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Barnaby Tucker
Barnaby is an Old English surname composed of the Saxon element ''beorn'' 'young warrior' and the Danish suffix ''by'' meaning 'settlement'. As a given name, it means "son of consolation" and is etymologically linked with the New Testament name Barnabas. People Given name * Barnaby Conrad (1922-2013), American writer and artist * Barnaby Conrad III (born 1952), American writer, editor, and artist * Barnaby Diddleum, pseudonym used by P.T. Barnum (1810-1891) * Barnaby Dorfman, founder and CEO of Foodista.com * Barnaby Edwards, British actor, writer, director and artist * Barnaby Evans, American artist * Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Upper Ossory * Barnaby French (born 1975), Australian rules footballer * Barnaby Furnas (born 1973), American painter * Barnaby Jack (1977-2013), New Zealand computer security professional * Barnaby Joyce (born 1967), Australian politician * Barnaby Keeney (1914-1980), president of Brown University * Barnaby Bernard Lintot, (1675-1736), English publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th century, and the first Old English literature, Old English literary works date from the mid-7th century. After the Norman conquest of 1066, English was replaced, for a time, by Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman (a langues d'oïl, relative of French) as the language of the upper classes. This is regarded as marking the end of the Old English era, since during this period the English language was heavily influenced by Anglo-Norman, developing into a phase known now as Middle English in England and Early Scots in Scotland. Old English developed from a set of Anglo-Frisian languages, Anglo-Frisian or Ingvaeonic dialects originally spoken by Germanic peoples, Germanic tribes traditionally known as the Angles, Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnaby Potter
Barnaby Potter (1577–1642) was a Church of England priest, Bishop of Carlisle from 16 March 1628-9 to 1642. He was educated at The Queen's College, Oxford, where he graduated MA in 1602 and DD in 1615. He was elected a fellow in 1604 and served as Provost, 1616–1626. Although leaning towards Puritanism he was liked by Charles I, who appointed him Chief Royal Almoner An almoner (} ' (alms), via the popular Latin '. History Christians have historically been encouraged to donate one-tenth of their income as a tithe to their church and additional offerings as needed for the poor. The first deacons, mentioned ... in 1628. He died in January 1641–42. Notes 1577 births 1642 deaths Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford Fellows of The Queen's College, Oxford Provosts of The Queen's College, Oxford Bishops of Carlisle 17th-century Church of England bishops {{UK-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasmus Klump
''Rasmus Klump'' (translates to ''Rasmus Lump'' or ''Erasmus Lump'') is a Danish comic strip series for children created in 1951 by the Danish wife-and-husband team Carla and Vilhelm Hansen. The series was translated into a number of foreign languages, in some of which the title character Rasmus was renamed ''Petzi'', ''Pol'', ''Rasmus Nalle'' or other variations. The series tells the adventures of the bearcub Rasmus Klump and his friends: Pingo (a penguin), Pelle (a pelican), Pildskadden (a turtle), Skæg (a seal) and others. Always dressed in red dungarees with white polka dots, Rasmus Klump travels the world on board his boat ''Mary'', which he builds with his friends in the first episode. Style The comic strips do not make use of speech balloons but rather captions, whose humour, as well as the affectionately drawn pictures, contributed greatly to the popularity of the series. It can be classified as a text comic, although there is a parallel humor strip version of the seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colargol
Colargol is a fictional bear created by French writer Olga Pouchine in the 1950s. Colargol first became famous through a series of children's recordings by Philips Records in the 1960s. It is the story of a little bear who wants to sing and travel the world, but lacks the natural ability. Colargol on television Following the success of the Colargol records, Albert Barillé's animation company Procidis started production on ''Les Aventures de Colargol'', a stop-motion animated series starring Colargol. Barillé enlisted the Polish animator Tadeusz Wilkosz and Se-ma-for in Łódź to create the animation. Music for the series was performed by Mireille, with orchestration by Jean-Michel Defaye and lyrics by Victor Villien. The series was produced from 1967 to 1974, comprising 53 thirteen-minute episodes which were broadcast in many European countries. ''Les Aventures de Colargol'' was renamed ''Barnaby'' when it was dubbed into English and broadcast in the UK by the BBC. The se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabrina, Down Under
''Sabrina Down Under'' is a 1999 television film produced for ABC. It is a sequel to ''Sabrina Goes to Rome'' and is a companion to the ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' television series. The film features only two characters from the TV series: teenage witch Sabrina Spellman (played by Melissa Joan Hart), and talking cat Salem Saberhagen (voiced by Nick Bakay). Lindsay Sloane was also a regular actress in the TV series, but plays a different character in this film. Tara Charendoff reprises her role as Gwen from ''Sabrina Goes to Rome''. As the film is set in Australia, none of the scenes are filmed on the original set of the TV series. The film was directed by Kenneth R. Koch, who helped to produce ''Sabrina Goes to Rome''. He also directed many episodes of the television series and was a prominent producer of the show. Unlike ''Sabrina Goes to Rome'', which is included in the season 7 DVD release of the ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' TV series, ''Sabrina Down Under'' was not inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vampire Hunter Characters
A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited while they were alive. They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance, markedly different from today's gaunt, pale vampire which dates from the early 19th century. Vampiric entities have been recorded in cultures around the world; the term ''vampire'' was popularized in Western Europe after reports of an 18th-century mass hysteria of a pre-existing folk belief in the Balkans and Eastern Europe that in some cases resulted in corpses being staked and people being accused of vampirism. Local variants in Eastern Europe were also known by different names, such as ''shtriga'' in Albanian mythology, Albania, ''vrykolakas'' in Greece and ''strigoi'' in Folklore of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
