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5 unusual facts about Cochrane


Cochrane, Alberta

Cochrane was established in 1881 as the Cochrane Ranche, after Matthew Henry Cochrane, a local rancher.

Cochrane, Chile

The town was later named Cochrane in honour of Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, a British naval captain and radical politician who was appointed the first Admiral of the Chilean Navy in 1818 and made a major contribution to winning independence for the young nation from Spain.

Cochrane's Craft

Cochrane’s Craft, which is also known as Cochranianism, is a tradition of the Neopagan religion of Witchcraft founded in 1951 by the English Witch Robert Cochrane, who himself claimed to have been taught it by some of his elderly family members, a claim that is disputed by some historians such as Ronald Hutton and Leo Ruickbie.

Ethan Gage

Born in Cochrane, Alberta, Gage won a gold medal with Alberta at the 2007 BMO Financial Group U16 Boys National All-Star Championship and won a gold medal with the Calgary Elbow Valley Villains at the 2007 BMO National Championships U-16 adidas Cup Boys Club Championship in Sherwood Park, Alberta.

Rie Fujii

In May, Knowler moved out of his apartment, stayed with Fujii and her children for a few days, and then moved to his father's residence in Cochrane, Alberta.


Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane

Cochrane was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1901) as the representative of New York's 19th congressional district.

Anne Annette Minna Chapman

Anne Annette Minna Cochrane, DCVO, DStJ (born 1855 – died 6 January 1943), the daughter of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane and his wife, Rosetta (née Wheeler-Cuffe), was a British noblewoman.

Archibald Cochrane

Archie Cochrane (1909–1988), British epidemiologist; namesake of the Cochrane Collaboration

Baron Lamington

He was the son of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas John Cochrane, son of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Cochrane, sixth son of Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald (see the Earl of Dundonald for earlier history of the Cochrane family).

Battle of Baltimore

Colonel Brooke’s troops withdrew, and Admiral Cochrane’s fleet sailed off to regroup before his next assault on the United States, the Battle of New Orleans.

Calstock

:For the community in Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada, see: Calstock, Ontario

Catherine Cranston

In 1904 she commissioned him to carry out the redecoration and design of new furniture for the mansion of Hous'hill in Nitshill which was home to herself and her husband John Cochrane.

Charles W. Fisher

By way of fulfilling that promise, he built a mansion in Cochrane in 1908 (which became the Just Home Guest Ranch in 1931 and was donated to a Franciscan order in 1948).

Cochrane Collaboration

It is funded by the Effective Health Care Research Programme Consortium, UK (via the British DFID and the International Health Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Indiam the Cochrane Schizophrenia Group (via the Department of Health, UK and the University of Nottingham), and the World Health Organization's Clinical Trials in Children group.

Cochrane Theatre

The theatre opened in 1963 and was named after its founder, Jeannetta Cochrane, who was a theatre practitioner specialising in costume and scenery design at the Central School of Art and Design, now part of the University of the Arts London.

Commodores 13

Vocals: Bill Champlin, David Cochrane, Harold Hudson, Melissa Manchester, Thomas McClary, Walter Orange, Phyllis St. James, Deborah Thomas, Tandia White, Vesta Williams

David Cochrane

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) took interest in Cochrane while he was writing columns for The Telegram, St. John's daily newspaper.

Donald Cochrane

Cochrane was educated at Marrickville and worked at his father's returned serviceman's block in Tarcutta.

Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald

Cochrane was the second but eldest surviving son of Thomas Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald, by Louisa Harriet Mackinnon, daughter of William Alexander Mackinnon.

Freddie 'Red' Cochrane

In 1946, Cochrane took on Marty Servo for the World Welterweight Title and lost via 4th round KO.

Gordon Cochrane

Mickey Cochrane (Gordon Stanley Cochrane, 1903–1962), baseball player and manager

Great Stock Exchange Fraud of 1814

Lord Cochrane was also stripped of his naval rank and expelled from the Order of the Bath.

Harrison Craig

Craig lives in Chelsea, Melbourne with his mother, Janine Cochrane and brother Connor.

Henry Clay Cochrane

Cochrane, Waller and their Marines were assigned to Lord Charles Beresford’s British force for the protection of the European Quarter.

Jim Neversink

Two tracks feature Paul "Roach" Cochrane on bass and Ashton Nyte on lead guitar.

John Dundas Cochrane

John Dundas Cochrane died in 1825 in Valencia, Colombia while in transit, again on foot, to his family's mining interests in South America.

