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Rodd
Rodd is a surname and may refer to: * Anthony N. Rodd (born 1940), Australian botanist * Brent Clements Rodd (1809–1898), Australian lawyer and landowner * Edward Hearle Rodd (1810–1880), British ornithologist * Francis Rodd, 2nd Baron Rennell (1895–1978), British army officer and civil servant * Helen Rodd (late 20th c./early 21st c.), Canadian zoologist * John Rodd (early 21st c.), music recording engineer * L. C. Rodd (1905-1979), Australian biographer * Marcia Rodd (born 1940), American actress * Michael Rodd (born 1943), English television presenter and businessman * Nelle Marion Rodd (1887–1915), Australian cartoonist and illustrator * Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell James Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell, (9 November 1858 – 26 July 1941), known as Sir Rennell Rodd before 1933, was a British diplomat, poet and politician. He served as British Ambassador to Italy during the First World War. Early life R ... (1858–1941), British diplomat, poet and poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodd, Nash And Little Brampton
Rodd, Nash and Little Brampton is a civil parish in the county of Herefordshire, England, and is north-west from the city and county town of Hereford. The parish borders Powys in Wales at its north-west. Within the parish is the final home and studio of the 20th-century Australian artist Sydney Nolan. History Rodd derives from Old English 'rod' or 'rodu', meaning "clearing" or "the clearing", and was in 1220 and 1356 written as 'La Rode'. Nash is from the Old English 'æsc' for "place at the ash-tree", and was in 1239 written as 'Nasche', and in 1291 as 'Nasse'. Brampton is from the Old English 'brōm' with 'tūn', for "place where broom grows", and was in the 11th-century (DB) written as 'Bruntune', and in 1287 as 'Brompton'. There are three Manorialism, manors associated with Rodd, Nash and Little Brampton in the ''Domesday Book'': at Nash (listed as "Hech"), Little Brampton (listed as "Bruntune"), and Bradley (listed as "Bradelege"), all in Herefordshire, and the Hundred ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Rodd, 2nd Baron Rennell
Major-General Francis James Rennell Rodd, 2nd Baron Rennell (25 October 1895 – 15 March 1978), known as Lord Rennell, was an army officer and the second but eldest surviving son of the diplomat Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell. He served as a Chief of Civil Affairs in the Mediterranean theatre of war from 1941 to 1944. Career Rodd was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford where he graduated with a Master of Arts. First World War and diplomatic service During the First World War he served in the artillery and, since he spoke four languages fluently, as an intelligence officer in France, Italy, North Africa, Egypt, Libya, Palestine and Syria. While an intelligence officer in Egypt and Palestine, he befriended T. E. Lawrence triggering his passion for exploring desert landscapes. He wrote of Lawrence: There are few people in this wide world I have greater admiration for... and I like him very well besides... Rodd entered HM Diplomatic Service in 1919. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony N
Anthony, also spelled Antony, is a masculine given name derived from the ''Antonia (gens), Antonii'', a ''gens'' (Roman naming conventions, Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles. Anthony is an English language, English name that is in use in many countries. It has been among the top 100 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 100 male baby names between 1998 and 2018 in many countries including Canada, Australia, England, Ireland and Scotland. Equivalents include ''Antonio'' in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Maltese; ''Αντώνιος'' in Greek; ''António'' or ''Antônio'' in Portuguese; ''Antoni'' in Catalan, Polish, and Slovene; ''Anton (given name), Anton'' in Dutch, Galician, German, Icelandic, Romanian, Russian, and Scandinavian languages; ''Antoine'' in French; ''Antal ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Clements Rodd
Brent Clements Rodd (1809–1898) was a colonial lawyer and landowner in 19th century Sydney, Australia. Rodd Island in Sydney Harbour Port Jackson, commonly known as Sydney Harbour, is a ria, natural harbour on the east coast of Australia, around which Sydney was built. It consists of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove River, Lane ... is named after him.New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation (2004). Media Release – Rodds return to Rodd Island''. Retrieved 21 September 2005. References Colony of New South Wales people 19th-century Australian lawyers Lawyers from Sydney 1809 births 1898 deaths {{Australia-law-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Hearle Rodd
Edward Hearle Rodd (17 March 1810 – 25 January 1880) was an English ornithologist. He was the third son of Edward Rodd, D.D. (1768–1842), by his wife Harriet, (1779–1855) daughter of Charles Rashleigh, of Duporth, Cornwall. Life He was educated at Ottery St Mary school, and trained for the law, being admitted to practise as a solicitor in Trinity term 1832. In January 1833 he settled at Penzance, where he entered into partnership with George Dennis John. On John's death in 1847 Messrs John and Rodd became John, Rodd and Darke and after the latter's death the firm became Rodd & Cornish. He had also held many official posts in the town. He was town clerk from 1847, clerk to the local board from 1849, clerk to the Board of Guardians from the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, and superintendent registrar, besides being head distributor of stamps in Cornwall from 1844 to 1867. Rodd retired about 1878 leaving the practice to Thomas Cornish. He died unmarried at his ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Rodd
Helen Rodd is a Canadian zoologist who is a professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto. Rodd's work focuses on reproductive strategies among live-bearing fish as a system to understand mate selection among animals. Her work on mate preference in guppy fish (''Poecilia reticulata'') attracted media attention in numerous nature magazines and the United States public broadcasting service, as well as academic notice, based upon her research finding that female guppies in Trinidad may choose males for orange coloration similar to a favored food, the fruit of a local tree. In 2001, Rodd was awarded a ''Premier's Research Excellence Award'' by the Ontario government for her work in guppy mate selection. Rodd received her Ph.D. in Biology from York University York University (), also known as YorkU or simply YU), is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, and it has approxi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rodd
