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unusual facts about Roderick


Spencer Buford House

The property is also known as Roderick, in honor of the horse Roderick, a favorite horse of Confederate cavalry and irregular forces Nathan Bedford Forrest.


Alex Brychta

He has collaborated with Roderick Hunt on a series of children books for the Oxford Reading Tree which had an animated spin-off, The Magic Key series.

Annabel Astor, Viscountess Astor

Her paternal grandparents were Roderick Jones, the Chairman of Reuters, and the novelist Enid Bagnold.

Betty Lou Varnum

McVay and her special friends, “Gregory Lion” (a perpetually 4-year-old lion), “Catrina Crocodile” (a witch who had changed herself into a beautiful crocodile) and “Dusty the Unicorn” (more formally known as “Stardust Glimmer”, who was 3000 years old – young for a unicorn), would chat with visitors, teach a clever craft, and watch wholesome cartoons such as “Felix the Cat” and “Tales of the Riverbank,” a Canadian live-action short about “Hammy the Hamster”, “Roderick the Rat” and friends.

Bloodymania 6

Featured matches on the undercard included a tag team match where the team of Vader and Scott Steiner defeated Shaun Summers and Roderick Street, a singles match that saw Vampiro defeat Colt Cabana, and a 9 man Battle Royal match in which Zach Gowen was victorious.

Buckley Roderick

Played under the captaincy of Joe Simpson the team was made up of mainly Cardiff, Newport and Swansea players, Roderick being the sole representative from Llanelli.

By All Means

Two of the members of By All Means- Lynn Roderick and James Varner- have a famous daughter in music named Elle Varner.

Carl Gottlieb Reissiger

A famous piece known as Weber's Last Waltz was actually written by Reißiger (one of his opus 26 Danses brillantes) and is mentioned in Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) as one of Roderick Usher's favorite pieces of music; it is also the title of a 1912 film.

Chillicothe, Illinois

Lance (Henry) LeGault, TV and movie actor: Colonel Roderick Decker on The A-Team

Continuum concept

In the film Away We Go, the couple of LN and Roderick (portrayed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and Josh Hamilton) describe their household as following "continuum" practices.

Derby Theatre

Roderick Ham, who had already designed the Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead, was commissioned to design the theatre, and the Derby City Council offered the site as part of the new shopping development, the Eagle Centre.

Eric Abrahamson

Dr. Abrahamson has written a number of books and articles, including Spirited Commitment: The Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Foundation, which he co-authored with Roderick MacLeod (McGill-Queens University Press, 2010) and Anytime, Anywhere: Entrepreneurship and the Creation of a Wireless World, which he co-authored with Louis Galambos of Johns Hopkins University (Cambridge University Press, 2002).

J. Roderick MacArthur

The composition of the Foundation's first Board of Director's, per John D. MacArthur's will, included J. Roderick MacArthur, Catherine T. MacArthur (his second wife), his attorney William T. Kirby, two officers of Bankers Life and Casualty, and Radio Commentator Paul Harvey.

Jack Laskey

In 2007 Laskey worked with Punchdrunk theatre company, creating the role of Roderick Usher in their site specific, promenade production The Masque of the Red Death - an adaptation of various Edgar Allan Poe short stories at London's Battersea Arts Centre.

Jade Chung

The feud was finally concluded at Steel Cage Warfare when she made a surprise appearance during the main event, an 8-man Steel Cage Warfare match between The Embassy (Jimmy Rave, Abyss, Alex Shelley and Prince Nana) vs. Generation Next (Roderick Strong, Matt Sydal, Austin Aries and Jack Evans).

John D. MacArthur

John R. MacArthur, the president of Harper's Magazine and son of J. Roderick MacArthur, is a grandson of John D. MacArthur.

Julian, Count of Ceuta

The British writers Sir Walter Scott, Walter Savage Landor, and Robert Southey handle the legends associated with these events poetically: Scott in "The Vision of Don Roderick" (1811), Landor in his tragedy Count Julian (1812), and Southey in Roderick, the Last of the Goths (1814).

Juliette Pochin

The Sky Shall Be Our Roof (rare songs from the operas of Ralph Vaughan Williams) – Sarah Fox (soprano), Juliette Pochin (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano).

Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents

Roderick MacPherson and Marvin Narz, who were associate professors at the University of Montevallo in Alabama, sued under the ADEA law alleging an evaluation system that discriminated against the elderly.

