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Jeanie Gwynne Bettany
Jeanie Gwynne Bettany Kernahan (25 January 1857 – 16 February 1941) was a British novelist, sometimes publishing under the name Mrs. Coulson Kernahan after her second marriage in 1892. Early life Mary Jean Hickling Gwynne was born in Audley, Staffordshire, the daughter of Samuel Goodland Gwynne and Jane Woolley Wright Gwynne. Her father was a mathematics master at Taunton College.J. A. H."Mrs. Coulson Kernahan"''The Bystander'' 2 (March 9, 1904): 31. She was educated at University College London. Career Bettany wrote novels, including ''The House of Rimmon'' (1885), ''Two Legacies'' (1886), ''A Laggard in Love'' (1890), ''Trewinnot of Guy's'' (1898), ''Frank Redland, Recruit'' (1899), ''The Avenging of Ruthanna'' (1900), ''No Vindication'' (1901), ''An Unwise Virgin'' (1903), ''The Sinnings of Seraphine'' (1906), ''The Mystery of Magdalen'' (1906), ''The Fraud'' (1907), ''Ashes of Passion'' (1909), ''The Thirteenth Man'' (1910),''The House of Blight'' (1911), ''The Myste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Thomas Bettany
George Thomas Bettany (30 March 1850 – 2 December 1891) was an English biologist, anthropologist, and author of scientific and popular works. Born in Penzance, Cornwall, the son of George Bettany, a schoolmaster and journalist. Bettany was educated privately and then from 1868 to 1870 at Guy's Hospital. On 1 October 1870 he matriculated at Caius College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1874 and M.A. 1877. He lectured for some years on biology at Girton and Newnham Colleges, Cambridge, and was lecturer on botany at Guy's Hospital from 1877 to 1886. He edited Ward, Lock, and Co.'s "Science Primers for the People," and the "Popular Library for Literary Treasures," and "The Minerva Library of Famous Books," and occupied the position of English editor of ''Lippincott's Monthly Magazine''. He wrote several books and contributed articles to the ''Dictionary of National Biography'', ''The Times'', '' The Athenaeum'', and other journals. He became a Fellow of the Linnean Society ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coulson Kernahan
Coulson Kernahan (1 August 1858 – 17 February 1943) was an English novelist. Personal life John Coulson Kernahan was born in Ilfracombe, Devon to Rev. James Kernahan, M.A., F.G.S., and his wife Comfort. The third of four children, the boy had two older sisters, Elizabeth Ann and Mary Ann, and a younger sister named Comfort after their mother. Kernahan was educated privately by his father and at St Albans School. James had intended for young Coulson to enter the church, but his son's "intentions were towards literature," which he followed by publishing pieces in American and British periodicals before beginning to write novels.Russell, Matthew. ''Idyls of Killowen: A Soggarth's Secular Verses.'' James Bowden, 1899, pg. 24. On 15 June 1892, at the age of 32, he married Jeanie Gwynne Bettany at St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich, Southwark, England. An author herself, Jeanie most notably wrote the ''Bed Time Stories'' series, collaborating with her husband and Dorothy Furni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audley, Staffordshire
Audley is a large village in Staffordshire, England. It is the centre of Audley Rural parish, approximately four miles (6 km) north west of Newcastle-under-Lyme and 3 miles (5 km) from Alsager near the Staffordshire-Cheshire border. Audley is located on the B5500, the former A52 road. Just south of the A500, the village is approximately five minutes from the M6 motorway. The first mention of Audley is in the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was called ''Aldidelege'', when the lands were held by a Saxon called Gamel. At this time, the area was very sparsely populated, and because of its distance from the major towns of Stafford and Chester there was little outside contact. There was a medieval castle at Audley Castle Hill during the late 13th century; only a low earthwork remains of the former motte. Excavations have yielded some stonework. Church The parish church of St James is on Church Street, at the top of Wilbraham's Walk. Christians have met together on the site of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Taunton Sixth Form College
Richard Taunton Sixth Form College, until 2012 called Taunton's College, is a sixth form college in Upper Shirley, Southampton attended by approximately 1000 students. Admissions It offers a range of courses, mostly A Levels. Many students participate in a range of extracurricular activities. It is situated to the west of Southampton Common next to the ''Bellemoor'' pub at the junction of ''Hill Lane'' and ''Bellemoor Road''. Near to the south is King Edward VI School, Southampton. History Foundation ''Taunton's School'' was founded in 1760 by Richard Taunton, former Mayor of Southampton. In 1864 it moved to a specially built site on New Road. In 1875 it was established as an endowed school, to be called ''Taunton's Trade School''. The school became a public secondary school and the name changed once more to ''Taunton's School''. Grammar school In 1926, the school moved to a new campus on Highfield Road. It was officially opened by Eustace Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University College London
, mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = £1.544 billion (2019/20) , chancellor = Anne, Princess Royal(as Chancellor of the University of London) , provost = Michael Spence , head_label = Chair of the council , head = Victor L. L. Chu , free_label = Visitor , free = Sir Geoffrey Vos , academic_staff = 9,100 (2020/21) , administrative_staff = 5,855 (2020/21) , students = () , undergrad = () , postgrad = () , coordinates = , campus = Urban , city = London, England , affiliations = , colours = Purple and blue celeste , nickname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Argosy (newspaper)
