(Encyclopedia) Brandon University, at Brandon, Manitoba, Canada; nondenominational; coeducational; founded 1899 as Brandon College. The school gained university status in 1967. It has faculties of…
Lighted torches. Dominica de brandonibus (St. Valentine's Day), when boys used to carry about brandons (Cupid's torches). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
the juggler, lived in the reign of Henry VIII. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BrandonsBrandimart A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…
Brandon TartikoffTV executiveBorn: 1/13/1949Birthplace: Long Island, New York Tartikoff was NBC's programming genius. He helped develop many hit shows such as Hill Street Blues (1981–87),…
(Encyclopedia) Suffolk, Charles Brandon, 1st duke ofSuffolk, Charles Brandon, 1st duke ofsŭfˈək [key], d. 1545, English nobleman. A member of the court of Henry VIII, he received many preferments. He…
(Encyclopedia) Morris, Richard Brandon, 1904–89, American historian, b. New York City. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1930, taught (1927–49) at the College of the City of New York, became a…
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