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Arrowsmith (surname)
Arrowsmith is an English-language occupational surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aaron Arrowsmith (1750–1823), English cartographer * Alf Arrowsmith (1942–2005), English footballer * Anna Arrowsmith (born 1972), under the pseudonym Anna Span, British pornographic film director and politician * Arthur Arrowsmith (1880–1954), English footballer who played for Stoke City * Alex Arrowsmith (born 1982), rock musician * Barbara Arrowsmith Young (born 1951), author and learning disability advocate * Cheryl Arrowsmith, Canadian structural biologist * Clive Arrowsmith, English photographer * Edmund Arrowsmith (1585–1628), Roman Catholic martyr and saint * James Arrowsmith (1839–1913), was a British printer and publisher * John Arrowsmith (scholar) (1602–1659), English theologian and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge * John Arrowsmith (cartographer) (1780–1873), geographer and map publisher * John C. Arrowsmith (1894–1985), Brigadier general, US Army * Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Arrowsmith
Aaron Arrowsmith (1750–1823) was an English cartographer, engraver and publisher and founding member of the Arrowsmith family of geographers. Life He moved to Soho Square, London from Winston, County Durham, when about twenty years of age, and was employed by John Cary, the engraver and William Faden. He became Hydrographer to the Prince of Wales and subsequently to the King in 1820. In January 1790 he made himself famous by his large chart of the world on Mercator projection. Four years later he published another large map of the world on the globular projection, with a companion volume of explanation. Improperly called "Arrowsmith's projection," the globular projection used by Arrowsmith was invented by Giovan Battista Nicolosi, of Paternò, Sicily, in 1660, while Arrowsmith did not use it until 1794. The maps of North America (1796) and Scotland (1807) are the most celebrated of his many later productions. In 1804, 63 maps drawn by Arrowsmith and Samuel Lewis of Phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John C
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fletcher (surname)
Fletcher is a surname of French language, French, English language, English, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish, and Irish language, Irish origin. The name is a regional (La Flèche) and an occupational name for an Fletching, arrowsmith (a maker and or seller of arrows), derived from the Old French ''flecher'' (in turn from Old French ''fleche'' "arrow"). The English word was borrowed into the Goidelic languages, leading to the development of the Scottish Gaelic, Scottish name "Mac an Fhleisteir" (also spelt "Mac an Fhleisdeir"), "the arrowsmith's son". Fletcher was not necessarily the surname of a Fletcher/Arrowsmith, for example, ''John Little the Blacksmith'', "Smith" not been his actual surname. The earliest record of the name is Jean de la Flèche (c.1030 – c.1097), a Norman noble from La Flèche, where he became its first Seigneur (lord) and held its original castle (the current one, on the same site is from the 15th century). He was father of Elias I, Count of Maine and a great gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Arrowsmith
William Ayres Arrowsmith (April 13, 1924 – February 21, 1992) was an American classicist, academic, and translator. Life Born in Orange, New Jersey, the son of Walter Weed Arrowsmith and Dorothy (Ayres) Arrowsmith, William grew up in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He went to schools in Massachusetts and Florida, then The Hill School received a A.B. ''summa cum laude'' and Phi Beta Kappa and a Ph.D. from Princeton University, and also earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Oxford University. Arrowsmith was a Rhodes Scholar while at Oxford and later received Wilson, Guggenheim and Rockefeller fellowships. He was awarded ten honorary degrees. Arrowsmith is remembered for his translations of Petronius's ''Satyricon'' (1959) and Aristophanes' plays ''The Birds'' (1961) and ''The Clouds'' (1962), as well as Euripides' ''Alcestis, Cyclops, Heracles, Orestes, Hecuba'', and ''The Bacchae'', and other classical and contemporary works. He was the general editor of the 33-volume ''The G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Arrowsmith
John Thomas Arrowsmith (6 July 1887 – 1950) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in .... References 1887 births 1950 deaths People from the Borough of Harrogate English footballers Association football fullbacks Anston Athletic F.C. players Worksop Town F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-defender-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Arrowsmith
Sue Arrowsmith (1950–2014) was a British artist notable for her experimental photographic and mixed media compositions. Biography Born in Lancashire, Arrowsmith graduated from the University of Nottingham in 1971 before studying at the Slade School of Fine Art in London from 1973 to 1975. Her first solo show was in London in 1982, and in 1985 she had a solo exhibition, which included a series of self-portraits, at the Serpentine Galleries in London's Kensington Gardens. During 1986 and 1987 Arrowsmith was the 'artist in residence' at Wolfson College and at the Kettle's Yard Gallery in Cambridge. From 1987, works by Arrowsmith featured on several occasions in the John Moores Painting Prize exhibition in Liverpool. Examples of her work were also included in the 1988 ''Excavations'' group show in Vienna and Southampton and in ''Photography Now'' at Tate Liverpool and the Victoria & Albert Museum during 1988 and 1989. Her photographs also featured in the Whitechapel Gallery's 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Arrowsmith
Robert Arrowsmith (born 21 May 1952) is an English former cricketer who played 43 first-class matches and one List A game for Lancashire County Cricket Club between 1975 and 1979. After leaving Lancashire, he later played for Northumberland in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou .... External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arrowsmith, Robert 1952 births Living people English cricketers Lancashire cricketers People from Denton, Greater Manchester Cricketers from Greater Manchester Sportspeople from Tameside (district) Northumberland cricketers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy And Florence Arrowsmith
Percy Arrowsmith (13 March 1900 – 15 June 2005) and Florence "Flo" Arrowsmith (31 October 1904 – 9 April 2007) were, until Percy's death, a long time married couple residing in Hereford, England. Life On 1 June 2005, they erroneously made it into ''Guinness World Records'' for the longest marriage for a living couple and the oldest aggregate age of a married couple. They had been married for 80 years, having married in Hereford in 1925, three years after they met. However, the ''Le Monde'' newspaper revealed that one couple in France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ... was even older together and married for a longer time than the Arrowsmiths: André Léon Alphonse Debry (15 June 1898 - 31 August 2005) and Marguerite Pingaud (10 October 1903 - January 2006) we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Arrowsmith
Pat Arrowsmith (born 2 March 1930) has been a prolific English author and peace campaigner. She was a co-founder of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1957. Early life Arrowsmith was born into a clerical family in Leamington Spa as the youngest of three children.Julia Bindel"No time for battle fatigue"''The Guardian'', 30 April 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2016Pat Arrowsmith Orlando Project. Retrieved 6 November 2016 Her mother was Margaret Vera Arrowsmith (née Kingham) and her father Reverend G. E. Arrowsmith. In 1939 the family moved to Torquay, where Arrowsmith studied at Stover School, before transferring to Cheltenham Ladies College in September 1944. She read history at Newnham College, Cambridge, and then read social science at the University of Liverpool and at Ohio University a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croix De Guerre
The ''Croix de Guerre'' (, ''Cross of War'') is a military decoration of France. It was first created in 1915 and consists of a square-cross medal on two crossed swords, hanging from a ribbon with various degree pins. The decoration was first awarded during World War I, again in World War II, and in other conflicts; the '' croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures'' ("cross of war for external theatres of operations") was established in 1921 for these. The Croix de Guerre was also commonly bestowed on foreign military forces allied to France. The Croix de Guerre may be awarded either as an individual award or as a unit award to those soldiers who distinguish themselves by acts of heroism involving combat with the enemy. The medal is awarded to those who have been "mentioned in dispatches", meaning a heroic deed or deeds were performed meriting a citation from an individual's headquarters unit. The unit award of the Croix de Guerre with palm was issued to military ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Noel Arrowsmith
Mary Noel Arrowsmith (May 28, 1890 – October 7, 1965) was an American educator who was awarded a Croix de Guerre for her work with YMCA in France during World War I. Later she was active in promoting safety education and in the peace movement. She also served on the national staff of the YWCA. Early life Mary Noel Arrowsmith was born May 28, 1890, in Connecticut, the daughter of Harold Arrowsmith and Helen Fleming Smith Arrowsmith. Her father was an Episcopal clergyman. She graduated from Smith College in 1913. At Smith, she wrote about Hinduism, and wrote poetry, for the college magazine. World War I During World War I, Arrowsmith worked with YMCA in France in 1918, running a canteen near the front, alongside Gertrude Sumner Ely of Philadelphia. She was awarded the Croix de Guerre for her "great spirit of duty and ability when in danger." She shared a place of honor in a 1919 parade in New York, with fellow YMCA war workers Ely, Frances Gulick, Ethel Creighton Torrance, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Arrowsmith (cartographer)
John Arrowsmith (1790–1873) was an English cartographer. He was born at Winston, County Durham, England. He was the nephew of Aaron Arrowsmith, another English cartographer. In 1810 he joined his uncle in the cartography business. They built on Aaron's ''A map exhibiting all the new discoveries in the interior parts of North America'' 1811 version which was heavily based on information provided by the Hudson's Bay Company, Indian maps, and British Navy sea charts to produce and publish an updated map: ''North America'' in 1821. Their contributions to Canadian cartography led to Mount Arrowsmith, situated east of Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, being named for them. Aaron's sons Aaron Jr. and Samuel were substantially younger than John but inherited their father's business when they were young men (21 and 18 respectively) when Aaron Sr. died in 1823. John took the £200 left to him by his uncle and began working on his own. Aaron Jr and Samuel did not have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
