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Priestman may refer to: People * Anna Priestman (1828–1914), British social reformer and women's rights activist * Brian Priestman (1927–2014), conductor * Henry Priestman (MP) (1647–1712), English politician * Henry Priestman (born 1955), musician * Jaqueline Priestman, woman famous for her innate electrical abilities * John Priestman (1855–1941), shipbuilder * William Dent Priestman (1847–1936), Quaker and combustion engine pioneer, inventor of the first British internal combustion engine to burn a fuel heavier than petrol (1885) * Jane Priestman Jane Priestman OBE (7 April 1930 – 25 January 2021) was a British designer who performed a number of high-profile roles in design and architecture. She was appointed an OBE in 1991 for her work in design and an honorary doctorate from She ... (born 1930) * Richard Priestman (born 1955) Others * Priestman Brothers, dredger and excavator manufacturers based in Kingston upon Hull * '' Priestman v Colangelo'' {{d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Priestman
Anna Maria Priestman (23 March 1828 – 9 October 1914), was a British social reformer and women's rights activist. Early life Anna Maria Priestman was born on 23 March 1828, the seventh of nine children of Jonathan Priestman (d. 1863), a wealthy Quaker tanner from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Rachel Bragg (1791–1854), a travelling minister in the Society of Friends, and the daughter of Margaret Wilson Bragg, also a Quaker minister. They lived in the Summerhill district of Newcastle. Career Priestman, along with members of hers and the Bright family, were important in the creation of some of the first women's suffrage societies, founded in London, Bristol, and Bath. She was also a supporter of the Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts, which was formed in 1870 by Josephine Butler to protest against legislation which undermined the civil rights of those who had been designated prostitutes by the authorities in specified naval and military towns. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Priestman
Brian Priestman (10 February 192718 April 2014) was a British conductor and music educator. Biography Priestman was born in Birmingham, England. He studied at the University of Birmingham (BMus Music; MA Music, 1952) and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, Belgium. He founded and was principal conductor of the Opera da Camera and the Orchestra da Camera in Birmingham, and Music Director of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon (1960–1963). He was Music Director of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (1964–1968), Music Director of the Handel Society of New York (1966–1970), Resident Conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (1968–1970), Music Director of the Denver Symphony Orchestra (1970–1978), Principal Conductor of the New Zealand National Orchestra (1973–1976), Music Director of the Florida Philharmonic (1977–1980), Principal Conductor of the Cape Town Symphony (1980–1986), and Principal Guest Conductor of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra (1988 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Priestman (MP)
Captain Henry Priestman (ca. 1647 - 20 August 1712) was a Royal Navy officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1695 to 1698. Naval career Priestman joined the Royal Navy in 1672 and his first command was the fourth-rate HMS ''Antelope''. In August 1673 he was promoted to the command of the sixth-rate HMS ''Richmond''. In a time of relative peace he saw no action and went to the Mediterranean in 1675 in command of the sixth-rate HMS ''Lark''. In January 1678 he was appointed to the fifth-rate HMS ''Swan'', and later in the year returned to ''HMS Antelope''. In 1681, he commanded the fourth-rate HMS ''Reserve'', and in May 1683 was appointed to the fourth-rate HMS ''Bonaventure''. Soon after he was appointed Commodore and Commander-in-Chief of ships in the Straits. In 1688, he was placed in command of the third-rate HMS ''Hampton Court'' and after the Glorious Revolution, to which he was sympathetic, he became Comptroller of the Storekeeper's Accounts in 168 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Priestman
Henry Christian Priestman (born 21 June 1955 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England) is an English rock singer, keyboardist, record producer and songwriter. Biography Priestman was educated at Woodleigh School, North Yorkshire and later the Quaker School, Leighton Park School in Reading and then went on to study Art at the Liverpool College of Art. In the late 1970s he played with the British power pop band, Yachts. Yachts supported The Who on their 1979 European tour. In 1980, Priestman was one of the co-founders of It's Immaterial. Although he had officially left the band by 1986, he played as a session musician on the hit single, "Driving Away From Home", and appeared with the band on ''Top of the Pops''. During the 1980s and 1990s he was a member of The Christians. Priestman has also been used as a session musician by both Bette Bright and Mike Badger. Priestman played keyboards on Badger's albums, ''Lo Fi Acoustic Excursions by Mike Badger & Friends'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaqueline Priestman
