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Mary Grant (other)
Mary Grant may refer to: *Mary Grant Price (1917–2002), American costume designer *Mary Grant (politician) (1928–2016), Ghanaian politician * Mary Grant (sculptor) (1831–1908), British sculptor *Mary Grant Roberts (1841–1921), Australian zoo owner * Mary K. Grant (1902-1975) American industrial designer * Mary E. Grant (born 1953), American psychiatric nurse and politician *Mary Pollock Grant (1876–1957), Scottish suffragette, politician, missionary and policewoman * Mary Grant (archer), Canadian archer * Mary Goodell Grant (1857–1941), socialite and the first lady of Colorado *Maria Rosetti (1819–1893), née Marie Grant, Guernsey born Wallachian and Romanian political activist, journalist, essayist, philanthropist and socialite *Mary Seacole (1805–1881), née Mary Grant, Jamaican-born woman of Scottish and Creole descent who set up a 'British Hotel' behind the lines during the Crimean War *Liz Grant (Mary Elizabeth Grant, born 1930), former Australian pharmacist and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Grant Price
Mary Grant Price (20 February 1917 – 2 March 2002) was a Welsh-American costume designer who worked in theatre and film. She worked professionally under the name Mary Grant. She began her career on Broadway in the mid-1930s, first as an assistant to Raoul Pene Du Bois, and later as a lead designer during the 1940s. In 1943 she began working in film and spent much of the 1940s and 1950s designing costumes for Hollywood motion pictures. She was a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Biography Price was born Eleanor Mary Grant in Broad Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales. She studied dance for one semester at the University of Washington before moving to New York City to study design. She began her career as an assistant designer to Raoul Pene Du Bois in 1935 at the age of 18. She also worked during the late 1930s and early 1940s as an assistant to Miles White. She worked with these two men on several notable Broadway shows, including the original productions of ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Grant (politician)
Mary Grant (6 August 1928 – 18 September 2016) was a Ghanaian physician and politician. She was Ghana's first Council of State member and also the first Wesley Girls High School alumna to be a medical doctor. Grant was the third Ghanaian woman to qualify in medicine after Susan Ofori-Atta (1947) and Matilda J. Clerk (1949). She was a relation of Paa Grant, who has been called ''"the father of Gold Coast politics".'' Education Mary Grant had her basic education at Obuasi Methodist School. She had her secondary education from the Wesley Girls High School in Cape Coast, and went on to become the school's first alumna to qualify as a medical doctor after completing her training in the United Kingdom.Delali Adogla-Bessa"Rawlings, Kufuor, Mahama, pay last respects to Mary Grant", ''News Central'', Citifmonline, 21 October 2016. Career After working in the government health service as a medical officer, Mary Grant began her political career when she appointed Secretary of Heal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Grant (sculptor)
Mary Grant (1831–1908) was one of the most eminent female sculptors of 19th century Britain, with numerous commissions from the rich and famous. Life Grant was born in 1831 in Kilgraston House in Perthshire, into a very well-connected family. Her grandfather was Lord Elgin of Elgin Marbles fame. Her aunt and uncle were Mary Anne Grant and Sir Francis Grant, both artists, the latter being President of the Royal Academy. Another uncle was General James Hope Grant, a British military hero. These artistic and aristocratic connections would serve her well in the otherwise notoriously male preserve of figurative sculpture. She took up sculpting in her twenties, and went to Florence to study under Odoardo Fantacchiotti and then went to Rome to study under John Gibson, both highly skilled figurative sculptors. After a period in Paris studying with she then set up studio in London, working under the guidance of John Henry Foley. From 1864 to 1877 she returned to Kilgraston Hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Grant Roberts
Mary Grant Roberts (15 April 1841 – 27 November 1921) was an Australian zoo owner. Roberts owned Hobart Zoo from when it opened in 1895 until her death in 1921. The zoo was closed in 1937. Life and career Roberts was born in Hobart, Australia, on 15 April 1841. She was the youngest child of William Lindsay and Mary Lindsay née Willing. She married Henry Llewelyn Roberts on 18 August 1863 in St David's Cathedral in Hobart. Henry Roberts owned a woolbroking and stock-agency company. He died in 1919, aged 88. Roberts and her husband built their home, Beaumaris, in 1877 and it was opened as a zoo in 1895 as Beaumaris Zoo, later the name changed to Hobart Zoo. Roberts was the first person to breed Tasmanian Tigers, the last of which died in Hobart Zoo in 1936. Roberts was elected to the Zoological Society of London in 1910 and published an article on her work breeding Tasmanian Tigers in the ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' in 1915. Through her interest in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary K
