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Synge Family
Synge is an Irish and British surname. Notable people with the name include: * Cathleen Synge (born 1923), Canadian mathematician a.k.a. Cathleen Synge Morawetz * Edward Synge (archbishop of Tuam) (1659–1741), Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of Ireland * Edward Synge (bishop of Elphin) (1691–1762), Anglican bishop in the Church of Ireland * Edward Hutchinson Synge (1890–1957), inventor of the near-field optical microscope * John Lighton Synge (1897–1995), Irish mathematician and physicist * John Millington Synge (1871–1909), Irish playwright, poet, and prose writer *Mary Helena Synge (1840-1917) Irish composer * Nicholas Synge (died 1771), 18th-century Irish Anglican priest * Patrick Synge (1910–1982), British botanist, writer and plant hunter * Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914–1994), British biochemist * Violet Synge Girl Guide Chief Commissioner for England * William Synge (1826-1891), British diplomat and writer See also *Synge (hill) The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathleen Synge Morawetz
Cathleen Synge Morawetz (May 5, 1923 – August 8, 2017) was a Canadian mathematician who spent much of her career in the United States. Morawetz's research was mainly in the study of the partial differential equations governing fluid flow, particularly those of mixed type occurring in transonic flow. She was professor emerita at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at the New York University, where she had also served as director from 1984 to 1988. She was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1998. Childhood Morawetz's father, John Lighton Synge, nephew of John Millington Synge, was an Irish mathematician, specializing in the geometry of general relativity. Her mother also studied mathematics for a time. Her uncle was Edward Hutchinson Synge who is credited as the inventor of the Near-field scanning optical microscope and very large astronomical telescopes, based on multiple mirrors. Her childhood was split between Ireland and Canada. Both her parents were supporti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Synge (bishop Of Elphin)
Edward Synge (1691–1762) was an Anglican bishop in the Church of Ireland who was the Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh (1730–1732), Bishop of Cloyne (1732–1734), Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin (1734–1740) and Bishop of Elphin (1740–1762). Synge was born in Cork. His father was Edward Synge, Archbishop of Tuam. His grandfather was Edward Synge, Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross and his brother Nicholas Synge Bishop of Killaloe. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, obtaining a Master of Arts degree in 1712 and a Doctorate of Divinity in 1728. He was briefly Provost of Tuam and Chancellor of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, before he was nominated the Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh on 14 May 1730 and consecrated on 7 June 1730. He was subsequently translated to Cloyne on 22 March 1732, then to Ferns and Leighlin on 8 February 1734, and finally to Elphin on 15 May 1740., ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 392. Synge's musical ability made a strong i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Hutchinson Synge
Edward Hutchinson Synge (1 June 1890 – 26 May 1957) was an Irish physicist who published a complete theoretical description of the near-field scanning optical microscope, an instrument used in nanotechnology, several decades before it was experimentally developed. He never completed university yet did significant original research in both microscopy and telescopy. He was the first to apply the principle of scanning in imaging, which later became important in a wide range of technologies including television, radar, and scanning electron microscopy.Novotny (2011) He was the older brother of distinguished mathematician and theoretical physicist John Lighton Synge. Early life and education Edward Hutchinson Synge was born in 1890, in County Dublin, Ireland, to Edward Synge and Ellen Frances Price. He was familiarly known as "Hutchie".Trinity (March 2012) He was the nephew of playwright John Millington Synge and the brother of John Lighton Synge who edited the collected works of Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lighton Synge
John Lighton Synge (; 23 March 1897 – 30 March 1995) was an Irish mathematician and physicist, whose seven-decade career included significant periods in Ireland, Canada, and the USA. He was a prolific author and influential mentor, and is credited with the introduction of a new geometrical approach to the theory of relativity. Background Synge was born 1897 in Dublin, Ireland, into a prominent Church of Ireland family. He attended St. Andrew's College, Dublin and in 1915 entered Trinity College Dublin (TCD). He was elected a Foundation Scholar his first year, which was unusual as it was normally won by more advanced students. While an undergraduate at TCD, he spotted a non-trivial error in ''Analytical Dynamics'', a textbook by E. T. Whittaker, who had recently taught there, and notified Whittaker of the error. In 1919 he was awarded a B.A. in Mathematics and Experimental Physics, and also a gold medal for outstanding merit. In 1922 he was awarded an M.A., and in 1926 a Sc.D. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Millington Synge
Edmund John Millington Synge (; 16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909) was an Irish playwright, poet, writer, collector of folklore, and a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival. His best known play ''The Playboy of the Western World'' was poorly received, due to its bleak ending, depiction of Irish peasants, and idealisation of parricide, leading to hostile audience reactions and riots in Dublin during its opening run at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, which he had co-founded with W. B. Yeats and Lady Gregory. His other major works include '' In the Shadow of the Glen'' (1903), ''Riders to the Sea'' (1904), ''The Well of the Saints'' (1905), and ''The Tinker's Wedding'' (1909). Although he came from a wealthy Anglo-Irish background, his writings mainly concern working-class Catholics in rural Ireland, and with what he saw as the essential paganism of their world view. Owing to his ill health, Synge was schooled at home. His early interest was in music, leading to a scholarship and degre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Helena Synge
Mary Helena Synge (8 July 1840 – 5 February 1917) was an Irish composer, pianist, and singer who spent many years in England, where she died. Synge was born in Parsonstown to Margaret Jemima Saunders, Edward Synge, and a family of musicians and writers descended from the Archbishop Edward Synge. Her cousin was the author John Millington Synge. Some of their correspondence is archived at Trinity College Dublin. Synge studied piano and singing at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels The Royal Conservatory of Brussels (french: Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, nl, Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel) is a historic conservatory in Brussels, Belgium. Starting its activities in 1813, it received its official name in 1832. Provid .... She gave piano recitals throughout Ireland and England. A recital in London on 10 July 1883, received favourable reviews. She performed in Cork later that year, and at the Antient Concert Rooms in Dublin in 1893. Synge’s music was published by Ashdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Synge
Nicholas Synge was an 18th-century Irish Anglican priest. Synge was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was Rector of Headford and Prebendary of Kilbeg from 1720 until 1731 and Archdeacon of Tuam from 1731 until 1743. He was appointed Prebendary of Malahide in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin in 1737 and resigned in 1743 to become Archdeacon of Dublin. In 1745 he became Bishop of Killaloe and from 1752 Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora The Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Killaloe and Kilfenora in the Province of Cashel; comprising all of County Clare and the northern part of County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland. The Ep .... He died on 19 January 1771: his brother was also a bishop."The Baronetage of England" Betham, W p487: London, Burrell and Bransby, 1805 References Archdeacons of Tuam Archdeacons of Dublin 1771 deaths 18th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Anglican bishops of Killaloe Bis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Synge
Patrick Millington Synge (1910-1982) was a British botanist, writer and plant hunter. Career He was a graduate of Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge. His first book documented a British Museum Natural History expedition to East Africa, led by George Taylor, later Director at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He fought in the Intelligence Corps in the Second World War between 1943 and 1945, gaining the rank of Major. He was editor of the ''Horticultural Journal'' between 1945 and 1970 and was awarded the Victoria Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1971. His many expeditions, including those to Nepal with Colville Barclay and Turkey with Rear-Admiral Paul Furse were documented in his 1973 book ''In Search of Flowers''. He died in 1982. Publications * ''Mountains of the Moon: an expedition to the Equatorial Mountains of Africa''. Drummond/Travel Book Club; Patrick M. Synge (1938) * ''Great Flower Books, 1700-1900: a bibliographical record of two centuries of fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Laurence Millington Synge
Richard Laurence Millington Synge FRS FRSE FRIC FRSC MRIA (Liverpool, 28 October 1914 – Norwich, 18 August 1994) was a British biochemist, and shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the invention of partition chromatography with Archer Martin. Life Richard Laurence Millington Synge was born in West Kirby on 28 October 1914, the son of Lawrence Millington Synge, a Liverpool stock-broker, and his wife, Katherine C. Swan. Synge was educated at the Old Hall in Wellington, Shropshire and at Winchester College. He then studied Chemistry at Trinity College, Cambridge. He spent his entire career in research, at the Wool Industries Research Association, Leeds (1941–1943), Lister Institute for Preventive Medicine, London (1943–1948), Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen (1948–1967), and Food Research Institute, Norwich (1967–1976). It was during his time in Leeds that he worked with Archer Martin, developing partition chromatography, a technique used in the separation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violet Synge
Violet Montressor Synge (b.16th May 1896, d. April 1971, Surrey) served as the Girl Guide Chief Commissioner for England. She was a recipient of the Silver Fish Award, the highest adult award in Girlguiding, awarded for outstanding service to Girlguiding combined with service to world Guiding. Prior to her tenure as Chief Commissioner, she had served as Captain of the 1st Buckingham Palace Company, formed to allow the then Princess Elizabeth to be a Girl Guide. It met for the first time on 9 June 1937. At this meeting, Princess Elizabeth was elected Seconder of the Kingfisher Patrol with Patricia Mountbatten as her Patrol Leader. There were twenty Guides who were made up from children of members of the Royal Household and Palace employees. They met at a summerhouse in the garden. During World War II, the group went into abeyance for a short time, but was re-opened at Windsor in 1942. A Brownie Pack was also opened at the same time for Princess Margaret. It had 14 members. The 1s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Synge
William Webb Follett Synge (25 August 1826 – 29 May 1891) was a British diplomat and author, known for his contributions to ''The Standard'', ''Punch'' and the '' Saturday Review''. Biography William Synge was born in 1826 to the Rev. Robert Synge, M.A. (d. 1862), by his first wife, Anne (d. 1844), daughter of William Webb Follett. After being educated almost entirely abroad, he joined the Foreign Office on 26 June 1846. He served in the British legation at Washington from 15 September 1851 to 1 July 1853, during the presidency of Millard Fillmore. Whilst there he married, on 27 January 1853, Henrietta Mary, youngest daughter of Robert Dewar Wainwright, colonel in the United States army. Returning to the UK, he began his literary career in his leisure time, writing in a journal called ''The Press''. His contributions to Punch began during the Crimean War (1853–56), and include a well-received poem, ''Sursum Corda'' (''Lift up your Hearts'' - Punch, November 1854) which refle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
