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Florence Henniker
Florence Henniker (December 1855 – 4 April 1923) was a British poet and novelist. Biography Florence Ellen Hungerford Milnes was born in December 1855 in London. The daughter of Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton, and his wife, the former Annabella Hungerford Crewe, she was raised in luxury. She was named in memory of her father's frustrated love affair with the Crimean War nurse Florence Nightingale, a family friend who also was her godmother. Due to her father's status in Middlesex County, Florence Milnes was considered to be an aristocrat. She was educated at home with her elder sister Amicia at the family seat at Fryston Hall in Yorkshire and at Torquay where she, her Amicia and their brother Robert stayed with her father's aunts Jane, Louisa and Caroline Milnes. As a young woman Florence also spent time in Paris with her governess Matilda Allen, where she received singing lessons and attended lectures at the Sorbonne. In 1882, she married a British army officer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spectator (magazine)
''Spectator Magazine'' was an American weekly newsmagazine published and distributed in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1978 until October 2005. ''The magazine'' had its historical roots in the ‘60s underground weekly, ''The Berkeley Barb'''','' first published on August 13, 1965''.'' In addition to political free speech issues, the libertarian values of ''Barb'' founder Max Scherr and staff included sexual freedom, which led to the acceptance of adult ads into the pages of the newspaper. In 1978, ''The Barb'' management decided to discontinue adult ads in order to try to get mainstream ads, such as liquor, and cigarette ads. The staff of the Adult Ads Center Section decided to continue on as a new and separate publication, and thus ''Spectator Magazine'' was born. The last ''Berkeley Barb'' was published July 3, 1980 when the publication went under due to a lack of ads revenues. ''Spectator'' ''Magazine'' could be identified in the early ‘80s by its mostly uncensored ads, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