John George Cochrane

Here, after a residence of some years, he entered into partnership with John White, and the firm of White, Cochrane Co. carried on an extensive business in Fleet Street, until they became involved in the major trade ruin which followed the failure of Archibald Constable.

Cochrane later became manager of the foreign bookselling house of Messrs. Treuttel, Wurtz, Treuttel junior, and Richter of Soho Square, who published in July 1827 the first number of the Foreign Quarterly Review.

Juan José Latorre

Admiral Grau tried to sink the smaller ship thrice, using his ram, but in spite of his ability the Magallanes was able to keep him at bay long enough for the ironclad Cochrane to show up, after which the Huascar decided to retreat back to Arica.

Lady Cochrane Sursock

William Dalrymple (1997): From the Holy Mountain (interview with Lady Cochrane Sursock, p. 238-42)

Louise Cochrane

Louise Cochrane (22 December 1918 – 13 February 2012) was an American-born writer and television producer best known for creating the BBC Children's TV programme Rag, Tag and Bobtail in the early 1950s.

Cochrane joined the BBC in 1948 as a producer of schools' news and current affairs programmes, and was appointed to the Fulbright Commission two years later.

Lucinactant

The scientific groundwork for lucinactant was laid in the laboratory of Charles Cochrane at The Scripps Research Institute in the 1990s.

Mad Mad World

In addition, Cochrane won two SOCAN Awards and an ASCAP Award.

The album was produced by Joe Hardy and was recorded in Memphis, Tennessee and at three different Ontario studios: Metalworks in Mississauga, Hungry Hollow Studio in Georgetown and at Cochrane's cabin in Oakville.

MIA/NYC NonStop

In this episode, when Tim Speedle (Rory Cochrane) walks outside of the house to take pictures, "Teardrop", by Massive Attack plays.

P. G. Downes

In 1939, Downes, with his companion, John, from the Brabant Lake area ascended the Cochrane River starting at the town of Brochet on Reindeer Lake, without maps, and depending solely upon the words of the local Cree Indians to find his way to the Thlewiaza River and his final destination, the Hudson Bay outpost on Nueltin Lake.

Pagwa

Pagwa River, Ontario, a community in Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada

Pat Cochrane

Pat Cochrane was a Canadian morning radio personality (disc jockey) on CHOG (AM 640 The Hog) in Toronto, CJSB (54 Rock) in Ottawa, CFBR-FM in Edmonton, CKIK-FM in Calgary, CHIQ in Winnipeg, CHEC in Lethbridge, CKSO in Sudbury and CJOK in Fort McMurray.

Pedro Montañez

Impressive wins over formidable foes Eddie Ran, Wesley Ramey, and Freddie “Red” Cochrane set up a title bout with Ambers on the September 23, 1937, “Carnival of Champions” show at the Polo Grounds in New York City.

Quarr Abbey House

Admiral Cochrane's life and adventures inspired the fiction of novelists Captain Marryat, C.S. Forester, Patrick O'Brian and Bernard Cornwell.

Ralph Cochrane

Ralph Cochrane was born on 24 February 1895, the youngest son of Thomas Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults, in the Scottish village of Springfield.

Ross Tiger

Ross Tiger was the first of twelve new trawlers for the 'middle water' fleet of Ross Trawlers Ltd, complementing the larger 'deep water' fleet of the firm, with Cochrane and Sons also constructing a new smaller class of 'near water' vessels.

Sharpe's Devil

Lord Cochrane, a former Royal Navy officer now in service to the Chilean rebels under Bernardo O'Higgins, ambushes the Espiritu Santo and, with the assistance of Sharpe and Harper, capture it, taking Captain Ardiles prisoner.

South Side Sportsmen's Club

In 1907 there were one hundred (100) members including and one honorary member: George Slade, William Bayard Cutting, John Cochrane, Frank Hall, George De Witt, Esq., Daniel Fearing, Frederic Rhinelander, W.K. Vanderbilt, Alfred Wagstaff, Jr., Esq.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future

Adams discusses the future of publishing with Peter Cochrane, Muriel Gray and Stewart Brand.

Three Chords from the Truth

Three Chords from the Truth is a Canadian television series created by Steve Cochrane, Phyllis Ellis and Adriana Maggs that aired on the Canadian CMT network in 2009, and was also available on Movie Central.

William Arthur Cochrane

Cochrane did his postgraduate training in Pediatric Research at the Hospital for Sick Children, the Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation and Great Ormond Street Hospital.


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