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unusual facts about Christine M. Durham


Olene S. Walker

Olene Walker was the first female governor to be sworn in by a female Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court, Christine M. Durham.


André Leon Talley

Talley was born in the community of Hayti, Durham, North Carolina, as the son of Alma Ruth Davis and William C. Talley.

Big Nose George

Robert Widdowfield, one of the two victims of George Parrott's gang, was born on February 15, 1846, at Cook Bank, Tanfield, County Durham, England.

Bill Gunston

He was sent to University College, Durham from 1945–46 and then served as a pilot for three years, during which time he flew many types of aircraft, including the de Havilland Vampire jet fighter.

Carl T. Durham

Born in Bingham Township, Orange County, at White Cross, North Carolina, Durham attended the public schools of Orange County, Mandale Private School, Saxapahaw, North Carolina, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Christine Jones

Christine M. Jones (born 1929), former member of the Maryland House of Delegates

Christine M. Rose

She produced a political documentary called "Liberty Bound" in 2004, which theatrically premiered in Paris, France at a theatre in Place Saint-Michel.

Darlington Memorial Hospital

Darlington Memorial Hospital provides acute hospital services for people living in southwest Durham which includes the towns of Darlington, Newton Aycliffe, Bishop Auckland, Shildon and Barnard Castle.

Jack Youll

A former colliery electrician at Thornley, Durham, he was 21 years old, and a Temporary Second Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers, British Army, attached to 11th (Service) Battalion during the First World War when the following deed took place at the battle of Asiago for which he was awarded the VC.

James John Hornby

In 1853, Hornby went to Durham University as Principal of Bishop Cosin’s Hall until 1864 when he returned to Brasenose as classical lecturer.

James Joicey, 1st Baron Joicey

He was Chairman of the family mining company James Joicey & Co Limited, (founded by his uncle James Joicey in about 1831 and incorporated in 1886), which operated several collieries in the West Durham coalfield including pits at Beamish and Tanfield.

John Joicey

With his younger brother James Joicey, in 1831 they he founded mining company James Joicey & Co Ltd (incorporated in 1886), which operated several collieries in the West Durham coalfield including pits at Beamish and Tanfield.

John Strange Winter

She was born on 13 January 1856 in Trinity Lane, York, was only daughter of Henry Vaughan Palmer, rector of St. Margaret's, York, by his wife Emily Catherine Cowling.

Lionel Blue

He is also honorary doctor of Divinity and Fellow of Grey College, Durham.

Robert D. Durham

Robert Durham is a member of the Board of Directors for Oregon Law Institute of Lewis & Clark Law School, the Multnomah County and Marion County Bar Associations, and a master at the Willamette Valley American Inns of Court, Master.

St Giles Church, Durham

William of St. Barbara, the rightly elected Bishop, was forced to retreat to, and fortify, the church after his abortive entry into Durham was beaten back by Cumin's men.

The church was constructed as the hospital chapel of the Hospital of St Giles and was dedicated in on St Barbara's Day, June 1112 by Bishop Flambard to "the honour of God and St Giles".

St John's College, Durham

It also contributes to university theatre, with the Bailey Theatre Company producing Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis in the Epiphany term of 2009 and Arthur Miller's The Crucible in the Michaelmas term of 2008, as well as the annual Summer Shakespeare.

St Margaret's Church, Durham

The eagle lectern dates from 1909, and was given in memory of members of the Shafto family killed in the Boer War.

St Nicholas' Church, Durham

One notable feature of the reordered church is the Gateway World Shop, which occupies the south-east corner of the church, having its own outside entrance, and sells Fair trade goods.

William Durham

William H. Durham (born 1949), human ecologist at Stanford University

William J. Durham (1896–1970), African-American attorney and civil rights leader


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