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Bancroft (surname)
Bancroft is a place name-derived English surname originating in the 13th Century with three purported origins: the locale Bancroft in Ardeley, Hertfordshire; the locale of Bancroft Field in Soham, Cambridgeshire; or an Old English transliteration of the phrase "dweller by the bean field'. Bancroft is thought to be related in origin to two other surnames, Bangcroft and Bencroft. Notable people sharing this surname * The Bancroft family, previous owners of Dow Jones & Company * Aaron Bancroft (1755–1839), Colonial American clergyman and Revolutionary War soldier * Ann Bancroft (born 1955), American explorer * Anne Bancroft (1931–2005), American actress * Billy Bancroft (1871–1959), Welsh international rugby union player and county cricketer * Cameron Bancroft (cricketer) (born 1992), Australian cricketer * Cameron Bancroft (actor) (born 1967), Canadian actor * Dave Bancroft (1891–1972), American baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame * Edward Bancroft (17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toponymy
Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of ''toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a proper name of any geographical feature, and full scope of the term also includes proper names of all cosmographical features. In a more specific sense, the term ''toponymy'' refers to an inventory of toponyms, while the discipline researching such names is referred to as ''toponymics'' or ''toponomastics''. Toponymy is a branch of onomastics, the study of proper names of all kinds. A person who studies toponymy is called ''toponymist''. Etymology The term toponymy come from grc, τόπος / , 'place', and / , 'name'. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' records ''toponymy'' (meaning "place name") first appearing in English in 1876. Since then, ''toponym'' has come to replace the term ''place-name'' in professional discourse among geographers. Toponym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bancroft (actor)
George Bancroft (September 30, 1882 – October 2, 1956) was an American film actor, whose career spanned seventeen years from 1925 to 1942. He was cast in many notable films alongside major film stars throughout his Hollywood years. Early years Bancroft was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1882. He attended Tomes Institute in Port Deposit, Maryland. Maritime work After working on merchant marine vessels at age 14, Bancroft was an apprentice on and later served on and ''West Indies''. Additionally, during the Battle of Manila Bay (1898), he was a gunner on . During his days in the Navy, he staged plays aboard ship. In 1900, he swam underneath the hull of the battleship to check the extent of the damage after it struck a rock off the coast of China. For this, he was appointed to the United States Naval Academy, but found it too restrictive for his tastes and left to pursue a theatrical career.The reference work ''American Classic Screen Profiles'' says of Bancroft, "He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Bancroft
Joseph Bancroft (21 February 1836 – 16 June 1894) was a surgeon, pharmacologist and parasitologist born in England, who emigrated to Queensland, Australia. Early life Bancroft was born in Stretford, near Manchester, Lancashire, the only son of Joseph Bancroft, a farmer, and his wife Mary, ''née'' Lane. He took a five-year apprenticeship with Dr Jeremiah Renshaw at Sale in Cheshire. He later studied at the Manchester Royal School of Medicine and Surgery (M.R.C.S., L.S.A., 1859), where he won several prizes. He took his medical degree at the University of St Andrews in 1859 and later became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. He practised at Nottingham until 1864, then emigrated to Queensland after being advised a warmer climate would improve his health. Career in Australia Bancroft arrived in Brisbane on 29 October 1864, having travelled on the ''Lady Young'' as a surgeon. After a short holiday he began to practise in a residential quarter of Brisbane, and soon beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bancroft (businessman)
John Bancroft is an English businessman, based in Derbyshire, United Kingdom. He was awarded a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire as part of Queen Elizabeth's 2013 Birthday Honours for his services to business in Nottinghamshire. Bancroft is the founder, managing director and chairman of UK-based Badgemaster. He is also founder and chairman of the Badgemaster Group. His work in the Nottinghamshire area, led to his company receiving Nottinghamshire County Council's first "Bridge to Work" Award in 1997. Career John Bancroft started his career in the corporate clothing industry, working for Sketchley Services as their National Sales Manager. After working at Sketchley, Bancroft decided that there was a gap in the market for quality badges, as many of the badges at the time were imports of a low quality. In 1992, Bancroft founded Badgemaster with his wife Vicky. In the early days, the Nottinghamshire based company traded from a small portacabin with a sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bancroft (sexologist)
Dr John H.J. Bancroft (born 1936) is a physician who was Director of The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction at Indiana University from 1995 to 2004. He was a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine. Bancroft received his B.A. in 1960 and his M.D. in 1970 from the Cambridge University. Bancroft was succeeded as Director of the Kinsey Institute in 2004 by Julia Heiman. Bancroft was a practitioner of electroshock conversion therapy Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change an individual's sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression to align with heterosexual and cisgender norms. In contrast to evidence-based medicine and cli .... References American psychiatrists American sexologists Indiana University faculty Alumni of the University of Cambridge 1936 births Living people {{US-psychiatrist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bancroft (architect)
John Bancroft (28 October 1928 – 29 August 2011) was a British architect noted for his Brutalist designs for the Greater London Council (GLC). He joined the Architects’ Department of the GLC in 1957 and led the project to build Pimlico School from 1964 to 1970. The building was demolished in 2010 by Westminster City Council. Bancroft explained the design of the school in a 2008 interview: "I wanted pupils to feel they were part of a community... So I divided the place up into a form of glass screen so you would get views down from the level you were at into the other parts of the school. And also I wanted to make sure that you could from time to time glimpse the outside so that you would know where you were in the great surrounding community that Pimlico is, and the buildings surrounding it" His other school designs include the Elfrida Rathbone Girls' School in Camden and the Philippa Fawcett Teacher Training College in Streatham. Bancroft was a staunch defender of the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bancroft (dramatist)
John Bancroft (died 1696) was an English dramatist, by profession a surgeon. He was buried in St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden. Works He is said to have had a good practice among frequenters of the theatres, and to have been led to write for the stage. One tragedy, the materials for which are drawn from Plutarch, is unquestionedly his. This is ''Sertorius'', which was licensed for performance 10 March 1678–79, and was printed in 1679. It was played in the same year at the Theatre Royal, subsequently known as Drury Lane. '' Henry the Second, King of England, with the Death of Rosamond'', produced in 1692 at the Theatre Royal, is also assigned to Bancroft, though the dedication is signed "Will. Mountfort, 1693" a date subsequent to William Mountfort's murder. ''Henry the Second'' was printed in 1693. It is included in ''Six Plays written by Mr. Mountfort in two volumes'', London: printed for Jacob Tonson, George Strahan and William Mears, 1720. Thomas Coxeter, by whom the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bancroft (bishop)
John Bancroft (1574–1640) was a bishop of Oxford and a University of Oxford administrator. He was Master of University College, Oxford.Darwall-Smith, Robin, ''A History of University College, Oxford''. Oxford University Press, 2008. . John Bancroft was the nephew of Richard Bancroft (1544–1610), Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor of Oxford University. He was a student at Christ Church, Oxford. Bancroft was elected Master of University College unanimously in March 1610 due to his uncle's influence. The Front Quad of the college was rebuilt in stages from 1610, replacing the original medieval buildings, only to be completed much later in 1677. In 1632, he relinquished his position of the Master of University College and became Bishop of Oxford. As Bishop of Oxford, he erected Cuddesdon Palace Cuddesdon Palace was the episcopal palace for the Bishop of Oxford, located near the village of Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire, England. History Cuddesdon Palace was completed by 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessie Hubbell Bancroft
Jessie Hubbell Bancroft (1867-1952) was an American educator, a pioneer of physical educationRuth Evan"Jessie H. Bancroft" ''Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation'', Volume 31, Issue 4, 1960, and a founder and a president of the American Posture League. She was born in Winona, Minnesota and was exposed to the Delsarte System of Physical Culture while studying at Winona Normal School. During 1893-1903 she was Director of Physical Training of the Brooklyn Schools and from 1904 until retirement in 1928 she was Assistant Director of Physical Education of the schools of Greater New York City. She was an author of many professional publications on posture, including her insightful 1913 book, ''The Posture of School Children'', as well as other literature on physical education. In addition to founding of the APL, she was a founder of the American Association for the Advancement of Physical Education and the only woman to serve as its secretary (1902-1903). She was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Bancroft
Jack Bancroft (9 October 1879 – 7 January 1942), Scrum.com born John Bancroft, was a Wales, Welsh cricketer, and rugby union international. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper who played for Glamorgan County Cricket Club, Glamorgan. Bancroft also played rugby for Swansea RFC.Smith (1980), pg 463. He was born and died in Swansea. Bancroft's brother, Billy Bancroft, Billy, was a Wales national rugby union team, Welsh rugby international and the first paid professional for the Glamorgan cricketing side. His father William was groundsman at St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground, St. Helen's rugby and cricket ground, and Jack showed great interest and skill in both cricket and rugby from an early age. Rugby career As well as playing for Swansea at club level, Bancroft was capped eighteen times for the Wales ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Bancroft, Baron Bancroft
Ian Powell Bancroft, Baron Bancroft (23 December 1922 – 19 November 1996) was a British senior civil servant. Life He was born at Barrow-in-Furness, the son of a teacher. He was educated at Sir William Turner's Grammar School, Coatham and Balliol College, Oxford, where he read English. He served with the Rifle Brigade in France from 1942 to 1943, reaching the rank of Captain. Dalyell, TamObituary: Lord Bancroft ''The Independent'', 22 November 1996. After leaving the Army he joined the Civil Service, serving as Private Secretary to the Second Secretary to the Treasury Sir Henry Wilson Smith from 1948 to 1950, to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rab Butler from 1953 to 1955, and also to Butler as Lord Privy Seal from 1955 to 1957. He was Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Reginald Maudling in 1964, continuing under James Callaghan until 1966, when he became an Under-Secretary to the Treasury. In 1968 he moved to the same position in the new Civil Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huldah Bancroft
Huldah Bancroft (died September 25, 1966) was an American biostatistician at Tulane University, known for her textbook on biostatistics and for her research on tropical infectious diseases including typhoid fever and leprosy. Education and career Bancroft graduated from the University of Michigan in 1915; she earned a master's degree at Columbia University and, in 1944, a Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University, where she had been working as an assistant professor of biometrics. In 1947 she moved from Case to Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private university, private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into ..., where she was appointed as an associate professor in the newly founded Department of Tropical Diseases and Public Health. By 1961 she had retired. Book She published her book ''Introduction to Biostati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
