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unusual facts about J. Broughton



24450 Victorchang

The asteroid was discovered on August 29, 2000 by J. Broughton at the Reedy Creek Observatory and is named for Victor Chang.

Baron Fairhaven

Broughton was the eldest son of the civil engineer, businessman and Conservative Member of Parliament, Urban H. Broughton, who died in January 1929 before his intended elevation to the peerage as Baron Fairhaven.

John M. Broughton

In June 2003 he contributed severals works to Columbia doctoral student and curator Frank Shifreen's art exhibit Art Against War.

National Golf Links of America

When it opened in 1911, the course was called the National Golf Links of America because its 67 founding members, which included Robert Bacon, George W. Baxter, Urban H. Broughton, Charles Deering, James Deering, Findlay S. Douglas, Henry Clay Frick, Elbert Henry Gary, Clarence Mackay, De Lancey Nicoll, James A. Stillman, Walter Travis, and William Kissam Vanderbilt II, resided in various parts of the United States.


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