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Elspeth Douglas Reid
Elspeth or Elspet is a feminine given name, which is the Scottish form of Elizabeth. It means "chosen by God" or "consecrated by God". The name may refer to: People *Elspeth Attwooll (born 1943), English politician *Elspeth Ballantyne (born 1939), Australian actress *Elspeth Barker (born 1940), Scottish writer * Elspeth Beard (born 1959), English motorcyclist *Elspeth Buchan (1738–1791), Scottish religious leader *Elspeth Cameron (born 1943), Canadian writer *Elspeth Campbell (born 1940), English political spouse * Elspeth Champcommunal (1888–1976), English fashion designer and editor * Elspeth Denning (born 1956), Australian field hockey player *Elspeth Duxbury (1909–1967) English actress *Elspeth Eric (1907-1993), American actress *Elspeth Garman (born 1955), English scientist *Elspeth Gibson (born 1963), English fashion designer * Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre (1968), American professor of classics *Elspet Gray (1929–2013), Scottish actress *Elspeth Hanson (born 1986), Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands. Scotland is divided into 32 administrative subdivisions or local authorities, known as council areas. Glasgow City is the largest council area in terms of population, with Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limited self-governing power, covering matters such as education, social services and roads and transportation, is devolved from the Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elspeth R
Elspeth or Elspet is a feminine given name, which is the Scottish form of Elizabeth. It means "chosen by God" or "consecrated by God". The name may refer to: People *Elspeth Attwooll (born 1943), English politician *Elspeth Ballantyne (born 1939), Australian actress *Elspeth Barker (born 1940), Scottish writer * Elspeth Beard (born 1959), English motorcyclist *Elspeth Buchan (1738–1791), Scottish religious leader *Elspeth Cameron (born 1943), Canadian writer *Elspeth Campbell (born 1940), English political spouse * Elspeth Champcommunal (1888–1976), English fashion designer and editor * Elspeth Denning (born 1956), Australian field hockey player *Elspeth Duxbury (1909–1967) English actress *Elspeth Eric (1907-1993), American actress *Elspeth Garman (born 1955), English scientist *Elspeth Gibson (born 1963), English fashion designer * Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre (1968), American professor of classics *Elspet Gray (1929–2013), Scottish actress *Elspeth Hanson (born 1986), Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evil Genius (novel)
''Evil Genius'' is a novel written by Catherine Jinks and published in 2005 by Allen & Unwin, Australia. The book follows the story of Cadel Piggot, a child prodigy. The book is followed by the sequels ''Genius Squad'' and '' Genius Wars''. Synopsis The story begins when a boy named Cadel Piggot is taken to a psychologist because his prodigious intelligence has led him to hack high-security networks. His egoism harms or destroys everyone around him until he is saved by the love of a girl named Sonja Pirovic, who has cerebral palsy, but with an intellect equal to his. His quest for moral direction is complicated by Phineas Darkkon, an evil genius of sorts whom he is told is his father, and Thaddeus Roth, his psychologist whom the police identify as Prosper English, a notorious criminal and right-hand man of Dr. Darkkon, and who later also claims to be Cadel's father. He also meets a number of other talented people at the Axis Institute, which is the university Phineas Darkkon ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elspeth Thompson
Elspeth Thompson (26 June 1961 – 25 March 2010) was a British author and journalist. She studied History and History of Art at Trinity College, Cambridge. She was the author of many books including ''A Tale of Two Gardens'' (2003), ''The London Gardener'' (2004) and ''The Wonderful Weekend Book'' (2008). She also presented a four-part series on trees for BBC Radio 4, and wrote on gardening and interiors for ''The Sunday Telegraph'', ''the Observer'' and ''the Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...''. ReferencesObituary in Daily Telegraph [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elspeth Sandys
Elspeth Somerville Sandys (born 1940) is a New Zealand author and script writer. Background Born in Timaru in 1940, she grew up in Dunedin. She was adopted by the Alley family and was exposed to literature from a young age by Rewi Alley. She uses the surname Sandys as a pseudonym. Sandys received an MA (First Class Honours) in English from the University of Auckland, an Associate Diploma (FTCL) in Speech & Drama and a Fellowship Diploma (LTCL) in Music, both from Trinity College London. Works Sandys's fiction often focuses on personal, social, and political relationships. While some of her novels are historical fiction their motivating themes remain contemporary. In addition to her published works, Sandys has taught creative writing and worked as an editor at Oxford University Press. Novels * ''Obsession'' (Upstart Press, 2017) * ''A Passing Guest'' (Flamino, 2002) * ''Enemy Territory'' (Hodder Moa Beckett, 1997) * ''Riding to Jerusalem'' (in New Zealand: Hodder Moa- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elspeth Rostow
Elspeth Rostow (born Elspeth Vaughan Davies; October 20, 1917 – December 10, 2007) was Dean of the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin from 1977 to 1983. Education Elspeth Vaughan Davies was born October 20, 1917. She graduated from Barnard College in 1938. She received a master's degree in history from Radcliffe College in 1939 and a master's degree from University of Cambridge in 1949. World War II While teaching at Barnard in 1939, she was among the founders of American studies as an academic discipline and later authored the book, ''European Economic Reconstruction'' (1948). During World War II, she worked for the Office of Strategic Services in Washington, analyzing dispatches from the French Resistance. She had met Walt Whitman Rostow at a Paris seminar in 1937. After their marriage a decade later, the couple lived in Geneva for three years. Massachusetts Institute of Technology When she was being considered as MIT's first female tenured pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elspeth Reoch
