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Danby (surname)
Danby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Abstrupus Danby (1655–1727), English wool merchant *Christopher Danby (1503-1571), English politician and landowner *Francis Danby (1793–1861), Irish painter *Gordon Danby, American physicist * Graeme Danby (born 1962), English operatic bass * Herbert Danby (1889–1953), English priest and writer *James Francis Danby (1816–1875), English landscape painter * John Danby (other), multiple people *Ken Danby (1940–2007), Canadian artist * Michael Danby (born 1955), Australian politician *Nicholas Danby (1935–1997) English organist, composer and teacher *Noah Danby (born 1974), Canadian actor *Robert Danby (died 1474), British justice * Thomas Danby (other), multiple people *Tom Danby (1926–2022), English rugby player *William Danby (writer) (1752–1833), English writer *William Danby (coroner) William Danby ( ''fl.'' 1542–1593) was a sixteenth-century lawyer and Coroner of the Queen's Househ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abstrupus Danby
Sir Abstrupus Danby (27 December 1655 – 27 December 1727) was an English wool merchant and country gentleman. He was the son of Christopher Danby and Anne Culpepper, niece of Lord Colepeper. He was knighted at Kensington in 1691, and was also a justice of the peace and deputy lieutenant for Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have .... In 1695, upon the death of his father, he built himself a new house at Swinton Park and sold off the family's old house of Scruton Hall. Upon his death in 1727, his properties were inherited by his son, also named Abstrupus Danby. ReferencesThe Twickenham Museum: Sir Abstrupus Danby 1655 births 1727 deaths English MPs 1698–1700 17th-century merchants 18th-century merchants Abstrupus 17th-century English busine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Danby
Sir Christopher Danby Member of parliament, MP Justice of the peace, JP (1503 – 14 June 1571), of Farnley Hall, West Yorkshire, Farnley, Masham, and Thorp Perrow, Yorkshire, of St Paul's Cray, St. Paul's Cray, Kent, and of Kettleby, Lincolnshire, Kettleby, Lincolnshire, and of Nayland, Suffolk, was an English politician. Life He was born to Sir Christopher Danby and Margaret ( Scrope), daughter and coheiress of Thomas Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Masham. He succeeded to his father's estates in 1518, and on the death of his mother, inherited the manor of Masham. He was knighted in 1533 at the coronation of Queen Anne Boleyn (second wife of Henry VIII of England, King Henry VIII). He served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1545, and was a Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency), Yorkshire in April 1554. He married Elizabeth Neville, daughter of Richard Neville, 2nd Baron Latimer, and Anne Stafford. They had fourteen children (six sons and eight daug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Danby
Francis Danby (16 November 1793 – 9 February 1861) was an Irish painter of the Romantic era. His imaginative, dramatic landscapes were comparable to those of John Martin. Danby initially developed his imaginative style while he was the central figure in a group of artists who have come to be known as the Bristol School. His period of greatest success was in London in the 1820s. Early life Born in the south-east of Ireland, he was one of a set of twins; his father, James Danby, farmed a small property he owned near Wexford, but his death, in 1807, caused the family to move to Dublin, while Francis was still a schoolboy. He began to practice drawing at the Royal Dublin Society's schools; and under an erratic young artist named James Arthur O'Connor he began painting landscapes. Danby also made acquaintance with George Petrie. In 1813 Danby left for London together with O'Connor and Petrie. This expedition, undertaken with very inadequate funds, quickly came to an end, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Danby
Gordon Thompson Danby (November 8, 1929 – August 2, 2016) was a Canadian-American physicist notable (together with Dr. James R. Powell) for his work on superconducting Maglev, for which he shared the Franklin Institute 'Medal 2000 for Engineering'. Danby was born in Richmond, Ontario (now part of Ottawa) and went to Carleton University to study mathematics and physics before going to McGill University in Montreal, where he received a PhD in 1956. He started working at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, New York the following year and remained there until 1999. Danby was responsible for designing the magnetic storage ring initially used for E821 at BNL, which was later moved to Fermilab for the Muon g-2 Muon − 2 (pronounced "gee minus two") is a particle physics experiment at Fermilab to measure the anomalous magnetic dipole moment of a muon to a precision of 0.14 ppm, which will be a sensitive test of the Standard Model. It migh ... experiment. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graeme Danby
Graeme Danby (born 23 May 1962 in Consett, County Durham, England) is an operatic bass who has performed at several of the world's leading opera houses, notably the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and the English National Opera. He was educated at the Royal Academy of Music in London. English National Opera In 2003, he sang the role of Lorenzo (''I Capuletti ed I Montecchi'') conducted by Richard Bonynge. This appearance was one among many in major roles for English National Opera, which include Don Basilio in Rossini's ''Il Barbiere di Siviglia''; Dulcamara in Donizetti's ''L'elisir d'amore''; Somnus in Handel's ''Semele''; Quince in Britten's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''; Collatinus in Britten's ''The Rape of Lucretia'', Poo-Bah in Gilbert & Sullivan's ''The Mikado''; Sarastro in Mozart's ''Die Zauberflöte''; Bartolo (''Le nozze di Figaro''); Sacristan in Puccini's ''Tosca''; Pistol in Verdi's ''Falstaff'' and Ribbing in Verdi's ''Un ballo in maschera''. Royal Opera Hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Danby
