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unusual facts about Anthony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony



Alessandro Marangoni

Marangoni studied piano with Marco Vincenzi, and, after a diploma summa cum laude, continued his studies at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole with Maria Tipo.

Alfred Balk

Among other prominent articles, for The Reader’s Digest he reported on nursing-home neglect, threats to public parkland, Great Lakes water problems, boating-boom safety hazards, and Thomas Edison remembered by a son; for The Reporter, the social significance of Ebony magazine founder John Johnson’s success; and for The New York Times Magazine, the “Dust Bowl” revisited.

Athens, Illinois

Tyler Holland, State WYSE Champion 2009, One time state record holder of deadlift, Summa Cum Laude at St. Louis College of Pharmacy

Baiju Dharmajan

Baiju also co-created “Sacred Science” for the popular TV Series The Dewarists with percussionist cum composer Karsh Kale and edakka drum teacher Harigovindan.

Bonaventure Giffard

Henry Howard, brother to the Duke of Norfolk, was accordingly created bishop of Utica, in partibus, and nominated to the coadjutorship, cum jure successionis, on 2 October 1720, but he died before the end of the year, and in March 1720–1 the propaganda appointed Benjamin Petre coadjutor in his stead.

Borough of Buckingham

This formed part of the endowment of the prebend of Sutton cum Buckingham in Lincoln Cathedral.

Brightwell-cum-Sotwell

Mount Vernon was the home and workplace of Bach in the last years of his life, where he completed his research into the Bach flower remedies.

Brodnici

A November 11, 1250 letter of king Béla IV of Hungary to Pope Innocent IV says that Tatars imposed tribute onto the countries neighboring with his kingdom: "que ex parte Orientis cum regno nostro conterminantur, sicut Ruscia, Cumania, Brodnici, Bulgaria".

C. Allen Parker

He then earned a Juris Doctorate magna cum laude from Columbia Law School in 1983, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and Notes and Comments Editor of the Law Review.

Catharine Young

A Livingston County native, Catherine Young grew up on a third-generation dairy and crops farm, and attended State University of New York at Fredonia, where she met her future husband, Richard and, following a transfer, graduated magna cum laude, with a bachelor’s degree in mass communication, from St. Bonaventure University, a private, Franciscan Catholic institution, near Cattaraugus County's largest city, Olean.

Christian Bjelland IV

He was educated at Sedbergh School, England (1967-1972), Dartmouth College (AB, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1976) and Harvard Business School (MBA 1978).

Clodovero Ferri

A native of Cropani ,a little town in Calabria, Italy, Clodoveo Ferri graduated cum laude at the University of Pisa and later specialized in internal medicine and rheumatology.

Dalbergia melanoxylon

African Blackwood is no longer regarded as ebony, a name now reserved for a limited number of timbers yielded by the genus Diospyros; these are more of a matte appearance and are more brittle.

David D. Kirkpatrick

He was born in Buffalo, New York, earned a B.A. in history and American studies at Princeton University, graduating magna cum laude, and attended the graduate program in American Studies at Yale.

David Westin

He received a BA degree with honors and distinction from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and a JD degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School in 1977.

Douglas L. Rayes

Rayes received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree, summa cum laude, in 1975 from Arizona State University.

Eduardo García de Enterría

Born in Ramales de la Victoria, Cantabria, he studied law at the Universities of Barcelona and Madrid, where he obtained his Doctoral Degree, cum laude.

Ernesto Maceda

Maceda earned his associate in Arts degree, Magna Cum Laude in 1952, and bachelor of Laws degree, Cum Laude, from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1956.

Franklin Leonard

After graduating magna cum laude from Harvard University in 2000, Leonard began his career as the Communications Director for John Cranley's campaign for the United States House of Representatives in Ohio's first district.

Ginger McCain

In his final Grand National in 2006, McCain entered three horses; Inca Trail, who ran well for a long way until running out of stamina two fences from home and finishing in eighth place, Ebony Light (who fell) and Amberleigh House (who was pulled up).

Granadilla

Do not confuse with Grenadilla (Dalbergia melanoxylon), another plant known by its dark wood, like the ebony wood.

Habib Public School

A centrally air-conditioned auditorium cum gymnasium with a capacity for over 1,000 seats has also been built (also known as Toyota Gymnasium).

James M. McPherson

Born in Valley City, North Dakota, he graduated from St. Peter High School, and he received his Bachelor of Arts at Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minnesota) in 1958 (from which he graduated magna cum laude), and his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University in 1963.

John Haynes

Haynes was likely born at Messing, Essex, England, the eldest son of John Haynes and Mary Michel Haynes.

Latin honors

In the Netherlands, only two classes of honors are used: eervolle vermelding ("honorable mention") and cum laude, typically only to mark exceptional achievement.

