Bosworth
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Bosworth may refer to:
Places in the USA
- The Battle of Bosworth or Bosworth FieldBattle of Bosworth FieldThe Battle of Bosworth Field was the penultimate battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the House of Lancaster and the House of York that raged across England in the latter half of the 15th century. Fought on 22 August 1485, the battle was won by the Lancastrians...
, an important battle during the Wars of the Roses in 15th century England - BosworthBosworth (game)Bosworth is a four-handed chess variant manufactured by Out of the Box Publishing company since 1998. It is played on 6x6 board and uses 4 sets of standard chess pieces....
, a board game - Baron Bosworth, former title for the Duke of Berwick
Places
Places in Leicestershire, UK- Husbands BosworthHusbands BosworthHusbands Bosworth is a large crossroads village in South Leicestershire on the A5199 road from Leicester city to Northampton and the A4304 road from Junction 20 of the M1 motorway to Market Harborough....
, a large crossroads village in South Leicestershire - Market BosworthMarket BosworthMarket Bosworth is a small market town and civil parish in Leicestershire, England. It formerly formed a district known as the Market Bosworth Rural District. In 1974 it merged with the Hinckley Rural District to form a new district named Hinckley and Bosworth...
a small town near the site of the Battle of Bosworth - the UK Parliamentary Constituency of BosworthBosworth (UK Parliament constituency)Bosworth is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
includes Market Bosworth - the Borough of Hinckley and BosworthHinckley and BosworthHinckley and Bosworth is a local government district with borough status in south-western Leicestershire, England, administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Its only towns are Hinckley, Earl Shilton and Market Bosworth...
also includes Market Bosworth
Places in the USA
- Bosworth, MissouriBosworth, MissouriBosworth is a city in Carroll County, Missouri, United States. The population was 382 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bosworth is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
, a city in Carroll County, Missouri, United States - Lake BosworthLake Bosworth, WashingtonLake Bosworth is a census-designated place in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The population was 667 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Lake Bosworth is located at ....
, in Snohomish County, Washington, United States
People
People with the surname Bosworth- Adam BosworthAdam BosworthAdam Bosworth was a Vice President of Product Management at Google Inc. from 2004–2007; prior to that, he was senior VP Engineering and Chief Software Architect at BEA Systems responsible for the engineering efforts for BEA's Framework Division. Bosworth had co-founded Crossgain, a software...
– Known as one of the pioneers of XML - Allan R. BosworthAllan R. BosworthCaptain Allan Rucker Bosworth served in the United States Navy and United States Navy Reserve for some 38 years and authored a number of books as well as magazine articles. He was born in San Angelo, Texas, worked as a journalist in San Francisco, and served in Japan as a Naval public relations...
(1901–1986) – author, journalist who served in the US Navy - Brian BosworthBrian BosworthBrian Keith "The Boz" Bosworth, is a former American football linebacker. He played college football for the University of Oklahoma...
– NFL linebacker - Clifford Edmund BosworthClifford Edmund BosworthClifford Edmund Bosworth FBA is an English historian and orientalist, specializing in Arabic studies. He received his B.A. degree from Oxford University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Edinburgh University. He held permanent posts at St. Andrews University, Manchester University, and the Center...
– British historian and orientalist - F. F. BosworthF. F. BosworthFred Francis Bosworth was an evangelist, an early religious broadcaster, and a 1920s and Depression-era Pentecostal faith healer who was later a bridge to the mid-20th century healing revival. He was born on a farm near Utica, Nebraska and was raised in a Methodist home...
(1877–1958)– Pentecostal revivalist preacher, advocate of divine healing, author of Christ the Healer - Hobart BosworthHobart BosworthHobart Bosworth was an American film actor, director, writer, and producer.-Early life:Born Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth, he was a direct descendant of Miles Standish and John and Priscilla Alden on his father's side and of New York's Van Zandt family, the first Dutch settlers to land in the New...
(1867–1943) – Californian movie actor, director, writer and producer - Ian Bosworth - Automotive Expert
- Joseph BosworthJoseph BosworthJoseph Bosworth , English scholar of Anglo-Saxon language and Anglo-Saxon literature, was born in Derbyshire.-Biography:Educated at Repton, whence he proceeded to the University of Aberdeen, he became in 1817 vicar of Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire, and devoted his spare time to literature and...
– scholar of the Anglo-Saxon language - Kate BosworthKate BosworthCatherine Ann "Kate" Bosworth is an American actress. Bosworth starred in the television series Young Americans, in which she played Bella Banks. She became known with a leading role in 2002's Blue Crush. The following year, Bosworth played the teenage girlfriend of porn star John Holmes in...
– American actress - Louise Marion BosworthLouise Marion BosworthLouise Marion Bosworth was an American researcher at the Women's Educational and Industrial Union who extensively surveyed working women in order to learn about their working and living conditions...
– pioneering American social researcher - Patricia BosworthPatricia BosworthPatricia Bosworth is an American journalist and biographer. A former faculty member of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, she has also been an editor, actress and model.-Early life and career:...
(born 1933) – American journalist and biographer - William W. BosworthWilliam W. BosworthWilliam Welles Bosworth was an American architect whose most famous designs include MIT's Cambridge campus, the AT&T Building in New York City, and the Theodore N. Vail mansion in Morristown, New Jersey , now the Morristown Town Hall...
– Early 20th-century American architect, MIT campus - Stephen Bosworth – Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy