TV 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), Cheers (1982–93), L.A. Law…
(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…
(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…
HENRY, Patrick, (uncle of Patrick Henry [1861-1933]), a Representative from Mississippi; born near Cynthia, Madison County, Miss., February 12, 1843; attended the common schools, Mississippi…
(Lee Yuen Kam)martial-arts actorBorn: 11/27/1940Birthplace: San Francisco American star of Hong Kong martial-arts films who was a martial-arts instructor to celebrities before beginning his own…
(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…
