Brenton

British

/ ˈbrɛntən /

noun

Howard born 1942, British dramatist, author of such controversial plays as The Churchill Play (1974), The Romans in Britain (1980), (with David Hare) Pravda (1985), and several topical satires with Tariq Ali

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About the author: Brenton Smith is a former policy advisor on Social Security to the Heartland Institute.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

The presence of early Cretaceous dinosaur tracks in both the Robberg Formation and the Brenton Formation suggests that more sites may still be waiting to be found.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2026

Brenton Smith was a policy adviser on Social Security with work appearing in Forbes, Barron’s, MarketWatch, The Hill, and more.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026

Such gestures on Putin's part were always carefully calculated, according to Sir Tony Brenton, another former British ambassador to Russia.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2025

You know I went down to Brenton to see Mr. Tyson about that stock?

From The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]

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