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Montague (surname)
Montague ( ) is an English language, English surname of Old French origin, a form of Montagu (surname), Montagu. Notable people with the surname include: *Adrian Montague, British businessman *Alice Montague Warfield Rasin Allen (1869–1929), mother of Wallis, Duchess of Windsor *Sir Anderson Montague-Barlow, 1st Baronet (1868–1951), British barrister and Conservative Party politician *Andrew Jackson Montague (1862–1937), 44th Governor of Virginia 1902–1906 and US Congressman 1912–1937 *Andrew Montague (Irish politician), Lord Mayor of Dublin 2011–2012 *Ashley Montague (1905–1999), British-American anthropologist and humanist *Ben Montague, British musician and singer-songwriter *Bruce Montague (1939–2022), British actor *Charles Edward Montague (1867–1928), British journalist and author *Daniel Montague (1867–1912), United States Navy sailor and recipient of the Medal of Honor (Spanish–American War) *Darrell Montague (born 1987), American mixed martial artist * ... [...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] |
Ed Montague (shortstop)
Edward Francis Montague (July 24, 1905 – June 17, 1988) was an American infielder in Major League Baseball with the Cleveland Indians (1928, 1930–1932), primarily as a shortstop. He later became a scout, most notable for signing Willie Mays. He was born in San Francisco, and died at age 82 in Daly City, California Daly City () is the second most populous city in San Mateo County, California, United States, with population of 104,901 according to the 2020 census. Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, and immediately south of San Francisco (sharing its .... His son Ed was a major league umpire from 1974 until 2009. External links Baseball-Reference.com- career statistics Major League Baseball shortstops Cleveland Indians players Baseball players from San Francisco 1905 births 1988 deaths New York Giants (NL) scouts San Francisco Giants scouts {{US-baseball-shortstop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Piotr Montague
James Piotr Montague (born 28 July 1979) is a British writer. After studying Politics at Exeter University, Montague discovered a love for writing. His first book, ''When Friday Comes: Football in the War Zone (Mainstream)'', follows his travels across the Middle East, visiting some of the most difficult countries in that area and looking at the relationship between football and politics. The book won him the Best New Writer Award at the 2009 British Sports Book Awards, run by the National Sporting Club. A heavily revised second edition, ''When Friday Comes: Football, War & Revolution in the Middle East'' was published in May 2013. His second book, ''Thirty One Nil: On The Road With Football's Outsiders, a World Cup Odyssey'', was published by Bloomsbury Bloomsbury is a district in the West End of London. It is considered a fashionable residential area, and is the location of numerous cultural, intellectual, and educational institutions. Bloomsbury is home of the British Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James J
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Montague (bishop)
James Montague ( – 20 July 1618) was an English bishop. Life He was the son of Sir Edward Montagu of Boughton and Elizabeth Harington, and grandson of Edward Montagu. He was a graduate of Christ's College, Cambridge, and became in 1596 the first Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, for which he laid the foundation stone. He was connected to Frances Sidney, founder of the college, his great-aunt: his maternal grandmother was her sister Lucy Sidney. From that time he was a patron of Thomas Gataker. In 1603 he became Dean of the Chapel Royal. Montague was both a courtier and a Calvinist, and closer to the king than George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury; he is considered to have influenced James I against the Arminians. With the other courtiers Sir Robert Darcy and John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton, Montague introduced to court circles, and especially those around Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, the Puritan Arthur Hildersham, and the radical religious figur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry James Montague
Henry James Montague was the stage name of Henry John Mann, (January 20, 1843 – August 13, 1878), an American actor born in England. Biography Montague was born January 20, 1843, in Staffordshire, England. After playing as an amateur he appeared at Astley's Theatre under Dion Boucicault, enacting on 26 January 1863, the Junior Counsel for the Defence in the 'Trial of Elfie Deans,' extracted by Boucicault from the 'Heart of Midlothian.' At the St James's Theatre on 11 January 1864, he appeared with Charles Mathews in the 'Adventures of a Love Letter,' an adaptation by Mathews of M. Sardou's 'Pattes de Mouche,' was Faust in Mr. Burnand's burlesque 'Faust and Marguerite,' 9 July, and 1 October, Christopher Larkins in 'Woodcock's Little Game.' On 29 June 1865 he was the original Launcelot Darrell, a murderer, in 'Eleanor's Victory,' adapted from Miss Braddon by John Oxenford ; at the Olympic, 9 December, the original Clement Austin in 'Henry Dunbar, or the Outcast,' adapte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Montague
