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Grace Hickling
Grace Hickling (10 August 1908 – 30 December 1986) was an English ornithologist and naturalist known for studying wildlife on the Farne Islands, in the North Sea off the Northumberland coast. Early life and education Hickling was the only daughter of Adam and Grace Anne Watt, her father being an engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne. She attended Harrogate Ladies' College, and after a period at Newcastle University, Armstrong College in Newcastle, studied mathematics and geography at Newnham College, Cambridge from 1928 to 1931. Career Hickling embarked on a teaching career, but was called up to work as an intelligence officer on 1 September 1939, a few days prior to Britain's entry into World War II. Based at the regional command center, war room in Newcastle upon Tyne, she was originally offered the standard salary of £400, until it was discovered that she was a woman and her pay was cut by £100. While working as an intelligence officer, she met Russell Goddard, the curator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Hicking A Crop Of A Photo By Joe Payne, Berwick Advertiser
Grace may refer to: Places United States * Grace, Idaho, a city * Grace (CTA station), Chicago Transit Authority's Howard Line, Illinois * Little Goose Creek (Kentucky), location of Grace post office * Grace, Carroll County, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Grace, Laclede County, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Grace, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Grace, Montana, an unincorporated community * Grace, Hampshire County, West Virginia * Grace, Roane County, West Virginia Elsewhere * Grace (lunar crater), on the Moon * Grace, a List of craters on Venus, crater on Venus People with the name * Grace (given name), a feminine name, including a list of people and fictional characters * Grace (surname), a surname, including a list of people with the name Religion Theory and practice * Grace (prayer), a prayer of thanksgiving said before or after a meal * Divine grace, a theological term present in many religions * Grace in Christianity, the benevolence sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |