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John E. Sharwood Smith
John E. Sharwood Smith OBE DFC MA (1919-2007) was an English people, English professor of Classics who wrote numerous books on classics and learning classics. Biography His father, Edward Sharwood Smith, was a headmaster, most notably of Newbury Grammar School (now St. Bartholomew's School) who influenced his son's love of the classics. John was awarded a scholarship in Classics to Jesus College Cambridge and started his degree in 1938. His studies were interrupted when he was called up in 1939 and following his older brother Bryan Sharwood-Smith he joined the RAF. He was trained to fly in the USA, completing a pilot training course at Lakeland Army Airfield, Florida. He was subsequently sent to fly first Wellington bombers and then Mosquito fighters in the WWII Burma campaign. He finished the war as an acting Squadron Leader and was awarded the DFC. When asked why, he typically replied, 'for surviving'. Resuming his studies, he completed his degree and pursued an academic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English People
The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language in England, English language, a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language, and share a common history and culture. The English identity is of History of Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxon origin, when they were known in Old English as the ('race or tribe of the Angles'). Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Great Britain around the 5th century AD. The English largely descend from two main historical population groups the West Germanic tribes (the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians) who settled in southern Britain following the withdrawal of the Ancient Rome, Romans, and the Romano-British culture, partially Romanised Celtic Britons already living there.Martiniano, R., Caffell, A., Holst, M. et al. Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons. Nat Commun 7, 10326 (2016). https://doi.org/10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
