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Elizabeth Russell (other)
Elizabeth Russell may refer to: * Elizabeth Hoby (1528–1609), (née Cooke and later Lady Elizabeth Russell in her second marriage), associate of Elizabeth I of England * Elizabeth Russell, Duchess of Bedford (1818–1897), bridesmaid to Queen Victoria * Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–1941), German author sometimes known by her married name * Elizabeth Russell (actress) (1916–2002), American actress * Elizabeth S. Russell (1913–2001), American geneticist * Elizabeth Russell (Upper Canada) (1754-1822), United Empire Loyalist, brother of Peter Russell, Inspector General of Upper Canada * Elizabeth Russell (cricketer) (born 1994), English cricketer * Elizabeth Russell (missionary) Elizabeth Russell (October 9, 1836 – September 6, 1928) was an American missionary and educator. She founded Kwassui Gakuin, a school for girls and women in Nagasaki. She was sent by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episco ..., American missionary and educator See also * Bets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Hoby
Elizabeth Russell, Lady Russell (née Cooke; formerly Hoby; 1528–1609) was an English poet and noblewoman.Priestland – ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''; She was an influential member of Queen Elizabeth I's court and was known in her time for her refined poetry as well as her musical talent.Hays – Female Biography In 1596, she was a vocal opponent of the reconstruction of Blackfriars Theatre in that London district. Life She was born at Gidea Hall, Essex, the third daughter of Anthony Cooke, who was tutor to Edward VI. Cooke educated his four daughters to a high level for his day.Ford – Berkshire History Her sister, Anne Bacon, became a notable scholar. Elizabeth was proficient in Latin and French. Elizabeth's first marriage was on 27 June 1558, to Thomas Hoby, of Bisham Abbey, Berkshire, noted as the translator of Baldassare Castiglione's ''The Book of the Courtier'' into English. In March 1566, he was knighted and became the English ambassador to France. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Russell, Duchess Of Bedford
Elizabeth Russell, Duchess of Bedford VA (''née'' Sackville-West; 23 September 1818 – 22 April 1897) was born the daughter of the 5th Earl De La Warr and his wife Lady Elizabeth Sackville. Early life She was baptised as Elizabeth West on 18 October 1818 at Bourn, Cambridgeshire, the abode was given as the family home at Bourn Hall. Marriage and issue Lady Elizabeth Sackville-West was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on 10 February 1840. In Buckhurst Park on 18 January 1844 she was married to Francis Russell, a grandson of the late 6th Duke of Bedford and nephew of Lord John Russell, the Whig politician and future Prime Minister. Francis Russell succeeded his cousin as 9th Duke of Bedford in 1872. Elizabeth was appointed Mistress of the Robes to the Queen by Mr Gladstone in 1880, and served in that capacity until 1883. In 1886, Gladstone's policy of Home Rule had alienated many of the aristocrats in the Liberal Party, and no lady of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Von Arnim
Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 – 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an English novelist. Born in Australia, she married a German aristocrat, and her earliest works are set in Germany. Her first marriage made her Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin and her second Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell. After her first husband's death, she had a three-year affair with the writer H. G. Wells, then later married Frank Russell, elder brother of the Nobel prize-winner and philosopher Bertrand Russell. She was a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield. Though known in early life as May, her first book introduced her to readers as Elizabeth, which she eventually became friends and finally to family. Her writings are ascribed to Elizabeth von Arnim. She used the pseudonym Alice Cholmondeley for only one novel, ''Christine'', published in 1917. Early life She was born at her family's home on Kirribilli Point in Sydney, Australia, to Henry Herron Beaucham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Russell (actress)
