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Stafford (surname)
Stafford is an English surname originating from Staffordshire which may derive from Anglo-Saxon meaning 'landing stage by the ford'. The Staffords may also refer to the people of Staffordshire. see also: de Stafford, de Staffort People People with this surname include: * Stafford (baseball), 19th century baseball player(s) with an unknown given name *Abi Stafford, American ballet dancer and sister of Jonathan *Alexander Stafford, British politician *Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon (1483–1544), mistress of Henry VIII who was prosecuted for adultery with his friend, William Compton *Barbara Stafford ** Barbara Stafford (born 1953), American legislator **Barbara Maria Stafford (born 1941), American art historian and writer *Drew Stafford (born 1985), American professional ice hockey player * Edmund Stafford (other) ** Edmund Stafford (1344–1419) Bishop of Exeter ** Edmund Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford (1272–1308), British nobleman who was summoned to parliame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford
Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford (7 January 1535 – 18 October 1603) was the second surviving son of Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford and Ursula Pole. He was the younger brother of Henry Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford. He served in Parliament for StaffordBiography of Edward Stafford tudorplace.com fro . Retrieved 18 January 2010 and succeeded his brother to the barony in 1566. Public life Stafford was elected MP for in 1554. Following his brother[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Stafford (other)
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Harry Stafford may refer to: * Harry Stafford (1869–1940), English footballer * Harry Stafford (motorcyclist) (born 1993), British motorcycle racer * Harry Stafford (American football) (1912–2004, as Albert Harrison Stafford), American football player See also * Godfrey Harry Stafford (1920–2013), British physicist * Stafford (surname) * * Henry Stafford (other) * Stafford (other) Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire, England. Stafford may also refer to: Places Other places in England * Stafford, Dolton, Devon * Stafford (UK Parliament constituency) * Stafford Castle * Stafford, Staffordshire * Borough of Staffor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrison Stafford
Albert Harrison "Harry" Stafford (June 18, 1912 – November 23, 2004) was an American football halfback in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and interactive attraction devoted to college football. The National Football Foundation (NFF) founded the Hall in 1951 to immortalize the players and coaches of college football that were vote ... in 1975 after a stellar college career at the University of Texas. References External links * 1912 births 2004 deaths People from Wharton, Texas Players of American football from Texas American football running backs American football defensive backs Texas Longhorns football players New York Giants players College Football Hall of Fame inductees {{runningback-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica-Jane Clement
Jessica-Jane Stafford (née Clement; born 24 February 1985) is an English actress, television presenter and former glamour model who is best known for starring in the BBC programme ''The Real Hustle'' from 2006 to 2012. Early life Clement was born to Jane and Richard Clement in Sheffield.''Family Fortunes'', 24 March 2012 She attended High Storrs School in Sheffield, studied Performing Arts and Psychology at The Sheffield College before going on to study at the Dartington College of Arts and The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York. Career Modelling Clement began her career as a successful glamour model, including as a Page Three model. At the age of 18 she appeared in ''Playboy'' and modelled for photographers Byron Newman, Rankin and Bob Carlos Clarke where she was also his 'Living Doll' in exhibition 'Love Dolls Never Die'. She went on to appear in numerous lads' mags, with her modelling career intensifying as a result of her popularity in ''The Real Hustle'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Stafford (footballer)
Gregory Stafford (born 27 August 1974) is an Australian retired professional Australian rules football player who played for the Sydney Swans and the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League. Playing Record Having grown up in Ashbury, New South Wales, Stafford played senior football with the Western Suburbs Australian Football Club (Magpies) in the Sydney Football League. After a few seasons in his local competition, talent scouts realised the potential of the big ruckman who could also kick goals. AFL career He was recruited by the Sydney Swans from the local Sydney Football League as a rookie A rookie is a person new to an occupation, profession, or hobby. In sports, a ''rookie'' is a professional athlete in their first season (or year). In contrast with a veteran who has experience and expertise, a rookie is usually inexperienced ... outside of the draft. Stafford created much publicity at the time as one of the first Sydneysiders to reach AFL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Stafford
