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Bodington
Bodington is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alice Brooke Bodington (1840–1897), British science writer *Bob Bodington (1894–1976), Australian rules footballer *Cecil Bodington (1880–1917), English cricketer *David Bodington (born 1947), British speed skater *Eric Bodington (1862–1929), British Anglican priest and author, Archdeacon of Wilts 1912 to 1927 *George Bodington (1799–1882), British physician *Nathan Bodington (1848–1911), English classical scholar *Nicolas Bodington (1904–1974), British intelligence operative *Oliver Bodington (1859–1936), English barrister See also *Boddington (other) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Bodington
During the Second World War, Nicolas Redner Bodington OBE (6 June 1904 – 3 July 1974) served in the F section of the Special Operations Executive. He took part in four missions to France. Life Pre-war Nicolas Bodington was the son of Oliver Bodington international lawyer and Mary (née Redner). He was born in Paris. His elder brother was Lieutenant Colonel John Redner Bodington DSO MC, a soldier who served in World War I and World War II. Nicolas Bodington studied at Cheltenham College and (for a year) at Lincoln College, Oxford before becoming a journalist, working from 1930 onwards for the ''Daily Express''. He married Audrey Hoffmann in Cheltenham in September 1926. Before the war, he was Reuters's press correspondent in Paris. There he mixed with Karl Bömelburg, who was later head of the Gestapo in France, and Henri Déricourt, who was later a triple agent. He also worked for MI6 for a time. In 1938 his novel ''Solo'' was published in England by Gollancz. His name is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Bodington
Oliver Eaton Bodington (1859 – 1936), barrister at law of the Inner Temple, Licensee en Droit, University of Paris, Member of the United States Federal Bar and President of the British Chamber of Commerce, was born March 6, 1859, in Kingsford, Staffordshire, the son of George Fowler Bodington (September 22, 1829 - May 8, 1902), a physician, and his wife Caroline Mary Eaton (born 1825). He was baptised on Mary 4, 1859, in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. Bodington attended the Giggleswick School and graduated from the University of London (1878). In 1885 he lived at Ashford House, Kingswinford, near Dudley. He was known for a Paris-based legal practice and from his office at 6 Blve. Des Capuchins, he specialized in international law and practice concerning domicile, marriage, inheritance, wills and foreign companies and firms doing business in Paris. Childhood and family Bodington was the grandson of British physician George Bodington and one of eight children of George Fowler Bod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bodington
George Bodington (1799–1882) was a British general practitioner and pulmonary specialist. Career Born in Buckinghamshire and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, he served a surgical apprenticeship then studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital. In 1825 he was licensed by the Society of Apothecaries, and became a physician and GP in Erdington (then in Warwickshire, now West Midlands). His great professional interest was pulmonary disease and in 1836 he acquired the asylum and sanitorium at Driffold House, Maney, Sutton Coldfield. In 1840 he published his essay, ''On the Treatment and Cure of Pulmonary Consumption'', condemning contemporary treatments and advocating instead dry frosty air, gentle exercise, and a healthy diet. This was attacked by reviewers in the Lancet and he became disenheartened with his work. He later turned to the treatment of insanity. In 1851 the local census recorded eleven "lunatics" and six staff, including the doctor and his family, at Driffold House. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Brooke Bodington
Alice Brooke Bodington or Alice Brook (22 May 1840 – 15 February 1897) was a British Canadian science writer who wrote about biology, evolution and race. Life Alice Brooke was born in 1840 to Francis and Juliana Brooke. After her mother's death, she was raised primarily by her paternal grandmother. In 1851 the 10 year old Alice was living with her widowed father in a large house in Suffolk, England, which included seven household servants and a governess. She married Major General Edward William Derrington Bell in Suffolk in 1857. The marriage produced one live child Edward Bell (1866-1937) and ended in divorce in 1869 following Alice's adultery with Captain Tyesen Holrod who may have been Edward's biological father. Alice was remarried in 1873 to widower and physician Dr George Fowler Bodington. The couple had 4 children and remained married until her death in 1897. The Boddingtons moved to Canada in 1887 in search of new economic opportunities. Soon after their arrival, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Bodington
Sir Nathan Bodington (29 May 1848 – 12 May 1911) was the first Vice Chancellor of the University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ... having been Principal and Professor of Greek language, Greek at the Yorkshire College since 1883.''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' accessed 25 July 2009 From 1897 to 1901 he was also Vice-Chancellor of the Victoria University (UK), Victoria University. Bodington was born in Aston, Birmingham, and educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and Wadham College, Oxford, where he studied classics. He was a teacher at Manchester Grammar School and Westminster School, Professor of classics at Mason College, (which later became Birmingham University), and Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford.Draper, W. (1912) ''Sir Nathan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Bodington
Cecil Herbert Bodington (20 January 1880 – 11 April 1917) was an English cricketer and educator. The son of The Reverend Herbert James Bodington, he was born in January 1880 at Suffield, Norfolk. He was educated firstly at a national school in Overstrand, before going to Charterhouse School on a junior scholarship in 1893. Three years later he went up to The King's School, Canterbury on a senior scholarship, where he played both rugby union and cricket for the school. From there, he matriculated to Peterhouse, Cambridge. At Cambridge, he was a member of Cambridge University Cricket Club but did not play at first-class level for the university. However, he did play first-class cricket during his studies in 1901 and 1902 for Hampshire on ten occasions, making nine appearances in the County Championship and a further appearance against the touring Australians. In these matches, he scored 154 runs at an average of exactly 11, with a highest score of 36. With the ball, he took 9 wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Bodington
Robert Noel Bodington (22 December 1894 – 30 October 1976) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). He later served in France in World War I. Notes External links * * 1894 births Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Melbourne Football Club players Australian military personnel of World War I 1976 deaths People from Carlton, Victoria Military personnel from Melbourne {{AFL-bio-1894-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bodington
David Bodington (born 30 July 1947) is a British speed skater. He competed in two events at the 1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm .... References 1947 births Living people British male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Great Britain Speed skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Birmingham, West Midlands {{UK-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Bodington
Eric James Bodington was an eminent Anglican priest and author in the early decades of the twentieth century. Born on 17 December 1862, he was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and ordained in 1886. After a curacy at St George, Fordington he was rector of Christ Church, Burgersdorp, South Africa and then Warden of St Peter's Home, Grahamstown. Returning to England in 1894 he held incumbencies at Osmington, Potterne and Calne. He was Archdeacon of Wilts from 1912 to 1927; and of Dorset from 1927 until his death on 25 October 1929,''Archdeacon Bodington'' The Times (London, England), Monday, 28 October 1929; pg. 19; Issue 45345 during which latter time he was also a Canon Residentiary at Salisbury Cathedral Salisbury Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Salisbury and is the seat of the Bishop of Salisbury. The buildi .... Notes { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