''Empire Beatrice'' was a cargo ship which was built by Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow in 1942. She was owned by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and managed by David Alexander & Sons. Although badly damaged during the war, she was repaired and sold into merchant service after the war ended. She served with various shipping companies as ''Beatrice N'', ''Mary K'', ''Winchester Prowess'' and ''Grazia Bottigliere'', eventually being scrapped in 1966. Description ''Empire Beatrice'' was built for the MoWT by Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow. She was yard number 978. The ship was launched on 23 February 1942 and completed in April that year. She had a GRT of 7,046, NRT of 4,286 and a DWT of 10,750. ''Empire Beatrice'' was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine which had cylinders of 24½ inches (62 cm), and diameter and stroke. It was built by J G Kincaird Ltd, Greenock and developed . The ship was capable of . Wartime career After completion, ''Empire Beatrice'' wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary E
Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also called the Blessed Virgin Mary * Mary Magdalene, devoted follower of Jesus * Mary of Bethany, follower of Jesus, considered by Western medieval tradition to be the same person as Mary Magdalene * Mary, mother of James * Mary of Clopas, follower of Jesus * Mary, mother of John Mark * Mary of Egypt, patron saint of penitents * Mary of Rome, a New Testament woman * Mary, mother of Zechariah and sister of Moses and Aaron; mostly known by the Hebrew name: Miriam * Mary the Jewess one of the reputed founders of alchemy, referred to by Zosimus. * Mary 2.0, Roman Catholic women's movement * Maryam (surah) "Mary", 19th surah (chapter) of the Qur'an Royalty * Mary, Countess of Blois (1200–1241), daughter of Walter of Avesnes and Margaret of Blois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Pollock Grant
Mary Pollock Grant (2 December 1876 - August 1957), also known as Marion Pollock, was a Scottish suffragette,A Guid Cause: The Women's Suffrage Movement in Scotland, by Leah Leneman (1991) Liberal Party politician, missionary and policewoman. Early life and work Grant was born in Partick, Glasgow, the eldest daughter of Dr Charles Martin Grant, the minister of St Mark's parish church in Dundee, and his wife, Eliza (Muirhead) Grant. She was educated at the High School of Dundee and in Nordausques, France.The Woman's Year Book, 1923 She worked as a Church of Scotland missionary in Scotland and from 1905 she became an educational Missionary in India. Women's rights In 1911, after returning to Scotland from India she worked for women's rights in Dundee as a member of the militant Women's Social and Political Union. In December 1912 she was imprisoned at Perth Prison for smuggling herself with others into the Music Hall Aberdeen. They had intended to disrupt a Liberal meeting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Grant (archer)
Mary Grant (born 27 February 1949) is a former archer who represented Canada at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in archery. Olympics At the 1972 Summer Olympic Games The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ... she competed in the women's individual event and finished eleventh with a total of 2350 points. References External links Profile on worldarchery.org 1949 births Living people Canadian female archers Olympic archers for Canada Archers at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{Canada-archery-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Goodell Grant
Mary Goodell Grant (; July 9, 1857 – April 12, 1941) was a prominent socialite and local Denver civic leader who was also the first lady of Colorado during the Colorado governorship of her husband James Benton Grant. Early life Born Mary Matteson Goodell in Joliet, Illinois, on July 9, 1857, she was the second-eldest of five daughters born to Roswell Eaton Goodell and Mary Matteson Goodell (). In addition to her sisters, Annie, Clara, Olive, and Jennie Goodell Blow, Jennie, her parents also had a son named Roswell Eaton Goodell Jr. Her maternal grandfather, Joel Aldrich Matteson, was a former governor of Illinois, who had just ended his tenure as governor months before her birth. Her maternal ancestry can be traced back to ''Mayflower'' pilgrims John Alden and Priscilla Alden, who were her great-great-great grandparents through her maternal grandmother Mary Fish Matteson. Her family were Protestants. While their personal home was in Joliet at this time, during part of her chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
