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Digby (name)
Digby is an English name of Old English (dic "dyke, ditch") and Old Norse (byr "farm, settlement") origin, derived from Digby, Lincolnshire, a place in County Lincolnshire. at Behind the Name. Retrieved 19 November 2020. Notable people and characters with the name include: Surname * Edward Digby (other), multiple people * Grace Digby (1895-1964), British artist * Henry Digby (other), multiple people * Jane Digby (1807–1881), English aristocrat, famed for her love life and lifestyle. * John Digby (other), multiple people * Kenelm Digby (other), multiple people * Lettice Digby (other), multiple people * Marié Digby, American musician born 1983 * Robert Digby (other), multiple people * Simon Digby (other), multiple people * William Digby (other), multiple people |
Old English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th century, and the first Old English literature, Old English literary works date from the mid-7th century. After the Norman conquest of 1066, English was replaced, for a time, by Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman (a langues d'oïl, relative of French) as the language of the upper classes. This is regarded as marking the end of the Old English era, since during this period the English language was heavily influenced by Anglo-Norman, developing into a phase known now as Middle English in England and Early Scots in Scotland. Old English developed from a set of Anglo-Frisian languages, Anglo-Frisian or Ingvaeonic dialects originally spoken by Germanic peoples, Germanic tribes traditionally known as the Angles, Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digby Ioane
Digby Ioane (born 14 July 1985) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer who played for the Colorado Raptors in Major League Rugby (MLR). Ioane previously played for Panasonic Wild Knights in the Top League in Japan. He also played for Stade Français, the Western Force, the Queensland Reds and the Crusaders. He also played international representative test rugby for the Australia Wallabies. Family and early life Ioane was born in Wellington, New Zealand, but moved to Melbourne with his family when he was 2 years old. His family are of Samoan heritage. He was introduced to rugby league then to rugby union at an early age and represented Victoria in both junior Victorian Rugby Union and junior Victorian Rugby League before moving to Brisbane in 2002. Ioane attended St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, and played for the 1st XV rugby team for two years. He played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2002 and 2003. Ioane joined the Queensland Reds academy in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digby, The Biggest Dog In The World
''Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World'' is a 1973 British children's fantasy-adventure comedy film starring Jim Dale, and directed by Joseph McGrath. A large supporting cast of British movie stalwarts includes Spike Milligan, Angela Douglas, Norman Rossington, Milo O'Shea, Dinsdale Landen and Victor Spinetti. The production included composer Edwin Astley and cinematographer Harry Waxman. The film was based on the 1960 novel ''The Biggest Dog in the World'' by Ted Key. The film starred Fernville Lord Digby in the title role. Digby was then the reigning Dulux Old English Sheepdog; the company using the breed since 1961 in their advertisements that led to the breed's popularity around the world. Plot An Old English Sheepdog accidentally drinks a liquid growth formula (a form of experimental fertilizer) and expands to gigantic proportions. Cast *Jim Dale - Jeff Eldon *Angela Douglas - Janine *Spike Milligan - Dr. Harz *John Bluthal - Jerry *Milo O'Shea - Dr. Jameson *Norman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beau Geste
''Beau Geste'' is an adventure novel by British writer P. C. Wren, which details the adventures of three English brothers who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a relative. Published in 1924, the novel is set in the period before World War I. It has been adapted for the screen several times. Plot summary Michael "Beau" Geste is the protagonist. The main narrator is his younger brother John. The three Geste brothers are portrayed as behaving according to the English upper-class values of a time gone by. The Geste siblings are orphans and have been brought up by their aunt Lady Patricia at Brandon Abbas. The rest of Beau's band are mainly Isobel and Claudia (possibly the illegitimate daughter of Lady Patricia) and Lady Patricia's relative Augustus (the caddish nephew of the absent Sir Hector Brandon). While not mentioned in ''Beau Geste'', the American Otis Vanbrugh appears as a friend of the Geste brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salu Digby
Salu Digby, also known as Shrinking Violet, Violet, and Atom Girl, is a fictional character, a superhero and Legion of Super-Heroes member in the DC Universe's 30th and 31st centuries. She comes from the planet Imsk and has the power to shrink to tiny size, as do all Imsk natives. Publication history Shrinking Violet first appeared in ''Action Comics'' #276 and was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Jim Mooney. Fictional character biography Zero Hour Pre-Zero Hour In the original pre-'' Zero Hour'' continuity, she was the thirteenth person to join the Legion of Super-Heroes. She first appeared in ''Action Comics'' #276 (1961). She tried out for membership at the same time as Sun Boy and Bouncing Boy. At that same tryout, Supergirl and Brainiac 5 joined the Legion. Shrinking Violet joined the Legion later, as did her fellow applicants Sun Boy and Bouncing Boy. Despite her shyness, Shrinking Violet, known as Vi to her teammates, served as an exemplary Legionnaire. She became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morven Digby