Marvin Winans

The album features: Doen Moen, Marvin Sapp, Donnie McClurkin, Mary Mary, Mom Winans, Roderick Dixon, Bishop Paul Morton amongst others and was recorded at Winans' church in Detroit, Mi.

Nicolas de Lenfent

Nicolas appeared as a character in the short-lived Broadway show Lestat: The Musical composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, and was played by Roderick Hill.

Old Rory

In 1572, Roderick was brought before the Privy Council, where he was forced to resign to the Crown his lands of Lewis, Assynt, Coigach and Waternish.

In 1541, Roderick took for his second wife, the widowed Barbara Stewart from Orkney, daughter of Andrew, Lord Avondale, and by this lady had a son, likewise named Torquil, and surnamed Oighre (the Heir, to distinguish him from the disowned Torcuil).

Robinson Crusoé

The cast included Roderick Kennedy (Sir William Crusoe), Enid Hartle (Lady Deborah Crusoe), Alan Opie (Jim Cocks), Wyndham Parfitt (Will Atkins), Yvonne Kenny (Edwige), John Brecknock (Robinson Crusoé), Marilyn Hill Smith (Suzanne), Alexander Oliver (Toby), and Sandra Browne (Man Friday).

Rod Bernsen

Roderick Bernsen (born 1948) is a retired Los Angeles Police Department sergeant who was widely known in Southern California as a police news-specialist for Fox 11 News, and for flying the station's helicopter, "SkyFox," while with Good Day LA.

Rod Kanehl

Roderick Edwin Kanehl (April 1, 1934 – December 14, 2004) was an American second baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire career with the New York Mets (19621964).

Roderick Bronson

Roderick T. Bronson, D.V.M. is an American pathologist and the director of the Rodent Pathology Core at Harvard Medical School.

Roderick Chadwick

Roderick Chadwick has recorded several CDs for the Naxos, Innova, Metier and Guild labels, recording works by Gloria Coates, David Gorton, Nicola Comogrande and others.

Roderick Macleod, 2nd of Cadboll

In 1751 Roderick Macleod married his cousin Lilias, daughter of William Mackenzie of Belmaduthy, they had two children Margaret, and a son Robert Bruce Aeneas his heir and successor.

Roderick McLean

Roderick McLean (died June 9, 1921) attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria on March 2, 1882, at Windsor, England, with a pistol.

Roderick R. McLennan

Born in Charlottenburgh, Canada West, the third son of Roderick McLennan, McLennan worked in construction of railways and other public works, including sections of the Canadian Pacific Railway north of Lake Superior.

Roderick Rose

Roderick Rose (born Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada May 15, 1838; died Jamestown, North Dakota, September 10, 1903) was a Canadian-born American educator, lawyer, politician, and judge.

Roderick Slater

Roderick Slater is an American artist born in Goodrich, Michigan in 1937.

Roderick the Last of the Goths

While in the desert, Florinda confesses the events of her rape to Roderick and reveals that she truly loved Roderick whereas his wife, Egilona, was now married to Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa, a Moorish leader.

Saint Roderick

St. Roderick's Convent and Hospital in Cabra, established in the 16th century, bears his name.

Samford Bulldogs

On October 18, Samford chose to make the first event the annual J. Roderick Davis Lecture, featuring author Walter Isaacson.

The Complaint of Roderick Mors

The Complaint (or Complaynt) of Roderick (or Roderyck) Mors (c. 1542), by Henry Brinklow, is a well-known example of 'complaint literature' from the 'commonwealth men' of the mid-Tudor period.

The Long Winters

In 2001, Harvey Danger singer/songwriter Sean Nelson suggested that he and Roderick record an album—half of the songs penned by John, and the other half by Sean.

The Rod of Light

Rhys Hughes described the Jasperodus series as slighter than average for Bayley, covering ground more thoroughly explored in John Sladek's Roderick series.

The Saddest Music in the World

Also entering the contest are Chester's father Fyodor (David Fox), representing Canada, and his brother Roderick (Ross McMillan), representing Serbia as "Gavrilo the Great" (even though he is also Canadian).

Vince McMahon, Sr.

McMahon had two sons Roderick McMahon II and a younger son, Vincent K. McMahon with his first wife Vicky H. Askew (Born 1920) in 1945.

William Wadsworth Hodkinson

Soon thereafter Hodkinson joined with Roderick Burnham, the son of Frederick Russell Burnham, to form the Central American Aviation Corporation and Companía Nacional de Aviación in Guatemala.


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