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Ellangowan Nature Refuge
Ellangowan may refer to: * Ellangowan (horse) (1920–after 1935), a racehorse * Ellangowan, Queensland, a locality in the Toowoomba Region, Australia *Ellangowan, a pseudonym of Scottish author James Glass Bertram James Glass Bertram (1824 – 3 March 1892) was a British author. He was apprenticed to Tait's Edinburgh Magazine and became managing clerk, before joining a company of strolling players. He returned to Edinburgh and set up as a bookselle ... (1824–1892) *Ellangowan, a fictitious location in Scotland in Walter Scott's novel '' Guy Mannering'' See also * Ellengowan, Ontario, a community in Arran–Elderslie, Canada {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellangowan (horse)
Ellangowan (1920 – 1943) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He raced only once as a two-year-old but showed considerable promise when finishing third in a top-class event at Kempton. In the following spring he came in third in the Craven Stakes before recording his biggest win in the 2000 Guineas. Although be made no impact in the Epsom Derby or the St Leger, he had further major victories in the St James's Palace Stakes and the Champion Stakes. He failed to win in 1924 and was retired to stud, but had little success as a breeding stallion. Background Ellangowan was a bay horse bred and owned by Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery. During his racing career he was trained by Jack Jarvis at the Park Lodge at Newmarket, Suffolk. The colt was named after a location in Walter Scott's novel '' Guy Mannering''. He was one of the best horses sired by Lemberg, whose wins included the Epsom Derby, Eclipse Stakes and Champion Stakes. Lemberg also sired the Ep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellangowan, Queensland
Ellangowan is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Ellangowan had a population of 95 people. Geography The Condamine River forms the south-east boundary of the locality with Sandy Camp and then flows through the locality where it forms part of its northern boundary with Felton South. The land use is a mixture of crop growing (particularly in areas near the Condamine River) and grazing on native vegetation. The Toowoomba–Karara Road ( State Route 48) runs through the locality from north ( Felton South) to south-west (Leyburn). History The locality is named after the property of John Thane who established it in 1842. Ellangowan Provisional School opened on 12 August 1885. On 1 January 1909, it became Ellangowan State School. It closed in 1917, but reopened briefly in 1922 as a half-time school in conjunction with Tooth State School (meaning the two schools shared one teacher). In 1924, it reopened again as a half-time school in conj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Glass Bertram
James Glass Bertram (1824 – 3 March 1892) was a British author. He was apprenticed to Tait's Edinburgh Magazine and became managing clerk, before joining a company of strolling players. He returned to Edinburgh and set up as a bookseller and newsagent. In 1855 he was appointed the editor of the ''North Briton'' and in 1872 of the ''Glasgow News'', leaving to become a freelance journalist two years later. Bertram's output included pornography on the theme of flagellation, such as ''Flagellation and the Flagellants: A History of the Rod'' published in 1868 under the pseudonym of "Revd William Cooper" and ''Personal Recollections of the Use of the Rod'' as "Margaret Anson", published by John Camden Hotten. He also wrote works on sport under the pseudonym '' Ellangowan''Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature, Volume 1, By Samuel Halkett, John Laing, James Kennedy, Alfred Forbes Johnson, p.35/ref> (named after a location in Walter Scott's novel ''Guy Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Mannering
''Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer'' is the second of the Waverley novels by Walter Scott, published anonymously in 1815. According to an introduction that Scott wrote in 1829, he had originally intended to write a story of the supernatural, but changed his mind soon after starting. The book was a huge success, the first edition selling out on the first day of publication. Composition Scott began the composition of ''Guy Mannering'' in the last days of 1814, immediately after completing his last long narrative poem ''The Lord of the Isles''. Writing with remarkable speed, he finished it by mid-February 1815. In a letter dated 19 January 1815, Scott writes: "I want to shake myself free of ''Waverley'', and accordingly have made a considerable exertion to finish an odd little tale within such time as will mystify the public... W. Erskine, and Ballantyne, are of opinion that it is much more interesting than ''Waverley''." Editions ''Guy Mannering'' appeared in three volumes i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
