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10 unusual facts about Radford


DNA Publications

Although initially founded in Massachusetts by Lapine, the company later relocated to Radford, Virginia.

Eric H. du Plessis

He is professor of French Studies at Radford University, Radford, Virginia, Director of Radford University's French Summer Program at The Universite Catholique de l'Ouest in Angers, France Centre International Des Études Françaises and assistant editor for the MFLIC Review.

Far-Less

After a brief hiatus the band filled the empty bass slot with Brian Freeman, moved to Radford, Virginia and continued the writing process.

First Bancorp

In Virginia, First Bank of Virginia has branches in Abingdon, Christiansburg, Dublin, Fort Chiswell, Radford, and Wytheville as well as a loan production office in Blacksburg.

John Grider Miller

John Grider Miller (born 23 August 1935 in Radford, Virginia – died 31 August 2009 in Annapolis, Maryland) was a Colonel in the United States Marine Corps, who served as Managing Editor, of U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings and of Naval History.

Kevin Hartman

Hartman attended Radford High School in Radford, Virginia, where he made the school's varsity team and served as backup goalkeeper in 1989.

Paul Creighton

Creighton received his Bachelors Degree in Health/Science from SUNY Brockport in New York and his Masters Degree in Health and Physical Education from Radford University in Radford, Virginia.

Penelope W. Kyle

Penelope W. Kyle is the current president of Radford University, a public, state-funded, comprehensive university, located in the city of Radford, in southwestern Virginia.

Radford, Nottingham

Numerous scenes from the film of the book which starred Albert Finney, were shot in Radford.

Sam Redgate

Samuel (Sam) Redgate (27 July 1810 in Arnold, Nottinghamshire – 13 April 1851 in Radford, Nottinghamshire) was a famous English professional cricketer who played for Nottingham Cricket Club and Nottinghamshire CCC from the 1830 to the 1846 season.


1972 FA Cup Final

Their back four had no trouble in mastering the Arsenal attacks and negating the threat posed by strikers George and Radford.

Adrienne Kennaway

Those two 38-page picture books were written by William Lewis Radford and published by East Africa Publishing House of Nairobi in the East African Readers Library series; the Library of Congress Subject Heading is "English language—Textbooks for foreign speakers—African".

Albert Ernest Radford

Radford was born in Augusta, Georgia to Albert and Eloise Moseley Radford, one of nine children.

Andreacarus

Andreacarus petersi Radford, 1953 (on the rodents Cricetomys, Arvicanthis, and Mastomys and the earwig Hemimerus in mainland Africa)

Benjamin Radford

Radford spent five years investigating the mysterious monster el chupacabra, and solved the mystery of the creature’s origin in his 2011 book Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore.

Bernard Radford

Born in West Melton, West Riding of Yorkshire, Radford began his career in local league football with Wath Athletic, Wombwell and Darfield, before signing as a professional with Football League Third Division North side Nelson in December 1927.

Radford scored all four goals in the 4–0 victory against Wrexham on 11 February, becoming only the second Nelson player, after Jimmy Hampson, to achieve the feat in a League match.

Charters and Caldicott

They were intended to reappear in I See a Dark Stranger (1945, Launder), but Launder and Gilliat refused to give them the larger roles in the film that Radford and Wayne demanded, as befitting the high profile actors they had now become.

Elaine Radford

Elaine Radford is an American author of science fiction and non-fiction, perhaps best known for her controversial 1987 essay drawing parallels between Ender Wiggin and Adolf Hitler -- an essay which drew a rebuttal from Orson Scott Card, and which has been cited by, among others, John Kessel.

FA Ronnie Radford Award

Radford’s spectacular goal on a mud-covered Edgar Street pitch – watched by the TV cameras and greeted with unbridled glee by 26-year-old rookie commentator John Motson – equalised Malcolm Macdonald’s opener for the Magpies and is a constant and wonderful reminder of the magic of The FA Cup.

Fred and Barney Meet The Thing

The stories centered mostly around Benjy at Centerville High School with his friends Betty (voiced by Marilyn Schreffler), her rich boyfriend Ronald Radford (voiced by John Erwin), Betty's kid sister Kelly (voiced by Noelle North) and teacher Miss Twilly (voiced by Marilyn Schreffler).

George Heynes Radford

In 1908, the first cross-river tram in London departed from Highbury Station and it is believed that Radford was responsible for the honour of the maiden trip starting in Islington.

Harold Radford

Harold Radford (Coachbuilders) were to build the Cortina-Ogle GT which was presented at the 1963 Earls Court Motor Show by Stirling Moss.

Henri Chapu

At least four full-scale reproductions of Jeanne d'Arc are on permanent display at American universities in Virginia: in McConnell Library at Radford University in Radford, Virginia, beneath the rotunda in Ruffner Hall at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, at James Madison University, and at the University of Mary Washington.

Ken Foster

Prior to the post he worked in the dockyard and later a councillor for Plymstock Radford.

Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr.

His father was Major Meriwether Lewis Clark Sr., "aide de camp" and in-law to General Stephen Watts Kearny, of Mexican-American War fame (Kearny married Mary Radford, the stepdaughter of Clark).

Rupert Boneham

He also made a cameo appearance as a homeless man in "The Radford Reshuffle", the sixth season premiere of the show Yes, Dear.

Tim Radford

Tim Radford (born 1940) is a British–New Zealand freelance journalist, born in New Zealand in 1940 and educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland.

Tintagel Castle

Radford was required to take part in the war effort abroad, whilst many of the original site reports were destroyed when his house in Exeter was bombed by the Luftwaffe during the conflict.