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Abbs is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Annabel Abbs (born 1964), English author * John Abbs (1810–1888), English missionary * Louisa Sewell Abbs (1811–1872), English missionary * Peter Abbs (1942–2020), English academic * Tom Abbs (born 1972), American musician * Walter Abbs, namesake of the Walter Abbs House See also * Mount Abbs, mountain in Antarctica * St. Abbs St Abbs is a small fishing village on the southeastern coast of Scotland, within the Coldingham parish of Scottish Borders. The village was originally known as ''Coldingham Shore'', the name St Abbs being adopted in the 1890s. The new name was ..., village in Berwickshire, Scotland * '' Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica'' (ABBS) * ABB (other) References {{surname, Abbs Surnames of English origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabel Abbs
Annabel Abbs (born 20 October 1964) is an English writer and novelist. Early life The daughter of poet and academic, Professor Peter Abbs and gardening writer, Barbara Abbs, Annabel Abbs lives in London and East Sussex. She is the eldest of three children and was born in Bristol. She grew up in Bristol, Dorset, Wales, and Lewes in East Sussex. She attended Lewes Priory school and has a BA in English Literature from the University of East Anglia, and an MA from Kingston University. Career Her first novel, ''The Joyce Girl'', was published in 2016 and tells a fictionalised story of Lucia Joyce, daughter of James Joyce. It won the Impress Prize for New Writers, the Spotlight First Novel Award, was longlisted for the Bath Novel Award, the Caledonia Novel Award and the Waverton Good Read Award. ''The Joyce Girl'' was a Reader Pick in ''The Guardian'' 2016 and was one of ten books selected for presentation at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival, where it was given Five Stars by the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Abbs
Rev. John Abbs (1810–1888) was an English missionary sent out to Southern India by the London Missionary Society. He spent 22 years in Travancore, a period rarely exceeded by European missionaries in India at that time. He was the husband of Louisa Sewell Abbs and the author of ''Twenty-Two Years' Missionary Experience in Travancore''. Christianity remains strong in the area where he worked. Background Abbs was born in Norwich on 20 December 1810; his father Zachariah Abbs was a boot and shoemaker born in 1775 in Sustead, Norfolk, and his mother, Mary Holl, was born in 1776 in Norwich. His father belonged to the congregation of St Michael's, Coslany, in Norwich and appears as a witness to various wills and testaments in his lifetime. Missionary work From 1834 to 1837, Abbs studied at the nonconformist theological college of Cheshunt. He was ordained at the conclusion of the Norfolk Auxiliary Meeting on 23 August 1837, and on the same day appointed to Neyyoor, South Travancore. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisa Sewell Abbs
Louisa Sewell Abbs (née Skipper) (1811–1872) was the wife of English missionary Rev. John Abbs who helped establish the lace and embroidery industry in Travancore, Southern India. She also founded and taught at girls boarding schools during her time in India. Background She was born in Norwich 1811. Her father was Samuel Skipper b. 1781 in Sinfield, Norfolk and her mother was Amelia Powell b. 1782 in Beccles, Suffolk. Although born in Norwich, her earlier life was spent in the rural village of Forncett. She attended a school run by a Unitarian minister, whose family loaned her many books. She attended the Parish Church in the morning and the Unitarian chapel in the afternoon. She became involved with the Church Missionary Auxiliary in Norwich, She assisted in organising prayer meetings, collecting for the church and the Jewish community, visiting the poor and afflicted. She became a member of the tabernacle and a Sabbath school teacher, although she maintained her relations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Abbs
Peter Francis AbbsInternational Who's Who in Poetry 2005, 13th edition, ed. Robert J. Elster, Europa Publications, 2005, p. 3 (22 February 1942 – December 2020) was an English poet and academic, born in Cromer, Norfolk. He was the author of ten books of poetry and numerous works on the philosophy of education and creative writing. He was the father of writer Annabel Abbs. Early life Second son of Eric Charles Abbs, a bus driver, and Mary (née Bullock), a shop assistant,Who's Who in the World 1991-1992, Marquis Who's Who, 1990, p. 2 Abbs was born at Cromer, and grew up on the North Norfolk coast. The bare landscape was to exert a significant influence on his later poetry, as was the walled garden at Upper Sheringham Hall, where his grandfather was head gardener. His mother was deeply committed to the Catholic faith and this influenced his boyhood desire to become a priest. After leaving St Joseph's School in Sheringham in 1954, Abbs travelled to Liverpool to join Saint Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Abbs
