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Blacker Courtyard
People Blacker can refer to the following people: * Ann Thetis Blacker (1927–2006), British painter and singer * Cpt Dr Carlos Blacker MC GM FRCP ("C.P. Blacker", 1895–1975), British war hero, psychiatrist and eugenicist * Carmen Blacker FBA (1924–2009), British scholar of the Japanese language, daughter of Dr Carlos Blacker * General Sir Cecil Blacker GCB OBE MC (1916–2002), British soldier and Adjutant-General to the Forces, father of Terence Blacker, great-grandson of Lt Col William Blacker * Charles Blacker Vignoles (1793–1875), British railway engineer, eponym of the Vignoles flat-bottomed rail * Dr Coit D. Blacker, 20th- and 21st-century American academic in international studies, Special Assistant for National Security Affairs to President Clinton * David Blacker, 21st-century Sri Lankan Burgher author and creative director in advertising * George Blacker (antiquary) (1791–1871), Irish clergyman and antiquary * Sir George Blacker (obstetrician) CBE FRCP FRC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Thetis Blacker
Ann Thetis Blacker (13 December 1927 – 18 December 2006) was an English painter and singer. She was noted for her richly coloured pictures, especially using the batik wax-resist fabric dyeing process. Blacker was born in Holmbury St Mary, Surrey, England. She was the daughter of Carlos Paton Blacker, a psychiatrist, and granddaughter of Carlos Blacker, a friend of Oscar Wilde. Blacker intended to be a singer and studied with the German mezzo-soprano singer Elena Gerhardt in London. She appeared in the chorus at Glyndebourne opera in the 1950s and sang the role of "Mother Goose" in ''The Rake's Progress'' by Igor Stravinsky. When her singing career was cut short by vocal issues in the mid-1950s, Blacker turned her focus to painting. She studied at the Chelsea School of Art in London and was taught by the wife of the artist Leonard Campbell Taylor, Brenda Moore. In 1970, Blacker became a Churchill Fellow and visited India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. She w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert R
Robert Lee Rayford (February 3, 1953 – May 15 1969), sometimes identified as Robert R. due to his age, was an American teenager from Missouri who has been suggested to represent the earliest confirmed case of HIV/AIDS in North America based on evidence which was published in 1988 in which the authors claimed that medical evidence indicated that he was "infected with a virus closely related or identical to human immunodeficiency virus type 1." Rayford died of pneumonia, but his other symptoms baffled the doctors who treated him. A study published in 1988 reported the detection of antibodies against HIV. Results of testing for HIV genetic material were reported once at a scientific conference in Australia in 1999; however, the data has never been published in a peer-reviewed medical or scientific journal. Background Robert Rayford was born on February 3, 1953, in St. Louis, Missouri to Constance Rayford (September 12, 1931 – April 3, 2011) and Joseph Benny Bell (March 24, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blacker Bombard
The Blacker Bombard, also known as the 29-mm Spigot Mortar, was an infantry anti-tank weapon devised by Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Blacker in the early years of the Second World War. Intended as a means to equip Home Guard units with an anti-tank weapon in case of German invasion, at a time of grave shortage of weapons, it was accepted only after the intervention of Churchill. Although there were doubts about the effectiveness of the Bombard, many were issued. Few, if any, saw combat. Development With the end of the Battle of France and the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the port of Dunkirk between 26 May and 4 June 1940, a German invasion of Great Britain seemed likely. However, the British Army was not well-equipped to defend the country in such an event; in the weeks after the Dunkirk evacuation it could field only twenty-seven divisions.Lampe, p. 3 (The German Army had more than 100 divisions at that time.) The Army was particularly short of anti-tank g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blacker's Art Of Fly Making
''Blacker's Art of Fly Making'' - ''comprising angling and dyeing of colours with engravings of Salmon and Trout flies shewing the process of the gentle craft as taught in the pages with descriptions of flies for the season of the year as they come out on the water'' is a work of fly tying literature with significant fly fishing content written by William Blacker (angler), William Blacker, a London fishing tackle, tackle dealer and first published in London in 1842 by George Nichols. The 1842 and 1843 editions were only 48 pages while, the 1855 edition was considerably expanded by Blacker with hand-painted, colored illustrations and 252 pages. Synopsis ''Blacker's Art Fly Making'' is best described by the author himself in the preface to the second edition (1855): I know not how to apologise for submitting a Second Edition of this little Book to the notice of the Angling few, after the appearance of so many by clever writers, except the many calls I had for It, and a sincere desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blacker (Transformers)
is an animated series produced by Toei Animation. It is a Japanese-produced spin-off of the well-known original ''Transformers'' animated series, and the final complete animated series from the original " Generation 1" era. Development Following the conclusion of the American ''Transformers'' cartoon series in 1987, Takara, the Japanese producers of the Transformers toyline, opted to create unique anime for their shores to advertise their own version of the Transformers toyline, which began to grow further and further apart from its American progenitor. After '' Transformers: The Headmasters'' in 1987 and '' Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' in 1988, ''Transformers: Victory'' was produced in 1989. These Japanese-exclusive ''Transformers'' series had been moving further and further away from the stylistic roots of the American series, and ''Victory'' represents this divergence at its greatest. The visual style of ''Victory'' is derived heavily from the anime of the time, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blacker (security)
