Born July 26, 1964 in Arlington, Virginia. American actress and film producer. Full name Sandra Annette Bullock. Studied drama at East Carolina University and enrolled at the Neighborhood Playhouse in 1986. She gained attention in the off-Broadway play No Time Flat and made her film debut in Hangman (1987). She gained fame with the smash hit Speed (1994) and received high praise for While You Were Sleeping (1995). In the late 1990s, she founded the production company Fortis Pictures and began to produce films in addition to acting. She achieved box office success with Miss Congeniality (2000), played a homicide detective in Murder by Numbers (2002), and starred in Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002), Two Weeks Notice (2002), Crash (2004), Infamous (2006), and The Lake House (2006). She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as a strong-willed mother in The Blind Side (2009). block
Brock, Lou Born June 18, 1939 in El Dorado, Arkansas
[Died] September 6, 2020. Lou Brock, St. Charles, Missouri. American professional baseball player. Left-handed batter and pitcher. Real name Louis Clark Brock. From 1961 to 1979, he stole 938 bases in the MLB, a record that he held until Rickey Henderson broke in 1991. He played baseball from an early age and played as a pitcher and outfielder at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 1961, he signed with the Chicago Cubs of the National League, and after playing for their farm team, he was promoted to the majors. However, he did not have many opportunities to shine with the Cubs, and in the 1964 season, he had a poor batting average of 0.251 in 52 games, and was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in the middle of the season. However, he batted 0.348 in the remaining games after the transfer, and finished the season with a career batting average of 0.315. He stole more than 50 bases every year from 1965 to 1976, and was the league's stolen base leader eight times from 1966 to 1969 and from 1971 to 1974. His 118 stolen bases in 1974 was a major league record until Henderson stole 130 in 1982. He batted over .300 in eight seasons, and his career batting average was .293. He played in the World Series in 1964, 1967, and 1968, and won in 1964 and 1967. He retired at the end of the 1979 season. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985. block
Bloch, Marc Born: July 6, 1886, Lyon
Died June 16, 1944. A French historian living near Tréboux. After serving as professor at the lycées of Montpellier and Amiens, he was invited to teach medieval history at the University of Strasbourg in 1919, and in 1920 he obtained his doctorate for Rois et serfs (The King and the Serfs), which dealt with the emancipation of serfs in the royal domains. In 1936 he became professor of economic history at the University of Paris. During this time, he co-founded Annales d'histoire économique et sociale (Annual Reports on Social and Economic History) with L. Febvre in 1929. In 1931 he published Les Caractères originaux de l' histoire rurale française (The Fundamental Characters of the History of Rural France), a masterpiece that introduced comparative historical methods. When World War II broke out, he went to war at the age of 53, and after the defeat he joined the Resistance movement, and was captured and shot by the Nazi secret police just before the liberation of Paris. He is the author of La Société féodale (1939-40) and Apologie pour le métier d'historien (52), as well as L'étrange défaite (The Strange Defeat), a record of his serious experiences and reflections on France's defeat. block
Bloch, Bernard Born: June 18, 1907, New York
[Died] November 26, 1965. New Haven, Connecticut. American linguist. Graduated from the University of Kansas in 1928. Obtained his PhD from Brown University in 1935. From 1931 to 1933, he participated in the New England Language Atlas survey. From 1931, he worked as a lecturer and assistant professor of English and German at Brown University and other institutions. In 1943, he became an assistant professor of linguistics at Yale University. In 1945, he became an associate professor, and in 1950, a professor. In 1953, he became president of the Linguistic Society of America. He also edited the society's journal, Language, from 1940. He was one of the central figures in American structuralist linguistics after L. Bloomfield. He is also known for his research on Japanese. His main work was Outline of Linguistic Analysis (1942, co-authored with G. Troger). After his death, a collection of essays on Japanese, B. Bloch on Japanese (1969, edited by R. Miller), was published. block
Bullock, Alan Louis Charles Born: December 13, 1914, Trowbridge
[Died] February 2, 2004. British historian and university administrator. Graduated from Oxford University, he worked for the BBC's European foreign and political correspondence department from 1940 to 1945, and served as a council member and provost of New College, Oxford from 1945 to 1952, before becoming vice-chancellor of the university in 1969. During this time, he served as chairman of the Royal Institute of International Affairs research committee, member of the Archives Advisory Council, and co-editor of the Oxford edition of Modern European History. His main works include Hitler: A Study in Tyranny (1952), The Liberal Tradition (1956), and Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives (1991). block
Brock, Sir Thomas Born: March 1, 1847, Worcester
[Died] August 22, 1922, London British sculptor. A pupil of J. Forey, he was influenced by Romanticism. Known as a bust artist, he created the "Longfellow" (1884) and "Gladstone" (1902) for Westminster Abbey. Other sculptures include the huge "Black Prince" in Leeds City Square, and seven other "statues of Queen Victoria," the most famous of which is currently in front of Buckingham Palace. He also designed the 1897 coins depicting Queen Victoria. In 1911, he was awarded the Order of the Bath. block
Bloch, Jean-Richard Born: May 25, 1884 in Paris
[Died] March 15, 1947. Paris. French novelist, playwright and critic. Graduated from the University of Paris. He made his debut in the literary world with the short story Lévy (1912), and established himself with the full-length novel EtC ie (18), which depicts the rise of a business family. He was based in the communist magazine Clarte and argued that literature must incorporate historical and social conditions. He published the critical essay Naissance d'une culture (36). He also attempted revolutionary drama with works such as Danton (46). block
Brock, Sir Isaac Born: 6 October 1769, St. Peter Port
[Died] October 13, 1812. Queenston, Ontario. British soldier. Joined the British Army in 1785, and became a lieutenant colonel in 1897. Sent to Canada in 1802, he was stationed in Quebec and the Province of Upper Canada. In 1810, he served as both commander of the army in Upper Canada and lieutenant governor of the province. In 1811, he became a major general. In 1812, he occupied Detroit and was wounded fighting American troops on the Niagara front. He was awarded the Order of the Bath three days before his death. block
Bloc, André Born: 1896 in Algiers
[Died] 1966. New Delhi. French architect and sculptor. Studied mechanical engineering in Paris. Known as an architect, he also produced sculptures from 1940, and considered the synthesis of architecture and sculpture to be his ultimate ideal. He was also active in educational activities, and founded the magazines "Architecture Today" in 1930 and "Art Today" in 1949. The two magazines were later merged and continue as "Today" magazine. block Please see the Bloch page. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
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