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Battye
Battye is a surname, a variant of Batty. Notable people with the surname include: * Colin Battye (1936–2018), rugby league footballer * Don Battye (1938–2016), composer * Ian Battye (1952–2007), rugby league footballer * James Battye (1871–1954), librarian * John Battye (1926–2016), football player * Malcolm Battye (born 1941), rugby league footballer * Margaret Battye (1909–1949), lawyer * Neil Battye (born 1963), rugby league footballer See also * Aubyn Trevor-Battye (1855–1922), traveller and naturalist * J S Battye Library The J S Battye Library (more properly known as the J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History) is an arm of the State Library of Western Australia. It stores much of the state's historical records and original publications including books, ... * Battye Glacier, Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica {{surname, Battye English-language surnames Patronymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J S Battye Library
The J S Battye Library (more properly known as the J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History) is an arm of the State Library of Western Australia. It stores much of the state's historical records and original publications including books, newspapers, periodicals, maps, and ephemera, as well as oral history tapes, photographs and artworks, films and video, and non-government records which are kept in the library's Private Archives collection. The Library provides a range of services, including reference, copying, and genealogical services, as well as consultancy and reader education. Founder The Library is named after Dr. James Sykes Battye, the first State Librarian, who began the collection in the early 1900s. It was established in December 1956. Librarians Mollie Lukis and Margaret Medcalf were successors to Battye as Battye librarians, and their long service to the Library was an important part of the library's development. Location The Battye Library is housed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aubyn Trevor-Battye
Aubyn Bernard Rochfort Trevor-Battye, MA, MBOU, FLS, FRGS, FZS (17 July 1855 – 19/20 December 1922) was a British traveller, naturalist and writer. He was born at Hever, Kent, where his father, the Reverend William Wilberforce Battye, was rector. His mother was daughter of Edmund Wakefield Meade-Waldo, resident of Hever Castle.Martin H. Evans, ‘Battye, Aubyn Bernard Rochfort Trevor- (1855–1922)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, Oct 2006 The Rev. W.W. Battye was a descendant of Sir John Trevor (1626-1672) and inherited Trevor estates in 1883. Upon his death in 1890 his surviving family took the heraldic arms of Trevor and the surname Trevor-Battye. After graduating from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1887, Aubyn Trevor-Battye travelled widely in North America and Europe, studying ornithology, shooting game and fishing. In 1894 he made an expedition to the Russian island of Kolguyev in the Barents Sea to study its natural his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Battye
Donald Gordon Battye (29 September 1938 – 28 February 2016) was an Australian composer, writer and television producer, best known for his work with Crawford Productions and Reg Grundy Organisation (known then as Reg Grundy Productions). Biography and career Battye worked on several Crawford Productions television serials as a writer, script editor, and producer including soap opera '' The Box'' in 1976 and 1977, ''The Sullivans'' and police procedural drama series ''Division 4'', '' Bluey'' (1976) and ''Homicide''. Battye and business partner Peter Pinne wrote children's musicals which premiered at the Alexander Theatre, Monash University, from 1973 to 1980. as well as the adult musicals ''All Saints' Day'', ''Don't Tell Helena'', ''A Bunch of Ratbags'', ''It Happened in Tanjablanca'', ''Red White * Boogie'', ''Sweet Fanny Adams'', '' Caroline'', ''The Computer'' and ''Love Travelling Salesman'' (2 folk operas) and '' Prisoner Cell Block H, the Musical''. He later worked for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Battye
James Sykes Battye (1871–1954) was an Australian librarian who was the first chief librarian of the Victoria Public Library in Perth, Western Australia. He was a leading historian, librarian and public figure in Western Australian and also served as a Chancellor of the University of Western Australia. In 1951, ''The West Australian'' newspaper designated him as the Principal librarian and secretary of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia Battye Street in the Canberra suburb of Bruce is named in his honour. Biography James Sykes Battye was born at Geelong, Victoria, on 20 November 1871. His father Daniel Battye, was a wool-weaver from Yorkshire in England. His mother was Maria, (née Quamby). He married Sarah Elizabeth May in Melbourne on 15 May 1895. Battye came to Western Australia from Victoria in 1894 to take up the position which he held until his death in 1954. Although not directly within his professional role, he developed a strong in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Battye
Ian David Battye (birth registered third ¼ 1952 – 28 February 2007), also known by the nickname of "Big Joe", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s. He played at club level for Kippax Welfare ARLFC and Castleford ( Heritage № 586).David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000) "Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History". The History Press Ltd. Background Ian Battye's birth was registered in Barkston Ash district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and he died aged 54 from throat cancer (Oropharyngeal cancer). Genealogical information Ian Battye was married to Mavis, was the father of Michael Battye, and Richard Battye, and the younger brother of Brian H. Battyebirth registeredduring first ¼ in Barkston Ash Barkston Ash is a small village and civil parish close to Selby in North Yorkshire, England. It was formerly known as Barkston in the West Riding of Yorkshire. History The village dates back to at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Battye
