Thomas Bracken (c. December 1843 – 16 February 1898) was an Irish-born New Zealand poet, journalist and politician. He wrote "God Defend New Zealand",...
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Edward Vincent Bracken (February 7, 1915 – November 14, 2002) was an American actor. Bracken came to Hollywood prominence for his comedic lead performances...
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written as a poem in the 1870s by Irish-born, Victorian-raised immigrant Thomas Bracken of Dunedin. A competition to compose music for the poem was held in...
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Brendan Rendall Bracken, 1st Viscount Bracken, PC (15 February 1901 – 8 August 1958) was an Irish-born businessman, politician and a minister in the British...
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Josephine Bracken Kate Bracken Kyran Bracken Nathan Bracken Paul Bracken Peg Bracken Peter Bracken Raymond Bracken Thomas Bracken William Bracken Bracken (band)...
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for winning a competition to set "God Defend New Zealand", a poem by Thomas Bracken, to music. By doing this, he composed the tune to what later became...
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New Zealand was as the title of a poem about New Zealand written by Thomas Bracken. It was published in a book of his poems in 1890, and again in 1893...
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would be used. "God Defend New Zealand" is a poem that was written by Thomas Bracken in the 1870s. It was set to music and first publicly performed in 1876...
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father, and his share of the estate went to his children. Thomas Carter III's grandson, Thomas Bracken Carter (1800-1865), later inherited the plantation. He...
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Paterson, who wrote Waltzing Matilda, and New Zealand literature includes Thomas Bracken and Frederick Edward Maning. From the sphere of literature of the United...
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national anthem of New Zealand - Created by the Irish-born composer Thomas Bracken, the song was first performed in 1876, and was sung in New Zealand as...
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New Zealand" 1940 (national hymn) 1977 (national anthem) Thomas Bracken (English version) Thomas H. Smith (Māori version) John Joseph Woods "God Defend...
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Sir Geoffrey Thomas Hirst Bracken KCIE CSI (1879-1951) was a civil servant and bureaucrat of the Indian civil service who served as Chief Secretary of...
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born in Clones Roger Boyle, bishop, is buried in Clones churchyard Thomas Bracken, poet who wrote "God Defend New Zealand", one of the national anthems...
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Bracken's World is an American drama television series that aired on NBC from September 19, 1969, to December 25, 1970. The series was created and produced...
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poet, calligrapher, politician, and epigrapher of the Song dynasty Thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet, journalist and politician Dante Alighieri...
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Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealander journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1898) 1850 – Zdeněk Fibich, Czech composer and poet (d. 1900) 1851 – Thomas Chipman...
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Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1796) 1898 – Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843) 1899 –...
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New Zealand Parliament Preceded by Thomas Bracken Member of Parliament for Dunedin Central 1884–1886 Succeeded by Thomas Bracken...
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League Baseball. The cast also includes Albert Hall, Dan Hedaya, Eddie Bracken, Amy Morton, Bruce Altman, John Gegenhuber, Neil Flynn, Daniel Stern (who...
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replica of First Church. Other notable burials and interments include Thomas Bracken and Vincent Pyke. There are war graves of 17 Commonwealth service personnel...
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team state championship in 1990. Bracken was coached by Bob Trombetta and Thomas M. Gauger. Gauger sparked Bracken’s interest in Greco-Roman wrestling...
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Culture.pl. Schwartz, Bernard (15 May 2017). "The Canonization of Dylan Thomas". Thomas, Gwyn (12 March 2013). Dafydd ap Gwilym: y gŵr sydd yn ei gerddi. Cyhoeddiadau...
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Katherine W. Bracken was one of the few high-ranking female Foreign Service Officers (FSO) for the US Department of State in the late 1950s-1960s. She...
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Zealand Parliament for Dunedin Central In office 1887–1890 Preceded by Thomas Bracken Succeeded by Constituency abolished Solicitor-General of New Zealand...
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by John Joseph Woods in 1876 and setting to music a poem written by Thomas Bracken, became the nation's second national anthem. New Zealand also uses "God...
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Selangor, Malaysian ruler, 4th Sultan of Selangor (b. 1804) February 16 – Thomas Bracken, author of the official national anthem of New Zealand (God Defend New...
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(1380–1459, Italy, nf) Michael Bracewell (born 1958, England, f/nf) Thomas Bracken (1843–1898, N Zealand, p/nf) Alison Brackenbury (born 1953, England...
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The Financial Times and McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize (or simply the Bracken Bower Prize) is an annual award given to the best business book proposal of...
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John Bracken PC (22 June 1883 – 18 March 1969) was a Canadian agronomist and politician who was the 11th and longest-serving premier of Manitoba (1922–1943)...
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