Francis Gregory Stafford (February 9, 1948 – October 10, 2018), usually known as Greg Stafford, was an American game designer, publisher, and practitioner of shamanism. Stafford is most famous as the creator of the fantasy world of Glorantha, but he was also a prolific games designer. He was designer of ''Pendragon'', he was co-designer of the ''RuneQuest'', ''Ghostbusters'', Prince Valiant and ''HeroQuest'' role-playing systems, founder of the role-playing game companies Chaosium and Issaries, designer of the '' White Bear and Red Moon'', '' Nomad Gods'', '' King Arthur's Knights'' and '' Elric'' board games, and co-designer of the ''King of Dragon Pass'' computer game. Gaming industry career 1970s: Chaosium Greg Stafford began wargaming after picking up a copy of ''U-Boat'' by Avalon Hill, and in 1966 as a freshman at Beloit College he started writing about the fantasy world of Glorantha. After rejection from a publisher, Stafford created '' White Bear and Red Moon'' set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godfrey Stafford
Godfrey Harry Stafford CBE, FRS (15 April 1920 – 30 July 2013), was a British physicist and directed the Rutherford Appleton Laboratories from 1969 to 1981. He went on to be a master at St Cross College, Oxford and president of the Institute of Physics. In 1950 Dr. Stafford married Helen Goldthorp Clark, an Australian biologist. He has a son and twin daughters and lived near Oxford. Early life and the Navy Stafford was born in England in 1920 but moved to South Africa at the age of 8. He attended the University of Cape Town where he came top of his class for Physics and subsequently did an MSc researching cosmic rays in 1941. He joined the South African Naval Forces as a Lieutenant Electrical Officer concerned with degaussing in the southern hemisphere. With the end of hostilities he entered Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, as Ebden Scholar of the University of Cape Town, obtaining his Ph.D. in 1950. He later accepted a post with the South African Council for Scientifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garrett Stafford
Garrett Stafford (born January 28, 1980) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Detroit Red Wings, Dallas Stars and Phoenix Coyotes. Playing career As a youth, Stafford played in the 1993 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the California Junior Kings minor ice hockey team. Stafford played four years of junior hockey for the Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States Hockey League where he led the team to both league and national championships as a captain. Then he earned a full athletic scholarship to the University of New Hampshire. He played for UNH for four years. He was an assistant captain his junior and senior year. During his four years he was voted to one second team Hockey East and one first team all Hockey East. In all the wildcats won the Hockey East Championship twice and made it to the Frozen Four three times. He ended his college career with a national championship game, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Stafford
Frederick Stafford (11 March 1928 – 28 July 1979) was a Czechoslovak-born actor. Born Friedrich Strobel von Stein, he spoke fluent Czech, German, English, French and Italian, and was a leading man in European spy-movies. Biography Early life By some accounts, Stafford claimed to have played water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was the son of a Slovak factory owner. He studied chemistry and spent time in Switzerland. He was worried about the Russians taking over Czechoslovakia and in 1948 decided to leave. It would take too long to move to the US or Canada so he went to Australia in 1949....and Hitchcock's new star: 'I've been watching you' Change is the essence By Kimmis Hendrick. The Christian Science Monitor 22 Mar 1969: 4. While there he changed his name to "Frederick Stafford". "I always liked the name," he later said. He became a taxi driver, a lumberjack and a businessman.'Topaz' Star Chemist With AllIngredients Blume, Mary. Los Angeles Times (7 Oct 1968: c26 He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Stafford
Erik Stafford is an American economist currently the John A. Paulson Professor at Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p .... References Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Harvard Business School faculty American economists University System of Maryland alumni University of Chicago alumni {{US-economist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Stafford
Emma Stafford is Professor of Greek Culture at the University of Leeds. Her work focuses on Heracles/Hercules and his reception. Education and early career Stafford read classics at New Hall, University of Cambridge (1987–90) and began her PhD at University College London in 1991. Following appointments at Royal Holloway, Birkbeck, the University of Leicester, and the University of Wales, Lampeter, Stafford moved to the University of Leeds in 2000 and became a Senior Lecturer in 2005. Stafford was appointed Professor of Greek Culture in 2020, becoming the first female professor of Classics at the University of Leeds. Work Stafford's work focuses on Greek cultural history and she specialises in myth, allegory, personification, religion, and the reception of Greek culture. She has worked extensively on the myth and reception of Hercules, including numerous publications through research at the University of Leeds, much of which, like ''Herculean Labours: enriching the pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
