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Dinshaw Writer
Dinshaw may refer to: ;Surname * Carolyn Dinshaw, American academic and author, specialising in gender and sexuality in the mediaeval context *Jay Dinshaw (1933–2000), founder and president of the American Vegan Society, editor of the ''Ahimsa'' magazine * Ketayun Ardeshir Dinshaw FRCR (1943–2011), developed cancer care and radiation therapy in India *Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw (1842–1914), eldest son of the Karachi landowner and philanthropist Seth Edulji Dinshaw * Rusi Dinshaw (1928–2014), Pakistani cricketer * Seth Edulji Dinshaw CIE (1842–1914), Karachi-based Parsi philanthropist during the British colonial era ;Given name * Cowasji Dinshaw Adenwalla CIE (1827–1900), trader who emigrated from Surat/Bombay *Dinshaw Bilimoria (1904–1942), Indian actor and director *Dinshaw Eduljee (1919–1944), the first pilot of the Indian Air Force, IAF, to receive the Air Force Cross * Dinshaw Patel, structural biologist in New York City * Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit (1859–1915), son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Dinshaw
Carolyn Dinshaw is an American academic and author, who has specialised in issues of gender and sexuality in the medieval context. Education and career Dinshaw was born to an Indian father, Dudley Dinshaw a Parsi from Lucknow and an American mother. Dinshaw earned her bachelor's degree in 1978 from Bryn Mawr College and went on to graduate study at Princeton University where she earned her PhD in English Literature in 1982 with a dissertation that later became the book ''Chaucer and the Text''. She is currently a Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and English at New York University working in medieval studies and queer theory. The corpus of her work focuses on the relationship between the present and the medieval past, and in particular the ways that certain aspects of the medieval past continue to resonate in contemporary issues of gender and sexuality, the embodied experience of time, and "ecological thought." She is the recipient of the 2017-2018 Brudner Prize, James Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinshaw Patel
Dinshaw J. Patel is an Indian-American structural biologist who holds the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Chair in Experimental Therapeutics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Early life and education Patel was born in 1942 in Mumbai, India and was raised in the Zoroastrian tradition. He received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Mumbai in 1961 and then moved to the United States for graduate school, completing a master's degree at the California Institute of Technology in 1963. He later recalled this experience, working in the laboratory of John D. Roberts, as his first exposure to NMR spectroscopy, a technique that would become a key part of his research program. Patel then joined the laboratory of David Schuster at New York University, from which he received his Ph.D. in chemistry in 1968. After completing his Ph.D., Patel became interested in moving from chemistry to biology and worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Robert Chambers at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Shaw
Dan Shaw (born c. 1934) is a retired Canadian football player who played for the Toronto Argonauts. References Living people 1930s births Place of birth missing (living people) Canadian football guards Toronto Argonauts players {{Canadianfootball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edulji Dinshaw Dispensary
Edulji Dinshaw Dispensary (), officially the Eduljee Dinshaw Charitable Dispensary, is a building in the Saddar neighborhood of central Karachi, Pakistan. It was built in 1882, and served as a charitable dispensary for Karachi's citizens. It was named after Karachi-based Parsi philanthropist Seth Edulji Dinshaw, who donated 5,500 rupees towards construction - half of the building's cost. Dinshaw had risen from poverty and became the largest landowner in Karachi at the time. It was designed James Strachan, and was Karachi's first Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian ... building. Gallery File:EDULJI DINSHAW DISPENSARY.png File:Dinshaw Dispensary.jpg File:The Eduljee Dinshaw.jpg File:Edulji Dinshaw Building.jpg File:Old maternity home saddar Karachi.JPG Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinshaw Wachha Road
Dinshaw Wacha Road is a road in Mumbai, India located between Churchgate and Mantralaya, Mumbai, Mantralaya. The road is also known as Dinshaw Varcha Road. Points of interest Some institutions along this road are: • Kishinchand Chellaram College, Kishinchand Chellaram College of Arts, Science & Commerce; popularly known as KC College. • H.R. College of Commerce and Economics, Hassaram Rijhumal College of Commerce and Economics; popularly known as HR College. • K C Law College, Mumbai, Kishinchand Chellaram Law College; popularly known as KC Law College. • Cricket Club of India; popularly known as CCI References {{Reflist Roads in Mumbai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinshaw Edulji Wacha
Sir Dinshaw Edulji Wacha (2 August 1844 – 18 February 1936) was a Parsi politician from Bombay. He was one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress. Wacha was also the president of the Congress in 1901. Wacha was associated with the cotton industry and was the President of the Indian Merchants' Chamber in 1915. He was knighted in 1917. Sir Dinshaw was a member of the Bombay Legislative Council, the Imperial Legislative Council and the Council of State. He headed the Western India Liberal Association from 1919 to 1927. Wacha lamented the lack of dedicated leaders who were willing to devote to Congress's political goals. He observed how many figures, such as Pherozeshah Mehta, who would have made capable leaders, eschewed total alliance with the Congress for fear of damage to their private careers. Despite this lack of support from Indian leaders, Wacha did acknowledge the vital role that the Scotsman, Allan Hume, played in maintaining Congress in between s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinshaw Maneckji Petit
Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 1st Baronet (30 June 18235 May 1901) was an Indian entrepreneur and founder of the first textile mills in India, as well as a great philanthropist. He was part of the Petit family and became the first Petit baronet. Family Dinshaw Maneckji Petit was born in Bombay, British India. In 1837, he married Sakarbai Panday, with whom he had 14 children (six sons and eight daughters). He was survived by, among others, his son Dinshaw Petit, who became the 2nd Baronet. His daughter Mithuben Hormusji Petit (11 April 1892 – 16 July 1973) was a female activist in the Indian independence movement, who famously participated in Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March. His grandson Fali, who later became Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, the 3rd Baronet, married Sylla Tata, a member of the Tata family and the sister of J. R. D. Tata, who later became the longest-serving chairman of the Tata Group, one of India's leading business conglomerates. His granddaughter Ratanbai Petit w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit
''Seth'' Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit (27 March 1859 – 17 December 1915)''Parsi Statues'', Marzban Jamshedji Giara, 2000, p. 197 was son of Sir Dinshaw Maneckjee Petit, Bart, and a noted cotton mill owner and philanthropist from Bombay. He was born on 27 March 1859 and was the third son of Sir Dinshaw Maneckjee Petit. He inherited a large portion of his father's estate and was owner of Petit Mills. He was one of the founders of the London School of Tropical Medicine to which he donated £6,666. In a letter to Sir Francis Lovell (Dean of the School), quoted in ''The Times'' in 1902, he wrote the following about the school: He was the president of the Mill Owners' Association; a director of Bank of Bombay for ten years and served as its president in 1903.''The B. D. Petit Parsee General Hospital, 1912–1972'', Maneckji D. Petit, Homi Shapurji Mehta, P. S. Jhabvala, 1973 He founded the Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit Parsee General Hospital and served as its president for many years. He was f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinshaw Eduljee
Flying Officer Dinshaw Ferozeshaw Eduljee, AFC (30 June 1919 – 27 November 1944) was a former officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF). He was the first pilot of the IAF to receive the Air Force Cross, on 1 June 1944. Eduljee is presumed to have died after the Hurricane fighter aircraft he was flying crashed in action behind Japanese lines in Burma (today's Myanmar). The circumstances and time of his death are not known. Early life and education Eduljee was born to Ferozeshaw and Khursheed Eduljee on 30 June 1919 in Lucknow, India. According to his brother Major (Retd.) Erauch (Eddie) Eduljee, his parents enrolled him in one of India's most prestigious schools, the Wynberg Allen Schools in the hills of Mussoorie, India. Upon graduating from Wynberg Allen, Eduljee joined the Flying College, Jodhpur in Rajasthan. Eduljee received his commission as an officer in the Indian Air Force on 3 March 1941 at a time when Indians served with the allied forces during the Second World Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Dinshaw
Hom Jay Dinshah (November 2, 1933 – June 8, 2000) was an American veganism activist and natural hygiene proponent who was the founder and president of the American Vegan Society and the editor of its publication the ''Ahimsa'' magazine (1960–2000). Life H. Jay Dinshah was born in the Malaga section of Franklin Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States, where he lived his entire life. His father was a US citizen of Parsi ancestry who was born in India, and his mother was a US citizen of German ancestry. A lifelong vegetarian, Dinshah became vegan in 1957.Dinshah HJ, Song of India, 1973 He and his younger brother Noshervan—then aged 23 and 20 respectively—visited a Philadelphia slaughterhouse in 1957, after which he vowed to "work every day until all the slaughterhouses are closed!"Dinshah HJ, Dinshah A, Powerful Vegan Messages, 2014 He married the English-born Freya Smith in 1960. They had two children, Daniel Dinshah and author and athlete Anne Dinshah. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinshaw Bilimoria
Dinshaw Bilimoria (1904 in Kirkee – 1942) was an Indian actor and director. He has been referred to as the John Barrymore of Indian cinema. Life Dinshaw Bilimoria made his debut in 1925 in N. D. Sarpotdar's mythological-historical film ''Chhatrapati Sambhaji''. In 1927, he moved to the film company Imperial Films Company and partnered with Sulochana in Mohan Bhavnani's ''Wildcat of Bombay'' (1927) and R. S. Choudhury's ''Anarkali'' (1928), which were his first big successes. At the end of the silent film era from 1927 to 1929 and in the early talkies in India from 1933 to 1939, Bilimoria and Sulochana formed a popular romantic lead, which delighted a broad audience, especially in romantic dramas by R. S. Choudhury. Billimoria was considered the highest paid silent movie star in India. After 1932, they shot talkies remakes of several of the silent film hits, among them ''Anarkali'' (1935) and ''Bambai Ki Billi/Wildcat of Bombay'' (1936). He appeared in several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cowasji Dinshaw Adenwalla
Cowasji Shavaksha Dinshaw (Adenwalla) (1827–1900) was a trader who emigrated from Surat/Bombay. The family name ''Adenwalla'' ("from Aden") was a later addition, and is the name by which he is today remembered. Cowasji travelled extensively and set up trading posts in other British possessions/protectorates, most notably on the east-African coast in Zanzibar and Mombasa. He was however best known for his business acumen, and the foresight that Aden would become an important port within the framework of the (modern-day) Suez Canal. He had an entire floating dock shipped from Britain in 1895 and was known locally as "Dinshaw Pontoon". Although of the Zoroastrian faith (and founder of the Fire Temple in Aden), he also financed the construction of a mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