John Rodd is a freelance music recording, mixing and mastering engineer. He is best known for film score recording and mixing. Career His work include credits with The Rolling Stones, Porno for Pyros, Eric Clapton, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Ry Cooder, Madonna, Boyz II Men and many orchestral sessions. Films worked on while on staff as Orchestral Scoring Recordist at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox include ''I, Robot'', ''The Last Samurai'', ''Spider-Man 2'', ''Pirates of the Caribbean'', ''The Matrix'' (trilogy), ''Cast Away'', ''X-2'', ''Jurassic Park III'', ''The Bourne Identity'', '' Road to Perdition'' and ''The Sixth Sense''. Rodd moved into freelance work in 2004 after leaving the Newman Scoring Stage and continues to work on orchestral projects, but has extensive experience recording and mixing all genres of music for film, TV, gaming and CD. He works at a wide variety of recording and mixing studios, including his own facil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcia Rodd
Marcia Rodd is an American actress, singer, and director. After studying theatre at Northwestern University, she moved to New York City and began a successful career as a stage actress. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1973 for her performance in the musical '' Shelter''. In 1964, she starred as Dorothy Gale in a televised production of The Wizard of Oz. She made her film debut in Alan Arkin's 1971 film '' Little Murders'', and received acclaim for her role as Portland Angel in Jonathan Demme's '' Handle with Care'' (1977). In 1969, she originated the role of Bobbi in Neil Simon's '' Last of the Red Hot Lovers''. Early years She was the daughter of Charles and Rosetta (née Thran) Rodd. Her father was an oil company executive. She has a brother, Stephen Rodd, a lawyer, and a sister, Barbara. For most of her youth, Rodd and her family lived in Tulsa. They moved to Wichita in time for her to attend East High School for her senior year. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Rodd
Michael Rodd (born 29 November 1943 in North Shields, Northumberland, United Kingdom) is an English television presenter and businessman. Education Rodd was educated at the independent school Trinity College, Glenalmond (now Glenalmond College) near Perth in Scotland, and at Newcastle University. Media career Having begun his career on '' BBC Look North'' in 1967, Rodd became a familiar face to millions of television viewers in Britain as a presenter for the BBC of ''Screen Test'' (1970–79), '' Tomorrow's World'' (1972–82) and ''The Risk Business'' (1980–81). He also hosted television coverage of the early Space Shuttle launches for the BBC. Later he worked for the ITV contractor TVS on its science programme ''The Real World''. In 1980 Rodd established Blackrod, an independent producer of film, video Video is an Electronics, electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving picture, moving image, visual Media (communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelle Marion Rodd
Nelle Marion Rodd (c. 1887 – 10 October 1915) was an Australian cartoonist and illustrator of books for children. History Rodd was the eldest daughter of William John Rodd (13 March 1856 – 23 November 1914) and Lissie Marion Rodd, née Robertson. She was educated at Neutral Bay Public School, where she was an outstanding student, excelling in drawing, for which she had been taking extra tuition from a Mr Podmore of Mosman. She later studied at the Sydney Art School, conducted by Julian Ashton and Syd Long, in whose 1908 exhibition she won numerous prizes and was reviewed appreciatively, particularly her depiction of a domestic quarrel. She was a member of the Society of Women Painters, of which she was a founding member in 1910. She was an active member of the Society of Artists. and the Society of Women Painters. In a 1912 drawing contest organised by the National Art Gallery for prizes contributed by Sir James Fairfax, Rodd's portrait of two young women came second to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell
James Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell, (9 November 1858 – 26 July 1941), known as Sir Rennell Rodd before 1933, was a British diplomat, poet and politician. He served as British Ambassador to Italy during the First World War. Early life Rodd was born in London on 9 November 1858. He was the only son of Cornish people, Cornishman Major (United Kingdom), Major James Rennell Rodd (1812–1892) of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, and his wife Elizabeth Anne Thomson, the third daughter of Dr. Anthony Todd Thomson. His paternal grandparents were Admiral Sir John Tremayne Rodd and the former Jane Rennell, a daughter of the geographer James Rennell. Rodd was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College, Haileybury and Balliol College, Oxford, where he was associated with the circle of Oscar Wilde. In 1880, he won the Newdigate Prize, Newdigate prize for ''Raleigh''. Wilde later assisted Rodd in securing publication for his first book of verse, ''Rose Leaf and Apple Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Corner
''The Corner'' is a 2000 HBO drama television miniseries based on the nonfiction book '' The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood'' (1997) by David Simon and Ed Burns, and adapted for television by David Simon and David Mills. It premiered on HBO in the United States on April 16, 2000, and concluded its six-part run on May 21, 2000. The series was released on DVD on July 22, 2003. It won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries in 2000. ''The Corner'' chronicles the life of a family living in poverty amid the open-air drug markets of West Baltimore. "The corner" is the junction of West Fayette Street and North Monroe Street ( U.S. Route 1) (). Cast and characters * T. K. Carter as Gary McCullough, a drug addict; DeAndre's father, and Fran's ex-husband. He dropped out of college when Fran became pregnant and became addicted to drugs after their marriage ended. * Khandi Alexander as Denise Francine "Fran" Boyd, a drug addict; DeAndre Mc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
