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Ransford Banini
Ransford is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *Ransford Addo (born 1983), football player from Ghana *Ransford Brempong (born 1981), Canadian professional basketball player *Ransford D. Bucknam (1866–1919), Nova Scotian who became a Pasha, admiral in the Turkish navy and vice-admiral to the Turkish empire *Ransford Doherty, American actor *Erasmus Ransford Tawiah Madjitey, CBE (1920–1996), Ghanaian police officer, diplomat and politician *Ransford Koufie (born 2002), Ghanaian professional footballer *Ransford Osei (born 1990), professional footballer *Ransford Selasi (born 1996), Ghanaian professional footballer *Ransford Smith, CD (born 1949), senior public servant from Jamaica *Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer (born 2001), Ghanaian professional footballer *Homer Ransford Watson (1855–1936), Canadian landscape painter Surname: *Charles Ransford, M.D., British physician, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, early a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ransford Addo
Akwei Ransford Addo (born 21 July 1983) is a Ghanaian former professional association football, footballer who played as a central defender or defensive midfielder. Career Addo was born in Accra. He previously played for Ken Harrison Babies Colts FC, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Club Brugge KV, Club Brugge, Sporting West Ingelmunster-Harelbeke, SWI Harelbeke KMSK Deinze, Royal Antwerp F.C., AEP Paphos FC and Shanghai East Asia. On 21 January 2015, Addo transferred to China League One side Wuhan Zall. Personal life His older brother Eric Addo is also a former footballer. Honours Shanghai SIPG * China League One: 2012 China League One, 2012 References External links *VOETBALKRANT - Speler - Addo Ransford {{DEFAULTSORT:Addo, Ransford 1983 births Living people Ghanaian footballers Footballers from Accra Men's association football defenders Challenger Pro League players Chinese Super League players China League One players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players Club Brugge KV players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Ransford
Edwin Ransford (13 March 1805 – 22 November 1876) was an English opera singer and composer. Biography Ransford was born at Bourton-on-the-Water, near Moreton in the Marsh, Gloucestershire, on 13 March 1805. He first appeared on the stage as an extra in the opening chorus at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, and was afterwards engaged in the chorus at Covent Garden. During Charles Kemble's management of Covent Garden, Ransford was heard as a baritone in the part of Don Caesar in the '' Castle of Andalusia'', performed on 27 May 1829, and was engaged soon afterwards by Samuel James Arnold for the English Opera House (now the Lyceum). In the autumns of 1829 and 1830 he was at Covent Garden. In 1831 he played leading characters under Robert William Elliston at the Surrey Theatre, where he won great popularity. In 1832 he was with Joseph Grimaldi at Sadler's Wells, playing Tom Tuck in Andrew V. Campbell's nautical drama '' The Battle of Trafalgar'', in which he made a great hit w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cransford
St Peter's parish church Cransford is a village and a civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk. The civil parish had a population at the 2011 Census of 162. It is near the small town of Framlingham. Cransford has 2 places of worship. The mediaeval parish church of St Peter was restored in 1864 and 1874 and is a Grade II* listed building. Notable residents *Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet (1877-1947), electrical engineer and Conservative Party politician including Member of Parliament for Altrincham and for Ilford. * Sir George Leman Tuthill (1772–1835), physician, fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal College of Physicians. * Peter Hartley (1909-1994), clergyman and Archdeacon of Suffolk The Archdeacon of Suffolk is a senior cleric in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. The archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy in the territory of the archdeaconry. History Originally in the Dioceses of No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bransford
Bransford is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills district of the county of Worcestershire, England. It is situated close to the River Teme and the village of Leigh. It is on the primary route between Worcester and Hereford, the A4103 that runs through the centre of the village. According to the 2011 census, Bransford has a population of 389. The parish shares its parish council with Leigh. The main church in Bransford is St. Johns the Baptist church, a small Norman building, lit by candlelight. Bransford is part of the West Worcestershire parliamentary constituency and its current Member of Parliament is Harriett Baldwin, who is a Conservative representative. History The origins of the name 'Bransford' are uncertain, but it is believed to mean 'hill-top ford' or 'ford at Bragen'. This is derived from 'braegen', old English for crown of the head or topographically a hill and then 'ford'. In the Doomsday Book, Bransford was called Bradnesforde and included info ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon Ransford
