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Martha (given Name)
Martha is a feminine given name (Latin from Ancient Greek Μάρθα (''Mártha''), from Aramaic מרתא (''Mārtā'') "the mistress" or "the lady", from מרה "mistress", feminine of מרי "master"). Variants in different languages: * Maata (Maori) * Марфа (Marfa) (Russian and Belarusian), formerly spelled "Мар ѳа" from the Greek version of the name, that the Russians assimilate in F * Márta (Hungarian) * Marta (Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Italian, Latvian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish) * Марта (Marta) (Ukrainian) * Marthe (French, German, Dutch) * Martta (Finnish) * Mártuska (Hungarian) * Moireach (Scottish Gaelic) * Morta (Lithuanian) People with the name * Martha, biblical figure * Martha, mother of Simeon Stylites the Younger (died 551), saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church * Marthã (born 1997), Brazilian football player, full name Marthã Fernando Gonçalves Pimenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabella Breviary
The ''Isabella Breviary'' (''Ms. 18851'') is a late 15th-century illuminated manuscript housed in the British Library, London. Queen Isabella I was given the manuscript shortly before 1497 by her ambassador Francisco de Rojas to commemorate the double marriage of her children and the children of Emperor Maximilian of Austria and Duchess Mary of Burgundy. Origin The work known as the breviary of Isabella I of Castile is a ''Breviarium Romanum'' made in Flanders for a Castilian nobleman Francisco de Rojas near the end of the 15th century. It was a present for Isabel at the occasion of the marriage of her children with the children of Maximilian.On Folio 437 recto the Coat of arms and the motto of Francisco de Rojas can be found together with the dedication of the codex. Francisco de Rojas y Escobar was a Castilian diplomat who carried out several important diplomatic missions for Ferdinand. He negotiated the marriage between Infante Juan, the Crown Prince, and Margaret of Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Argerich
Martha Argerich (; Eastern Catalan: ɾʒəˈɾik born 5 June 1941) is an Argentine classical concert pianist. She is widely considered to be one of the greatest pianists of all time. Early life and education Argerich was born in Buenos Aires. Her paternal ancestors were Spaniards from Catalonia who had been based in Buenos Aires since the 18th century. Her maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire, who settled in Colonia Villa Clara in Argentina's Entre Ríos Province, one of the colonies established by Baron de Hirsch and the Jewish Colonization Association. The provenance of the name '' Argerich'' is Catalonia. A precocious child, Argerich began kindergarten at the age of two years and eight months, where she was the youngest child. A five-year-old boy, who was a friend, teased her that she would not be able to play the piano, and Argerich responded by playing perfectly, by ear, a piece their teacher played them. The teacher immediately called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Coolidge
Martha Coolidge (born August 17, 1946) is an American film director and former President of the Directors Guild of America. She has directed such films as ''Valley Girl'', ''Real Genius'' and '' Rambling Rose''. Early life Coolidge was born in New Haven, Connecticut. She is a granddaughter of Arthur W. Coolidge, former lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, who was a fourth cousin of President Calvin Coolidge. Coolidge studied illustration at Rhode Island School of Design, but changed majors, becoming the first film major at the school. She earned her MFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Later in Los Angeles, she studied acting and other aspects of her craft with Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, Joanne Baron, and David Craig. Career Coolidge first made her reputation by directing many award-winning documentaries in New York City. While in New York, she helped found the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers (AIVF) and the IFP. She moved to Hollywood in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Collison
Martha Collison (born 23 September 1996) is a British baker and food columnist. She rose to fame after competing as ''The Great British Bake Off''s youngest ever contestant, reaching the quarter-final of the fifth series at age 17. She writes a weekly column for the Waitrose weekend newspaper, and has released two cookery books as well as running a successful baking blog. Early life Martha Collison grew up in Ascot, Berkshire. She has one younger sister, Hannah. She began baking at the age of eight, the result of her parents letting her loose in the kitchen. Career Television In 2014, at the age of 17, Collison took part in the fifth series of ''The Great British Bake Off'' on BBC One. She is the youngest ever contestant in the show's history, making it to the quarter finals before being knocked out of the competition. Martha has since appeared on '' Bake Off: An Extra Slice'', as a guest on '' Blue Peter'' and has presented for ''Saturday Kitchen''. Writing Collison has re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Coakley
Martha Mary Coakley (born July 14, 1953) is an American lobbyist and lawyer who served as Attorney General of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. Prior to serving as Attorney General, she was District Attorney of Middlesex County from 1999 to 2007. Coakley was the Democratic nominee in the 2010 special election to fill the United States Senate seat long held by Ted Kennedy (and held in the interim by Paul G. Kirk). Coakley was defeated 52% to 47% by Republican Scott Brown in what was widely considered an upset. She won reelection as Attorney General in the 2010 general election. Coakley was the Democratic nominee for governor in 2014 but lost to Republican Charlie Baker. Coakley was a lobbyist for the e-cigarette company Juul until June of 2022. Early life Coakley was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to Edward J. and Phyllis E. Coakley. Her father was a World War II veteran, Korean War veteran, and small business owner. Her mother was a homemaker. When Coakley was one year o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Haines Butt
