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Leslie Brown (basketball)
Leslie Brown may refer to: * Leslie Brown (RAF officer) (1893–1978), Royal Air Force officer who served in World War II * Leslie Brown (historian) (1954–2016), American historian * Leslie E. Brown (1920–1997), U.S. Marine aviator * Leslie Brown (bishop) (1912–1999), Archbishop of Uganda * Leslie C. Brown (born 1945), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives * Leslie Brown (bowls), Fijian bowls player, medallist at 1950 British Empire Games * Leslie Brown (English footballer) (1936–2021), English football midfielder * Leslie Hilton Brown (1917–1980), British ornithologist * Darby Brown (1929–1988, born Leslie Brown), Australian boxer of the 1940s and 1950s * Leslie Brown (Scottish footballer), Scottish footballer of the 1950s See also * * Leslie Browne Leslie Browne (born June 29, 1957) is an American prima ballerina and actress. She was a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre in New York City from 1986 until 1993. She was also nominate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Brown (RAF Officer)
Sir Leslie Oswald Brown KCB CBE DSC AFC (11 July 1893 – 28 June 1978) was a South African who served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in both World Wars, attaining the rank of air vice-marshal. Brown served in East Africa, the Middle East and the United Kingdom. His first years were with the Royal Naval Air Service, before that was absorbed into the newly formed RAF. He commanded 84 Group as a temporary Air Vice Marshal during the allied advance across north west Europe, assigned to support the First Canadian Army's operations. His staff established extremely close operational contacts with their army opposite numbers, but this was not to the liking of his superior, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham and he was replaced in November, 1944. He was appointed Commandant of the School of Land/Air Warfare The School of Land/Air Warfare was a Royal Air Force school based at Old Sarum in Wiltshire. Its purpose was to encourage greater co-operation between officers in the air and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Brown (historian)
Leslie Brown (1954 – August 5, 2016)"The Passing of Professor Leslie Brown" , History, . was an American . Life Leslie Brown was born in and grew up in . She graduated from Albany High School in 1973. In 1977 she ear ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie E
Leslie may refer to: * Leslie (name), a name and list of people with the given name or surname, including fictional characters Families * Clan Leslie, a Scottish clan with the motto "grip fast" * Leslie (Russian nobility), a Russian noble family of Scottish origin Places Canada * Leslie, Saskatchewan * Leslie Street, a road in Toronto and York Region, Ontario ** Leslie (TTC), a subway station ** Leslie Street Spit, an artificial spit in Toronto United States * Leslie, Arkansas *Leslie, Georgia *Leslie, Michigan *Leslie, Missouri *Leslie, West Virginia * Leslie, Wisconsin *Leslie Township, Michigan *Leslie Township, Minnesota Elsewhere * Leslie Dam, a dam in Warwick, Queensland, Australia * Leslie, Mpumalanga, South Africa * Leslie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, see List of listed buildings in Leslie, Aberdeenshire * Leslie, Fife, Scotland, UK Other uses * Leslie speaker system * Leslie Motor Car company * Leslie Controls, Inc. * Leslie (singer) (born 1985), French singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Brown (bishop)
Leslie Wilfrid Brown (10 June 1912 – 27 December 1999) was Bishop of Uganda then Bishop of Namirembe and Archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, before returning to the UK and later serving as Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. Education and early career Brown was educated at Enfield Grammar School before studying for ordination at the London College of Divinity. After a curacy at St James, Milton, Portsmouth he went out to the Diocese of Travancore and Cochin on the Malabar coast of India in January 1938, working there for the Church Missionary Society, and eventually becoming Principal of the Kerala United Theological Seminary. Episcopal ministry In 1952 Brown accepted the post of Bishop of Uganda, despite having doubts because of his support for indigenisation. He was to serve as a bishop in total for 25 years, first as Bishop of Uganda ( diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Uganda) until 1960, bridging the period of Ugandan independence, then as Archbishop of Uganda, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie C
Leslie may refer to: * Leslie (name), a name and list of people with the given name or surname, including fictional characters Families * Clan Leslie, a Scottish clan with the motto "grip fast" * Leslie (Russian nobility), a Russian noble family of Scottish origin Places Canada * Leslie, Saskatchewan * Leslie Street, a road in Toronto and York Region, Ontario ** Leslie (TTC), a subway station ** Leslie Street Spit, an artificial spit in Toronto United States * Leslie, Arkansas *Leslie, Georgia *Leslie, Michigan *Leslie, Missouri *Leslie, West Virginia * Leslie, Wisconsin *Leslie Township, Michigan *Leslie Township, Minnesota Elsewhere * Leslie Dam, a dam in Warwick, Queensland, Australia * Leslie, Mpumalanga, South Africa * Leslie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, see List of listed buildings in Leslie, Aberdeenshire * Leslie, Fife, Scotland, UK Other uses * Leslie speaker system * Leslie Motor Car company * Leslie Controls, Inc. * Leslie (singer) (born 1985), French singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Brown (bowls)