Vernon Seymour Ransford (20 March 1885 – 19 March 1958) was an Australian cricketer who played in 20 Test matches between 1907 and 1912. Ransford was a smooth and stylish left-handed batsman who could score with ease all round the wicket or defend patiently as the situation required. He played for Victoria from 1904 to 1928. He was also an outstanding fieldsman, who could pick up and throw the ball in one movement and with great accuracy. Ransford's best Test series was the 1909 tour of England when he topped the Australian batting averages, helped by a career best score of 143 not out, finishing with 353 runs at an average of 58.83. On the whole tour he made 1783 runs at an average of 43.48, and hit six centuries. The following year he was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year. He toured New Zealand with Australian teams in 1913-14 and in 1920-21, when he captained the side. He also toured New Zealand with Victoria in 1924-25. After retiring from playing Ransford served as Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Ransford
Thomas Ransford (born 1958) is a British-born Canadian mathematician, known for his research in spectral theory and complex analysis. He holds a Canada Research Chair in mathematics at Université Laval. Ransford earned his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 1984. Career He was a fellow of Trinity College, University of Cambridge, from 1983 to 1987. In addition to over 90 research papers on mathematics, he has written a research monograph "Potential Theory in the Complex Plane" in 1995, and the graduate book "A Primer on the Dirichlet Space" with Omar El-Fallah, Karim Kellay and Javad Mashreghi in 201 He has proved results on potential theory, functional analysis, the theory of capacity, and probability. For example, with Javad Mashreghi he proved the Mashreghi–Ransford inequality. He also derived a short elementary proof of Stone–Weierstrass theorem In mathematical analysis, the Weierstrass approximation theorem states that every continuous function defined on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tessa Ransford
Teresa Mary ("Tessa") Ransford (8 July 1938 – 2 September 2015) was a poet, activist and the founding director of the Scottish Poetry Library. Biography Teresa Ransford was born in Mumbai, India on 8 July 1938. Her mother was Lady Torfrida Ransford and her father was Sir Alister Ransford, Master of the Mint of Mumbai. The family moved back to the United Kingdom in 1944, finally moving to Scotland in 1948 when her father took up the position of bursar at the Loretto School in Musselburgh. Ransford was educated and boarded at St Leonard’s School in St Andrews. She was not happy and turned to books and poetry for consolation. She went on to study German and Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. In 1959, she married Iain Kay Stiven, a minister of the Church of Scotland and the pair lived in Pakistan until 1968 with their four children. During the 1970s, Ransford started writing and publishing poems and founded the School of Poets in 1981 as a place for poets to gather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Ransford
Maurice Ransford (August 3, 1896 – August 25, 1968) was an American art director. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana and died in San Diego. Selected filmography Ransford was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Art Direction: * ''Leave Her to Heaven'' (1945) * ''The Foxes of Harrow'' (1947) * ''Titanic RMS ''Titanic'' was a British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, Unit ...'' (1953) References External links * * 1896 births 1968 deaths American art directors People from Terre Haute, Indiana {{US-artdirector-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ransford
James Ransford (1884–1929) was an English footballer who played in the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ... for Derby County. References 1884 births 1929 deaths English footballers Men's association football forwards English Football League players Alfreton Town F.C. players Derby County F.C. players People from Blackwell, Derbyshire Footballers from Derbyshire {{England-footy-forward-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Ransford
Charles Ransford, M.D., was a traditionally educated British physician and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, who later became the private physician of the Duke of Northumberland and an early advocate of homoeopathic medicine. Early life Dr. Ransford was born in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England in about 1808, the son of Edward Ransford, Jr. (1766-1842) and Mary Jarrett. Fellow in Edinburgh It was at the Royal Infirmary in Bristol that Charles Ransford began his medical education. He later studied in London and Paris before attending the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated with his medical degree in 1833. In 1835 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He fulfilled this position for the next 15 years. He was elected the college's treasurer and examiner, and had the task of straightening out its finances during a period of financial turmoil. During his tenure as an FRCPE, Dr. Ransford was an outspoken c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ransford Brempong
Ransford Brempong (born July 22, 1981) is a former Canadian National Team member and professional basketball player for the Fraser Valley Bandits of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). He currently works as the colour commentator for the team. He also runs WCT Hoops which is a basketball organization that offers high level training and development for athletes in high school. Where he continues to provide opportunities for the next generation of basketball players in BC through his Bubble24 teams. He also runs a primary age basketball club called 3PointBasketball where we look to cultivate the love for the game at an early age. Career Brempong played college basketball for the Western Carolina Catamounts where he was a 5yr starter. While at WCU he broke his conferences all time shot block record. He then went on to play professionally and played for Matrixx Magixx and Donar (then named Hanzevast Capitals for sponsorship reasons) in the Netherlands and Bayer Giants Lever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
