliza. He was educated at the municipal secondary school in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. He studied Sciences with a focus upon Geology at King's College London graduating BSc in 1912 and gaining a doctorate (DSc) in 1919. Career In 1922 he left Britain to take up a teaching role in the Danish-owned island of St Croix (now part of the US Virgin Islands). In 1923 he became Professor of Botany at the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture in Trinidad and Tobago. In 1926 he also became Director of the Cotton Research Station in Trinidad, continuing in this role until 1935. In 1940 he moved to Peru as Director of the Institute of Genetics within the National Agricultural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Harland
Paul Harland (15 April 1960 – 17 June 2003) was the pseudonym of the Dutch science fiction writer Paul Smit. He wrote several novels, one in English, and one of his collections was translated into English. Along with his writing he also designed furniture. Death His death had initially been reported as a suicide. Later his husband, Bosnian architect Tarik Dreca, was convicted for his murder. Tarik had apparently staged the death to make it look like a suicide. Tarik's defense attorney theorized that Harland had recreated a plot from his book ''The Hand That Takes'', which has a man commit suicide and set up his partner, but the court rejected the idea. In 2006 Tarik was sentenced to twelve years for the murder. Awards Four times, Harland won the King Kong Award, the major Dutch award for short science fiction, fantasy or horror stories, for "Fuga in frictieloos porcelein" (1984), "De wintertuin" (1990), "Retrometheus" (1992), and "Onkruid en stenen" (1995). After his death the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
