Nicholas Brady (other)
Nicholas or Nick Brady may refer to: *Nicholas Brady (poet) (1659–1726), Irish divine and poet *Nicholas Frederic Brady (1878–1930), American businessman and philanthropist *Nicholas F. Brady (born 1930), American banker and Secretary of the Treasury *Nicholas Brady (died 2012), victim in the Byron David Smith killings The murders of Haile Kifer and Nicholas Brady occurred on Thanksgiving Day of 2012, when Haile Kifer, 18, and her cousin, Nicholas Brady, 17, broke into the home of 64-year-old Byron David Smith in Little Falls, Minnesota, in the United States. ...

Nicholas Brady (poet)
Nicholas Brady (28 October 165920 May 1726), Anglicanism#Anglican divines, Anglican divine and poet, was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland. He was the second son of Major Nicholas Brady and his wife Martha Gernon, daughter of the English-born judge and author Luke Gernon (little is known of her mother); his great-grandfather was Hugh Brady (bishop), Hugh Brady, the first Protestant Bishop of Meath. He received his education at Westminster School and at Christ Church, Oxford; he had degrees from Trinity College, Dublin (BA 1685, MA 1686, BD & DD 1699)Burtchaell, George Dames; Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (eds), Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin(1593-1860)'', p. 93: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935. Brady was a zealous promoter of the Glorious Revolution and suffered for his beliefs in consequence. When Williamite War in Ireland, war broke out in Ireland in 1690, Brady, by his influence, thr ...
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Nicholas Frederic Brady
Nicholas Frederic Brady, Duke of the Holy Roman Church (October 27, 1878 – March 27, 1930) was a New York City businessman and philanthropist who was the first American to receive the Roman Catholic Church honor, the Supreme Order of Christ. He was the holder of several papal honors, including being a papal duke ''ad personam'' (non-hereditary). Early life Brady was born on October 27, 1878, in Albany, New York. His father was the industrialist Anthony N. Brady. He graduated from Yale University in 1899. He was raised an Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopalian but converted to Catholicism. Career Brady and his brother James Cox Brady, Sr. oversaw a vast business empire built by their father. James Brady died in 1927, and Nicholas continued running the businesses. He was Chairman of the board of directors of Consolidated Edison, New York Edison Co. and a director of Anaconda Copper, Anaconda Copper Mining Co., Westinghouse Electric (1886), Westinghouse Electric, CitiBank, ...
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Nicholas F
Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its derivatives are especially popular in maritime regions, as St. Nicholas is considered the protector saint of seafarers. Origins The name is derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος (''Nikolaos''), understood to mean 'victory of the people', being a compound of νίκη ''nikē'' 'victory' and λαός ''laos'' 'people'.. An ancient paretymology of the latter is that originates from λᾶς ''las'' ( contracted form of λᾶας ''laas'') meaning 'stone' or 'rock', as in Greek mythology, Deucalion and Pyrrha recreated the people after they had vanished in a catastrophic deluge, by throwing stones behind their shoulders while they kept marching on. The name became popular through Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra in Lycia, the inspirati ...
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