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Kathleen (given Name)
Kathleen is a female given name, used in English- and Irish-language communities. Sometimes spelled ''Cathleen'', it is an Anglicized form of ''Caitlín'', the Irish form of ''Cateline'', which was the Old French form of ''Catherine''. It ultimately derives from the Greek name ''Aikaterine'', the meaning of which is highly debated (see Katherine). Kathleen was the 8th most popular girls' name in Ireland in 1911, but by 1965 it had sunk to number 18. Literature * Kathleen Raine, British poet * Kathleen Winsor, American author * ''The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics'' (1892), the second poetry collection of William Butler Yeats * Joanne Kathleen (J. K.) Rowling, British author * Kathleen Vereecken, Belgian writer * Kathleen O'Meara, Irish-French Catholic writer Military * Kathleen Best, director of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps * Kathleen Soliah, member of the Symbionese Liberation Army Music * Kathleen Sergerie, Québécoise pop singer * Kathleen B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathleen
Cathleen is a feminine given name in the English language. It is a variant form of '' Kathleen''. Notable people with the name include: * Cathleen Chaffee, American curator, art historian, writer * Cathleen Falsani, American journalist and writer * Cathleen Galgiani, American politician * Cathleen Nesbitt, English actress * Cathleen Rund, German Olympic swimmer * Cathleen Schine, American author * Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Canadian mathematician * Lady Cathleen Hudson Lady Cathleen Blanche Lily Hudson (née Eliot; 29 July 1921–October 1994), also known as Lady Cathleen Seyfried, was the younger daughter of John Granville Cornwallis Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans and Lady Blanche Linnie Somerset, daughter ..., younger daughter of John Granville Cornwallis Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans References {{given name English feminine given names Irish feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen De Leon Jones
Kathleen de Leon Jones (born Kathleen de León on 1 September 1977) is a Filipina-born Australian actress, dancer, and singer. She was an original cast member of the ARIA Award winning Australian children's musical group Hi-5. She left Hi-5 in July 2007 after nine years with the group. Personal life De León was born in Manila on 1 September 1977 and moved to Australia in 1978 with her parents. She is the oldest of three daughters; her two younger sisters Jennifer and Melanie were born in Australia. The family spent most of de León's childhood in Sydney."Another Pinay goes international." ''Manila Standard Today'', 28 December 2006. On 30 April 2000, when de León was 22 years old, she met her future husband Daniel Jones. At the time, Jones was a member of the Australian pop band Savage Garden. The couple met at the 42nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards. In 2003, after over three years of dating, Jones proposed to de León during his 30th birthday party at the GPO Bar in Bris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleur Anderson
Kathleen Fleur Anderson (born 6 February 1971) the Member of Parliament (MP) for Putney, elected in 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Shadow Paymaster General since 2021 and was a member of Wandsworth London Borough Council from 2014 to 2021. Early life and education Anderson was born on the Channel island of Jersey. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Politics from the University of York in 1993. She was a member of the Liberal Democrats at university, standing as an independent when running for president of the Students Union, holding that post in 1994. In 2007, she attended the Open University for a Master of Science degree in Global Development Management, awarded in 2010. Career International development and advocacy Anderson began her career in development and environmental and poverty campaigns, both in London and abroad. She worked for Christian Aid from 1994 to 1997, taking on roles as a campaign assistant in London, working in Serbia du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Hamilton, Duchess Of Abercorn
Katherine Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn, (born Hon. Mary Katherine Crichton; 8 July 1905 – 2 February 1990) was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother from 1964 until the Duchess's death in 1990. She was invested as a Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1969. royalfanzine.blogspot.co.uk; Retrieved 24 February 2016. She received the Queen Elizabeth II Version of the in 1984 for 20 years service to the Royal Family. The Duchess was the elder of the two s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Manners, Duchess Of Rutland
Kathleen Manners, Duchess of Rutland (' Tennant; 30 January 18944 December 1989) was an English aristocrat and the wife of John Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland. Early life and family Kathleen Tennant was born on 30 January 1894 in London. Her mother was Annie Geraldine Redmayne and her father was Francis John Tennant of Innes, Morayshire, and Lympne Castle, Kent. She was a member of the Tennant family, an influential Scottish industrial family that had been ennobled. Her paternal grandfather was the industrialist Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet. Her father, who was a member of The Souls, was the younger brother of Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner and Margot Asquith, the wife of British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith. She was informally known by the nickname Kakoo. Personal life She married John Henry Montague Manners, Marquess of Granby, the son of Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland and Violet Lindsay, on 27 January 1916 at St Margaret's, Westminster. They had five childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson Of Calow
Kathleen Margaret Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, (born 24 February 1938) is a British Methodist Minister (Christianity), Minister. Created a life peer in 1998, she was a Crossbencher, crossbench member of the House of Lords until her retirement in 2018. Early life and education Richardson was born on 24 February 1938 to Francis and Margaret Fountain. She was educated at Chesterfield St Helena School, St Helena School, an all-girls secondary school in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. She then attended Stockwell College of Education, where she completed a Certificate in Education. She trained for ordained ministry at the Deaconess College in Ilkley and at Wesley House in Cambridge. Ordained ministry Richardson was made a Methodist diaconal order, deaconess in 1961 and ordained as a presbyter in 1980.'RICHARDSON OF CALOW', ''Who's Who 2017'', A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Simon, Viscountess Simon
