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Burbidge is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Frederick William Thomas Burbidge (1847–1905), English explorer and botanist * Geoffrey Burbidge (1925–2010), English astronomy professor * George Burbidge (1847–1908), Canadian lawyer, judge and author * John Burbidge (1718–1812), English soldier, land owner, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia * Leslie William Burbidge (1891–??), English World War I flying ace * Margaret Burbidge (1919–2020), British-born American astrophysicist * Maurice "Moss" Burbidge (1896–1977), pioneering Canadian aviator * Michael Francis Burbidge (born 1957), American Roman Catholic Bishop * Nancy Tyson Burbidge (1912–1977), Australian systemic botanist * Richard Burbidge Sir Richard Burbidge, 1st Baronet (2 March 1847 – 31 May 1917) was an England, English merchant. Biography He was born in Wiltshire, educated at Devizes and Melksham, and at the age of 13 was apprenticed to a provision merchant in Oxford Street ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick William Thomas Burbidge
Frederick William Thomas Burbidge (1847–1905) was a British explorer who collected many rare tropical plants for the famous Veitch Nurseries. Biography Burbidge was born at Wymeswold, Leicestershire, on 21 March 1847, was son of Thomas Burbidge, a farmer and fruit-grower. Burbridge entered the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society at Chiswick as a student in 1868, and proceeded in the same year to the Royal Gardens, Kew. Here he showed skill as a draughtsman and was partly employed in making drawings of plants in the herbarium. Leaving Kew in 1870, he was on the staff of ''the Garden'' from that year until 1877. In 1877 Burbidge was sent by Messrs. Veitch as a collector to Borneo. He was absent two years, during which he also visited Johore, Brunei, and the Sulu Islands. He brought back to Great Britain many remarkable plants, especially: *pitcher plants, such as "Nepenthes rajah" and "N. bicalcarata"; *orchids, such as " Cypripedium laurenceanum", " Dendrobium burbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Burbidge
Geoffrey Ronald Burbidge Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (24 September 1925 – 26 January 2010) was an English people, English astronomy professor and theoretical astrophysicist, most recently at the University of California, San Diego. He was married to astrophysicist Margaret Burbidge and was one of the authors of the influential B2FH paper, B2FH paper. Early life and education Burbidge was born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, a small market town in the Cotswolds roughly midway between Oxford and Stratford-on-Avon, where he attended grammar school. His father, also Geoffrey Ronald Burbidge, was a builder. He first attended the University of Bristol to study history, but changed to physics, receiving his degree in 1946. In 1947, he went to London and received his PhD from University College London (UCL) in 1951. While at UCL he worked with Professor H. S. W. Massey who was then head of the department of mathematics. Career and research With his wife Margaret Burbidge he wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Burbidge
George Wheelock Burbidge (6 February 1847 – 18 February 1908) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and author. After being called to the bar of New Brunswick in 1872, he became a partner in the Saint John, New Brunswick law firm of Harrison and Burbidge. In 1882, Burbidge was appointed federal Deputy Minister of Justice. He is noted for having conducted the prosecution of Louis Riel during his trial for treason following the North-West Rebellion of 1885. In October 1887, he subsequently became the first justice of the Exchequer Court, the predecessor to the modern Federal Court of Canada. Two of his rulings that are considered especially important :* ''Samson v. The Queen'', (1888) 2 Ex. C.R. 30 (concerning the value of land expropriated by the Crown) :* ''St. John Gas Light Co. v. The Queen'', (1895) 4 Ex. C. R. 326 (one of the first judicial pronouncements on environmental pollution) Burbidge was also active in community affairs. Elected president of the Associated Charities of Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Burbidge
John Burbidge (c.1718 – March 11, 1812) was a soldier, land owner, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia in 1758 and represented Halifax Township from 1759 to 1765 and Cornwallis Township from 1765 to 1775 in subsequent assemblies. He was born in Cowes, England, and was at Louisbourg in 1747 and at Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1749, when it was founded. In 1761, he became a justice of the peace for Halifax County and, in 1762, became captain in the local militia. Around 1764, he settled at Cornwallis where he acquired a large farm. He married Rebecca Dudley, the widow of Benjamin Gerrish Benjamin Gerrish (October 19, 1717 – May 6, 1772) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1759 to 1768. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of John Gerrish and ..., in 1775; his first wife was named Elizabeth. Burbidge became a major in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie William Burbidge
Captain Leslie William Burbidge (born 10 March 1891, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England, date and place of death unknown) was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. He flew as an observer/gunner in Bristol F.2 Fighters in 20 Squadron.Franks ''et.al.'' (1997), pp.6–7. Pre-World War I Leslie William Burbidge was the son of Reverend E. O. Burbidge. The younger Burbidge worked for a shipyard in St Helens, Lancashire, from 1910 to 1914. He was fluent in both French and Italian, and gave a home of record in Le Havre when he joined the Royal Flying Corps.Franks ''et.al.'' (1997), p.6. World War I service Military appointments On 1 August 1915 he was promoted from Second Lieutenant to Lieutenant. Temporary Captain Burbidge was appointed an Adjutant in the Army Service Corps on 1 June 1916. He was superseded as Adjutant on 30 July 1917. On 7 October 1917, Burbidge was transferred to the RFC's General List, with seniority backdated to 10 September. Aerial victories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Burbidge
