wikt benefactorBenefactor may refer to Benefactor law for a person whose actions benefit another Benefication metallurgy in extractive metallurgy Benefactor video game Benefactor video game Benefactors play Benefactors play The opposite of a benefactor is a malefactor . wikt malefactor Disambiguation ... more details
Infobox television show name The Benefactor image caption format Competition Competitive reality television reality show br Drama camera picture format runtime 60 minutes creator developer executive producer starring Mark Cuban narrated opentheme endtheme country United States network American Broadcasting Company ABC first aired Start date 2004 9 13 last aired End date 2004 10 25 num episodes 6 website http www.youtube.com watch?v nq956tMSQgU The Benefactor is an American reality television show broadcast on American Broadcasting Company ABC starting on September 13, 2004. The premise involved 16 contestants vying to win United States dollar US 1 million from billionaire entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban . In late March and early April 2004, ABC held open auditions for the show in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta , Boise, Idaho Boise , Boston, Massachusetts Boston , Dallas, Texas Dallas and Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas and also accepted auditions by mail. The show and its format were kept tightly under wraps during its filming, which began on April 30, 2004 in Dallas, Texas. Mark Cuban purposefully kept details about the show to a minimum, eliciting only a small bit of information ... was going on, routinely compiled sightings of Benefactor film crews around town. However, the show proved ... of the time that was hosted by Donald Trump . The Benefactor debuted about nine months after The Apprentice did, though The Benefactor focused more on offbeat and unconventional tasks that were unrelated to business, as opposed to The Apprentice s commerce related tasks. The Benefactor also offered ... didn t think The Benefactor was going to be one of those stupid shows. The next part of the game ..., in the immediate NBA off season after Mark Cuban s The Benefactor aired, the Dallas Mavericks would ... s favourite NBA player, and in the two NBA seasons following the airing of The Benefactor and Steve ... to back seasons. External links imdb title 0410964 tv.com 26567 The Benefactor DEFAULTSORT Benefactor ... more details
Wiktionary benefactor A benefactor is a person who gives some form of help to benefit a person, group or organization the beneficiary , often gifting a monetary contribution in the form of an endowment to help a cause. Benefactors are humanitarian leaders and charitable patrons providing assistance in many forms, such as an alumnus from a university giving back to a college or an individual providing assistance to others. The word benefactor comes from Latin bene good and factor maker . See also Patronage Sponsor commercial div class references small references div Category Personal finance Category Philanthropy law term stub econ stub sr ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Benefactor Type Studio album Artist Romeo Void Cover Benefactor Romeo Void.jpg Released November 1982 Recorded 1981 1982 Genre New Wave music New Wave Length 38 04 Benefactor br 20 23 Never Say Never br 58 27 total Label Columbia Records Columbia Producer Ian Taylor producer Ian Taylor br small Ric Ocasek on Never Say Never small Last album Never Say Never EP br 1982 This album Benefactor br 1982 Next album Instincts album Instincts br 1984 Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1Score Rating 3 5 Allmusic class album id r16861 pure url yes link Benefactor is the second studio album by United States American New Wave music new wave band Romeo Void , released in 1982. It was released on CD in 2006 by Wounded Bird Records, with their Never Say Never EP Never Say Never EP as four bonus tracks. The first version of the song Never Say Never Romeo Void song Never Say Never is a shorter, clean edit suitable for general radio broadcast. Track listing All songs written by Debora Iyall, Peter Woods, Frank Zincavage, Benjamin Bossi, Larry Carter unless otherwise noted. Never Say Never edit 3 27 Wrap It Up Isaac Hayes , David Porter musician David Porter 3 15 Flashflood 4 55 Undercover Kept 6 05 Ventilation 3 55 Chinatown 3 18 Orange 4 15 Shake the Hands of Time 3 19 S.O.S. 5 30 Bonus tracks 2006 reissue Never Say Never 6 06 In the Dark 4 33 Present Tense 5 47 Not Safe 3 57 Personnel Debora Iyall Singing vocals Peter Woods electric guitar guitar Benjamin Bossi saxophone Frank Zincavage bass guitar bass Larry Carter Drum kit drums , percussion instrument percussion Additional personnel Walter Turbitt guitar on 9 Marybeth O Hara Backing vocalist backing vocals on 7 Norman Salant saxophone on 7 Charts Album class wikitable border 1 cellspacing 2 cellpadding 2 align left Item align left Year align left Chart align left Position align left Never Say Never EP align left 1982 align left Pop Albums align left 147 align left Benefactor align left ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox video game title Benefactor image File benefactor.jpg 200px developer Digital Illusions publisher Psygnosis distributor Psygnosis engine version