Street light interference, sometimes called high voltage syndrome, is the claimed ability of individuals to turn street lights or outside building security lights on or off when passing near them. Believers in Street light interference (SLI) allege that they experience it on a regular basis with specific lamps and street lights and more frequently than chance would explain; however, SLI has never been demonstrated to occur in a scientific experiment, and those who claim the ability have been found to be unable to reproduce the effect on demand.Linton Weeks. "Bad Karma, Or Just Bad Lightbulbs?; The Mystery Of Blinking Street Lights." The Washington Post. Washingtonpost Newsweek Interactive. 2002HighBeam Research. 19 September 2014 The term Street light interference was coined by paranormal author Hilary Evans. Proponents According to Evans, SLI is a phenomenon "based on claims by many people that they involuntarily, and usually spontaneously, cause street lamps to go out." Evan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Priestman
Sir John Priestman, 1st Baronet (22 March 1855 – 5 August 1941) was a British shipbuilder and charitable benefactor. Priestman was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, the son of Robert Priestman (1824–1867), a baker, and Jane Smith (c.1830–1903). Aged 14, Priestman became an apprentice to John Blumer, a shipbuilder at Sunderland, and later became chief draughtsman at W. Pickersgill & Sons. In 1882, he set up his own yard at Castletown. He married Naomi Huntly (1857–1908) in 1881 at Sunderland. Priestman donated £6000 to the building of St Andrew's Church, Roker (completed in 1907), which was built in memory to his mother. In 1931, he established the Sir John Priestman Trust, whose purposes included 'feeding of poor... in times of distress', the 'employment and payment of nurses for the sick and infirm' and the building, 'maintaining and furnishing (including provision of organs)' of 'churches and mission halls and schools'. In 1933 he donated £35,000 to the rebui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dent Priestman
William Dent Priestman (23 August 1847 7 September 1936), born near Kingston upon Hull was a Quaker and engineering pioneer, inventor of the Priestman Oil Engine, and co-founder with his brother Samuel of the Priestman Brothers engineering company, manufacturers of cranes, winches and excavators. Priestman Brothers built the earliest recorded railway locomotive powered by an internal combustion engine. Biography William along with ten other offspring was the son of Leeds corn-miller (and latterly NER director) Samuel Priestman."Priestman, William Dent". Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology He was educated at Bootham School in York, and then apprenticed at the Humber Iron Works, later at the North Eastern Railway (NER) in Gateshead. In 1869 he then joined the engineering company owned by William Armstrong. (William Armstrong & Company, later to become Armstrong Whitworth). His father purchased the Holderness Foundry in Hull, and he began to do business indepen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Priestman
Jane Priestman OBE (7 April 1930 – 25 January 2021) was a British designer who performed a number of high-profile roles in design and architecture. She was appointed an OBE in 1991 for her work in design and an honorary doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University in 1998. Background She was the daughter of Reuben Stanley Herbert and Mary Elizabeth Ramply. She married Arthur Martin Priestman in 1954. She was educated at Northwood College and Liverpool College of Art. At the Liverpool College of Art, Priestman was trained as a textile designer, as opposed to architecture. Her interest in architecture, led her to become even more interested in interior design. She relocated to Australia in 1951, with her loom by her side, in hopes of launching a career in the textile industry. Priestman quickly realised that the textile industry, for her, was short lived. Before getting her career started, she balanced raising a family, and doing freelance work for clients. Career Priestman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Priestman
Richard John Priestman (born 16 July 1955 in Liverpool, Lancashire - now Merseyside, England) is a British archer who was a member of the British squad that won the team bronze medals at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics His ex-wife Vladlena Priestman competed in archery for Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Olympics Priestman has competed in archery at three Olympic Games. His first appearance came in 1984 in Los Angeles where he shot a score of 2339 and finished in 48th position in the individual event. At the Seoul Olympics in 1988 a new elimination format was introduced for the individual event. Priestman scored 1202, earning him 57th place in the preliminary round and did not advance to the later stages. For the first time in Olympic competition a team event was also held. Priestman was part of the British team that also included Steven Hallard and Leroy Watson. Ranked eighth after scores from the individual preliminary round were carried over Britai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priestman Brothers
Priestman Brothers was an engineering company based in Kingston upon Hull, England that manufactured diggers, dredgers, cranes and other industrial machinery. In the later 1800s the company also produced the Priestman Oil Engine, an early design of oil fuelled internal combustion engine. History Priestman family ownership (1870–1895) The company was founded in 1870; William Dent Priestman bought the Holderness Foundry with money from his father, a Leeds corn-miller. William's brother Samuel also joined the company. It is said the company's entry into the construction of dredging equipment began in 1876 when they were asked to construct machinery to recover lost gold from the sea west of the coast of Spain. No gold was found but the company's equipment proved useful for dredging of harbours and docks; the company pioneered the manufacture of steam powered cranes with grab (clamshell) buckets. From 1888 to 1904 the company produced various versions of the Priestman Oil Engine, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
