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Edith Wardale
Edith Elizabeth Wardale (6 March 1863 – 27 February 1943) was a British philologist and literary scholar. She earned a first class degree and an early doctorate. She taught at St Hugh's, Oxford, where she broke glass ceilings. She was an early woman lecturer, and she was the first woman to serve on the medieval and modern languages and literature faculty board. She resigned in a successful protest concerning the dismissal of a fellow lecturer. Life Wardale was born in Orcheston in 1863. She lived in the parish named Orcheston St Mary, where her father, John Wardale, was the rector. Her mother was Susannah Jennings Gay. She initially entered Oxford University via Lady Margaret Hall but within a year she moved to St Hugh's Hall. She became the star-pupil of Joseph Wright who said she was the first woman to gain a "decent degree". Unlike many of his peers, Joseph Wright allowed her (a woman!) to teach classes in Old English, Middle German and the history of literature in Old Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orcheston
Orcheston ) is a civil parish and village in Wiltshire, England, lying on Salisbury Plain less than a mile north-west of neighbouring Shrewton. The present-day parish combines the two former parishes of Orcheston St Mary and Orcheston St George and includes the hamlet of Elston. History and description The manor is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book with the spelling ''Orcestone'' in three entries and ''Orchestone'' in a fourth. The two civil parishes of Orcheston, based on the two Church of England parish churches of St Mary and St George, were united into a single civil parish in 1934 and into a single ecclesiastical parish in 1971. The parish gives its name to the 'Orcheston long grass' (''Agrostis stolonifera''), also called 'Creeping Bent', the most commonly used species of Agrostis. The Rough-Stalked Meadow Grass (''Poa trivialis''), is also called Orcheston Grass, and in the early 19th century there was something of a controversy among botanists as to which was the true ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Jourdain
Eleanor Frances Jourdain (16 November 1863 – 6 April 1924) was an English academic, Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford, 1915 to 1924. She died of a sudden heart attack after being forced to resign her post. Jourdain rose to fame for claiming that she and fellow-teacher Charlotte Anne Moberly had slipped back in time to the period of the French Revolution while on a trip to Versailles, known as the Moberly–Jourdain incident. Family and early life Born in Ashbourne, Derbyshire on 16 November 1863, Jourdain's father was Francis Jourdain (1834–1898), a vicar and her mother, Emily, was the daughter of Charles Clay (surgeon), Charles Clay. Jourdain was the first of ten children. There were at least two sisters: Charlotte, who had been one of St Hugh's College's first four students, and Margaret Jourdain, Margaret, a writer on English furniture and decoration. Her brother Philip Jourdain was a prolific editor for The Monist. Jourdain attended a private day school in Manchest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1943 Deaths
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – WWII: Greek-Polish athlete and saboteur Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz is executed by the Germans at Kaisariani. * January 11 ** The United States and United Kingdom revise previously unequal treaty relationships with the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China. ** Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City. * January 13 – Anti-Nazi protests in Sofia result in 200 arrests and 36 executions. * January 14 – January 24, 24 – WWII: Casablanca Conference: Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States; Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; and Generals Charles de Gaulle and Henri Giraud of the Free French forces meet secretly at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, Morocco, to plan the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1863 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate states an official war goal. It proclaims the freedom of 3.1 million of the nation's four million slaves and immediately frees 50,000 of them, with the rest freed as Union armies advance. * January 2 – Lucius Tar Painting Master Company (''Teerfarbenfabrik Meirter Lucius''), predecessor of Hoechst, as a worldwide chemical manufacturing brand, founded in a suburb of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. * January 4 – The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany. * January 7 – In the Swiss canton of Ticino, the village of Bedretto is partly destroyed and 29 killed, by an avalanche. * January 8 ** The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is founded at the Adelphi Hotel, in Sheffield, England. ** American Civil War – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Of Letters
Doctor of Letters (D.Litt., Litt.D., Latin: ' or ') is a terminal degree in the humanities that, depending on the country, is a higher doctorate after the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree or equivalent to a higher doctorate, such as the Doctor of Science (Sc.D. or D.Sc.). It is awarded in many countries by universities and learned bodies in recognition of superior accomplishment in the humanities, original contributions to the creative or cultural arts, or scholarship and other merits. It may be conferred as an earned degree upon the completion of a regular doctoral course of study, usually including the development and defense of an original dissertation, or may be conferred as an earned higher doctorate after the submission and academic evaluation of a portfolio of sustained scholarship, publications, research, or other scientific work of the highest caliber. In addition to being awarded as an earned degree, this doctorate is also widely conferred ''honoris causa'' to reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lamb