released 1994 genre Platformer modes Single player ratings platforms Commodore Amiga , Amiga CD32 media Floppy disk , CD requirements input Joystick or Mouse, Keyboard File Benefactor Screenshot.png thumb left Screenshot from the first level. Benefactor is a computer game for the Amiga computer series, developed by the Sweden Swedish team Digital Illusions and published in 1994 by Psygnosis . Benefactor is a mix between a puzzle game and a platform game . It has a similar concept to Psygnosis s earlier, very successful Lemmings computer game Lemmings series of games, but also adds its own ideas. In Benefactor , the player plays a character called Ben E. Factor, who has resigned from the military to become an overall all around good guy. Factor s mission is to save a group of Merry Men , who have been kidnapped from their home planet and imprisoned over 60 levels. 60 levels are divided into seven themes Underworld 9 levels under the ground Tombs of Egypt 9 levels ancient Egypt The treetop rescue 10 levels a rainforest Stones & bones 10 levels a haunted house haunted castle Merry winterland 10 levels the Arctic The techno treat 10 levels a futuristic setting To hell with Minniat 2 levels on the planet Minniat The player controls Ben E. Factor directly, like a platform game character. Factor has to avoid all enemy creatures hitting them would reduce health , and pull switch es to extend the land ... very addictive too. Benefactor has support for expansion pack data disk s but no official data ..., Benefactor includes a level called Lemmings? in which Ben E. Factor has to clear a path for twenty ... links moby game id benefactor name Benefactor DEFAULTSORT Benefactor Video Game Category 1994 ... videogame stub fr Benefactor it Benefactor nl Benefactor pl Benefactor ... more details
general improvements needed plus links Orphan date February 2012 George Barker 1776 1845 was a Benefactor law benefactor to Birmingham . Notwithstanding his arduous duties as a solicitor , he devoted a large portion of his time both to scientific pursuits and to benevolent and social enterprise s. He exerted himself with great energy to extend the advantages of the General Hospital , in behalf of which he was one of the chief promoters of the Birmingham musical festival s. He was the founder of the Birmingham Philosophical Society , and by his lectures on chemistry gave a considerable impetus to certain special manufactures. From the first he took a special interest in the inventions of Watt and Boulton and it was chiefly owing to his exertions that an act was obtained for that gigantic absurdity, as it was called, the Birmingham railway . In recognition of his scientific acquirements he was in 1839 elected a member of the Royal Society . He died 6 December 1845. His statue in marble is in the General Hospital. References reflist DNB wstitle Barker, George 1776 1845 Use dmy dates date June 2011 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Barker, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1776 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1845 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Barker, George Category 1776 births Category 1845 deaths Category People from Birmingham, West Midlands Category British philanthropists UK activist stub Philanthropist stub ... more details
Thomas Phillips 1760 in Wales 1760 &ndash June 30, 1851 in Wales 1851 , was an educational benefactor, a founder of St David s College, Lampeter, and the founder of Llandovery College in Wales . ref http www.boardingschools.hobsons.com school llandovery college 232 news.html Llandovery College ref Phillips had been born in London to parents from Radnorshire and had part of his education in Wales. He became apprenticed to an apothecary at Hay on Wye , and qualified as a surgeon in London in 1780. He then joined the Royal Navy serving for two years, mainly in Canada. After leaving the navy, he joined the Honourable East India Company East India Company and spent much of his career in India , carrying on business as well as working as a surgeon. While in India, he set up some small libraries in order to further the education of soldiers serving there. He bought an estate on the island of Saint Vincent island St Vincent , and, when he returned to London in 1817, he spent the rest of his days in acts of charity, kindness and hospitality . Phillips was a major benefactor of St David s College, Lampeter , and this led to his founding Llandovery College in 1847, after the college authorities had refused his offer to endow a Welsh professorship at Lampeter. Llandovery College was founded under the name of the Welsh Educational Institution, with a donation of 4,666 and a library of 7,000 books given by Phillips. It is not certain whether he spoke the Welsh language himself, but he had a major concern for its survival, and specified that it be taught regularly and systematically at the college, and also for some portion of the day to be the sole medium of communication and instruction. The foundation stone was laid on December 13, 1849. In the course of his life, Phillips donated over 22,000 volumes to St David s College, Lampeter, the Phillips Collection , including a collection of 169 religious tracts. References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Phillips ... more details