Leslie G Brown was a Fijian lawn bowls international who competed in the 1950 British Empire Games. Bowls career At the 1950 British Empire Games he won the bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ... in the pairs event with James Poulton. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Leslie Fijian male bowls players Bowls players at the 1950 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Fiji Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Possibly living people Year of birth missing Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Brown (English Footballer)
Leslie Brown (27 November 1936 – 30 January 2021) was an English association football midfielder. He was part of the Great Britain team at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ..., but he did not play in any matches. He later became an entrepreneur. Brown died on 30 January 2021, at the age of 84. References 1936 births 2021 deaths Men's association football midfielders Dulwich Hamlet F.C. players English men's footballers Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Great Britain Wimbledon F.C. players Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{England-footy-midfielder-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Hilton Brown
Leslie Hilton Brown (25 August 1917 – 6 August 1980) was a British agriculturalist and naturalist. Brown was born in Coonoor, India to a Scottish family in 1917, the son of Hilton Brown, novelist, biographer and BBC radio producer. He was educated at Oundle School and St Andrews University where he studied zoology. He then studied courses in tropical agriculture at Cambridge University and the Imperial College of Agriculture in Trinidad. He later earned a PhD from St Andrews in 1973. He moved to Nigeria in 1940 to work for the Colonial Agricultural Service and then to Kenya in 1946 where he lived for the rest of his life. By 1956 he was Deputy Director of Agriculture and from 4 November 1959 was Chief Agriculturalist, and from 9 July 1962 was Director of Agriculture. Following his retirement in 1963, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1964 New Year Honours, for services to agriculture. While working as an agriculturalist he m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darby Brown
Darby Brown (24 April 1929 – 31 October 1988) born Leslie Brown in Sydney was an Australian professional feather/light/ welter/middleweight boxer of the 1940s and 1950s who won the Australian welterweight title, and British Empire welterweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. featherweight to , i.e. middleweight. Darby Brown was managed by Jack Hourigan, and trained by Ray Horne, and Bob Urquhart. Darby Brown was inducted into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame was founded in 2001 and began inducting boxers into the Hall of Fame in 2003. Since then annual induction dinners have been held across Australia. Inductees are nominated and then voted upon by a panel of ... in 2015 in the Veterans category. Professional boxing record References External links *Image - Darby Brown 1929 births 1988 deaths Boxers from Sydney Featherweight boxers Lightweight boxers Middleweight boxers Place of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Brown (Scottish Footballer)
Leslie Brown was a Scottish football player during the late 1950s and early 1960s. He started his career with junior side Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the town of Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire. Nicknamed ''The Rabs'' or ''The Roy'', they were formed in 1878. They wear red and black strips and currently compete in t ... before signing 'senior' with Dumbarton. Here he played with distinction, being a constant in the Dumbarton attack for over four seasons. References Scottish men's footballers Dumbarton F.C. players Scottish Football League players Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Men's association football forwards Kirkintilloch Rob Roy F.C. players {{Scotland-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Browne
Leslie Browne (born June 29, 1957) is an American prima ballerina and actress. She was a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre in New York City from 1986 until 1993. She was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, as well as a Golden Globe Award at age 20, for portraying a young dancer invited to join a large New York ballet company in '' The Turning Point'' (1977). Personal life She was born in New York, the daughter of dancers Isabel Mirrow (1928-2014) and Kelly Kingman Brown (1928-1981). Her middle name, Sue, was the name of her maternal grandmother, Sue Brown, a respected dance teacher in Mississippi. The late Nora Kaye and Herbert Ross were her godparents. She has two brothers and one sister; her brother Kevin is a film producer. At the age of seven she began dancing, and trained at her father's studio in Arizona, along with her brother Ethan and her sister Elizabeth. She earned a scholarship to study at the School of American Ballet, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