Henry Montague (July 30, 1813June 1, 1909) was a Michigan politician. Early life Montague was born on July 30, 1813, in Hadley, Massachusetts. Montague moved to Michigan in 1835. Career Montague was a farmer. On November 8, 1854, Montague was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives where he represented the Kalamazoo County 2nd district from January 3, 1855, to December 31, 1856. Montague was a Republican, but it is unclear if he carried this party affiliation during his time in the legislature or only afterwards. Montague served as a trustee to an asylum in Michigan from 1857 to 1859. In 1859, Montague was appointed to the position of asylum steward which he served as until October 1, 1885. Death Montague died in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on June 1, 1909. Montague was interred at the Grand Prairie Cemetery in Westwood, Michigan. See also *Henry Montague House The Henry Montague House in Kalamazoo, Michigan was built in 1861. It includes Greek Revival and Italianate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell
Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, CBE (8 October 1876 – 15 October 1966) was a British Labour Party politician. Amwell was the son of John Montague and Mary Ann Manderson. His birth was registered in Holborn, Middlesex in the fourth quarter of 1876. He worked as a newsboy and as a shop assistant and later became a copywriter and political agent. He served in the First World War, achieving the rank of Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment. After the war he was an Alderman of the Islington Council between 1919 and 1925. In 1923 Amwell was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington West, a seat he held until 1931 and again from 1935 to 1947, and served under Ramsay MacDonald as Under-Secretary of State for Air from 1927 to 1931. He did not serve in the National Government but held office in Winston Churchill's war coalition as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport from 1940 to 1941 and to the Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Montague
Fred Montague (1864 – 3 July 1919) was an English film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1912 and 1919. He was born in London and died in Los Angeles, California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori .... Selected filmography References External links * 1864 births 1919 deaths English male film actors English male silent film actors British expatriate male actors in the United States Male actors from London 20th-century English male actors {{England-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyn Montague
Evelyn Aubrey Montague (20 March 1900 – 30 January 1948) was an English athlete and journalist. He ran in the 1924 Paris Olympics, placing sixth in the steeplechase race. Montague is portrayed in the 1981 film ''Chariots of Fire'', where he is portrayed by Nicholas Farrell. Contrary to the film, however, he attended Oxford, not Cambridge, and went by the name Evelyn (''EEV-lin'') rather than Aubrey. Early life and family Evelyn Montague was born in 1900 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Lancashire. He was the son of journalist and novelist C. E. Montague and Madeline Scott, and the grandson of C. P. Scott, the long-time editor of the '' Manchester Guardian''. Montague married in 1932. He and his wife had one child, a son named Andy. Athletic and journalism careers A runner from youth, in 1918 Montague won the mile and the steeplechase at the London AC Schools meeting. Beginning in 1919, he attended Oxford University at Magdalen College, where he studied journalism. He was captain of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Montague
Eleanor D. Montague (February 11, 1926 – November 9, 2018) was an American radiologist and educator who established breast-conserving therapy in the United States and improved radiation therapy techniques. She became a member of the Texas Women's Hall of Fame in 1993. Early life Montague was born Eleanor Dino in Genoa, Italy, the only child of Frank and Sylvia Dino. Her family moved to Eastern Pennsylvania when she was in elementary school, where she remained until graduating valedictorian of her high school class. Career Montague received a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Alabama and an MD from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1950. She met her husband, Meredith "Monty" Montague III, while working in the emergency room at Kings County Hospital Center; she overheard him saying that he would never marry a woman doctor. They became friends and then were married a few years later. She worked in Japan for two years while her husband was stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Montagu
Edwin Samuel Montagu PC (6 February 1879 – 15 November 1924) was a British Liberal politician who served as Secretary of State for India between 1917 and 1922. Montagu was a "radical" Liberal and the third practising Jew (after Sir Herbert Samuel and Sir Rufus Isaacs) to serve in the British cabinet. Background and education Montagu was the second son and sixth child of Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling, by his wife Ellen, daughter of Louis Cohen. He was educated at Doreck College, Clifton College, the City of London School, University College London and Trinity College, Cambridge. At Cambridge, he was the first student president of the Cambridge University Liberal Club from 1902 to 1903. In 1902, he was also president of the Cambridge Union. Political career Montagu was elected Member of Parliament for Chesterton in 1906, a seat he held until 1918, and then represented Cambridgeshire until 1922. He served under H. H. Asquith as Under-Secretary of State for India fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