Marisa Canales

She was born in Mexico City where she started her musical studies; she later attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, then Philadelphia College of Performing Arts (PCPA), where she studied with Adeline Tomasone (Philadelphia Opera and Philadelphia Orchestra), and was awarded a Bachelor’s Degree Magna Cum Laude (1985).

Mark Salvatus

Graduated Cum Laude at the University of Santo Tomas College of Fine Arts and Design, Manila with a degree in Advertising Arts (2003) and awarded Benavidez Outstanding Student Achievement Award in the same year.

Matilde Marcolli

Marcolli obtained her Laurea in Physics in 1993 summa cum laude from the University of Milan under the supervision of Renzo Piccinini, with a thesis on Classes of self equivalences of fibre bundles.

Michelle Valentine

However, as music changed and the spotlight dimmed, she eventually put down the mic and went on to graduate Cum Laude from Marymount College, earning her Bachelor's Degree in Speech, Drama & Communications, while minoring in Marketing & Creative Writing.

Musidora

Contrary to the title, Les Vampires was not actually about vampires, but about a criminal gang-cum-secret society inspired by the exploits of the real-life Bonnot Gang.

Nick Skitz

Since 2006, Skitz has released 2 rock compilations called SkitzMetal and SkitzRocks featuring 80s and 90s rock originals like Quiet Riot's "Cum On Feel The Noize" and Scorpion's "Wind Of Change" and some dance remakes of glam rock hits.

Nick Stewart

He died of natural causes in Los Angeles, California on December 18, 2000 at age 90, a week after attending the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Performing Arts Center named for Los Angeles politician Nate Holden which was built on the site where the Ebony Showcase stood.

Nicky Ryan

They currently reside in Killiney, Ireland, and have two daughters, Ebony and Persia.

Nicole Brewer

Brewer graduated from Marple Newtown Senior High School in 2001 and Millersville University of Pennsylvania in 2005, graduating magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in speech communications.

Paul Schiff Berman

He earned his A.B., summa cum laude, from Princeton University in 1988 and his J.D. in 1995 from New York University School of Law where he served as Managing Editor of the NYU Law Review and received the University Graduation Prize for the graduating law student with the highest cumulative grade point average.

Ran Goren

Goren received a master's degree in business administration, cum laude, from the Naval Postgraduate School.

Ricardo Saludo

He completed his undergraduate studies in 1977 at the Ateneo de Manila University with a bachelor's degree in literature, cum laude.

Robert Gerringer

Robert Gerringer (May 12, 1926-November 8, 1989) was an American character actor perhaps best known as Dr. Dave Woodard on the soap opera cum cult TV series Dark Shadows, a role he played during 1967.

Sergio Osmeña, Jr.

He graduated Associate of Arts cum laude at Ateneo de Manila on 1935 and Bachelor of Science in Commerce summa cum laude, New York University in 1938.

ShakthiDass

He moved to Chennai, formerly Madras for employment in painting career and joined Ketha Cini Publicity studios in 1968 as a cini publicity designer in preparing sketches for film sets through his links from established hero Chalam cum relative, a film producers cum artists like Karri Apparao Babji and Karri Rangarao.

Shalini Ganendra

Shalini Ganendra attended National Cathedral School, Washington D.C. and then Phillips Exeter Academy boarding, from where she graduated in 1982 with High Honours and as a National Cum Laude Scholar.

Tenor cornett

The In Dulci Jubilo à 20 cum Tubis setting by Praetorius from his vast Polyhymnia Caduceatrix & Panegyrica of 1619, seems to require a tenor cornett on the third line of Choro I, the part is scored for a viola (alto) and a cornett playing together.

Theodore H. White

White graduated from Harvard in 1938 summa cum laude (Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. was a classmate), with a degree in Chinese history and studies, the first student of John K. Fairbank.

Tomas de Lemos

The controversy aroused in 1588 by the publication of Luis Molina's work Concordia liberi arbitrii cum gratiae donis, between the Dominicans and Jesuits, had reached a heated and turbulent stage not only at Valladolid but also at Salamanca, Cordoba, Zaragoza, and other cities of Spain.

Trymaine Lee

Outside of his work as a daily reporter, his work has also appeared in the magazines Ebony, Essence, Real Health and The Crisis.

Tughlaq Road

Rahul Gandhi, Vice President of the Congress Party, is reported to have a "residence-cum-office" located at 12, Tughlaq Lane.

Vietnamese-German University

Six months later, September 10, 2008, VGU was opened officially by the then Hessen State Premier, Roland Koch, the Vietnamese then-Minister of Education and Training cum Deputy Prime Minister, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thien Nhan, and Prof. Dr. Wolf Rieck, President of VGU.

Voltaire Gazmin

Gazmin earned a cum laude degree after completing his master's degree in Public Administration from the Manuel L. Quezon University in 1990.

Wayne M. Perry

After graduating from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree (cum laude), Perry earned his law degree (J.D.) from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College (cum laude) and earned an L.L.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law.


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