''Holby City'' is a British medical drama television series that premiered on 12 January 1999 on BBC One. The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama '' Casualty''. It is set in the same hospital as ''Casualty'', Holby General, in the fictional city of Holby, and features occasional crossovers of characters and plots with both ''Casualty'' (in episodes broadcast as ''Casualty@Holby City'') and the show's 2007 police procedural spin-off '' HolbyBlue''. ''Holby City'' follows the professional and personal lives of surgeons, nurses, other medical and ancillary staff and patients at Holby General. It features an ensemble cast of regular characters, and began with 11 main characters in its first series, all of whom have since left the show. New main characters have been both written in and out of the series since. In addition, ''Holby City'' features guest stars each week, as well as recurring guests that take part in s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Digby
Arthur Digby is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama ''Holby City'', played by actor Rob Ostlere. He first appeared in the series fifteen episode "Blood Ties", broadcast on 2 January 2013. Arthur arrives at Holby City hospital to start his first year of the Foundation Programme. To prepare for the role Ostlere visited a hospital and shadowed a registrar and foundation doctors on their rounds. He has been described by ''Holby City's'' publicity department as "naïve and socially awkward" plus holding an "encyclopaedic knowledge" on unusual subjects. Ostlere's first days on-set influenced various aspects of Arthur's characterisation such as his " preppy attire", fidgeting with his glasses and his clumsy nature. Arthur is a talented doctor and his skills are awarded the medical prize titled, Junior Doctor of the Year. Arthur's storylines have focused on his career on the hospital's Keller and AAU wards, alongside the various characters that staff them. In his first year on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eagle (comic)
''Eagle'' was a British children's comics periodical, first published from 1950 to 1969, and then in a relaunched format from 1982 to 1994. It was founded by Marcus Morris, an Anglican vicar from Lancashire. Morris edited a Southport parish magazine called ''The Anvil'', but felt that the church was not communicating its message effectively. Simultaneously disillusioned with contemporary children's literature, he and ''Anvil'' artist Frank Hampson created a dummy comic based on Christian values. Morris proposed the idea to several Fleet Street publishers, with little success, until Hulton Press took it on. Following a huge publicity campaign, the first issue of ''Eagle'' was released in April 1950. Revolutionary in its presentation and content, it was enormously successful; the first issue sold about 900,000 copies. Featured in colour on the front cover was its most recognisable story, '' Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future'', created by Hampson with meticulous attention to detail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Dare
Dan Dare is a British science fiction comic hero, created by illustrator Frank Hampson who also wrote the first stories. Dare appeared in the ''Eagle'' comic story ''Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future'' from 1950 to 1967 (and subsequently in reprints), and dramatised seven times a week on Radio Luxembourg (1951–1956). The stories were set in the late 1990s, but the dialogue and manner of the characters is reminiscent of British war films of the 1950s. Dan Dare has been described as "Biggles in Space" and as the British equivalent of Buck Rogers. Dan Dare was distinguished by its long, complex storylines, snappy dialogue and meticulously illustrated comic-strip artwork by Hampson and other artists, including Harold Johns, Don Harley, Bruce Cornwell, Greta Tomlinson, Frank Bellamy, and Keith Watson. ''Dan Dare'' returned in new strips in '' 2000 AD'' in 1977 until 1979 and in the relaunched ''Eagle'' in 1982 until 1994. The most recent mainstream story was a Dan Dare mini-series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digby Willoughby (other)
Digby Willoughby may refer to: * Digby Willoughby, 7th Baron Middleton (1769–1856) * Digby Willoughby (adventurer) (1845–1901), English mercenary * Digby Wentworth Bayard Willoughby, 9th Baron Middleton (1844–1922) * Digby Willoughby (bobsleigher), Lieutenant Colonel Digby Willoughby, (1934–2007) * Michael Willoughby, 12th Baron Middleton, real name Digby Willoughby, (b. 1921) * Digby Willoughby (Conservative politician), Lord Mayor of Hull, and figure of the 1946 corruption scandal {{hndis, Willoughby, Digby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digby Tatham-Warter
Major Allison Digby Tatham-Warter DSO (21 May 1917 – 21 March 1993), also known as Digby Tatham-Warter or just Digby, was a British Army officer who fought in the Second World War and was famed for wearing a bowler hat and carrying an umbrella into battle. Early life Digby was born in Atcham, Shropshire, England. He was the second son of Henry de Grey Tatham-Warter, a landowner with several estates in the southwest of England. Digby's father fought in the First World War with the Artists Rifles; he was gassed in the trenches and died when Digby was 11. Digby was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire. In 1935 he was accepted into the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Early military career Digby passed out of Sandhurst on 21 January 1937 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Unattached List for the Indian Army with a view to joining the Indian Army due to his family connections. He was attached to the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digby Smith
Digby Smith (born 1 January 1935) is a British military historian. The son of a British career soldier, he was born in Hampshire, England, but spent several years in India and Pakistan as a child and youth. As a "boy soldier", he entered training in the British Army at the age of 16. He was later commissioned in the Royal Corps of Signals, and held several postings with the British Army of the Rhine. After a career in the British Army Signal Corps, he retired and with a friend started a company selling body armour, followed by several years working in the telecommunications industry. After his second retirement, he lived for a while in Hanau, Germany, but has moved back to Britain. Originally writing under the pen name, Otto von Pivka, since his retirement from the military he has written another dozen books, venturing into narrative history with his ''1813: Leipzig : Napoleon and the Battle of the Nations'' in 2001 and ''Charge!: Great Cavalry Charges of the Napoleonic Wars'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