Colin Battye (1936 – April 2018) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played at club level for Castleford ( Heritage № 427), as a .David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000) "Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History". The History Press Ltd. Background Colin Battye's birth was registered in Pontefract district, West Riding of Yorkshire in 1936, and he died aged 82 in April 2018. Playing career County League appearances Colin Battye played in Castleford's victory in the Yorkshire county league during the 1964–65 season. BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final appearances Colin Battye played , i.e. number 2, in Castleford's 4-0 victory over St. Helens in the 1965 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the 1965–66 season at Knowsley Road Knowsley Road in Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, was the home ground of St. Helens from 1890 until its closure in 2010. St Helens Town FC played their home fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Battye
Margaret Battye (9 August 1909 – 16 November 1949) was an Australian barrister and jurist, who was one of the most influential women in politics, business and the legal advancement in Oceania. Battye was the first woman to represent a client and begin a legal practice in Western Australia, and she held a number of roles in the early history of the state's division of the Liberal Party of Australia. Biography Margaret Battye was the only daughter of Nellie May, née Robertson, and Charles Battye, a librarian and brother of J. S. Battye. She was born in Subiaco, Western Australia on 9 August 1909, and attended Perth Modern School before undertaking a law degree at the University of Western Australia. She obtained a Bachelor of Laws in 1931, and a postgraduate degree in 1933, the same year she was admitted to the bar. Battye was one of four women to emerge from the law school in 1930, the same year's graduates included Sheila McClemans. Her first case, judged in favour of her c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Battye
Malcolm Battye (birth registered third ¼ 1941) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s. He played at club level for Castleford ( Heritage № 462) and Doncaster (Heritage № 246), as a , i.e. number 3 or 4.David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000). "Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History". The History Press Ltd. Background Malcolm Battye's birth was registered in Pontefract district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Playing career County League appearances Malcolm Battye played in Castleford's victory in the Yorkshire County League during the 1964–65 season. BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final appearances Malcolm Battye played right-, i.e. number 3, in Castleford's 4-0 victory over St. Helens in the 1965 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the 1965–66 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Tuesday 14 December 1965. Genealogical information Malcolm Battye is the younger brother of Derek Battye, Barb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Battye
Neil Battye (born 11 August 1963) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at club level for Stanley Rangers ARLFC, Castleford ( Heritage № 627), Leeds ( Heritage №) and the Featherstone Rovers ( Heritage № 720), as a , i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000) "Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History". The History Press Ltd. Background Neil Battye was born in Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England Playing career County Cup Final appearances Neil Battye played left-, i.e. number 11, (replaced by interchange/ substitute Martin Ketteridge) in Castleford's 11-8 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the 1990 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1990–91 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Sunday 23 September 1990, and played left-, and scored a try in the 28-6 victory over Bradford Northern in the 1991 Yorkshire County Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Battye
John Edward Battye (19 May 1926 – June 2016) was an English professional footballer who played for Huddersfield Town and York City. He was born in Scissett, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng .... References * 1926 births 2016 deaths People from Scissett Footballers from Huddersfield English footballers Association football wing halves Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players York City F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-midfielder-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battye Glacier
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] |
Batty
Batty is a surname and is most commonly found in Yorkshire, northern England. It is derived from ''Batte'', a medieval form of the given name Bartholomew. Notable people with the surname include: * Basil Batty (1873–1952), Anglican bishop * Bob Batty (1939–2004), Australian rugby league footballer * David Batty (born 1968), English former association (soccer) footballer * De Witt Batty (1879–1961), English-born Bishop of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (1931–58) * Emily Batty (born 1988), Canadian racing cyclist * Fred Batty (1934–2007), English footballer * Gareth Batty (born 1977), English cricketer * Grant Batty (born 1951), New Zealand former rugby union footballer * Jane Batty (born 1946), Canadian politician * Jason Batty (born 1971), retired New Zealand footballer * Jeremy Batty (born 1971), English cricketer * Jonathan Batty (born 1974), English cricketer * Kenneth Batty (born 1945), English former rugby league footballer * Nathan Batty (born 1982), Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
