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Farthing Horn
Farthing or farthings may refer to: Coinage *Farthing (British coin), an old British coin valued one quarter of a penny ** Half farthing (British coin) ** Third farthing (British coin) ** Quarter farthing (British coin) *Farthing (English coin), the predecessor to the British farthing, prior to the union of England and Scotland ** English Three Farthing coin *Farthing (Irish coin), its counterpart among the pre-decimal Irish coins *''Farthing'', used in the King James Version and Douay–Rheims translations of the Bible to translate κοδράντης (''kodrantes,'' quadrans) and ἀσσάριον (''assarion'', as), both Roman coins Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Farthing'' (magazine), a defunct British science fiction magazine * ''Farthing'' (novel), a 2006 novel written by Jo Walton * Farthings (Middle-earth), the four quarter divisions of the Shire * Timothy Farthing, a fictional character from ''Dad's Army'' People * Alan Farthing (born 1963), British obs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farthing (British Coin)
The British farthing (from Old English fēorðing, from fēorða, a fourth) abbreviated ''qua.'' (L. ''quadrans''), was a denomination of sterling coinage worth of one pound, of one shilling, or of one penny; initially minted in copper and then in bronze, which replaced the earlier English farthings. Before Decimal Day in 1971, Britain used the Carolingian monetary system, wherein the largest unit was a pound sterling of 20 shillings, each of 12 pence. Each penny was divided into 4 farthings, thus, a pound sterling contained 960 farthings, and a shilling contained 48 farthings. From 1860 to 1971, the purchasing power of a farthing ranged between 12p and 0.2p in 2017 values. The farthing coin was legal tender during the reigns of eleven British monarchs: George I, George II, and George III, George IV, William IV, and Victoria, Edward VII and George V, Edward VIII, George VI, and Elizabeth II. In Britain and Northern Ireland the farthing coin ceased to be legal tender on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Farthing
Dan Farthing (born November 10, 1969) is a former Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ... wide receiver who played eleven seasons for the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1991 through 2001. References 1969 births Living people Canadian football wide receivers Players of Canadian football from Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Roughriders players Saskatchewan Huskies football players Sportspeople from Saskatoon Saskatchewan Roughriders coaches {{Canadianfootball-widereceiver-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farthing Common
Farthing Common is an area of common land about 10 km northwest of Folkestone in East Kent. It is one of the highest points of the North Downs at 185 metres above sea level, and was the junction of the ancient trackway along the Downs from Folkestone, with the Roman road (now the B2068 Stone Street) between Lympne and Canterbury. From the common there are extensive views across Kent and on a clear day it is possible to see as far as the Cliffs at Fairlight in Sussex and even the South Downs. Just east of Farthing Common are Postling Downs which is a rich area of semi-improved chalk grassland with a variety of plant species including orchids. Farthing Common saw the final King of the Mountains climb during the first stage of the 2007 Tour de France, which was held in Kent. The climb was taken by Stéphane Augé Stéphane Augé (born 6 December 1974 in Pau) is a French former road racing cyclist. Following his career, he worked as a sporting director for UCI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farthing, Wyoming
Farthing, later re-named Iron Mountain, was a small, rural town in Laramie County, Wyoming, Laramie County Wyoming, formerly located southwest of Chugwater, Wyoming, Chugwater in the Chugwater Creek valley. The land where it once stood is now privately owned, part of an extensive ranch. History The region was originally named Iron Mountain due to iron deposits discovered on a nearby ridge in 1850 and briefly mined in 1870. Homesteading in the area began in the 1870s, and a railroad station and post office were soon established. Also, numerous ranches were established along the various spring creeks that flowed into Chugwater Creek. The railroad was extended north from Cheyenne in anticipation of heavy mining development which never occurred. The railroad station was designated "Farthing" after Charles Farthing who donated the land for the station in the early 1900s. Among the homesteaders in the 1880s were William E. "Bill" Lewis and Frederick "Fred" Powell. Both men were suspec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Farthing
Walter John Farthing (4 July 1887 – 29 November 1954) was a British Labour Party politician. Born in Bridgwater, Farthing became involved in the trade union movement, and founded a trades council in the town. He was elected as the trades council's president in 1917, and served on Bridgwater Borough Council for the Labour Party from 1929. He was also elected to the executive of the Transport and General Workers' Union. In 1939/40, he served as Mayor of Bridgwater.Trades Union Congress, "Obituary: W. J. Farthing", ''Annual Report of the 1955 Trades Union Congress'', p.310 He was elected at the 1945 general election as Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ... (MP) for Frome, and held the seat until the constituency disappeared, and he retired, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Farthing
