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Buckler (surname)
Buckler is an English and German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Charles Alban Buckler (1824–1905), English author, architect and officer of arms * Ernest Buckler (1908–1984), Canadian novelist and short story author *John Buckler (artist) (1770–1851), English artist and architect *John Chessell Buckler (1793–1894), English architect * Julius Buckler (1894–1960), German World War I fighter ace * Philip Buckler (born 1949), English Anglican Church clergyman; Dean of Lincoln *Rich Buckler (1949–2017), American comic book artist * Rich T. Buckler (1865–1950), American politician *Rick Buckler (born 1955), English rock drummer *Sandra Buckler Sandra Buckler is a former director of communications for the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada under Conservative Party of Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper. She was appointed in 2006 and resigned from her position on June 26, 2008. He ... (contemporary), aide to the Prime Minister of Canada 2006–08 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italy, Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots language, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic languages, North Germanic group, such as Danish lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Alban Buckler
Charles Alban Buckler (1825–1905) was an English author, topographer, architect, artist and officer of arms. According to Historic England, he "became one of the most distinguished of the early to mid-Victorian Catholic architects."Historic EnglandSt Leonards-on-Sea – St Thomas of Canterbury and English Martyrs ''Taking Stock'', retrieved 11 June 2022 In the field of heraldry he was the Surrey Herald Extraordinary. Life Family Charles Alban Buckler was born in 1824. He was born into Buckler dynasty of architects and was the son of the noted architect John Chessell Buckler. He grandfather was John Buckler (artist), John Buckler. Since 2013, the Buckler family of architects and topographical artists has been the subject of a research project hosted by the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture at ETH Zurich. Career He was a student of medieval art and architecture. Both of he and his father John Chessell Buckler worked together writing architecture books such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Buckler
Ernest Buckler (19 July 1908 – 4 March 1984) was a Canadian novelist and short story writer best known for his 1952 novel, ''The Mountain and the Valley'' and the short story ''The first born Son''. "Since its publication in 1954, Ernest Buckler's story of David Canaan's life in the Annapolis Valley, ''The Mountain and the Valley'', has gradually established itself as a touchstone of Canadian Modernism. Its continuing presence in Canadian Literature courses and its effect on such writers as Margaret Laurence and Alice Munro attest to its power as a novel exploring imaginative experience." (Van Rys 1995) Buckler was born in the village of West Dalhousie, Nova Scotia, where he attended a one-room schoolhouse. He was a scholarship student at Dalhousie University (B.A., 1929), and a philosophy student at the University of Toronto (M.A., 1930). After graduation, he stayed in Toronto, working as an actuary, until 1936, when he returned to rural Nova Scotia, eventually settli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Buckler (artist)
John Buckler, Snr (30 November 1770 – 6 December 1851) was a British artist and occasional architect who is best remembered for his many drawings of churches and other historic buildings, recording much that has since been altered or destroyed.Colvin, 1997 Biography Buckler was born in Calbourne, Isle of Wight. At the age of 15 he became clerk to the steward of Magdalen College, Oxford and began a lifelong involvement in the management of the college's London estates. After several years working on plans for new buildings, around 1801 he became bailiff and collector of rents for Magdalen College in Freeman's Court, London, and in Southwark, and held this post until his retirement in 1849. The work for the college allowed him ample free time, and he also practised as an architect until 1830, designing buildings such as Halkyn Castle, Flint (1822–27) for Robert Grosvenor, 2nd Earl Grosvenor (later created Marquess of Westminster) the tower of the church in Theale, Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chessell Buckler
John Chessell Buckler (8 December 1793 – 10 January 1894) was a British architect, the eldest son of the architect John Buckler. J. C. Buckler initially worked with his father before taking over his practice. His work included restorations of country houses and at the University of Oxford. Career Buckler received art lessons from the painter Francis Nicholson. From 1810 onwards he worked with his father. His younger brother, George, later joined them and reported that the three worked "in perfect harmony". In 1830 his father handed over his architectural practice to him, and he worked in partnership with George until 1842.Tyack, 2004 In 1825 Buckler began rebuilding Costessey Hall, Norfolk, for Lord Stafford. His work there was described by Charles Locke Eastlake, writing in 1872, as "one of the most important and successful instances of the othicRevival in Domestic Architecture". It was in a "Tudor" style, in red and white brick, with stone dressings. The new buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Buckler
