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Edwina (given Name)
The name Edwina is a feminine form of the male name Edwin, which derives from Old English and means "rich friend." Edwin was a popular name until the time of the Norman Conquest, then fell out of favour until Victorian times. People *Edwina Bartholomew (born 1983), Australian journalist *Edwina Benner (1885–1955), American politician *Edwina Bone (born 1988), Australian field hockey player *Edwina Booth (1909–1991), American actress *Edwina Brown (born 1978), American former basketball player and current college assistant coach *Edwina Chamier (1890–1981), Canadian Alpine skiing Olympic champion *Edwina Cornish, Australian biologist *Edwina Currie (born 1946), British writer, broadcaster and former Member of Parliament * Edwina P. Dalton (born 1936), American politician *Edwina Eustis Dick (1908–1997), American contralto *Edwina Dumm (1910–2007), American comic strip artist *Edwina Dunn (born 1958), English entrepreneur *Edwina Hume Fallis (1876–1957), American educator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin
The name Edwin means "rich friend". It comes from the Old English elements "ead" (rich, blessed) and "ƿine" (friend). The original Anglo-Saxon form is Eadƿine, which is also found for Anglo-Saxon figures. People * Edwin of Northumbria (died 632 or 633), King of Northumbria and Christian saint * Edwin (son of Edward the Elder) (died 933) * Eadwine of Sussex (died 982), King of Sussex * Eadwine of Abingdon (died 990), Abbot of Abingdon * Edwin, Earl of Mercia (died 1071), brother-in-law of Harold Godwinson (Harold II) *Edwin (director) (born 1978), Indonesian filmmaker * Edwin (musician) (born 1968), Canadian musician * Edwin Abeygunasekera, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician, member of the 1st and 2nd State Council of Ceylon * Edwin Ariyadasa (1922-2021), Sri Lankan Sinhala journalist * Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911) British artist * Edwin Eugene Aldrin (born 1930), although he changed it to Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut * Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890–1954), American inve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwina Findley
Edwina Findley, also known as Edwina Findley Dickerson, is an American actress. In 2014, Findley began starring as one of lead characters in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, ''If Loving You Is Wrong''. Findley is also known for her recurring roles in the HBO television dramas ''The Wire'' and '' Treme'', and for her performance in the 2012 independent film '' Middle of Nowhere''. In 2016, she received an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female nomination for her performance in ''Free in Deed''. Life and career Findley was born in Washington, D.C. and attended Duke Ellington School of the Arts as a musical theater major. She graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in New York. She began her acting career in theatre. In 2003, she made her television debut in the recurring role of HBO drama series ''The Wire''. She later guest-starred on ''Law & Order'', '' Law & Order: Trial by Jury'', ''Conviction'', ''New Amsterdam'', and had a recurrin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwina Palmer
Edwina Palmer is a former Associate Professor of Japanese Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Palmer was born in Chelmsford, United Kingdom in 1955. She studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, graduating with a PhD in Geography and a BA (Hons) in Japanese language and literature. She lectured at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand from 1984 to 2010, before joining Victoria University in Wellington. Palmer has written many articles on Japanese culture, focusing on humor and hidden meaning in traditional Japanese texts. She has also worked on the eighth-century document ''Harima no Kuni Fudoki'', analyzing the stories it contains from the perspective of archaeology and orality, humor and hidden meaning. Awards In 2012, Palmer won the 6th Inoue Yasushi Award for her article, ''A Poem to Carp About: Poem 16–3828 of the Man'yōshū Collection''. The article examined what was previously thought to be a non ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwina Mountbatten
Edwina Cynthia Annette Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, (''née'' Ashley; 28 November 1901 – 21 February 1960), was an English heiress, socialite, relief worker and the last vicereine of India as the wife of (the then) Rear Admiral The 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma. Family background and early life Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley was born in 1901, the elder daughter of Wilfrid Ashley (later 1st Baron Mount Temple), who was a Conservative member of Parliament. Her younger sister was Mary Ashley (Lady Delamere). Patrilineally, she was a great-granddaughter of the reformist 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. Ashley's mother, Maud Cassel (1879–1911), was the only child of the international magnate Sir Ernest Cassel (1852–1921), friend and private financier to the future King Edward VII. Cassel had been born in Cologne, Prussia, of Jewish origin. He was one of the richest and most powerful men in Europe. After Wilfred Ashley's remarriage in 1914 to Molly Forbes-Sempill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwina Donnelly Mitchell
Edwina Donnelly Mitchell (1894–1968) was the Superintendent (warden) of Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women located in Wetumpka, Alabama. Background Originally from Autauga County, Alabama, she was a graduate of Alabama College (now University of Montevallo) and a 1946 graduate of Vanderbilt University Law School. Alabama attorney general Harwell Goodwin Davis appointed Mitchell as Assistant Attorney General of Alabama 1922–25. She held the position again in 1939, when she wrote the legislation to create the Alabama Pardons and Parole Board. She was the first woman to serve on the board, 1939–1949. Tutwiler In 1951, she was appointed Superintendent of Tutwiler. She believed harsh conditions and strict measures only hardened people whose lives had led them to prison, telling an interviewer, "The attorney general used to ask me to sit in on meetings for him when I was an assistant. I went out to see the institutions we were putting people in, and I was so upset I've never lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwina McGrail
Edwina McGrail (born 1950) is a Welsh artist and poet. In both her paintings and poetry, McGrail references Celtic mythology, images and traditional patterns. Biography McGrail was born in Wrexham in north Wales and attended the Cheltenham College of Art and Design during 1967 and 1968 before studying at the Birmingham College of Art and Design until 1971. She completed her studies at the Royal Forest of Dean College throughout 1975 and 1976. From 1976 McGrail participated in a number of group exhibitions, including a 1979 Welsh Arts Council touring exhibition of work by young artists and, also in 1979, a joint show with David Nash and Ken Nathan at Blaenau Ffestiniog. Solo exhibitions in Ireland, at Mitcheldean in Gloucestershire and at Machynlleth followed. A solo exhibition, ''Through the Eye of the Morrigan'', was held at the National Library of Wales during 2001 while a further exhibition of her work was taking place in Istanbul. An illustrated anthology of her poetry, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwina Lau
Edwina Lau Chi-wai, PMSM (, born 29 July 1965) is the head of the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force, and also sits on the Committee for Safeguarding National Security. Career According to an official biography, Lau joined the Royal Hong Kong Police in 1984 and served in various roles relating to narcotics, fraud, commercial crime, human resources management, police training, and police command. She has served as an assistant commissioner of police, regional commander of New Territories South, and as assistant commissioner of personnel. Lau also formerly served as director of the Hong Kong Police College. In 2015, she was awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Service. In March 2019, Lau became a senior assistant commissioner of police, overseeing the work of the Service Quality Wing and the Information Systems Wing. In 2020, she was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Police (National Security). She took her oath of office, which was witnessed by Carr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwina Kruse
Edwina Kruse (February 22, 1848 – June 23, 1930) was an American educator, born in Puerto Rico. She was principal of Howard High School in Wilmington, Delaware for almost 40 years, and a close associate of Alice Dunbar-Nelson, who taught at Howard. Early life Edwina B. Kruse was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico; one of her parents was German, the other Puerto Rican or Cuban. She moved to the United States as a small child, and both of her parents died when she was young. She was educated in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and at Hampton Institute in Virginia. Career Kruse taught at Black schools in Delaware. In 1881, Kruse became the principal of Howard High School in Wilmington, Delaware. She often spoke to community groups about her work at the school, which was for a time the state's only public high school for Black students. Her tenure as the school's head covered a time of expansion and improved quality of the school, and the students held an annual celebration on her bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwina Kennedy
Edwina Jane Kirkby (née Kennedy), born 10 June 1959, is a former Australian amateur golfer. In 1978, she was the first Australian to win the British Ladies Amateur and was a member of the winning 1978 Australian Espirito Santo Trophy team. Early life and education In 1959, Kennedy was born in Sydney, Australia. During her childhood, Kennedy played at a golf club in Wentworth Falls, New South Wales. For her post-secondary education, Kennedy went to Macquarie University for a degree in economics. Amateur career During the 1970s and 1980s, Kennedy won multiple amateur golf championships throughout Australia. Some of her Australian championship titles during this time period include back to back wins at the Australian Girls' Amateur from 1976 to 1979 and the Australian Women's Amateur in 1986. While competing in golf, Kennedy worked in industrial relations after completing her university degree. In specific parts of Australia, Kennedy first won the New South Wales Women's Amateur Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwina Keane
Edwina Keane (born 1990) is a camogie player and student, All Ireland Champion 2016. She played in the 2009 All Ireland camogie final and was a Purcell All Star award winner in 2010. The Leinster 'Young Player of the Year' in 2008, Edwina added the I.T. Tralee 'Sportsperson of the Year' award for the academic year 2008-'09 to her collection. She has won three All- Ireland Minor titles as well as two Under-16s, and Leinster medals in all under-age grades. A National League title-holder from last year. Her senior debut was in 2006.All Ireland camogie final programme 2009 References External links Official Camogie WebsiteKilkenny Camogie Website* https://web.archive.org/web/20091228032101/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/gaa_fixtures_camogie_oduffycup.html Fixtures and results] for the 2009 O'Duffy Cup The O'Duffy Cup ( ga, Corn Uí Dúbhthaigh) is the prize presented to the winners of the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. The cup is named after Seán O'Duff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwina Hayes
Edwina Hayes (born 6 June 1973, in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish born English singer-songwriter. She grew up in Preston, Lancashire before moving to the East Riding of Yorkshire where she gained her first musical experiences playing at local folk clubs. Solo career Since 1999, she has played regularly in London and Nashville, establishing herself as an accomplished songwriter in the process. She released her debut album ''Out on My Own'' in 2005. The album was co-produced by singer-songwriter Clive Gregson and featured Dr. Hook singer Dennis Locorriere on two tracks. Her single ''Eyes of a Stranger'' received regular plays on BBC Radio 2 courtesy of broadcaster Michael Parkinson. In 2005, she toured extensively as support act to such notable performers as Jools Holland, Nanci Griffith, Ricky Ross and Loudon Wainwright III. In 2006 and 2007 she again supported Nanci Griffith. Hayes released her second solo album, ''Pour Me a Drink'' in February 2008. Released on a small indepen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwina Hart
Edwina Hart, MBE (born 26 April 1957) is a Welsh LabourAssembly Member details – Edwina Hart AM National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 26 March 2016. politician who represented the constituency of from the establishment of the National Assembly for Wales (Senedd) in 1999 until 2016. Hart served in the as a cabinet minister for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
