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Bury (surname)
Bury is an English and French surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aliaksandr Bury (born 1987), Belorussian tennis player * Bernard de Bury (1720–1785), French musician * Richard de Bury (1287–1345), English priest, teacher, bishop, writer and bibliophile * Robert of Bury (died 1181), English boy murder victim and Roman Catholic saint * Ambrose Bury (1869–1961), Canadian politician * Charles Bury, 1st Earl of Charleville (1764–1835), Irish politician * Charles Bury, 2nd Earl of Charleville (1801–1851), Irish politician, son of the above * Lady Charlotte Bury (1775–1861), English novelist * Chris Bury (born 1953), American journalist * Edward Bury (1794–1858), British locomotive manufacturer * Edward Bury (minister) (1616–1700), English ejected minister * Edward Bury (MP) for Maldon (UK Parliament constituency) in 1542 * Frank Bury (1910–1944), British composer * Frederick Bury (1836–1885), English cricketer * George Wyman Bury (1874–1920) ... [...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 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wyman Bury
G. Wyman Bury (3 January 1874 – 23 September 1920) was a naturalist, explorer, author, Arabist, and political officer in the British army. Born in Mancetter Manor House near the town of Atherstone, Bury was educated at Atherstone Grammar School and then by tutors ("Army crammers") who specialized in preparing students for the examinations that were part of Army Officer Selection. In 1894 he received a commission in the 3rd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. In 1895 Bury joined one of the rebel tribes in southern Morocco. In 1896 in the Aden littoral desert, he worked in archaeology and natural history, as well as intelligence gathering among the mountain tribes of Aden. From 1897 to 1901 he explored in the Rub' al Khali. In 1902 he was with the Aden Boundary Commission. In 1903–1904 he was engaged as a political officer in military operations in the Aden Protectorate. As an explorer and naturalist, Bury was a member of: in 1905–1906 a zoological expedition in Somaliland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bury (other)
William Bury may refer to: * William Bury (MP New Shoreham) (''fl.'' 1449), for New Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency) * William Bury (Roundhead) (c. 1605–1669), fought for Parliament during the English Civil War. A Member of the First Protectorate Parliament * William Bury (cricketer) (1839–1927), English cricketer, clergyman and Poor Law reformer * William Henry Bury (1859–1889), Jack the Ripper suspect * William Bury (footballer) (born 1865) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back for Burnley See also * * William Berry (other) {{hndis, Bury, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Talbot Bury
Thomas Talbot Bury (26 November 1809 – 23 February 1877) was a British architect and lithographer. There seems to be some dispute about Bury's date of birth. According to Grace's Guide, the 1877 Institution of Civil Engineers Obituaries gives a DOB as 26th of September 1811, the Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 Vol.1 and the Library of Congress agree. The Royal Academy gives a date of simply 1809 and the Science Museum agrees with them. Bury was articled to Augustus Charles Pugin in 1824 and started his own practice in Soho in 1830. At various times he collaborated with other notable architects including Charles Lee ( partners between 1845 and 1849), Lewis Vulliamy and A. W. N. Pugin, with whom he detailed the Houses of Parliament under Sir Charles Barry. Bury's works included thirty-five churches and chapels, fifteen parsonages, twelve schools and twenty other large public buildings and private homes. His ecclesiastical works included St Mary the Virgin's Church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bury (judge)
Thomas Bury (1655–1722) was an English judge. He took part in the decision regarding the 1704 Aylesbury election. King George I raised Bury to the position of Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Early life and education Bury was born in 1655, the youngest son of Sir William Bury, knight, of Linwood, Lincolnshire. In February 1667, Bury earned a bachelor's degree at Lincoln College, Oxford, and entered Gray's Inn as a student the following year. Career He was called to the bar in 1676, and after some years' practice became a serjeant-at-law in 1700. Later, on 26 January 1701, when Sir Littleton Powys was removed to the King's Bench, he was made a Baron of the Exchequer.Sir John Sainty (comp.) ''The Judges of England, 1272–1990: a list of the judges of the Superior courts'' (Selden Society: Supplementary Series 1993), 128. Regarding this appointment, his epitaph says that he "by his Great Application to the Study of the Law, raised himself to one of the highest Degrees in that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priscilla Susan Bury
Priscilla Susan Bury, born Falkner (12 January 1799 Liverpool – 8 March 1872 Croydon), was an English botanist and illustrator. Personal life Priscilla Susan Bury was born in Rainhill, Liverpool. Her parents were Edward Falkner and Bridget (née Tarleton) Falkner. Bury grew up in Lancashire, England and was the daughter of a rich Liverpool merchant whose estate resided outside the city at Fairfields. Bury’s childhood home contained a lush garden with many rare and exotic plants. Growing up, Bury drew each plant species that held her interest and claimed that she was "raised in the greenhouses of her family home” which was later demolished in 1913. As a young woman she was an enthusiastic botanist and flower painter and was particularly interested in lilies and similar allied flowers. She had no pretensions as to scientific knowledge and, in effect, was a very talented amateur that created aquatint engravings with original hand-coloring. By 1829, (age 30) she had produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pol Bury
