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Ethel Dickenson
Ethel Gertrude Dickenson (July 6, 1880 – October 26, 1918) was an educator and nurse born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, Colony of Newfoundland, Newfoundland. She is noted as being one of the ''Remarkable Women of Newfoundland and Labrador'' for her tireless work and death in the care of patients during the outbreak of Spanish influenza at St. John's in 1918. Biography Dickenson was educated at Methodist College (St. John's Newfoundland), Methodist College, St. John's and MacDonald Institute, Guelph, Ontario, became a volunteer nurse during World War I at the Wandsworth Hospital, London and also the Ascot Hospital. She returned to St. John's for health reasons in 1918. The outbreak of Spanish influenza required that emergency services be set up at the King George the Fifth Institute where Dickenson had once again volunteered her nursing duties to care for the sick.Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, Volume One, (p 621 - 622) Dickenson was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Ethel (also ''Aethel, æthel'') is an Old English word meaning "noble", today often used as a feminine given name. Etymology and historic usage The word means ''æthel'' "noble". It is frequently attested as the first element in Anglo-Saxon names, both masculine and feminine, e.g. Æthelhard, Æthelred (other), Æthelred, Æthelwulf (other), Æthelwulf; Æthelburh (other), Æthelburg, Æthelflæd, Æthelthryth (Audrey). It corresponds to the ''Adel-'' and ''Edel-'' in continental names, such as Adolf (Æthelwulf), Albert (given name), Albert (Adalbert), Adelheid (Adelaide), Edeltraut and Edelgard. Some of the feminine Anglo-Saxon names in Æthel- survived into the modern period (e.g. Etheldred Benett 1776–1845). ''Ethel'' was in origin used as a hypocorism, familiar form of such names, but it began to be used as a feminine given name in its own right beginning in the mid-19th century, gaining popularity due to characters so named in novels by W. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
