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Mary Webb (other)
Mary Webb (1881–1927) was an English romantic novelist and poet of the early 20th century. Mary Webb may also refer to: * Mary Webb (artist) (born 1942), British abstract painter * Mary Webb (cricketer) (born 1936), New Zealand player from 1957 to 1961 * Mary E. Webb (1827–1859), African American actress and orator * Mary Estus Jones Webb (1924–1995), mayor of Baton Rouge * Mary Webb, Canadian national netball team manager in the 2010s See also *Maria Webb Maria Webb (née Lamb; 6 August 1804 – 8 January 1873) was an Irish philanthropist, writer on religious and Quaker history. She was born to the Quaker family of Dorothy née Wright and her husband Thomas Lamb at Peartree Hill, near Lisburn, Belf ... (1804–873), Irish philanthropist and writer * Mary Webb School and Science College, Shropshire, England * Thomas and Mary Webb House, a historic 1903 home in Lehi, Utah {{hndis, Webb, Mary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Webb
Mary Gladys Webb (25 March 1881 – 8 October 1927) was an English Romance (literary fiction), romance novelist and poet of the early 20th century, whose work is set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among Shropshire characters and people whom she knew. Her novels have been successfully dramatized, most notably the film ''Gone to Earth (film), Gone to Earth'' in 1950 by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger based on the Gone to Earth (novel), novel of the same title. The novels are thought to have inspired the famous parody ''Cold Comfort Farm'' (1932) by Stella Gibbons. Life She was born Mary Gladys Meredith in 1881 at Leighton Lodge in the Shropshire village of Leighton and Eaton Constantine, Leighton, where she was baptised at Leighton_and_Eaton_Constantine#St_Mary's_Church, St Mary's parish church, 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Shrewsbury. Her father, George Edward Meredith, a private schoolteacher, inspired his daughter with his own love of literature and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Webb (artist)
Mary Webb (born 1939) is a British abstract artist. Biography Webb was born in London in 1939. She studied Fine Art at Newcastle University under British artists Richard Hamilton and Victor Pasmore from 1958 to 1963. She went on to study at the Chelsea College of Arts, London and taught painting at the Norwich School of Art and Harrogate School of Art. Webb met Sonia Delaunay in Paris during the 1960s and cites her as an influence. Webb's paintings and prints are consistently square in shape and exist as an arrangement of vivid squares and rectangles. Her work is held by several public art collections, including the Arts Council Collection, Sainsbury Centre (UEA), Kettle's Yard, and The Sonia Delaunay Collection (Paris). A one-person survey show of her work was held at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in 2011 which then toured to the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University in 2012. Titled ‘Mary Webb: Journeys in Colour’, it contained more than 60 paintings, along with scr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Webb (cricketer)
Mary Averil Webb (; born 9 April 1936) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter, right-arm off break bowler and occasional wicket-keeper. Making her Test debut against Australia in 1957, She appeared in four Test matches for New Zealand between 1957 and 1961. She played domestic cricket for Otago Otago (, ; mi, Ōtākou ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local government reg .... References External links * * 1936 births Living people Cricketers from Dunedin New Zealand women cricketers New Zealand women Test cricketers Otago Sparks cricketers {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1930s-stub ... [...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 Estus Jones Webb
Mary Estus Jones Webb (May 14, 1924 – September 16, 1995) became Mayor-President of Baton Rouge in 1955 on the death of her husband, Jesse L. Webb Jr. in a plane crash. She was the first woman to serve as Mayor-President of Baton Rouge. Early life Webb was born in Columbia, Louisiana on May 14, 1924, to James Melton Jones and Hattie Estus Head. She married Jesse Lynn Webb and they had four children. Tenure as Mayor-President Her husband was only 29 when he was elected Mayor-President of Baton Rouge in 1952. Three years later, he died when the aircraft he was flying in crashed while on final approach at Lansing, Michigan. The City Council chose Mrs. Webb to serve as caretaker Mayor-President for the balance of her husband's term. She did not seek election in her own right in 1956.''Baton Rouge Advocate'', Obituary. September 18, 1995 Later years She served as Sigma Pi Fraternity housemother at Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada National Netball Team
The Canadian national netball team is the national netball team of Canada. Canada has both men's and women's national teams. Netball Canada is Canada's national governing body for the sport. The national team was first formed in the latter half of the 20th century. Canada's national netball teams are selected through a trials process and compete on the world stage through the regional Americas Federation of Netball Associations (AFNA) competitions and qualifying tournaments to gain entry into the Commonwealth Games and the world netball championships called the Netball World Cup. The Netball World Cup was previously called the "World Netball Championships" from 1963–2011. Canada's best result in the world championships came in 1991 when they came 6th. Canada's first netball win at the Commonwealth Games was in the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games when they beat Sri Lanka 52–49. At the 2012 Americas Federation of Netball Associations (AFNA) Tournament in Trinidad and To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Webb
Maria Webb (née Lamb; 6 August 1804 – 8 January 1873) was an Irish philanthropist, writer on religious and Quaker history. She was born to the Quaker family of Dorothy née Wright and her husband Thomas Lamb at Peartree Hill, near Lisburn, Belfast. She married William Webb on 21 August 1828, setting up home in Belfast where the couple had eleven children. Her philanthropic work starts with the creation of the Servants' Friend Society, a charitable organisation which exhorted servants, by offering rewards, to remain with their employers for the long-term. She was active in the Belfast Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society, and was one of the founders in 1847 of the Belfast Ladies' Industrial National School for Girls. The Webb family relocated to Dublin in 1848 where in 1857 she published ''Annotations on Dr D'Aubigné's Sketch of the Early British Church'', which argued for the importance of the Irish in the development of the early church in the British Isles. She next published ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Webb School And Science College
Mary Webb School and Science College is a coeducational secondary school located in Pontesbury, Shropshire, England. Founded in 1957, it was originally titled Pontesbury Secondary Modern School. In 1977, following the abolition of the tripartite system, the school became a comprehensive school. The Mary Webb School, named after the romantic poet of the same name, was designated a specialist Science College in 2003. Previously a community school administered by Shropshire Council, in January 2019 Mary Webb School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Central Shropshire Academy Trust. Academics The school received a rating of "good" (overall) and "outstanding" in the area of leadership and management from Ofsted during the May 2015 inspection. Former pupils ;Mary Webb School * David Edwards, footballer, Reading F.C. and Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