Pol Bury (26 April 1922 – 28 September 2005) was a Belgian sculptor who began his artistic career as a painter in the Jeune Peintre Belge and COBRA groups. Among his most famous works is the fountain-sculpture L'Octagon, located in San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th .... His work was included in a 2008 auction at Christie's, the lot said to be the first of its kind in this kind of work. Among other locations, Bury's work is included in the Chelsea Art Museum's permanent collection. References 1922 births 2005 deaths Abstract painters 20th-century Belgian sculptors 20th-century Belgian painters {{Belgium-sculptor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Robert Hawke Bury
Oliver Robert Hawke Bury (3 November 1861 – 21 March 1946) was an English railway engineer, chief mechanical engineer on the Great Western Railway of Brazil, General Manager of the Great Northern Railway in England and Director of the London and North Eastern Railway. Bury, the son of a barrister, was born in London and educated at Westminster School. The first manager of the Great Northern Railway in 1847 had been his great-uncle. In 1879 he was apprenticed to William Adams, locomotive engineer on the London and South Western Railway. At Hunter and English of Bow, steam engine manufacturers from 1791 to 1921, he worked on the construction of both a floating crane and of a distillery in 1881. From there he joined the Coleford Railway in 1884 and became resident engineer of the Great Western Railway of Brazil under Ailsa Janson, becoming locomotive superintendent in 1885. His appointment as Chief Engineer and Manager of the Great Western Railway of Brazil followed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Bury
Leslie Harry Ernest Bury CMG (25 February 1913 – 7 September 1986) was an Australian politician and economist. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served in the House of Representatives between 1956 and 1974, representing the Division of Wentworth. He held ministerial office in Coalition governments for nearly a decade, serving as Minister for Air (1961–1962), Housing (1963–1966), Labour and National Service (1966–1969), Treasurer (1969–1971) and Foreign Affairs (1971). Early life Bury was born in Willesden, London, England, the son of Doris Elma (née Walgrave) and Ernest Bury. His father was an Anglican clergyman. Bury attended Herne Bay College in Kent before matriculating at Queens' College, Cambridge. His education was financed by scholarships and financial assistance from an uncle. He graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1934 and was a member of the Cambridge University Conservative Association. His lecturers at Cambridge included John Maynard Keynes and Joan Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamil Bury
Kamil Bury (born 23 July 1995) is a Polish cross-country skier. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics. His brother Dominik is also a skier. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games Distance reduced to 30 km due to weather conditions. World Championships World Cup Season standings References 1995 births Living people Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Polish male cross-country skiers Tour de Ski skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Poland Sportspeople from Cieszyn {{Poland-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judson Sykes Bury
Judson Sykes Bury (1852–1944) was a British physician, surgeon, and neurologist. Biography After education at Amersham Hall and then two years at Owens College, Manchester, Judson Bury entered University College London and studied medicine at University College Hospital, London. In 1877 he qualified MRCS and graduated MB (Lond.). After holding house appointments at University College Hospital, he graduated MD (Lond.) in 1879. He returned to Manchester and, after one year as a senior resident medical officer at the Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury, engaged in general practice. At the Manchester Royal Infirmary he became in 1885 a registrar, in 1889 an assistant physician, and in 1899 a full physician. In 1911 he became a professor of clinical at the University of Manchester. He retired from his Manchester appointments in 1912 but during WWI became a major in the RAMC and served on medical boards in Manchester and Warrington. In 1893 Bury published ''A Treatise on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Józef Bury
Jozef Bury (born 1961 in Mielec, Poland, lives and works in Paris) is a multidisciplinary artist who articulates researches about space-and-time problems, polysensory perception, subcognitive attitude and memory of experience. While working with such mediums as photograph, painting, performance and new media New media describes communication technologies that enable or enhance interaction between users as well as interaction between users and content. In the middle of the 1990s, the phrase "new media" became widely used as part of a sales pitch for .... Bibliography *"Cyberspace and the Local Illusion — Working notes, 1992–2005 ", in : Sobieszczanski, M., Lacroix, C., (dir.), ''From split-screen to multi-screen. The spatially distributed video-cinematic narration''. Peter Lang, 2010 *''Interfejs Interface'', Katowice : BWA Contemporary Art Gallery 2008 *"Chronoscopie" in : Costantini, M. (dir.) ''Ecce Femina'', Paris : Harmattan 2007 *"La photographie à l'épreuve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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