|
Kimberley (surname)
''Kimberley'' is a surname in the English language. A variant form of the surname is ''Kimberly''. ''Kimberley'' is derived from any of several places in England named ''Kimberley''. which cited: for the surnames "Kimberly", "Kimberley". However, several such places have differing etymologies. For example, the ''Kimberly'' in Norfolk is derived from two Old English elements: the first is the feminine personal name ''Cyneburg''; the second element is ''lēah'', meaning "wood" or "clearing". which cited: The Kimberly in Nottinghamshire is similarly derived, although the personal name is ''Cynemær''. Likewise the Kimberly in Warwickshire is derived from the personal name ''Cynebold''. An early record of the surname is ''de Chineburlai'', in 1161; and ''de Kynmerley'', in 1300. The Earls of Kimberley derived their title from the place name in Norfolk. Their name gave rise to the like-named place Kimberley, in Northern Cape, South Africa. From this South African place name comes t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini. It also completely enclaves the country Lesotho. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World, and the second-most populous country located entirely south of the equator, after Tanzania. South Africa is a biodiversity hotspot, with unique biomes, plant and animal life. With over 60 million people, the country is the world's 24th-most populous nation and covers an area of . South Africa has three capital cities, with the executive, judicial and legislative branches of government based in Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town respectively. The largest city is Johannesburg. About 80% of the population are Black South Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Kimberley
Ron Kimberley (15 July 1914 – 21 July 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Kimberley, who came to Melbourne from Bendigo club Sandhurst, made 11 of his 15 league appearances in the 1939 VFL season, which included a place in their premiership team. He was a replacement for the suspended Wally Lock in the 1939 VFL Grand Final The 1939 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 30 September 1939. It was the 41st annual Grand ....''The Argus (Australia), The Argus'"Melbourne Anxious" 25 September 1939, p. 11 Over the next two seasons he only played in the opening rounds. He did not appear at all in 1942 and 1943, then played twice more in 1944. References 1914 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Kimberley
Percy Cooke Kimberley (8 January 1878 – 10 December 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Sources *Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 8th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. * 1878 births 1949 deaths Fitzroy Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Melbourne People from Collingwood, Victoria {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrícia Kimberly
Patrícia Kimberly (born 6 January 1984) is a Brazilian sex worker. Career Kimberly began her career at as a prostitute in the nightclubs of São Paulo at age 18. In 2005, she began working on adult films. She is frequently invited to talk shows and interviews to speak in favor of prostitution and the adult film industry. In 2018, Kimberly was a winner of the Carnival of São Paulo as a muse of the Acadêmicos do Tatuapé Samba school. ''Marie Claire'' noted her as a "sex influencer" due to her large number of followers on social networks A social network is a social structure made up of a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations), sets of dyadic ties, and other social interactions between actors. The social network perspective provides a set of methods for an .... Awards References External links * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kimberly, Patricia 1984 births Living people Brazilian female prostitutes Brazilian pornographic film actresses< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Kimberley
Oliver James Kimberley was an Anglican priest in the first half of the Twentieth century. Kimberley was educated at Moore Theological College; and ordained deacon in 1904, and priest in 1905. After a curacy at Wahroonga he was Rector of Erskineville. He was the Secretary of the CMS in New Zealand from 1909 to 1920; and in Australia from 1920 to 1922. He was Vicar of Awatere from 1922 to 1929; Archdeacon of Marlborough from 1929 to 1940; and Archdeacon of Waimea from 1940 to 1949. His father-in-law Pratt Kempthorne John Pratt Kempthorne (called Pratt; b Auckland 16 Oct 1849 - d Nelson, New Zealand, Nelson 10 Sep 1931) was an Anglican priest in the last three decades of the Nineteenth century and the first three of the 20th. Kempthorne was educated at King ..., son Owen and grandson Lawrence were all Archdeacons: Kempthorne and Owen of Waimea and Lawrence of Pegasus. References 20th-century Australian Anglican priests Archdeacons of Marlborough Archdeacons of Wai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Kimberly
