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Lilias is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Lilias Armstrong (1882 – 1937), British phonetician * Lilias Craven, fictional character in the children's novel ''The Secret Garden'' (1911) * Lilias Folan (20th century), television show host * Lilias Mary Gower (1877 – 1959), Welsh croquet player * Lillias Maitland (1862–1932), one of the first women graduates from a Scottish university, University of Edinburgh 1893 * Lilias Massey, Chatelaine of Rideau Hall * Lilias Torrance Newton (1896 – 1980), Canadian painter * Lilias Trotter (1853 – 1928), Christian missionary in Algeria * Lillias Hamilton (1858 – 1925), British doctor * Lilias Rider Haggard (1892 – 1968), English writer * Lillias Rumsey Sanford (1850 – 1940), founder of Rumsey Hall School * Lillias Margaret Skene (1867 – 1957), Australian feminist * Lillias White Lillias White (born July 21, 1951) is an American actress and singer. She is particularly known for her performances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilias Armstrong
Lilias Eveline Armstrong (29 September 1882 – 9 December 1937) was an English phonetician. She worked at University College London, where she attained the rank of reader. Armstrong is most known for her work on English intonation as well as the phonetics and tone of Somali and Kikuyu. Her book on English intonation, written with Ida C. Ward, was in print for 50 years. Armstrong also provided some of the first detailed descriptions of tone in Somali and Kikuyu. Armstrong grew up in Northern England. She graduated from the University of Leeds, where she studied French and Latin. She taught French in an elementary school in the London suburbs for a while, but then joined the University College Phonetics Department, headed by Daniel Jones. Her most notable works were the 1926 book ''A Handbook of English Intonation'', co-written with Ward, the 1934 paper "The Phonetic Structure of Somali", and the book ''The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu'', published posthumous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilias Craven
''The Secret Garden'' is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialisation in '' The American Magazine'' (November 1910 – August 1911). Set in England, it is one of Burnett's most popular novels and seen as a classic of English children's literature. Several stage and film adaptations have been made. The American edition was published by the Frederick A. Stokes Company with illustrations by Maria Louise Kirk (signed as M. L. Kirk) and the British edition by Heinemann with illustrations by Charles Heath Robinson. Plot summary At the turn of the 20th century, Mary Lennox is a neglected and unloved 10-year-old girl, born in British India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her and made an effort to ignore her. She is cared for primarily by native servants, who allow her to become spoilt, demanding and self-centred. After a cholera epidemic kills Mary's parents, the few surviving servants flee the house without Mary. She is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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