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Esmé Wynne
Esmé (more commonly Esme) or Esmée is a feminine (sometimes masculine) given name, from the past participle of the Old French verb '' esmer'', "to esteem", thus signifying "esteemed". Another theory is that ''esmer'' is an alternative spelling of today's ''aimer'', "to love", thus the name is ''aimé'', meaning "beloved", equivalent to the modern feminine first name "Amy". Originally a masculine name, Esme had become a feminine name by the mid-twentieth century. The name was first popularised by Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox (1542–1583), a French nobleman of Scottish origins who returned to Scotland for part of his life. However with regard to spelling (and pronunciation), on one of his surviving letters, dated 1583, he signed himself "Amy". Esme was among the 100 most popular baby names for girls in the UK in 2015. Esme is also used as a short form for the Spanish feminine name Esmeralda, meaning "emerald". People Men In order of birth: *Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old French Language
Old French (, , ; ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between the late 8th [2-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it was deemed no longer make to think of the varieties spoken in Gaul as Latin. Although a precise date can't be given, there is a general consensus (see Wright 1982, 1991, Lodge 1993) that an awareness of a vernacular, distinct from Latin, emerged at the end of the eighth century.] and mid-14th centuries. Rather than a unified Dialect#Dialect or language, language, Old French was a Dialect cluster, group of Romance languages, Romance dialects, Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible yet Dialect continuum, diverse. These dialects came to be collectively known as the , contrasting with the , the emerging Occitano-Romance languages of Occitania, now the south of France. The mid-14th century witnessed the emergence of Middle French, the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esmé Wynne-Tyson
Esmé Wynne-Tyson (29 June 1898 – 17 January 1972) was an English actress, writer and philosopher. As a child she acted in West End plays, and became a close friend, confidante, and collaborator of Noël Coward. She left the stage in 1920 and wrote a series of novels. A growing interest in religious and moral matters led her into non-fiction and journalism, sometimes in partnership with the writer J. D. Beresford. Biography Early years Dorothy Estelle Esmé Innes Ripper was born in Stockwell, London, the only child of Harry Innes Ripper (1871–1956), a stockbroker, and Minnie Maude ''née'' Pitt (1874–1940).Hoare, Philip."Tyson, (Dorothy Estelle) Esmé Wynne- (1898–1972)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 16 March 2010 (subscription site) Educated first by governesses, then at an English boarding school and at a Belgian convent, she became a child-actress, taking the stage name Esmé Wynne in 1909. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esme Steyn
Esme Steyn (born 22 March 1953) is a South African international lawn bowler. Bowls career In 2005 she won the pairs gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. She competed in the women's fours and the women's triples events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold and bronze medal respectively. She was selected as part of the South Africa team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland. She won the 2011 & 2012 singles at the National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ... bowling for the Linden Bowls Club. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Steyn, Esme 1953 births Living people South African female bowls players Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games bronze meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esme Young
Esme Young (born 19 February 1949) is an English fashion designer and television presenter. Since 2016, she has been a judge on the BBC reality series ''The Great British Sewing Bee''. Early life and education Esme Young was born at Bedford Hospital, the second of five children. Her father, Air Vice Marshal Brian Pashley Young (1918–1992), was born in Natal (province), Natal, South Africa, and was a career officer in the RAF. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1944 Birthday Honours, 1944, a Commander of the same order in 1960 Birthday Honours, 1960, and a Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1972 Birthday Honours, 1972. In Series 8 of ''The Great British Sewing Bee'', Young revealed that her father was captain of Wasps RFC in the 1950/51 season. Her mother, Patricia Josephine Cole, was a secretary who worked as a nurse during the Second World War. Young attended the Convent of the Holy Ghost, Bedford, where she learnt to draw and to sew. She we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esmé Emmanuel
Esmé Emmanuel Berg (born 14 June 1947) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. Emmanuel was the girls' singles champion at the 1965 French Championships. She won a doubles gold medal at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel. Her best performance at Wimbledon came in 1972 when she was a doubles quarterfinalist, partnering Ceci Martinez. Biography Born in 1947, Emmanuel is a Sephardi Jew, with a mother who was Turkish born but raised in France. Her father was an emigrant to New York from Salonika, Greece. She studied Economics at San Francisco State University. Emmanuel was the girls' singles champion at the 1965 French Championships. She won a doubles gold medal at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Ramat Gan Ramat Gan (, ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv, and is part of the Gush Dan, Gush Dan metropolitan area. It is home to a Diamond Exchange District (one of the world's major diamond exch ..., Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esme Irwin
