Balch

Balch

Balch is a surname that may apply to:
*Antony Balch (1937-1980), British film director
*Emily Greene Balch (1867-1961), American pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
*Rear Admiral George Beall Balch (1821-1908), American
**USS Balch, named for Admiral Balch
**USS Balch (DD-363) and
**USS Balch (DD-50) also named for Admiral Balch
*Herbert E. Balch (1869-1958), British archaeologist and caver
*Maj. Joseph Pope Balch (1822-1872), American Civil War veteran of Rhode Island
*John Balch, builder of the John Balch House (1679), in Beverly, Massachusetts
*John Henry Balch (1896-1980), United States Navy
*Oscar B. Balch, American decorator who built the Oscar B. Balch House (1911) by Frank Lloyd Wright
*Dr Pamela Balch, president of West Virginia Wesleyan College
*Dr. Reginald Ernest Balch (1894-1994), British Canadian photographer and scientist
*Robert Balch (1945- ), American sociologist
*Stephen Bloomer Balch (1747-1833), American Presbyterian minister
*Stephen H. Balch, American scholar
*Thomas Balch (1821-1877), American historian

It may apply to
*Balch & Bingham, law firm in Birmingham, Alabama
*Balch Cave in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, named for Herbert E. Balch
*Balch Creek in Portland, Oregon, named for settler Danforth Balch
*Balch (crater), a crater on Venus
*Balch Fieldhouse, an arena in Boulder, Colorado
*Balch Hall, at Cornell University
*Balch House (Cincinnati, Ohio), a registered historic building
*Balch Pond, on the Maine-New Hampshire border
*Balch Springs, Texas

For the mildly intoxicating Mayan drink,see Balché.


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  • Balch — (Balkh), turkestan. Landschaft im nördl. Afghanistan, südl. vom Amu darja, größtenteils Wüste. Die Hauptstadt B., 15.000 E., im Mittelalter blühender Handelsplatz (das Baktra der Alten) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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  • Balch — Balch, Emily Greene …   Dictionary of sociology

  • Balch — ‏بلخ‎ Balch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Balch — This name, with variant spellings Baulch, Belch, Belk, Boakes, has two distinct possible origins, the first being a metonymic occupational name for someone involved in the erection of roof beams. The derivation in this case is from the Medieval… …   Surnames reference

  • Balch — I Balch,   Stadt in Nordafghanistan, Balkh. II Balch   [bɔːltʃ], Emily Greene, amerikanische Wirtschaftswissenschaftlerin und Pazifistin, * Jamaica Plain (heute zu Boston, Massachusetts) 8. 1. 1867, ✝ Cambridge (Massachusetts) 9. 1. 1961; 1897… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Balch (Begriffsklärung) — Balch ist der Name mehrerer Orte in Afghanistan Balch Balch (Provinz) in den Vereinigten Staaten: Balch (Arkansas) Balch (Kalifornien) Balch (Washington) Balch Camp, (Kalifornien) Balch Springs, (Texas) Personen: Antony Balch (1937–1980),… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Balch Hall — Balch Hall, or more accurately Balch Halls, is the only all female dormitory at Cornell University. Technically, Balch Hall consists of four eighty student halls, hence the more accurate name Balch Halls , which has fallen out of use.HistoryIn… …   Wikipedia

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