Maria Kimberly (born July 21, 1944, as Mary Ann Kimmerle, 1943 or 1944) is a former American top model and actress. Biography She grew up in Terre Haute, Indiana, and, then, Columbus, Ohio. She was a top model in the late sixties and early seventies. In the seventies, she was the girlfriend for many years of Paris billionaire art gallerist Alec Wildenstein who left her when he met his future wife Jocelyne Périsset. Though they were never married, Alec Wildenstein ended up reaching a financial settlement with Kimberly. In 1982 she married real estate mogul and lawyer Jay Landesman and lived as Mary Ann Kimmerle Landesman in New York City. for Madlynne Angelina Kimmerle, her mother, February 2004 Her involvement in the French artistic milieu allowed her to get the lead female role of |
Lewis Kimberly
Rear Admiral Lewis Ashfield Kimberly (April 22, 1830 – January 28, 1902) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and the years following. Biography Early life and career Kimberly was born in Troy, New York, and was appointed a midshipman on 8 December 1846. He served aboard the sloop in the Africa Squadron in 1847–50, then in the Pacific aboard the frigate during 1850–52, receiving promotion to passed midshipman on June 8, 1852. He then returned to African waters, serving in the sloops and in 1853–56, and was promoted to master and lieutenant on September 15 and 16, 1855. Kimberly spent some time stationed at the Boston Navy Yard, and then served aboard the sloop in the East India Squadron between July 1857 and April 1860, before joining the newly commissioned steam sloop which sailed for the Mediterranean in October 1860, finally returning to the United States in July 1861 after the outbreak of the Civil War. Between 1856 and 1860, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Kimberley
Lawrence Kimberley (born 1962) was Dean of Christchurch from 2015 to 2023. Kimberley was also Curate at Church of St Michael and All Angels, Christchurch then Vicar of Heathcote- Mount Pleasant. He was Archdeacon of Pegasus from 2006 to 2013. He was then Vicar of St Martin, Opawa from 2007 until his appointment to the Deanery A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residenc ... in 2015. Kimberley was previously an accountant. Personal life Kimberley is married to Elizabeth, and together, they have one son. References 1962 births Archdeacons of Pegasus Deans of Christchurch Living people New Zealand accountants {{Christian-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Kimberley
Jonathan Kimberley (7 June 1651 – 7 March 1720) was Dean of Lichfield from 1713 until his death. Born in Bromsgrove, Smallwood was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford. He migrated to Cambridge in 1776. He held livings at Stadhampton, Coventry, Baginton, Leamington Hastings and Tatenhill. Kimberley was appointed Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons by Speaker William Bromley in 1710, and then Dean of Lichfield The Dean of Lichfield is the head (''primus inter pares'' – first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of Lichfield Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the ''Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and S ... in 1713. He died in Tatenhill in 1720. References Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford People from Bromsgrove 17th-century English Anglican priests 18th-century English Anglican priests Deans of Lichfield 1651 births 1720 deaths Chaplains of the House of Commons (UK) Canons of We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John A
Sir John Alexander Macdonald (January 10 or 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career that spanned almost half a century. Macdonald was born in Scotland; when he was a boy his family immigrated to Kingston in the Province of Upper Canada (today in eastern Ontario). As a lawyer, he was involved in several high-profile cases and quickly became prominent in Kingston, which elected him in 1844 to the legislature of the Province of Canada. By 1857, he had become premier under the colony's unstable political system. In 1864, when no party proved capable of governing for long, Macdonald agreed to a proposal from his political rival, George Brown, that the parties unite in a Great Coalition to seek federation and political reform. Macdonald was the leading figure in the subsequent discussions and conferences, which resulted in the Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleazer Kimberly
Eleazer Kimberly (November 17, 1639 - February 3, 1709)"Eleazer Kimberly" ''lythgoes.net''. Retrieved 2010-12-13. was the sixth . Born in , to Thomas Kimberly and Alice Atwood of , Kimberly was reportedly the first male child born in New Haven.McGhan, Judith. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
