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Mumford (surname)
Mumford is a surname. Notable people with it include: * Alice Mumford (born 1965), artist * Catherine Mumford (1829–1890), married name Catherine Booth, mother of The Salvation Army * David Mumford (born 1937), British-American mathematician * Eloise Mumford (born 1986), American actress * Enid Mumford (1924–2006), British computer scientist known for her work on sociotechnical systems * Ethel Mumford (1878?–1940), American writer * George Mumford (died 1818), American politician * Herbert Windsor Mumford I (1871–1938), American professor of agriculture * Jerri Mumford (1909–2002), Canadian servicewoman * Lawrence Quincy Mumford (1903–1982), Librarian of Congress * Lewis Mumford (1895–1990), American historian of cities and sociologist of technology * Mary Mumford, 15th Lady Herries of Terregles (born 1940), daughter of the 16th Duke of Norfolk and a peeress in her own right * Marcus Mumford (born 1987), English musician * Mick Mumford, Australian military offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Mumford
Alice Mumford is a Colombia-born painter born in 1965. Biography Mumford attended Dartington Hall School between 1978 and 1982 before studying at Southwark College of Art and Design in London until 1984. She studied at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts from 1984 to 1987 and enrolled for a master's degree at Falmouth College of Art in 1995. Mumford lives and works in Cornwall and teaches life drawing and painting at St Ives School of Painting and is an Academician of the Royal West of England Academy. Professor Richard Demarco has said of her work "I delight in the mark-making of Alice Mumford. Her brush strokes animate the surface of paper, canvas and board." Mumford often uses reflected images in her paintings, painting the mirror image of an object rather than the object itself to create a sense of space. Mumford has featured in a number of group exhibitions at the Rainyday Gallery in Penzance from 1996 and at the Covent Garden Gallery in 1988 and at the Great Atlantic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Mumford
Colonel Michael Anthony Mumford, is a career officer in the Australian Army, now serving as a part of the Australian Army Reserve. He came to prominence in 2006: *Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, from early 2006, with the rank of lieutenant colonel; *As CO of Private Jacob Kovco, the first Australian soldier to die during the Iraq campaign (April 2006); *Commanding 3RAR during: **Operation Anode (Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, specifically the Australian response to riots following 2006 general election, April 2006); **Operation Astute responding to riots in East Timor (May–June 2006); He was promoted to the rank of colonel in late 2013. Other interests Mumford is a former Chairman of the Military Christian Fellowship of Australi Mumford completed a Masters of Divinity at Malyon College, Brisbane in 2013. Honours and awards References External linksEast Timor report Australian Broadcasting Corporation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazing Mumford
The Muppets are a group of puppet characters created by Jim Henson, many for the purpose of appearing on the children's television program ''Sesame Street''. Some of the best known Muppets on ''Sesame Street'' include Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster, Grover, and Elmo. Henson's involvement in ''Sesame Street'' began when he and Joan Ganz Cooney, one of the creators of the show, met in the summer of 1968, at one of the show's five three-day curriculum planning seminars in Boston. Author Christopher Finch reported that director Jon Stone, who had worked with Henson previously, felt that if they could not bring him on board, they should "make do without puppets". Henson was initially reluctant but agreed to join ''Sesame Street'' in support of its social goals. He also agreed to waive his performance fee for full ownership of the ''Sesame Street'' Muppets and to split any revenue they generated with the Children's Television Workshop (renamed to the Sesame W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bruce Mumford
William Bruce Mumford (December 5, 1819 – June 7, 1862) was a North Carolinian native and resident of New Orleans, who was hanged for tearing down a United States flag during the American Civil War. Early life Mumford's life leading up to the incident which resulted in his execution was relatively insignificant. A native of North Carolina, he owned no slaves, nor much of anything else, and had not volunteered to fight. As an adult, Mumford was a gambler. He was married to Mary Mumford; after his death she never remarried. Flag incident On April 25, 1862, as Union Navy ships approached Confederate New Orleans, Commodore David Farragut ordered two officers to send a message to Mayor John T. Monroe requesting removal of Confederate flags from the local customhouse, mint and city hall and their replacement with U.S. flags. Monroe refused, claiming it was beyond his jurisdiction. On April 26, Capt. Henry W. Morris sent ashore Marines from the to raise the U.S. flag over th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), to give the U.S. space development effort a distinctly civilian orientation, emphasizing peaceful applications in space science. NASA has since led most American space exploration, including Project Mercury, Project Gemini, the 1968-1972 Apollo Moon landing missions, the Skylab space station, and the Space Shuttle. NASA supports the International Space Station and oversees the development of the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System for the crewed lunar Artemis program, Commercial Crew spacecraft, and the planned Lunar Gateway space station. The agency is also responsible for the Launch Services Program, which provides oversight of launch operations and countdown management f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Mumford