Herbert Danby (20 January 1889 – 29 March 1953) was an Anglican priest and writer who played a central role in the change of attitudes toward Judaism in the first half of the twentieth century. Education Danby was educated at Church Middle Class School, Leeds and Keble College, Oxford. He was a Holroyd Musical Scholar, and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists in 1907. He retained a lifelong passionate interest in music, and also in golf. Danby had a distinguished career at Oxford, winning the Junior Septuagint Prize, the Pusey and Ellerton Scholarship, the Houghton Syriac Prize and a Senior Kennicott Scholarship. He achieved a first class degree in Oriental Languages, and was awarded an MA in 1914. His studies continued after he started work, and he was made a Doctor of Divinity in 1923, partly for his translation '' Tractate Sanhedrin, Mishna and Tosefta'', published in 1919. Early career Danby became a Deacon in 1913, and worked as Curate of the Parish of W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Francis Danby
James Francis Danby was an English landscape art, landscape painter who excelled in depicting sunrise and sunset. Biography Danby was born at Bristol in 1816, the son of Francis Danby, Royal Academy, A.R.A. His works appeared at the Royal Academy, and at the Royal Society of British Artists, Society of British Artists, of which latter he was a member. Amongst his best works are: * ''Loch Lomond''. * ''Dover, from the Canterbury Road''. 1849. * ''Dumbarton Rock''. 1854. * ''Morning on the Thames''. 1860. * ''Wreck on Exmouth Bar''. 1861. * ''Carrickfergus Castle''. 1867. * ''North Shields: Sunrise''. 1869. He died of apoplexy in London in 1875 and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery. The inscription on the headstone above his plot (no.20952) has completely worn away. References * 1816 births 1875 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery English landscape painters Artists from Bristol {{England-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Danby (other)
John Danby may refer to: *John Danby (footballer) (born 1983), professional footballer *John Danby (ice hockey) John Danby (born July 20, 1948 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach. Career After winning consecutive List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions, national championships ... (born 1948), Canadian former major league ice hockey player * John Danby (musician) (1757–1798), English composer See also * Danby (other) {{hndis, name=Danby, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Danby
Ken Danby, D.F.A. (6 March 1940 – 23 September 2007) was a Canadian painter. Danby is best known for creating highly realistic paintings that study everyday life. His 1972 painting '' At the Crease'', portraying a masked hockey goalie defending his net, is widely recognized and reproduced in Canada. Early life and education Danby was born and grew up in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario."Surreal death of a Canadian icon" ''Toronto Star'' Peter Goddard, Sept. 25, 2007 He began drawing and painting in high school. He enrolled at the in 1958. Career Early in his career, Danby experimented with abstract e ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Danby
Michael David Danby (born 16 February 1955) is an Australian politician who was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1998 until 2019, representing the Division of Melbourne Ports, Victoria. Danby was briefly Parliamentary Secretary for the Arts, from March to September 2013. Early life and experience Danby was born in Melbourne and lives in Elwood. Danby attended Mount Scopus Memorial College and then enrolled in a Bachelor of Arts at Melbourne University but left without completing the degree. He was President of the Melbourne University Student Union as well as President of the Australasian Union of Jewish Students. From 1980 to 1983 he was an Australian Army Reserve officer cadet with Officer Cadet Training Unit, 3 Training Group, based at Albert Park Reserve and Puckapunyal. From 1979 to 1983 Danby was manager of Halmaag Art Galleries in Malvern. He was Assistant Private Secretary to Barry Cohen, a minister in the Hawke govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Danby
Nicholas Danby (19 July 1935 – 15 June 1997) was a British organist, recitalist and teacher. He was a great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens and nephew of Monica Dickens. Danby was Organ Professor at both the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he was head of Organ Studies from 1989 to 1996. For over thirty years he was Director of Music at the London Jesuit Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street, Mayfair. Throughout his life, Nicholas Danby worked ceaselessly to promote international and cultural exchange. Danby did secondary studies at Beaumont College, Old Windsor. He was apprenticed to the Belgian , who was organist of the Jesuit Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street, in Mayfair, London. Danby succeeded him in this position, where he re-founded a professional choir and remained until his death. From 1963 to 1965 he was also Director of Music at Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon. Danby taught the organ at the Royal Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Danby
Noah Dalton Danby (born April 24, 1974) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for portraying Connor King in the series ''Painkiller Jane''. Early life Danby was born in Guelph, Ontario, the son of painter Ken Danby. Personal life Danby became engaged to his ''Painkiller Jane'' co-star Kristanna Loken on January 17, 2008. The two married at Loken's family's farm in Ghent, New York Ghent is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States, with a ZIP code of 12075. The population was 5,303 at the 2020 census, down from the 2010 census. Ghent is centrally located in the county and is northeast of the city of Hudson. H ... on May 10, 2008. In an interview published on November 16, 2009, Loken announced that she had separated from husband Danby and was in a relationship with a woman.Kriegh, LeeAnn"Exclusive Interview: Catching Up with Kristanna Loken", AfterEllen.com, November 18, 2009. Filmography Film Television Video games References External links * * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