Martha Haines Butt (after marriage, Bennett; November 22, 1833 – February 9, 1871) was an American proslavery author primarily known by her maiden name. She was a contributor to various periodicals and magazines, in both the North and South. At the age of 19, she published '' Antifanaticism: A Tale of the South'', an 1853 plantation fiction novel. Though she had written anti-woman's rights editorials in the 1850s, by 1870, she supported women's suffrage. Biography Martha Haines Butt was born in Norfolk, Virginia, November 22, 1833. She was an only child. Her father, Francis Butt, was of English ancestry; her mother, Mary Ann Morriss Butt, a milliner, was of French ancestry. During the period of 1847–50, Butt was educated at Patapsco Female Institute in Ellicott's Mills, near Baltimore, and received her diploma there. She was presented with a gold medal and the degree of A. M. ( Artium Magister) by Harrisburg Female College. Butt's first appearance in print was at the age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Burns
Martha Burns (born 23 April 1957)"Martha Burns returns to her roots" '''', March 26, 2010. is a Canadian actress known for her stage work and youth outreach in Ontario and her leading role as Ellen Fanshaw in the TV series ''''. Early life Burns was born and raised in |
Martha Burkhardt
Martha Burkhardt (30 April 1874 – 12 January 1956) was a Swiss painter and photographer. Born in the city of Aarau, she spent her childhood in Rapperswil and as an adult made Rapperswil again her home. Early life and education Martha Burkhardt's family moved to Rapperswil in 1880, where her grandparents operated a business at ''Fischmarktstrasse 6'' and where she spent her childhood. A year later, Martha and her younger brother Max lost her father and her grandfather and grew up in her mother's and grandmother household. The siblings were artistically gifted, and Max became a decorative painter and later a photographer in Arbon. The rebellious young woman ignored repeatedly the social limits which were imposed to women at the beginning of the 20th century, among others "she was the first woman in Rapperswil who boarded a bike, to the horror of frightened minds". Like her brother, Martha was interested in painting. Aged about 15, she worked as a domestic helper in Lausanne to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Brockenbrough
Martha Brockenbrough is an American author of fiction and nonfiction for children and adults. Her first book, ''It Could Happen To You: Diary Of A Pregnancy and Beyond'', was published by Andrews McMeel Publishing in 2002. She is the founder of The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar (SPOGG) and of National Grammar Day (observed in the United States since 2008).McIntyre, John"Prepare yourself for National Grammar Day"'' The Baltimore Sun'', February 27, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015. Life Brockenbrough was born in Seattle Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ..., Washington, and graduated in 1992 from Stanford University, where she studied Classics and English. She was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, the ''Stanford Daily''. Career Brockenbrough was e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha A
Martha (Hebrew: מָרְתָא) is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem. She was witness to Jesus resurrecting her brother, Lazarus. Etymology of the name The name ''Martha'' is a Latin transliteration of the Koine Greek Μάρθα, itself a translation of the Aramaic מָרְתָא ''Mârtâ,'' "the mistress" or "the lady", from מרה "mistress," feminine of מר "master." The Aramaic form occurs in a Nabatean inscription found at Puteoli, and now in the Naples Museum; it is dated AD 5 (Corpus Inscr. Semit., 158); also in a Palmyrene inscription, where the Greek translation has the form ''Marthein.'' Pope, Hugh"St. Martha" The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1919. Biblical references In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus visits the home of two sisters named Mary and Martha. The two sisters are co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Bernays
Martha Bernays ( , ; 26 July 1861 – 2 November 1951) was the wife of Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. Bernays was the second daughter of Emmeline and Berman Bernays. Her paternal grandfather Isaac Bernays was a Chief Rabbi of Hamburg. Background Martha Bernays was raised in an observant Orthodox Jewish family, the daughter of Berman Bernays (1826–1879) and Emmeline Philipp (1830–1910). Her grandfather, Isaac Bernays, was the chief rabbi of Hamburg and a distant relative of the German Romantic poet Heinrich Heine and whom Heine frequently mentioned in letters. Isaac's son, Michael Bernays (1834–1897), Martha's uncle, converted to Christianity at an early age and was professor of German at the University of Munich. Although the Bernays and Freud families were well-acquainted - her elder brother Eli married Freud's younger sister, for example - the latter were more liberal Jews, and Freud in particular had no time for ritual observances. Martha told a cousin that "not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Warren Beckwith
Martha Warren Beckwith (January 19, 1871 – January 28, 1959) was an American folklorist and ethnographer, appointed to the first chair in Folklore established in the U.S. Early life and education Beckwith was born in Wellesley Heights, Massachusetts to George Ely and Harriet Winslow (née Goodale) Beckwith, both schoolteachers, before the family moved to Maui, Hawaii, where they had relatives descended from early missionaries. There, Beckwith made friends with many locals including members of the wealthy Alexander family who later sponsored her folklore work, and she developed an early interest in Hawaiian folk dancing. Beckwith graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1893 and taught English at Elmira College, Mount Holyoke, Vassar College, and Smith College. Her formal education in anthropology did not begin till the 1900s. In 1906, she obtained a Master of Arts degree in anthropology after studying under Franz Boas at Columbia University, and she received her Doctor of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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