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Norland Town
Norland can refer to any of the following: People *Maurice Norland, a French athlete * Richard B. Norland, American diplomat Places * Norland, Florida, USA *Norland, Ontario, Canada *Norland, Virginia, USA *Norland, West Yorkshire, England *Nordland, a county in north Norway * Norrland, the Northland of Sweden Art, entertainment, and media *Norland (July 1914), a fictional European country in Arthur Conan Doyle's short story " Danger!" *Norlands (1936), a fictional Scandinavian country in John Buchan’s final Richard Hannay story “The Island of Sheep”. Companies and institutions * Miami Norland High School, a high school in Miami Gardens, Florida * Norland College, a childcare training facility in Bath, United Kingdom *Norland Plastics, an auto parts supplier Vessels * MV ''Norland'', a ferry used as a troopship during the Falklands War See also *The Norlands The Norlands (also known as the Israel Washburn Homestead) is a historic building on Norlands Road in Livermore, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Norland
Maurice Marcel Jacques Norland (30 July 1901 – 18 May 1967) was a French long-distance runner. He competed at the 1924 Paris Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ... in the 5,000 m and 10,000 m cross-country races and won a team bronze medal in the cross-country event. References 1901 births 1967 deaths French male long-distance runners French male steeplechase runners Olympic athletes for France Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France Sportspeople from Auxerre Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic cross country runners 20th-century French people {{France-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard B
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norland, Florida
Norland, also known as Norwood, is a former census-designated place located in northern Miami-Dade County, Florida. The population was 22,995 at the 2000 census. The latest estimated population stands at 23,500. In 2003 the majority of this CDP was incorporated into the city of Miami Gardens, and it now serves as one of the city's neighborhoods. Geography Norland is located at (25.947070, -80.210939). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 9.5 km2 (3.7 mi2). 9.3 km2 (3.6 mi2) of it is land and 0.1 km2 (0.04 mi2) of it (1.10%) is water. Demographics {{US Census population , 1970=14973 , 1980=19471 , 1990=22109 , 2000=22995 , footnote=source: } As of the census of 2000, there were 22,995 people, 6,966 households, and 5,315 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 2,459.4/km2 (6,369.3/mi2). There were 7,399 housing units at an average density of 791.3/km2 (2,049.4/mi2). The racial makeup of the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norland, Ontario
Norland is a small rural community located within the city of Kawartha Lakes, in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in a scenic spot on the Gull River at the north end of Shadow Lake, the northernmost Kawartha lake in the Trent River chain. Here, a series of three waterfalls reflect the change in elevation of the land leading north to the Haliburton Highlands. Norland was named in 1862 by Reverend Bayard Taylor after an African village he'd worked in, named Nordland. The name was representative of the village's location at the northern limits of civilization in Victoria County. Norland had been known as McLauchlin Mills for two prior years, after Alexander McLauchlin, who built numerous mills along the Gull River. Located within the city of Kawartha Lakes, Norland falls under the leadership of Mayor Andy Letham. Originally elected as Mayor in 2014, Letham has been elected to serve his second term in the 2018 municipal election. The city of Kawartha Lakes is currently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norland, Virginia
Norland is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie .... History A post office was established at Norland in 1902, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1950. Norland might be short for "north land". References Unincorporated communities in Dickenson County, Virginia Unincorporated communities in Virginia {{DickensonCountyVA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norland, West Yorkshire
Norland is a dispersed village south of Sowerby Bridge in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. History Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the settlement dates back to the 13th century when it consisted of timber-framed farmhouses on the hillsides above the valleys of the Calder and Ryburn rivers. They were replaced by stone houses in the 17th and 18th centuries and housed workers in the woollen industry that developed at this time. As the industry thrived, some houses built by yeoman farmers were substantial such as Lower Old Hall (dated 1634) and Fallingworth Hall (dated 1642). Norland Hall, lower down on the hillside near Milner Royd, was typical of an older timber-framed building encased in stone in the late 17th century. In 1911 it was struck by lightning and dismantled in 1914. The American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst bought the stones in 1922 with the intention of re-building the hall in the USA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordland
Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to the south-east, and the Atlantic Ocean (Norwegian Sea) to the west. The county was formerly known as ''Nordlandene amt''. The county administration is in the town of Bodø. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen has been administered from Nordland since 1995. In the southern part of the county is Vega, listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. Districts The county is divided into traditional districts. These are Helgeland in the south (south of the Arctic Circle), Salten in the centre, and Ofoten in the north-east. In the north-west lie the archipelagoes of Lofoten and Vesterålen. Geography Nordland is located along the northwestern coast of the Scandinavian pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norrland
Norrland (, "Northland", originally ''Norrlanden'' or "the Northlands") is the northernmost, largest and least populated of the three traditional lands of Sweden, consisting of nine provinces. Although Norrland does not serve any administrative purposes, it continues to exist as a historical, cultural, and geographic region; it is often referred to in everyday language, e.g., in weather forecasts. Several related Norrland dialects form a distinct subset of dialects of the Swedish language separate from those to its south. Norrland consists of the majority of the Swedish landmass at about 60% of the land area, but only has about 12% of the country's population. Its largest city is Umeå, while the other four county seats are Gävle, Sundsvall, Östersund and Luleå. The largest non-capitals are Skellefteå and Örnsköldsvik while Kiruna is the largest town of the vast Lapland province in the far north. Sweden's highest mountain Kebnekaise and deepest lake of Hornavan are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction. Doyle was a prolific writer; other than Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, " J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the ''Mary Celeste''. Name Doyle is often referred to as "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" or "Conan Doyle", implying that "Conan" is part of a compound surname rather than a middle name. His baptism entry in the register of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, gives "Arth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danger! And Other Stories
''Danger! And Other Stories'' is a collection of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published in 1918. Contents *"Danger! Being the Log of Captain John Sirius" *"One Crowded Hour" *"A Point of View" *"The Fall of Lord Barrymore" *" The Horror of the Heights" *"Borrowed Scenes" *"The Surgeon of Gaster Fell" *"How It Happened" *"The Prisoner's Defence" *"Three of Them" Danger! Being the Log of Captain John Sirius The collection's title story was (the preface notes) written 18 months before the outbreak of World War I, and first published in the '' Strand Magazine'' in July 1914. It depicts a hypothetical scenario in which a small, fictional European country manages to defeat the United Kingdom by innovative naval strategy using a new technology, the practical combat submarine. The story is a late example of the genre of invasion literature, cautionary tales in which the British are caught unprepared by a continental enemy, often a stand-in for Germany (notable examples be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami Norland High School
Miami Norland Senior High School is a public high school located in the Norland neighborhood of Miami Gardens, Florida. History Miami Norland Senior High School opened its doors to students in 1958 as an all-white school, accepting fifty students between grades seven through twelve. Nearby Miami Palmetto Senior High School was established at the same time and is considered a sister school. Miami Norland had a cost of $1,699,000. The expected enrollment was 2,250. Once Norland Junior High School opened across the street, grades 7-9 moved there. Miami Norland continued to have three grade levels (10th, 11th and 12th) until 1985, when grade 9 was added. The first principal of Miami Norland, Foster Hunter, guided the school from its inception into the mid-1970s. For more than a decade, it was an all-white school; this changed in 1969, when all schools in Dade County were court-ordered to desegregate. The original buildings of Miami Norland were demolished during the summer of 2016, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norland College
Norland College is a British higher education provider based in Bath, Somerset. The college specialises in childcare, and is widely known for its prestigious training of nannies, nursery nurses and other childcare professionals, who are employed worldwide. Norland nannies are seen as a status symbol and are popular among celebrities and royals. Alumni are termed "Norlanders". Norland offers one degree programme: the BA (Hons) in Early Years Development and Learning, previously in association with the University of Gloucestershire. In March 2019, Norland was awarded Taught Degree Awarding Powers by the Privy Council, which allows it to offer the degree through their institution, as well as enabling it to mark all student assessments internally. It also offers the prestigious Norland Diploma. History Norland was founded in 1892 by Emily Ward. It is the world's oldest childcare training institution. Ward believed in affectionate care which focused on the needs of the child and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