Stephen Farthing (born 16 September 1950) is an English painter and writer on art history. Education Stephen Farthing grew up in London and earned a bachelor's degree from Saint Martin's School of Art in 1973 and a master's degree in painting from the Royal College of Art, London in 1976. In the final year of his master's program, Farthing won a scholarship to study at the British School at Rome for one year. Life and career Since his return from Italy in 1977, Farthing has had one-man shows in the UK, Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Australia, Japan, and the United States. Farthing's work featured in the 1989 São Paulo Biennale and that same year he served as the Artist in Residence at the Hayward Gallery in London. He also won prizes in the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition on eight separate occasions between 1976 and 1999. Farthing was elected as a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1998. Farthing's work is in the National Portrait Gallery and he also showed at Tate Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floruit
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicating the time when someone flourished. Etymology and use la, flōruit is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of the Latin verb ', ' "to bloom, flower, or flourish", from the noun ', ', "flower". Broadly, the term is employed in reference to the peak of activity for a person or movement. More specifically, it often is used in genealogy and historical writing when a person's birth or death dates are unknown, but some other evidence exists that indicates when they were alive. For example, if there are wills attested by John Jones in 1204, and 1229, and a record of his marriage in 1197, a record concerning him might be written as "John Jones (fl. 1197–1229)". The term is often used in art history when dating the career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Farthing
Robert Farthing, of Canterbury, Kent, was an English politician. Family Farthing was the son of Robert Farthing of Canterbury. Career Farthing was a Member of Parliament for Canterbury, Kent in 1394 and September 1397. References Year of birth missing Year of death missing 14th-century births English MPs 1394 People from Canterbury English MPs September 1397 {{14thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Farthing
Paul Farthing (April 12, 1887 – December 2, 1976) was an American jurist. Born in Odin, Illinois, Farthing was blinded in a hunting accident when he was twelve years old. Farthing went to the Illinois School for the Blind. He then received his bachelor's degree from McKendree University in 1909 and his law degree from University of Illinois Law School. Farthing practiced law in East St. Louis, Illinois. He served as master in chancery of the city court in East St. Louis, Illinois and as St. Clair County, Illinois judge. From 1933 to 1942, Farthing served on the Illinois Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Illinois is the state supreme court, the highest court of the State of Illinois. The court's authority is granted in Article VI of the current Illinois Constitution, which provides for seven justices elected from the five ap ... and from 1937 to 1938, served as chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court. Farthing died in Belleville, Illinois.'Undaunted by Blindness,' sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Farthing
Michael J. G. Farthing (born 1948) is British emeritus professor at the University of Sussex, where he was previously its vice-chancellor (2007–2016). His early academic career was in medicine, specialising in gastroenterology. Following an appointment as research fellow, honorary lecturer in gastroenterology at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, in 1980, he was appointed Wellcome Trust, Wellcome Tropical Lecturer and worked in India, Boston and Costa Rica as visiting lecturer and assistant professor. In 1983, upon returning to the UK, he became senior lecturer and honorary consultant back at Barts' department of gastroenterology. In 1990 he was appointed professor of gastroenterology at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and held this post for five years. He later became Executive Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Professor of Medicine at the University of Glasgow. Following this, he was honorary consultant gastroenterologist for the St George's Healthcare NHS Trust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Farthing
Stay+, also known as Stay Positive or Stay Plus (and formerly known as Christian AIDS) is an electronic music act originating from Manchester. Originally loosely termed a 'collective', the act is now known to be the solo project of London-born music producer, Matt Farthing. Not much else is known, biographically, about Stay+ as an element of anonymity has maintained around the project until its most recent activity. Choosing to release only limited press shots, interviews and details about members/collaborators. One example saw a balloon artist take their place for a Radio 1 interview, another saw an interview answered entirely with YouTube found footage. Following a series of releases on the RAMP label (Flying Lotus, Falty DL), garnering notable critical acclaim from the likes of Pitchfork, 'Crashed' was released on Black Butter Records Black Butter Records is a British record label based in London, England. It was founded in 2010 by Olly Wood, Henry Village and Joe Gossa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Farthing (bishop)
John Cragg Farthing (13 December 1861 – 6 May 1947) was the Anglican Bishop of Montreal for 30 years during the first half of the twentieth century. Early life and education John Cragg Farthing was born in Toronto to an upper-class Anglican family. He had a sister Ann Cragg Farthing. He was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Caius College, Cambridge, England. Ann Farthing became an Anglican missionary, working in the United States territory of Alaska for years during the early 20th century in the Yukon interior. Clergyman After Farthing's return to Canada from Cambridge, he was ordained and embarked on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Woodstock, Ontario, swiftly followed by elevation to vicar within the same parish. Promotion followed rapidly and he was, successively, called as a Canon (priest), Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral (London, Ontario), St Paul's Cathedral, London, Ontario, and Dean of Ontario. He left Ontario when called in 1909 as Anglican Dioc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
