Famous People with Name Bridges

Calvin Blackman Bridges            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Calvin Blackman Bridges: was an American scientist, known for his contributions to the field of genetics. Along with Alfred Sturtevant and H.J. Muller, Bridges was part of the famous fly room of Thomas Hunt Morgan at Columbia University.Bridges wrote a masterful Ph.D. thesis on "Non-disjunction as proof of the chromosome theory of heredity." It appeared as the first paper in the first issue of the journal Genetics in 1916.His work with sex linked traits in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster suggested that chromosomes contained genes. Later Nettie Maria Stephens was able to prove this hypothesis by examining the chromosomes of the fruit flies

Robert Seymour Bridges            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Robert Seymour Bridges: was an English poet, and poet laureate from 1913 to 1930.Bridges' literary work started long before his retirement, his first collection of poems having been published in 1873. In 1884 he married Monica Waterhouse, daughter of Alfred Waterhouse R.A., and

Marilyn Bridges            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Marilyn Bridges: is an American photographer noted for her aerial photographs of ancient and modern landscapes of extraordinary and often religious sites.Bridges was born in Newark, New Jersey. She studied at the Rochester Institute of Technology, earning her Bachelor of

Bles Bridges            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Bles Bridges: . He was born Lawrence John Gabriel Bridges, but became known as Bles Bridges. His Irish granddad called him Bles, because he has very thin hair from an early age. He was a much loved South African singer.He released his first album in 1982, Onbekende Weermagman (Unknown Soldier). His professional career began in 1984, with the release of his second album, BLES which went gold in under a month (25,000 copies) and included Maggie, one of his most loved songs. It sold twice that by the time his third album was released.

Alicia Bridges            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alicia Bridges: is a US singer who cowrote and performed her international hit "I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)" in 1978.Alicia Bridges was born near Charlotte North Carolina and was raised in Lawndale, a small town in Cleveland County. She sang from a very young age