Kathleen Rochard Simon, Viscountess Simon, DBE (formerly Manning, Harvey; 23 September 1869 – 27 March 1955) was an Anglo-Irish anti-slavery activist. She was inspired to research slavery after living in Tennessee with her first husband, and she joined the abolitionist movement when she returned to London after his death. With her second husband, Sir John Simon, she campaigned against all forms of servitude. Travelling and speaking throughout her life, she was renowned for her commitment to ending slavery and racial discrimination, and was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Early life Kathleen Rochard Harvey was born in Rathmines, South Dublin into a landed Irish family, the Harveys of Kyle (near Enniscorthy, County Wexford). She was the elder daughter of Frances ( Pollock) and Francis Harvey, who taught their daughters to appreciate liberty and despise slavery. In addition to receiving private education, she attended several Dublin schools. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness Of Hartington
Kathleen Agnes Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (' Kennedy; February 20, 1920 – May 13, 1948), also known as "Kick" Kennedy, was an American socialite. She was the second daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy as well as a sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy and the wife of the Marquess of Hartington, heir apparent to the 10th Duke of Devonshire. When her father was serving as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Kathleen made many friends in London and was the " debutante of 1938". Working with the Red Cross, she began a romantic relationship with Lord Hartington, whom she married in May 1944. He was killed on active service in Belgium only four months later. Kathleen died in a plane crash in 1948, flying to the south of France while on vacation with her new partner, the 8th Earl Fitzwilliam. Early years Kathleen Agnes Kennedy was born at home at 83 Beals Street in Brookline, Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Pelham-Clinton, Duchess Of Newcastle
Kathleen Florence May Pelham-Clinton, Duchess of Newcastle-under-Lyne OBE (née Candy; 1872 – 1 June 1955), was a well-known conformation show judge and dog breeder who influenced the Borzoi and Wire Fox Terrier breeds. Early life Born in 1872, the future Duchess was the daughter of Major Henry Augustus Candy by his marriage to Hon. Frances Kathleen Westenra, the daughter of Henry Robert Westenra, 3rd Baron Rossmore. Marriage She married Henry Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of Newcastle, in 1889, with whom she shared several common interests. Both were interested in animals, with horses and dogs being their favourites. Prior to the marriage, Kathleen was already a judge and dog show exhibitor, primarily of Fox Terriers. The Duke knew of the Duchess's knowledge of dogs, and when a dealer attempted to sell him a spaniel he once said "It would not suit me to do that. Her Grace knows the market value just a bit too well to suit my fancy." The couple had no children. Dogs and kennels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Hanna
Kathleen Hanna (born November 12, 1968) is an American singer, musician, artist, feminist activist, pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, and punk zine writer. In the early-to-mid-1990s she was the lead singer of feminist punk band Bikini Kill, before fronting Le Tigre in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Since 2010, she has recorded as the Julie Ruin. In 2009, Hanna made her zines, art pieces, photography, video, music, journals, and other material which focus on the early formation of the Riot Grrrl movement available at the Fales Library at New York University. A documentary film about Hanna was released in 2013 by director Sini Anderson, titled ''The Punk Singer'', detailing Hanna's life and career, as well as revealing her years-long battle with Lyme disease. Hanna is married to Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys. Life and career 1968–1988: Early life and feminism Hanna was born November 12, 1968, in Portland, Oregon. At age three, her family moved to Calvert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Ferrier Award
The Kathleen Ferrier Award is a prestigious contest for Opera singers held each April in London, England. The first competition was held in 1956. According to the ''Telegraph'', the competition has a record of "spotting winners". Originally conceived to offer a prize equivalent to a year's tuition plus support, the competition now offers a first prize of £10,000, a second prize of £5,000 and a Song Prize of £2,500. The competition is open to singers of any nationality who have completed at least one year of study at a UK conservatoire or with a recognised vocal coach in the UK. They must be under 29 years of age at the time of the final audition. There is also an MBF Accompanist's prize, provided in 2005 by Arthur & Gwyneth Harrison. Pianists competing for the accompanist's award must also be under 29. The first recipient of the award was British-born Barbara Anne Robinson. The Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Scholarship Fund, which funds the award, was founded in 1953 in memory o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Ferrier
Kathleen Mary Ferrier, CBE (22 April 19128 October 1953) was an English contralto singer who achieved an international reputation as a stage, concert and recording artist, with a repertoire extending from folksong and popular ballads to the classical works of Bach, Brahms, Mahler and Elgar. Her death from cancer, at the height of her fame, was a shock to the musical world and particularly to the general public, which was kept in ignorance of the nature of her illness until after her death. The daughter of a Lancashire village schoolmaster, Ferrier showed early talent as a pianist, and won numerous amateur piano competitions while working as a telephonist with the General Post Office. She did not take up singing seriously until 1937, when after winning a prestigious singing competition at the Carlisle Festival she began to receive offers of professional engagements as a vocalist. Thereafter she took singing lessons, first with J.E. Hutchinson and later with Roy Henderson. Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
