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In September 1977, Losten was named Bishop of Stamford, succeeding Joseph M. Schmondiuk. The diocese comprises New York State and all of the New England states. He retired on January 3, 2006, and was succeeded by Paul Chomnycky. [1] Losten died after a short illness at a hospital in Stamford, Connecticut, in the early hours of September 15 ...
Harry Houdini (1874–1926), escape artist, had a summer home in Stamford [11] Alan Kalter (1943–2021), announcer on Late Show with David Letterman, lived in the city [12] Christopher Lloyd (born 1938), actor, born in Stamford; Antonio Macia, screenwriter and actor; Don Morrow (1927–2020), actor, announcer and voiceover artist
Homer Stille Cummings (1870–1956), U.S. Attorney General, 1933–1939 and Stamford mayor Florence Finney (1903–1994), first woman to serve as president pro tempore of the Connecticut State Senate
The following is a list of notable people who were born, raised, or a resident of the U.S. state of Connecticut, with place of birth or residence when known. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Born in London [2] on 27 October 1896, he was known from birth by the courtesy title of Lord Grey of Groby.The only son of William Grey, 9th Earl of Stamford and his wife, née (Elizabeth Louisa) Penelope Theobald (1865–1959), he was the brother of Lady Jane Grey (1899–1991), who became on marriage Lady Jane Turnbull.
Old North Stamford Road at Rippowam River in northern Stamford [31]: 2 41°06′54″N 73°32′42″W / 41.115°N 73.545°W / 41.115; -73.545 ( Turn-of-River A lenticular pony truss bridge built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company in 1892, using a design patented by William O. Douglas in 1878 for a lens-type truss bridge .
The district, located in rural northern Stamford near the border with New York, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1] Although the district includes a few early 19th-century properties, the area was most heavily developed between 1850 and 1920, and was a local center of shoe manufacturing until it was bypassed by ...
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