Blacker (styled BLACKER) is a U.S. Department of Defense computer network security project designed to achieve A1 class ratings (very high assurance) of the Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC). The first Blacker program began in the late 1970s, with a follow-on eventually producing fielded devices in the late 1980s. It was the first secure system with trusted end-to-end encryption on the United States' Defense Data Network. The project was implemented by SDC (software) and Burroughs (hardware), and after their merger, by the resultant company Unisys Unisys Corporation is an American multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. It provides digital workplace solutions, cloud, applications, and infrastructure solutions, .... See also * RED/BLACK concept for segregation of sensitive ''plaintext'' information (RED signals) from ''encrypted'' ciphertext (BLACK signals) References Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Blacker Elliott
Bishop A. B. Elliott (1887 – 19 December 1970) was the second Bishop - in - Dornakal Diocese of the Church of South India succeeding V. S. Azariah as well as the second Bishop - in - Diocese of Krishna-Godavari. Elliott lived the life of a Catholic priest and never got married even though the institution of marriage was optional in the Anglican Church. From the time he came to Dornakal in 1913, Elliott remained serving the cause of the Church until his death, aged 83. Anthony Blacker Elliott studied at the Trinity College Dublin, taking a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1912 and came to India as a missionary of the Church Missionary Society in 1913 soon after the erection of the Diocese of Dornakal. After nearly two decades of episcopal ministry, he was made Assistant Bishop - in - Dornakal in 1935 and elevated as bishop in 1945, the year in which Bishop V. S. Azariah died. From 1945 to 1955, Eliott occupied the Cathedra at the Ephiphany Cathedral, Dornakal until his tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Blacker (politician)
William James Blacker (30 May 1843 – 22 November 1913) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seats of Noarlunga from 1892 to 1902 and Alexandra from 1902 to 1913, representing the Liberal and Democratic Union from 1906 to 1910 and the Liberal Union from 1910 to 1913. He was colloquially known as "Old Bill Blacker". Blacker was born at Radstock, Somerset in the United Kingdom, and migrated to South Australia with his family in 1855. His family settled at Yankalilla, where he was educated. He farmed at Yankalilla for 16 years, and in 1871 took up his own farm at Willunga, which he held for the rest of his life. He also operated an auctioneering business for around thirty years, which he later sold to Bagot, Shakes & Lewis. He married Elizabeth Pomeroy in 1872, and had five sons and three daughters. He was heavily involved in Freemasonry: he was a member of the Order of Foresters from age 18 until his death, was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Blacker (angler)
Lieutenant-Colonel William Blacker (1 September 1777 – 25 November 1855''Burke's Peerage'' gives information for two contemporaries named William Blacker. Page 103 gives and brother of Valentine Blacker with 1776 as birth and 20 October 1850 as death. Page 104 gives a distant relative of Valentine Blacker with 1 September 1777 as birth and 1855 as death. It appears the distant relative, whose father was Dean Blacker (died 1 December 1826) was the author and subject of this biography.) was a British Army officer, Commissioner of the Treasury of Ireland, and author.John Burke, Bernard Burke, Peter Townend, ed. (1875). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. H. Colburn (p. 103). His published work is sometimes attributed under the names Fitz Stewart or Colonel Blacker. Life and career Born in Carrickblacker House, in the Oneilland East barony (Ireland), barony in County Armagh, he entered the University of Dublin in the 1790s. Blacker was a participant at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Blacker
Lieutenant-Colonel William Blacker (1 September 1777 – 25 November 1855''Burke's Peerage'' gives information for two contemporaries named William Blacker. Page 103 gives and brother of Valentine Blacker with 1776 as birth and 20 October 1850 as death. Page 104 gives a distant relative of Valentine Blacker with 1 September 1777 as birth and 1855 as death. It appears the distant relative, whose father was Dean Blacker (died 1 December 1826) was the author and subject of this biography.) was a British Army officer, Commissioner of the Treasury of Ireland, and author.John Burke, Bernard Burke, Peter Townend, ed. (1875). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. H. Colburn (p. 103). His published work is sometimes attributed under the names Fitz Stewart or Colonel Blacker. Life and career Born in Carrickblacker House, in the Oneilland East barony in County Armagh, he entered the University of Dublin in the 1790s. Blacker was a participant at the Battle of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentine Blacker
Valentine Blacker CB (19 October 1778Burke, John (1835). ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank, Vol. II.'' Publisher: R. Bentley for Henry Colburn – 4 February 1826Holmes and Co. (Calcutta), The Bengal Obituary Or, a Record to Perpetuate the Memory of Departed Worth: Being a Compilation of Tablets and Monumental Inscriptions from Various Parts of the Bengal and Agra Presidencies, to which is added Biographical Sketches and Memoirs of Such as have Pre-Eminently Distinguished Themselves in the History of British India, Since the Formation of the European Settlement to the Present Time'', London: 1851, W. Thacker, pp. 208–9. Some sources give 1823 or 1827, e.g. ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Volume 1'' (1847). His grave marker gives 4 February 1826), was a lieutenant colonel in the Honourable East India Company and later Surveyor General of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
