Researching Geoff Palmer
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 35300 people with the Palmer surname? In that year Palmer was ranked number 87 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Geoff means "Form of JEFFREY. God's peace" and is of Not available or unknown origin.
Records of Geoff Palmer on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Geoff Palmer and the Palmer Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 47848 people with the Palmer surname in the UK? Palmer is now ranked number 87 for popularity in the UK. |
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Geoff Palmer (musician)
Geoff Palmer (Geoffrey Palmer born January 17, 1980, in Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States), also known by the stage name Geoff Useless, is an American musician from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He played bass and provided backing vocals for The Queers straight out of high school, and played guitar and did lead vocals for The Guts and The Nobodys.
In early 2011, he did a folk punk solo project with other musicians around Portsmouth called The Geoff Useless (Band). Currently, he co-writes songs for, and plays lead guitar in, a traditional rock and roll /powerpop band called The Connection. The Connection's debut album New England's Newest Hit Makers was released in the Summer of 2011. It, and subsequent releases, captured the attention of Steve Van Zandt, E Street Band member and creator of the popular Sirius XM Radio Station, Little Steven's Underground Garage. Over about a one-year period, Van Zandt went on to name four Connection songs "Coolest Song in the World," putting each in heavy rotation to give the band continual nationwide exposure.
Signed with Stardumb Records, August 13, 2018
Source: Geoff Palmer (musician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaGeoff Palmer (scientist)
Sir Godfrey Henry Oliver Palmer OBE ( born 9 April 1940) is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Life Sciences at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, and a human rights activist.
He discovered the barley abrasion process whilst a researcher at the Brewing Research Foundation from 1968 to 1977. In 1998, Palmer became the fourth person, and the first European, to be honoured with the American Society of Brewing Chemists Award of Distinction, considered the "Nobel prize of brewing".
In 1989, he became the first black professor in Scotland, becoming a professor emeritus after he retired in 2005. He was knighted in the 2014 New Year Honours.
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