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Englefield (surname)
Englefield is an English surname. Notable people with this surname include the following: * Cicely Englefield (1893–1970), English artist and author * Sir Francis Englefield (c. 1520–1596), English Roman Catholic politician * Frank Englefield (1878–1945), English footballer * Sir Henry Charles Englefield, Bt (1752–1822), English antiquary and scientist * Jarrod Englefield (born 1979), New Zealand cricketer * Ronald Englefield Frederick Ronald Hastings Englefield (1891–1975) was an English poet and philosopher. His major work, ''Language and Thought'', remains unpublished, though excerpts have appeared in various books and journals. He was critical of the use of ... (1891–1975), English poet and philosopher * Sir Thomas Englefield (c.1455–1514), Speaker of the House of Commons, England * Englefield baronets {{surname English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cicely Englefield
Cicely Englefield (29 June 1893–1970) was a British artist known for writing and illustrating children's books. Biography Englefield was born in the Lee area of south London where her father was a solicitor and County Court Register. After attending Maidstone Grammar School and Blackheath High School, she studied at the St Martin's School of Art Saint Martin's School of Art was an art school, art college in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1854, initially under the aegis of the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Saint Martin's beca ... and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. After producing illustrations for children's annuals she began to illustrate her own children's books which were often about animal characters and natural history subjects. Throughout her career, Englefield often used wood engraving techniques and also created illustrations in watercolour, lithography and pen and ink drawings. She died at P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Englefield
Sir Francis Englefield (c. 1522 – 1596) was an English courtier and Roman Catholic exile. Family Francis Englefield, born about 1522, was the eldest son of Thomas Englefield (1488–1537) of Englefield, Berkshire, Justice of the Common Pleas, and Elizabeth Throckmorton (died 1543), sister of Sir George Throckmorton (died 1552), and daughter of Sir Robert Throckmorton (died 1518) of the well-known Catholic family of Coughton Court in Warwickshire. His grandfather, Sir Thomas Englefield (1455–1514), was an adviser to Henry VIII during the King's youth, and Speaker of the House of Commons in 1497 and 1510. Englefield had a brother, John Englefield (died 1567), who married Margaret Fitton, the daughter of Sir Edward Fitton (died 1547/48) of Gawsworth and his wife, Mary Harbottle (died 1557), and three sisters, Margaret Englefield (died 1563), who married firstly, George Carew (died 1538), and secondly, Sir Edward Saunders (1506–1576), Chief Baron of the Exchequer; Anne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Englefield
Frank Englefield (August 1878 – 1945) was an English professional footballer who played for Southampton in the late 1890s, generally at outside-left although his only Southern League appearance came at left-half. Football career Englefield was born in Southampton and played his youth football for the Freemantle Mission before joining the Freemantle club. In May 1898, he moved across the town to join Southampton who had just been crowned as Southern League champions for the second successive year. He initially played in the reserves, including two appearances in the United League, which led to him being selected to play for the Hampshire County F.A. against Dorset in March 1899. His only appearance in the first-team came on 25 November 1899, when he was selected to replace Bob Petrie at left-half for the match at Bedminster. Englefield failed to make any impression in the match, which was won 2–0, and, with England international Alf Milward becoming the established left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Charles Englefield
Sir Henry Charles Englefield, 7th Baronet FRS FRSE FSA FLS (1752 – 21 March 1822) was an English antiquary and astronomer. Life He was born at the family mansion, Englefield House, near Reading, Berkshire, the eldest son of Sir Henry Englefield, 6th Baronet (d. 1780) and his second wife, Catherine, daughter of Sir Charles Buck, 3rd Baronet. His father, who was the son of Henry Englefield, of Whiteknights Park at Earley near Reading, had in 1728 succeeded to the title and the Engelfield estates at Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, so that he inherited both Whiteknights and Wootton Bassett on the death of his father, 25 May 1780. In 1778 at age of 26 Englefield was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in the following year Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. For many years he was vice-president of the latter, and succeeded George Townshend, Earl of Leicester as president. Owing, however, to his being a Catholic, objection was taken to his re-election; another factor was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarrod Englefield
Jarrod Ian Englefield (born 18 December 1979 in Blenheim in Marlborough, New Zealand) is a New Zealand cricketer. He captained New Zealand in three Under-19 Tests against England in 1998/9, winning one and losing one. He is a right-handed batsmen, who has since played first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket for Central Districts and Canterbury, but has not played for the senior New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ... team. ReferencesCricinfo page on Jarrod Englefield 1979 births Living people New Zealand cricketers Canterbury cricketers Central Districts cricketers New Zealand Youth One Day International captains New Zealand Youth Test captains South Island cricketers {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Englefield
Frederick Ronald Hastings Englefield (1891–1975) was an English poet and philosopher. His major work, ''Language and Thought'', remains unpublished, though excerpts have appeared in various books and journals. He was critical of the use of words in situations where the words have no clear referent, especially in religion and philosophy, but also in literary criticism. His theory that language evolved naturally from gestures has not met with wide acceptance, but his criticism of religion and philosophy, published posthumously, was well received and is still in print. Biography The child of a London solicitor, Englefield attended Mill Hill School in North London. He was a scholarship student at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he studied modern languages. In World War I, he served in France and in Salonika, and was mentioned by Winston Churchill for "gallant and distinguished services in the field". After the war, he supported himself by teaching French and German in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Englefield
Sir Thomas Englefield (also known as ''Inglefield''''Dictionary of National Biography, Englefield, Sir Thomas (1455–1514)'') (c. 1455 – 3 April 1514) was Speaker of the House of Commons. He was born, probably in Englefield in Berkshire, around 1455, the son of John Englefield whose family had been Lords of the Manor there for many generations. His father died while he was quite young and his grandfather, Robert Englefield, had him educated in law at the Middle Temple. He was created a Knight of the Bath on the marriage of Prince Arthur in 1501. He held land on the Welsh border, notably in Worcestershire where he became a magistrate (JP) in 1493. He was returned to Parliament as knight of the shire (MP) for Berkshire in 1497 and 1510 and on both occasions elected Speaker of the House. He had married Margery, daughter of Sir Richard Danvers with whom he had two sons, Richard, who died young and Thomas, his heir and the father of the Catholic politician, Sir Francis Englefie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