''The Argosy'' was a newspaper published in Georgetown, Demerara, in British Guiana (later Guyana) from 2 October 1880 to 30 March 1907. It became the ''Weekly Argosy'' with effect from the issue of 6 April 1907 and ceased publication with the issue of 24 October 1908. It was founded by James Thompson. Publishing The Argosy was contracted by the government to print ‘The Official Gazette’ as well as agricultural reports and mining data. In 1909, The Argosy published a ''Handbook of British Guiana''. At the time, they listed 3 papers in circulation; The Daily Argosy, The Argosy (weekly), and The Sportsman's Argosy (weekly, Mondays). ''The Argosy'' has been described as representing the planter interest in British Guiana. Legacy The paper's reporting of births, marriages, and deaths make it an important primary source for genealogists interested in British Guiana. A compilation of its family notices is held on microfilm at the British Library. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgravia (magazine)
''Belgravia'' was a monthly London illustrated literary magazine of the late 19th century that was founded by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. History Established in 1866, ''Belgravia'' featured serialized novels, poems, travel narratives, and biographies, as well as essays on fashion, history, and science. Under the editorship of Braddon (1866–1876), the magazine was best known for publishing sensation fiction. In 1876, Chatto & Windus purchased the magazine and Andrew Chatto replaced Braddon as editor. Under Chatto, ''Belgravia'' moved away from sensation fiction and began publishing works by such authors as Charles Reade, Mark Twain, Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Word .... ''Belgravias circulation peaked at 18,000 in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lippincott's Monthly Magazine
''Lippincott's Monthly Magazine'' was a 19th-century literary magazine published in Philadelphia from 1868 to 1915, when it relocated to New York to become ''Robert M. McBride, McBride's Magazine''. It merged with ''Scribner's Magazine'' in 1916. ''Lippincott's'' published original works, general articles, and literary criticism. It is indexed in the Reader's Guide Retrospective database, and the full-text of many issues is available online from Project Gutenberg, and in various commercial databases such as the American Periodicals Series from ProQuest. ''Lippincott's'' was published by J. B. Lippincott of Philadelphia until 1914, then by McBride, Nast & Co. There were 96 semi-annual volumes. From 1881 to 1885 they were issued as vols. 1 to 10 "New Series" or "N.S." (see image) and bound such as "Old Series, Vol. XXVII – New Series, Vol. I" (January to June 1881) but the old series was resumed with January 1887 issued as volume 37, number 1. Joseph Berg Esenwein was editor from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple Bar (magazine)
''Temple Bar'' was a literary periodical of the mid and late 19th and very early 20th centuries (1860–1906). The complete title was ''Temple Bar – A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers''. It was initially edited by George Augustus Sala, and Arthur Ransome was the final editor before it folded, while he developed his literary career. It was also edited by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. History ''Temple Bar'' was founded a year after the first publication of William Thackeray's ''The Cornhill Magazine'', by one of Charles Dickens' followers, Sala, who promised his readers that the periodical would be "full of solid yet entertaining matter, that shall be interesting to Englishmen and Englishwomen…and that Filia-familias may read with as much gratification as Pater or Mater-familias", appealing to a solid, literate middle-class. A rather congratulary review of the arrival of the impending publication appeared in the ''New York Times'' in October 1860 saying that it promised "Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantata
A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir. The meaning of the term changed over time, from the simple single-voice madrigal of the early 17th century, to the multi-voice "cantata da camera" and the "cantata da chiesa" of the later part of that century, from the more substantial dramatic forms of the 18th century to the usually sacred-texted 19th-century cantata, which was effectively a type of short oratorio. Cantatas for use in the liturgy of church services are called church cantata or sacred cantata; other cantatas can be indicated as secular cantatas. Several cantatas were, and still are, written for special occasions, such as Christmas cantatas. Christoph Graupner, Georg Philipp Telemann and Johann Sebastian Bach composed cycles of church cantatas for the occasions of the liturgical year. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil List Pension
Pensions in the United Kingdom, whereby United Kingdom tax payers have some of their wages deducted to save for retirement, can be categorised into three major divisions - state, occupational and personal pensions. The state pension is based on years worked, with a 35-year work history yielding a pension of £185.15 per week. It is linked to wage and price increases. Most employees and the self-employed are also enrolled in employer-subsidised and tax-efficient occupational and personal pensions which supplement this basic state-provided pension. Historically, the "Old Age Pension" was introduced in 1909 in the United Kingdom (which included all of Ireland at that time). Following the passage of the Old-Age Pensions Act 1908 a pension of 5 shillings per week (25p, equivalent, using the Consumer Price Index, to £ in present-day terms), or 7s.6d per week (equivalent to £/week today) for a married couple, was payable to persons with an income below £21 per annum (equivalent to  ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