Victor William Peter Watson 14 September 1908 3 May 1956 was a wealthy English art collector and benefactor. He funded the literary magazine, Horizon magazine Horizon , edited by Cyril Connolly . Life and work Peter Watson was the son of William George Watson, later Watson Baronets Sir George Watson and was the youngest of three children his brother Norman was born in 1897 and sister Florence in 1894. He was educated at Eton College and Oxford University . Watson was an avid art collector acquiring works by such artists as Joan Mir Mir , Klee , and Pablo Picasso , which were displayed in his Paris apartment in the 1930s. He was the principal benefactor of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London and also provided financial assistance to English and Irish painters Francis Bacon painter Francis Bacon , Lucian Freud and John Craxton . ref cite web title 20th Century British and Irish Art, Writings by Art Commentator and Historian Adrian Clark url http www.britishandirishart.co.uk peter watson ref In 1930, society photographer, artist and set designer Sir Cecil Beaton began a lifelong obsession with Watson, though the two never became lovers. One chapter from Hugo Vickers authorized biography of Cecil Beaton is titled I Love You, Mr. Watson . In 1940 Watson provided funding for Cyril Connolly s Horizon and became its arts editor. Stephen Spender was also involved with the magazine initially. Watson was also art editor for the magazine during its existence from 1940 to 1949. He rarely contributed written inputs, but gave many opportunities for his friends to get their pictures into Horizon , and also encouraged Horizon to look beyond British Art and particularly to Paris. He commissioned articles on artists barely known in England, such as Balthus , Giorgio Morandi Morandi and Klee. He persuaded Picasso s dealer, Daniel Kahnweiler , to comment on the contemporary art market and he also got Michel Leiris to write about Alberto Giacometti Giacometti . ref cite book last ... more details
Thomas Henshaw 1731 1810 was an English hatter from Oldham , Lancashire . He bequeathed the funds for the foundation of The Blue Coat School, Oldham Blue Coat School in Oldham and Henshaws Society for Blind People . Early life Henshaw was born in 1731 at Prestbury, Cheshire , one of seven children. His parents, John and Martha Henshaw, owned and farmed a small estate in Butts Lane, Prestbury . Henshaw s father died when he was two years old. Henshaw was the youngest surviving child in his family. At an early age Henshaw was put to work with his brother Henry on a farm in Derbyshire. He subsequently left his brother in possession of the farm, and around 1755 he became an apprentice to John Fletcher, a hat manufacturer in Oldham. After serving his apprenticeship, Thomas left Oldham for Manchester, where he became part owner of a dye works. Around 1770 Henshaw returned to Oldham and entered into a partnership with his old master, John Fletcher. His brother, Henry Henshaw, joined the partnership a couple of years later. In time Thomas and Henry Henshaw set up their own business in the hatting trade and established a manufacturing works on what is now Henshaw Street in Oldham. Businessman and public benefactor The Henshaws were remarkable for their habits of industry and frugality and as a result of their almost unceasing attention to business their hat works became the largest in the district, with about 300 workers. They became importers of beaver and fur, which were used extensively in the hatting trade, and developed other subsidiary interests. From an initial capital of 2,000, the Henshaws eventually accumulated a fortune of 154,000. The Henshaws were considerate towards their workers. They established schools for the education of the workers children, and they encouraged their attendance at church. They were liberal benefactors of local charities and undertakings, making regular donations to the Manchester Infirmary and the Lunatic Hospital, and were associated wit ... more details
Sinas may refer to Places Sinas crater , crater on the Moon People Georgios Sinas , Greek benefactor and diplomat Simon Sinas 1810 1876 , Georgios son, Greek benefactor and diplomat, after whom the Sinas crater is named. disambig de Sinas ja ... more details
Thomas Henshaw may refer to Thomas Henshaw alchemist 1618 1700 , English lawyer, courtier, diplomat and scientific writer Thomas Henshaw bishop 1873 1938 , Bishop of Salford Thomas Henshaw benefactor 1731 1810 , English hatter and school benefactor hndis Henshaw, Thomas ... more details
William Bowring may refer to Sir William Bowring, 1st Baronet 1837 1916 , British shipowner and benefactor William Bowring cricketer 1874 1945 , West Indian cricketer hndis Bowring, William ... more details
Peter Watson may refer to Peter Watson bishop , Anglican bishop in Australia Archbishop of Melbourne Peter Watson intellectual historian born 1943 , English intellectual historian and author Peter Watson arts benefactor 1908 1956 , 20th century art collector, benefactor and publisher Peter Watson musician , rock guitarist and member of English 1960s band The Action Peter Watson photographer born 1952 , British landscape photographer Peter Watson politician born 1947 , member of the Western Australian parliament hndis Watson, Peter ... more details
