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Melville (name)
Melville is a surname and a given name. The surname has two different origins: Scottish and Irish. In Scotland, the name is a habitational name, originally of Norman origin, derived from any of several places called Malleville in Normandy. The place name Malleville is derived from the Latin elements ''malum'' ("bad") and ''villa'' ("country house"). In Ireland, the surname is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Ó Maoilmhichíl, which means "descendant of Maoilmhichil". The Gaelic personal name Maoilmhichil means "devotee of (Saint) Michael". The surname is sometimes spelled without the terminal "e": Melvill. The given name originates from England and Scotland. The name is derived from the Scottish surname. Melville or Melvill may refer to: People Surname *Alan Melville (1910–1983), South African cricketer *Alan Melville (writer) (1910–1983), English playwright and composer * Alex Melville (other) *Alexander Gordon Melville (1819–1901), Irish anatomist * Alexander Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Melville
Andrew Melville (1 August 1545 – 1622) was a Scottish scholar, theologian, poet and religious reformer. His fame encouraged scholars from the European continent to study at Glasgow and St. Andrews. He was born at Baldovie, on 1 August 1545, the youngest son of Richard Melville of Baldovie, and Geills, daughter of Thomas Abercrombie of Montrose. He was educated at the Grammar School, Montrose, and the University of St Andrews. He later went to France in 1564, and studied law at Poitiers. He became regent in the College of Marceon, and took part in the defence of Poitiers against the Huguenots. He then proceeded to Geneva, where he was appointed Professor of Humanity. He returned to Scotland in 1574 and was appointed Principal of the University of Glasgow in autumn of that year. He did much to establish the University on a proper footing and founded four chairs in Languages, Science and Philosophy. He was admitted as minister of Govan in conjunction 13 July 1577. Melville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esme Melville
Esme Melville (born Esme Grace Mount-Melville, 23 July 1918 – 14 September 2006) was an Australian theatre, television and film actress. At the Tropfest awards for 2003 she won Best Actor – Female for her role of Granma in the short film, ''Forbidden''. At the 2007 Australian Film Institute Awards she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role of Miss Collard in ''Romulus, My Father''. Her theatre roles included Mrs. Bedwin in ''Oliver!'' (1961–62, 1966–67). Melville had four separate ongoing roles on television soap opera, ''Neighbours'', including as Rose Belker during 2006. She died on 14 September 2006 after a short illness, aged 88. Biography Esme Melville was born as Esme Grace Mount-Melville on 23 July 1918 and grew up in Norwood.. Her mother was Margaret Mount-Melville. Melville started as a theatre actress in Adelaide in 1939 – just before the outbreak of World War II. On 11 May 1944 Melville enrolled into the Women's Royal Australian Naval Servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emelie Melville
Emelie Melville (c. 1852 – 8 July 1932), also known as Emelie Melville Derby, was an American actress, a star of comic opera, who had a considerable career in Australia. History She was born in Philadelphia and first appeared on stage at the age of 10 in several juvenile parts. At age 16 she played Ophelia to John Wilkes Booth's Hamlet. She was the first in America to play the title role in '' The Grand Duchess'', in San Francisco. Around this time she married Thomas Derby; they were divorced by 1884. She first arrived in Australia in 1875 under engagement to W. S. Lyster to play in a series of operettas in Sydney, followed by Melbourne's Opera House, to packed houses. She made a return tour of Australia in 1882. A dispute over her contract led to her suing the J. C. Williamson organisation in 1883. Costs involved led to her declaring insolvency in Melbourne. In September 1884 she left Melbourne for India, heading a large company of performers as the Emelie Melville Opera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Melville
Eliza Ellen Melville (13 May 1882 – 27 July 1946) was a New Zealand lawyer and politician. She was New Zealand's second female lawyer, and the first woman elected to a city council in New Zealand. She sat on the Auckland City Council for 33 years and was tireless in her work for women's organisations and causes, including in particular the National Council of Women of New Zealand. She believed in the importance of women participating fully and equally in public life, and was a key figure in the revival of the feminist movement in New Zealand after women's suffrage. She was one of the first women to stand for Parliament in New Zealand and ultimately stood (unsuccessfully) seven times. Early life Melville was born in Tokatoka, a neighborhood in Arapohue, on the Wairoa River south of Dargaville. Her father Alexander Melville was a farmer and boatbuilder, while her mother Eliza () was a former teacher, who had run a private school in Hokitika with her sister in the 1870s. Melville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Melville