Elizabeth Russell (August 2, 1916 – May 4, 2002) was an American actress. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was best known for her roles in several of producer Val Lewton's low-budget horror films produced at RKO Pictures in the mid-1940s. She was the sister-in-law of Rosalind Russell. Career Russell worked as a photographer's model in New York City before she became an actress. When she was chosen for a part in '' Cat People'' (1942), Russell was a model who acted part-time. In his book ''Fearing the Dark: The Val Lewton Career'', Edmund G. Bansak wrote, "Although lasting only moments, the economy of Russell's cameo is wondrous and it remains etched in viewers' memories long after the more essential concerns of plot and character have been all but forgotten." Personal life Russell married advertising man John Russell in 1937, they had a young son. In 1942, she was already divorced. Partial filmography * '' Forgotten Faces'' (1936) - Girl * ''Girl of the Ozarks'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth S
Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (schooner), several ships * ''Elizabeth'' (freighter), an American freighter that was wrecked off New York harbor in 1850; see Places Australia * City of Elizabeth ** Elizabeth, South Australia * Elizabeth Reef, a coral reef in the Tasman Sea United States * Elizabeth, Arkansas * Elizabeth, Colorado * Elizabeth, Georgia * Elizabeth, Illinois * Elizabeth, Indiana * Hopkinsville, Kentucky, originally known as Elizabeth * Elizabeth, Louisiana * Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts * Elizabeth, Minnesota * Elizabeth, New Jersey, largest city with the name in the U.S. * Elizabeth City, North Carolina * Elizabeth (Charlotte neighborhood), North Carolina * Elizabeth, Pennsylvania * Elizabeth Township, Pennsylvania (other) * Elizabeth, West Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Russell (Upper Canada)
Elizabeth Russell was a Gibraltarian-born English diarist who settled in Upper Canada, with her half-brother, Peter Russell (politician), Peter Russell, the Province's first Receiver General. Russell was born into a disrupted family. Her father Richard Russell was cashiered over a scandal, and, according to the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'', the stress drove her mother ''"violently insane"''. While he was able to secure employment with the Royal Navy in Harwich, the ''Dictionary'' reported ''"Elizabeth grew up with little education, in an atmosphere darkened by her mother’s insanity and her father’s debts, extravagance, ill health, and lawsuits."'' Russell's father was alienated from her much older half=brother Peter, so she did not meet him until she was 17 years old, and he was 38. Russell cared for her elderly parents until her father died in 1786, when she moved in with Peter, at 31 years old. Neither ever married. The ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'' suggestive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Russell (cricketer)
Elizabeth Ann Russell (born 22 May 1994) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-arm medium bowler. She played for Warwickshire, Central Sparks and Northern Superchargers. Early life Russell was born on 22 May 1994 in Solihull, West Midlands. Domestic career Russell made her county debut in 2008, for Warwickshire against Lancashire. In her first season she was her side's joint-leading wicket-taker, with 8 wickets including 4/32 taken against Surrey. In 2010, she took 15 wickets at an average of 20.53 in the County Championship, the most for her side. In both the 2012 and 2013 County Championships, Russell took 12 wickets, and in 2013 she took her maiden county five-wicket haul, with 5/13 against Essex. Two years later, against the same opponents, she took her first Twenty20 five-wicket haul, 5/19. In 2016 she hit her maiden county half-century, scoring 51 against Somerset. Russell had a strong season in 2017, as she took 10 wickets at an average of 7.50 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Russell (missionary)
Elizabeth Russell (October 9, 1836 – September 6, 1928) was an American missionary and educator. She founded Kwassui Gakuin, a school for girls and women in Nagasaki. She was sent by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church to Japan in 1879 at the age of forty-three. She contributed to the women's education, social welfare and missionary during her forty years in Japan, and was decorated by the Emperor of Japan in 1919. Early life and education Elizabeth Russell was born in Cadiz, Ohio. Her father was a millwright. In 1859 when she was 23 years old, Russell graduated from Washington Female Seminary. After graduation, Russell was a teacher for about ten years, including during the American Civil War. In her late thirties, she attended a Methodist revival camp, and decided to be a missionary. While continuing to teach, Russell became the secretary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church (WFMS), West Virginia co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