Janashia lang ka is a Georgians Georgian surname that may refer to Davit Janashia born 1972 , Georgian footballer and coach Nikoloz Janashia 1931 1982 , Georgian historian and public benefactor Simon Janashia 1900 1947 , Georgian historian and public benefactor Zaza Janashia born 1976 , Georgian footballer and coach surname Category Georgian language surnames ru ... more details
Leofric may refer to Leofric bishop 1016 1072 , English religious leader Leofric, Earl of Mercia 968 1057 , English noble and benefactor of churches hndis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Peter Waite may refer to Peter Waite philanthropist 1834 1922 , South Australian pastoralist and public benefactor Peter Busby Waite born 1922 , Canadian historian Pete Waite , American volleyball coach hndis Waite, Peter ... more details
orphan date May 2011 unreferenced date May 2011 Fachtna hAllgaith , Irish people Irish erenagh and Benefactor law benefactor , died 1232. The Annals of Connacht reference hAllgaith under the year 1232, saying of him Fachtna O hAllgaith, coarb of Drumacoo and Official of the Ui Fiachrach , who kept a guest house and a leper house and was a man of learning and a benefactor of the countryside, rested this year. Drumacoo is a townland in the parish of Ballinderreen , County Galway , which was then referred to as U Fiachrach Aidhne . See also Hostel Leper colony External links http www.ucc.ie celt published T100011 index.html http www.crsbi.ac.uk search county site id ga druma.html http www.from ireland.net gal lewis drumacoo.htm Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME O Hallgaith, Faghtna ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Irish people Irish erenagh and Benefactor law benefactor DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1232 00 00 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT O Hallgaith, Faghtna Category Medieval Gaels Category Irish humanitarians Category People from County Galway Category 13th century Irish people Category 1232 deaths ... more details
Mortlock may refer to People John Mortlock 1755 1816 , British banker and politician Stirling Mortlock born 1977 , Australian rugby player Bryce Mortlock 1921 2004 , Australian architect David Favis Mortlock born 1953 , English geomorphologist and musician The Mortlock family of Martindale Hall included William Ranson Mortlock 1821 1884 , South Australian grazier and politician father William Tennant Mortlock 1858 1913 , South Australian grazier and politician son Rosina Forsyth Mortlock c1870 1939 , benefactor, widow of W.T. and mother of J.A.T. Mortlock John Andrew Tennant Mortlock 1894 1950 , pastoralist and benefactor, the last of the South Australian Mortlocks grandson Dorothy Elizabeth Mortlock 1906 1979 , book keeper, estate manager and benefactor, widow of J.A.T. Mortlock Others Mortlock Flying Fox , a species of flying fox Mortlock Football League , an Australian rules football league in Western Australia Mortlock Islands disambiguation , a number of islands with the same name Mortlock Library of Australiana, located in the Mortlock wing of the State Library of South Australia dab de Mortlock ... more details
Robert Dowling may refer to Robert Hawker Dowling 1827 1886 , Australian artist Robert Wagner Dowling , Alberta MLA 1971 1979 Robert W. Dowling , benefactor to Dowling College Robert Dowling teacher Sir Robert Dowling , Birmingham educator hndis Dowling, Robert ... more details
Addenbrooke is a surname of English people English origin. People with this surname include John Addenbrooke 1680 1719 , English doctor and benefactor of Addenbrooke s hospital Jack Addenbrooke 1865 1922 , English football player and manager See also Addenbrooke s Hospital , Cambridge, England Addenbrooke s Charitable Trust ACT , charity supporting the hospital surname Category Surnames ... more details
Eurycles may refer to Proiphys , a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants, aka. Eurycles , in the family Amaryllidaceae Eurycles of Athens , Greek ventriloquist from Athens ca. 431 404 BCE Caius Iulius Eurycles , aka. Eurycles of Sparta, ruler of Spartans , a benefactor of Greek cities, and founder of the family of the Euryclids 1st century BCE Disambig de Eurykles ... more details
Mikael Aramyants lang hy , May 4, 1843, A g dik Kyatuk , Fizuli Rayon Varanda , Artsakh 1923, Tiflis was an Armenians Armenian benefactor. See also Alexander Mantashev Armenians in Tbilisi References reflist http www.shushi.org famous has gt.php 1839 1924 . Category Georgian Armenians ... more details
Benjamin F. Smith may refer to Benjamin Franklin Smith 1865 1944 , Canadian politician Benjamin F. Smith meteorologist , eponym of Mount Benjamin , Antarctica Benjamin F. Smith, father of Ella M. Smith, benefactor of the Multnomah County Library hndis Smith, Benjamin F. ... more details
Francis Cherry may refer to Francis Cherry governor 1908 1965 , governor of Arkansas, USA Francis Cherry diplomat 1552 1605 , English ambassador to the Court of Russia, 1598 1599 Francis Cherry non juror 1665 1713 , English layman and non juror, known as a philanthropist and benefactor hndis Cherry, Francis ... more details
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