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Harcourt
Harcourt may refer to: People *Harcourt (surname) * Harcourt (given name) Places Canada *Harcourt Parish, New Brunswick * Harcourt, New Brunswick, an unincorporated community * Harcourt, Ontario, a village *Harcourt, Newfoundland and Labrador, a former village France *Harcourt, Eure, a ''commune'' **Arboretum d'Harcourt, one of the oldest arboretums in the country Hong Kong * Harcourt Garden, Hong Kong, a small urban park * Harcourt House (Hong Kong), a commercial building *Harcourt Road, Hong Kong South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands *Harcourt Island **Cape Harcourt United Kingdom * Harcourt, Cornwall, a coastal settlement *Harcourt Hill, a hill and community in Oxfordshire *Harcourt Arboretum, owned and run by the University of Oxford *Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire *Newton Harcourt, Leicestershire * Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire *Wigston Harcourt, a suburb of Wigston, Leicestershire Elsewhere * Harcourt, Victoria, Australia, a town *Harcourt, Iow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Harcourt
The House of Harcourt is a Norman family, and named after its seigneurie of Harcourt in Normandy. Its mottos were "Gesta verbis praeveniant" (Olonde branch), "Gesta verbis praevenient" (Beuvron branch), and "Le bon temps viendra ... de France" (English branch). In 1280 they established the Collège d'Harcourt in Paris, now the Lycée Saint-Louis at 44 boulevard Saint-Michel. Origins When in 911, the Viking chief Rollo was given the territories that would make up Normandy through the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, he distributed domains to his main supporters among those who had accompanied him on his expeditions against the English and the Neustrians. Considerable lands (notably the seigneurie of Harcourt, near Brionne) were granted to Bernard the Dane as a reward for his exploits, and from him they descended upon the lords (seigneurs) of Harcourt. French and English branches The Harcourt family has been perpetuated up until the present day in a French branch and an Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harcourt (publisher)
Harcourt () was an American publishing firm with a long history of publishing fiction and nonfiction for adults and children. The company was last based in San Diego, California, with editorial/sales/marketing/rights offices in New York City and Orlando, Florida, and was known at different stages in its history as Harcourt Brace, & Co. and Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. From 1919 to 1982, it was based in New York City. Houghton Mifflin acquired Harcourt in 2007. It incorporated the Harcourt name to form Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. As of 2012, all Harcourt books that have been re-released are under the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt name. The Harcourt Children's Books division left the name intact on all of its books under that name as part of HMH. In 2007 the U.S. Schools Education and Trade Publishing parts of Harcourt Education were sold by Reed Elsevier to Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep Group. Harcourt Assessment and Harcourt Education International were acquired by Pearson, the internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscount Harcourt
Viscount Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt in the County of Oxford, was a title created twice for members of the Harcourt family, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was first created in the Peerage of Great Britain for Lord Chancellor Simon Harcourt, who was created Baron Harcourt in 1711, Viscount Harcourt in 1721, and Earl Harcourt and Viscount Nuneham in 1749. For more information on these titles, which all became extinct in 1830, see Earl Harcourt. The viscountcy was revived in 1917 in favour of Lewis Vernon Harcourt, also created Baron Nuneham, of Nuneham Courtenay in the County of Oxford, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Harcourt was the son of Sir William Vernon Harcourt, son of William Vernon Harcourt, son of the Honourable and Right Reverend Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt, son of George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon, by his third wife, Martha Harcourt, daughter of Simon Harcourt, son of Simon Harcourt, 1s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanton Harcourt
Stanton Harcourt is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire about southeast of Witney and about west of Oxford. The parish includes the hamlet of Sutton, north of the village. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 960. Archaeology Within the parish of Stanton Harcourt is a series of palaeochannel deposits buried beneath the second (Summertown-Radley) gravel terrace of the River Thames. The deposits have been attributed to Marine isotope stages and have been the subject of archaeological and palaeontological research. Evidence was found for the co-existence of species of elephant and mammoth during interglacial conditions, disproving the widely held view that mammoths were an exclusively cold-adapted species. Manor Stanton is derived from the Old English for "farmstead by the stones", probably after the prehistoric stone circle known as the Devil's Quoits, southwest of the village. The site is a scheduled monument. The Domesday Book of 1086 records that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harcourt (surname)
Harcourt is a surname, and may refer to: *Alfred Harcourt (1881–1954), American publisher *Alison Harcourt, Australian mathematician *Augustus George Vernon Harcourt (1834–1919), English chemist *Bernard Harcourt, American researcher on crime and punishment *Cecil Harcourt (1892–1959), British naval commander *Cecil Harcourt Smith (1859–1944), British archaeologist and museum director *Charles Harcourt (1838–1880), British actor *Lindisfarne (band), Charlie Harcourt, songwriter and guitarist, particularly active in the 1970s; associated with Jackson Heights (band), Jackson Heights, Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys and Lindisfarne (band), Lindisfarne. *Ed Harcourt (born 1977), English singer-songwriter *Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (1757–1847), English clergyman *Edward William Vernon Harcourt (1825–1891), English naturalist *Geoffrey Harcourt (1931–2021), Australian economist *George Harcourt (1785–1861), British politician *Georgiana Harcourt (1807–1886), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio Harcourt