Esme Rosemary Irwin (13 June 1931 – 18 August 2001) was an English cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm pace bowler. She appeared in 4 Test matches for England in 1960 and 1961, all against South Africa. She played domestic cricket for Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, former county in South East England, now mainly within Greater London. Its boundaries largely followed three rivers: the River Thames, Thames in the south, the River Lea, Le .... References External links * * 1931 births 2001 deaths People from Hanwell Cricketers from the London Borough of Ealing English women cricketers England women Test cricketers Middlesex women cricketers {{england-cricket-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is a registered charity founded in England in 1961. It is one of the larger independent grant-making foundations based in the UK, funding organisations which aim to improve the quality of life for people and communities in that country. History The charity was founded in 1961 by Ian Fairbairn, a pioneer of unit trust investments, and was named after his second wife who was killed in World War II. Her sons, Paul and Oliver Stobart, were co-founders. The endowment gave the charity 33% of the shares in the M&G fund management company, and a regular income. This ended when M&G was sold to Prudential Corporation in 1999, but the sale allowed alternative investments that increased the income of the charity. Aims The foundation funds projects in the arts, education and learning, the environment and social change. The charity gives £20–40 million annually in grants or investments towards conservation work, community energy projects, national parks and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eponym
An eponym is a noun after which or for which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. Adjectives derived from the word ''eponym'' include ''eponymous'' and ''eponymic''. Eponyms are commonly used for time periods, places, innovations, biological nomenclature, astronomical objects, works of art and media, and tribal names. Various orthographic conventions are used for eponyms. Usage of the word The term ''eponym'' functions in multiple related ways, all based on an explicit relationship between two named things. ''Eponym'' may refer to a person or, less commonly, a place or thing for which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. ''Eponym'' may also refer to someone or something named after, or believed to be named after, a person or, less commonly, a place or thing. A person, place, or thing named after a particular person share an eponymous relationship. In this way, Elizabeth I of England is the eponym of the Elizabethan era, but the Elizabethan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esme Langley
Esme Ross-Langley (née George, pseudonym Ann Bruce; 26 August 1919, in Guisborough, Yorkshire – 20 August 1991, in Hertfordshire, England), was a British writer, best known as the founder of the Minorities Research Group and '' Arena Three''. Early life Esme was the only child of Ivy George, who named her Esmé after a character in a book. Her father William Gwyn Thomas was an international rugby player. He emigrated to the US in 1923 but Esme's mother declined his invitation to follow later. Esme was brought up by her maternal grandparents Charles Henry George and Annie George (née Langley) in Preston, Lancashire. She enjoyed cycling and swimming; a childhood hero was Johnny Weissmuller in the Tarzan films. Education At school Esmé took an interest in languages, English in particular; she learned Latin, French and German and wanted to study Ancient Greek too but there were no classes available to her at the time. After passing her Matriculation (University en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esme Melville
Esme Melville (born Esme Grace Mount-Melville, 23 July 1918 – 14 September 2006) was an Australian theatre, television and film actress. At the Tropfest awards for 2003 she won Best Actor – Female for her role of Granma in the short film, ''Forbidden''. At the 2007 Australian Film Institute Awards she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role of Miss Collard in ''Romulus, My Father''. Her theatre roles included Mrs. Bedwin in ''Oliver!'' (1961–62, 1966–67). Melville had four separate ongoing roles on television soap opera, ''Neighbours'', including as Rose Belker during 2006. Biography Esme Melville was born as Esme Grace Mount-Melville on 23 July 1918 and grew up in Norwood.. Her mother was Margaret Mount-Melville. Melville started as a theatre actress in Adelaide in 1939 – just before the outbreak of World War II. On 11 May 1944 Melville enrolled into the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service as a transport driver and was honourably discharged on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esme Tombleson
Esme Irene Tombleson (née Lawson; 1 August 1917 – 30 July 2010) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. An Australian child prodigy who recited Shakespeare, she had a career in theatre and ballet. During the war, her sharp mind and strong memory was recognised, and she became a civil servant. She came to New Zealand through marriage, and lived on rural land near Gisborne. She represented the electorate in Parliament for 12 years, and was prominent as a campaigner for multiple sclerosis. Early life She was born in Sydney in 1917 and educated there. She received her education at the Sydney Church of England Girls Grammar School in Darlinghurst, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and the Imperial School of Ballet in London. She was taken around Australia as a child prodigy by her mother, reciting Shakespeare. She was involved in various ballet, opera and theatre companies. During World War II she served in the Women's Auxiliary Signalling Corps in Sydney, where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esmé Hooton
Esmé Gladys Hooton (1914–1992) was an English poet. Biography Hooton was born in Lewisham, London in 1914. Hooton was the author of two collections of poetry: ''City Sonnets'', published by Routledge in 1947, and ''Zoo'', published by Peter Scupham's Mandeville Press in 1980 with illustrations by David Holbrook and an introduction by John Mole. Three poems from ''City Sonnets''—"The Prophet," "Poor Bloom," and "At the Touch of Summer"—were also included by Geoffrey Grigson in his 1949 anthology ''Poetry of the Present.'' Hooton's poem "The Thickening Veil" was set to music by composer Ivor Walsworth, and performed at Wigmore Hall in London during 1955. Though unpublished for 24 years, ''Zoo'' had been featured on BBC Home Service in 1956, read as a sequence with incidental music by Elisabeth Lutyens. Hooton's work was also featured on the Home Service in 1943 and on BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