Tom Abs (born 1972) is an American multi-instrumentalist and filmmaker. He works primarily in jazz, free jazz, and free improvisation, and plays double bass, tuba, cello, violin, didgeridoo, and wooden flute, often playing several instruments simultaneously. Career A native of Seattle, Washington, Abs attended The New School, studying with Reggie Workman, Buster Williams, Joe Chambers, Brian Smith, Junior Mance, Arnie Lawrence, Chico Hamilton, and Arthur Taylor. He began his performing career in 1992. He has worked with Lawrence "Butch" Morris, Charles Gayle, Daniel Carter, Cooper-Moore, Steve Swell, Roy Campbell, Jr., Sabir Mateen, Ori Kaplan, Jemeel Moondoc, Assif Tsahar, Borah Bergman, Billy Bang, Andrew Lamb, and Warren Smith. Abbs is a member of Triptych Myth, Yuganaut, and Transmitting (with Napoleon Maddox and Jane LeCroy). He leads the band Frequency Response and tours with his solo multimedia act Multifarious. He has collaborated with the painter M. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Abbs House
The Walter Abbs House, is a Queen Anne style house designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and constructed in Boise, Idaho, USA, in 1903. The five room house is part of the Fort Street Historic District, and it was included as a contributing property on November 12, 1982. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 1982. With Walter J. Abbs arrived in Boise in 1901 and formed the firm of McGrew & Abbs, abstract Abstract may refer to: * ''Abstract'' (album), 1962 album by Joe Harriott * Abstract of title a summary of the documents affecting title to parcel of land * Abstract (law), a summary of a legal document * Abstract (summary), in academic publishi ... researchers, mortgage lenders, and insurance agents. When his business was absorbed by the Boise Title and Trust Co. in 1906, Abbs became general manager and secretary of the new firm. Abbs was an investor in Boise's Abbs Subdivision, and lots on Abbs Street and on Abbs Lane were sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Abbs
On the continent of Antarctica, the Aramis Range is the third range south in the Prince Charles Mountains, situated 11 miles southeast of the Porthos Range and extending for about 30 miles in a southwest–northeast direction. It was first visited in January 1957 by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) southern party led by W.G. Bewsher, who named it for a character in Alexandre Dumas' novel The Three Musketeers, the most popular book read on the southern journey. Features Amery Peaks The Amery Peaks () are a group of peaks which extend for about along the southeast side of Nemesis Glacier. They were discovered by the ANARE southern party of 1956–57 and so named because of their proximity to the Amery Ice Shelf. * Mount Loewe () is the most northerly of the Amery Peaks, rising to northeast of Mount Seaton. It was named for Fritz Loewe, a member of the ANARE reconnaissance party in the ''Wyatt Earp'', 1947–48, and the Australian observer with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acta Biochimica Et Biophysica Sinica
''Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica'' (ABBS) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal which publishes original research articles, short communications, and reviews in the fields of biochemistry and biophysics. Established in 1958, the journal is sponsored by the Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, an institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is published monthly by Oxford Journals and was published by Blackwell Publishing prior to January 2009. Abstracting and indexing This journal is indexed in the following databases: * Science Citation Index Expanded * Zoological Record * BIOSIS Previews * Chemical Abstracts Service – CASSI CAS (formerly Chemical Abstracts Service) is a division of the American Chemical Society. It is a source of chemical information. CAS is located in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Print periodicals ''Chemical Abstracts'' is a periodical index tha ... * Index medicus * MEDLINE * PubMed Former title ''Acta Biochimica et Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABB (other)
ABB is a Swedish-Swiss high-tech engineering multinational corporation. ABB may also refer to: *abb, ISO 639-3 code for the Bankon language, a Bantu language of Cameroon *ABB, former IATA code of RAF Abingdon *ABB, IATA code of Asaba International Airport in Nigeria *ABB, reporting mark of the Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad *αΒΒ, a deterministic global optimization algorithm * Azərbaycan Beynaxalq Bankı, the International Bank of Azerbaijan * ABB Grain, an Australian agribusiness *Anders Behring Breivik, A Norwegian terrorist * African Blood Brotherhood, a former radical black liberation group in the United States * Alex Boncayao Brigade, a Filipino communist death squad * The Allman Brothers Band, an American rock band *'' Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics'', a peer-reviewed scientific periodical * Activity Based Budgeting * ABB (banana), a clade of banana * Aussie Broadband Aussie Broadband (ABB) is an Australian operated telecommunications company that w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
