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- Douglas MarlandDouglas MarlandDouglas Marland was an American actor and writer of soap operas.-Career:He began his soap opera career as an actor, appearing on the Irna Phillips series The Brighter Day and As the World Turns. He also did odd jobs on the side as a director for small theatre groups...
, soap opera script writer - E. W. MarlandE. W. MarlandErnest Whitworth Marland was an American lawyer, oil businessman, and politician who served as the tenth Governor of Oklahoma.-Career as an Oilman:...
, Oklahoma governor - Jonathan Marland, Baron MarlandJonathan Marland, Baron MarlandJonathan Peter Marland, Baron Marland is a British businessman and former Treasurer of the Conservative Party. He was awarded a life peerage in 2006 as Baron Marland, of Odstock in the County of Wiltshire.-Education:...
, a British businessman and Conservative politician - Lydie MarlandLydie MarlandLydie Marland , American socialite, was born Lyde Miller Roberts in Flourtown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, the second child to George Frederick Roberts and Margaret Reynolds Roberts and granddaughter of George W. Roberts and Mary B. Roberts and Samuel Cavin Collins, Sr. and Lydie "Eliza" ...
, American socialite - Margaret MarlandMargaret MarlandMargaret Marland is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 2003, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris.Marland worked as a bank accountant and dental assistant in private life...
, Canadian politician - Paul MarlandPaul MarlandPaul Marland is a British Conservative politician.Marland became an Member of Parliament on his third attempt by gaining the marginal seat of West Gloucestershire from Labour in 1979. He served until 1997 when the seat was abolished by boundary changes...
, British politician - William C. MarlandWilliam C. MarlandWilliam Casey Marland , a Democrat, was the 24th Governor of West Virginia from 1953 to 1957. He is best known for his early attempts to tax companies that depleted the state's natural resources, especially coal, as well as overseeing the generally non-violent implementation of school...
, West Virginia governor
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- Marland Oil CompanyMarland Oil CompanyMarland Oil Company was an American oil company founded in 1917, by Ponca City, Oklahoma oil exploration pioneer E. W. Marland when he assembled his various holdings including the 101 Ranch Oil Company into one unit, forming Marland Oil Company...
- Marland ReportMarland reportThe Marland report is a 1972 report to the Congress of the United States by S. P. Marland, which contains a widely known definition of giftedness of children. It is the first national report on gifted education...
- A Federal report on Gifted and Talented Education in the U.S.