Elspeth Reoch (died Kirkwall 1616) was an alleged Scottish witch. She was born in Caithness but as a child spent time with relatives on an island in Lochaber prior to travelling to the mainland of Orkney. At that time the Orkney archipelago was under the legal jurisdiction of Scotland which, with the implementation of the Scottish Witchcraft Act of 1563, made witchcraft a capital offence, therefore punishable by death. The early years of the 17th century were a time of political turmoil on the islands as the transition of power between Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney and the staunch episcopalian Bishop James Law took place. Once in control, Bishop Law instigated court reforms in 1614 that academics considered had a significant impact on witchcraft trials in Orkney. Any references to a fairy in statements given to interrogators by alleged witches were routinely changed to read devil or demon. At her trial in Kirkwall on 12 March 1616 Reoch confessed to charges of witchcraft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elspeth Probyn
Elspeth Probyn (born 1958) is an Australian academic. She is currently Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. Staff Profile, University of Sydney. Early life and education In a 2019 ''Feminism & Psychology'' interview, Probyn spoke of growing up in an army family and moving frequently. She described her father as upper middle class and her mother as a Canadian whose own father had been "a staunch socialist". Probyn credited her father's concern that she and her sister speak in English accents appropriate to their class status with having awakened her early awareness about class differences. Probyn attended state schoo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elspeth McLachlan
Elspeth McLachlan (born 22 July 1942), an Australian neuroscientist, is a world authority on neural pathways within the autonomic nervous system. Her work has included detailed analyses of transmission in autonomic ganglia to studies of the organisation of autonomic nervous pathways and their disorder in pathological states, particularly injuries to peripheral nerves and the spinal cord. McLachlan was born in Bowral, New South Wales, Australia. Education McLachlan was educated at the University of Sydney, from which institution she received Bachelor of Science degree in 1962, and a PhD in 1973, and a Doctor of Science degree in 1994. Career *1985–1993 – Visiting Professor, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany *1987–1988 – National Health and Medical Research Council Principal Research Fellow and Associate Professor, School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of New South Wales, Australia *1988–1993 – Professor and Head, Department of Physi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elspeth March
Elspeth March (5 March 1911 – 29 April 1999) was an English actress. Early years March was born as Jean Elspeth Mackenzie in Kensington, London, England, the daughter of Harry Malcolm and Elfreda Mackenzie. She studied speech and drama under Elsie Fogerty at the Central School of Speech and Drama, then based at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Career and marriage She led a long stage, film and television career as a character actress, making her professional debut in ''Jonah and the Whale'' at London's Westminster Theatre in 1932. She met and married actor Stewart Granger in 1938. As his film career blossomed, the marriage faltered and the couple divorced in 1948. They had a son, Jamie and a daughter, the theatrical agent Lindsey Granger, who died in 2011. She resumed her career in 1944 and she continued to play supporting roles in plays, films and television into her eighties. She appeared with the National Theatre in 1977, playing roles in ''The Madras House'' and '' Don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elspeth Kennedy
Elspeth Mary Kennedy, MA, DPhil, FSA (6 August 1921 – 10 March 2006) was a British academic and a prominent medievalist. She is best known as the editor and author of works on medieval French literature. Early life and education Elspeth Kennedy was born in Berkshire. Her academic career was delayed by World War II, during which she worked for the government — in 1940, while still 18 years of age she began working for MI5, domiciled initially at Wormwood Scrubs and later at Bletchley Park. Because the work, though essential, was repetitive, Kennedy studied Russian in her spare time, and initially laid plans to become a Russian historian. However, when she engaged a tutor to prepare her for entrance to Oxford, the tutor's enthusiasm for French medieval history swayed Kennedy in that direction. Kennedy attended Somerville College, Oxford, from 1945 to 1947 on a scholarship. She went on to do research, and 1948 embarked on her life's main theme, the Lancelot en pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elspeth Huxley
Elspeth Joscelin Huxley CBE (née Grant; 23 July 1907 – 10 January 1997) was an English writer, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist, farmer, and government adviser. She wrote over 40 books, including her best-known lyrical books, ''The Flame Trees of Thika'' and ''The Mottled Lizard'', based on her youth in a coffee farm in British Kenya. Her husband, Gervas Huxley, was a grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley and a cousin of Aldous Huxley. Early life and education Nellie and Major Josceline Grant, Elspeth's parents, arrived in Thika in what was then British East Africa in 1912, to start a life as coffee farmers in colonial Kenya. Elspeth, aged six, arrived in December 1913, complete with governess and maid. Her upbringing was unconventional; she was "almost treated as a parcel, being passed from hand to hand". Huxley's 1959 book ''The Flame Trees of Thika'' explores how unprepared for rustic life the early British settlers really were. It was adapted into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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