Julius Buckler (28 March 1894 – 23 May 1960) was a German First World War fighter ace credited with 36 victories during the war. He shot down 29 enemy airplanes and seven observation balloons; two other victories went unconfirmed.The Aerodrome website page on BuckleRetrieved 10 November 2020. He was one of only four German fighter aces to win Germany's highest decorations for valor for both enlisted man and officer. Early life and service Buckler's father was a roofer, and Buckler followed him into the family trade. At 15 years of age, Buckler had an interest in architecture and worked for Anthony Fokker but left in 1913 to join the Infantry Life Regiment 117. After suffering a bad wound on the Western Front in September 1914, he applied for a transfer to the German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte) He trained in ''Flieger-Ersatz-Abteilung 6'', and by the summer of 1915 was flying artillery direction missions over Verdun as an aerial observer in ''Flieger-Abteilung (Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Buckler
Philip John Warr Buckler (born 26 April 1949) was a dean of Lincoln, a post he has held from 2007 until 2016. Education Buckler was educated at Highgate School and St Peter's College, Oxford, before training for the priesthood at Cuddesdon College, Oxford. Ministry From 1972 to 1975, Buckler was curate at Bushey Heath in St Albans. He then became chaplain of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1975 to 1981. In 1981, he moved to St Paul's Cathedral to become minor canon and sacrist; a post he held until 1986. Buckler was appointed vicar of Hampstead in 1987, and he was also area dean of North Camden between 1993 and 1998. He became a canon residentiary of St Paul's Cathedral, London, in 1999 before becoming canon treasurer in 2000. On 26 September 2006, it was announced that Buckler was to be the dean of Lincoln; he was installed on 3 February 2007 and retired on 31 January 2016. Styles *''The Reverend'' Philip Buckler (1974–1999) *''The Reverend'' Canon Philip Buckler (1999–2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Buckler
Rich may refer to: Common uses * Rich, an entity possessing wealth * Rich, an intense flavor, color, sound, texture, or feeling ** Rich (wine), a descriptor in wine tasting Places United States * Rich, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Rich County, Utah * Rich Mountain (other) * Rich Township, Cook County, Illinois * Rich Township, Anderson County, Kansas * Rich Township, Lapeer County, Michigan Elsewhere * Er-Rich, Morocco, a town * Rich River, Victoria, Australia People * Rich (given name), often short for Richard * Rich (surname) Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * DS Terry Rich, a character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Rich, a character in the American sitcom television series ''The Hogan Family'' * Rich Halke, a character in the TV sitcom '' Step by Step'' * Rich Hardbeck, a character in the British television series ''Skins'' * Richie Rich (comics), a fictional character Music * Rich, half of the American co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Rich may refer to: Common uses * Rich, an entity possessing wealth * Rich, an intense flavor, color, sound, texture, or feeling **Rich (wine), a descriptor in wine tasting Places United States * Rich, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Rich County, Utah * Rich Mountain (other) * Rich Township, Cook County, Illinois * Rich Township, Anderson County, Kansas * Rich Township, Lapeer County, Michigan Elsewhere * Er-Rich, Morocco, a town * Rich River, Victoria, Australia People * Rich (given name), often short for Richard * Rich (surname) Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * DS Terry Rich, a character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Rich, a character in the American sitcom television series ''The Hogan Family'' * Rich Halke, a character in the TV sitcom '' Step by Step'' * Rich Hardbeck, a character in the British television series ''Skins'' * Richie Rich (comics), a fictional character Music * Rich, half of the American coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Buckler
Paul Richard Buckler (born 6 December 1955) is an English musician who is the former drummer of The Jam. Early years Buckler was born in the town of Woking in the county of Surrey, England. He received his education at Sheerwater Secondary School, in Woking. Whilst there in the early 1970s, he joined other pupils in a newly formed band named The Jam. The Jam He was the drummer for The Jam from its formation in the early 1970s through to its break up in the early 1980s, during which time it became a critically acclaimed and commercially successful rock band with an original sound as part of the mod revival movement in England's music and fashion scenes of the period. Although the band's creative output came to be attributed primarily to its singer/guitarist Paul Weller, its rhythm section of Buckler and Bruce Foxton (bass guitar) were integral to its sound, and in retrospect Buckler felt that Weller had been given undue credit for the band's song catalogue to the detriment of i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Buckler
Sandra Buckler is a former director of communications for the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada under Conservative Party of Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper. She was appointed in 2006 and resigned from her position on June 26, 2008. Her tenure was contentious, including charges from the national media that she was overly restricted in sharing information, pressing journalists to instead focus on photo ops and adhering rigorously to talking points from the Office of the Prime Minister (PMO), as well as accusations from Members of Parliament that she had bullied them, and charges of conflict of interest. She joined Canadian Tire as Vice President of communications in 2015. In 2006, while Buckler was a spokesperson in Prime Minister Harper's Government, critics charged that the Conservative government's use of friendly lobbyists as strategists during the recent election and as spokespersons on television news programs constituted the kind of "revolving door" activity that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
