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C. S. Hornabrook
Charles Soward Hornabrook (25 December 1859 – 25 September 1922), generally referred to as "C. S. Hornabrook" was an Anglican priest in the colony and State of South Australia, possibly best remembered for his work in Adelaide with St Mary Magdalene's Church, Adelaide, St Mary Magdalene's Church and St Peter's College Mission, in Moore street, Adelaide. History Hornabrook was born in Adelaide, the oldest son and second child of Charles Atkins Hornabrook JP (c. 1833 – 26 August 1903) and his wife Eliza Maria Hornabrook, née Soward, (c. 1838 – 26 January 1901). He was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide, St Peter's College and joined the architectural firm of E. J. Woods, Woods and McMinn, spending two years in England furthering his education at the Royal Academy, Royal Academy architectural schools, during which time he wrote a monograph on the history of stained glass in England, read before the St George's Art Society and as ''Painted Glass'' published in ''The Furnit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C S Hornabrook
C, or c, is the third Letter (alphabet), letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''cee'' (pronounced ), plural ''cees''. History "C" comes from the same letter as "G". The Semitic people, Semites named it gimel. The sign is possibly adapted from an Egyptian hieroglyphs, Egyptian hieroglyph for a Staff-sling, staff sling, which may have been the meaning of the name ''gimel''. Another possibility is that it depicted a camel, the Semitic name for which was ''gamal''. Barry B. Powell, a specialist in the history of writing, states "It is hard to imagine how gimel = "camel" can be derived from the picture of a camel (it may show his hump, or his head and neck!)". In the Etruscan language, plosive consonants had no contrastive phonation, voicing, so the Greek language, Greek 'Gamma, Γ' (Gamma) was adopted into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
