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Mellish is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Preston Mellish (1905–1930), Canadian mathematician * Bob Mellish, Baron Mellish (1913–1998), British Labour politician and Member of Parliament * Charles Mellish (1737–1797), British Member of Parliament * David B. Mellish (1831–1874), American politician * Edith Mellish (1861–1922), New Zealand Anglican deaconess and nun * Noel Mellish (1880–1962), English Victoria Cross recipient * George Mellish (1814–1877), British judge * Henry Mellish (1856–1927), English meteorologist * John E. Mellish (1886–1970), American amateur astronomer * Mary Mellish (1849-1901), Canadian educator * Morgan Mellish (1970–2007), Australian journalist * Page Mellish, founder of Feminists Fighting Pornography * Thomas Mellish (1773–1837), English cricketer * William Mellish (other) Fictional characters: * Fielding Mellish, protagonist of the 1971 film ''Bananas'', played by Woody Allen See a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Arthur Preston Mellish
Arthur Preston Mellish (10 June 1905 – 7 February 1930) was a Canadian mathematician, known for his generalization of Barbier's theorem. Arthur Mellish received in 1928 an M.A. in mathematics from the University of British Columbia with thesis ''An illustrative example of the ellipsoid pendulum''. He died at age 24 and had no mathematical publications during his lifetime. After his death, his colleagues at Brown University examined his notes on mathematics. Jacob Tamarkin prepared a paper based upon the notes and published it in the ''Annals of Mathematics'' in 1931. In the statement of the following theorem, an oval means a closed convex curve. Mellish's Theorem: The statements * (i) a curve is of constant width; * (ii) a curve is of constant diameter; * (iii) all the normal Normal(s) or The Normal(s) may refer to: Film and television * ''Normal'' (2003 film), starring Jessica Lange and Tom Wilkinson * ''Normal'' (2007 film), starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Kevin Zegers, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Feminists Fighting Pornography
Feminists Fighting Pornography (FFP,Searles, Janis, ''Sexually Explicit Speech and Feminism'', ''Revista Juridica Universidad de Puerto Rico'', vol. 63, p. 471, at p. 488 n. 92 (1994). pronounced /fip/) was a political activist organization against pornography. It advocated for United States Federal legislation to allow lawsuits against the porn industry by women whose attackers were inspired by pornography. FFP was based in New York, N.Y., was founded in 1983Searing, Susan E., & Linda Shult, eds., ''Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources'', vol. 9, no. 1 (Madison, Wisc.: UW [Univ. of Wisc.] System, Fall, 1987 ), p. 23, as accessed Nov. 7, 2010. or ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bananas (film)
''Bananas'' is a 1971 American comedy film directed by Woody Allen and starring Allen, Louise Lasser, and Carlos Montalban. Written by Allen and Mickey Rose, the film is about a bumbling New Yorker who, after being dumped by his activist girlfriend, travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion. Parts of the plot are based on the book ''Don Quixote, U.S.A.'' by Richard P. Powell. Filmed on location in New York City and Puerto Rico, the film was released to positive reviews from critics and was number 78 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies" and number 69 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs in 2000. Plot The film opens on Howard Cosell's coverage of the assassination of the president of the fictional "banana republic" of San Marcos and a coup d'état that brings Gen. Emilio Molina Vargas to power. Fielding Mellish is a neurotic blue collar man who tries to impress social activist Nancy by trying to get in touch with the revolution in San Marcos. H ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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William Mellish (other) (1810–1864)
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William Mellish is the name of: * William Mellish (died 1791) (c. 1710–1791), British government administrator and Member of Parliament * William Mellish (victualler) (c. 1763–1834), English businessman * William Mellish (banker) (c. 1764–1838), English politician, banker and Governor of the Bank of England, son of the above * William Mellish (cricketer) William Leigh Mellish (11 June 1813 – 18 April 1864) was an English soldier, landowner and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1832. He was born in East Tuddenham, Norfolk and died at Hodsock Priory, near Work ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thomas Mellish
Thomas Mellish (1773 – 29 July 1837 in Uxbridge, Middlesex) was an English amateur cricketer who made 52 known appearances in first-class cricket matches between 1791 and 1815. He was an early member of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) whose teams he most often represented.Arthur Haygarth, ''Scores & Biographies'', Volume 1 (1744-1826), Lillywhite, 1862 He was an occasional patron of cricket, his own T Mellish's XI being active in a number of matches between 1801 and 1807. He was educated at Eton Eton most commonly refers to Eton College, a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. Eton may also refer to: Places *Eton, Berkshire, a town in Berkshire, England * Eton, Georgia, a town in the United States * Éton, a commune in the Meuse dep ... but surprisingly little is known about Mellish, although he was undoubtedly a prominent amateur player of his time. He is not mentioned in ''Scores & Biographies'' except in the scorecards. References External sources CricketArchi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Morgan Mellish
Henry Morgan Saxon Mellish (14 March 1970 – 7 March 2007), better known as Morgan Mellish, was an Australian journalist. Mellish was educated at Shore School in North Sydney (1982–1987). He then completed an economics degree at the Australian National University in Canberra and became a journalist with ''Foodweek'', the Australian food industry's trade magazine. In 1997 Mellish joined the business section of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' as a staff writer. He moved to the ''Australian Financial Review'' in 2000, where he was employed as the financial services editor, and later became the chief economics writer based in Canberra. In 2004, he moved back to Sydney as a senior reporter covering business news. Mellish won a Walkley Award for business journalism in 2006 for a series of articles he wrote in November 2005, which revealed the details of former Reserve Bank of Australia board member Robert Gerard's 14-year battle with the Australian Taxation Office. Mellish revealed ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bob Mellish
Robert Joseph Mellish, Baron Mellish, PC (3 March 1913 – 9 May 1998) was a British politician. He was a long-serving Labour Party MP of 36 years, from 1946 to 1982. He served as the Labour Chief Whip from 1969 until 1976, but in his later years he fell out with his local Constituency Labour Party which he felt had become dominated by people on the left of the Labour Party, and he eventually left the party. He became a life peer in 1985. Early life Mellish was born in Deptford to John Mellish and his wife Mary Elizabeth Carroll, the thirteenth of fourteen children. His father, a docker, had taken part in the dockers' strikes of 1899 and 1912. After he left school he worked for the Transport and General Workers' Union and when the Second World War started in 1939 he was called up and ended the war as a major in the Royal Engineers fighting the Japanese in South-East Asia. Political career When Sir Ben Smith resigned from Parliament, the Rotherhithe constituency was vacated. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mary Mellish
Mary Mellish (27 January 1849 – 9 January 1901), later Mary Mellish Archibald, was an educator from Prince Edward Island, best known for her long association with women's education at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. Early life Mary Mellish was born in Pownal, Prince Edward Island, the daughter of James Lewis Mellish and Margaret Sophia Murray. She trained as a teacher at the normal school in Charlottetown. She earned her teaching licence in 1864. For the next five years she taught intermittently and worked for a time as a governess. She pursued further studies at Mount Allison Wesleyan Academy, Female Branch, in Sackville, New Brunswick. and graduated in 1867 with a Mistress of Liberal Arts diploma (MLA). Career Mellish served as teacher and Preceptress of the Mount Allison Wesleyan Female Academy, from 1869 to 1873. She left the classroom to marry, but returned to teaching when she became a widow in 1883 and sole supporter of her young son. She resum ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |