Ruth Bancroft (née Petersson; September 2, 1908 – November 26, 2017) was the creator of the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California. A native...
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The Ruth Bancroft Garden is a 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) public dry garden established by Ruth Bancroft. It contains more than 2,000 cactus, succulents, trees,...
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land was given by Bancroft's grandson Philip to his wife, Ruth Bancroft. Several schools are named for Bancroft, including Bancroft Middle School (Long...
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Ruth Law Oliver (May 21, 1887 – December 1, 1970) was a pioneer American aviator during the 1910s. She was born Ruth Bancroft Law on May 21, 1887, to...
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tennis player Dan Ashley, journalist Ruth Bancroft, gardener, landscape architect and creator of the Ruth Bancroft Garden Jessica Bowman, actress, portrayed...
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Anne Bancroft (born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano; September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an American actress and director. Respected for her acting prowess...
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Members of HFGCA included Philip and Ruth Bancroft, who donated land for Heather Farm Park and founded the Ruth Bancroft Garden. A groundbreaking ceremony...
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Spring, New York. During a visit to Ruth Bancroft's garden in Walnut Creek, California, Frank Cabot asked Bancroft what would happen to the garden after...
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Mary Bancroft (October 29, 1903, in Boston – January 10, 1997, in New York City) was an American novelist and spy and a member of the Bancroft family...
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Pakistani actor and comedian, heart attack. Ruth Bancroft, 109, American landscape architect, creator of Ruth Bancroft Garden. José Doth de Oliveira, 79, Brazilian...
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first airmail delivery in New England on May 30, 1912. Pioneer aviators Ruth Bancroft Law and Lincoln J. Beachey flew at Saugus. The airport closed in the...
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Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg (/ˈbeɪdər ˈɡɪnzbɜːrɡ/ BAY-dər GHINZ-burg; née Bader; March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020) was an American lawyer and jurist who...
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2018-11-30. Retrieved 2021-04-02. "Adromischus marianiae f. herrei". The Ruth Bancroft Garden & Nursery. Retrieved 2021-04-02. "Adromischus marianae (Marloth)...
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received five acres of land donated by Phil and Ruth Bancroft (whose garden became the nearby Ruth Bancroft Garden). Heather Farm Park opened in 1970. Accardi...
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Pertev Naili Boratav, Turkish author and educator (d. 1998) 1908 – Ruth Bancroft, American landscape and garden designer (d. 2017) 1910 – Paul Saagpakk...
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Marino Lotusland, Montecito Casa del Herrero, Montecito Filoli, Woodside Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek Allerton Garden, Kauai, Hawaii Longwood Gardens...
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cross-America flight air speed record until the record was beaten by Ruth Bancroft Law. He was born in Gustafs parish in Kopparberg, Sweden on April 13...
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Saugus, Massachusetts. It was used by pioneer aviators Harry Atwood, Ruth Bancroft Law, and Lincoln J. Beachey. The idea of building an aviation field...
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Berkeley faculty. Ruth Bancroft, studied architecture for three years, graduating with a teaching certification in 1932; created the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut...
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Aloha Graphics and Sales. ISBN 9780941351041. OCLC 8422094. Powell, Ruth Bancroft (1954). Princess Kaʻiulani: The Hope of Hawaii. Honolulu: R. B. Powell...
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32°43′53″N 117°08′42″W / 32.73139°N 117.14500°W / 32.73139; -117.14500 Ruth Bancroft Garden Walnut Creek 37°55′25.61″N 122°2′14.16″W / 37.9237806°N 122...
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Fred Key Vladimir Kokkinaki Opal Kunz Clay Lacy Raymonde de Laroche Ruth Bancroft Law Bill Lear Alfred LeBlanc Léon Lemartin Tony LeVier Otto Lilienthal...
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and bicycle enthusiast Chris Howard, professional baseball pitcher Ruth Bancroft Law, aviator, was born in Lynn Jerry Maren, longtime character actor...
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Teiser, Ruth (1985). The Ghirardelli Family and Chocolate Company of San Francisco. Berkeley, Calif.: Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library...
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August 31 – William Saroyan, American writer (died 1981) September 2 Ruth Bancroft, American landscape and garden designer (d. 2017) Dorothea Leighton...
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native species" in Walnut Creek, California, the life's work of gardener Ruth Bancroft. The organization's Open Days program has opened more than three hundred...
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actor (b. 1955) Harry Pregerson, federal judge (b. 1923) November 26 Ruth Bancroft, gardener, landscape architect and centenarian (b. 1908) Garnett Thomas...
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Enid Nemy, New York Times, 15 March 1998, Ruth F. Young, 94, Founded An Academy to Promote Peace Mary Bancroft (1983), Autobiography Of A Spy, William Morrow...
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1943) Garnet Baltimore (1859–1946) Giuseppe Balzaretto (1801–1874) Ruth Bancroft (1908–2017) Paul Bangay Elizabeth Banks (b. 1941) Julie Bargmann (b...
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1906–2008 102 British spy Eliza Jane Ashley 1917–2020 103 American chef Ruth Bancroft 1908–2017 109 American landscape and garden designer Elly Beinhorn 1907–2007...
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