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Furneaux Creek
Furneaux may refer to: ;People: *Furneaux (surname) ;Other: *Chapman and Furneaux, steam locomotive manufacturer with a works situated in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK * Furneaux Group, group of 52 islands, at the eastern end of Bass Strait, between Victoria and Tasmania, Australia ** Furneaux bioregion, an Australian biogeographic region that comprises the Furneaux Group **Furneaux burrowing crayfish (''Engaeus martigener''), a freshwater crayfish found in Australia *Furneaux Pelham, village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England * Viscount Furneaux or Earl of Birkenhead, title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom See also *Fourneau Fourneau is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ernest Fourneau (1872–1949), French medicinal chemist *Jean-Claude Fourneau (1907–1981), French surrealist painter *Léon Fourneau (1900–?), Belgian middle-distance runn ..., surname * Fourneaux (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furneaux (surname)
Furneaux is a Norman-French locational surname. Notable people with this name include: *Charles Furneaux (1835–1913), drawing instructor in the Boston area *Furneaux Cook (1839–1903), English opera singer and actor *Henry Furneaux (1829–1900), British classical scholar, specialising in Tacitus *Karen Furneaux (born 1976), Canadian sprint kayaker who has been competing since 1988 *Ky Furneaux (born 1973), Australian outdoor guide, TV host, female survival expert and stunt person *Peter Furneaux (1935-2014), English football club chairman and investor *Philip Furneaux (1726–1783), English independent minister *Robert Furneaux Jordan (1905–1978), English architect, architectural critic and novelist *Robin Furneaux or Frederick Smith (1936–1985), 3rd Earl of Birkenhead * Thomas Furneaux Lennon or Thomas Lennon (filmmaker), documentary filmmaker *Tobias Furneaux (1735–1781), English navigator and Royal Navy officer, accompanied James Cook on his second voyage of exploration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapman And Furneaux
Black, Hawthorn and Company was a steam locomotive manufacturer with a works situated in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK. John Coulthard and Son The Quarry Field Works was opened in 1835 by John and Ralph Coulthard, known as John Coulthard and Son which became R. Coulthard and Company in 1853 when the partnership was dissolved. Their first loco was York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway number 156, a to the Jenny Lind pattern. There followed more of the same and several engines. Although the works numbers went up to 100, probably only twenty were new, since the company carried out a great deal of rebuilding work. Black, Hawthorn & Co In 1865 Ralph Coulthard retired and the works was taken over by William Black and Thomas Hawthorn, who concentrated on industrial tank locomotives, both four and six coupled. The company supplied steam locomotives to collieries and works, particularly in North East England. They also built a number of crane engines. Some of the locomotives were very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furneaux Group
The Furneaux Group is a group of approximately 100 islands located at the eastern end of Bass Strait, between Victoria and Tasmania, Australia. The islands were named after British navigator Tobias Furneaux, who sighted the eastern side of these islands after leaving Adventure Bay in 1773 on his way to New Zealand to rejoin Captain James Cook. Navigator Matthew Flinders was the first European to explore the Furneaux Islands group, in the in 1798, and later that year in the . The largest islands in the group are Flinders Island, Cape Barren Island, and Clarke Island. The group contains five settlements: Killiecrankie, Emita, Lady Barron, Cape Barren Island, and Whitemark on Flinders Island, which serves as the administrative centre of the Flinders Council. There are also some small farming properties on the remote islands. After seals were discovered there in 1798, the Furneaux Group of islands became the most intensively exploited sealing ground in Bass Strait. A total o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furneaux Bioregion
Furneaux is an interim Australian bioregion that includes the Furneaux Group of more than one hundred islands off the northeast coast of Tasmania, as well as the northeast corner of Tasmania and Wilson's Promontory on the Australian mainland. It covers an area of . Furneaux Island, located at the eastern entrance to Bass Strait, is home to a range of native plants and animals, including the Furneaux burrowing crayfish, a threatened species of crayfish in the family Parastacidae, endemic to Australia. See also * Ecoregions in Australia * Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia * Regions of Tasmania In the Australian state of Tasmania, there are many areas which are commonly known by regional names. Regions are areas that share similar characteristics. These characteristics may be natural such as the Furneaux Islands, the coastline, or the ... References Further reading * Furneaux IBRA regions Furneaux Group North East Tasmania {{Tasmania-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furneaux Burrowing Crayfish
''Engaeus martigener'', the Furneaux burrowing crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Parastacidae, endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ... to Australia. References Parastacidae Endangered fauna of Australia Freshwater crustaceans of Australia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Crustaceans described in 1990 {{Crayfish-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furneaux Pelham
Furneux Pelham or Furneaux Pelham is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The village is one of the Pelhams, part of an early medieval larger swathe of land known as Pelham including Brent Pelham to the north and Stocking Pelham to the east and north-east. The village is largely linear covering much of the width of the parish from east to west and is buffer zone, buffered by gently sloped fields with some woodland to all sides. It is known for its ford (crossing), ford (Violet's Lane) to the north along the upper River Ash, Hertfordshire, Ash which is over long traversable by 4x4 enthusiasts most of the year and in the periods of least flow by experienced off-road motorcyclists. Landmarks The village has a church, St Mary the Virgin, with a medieval carved wooden roof which was restored and elaborately painted in the 1960s by the artist John Norbury. The spire has the motto "Time Flies, Mind your Business'" on the clock. Furneux P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscount Furneaux
A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicial position, and did not develop into a hereditary title until much later. In the case of French viscounts, it is customary to leave the title untranslated as vicomte . Etymology The word ''viscount'' comes from Old French ( Modern French: ), itself from Medieval Latin , accusative of , from Late Latin "deputy" + Latin (originally "companion"; later Roman imperial courtier or trusted appointee, ultimately count). History During the Carolingian Empire, the kings appointed counts to administer provinces and other smaller regions, as governors and military commanders. Viscounts were appointed to assist the counts in their running of the province, and often took on judicial responsibility. The kings strictly prevented the office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fourneau
Fourneau is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ernest Fourneau (1872–1949), French medicinal chemist *Jean-Claude Fourneau (1907–1981), French surrealist painter *Léon Fourneau (1900–?), Belgian middle-distance runner See also *Furneaux (surname) Furneaux is a Norman-French locational surname. Notable people with this name include: *Charles Furneaux (1835–1913), drawing instructor in the Boston area *Furneaux Cook (1839–1903), English opera singer and actor *Henry Furneaux (1829–1900) ... {{Surname French-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