Eleanor Margaret Burbidge, FRS (; 12 August 1919 – 5 April 2020) was a British-American observational astronomer and astrophysicist. In the 1950s, she was one of the founders of stellar nucleosynthesis and was first author of the influential B2FH paper. During the 1960s and 70s she worked on galaxy rotation curves and quasars, discovering the most distant astronomical object then known. In the 1980s and 90s she helped develop and utilise the Faint Object Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope. Burbidge was well known for her work opposing discrimination against women in astronomy. Burbidge held several leadership and administrative posts, including Director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory (1973–75), President of the American Astronomical Society (1976–78), and President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1983). Burbidge worked at the University of London Observatory, Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago, the Cavendish Labo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice "Moss" Burbidge
Maurice "Moss" Burbidge (April 15, 1896 – 1977) was a pioneering Canadian aviator. Honours and legacy * Trans-Canada (McKee) Trophy (1932) * Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, based in The Hangar Flight Museum in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, commemorates and honours those whose accomplishments in aviation contributed so much to Canada's development as a nation. Founded in 1973, the Hall of ... (1974) References * Oswald, Mary, They Led the Way, Wetaskiwin: Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, 1999. External links Hall of Fame site 1896 births 1977 deaths Aviation history of Canada Canadian aviators Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame inductees {{Aviation-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Francis Burbidge
Michael Francis Burbidge (born June 16, 1957) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the bishop of the Diocese of Arlington in Virginia since 2016. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania from 2002 to 2006 and as bishop of the Diocese of Raleigh in North Carolina from 2006 to 2016. He is the chairman of the of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Biography Early life and education Michael Burbidge was born on June 16, 1957, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Francis and Shirley (Lilley) Burbidge. He has a brother, Francis Burbidge. Upon being confirmed, Burbidge chose Francis as his confirmation name. As a teenager, he worked at a Sears department store. Burbidge graduated from Cardinal O'Hara High School in Springfield, Pennsylvania, in 1975, and then entered St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. He obtained a philosophy degree and a Master of Theology degree from St. Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Tyson Burbidge
Nancy Tyson Burbidge (5 August 1912 – 4 March 1977) was an Australian systemic botanist, conservationist and herbarium curator. Early life and training Burbidge was born in Cleckheaton, Yorkshire; her father, William Burbidge, was an Anglican clergyman and immigrated to Australia in 1913 when he was appointed to a parish in Western Australia. She was educated at Katanning (Kobeelya) Church of England Girls' School – founded by her mother Nancy Eleanor. She completed her schooling in 1922 when she graduated from Bunbury Senior High School, and went on to study at the University of Western Australia. She completed her BSc in 1937, and afterwards received a prize to travel to England, where she spent 18 months at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. While at Kew she worked on a revision of the Australian grass genus ''Enneapogon''. When Nancy returned to Australia she continued her study of Australian plants through the University of Western Australia, completing her MSc. in 1945. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Burbidge
Sir Richard Burbidge, 1st Baronet (2 March 1847 – 31 May 1917) was an English merchant. Biography He was born in Wiltshire, educated at Devizes and Melksham, and at the age of 13 was apprenticed to a provision merchant in Oxford Street, London, afterwards starting in business as a provision merchant at the age of 19. Fourteen years later he became general superintendent of the Army and Navy Auxiliary Stores. In 1882 he was appointed general manager of Whiteley's, Westbourne Grove, and in 1891 entered the service of Harrods, Brompton Road, of which he was afterwards managing director. By 1916, he had increased its profits from £16,000 to over £200,000, and it had become one of the largest of the London stores. He also did a good deal to ensure shorter working hours for shop assistants. Burbidge was the “private citizen” who anonymously presented about £30,000 to the fund for acquiring the Crystal Palace for the public in 1913. During World War I, he was responsible for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5490 Burbidge
__NOTOC__ Year 549 ( DXLIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 549 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under Totila besiege Rome for the third time, after Belisarius has returned to Constantinople. He offers a peace agreement, but this is rejected by Emperor Justinian I. * Totila conquers the city of Perugia ( Central Italy) and stations a Gothic garrison. He takes bishop Herculanus prisoner, and orders him to be completely flayed. The Ostrogoth soldier asked to perform this gruesome execution shows pity, and decapitates Herculanus before the skin on every part of his body is removed. * In the Circus Maximus, first and largest circus in Rome, the last chariot races are held. Europe * January - Battle o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burbidge Baronets
The Burbidge Baronetcy, of Littleton Park in the County of Middlesex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 25 January 1916 for Richard Burbidge, who was managing director of Harrods from 1890 to 1917. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet, who also was chairman of Harrods. His son, the third Baronet, was chairman and managing director of Harrods. His son, the fourth Baronet, had no issue and on his early death in 1974, he was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, the fifth Baronet. He was the son of Herbert Edward Burbidge, second son of the first Baronet. As of 2022, the title is held by his grandson, the seventh Baronet, who succeeded in 2020. Burbidge baronets, of Littleton Park (1916) * Sir Richard Burbidge, 1st Baronet (1847–1917) *Sir (Richard) Woodman Burbidge, 2nd Baronet (1872–1945) *Sir Richard Grant Woodman Burbidge, 3rd Baronet (1897–1966) *Sir John Richard Woodman Burbidge, 4th Baronet (1930–74) *Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