Elizabeth Melville, Lady Culross (c.1578–c.1640) was a Scottish poet. In 1603 she became the earliest known Scottish woman writer to see her work in print, when the Edinburgh publisher Robert Charteris issued the first edition of ''Ane Godlie Dreame'', a Calvinist dream-vision poem. A large body of manuscript verse was discovered in 2002, and her extant poetry runs to some 4,500 lines, written in many different verse-forms. There are also twelve letters, eleven of them holographs. Melville was an active member of the presbyterian resistance to the ecclesiastical policies of both James VI and Charles I. She was a personal friend of leading figures in the presbyterian opposition, whose frustration eventually erupted in 1637 in the Edinburgh Prayerbook Riots, leading to the National Covenant of February 1638, the Glasgow General Assembly which abolished the episcopate, and the outbreak of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. An inscribed flagstone commemorating her as one of Scotlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Melville (other)
David Melville may refer to: * David Melville (academic) (born 1944), British physicist and former vice-chancellor of the University of Kent * David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven or David Leslie (1660–1728), Scottish aristocrat * David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven or David Leslie (1722–1802), Scottish aristocrat and Freemason * David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven, 7th Earl of Melville (1785–1860) was a Scottish peer and admiral. He entered the Royal Navy c. 1800; he became Rear Admiral in 1846, and Vice Admiral in 1858. He was a Representative Peer (Tory), for Sc ... (1785–1860), Scottish peer and admiral * David Melville (inventor) (1773–1856), American inventor * David Melville, minister and candidate in the United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2010 * David Melville (priest) (1813–1904), British priest and academic * David Melville (footballer), Scottish footballer {{hndis, Melville, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Melville
Daniel Lee Melville (born March 4, 1956) is a former American football punter who played one season with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He first enrolled at Grossmont College before transferring to the University of California, Berkeley. He attended El Capitan High School in Lakeside, California Lakeside is a census designated place (CDP) in San Diego County, California. The population was 20,648 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, up from 19,560 as of the 2000 United States Census, 2000 census. History Lakeside was home .... References External linksJust Sports Stats {{DEFAULTSORT:Melville, Dan Living people 1956 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyron Melville
Cyron Bjørn Melville (born 1 July 1984) is a Danish actor and musician. Early life Melville was born in Djursland, Denmark, to Scottish comedian Johnny Melville and Dane Elizabeth Bjørn Nielsen. Career At the age of ten, Melville gained his first lead role as Frederik in ''The Beast Within'', a feature drama written and directed by . As child actor he has since appeared in several local movies and TV series such as ', ''Kik'n Rush'' and ''Jul i Valhal''. In Denmark, his fame was cemented after playing Oliver Schandorff in the Emmy-nominated local series '' The Killing''. For his supporting role in Natasha Arthy's '' Fighter'', Melville was nominated at the Bodil Awards 2008 and as Idol of the Year at the Boogie Awards. A year after he won the Shooting Stars Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. In 2009, Melville received an award as Best Actor at the Marrakech International Film Festival and at the Montreal World Film Festival for his performance in Danish m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Melville
Craig James Melville is an Australian television comedy director. He is best known for his collaborations with comedians John Safran, Lawrence Leung and The Chaser. Filmography Television * ''Maximum Choppage'' Series Director (2015) * ''The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting'' – Director (2013) * ''Lawrence Leung's Unbelievable'' Director / Producer (2011) * ''John Safran's Race Relations'' Director / Producer (2009) * '' The Chaser's War on Everything'': Series 1, 2 & 3 – Director / Producer (2006–2009) * ''Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure'' – Director / Producer (2008) * ''The Chaser Decides'': Series 2 – Director /Producer (2007) * ''Speaking in Tongues'' – Director / Producer (2005–2006) * ''John Safran vs God'' Director (2004–2005) * ''John Safran's Music Jamboree'' Segment Director (2002) * '' The Late Report'' John Safran Segment Director (1999) * ''John Safran: Media Tycoon'' Director (1998) * ''John Safran: Master Chef'' Director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Melville
Christian Melville (9 December 1913 – 23 April 1984) was a Scotland international rugby union player. Rugby union career Amateur career Melville played for the Black Watch and the Army. Provincial career He was supposed to play for the Scotland Probables in the first trial match of season 1937-38. The match due on 18 December 1937 was called off due to frost, despite the contingency of straw being placed on The Greenyards pitch at Melrose. He did however turn out for the Scotland Probables side for the second and final trial match of that season, on 15 January 1938. International career He was capped three times for Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ..., all in 1937. Military career Melville was in the Black Watch where he was a Lieutenant Colonel. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles P
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