Studio Harcourt is a photography studio founded in 1933 by Cosette Harcourt at 11, rue Christophe-Colomb in Paris. In 1934, she joined forces with the Lacroix brothers, press bosses and Robert Ricci, son of Nina Ricci to found the Harcourt studio. It is known in particular for its black-and-white photographs of movie stars and celebrities, but having one's photo taken at Harcourt a few times during one's life was once considered standard by the French upper middle class.''Götter, gut ausgeleuchtet'' in '''' on 4 April 2010 The studio is currently located at 6, rue de Lota in the 16th arrondisment of Paris. History Harcourt Studio P ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harcourt Road
Harcourt Road is a major highway in Admiralty, Hong Kong, connecting Central and Wan Chai. It starts at Murray Road and ends at Arsenal Street. The road is 780 metres in length and has four lanes of traffic on either side. The section of Harcourt Road westbound between Rodney Street and Cotton Tree Drive features a frontage road. History In the early 1840s when Hong Kong was colonized, the present-day Admiralty was planned to be of military use, the navy situated at the seafront and the army back on the hillside. That leaves in-between a rather large, elongated piece of land. In the 1870s, the Admiralty Dock was built on that stretch of land. Prior to its construction, the then governor, Sir Arthur Kennedy discussed the possibility of running a narrow public road through this land with the military officials but was rejected to protect military secrecy. Kennedy Road in the Mid-Levels was built as a replacement. Then for decades numerous attempts by different governors nego ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harcourt Parish, New Brunswick
Harcourt is a List of parishes in New Brunswick, civil parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the village of Five Rivers, New Brunswick, Five Rivers in along part of the eastern boundary, the village of and Grand Lake, New Brunswick, Grand Lake along New Brunswick Route 116, Route 116 on the western boundary, with the Kent rural district comprising the remainder. Five Rivers and the rural district are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission and Grand Lake belongs to the Capital Region RSC. Prior to the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reform, 2023 governance reform, the parish formed the southern part of the Local service district (New Brunswick), local service district of the parish of Harcourt. Origin of name The parish was named in honour of William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt, Earl Harcourt, a Field marshal (United Kingdom), Field Marshal of the British Army at the time of its erec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harcourt, Victoria
Harcourt is a small Central Highlands town located approximately 9 km northeast of Castlemaine, where the Midland Highway meets the Calder Highway. At the 2021 census, Harcourt had a population of 1,038. The town was named after Sir William Harcourt. History The Post Office opened on 27 February 1858 replacing that of nearby Mount Alexander open since 1856. Overview Set in a valley at the foot of Mount Alexander, Harcourt was once the premier apple growing region in Australia (a title yielded to Tasmania some time ago). Still the apple centre of Victoria, the local area is fast getting a name for wine and cider production. Other things of interest in and around the town are trout fishing and the numerous walking tracks in Mount Alexander Park. Within the park boundary there is an old oak forest which was established by the tanning industry for the acorns. It is home to a World's largest apple. Each year on the March Labour Day long weekend the town hosts the Harc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harcourt (given Name)
Harcourt is a male given name which may refer to: *Harcourt Mortimer Bengough (1837–1922), British Army major general * Harcourt Burland Bull (1824–1881), Ontario (Canada) journalist and political figure * Harcourt Butler (1869–1939), British Governor of Burma *Harcourt Dowsley (1919-2014), Australian cricketer and Australian rules footballer *Harcourt Gilbey Gold (1876–1952), British rower, the first to be knighted for services to the sport *Harcourt Johnstone (1895–1945), British Liberal Party politician *Harcourt Lees (1776–1852), Irish clergyman and political pamphleteer *Harcourt Morgan (1867–1950), Canadian-American entomologist, educator, agricultural expert, and president of the University of Tennessee * Harcourt Ommundsen (1878–1915), British sport shooter *Harcourt J. Pratt (1866–1934), U.S. Representative from New York *Harcourt Templeman, British screenwriter, film producer and director of the 1930s *Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baron Derwent (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harcourt Park
Harcourt Park is a nonprofit cottaging corporation in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County in Central Ontario, Canada established in by the Sumcot Development Corporation. Geography Harcourt Park is located in Harcourt Township near the small community of the same name ( Harcourt, Ontario) in the north of Haliburton County, with the Town of Bancroft being the closest nearby community with a population exceeding 1,000. The park is approximately northeast of Toronto, and approximately west of Ottawa. It has of land, 18 lakes, and 600 surveyed properties that are individually leased in favour of private ownership. Ownership Ownership of property within the park is titled to Harcourt Park Inc., and is subject to private lease, granting a membership in the corporation, a single vote, and the eligibility to become a member on the volunteer Board of Directors in charge of managing the corporation's business. Annual lease fees are used to provide services within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harcourt House, Edmonton
Harcourt House Artist Run Centre is one of four artist-run centres in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The centre delivers a host of services to both artists and the community, and acts as an alternative site for the presentation, distribution and promotion of contemporary art. Harcourt House Artist Run Centre is an artist-run, charitable organization that promotes contemporary visual art to interested individuals and organizations by providing education, exhibitions and resources. The Centre includes two public gallery spaces; and as the single largest community of visual artists in Edmonton, it offers 42 low-rent studios for local practicing artists and other non-profit arts related organizations. A unique area of programming to Harcourt House is the Art Enrichment program that serves over 25 local low income and special needs organizations with low/no cost art education classes. History The WECAN Society (Where Edmonton Community Artist Network) was incorporated in 1987 after for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