Henry Taylor Lamb (21 June 1883 – 8 October 1960) was an Australian-born British painter. A follower of Augustus John, Lamb was a founder member of the Camden Town Group in 1911 and of the London Group in 1913. Early life Henry Lamb was born in Adelaide, Australia, the son of Horace Lamb, Sir Horace Lamb , who was the professor of mathematics at Adelaide University. When Horace Lamb was appointed to the Chair of Mathematics at the Victoria University of Manchester in 1885 the family moved back to England. Henry Lamb was educated at Manchester Grammar School, before studying medicine at Manchester University Medical School and Guy's Hospital in London, but Lamb abandoned medicine in 1906 to study painting at the Chelsea School of Art, then run by William Orpen and Augustus John. In 1907, Lamb studied at the Académie de La Palette in Paris, an art academy where the painters Jean Metzinger, André Dunoyer de Segonzac and Henri Le Fauconnier taught. Lamb met his future wife E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Gwyer
Barbara Elizabeth Gwyer (1 January 1881 – 16 February 1974) was an English academic administrator. She was principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford, from 1924 to 1946. Early life and education Gwyer was born on 1 January 1881 in Marylebone, London, England. Her parents were John Edward Gwyer and Edith Gwyer (''née'' Linford), and she had a brother, Sir Maurice Gwyer. She was educated at the Grove School, an all-girls school in Highgate, Middlesex. In 1900, she went to Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford to study classics. She achieved a second class in Mods in 1902, and a second class in '' Literae Humaniores'' in 1904. However, she could not graduate as at the time the University of Oxford only gave degrees to men. In 1920, when the statutes were changed, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and the Oxford MA. Career Having completed her degree in 1904, Gwyer worked as a secretary for two years. From 1906 to 1908, she was an educational organiser for the West Riding Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Francis
Elizabeth Francis (born July 25, 1909) is an American supercentenarian. She was born in Louisiana and currently resides in Houston, Texas. Biography Francis was born in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana on July 25, 1909 during the Taft presidency, although she is unsure of what town she was born in. Her mother died when she was very young, and she and her five siblings were sent to different homes, with her being sent to Houston where she was raised by an aunt. She lived next door to her sister, who lived to the age of 106, which made her and Francis among the oldest siblings on record. She had another sister who lived to the age of 95 and her father died when he was 99. She raised her children as a single mother. She moved into her current house in 1999, where she lives with her 94-year-old daughter, and is cared for by her 68-year-old granddaughter. Lifestyle Francis has avoided smoking her whole life and often grew vegetables in her backyard. She has attributed her long life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyn Procter
Evelyn Emma Stefanos Procter, FRHistS (6 June 1897 – 22 March 1980) was a British historian and academic. She served as principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford, from 1946 to 1962. Early life Procter was born on 6 June 1897 in Hunton Bridge, Hertfordshire. She was educated at two all girls independent schools; Corran School for Girls in Watford and Cheltenham Ladies' College in Cheltenham. In 1915, she went to Somerville College, Oxford, as a commoner to study modern history. Her college tutors were Margaret Hayes Robinson and Florence O'Loughlin. During her time at the University of Oxford, she was awarded a blue for lacrosse. In 1918, she graduated with a distinguished first class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. Academic career Procter began her academic career as a teacher at Saint Felix School, Southwold. She spent the first two years after graduating teaching. In 1921, Procter was elected Mary Somerville Research Fellow at Somerville College, Oxford. She undertoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Hugh's College, Oxford
St Hugh's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. It is located on a site on St Margaret's Road, to the north of the city centre. It was founded in 1886 by Elizabeth Wordsworth as a women's college, and accepted its first male students in its centenary year in 1986. It enjoys a reputation as one of the most attractive colleges because of its extensive gardens.Wintle, Justin (2008) ''Perfect Hostage''. Random House, p. 177. In its 125th anniversary year, the college became a registered charity under the name "The Principal and Fellows of St Hugh's College in the University of Oxford". As of July 2018, the college's financial endowment was £37.6 million. History Founding and early years St Hugh's was founded in 1886 by Elizabeth Wordsworth (great-niece of the poet William Wordsworth) as a women's college, to help the growing number of women "who find the charges of the present Halls at Oxford and Cambridge (even the most moderate) beyond th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecilia Ady
Cecilia Mary Ady (28 November 1881 – 27 March 1958) was an English writer, academic and historian. She worked at the University of Oxford, where she became known as an authority on the Italian Renaissance. She came to wider public attention after she was dismissed by a former friend from her college, and her colleagues supported her reinstatement. Life Ady was born in Edgcote in Northamptonshire in 1881, the only child of Rev. William Henry Ady, a clergyman, and his wife, Julia Cartwright Ady, a biographer and an amateur expert on the Italian Renaissance. She was the great-granddaughter of Thomas Fremantle, 1st Baron Cottesloe. Her mother's interest in Italy had been fired by her cousin, William Cornwallis Cartwright. Her mother took responsibility for Cecilia's education, and Cecilia obtained a place at Oxford, where she studied at St Hugh's Hall, and obtained a first in the honours school of modern history in 1903 (although women were not at that date entitled to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