Toni Mumford is the Deputy Associate Administrator for Management for NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate. She is located at Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Personal life Mumford's mother worked at NASA, starting at a prior organization which joined the new Agency in 1958, and retired in 1978. Mumford is a breast cancer survivor and an active volunteer with the American Cancer Society. She participates in the annual Relay for Life fundraising event. Career Mumford's career with the federal government started in the U.S. Department of Education as a clerk/typist, GS-2, in July 1978. NASA In April 1980, Mumford joined NASA's Office of Space Transportation Systems, which was developing of the Space Shuttle, in a secretarial position. Over the next 26 years, she worked multiple positions with different organizations at NASA Headquarters and at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. In 2011, she was serving as the Assistant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Mumford
Thomas Mumford (1625–1692) is the progenitor of the Mumford family that left England and settled in Rhode Island. He was one of the earliest settlers in Rhode Island. Mumford and several other men participated in "the Pettaquamscutt purchase" which secured a large tract of land along Narragansett Bay for the English colonists. This area now includes the towns of North and South Kingstown, RI. In 1664 Mumford was appointed High Sheriff of the region, in 1665 the Inspector General. During King Philip's War the Great Swamp Fight occurred on Mumford's land. The battle dealt a severe blow to the Narragansett Indian tribe from which they never fully recovered. From 1683 to 1686 he served as the High Constable of the colony. In 1655 Mumford married Sarah Sherman, daughter of Philip Sherman, a prominent leader in early Rhode Island. The daughter of Philip Sherman and Sarah Odding, Sarah Sherman was born on 26 April 1636 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Mumford di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thad Mumford
Thaddeus Quentin Mumford Jr. (February 8, 1951 – September 6, 2018) was an American television producer and writer. He wrote and produced for a number of television series spanning different genres, including ''The Cosby Show'', ''A Different World'', ''M*A*S*H'', '' Maude'', ''Good Times'', ''Home Improvement'', '' Roots: The Next Generations'', and ''Judging Amy'', among other series. Career Often collaborating with fellow TV producer/director Dan Wilcox, Mumford wrote scripts and/or produced for a number of television series throughout his career varying different genres namely, ''M*A*S*H'' (all of those episodes he produced were co-produced with Wilcox), ''The Cosby Show'', ''A Different World'', '' Maude'', ''NYPD Blue'', ''Good Times'', ''Home Improvement'', the very short-lived but critically acclaimed, Emmy Award- winning animated/live action NBC-TV sitcom series '' The Duck Factory'' in 1984 (which starred a very young Jim Carrey), '' ALF'', '' Roots: The Next Generation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Douglas Mumford
Stephen Douglas Mumford (born 1942) is an American expert on fertility and population growth.Curriculum vitae retrieved 2011-01-22. Education Mumford was born on August 28, 1942, in . He did his undergraduate studies in at the , graduating in 1966. He then earned a master's degree from the |
Stephen Mumford
Stephen Dean Mumford (born 31 July 1965) is a British philosopher, who is currently Head of Department and Professor of Metaphysics in the Department of Philosophy at Durham University. Mumford is best known for his work in metaphysics on dispositions and laws, but has also made contributions in the philosophy of sport. Biography Mumford was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Mumford went on to read Philosophy and History of Ideas with Politics at Huddersfield Polytechnic (now University of Huddersfield) as his first degree. After Huddersfield, Mumford went on to the University of Leeds to take an MA in Philosophy of Mind. At Leeds, Mumford met Robin Le Poidevin who was to become his PhD supervisor. Mumford was awarded a PhD in 1994, for his thesis ''Dispositions and Reductionism'', and was awarded a two-year lectureship at Leeds. Mumford left Leeds in 1995 for the University of Nottingham, where he worked until 2016. At Nottingham, Mumford served as Dean of the Faculty of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Mumford
Shane Mumford (born 5 July 1986) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who most recently played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has also previously played for the Geelong Football Club and the Sydney Swans. He was a part of Sydney's 2012 premiership team. Early career In 2006, Mumford was the recipient of the Bunyip Football Club best and fairest award, as well as being the runner-up for the Ellinbank & District Football League medal. After being made aware of his abilities by Geelong VFL player Jason Davenport, who was also in the AFL side as a rookie, Geelong's VFL side welcomed Mumford into their ranks for the 2007 season. It became quite a disappointing season for Mumford, only playing in six games for the premiership winning side, (being replaced by Steven King for the VFL Grand Final, and then the next week, Steven King replaced Mark Blake in the 2007 AFL Grand Final), but his pure rucking ability won ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quincy Mumford
Quincy Mumford (born December 18, 1991) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. He has released several solo albums since his debut in 2008, and is also rhythm guitarist and frontman of the band Quincy Mumford & The Reason Why, a five-person group based in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Mumford's style has been described as "funk, soul and surf music, with a dash of reggae thrown in." After the release of his second album ''South Edgemere,'' he won three Asbury Music Awards in 2009, including Best Male Acoustic Act. That year MSNBC also named Mumford one of their "1 of 10 up and coming young artists." He and the band were featured in the rockumentary ''Calm Before the Storm'' in 2012. The film was released in conjunction with the live album and DVD titled ''Live at the Saint,'' which was voted by WBJB 90.5 The Night as the No. 7 Top Album released in 2012. The band has performed at venues such as Gathering of the Vibes, Musikfest and Appel Farm and toured with artists includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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