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Prothero
Prothero is a surname of Welsh origin (from ''ap Rhydderch'') and may refer to: * Donald Prothero (born 1954), American paleontologist and author * George Walter Prothero (1848–1922), English writer and historian * Lewis Prothero, fictional character from ''V for Vendetta'' * Mark Prothero, American attorney * Mr, Miss, and Mrs Prothero, fictional characters in ''A Child's Christmas in Wales'' by Dylan Thomas * Rowland Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle (1851–1937), British agricultural expert, administrator, journalist, author, and Conservative politician * Stephen Prothero, Boston University professor and author * Thomas Prothero (1780–1853), Welsh lawyer (etc.) * Brian Protheroe Brian Protheroe (born 16 June 1944) is an English musician, actor and narrator. He is best known for his first single, "Pinball", which was released in August 1974, and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 40 and reached a peak of number 22. ... (born 1944), British musician and actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Prothero
Donald Ross Prothero (February 21, 1954) is an American geologist, paleontologist, and author who specializes in mammalian paleontology and magnetostratigraphy, a technique to date rock layers of the Cenozoic era and its use to date the climate changes which occurred 30–40 million years ago. He is the author or editor of more than 30 books and over 300 scientific papers, including at least 5 geology textbooks. Stephen Jay Gould cited Prothero's research on the lack of response to climate change in mammals from the Eocene, Oligocene and Pleistocene epochs to support the punctuated equilibrium model of evolution. He called Prothero "the best punctuated equilibrium researcher on the West Coast". Biography Prothero grew up in the Glendale, California area, the son of Clifford R. Prothero (1920–2004), a technical illustrator for Lockheed, and Shirley M. (McDonald) Prothero (1924–2016), an artist and homemaker. He attended the University of California, Riverside where he studie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Prothero
Thomas Prothero (or Protheroe) (1780–1853) was a Welsh lawyer, mine owner and businessman, known as an opponent of John Frost (Chartist), John Frost. Life He was born in Usk, the son of Thomas Prothero, a lawyer who was involved also in local politics in Usk and the Beaufort estate. The supposition that he was illegitimate, based on his birthplace in the 1851 census for Malpas being entered simply as "Monmouthshire", is doubtful, given that the enumerator completed all entries in the same way. Law and local politics The younger Thomas Prothero began life in the same directions as his father. He set up in business in Newport, Monmouthshire; and he became town clerk of Newport in 1807. He was later joined in his law firm by Thomas Phillips (mayor), Thomas Phillips, who became another influential local figure; they were in partnership from 1824 to 1840. Prothero and his law firm were drawn into the electoral politics of the two local constituencies, Monmouthshire (UK Parliament con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Prothero
Mark Wayne Prothero (1956 – April 19, 2014) was an American attorney in Kent, Washington. He was best known for serving as defense co-counsel for the Green River Killer, serial killer Gary Ridgway from 2001 to 2003. Early life and education Mark Wayne Prothero was born in Seattle, Washington. He grew up in Renton, where his family operated a boat-building business. He graduated from Renton High School in 1974. He attended the University of Washington on an athletic scholarship, and earned a bachelor's degree in American History in 1978. Prothero attended University of San Diego School of Law in California. Career Upon completion of his Juris Doctor in 1981, Prothero returned to Washington State to work in private practice. In 1983, he joined the Associated Counsel for the Accused (ACA), which provides legal representation for indigent defendants in King County, Washington. Prothero moved into the felony unit of ACA in 1987, and ultimately became an expert in the areas of fore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowland Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle
Rowland Edmund Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle, (6 September 1851 – 1 July 1937) was a British agricultural expert, administrator, journalist, author and Conservative politician. He played first-class cricket between 1875 and 1883. Background and education Prothero was the son of the Reverend Canon George Prothero, Rector of St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, and his wife, Emma, only daughter of the Reverend William Money-Kyrle, of Homme House, Herefordshire. He was the brother of Sir George Prothero and Admiral Arthur Prothero. He was educated at Marlborough College and Balliol College, Oxford, where he gained a 1st class honours degree in Modern History in 1875. In 1878 he was called to the Bar, Inner Temple. Academic and literary career Prothero was a Fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford between 1875 and 1891, during which time he played first-class cricket with Hampshire, and was also Proctor between 1883 and 1884. He edited the ''Quarterly Review' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Protheroe
Brian Protheroe (born 16 June 1944) is an English musician, actor and narrator. He is best known for his first single, "Pinball", which was released in August 1974, and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 40 and reached a peak of number 22. He has narrated the Channel 4 dating show ''First Dates'' since 2015. Career Music Protheroe was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, to a Welsh father and English mother. He joined a local church choir when he was twelve years old, and started piano lessons at about the same time. The music of Cliff Richard and the Shadows inspired him to start learning the guitar. He joined a rock band called the Coasters (not to be confused with the similarly titled United States outfit) as lead singer in 1961, and also joined an amateur theatre group called the Studio Theatre. Protheroe's first job was a library assistant for a year followed by three years as a student technician in a hospital pathology laboratory. Musical influences around this tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynbe Ru Taren
Jeffrey Prothero (March 15, 1956 – November 16, 2016) was an American computer programmer. He was the author of Citadel, arguably the first virtual world system and one of the longest-running open source projects; the Digital Anatomist software, better known as the Visible Human Project; the original Pascal strek.pas Star Trek game program; the first Loglan parsers; and Mythryl, a production-grade port of SML/NJ. Prothero used the screenname "Cynbe ru Taren" online. Cynbe ru Taren is the name of a fictional alien in Poul Anderson's 1964 science fiction novel ''The Star Fox''. In the novel Cynbe ru Taren is an "Aleriona Intellect Master of the Garden of War, fleet admiral, and military strategist of the Grand Commission of Negotiators." He died on November 16, 2016 after a battle with colorectal cancer. Early life and education Prothero was born on March 15, 1956, in London, Ontario, to academic parents, John (Jack) and Joyce Prothero. He attended kindergarten in Ontario; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Walter Prothero
Sir George Walter Prothero (14 October 1848 – 10 July 1922) was an English historian, writer, and academic who served as president of the Royal Historical Society from 1901 to 1905. Life and writings Prothero was born in Wiltshire to George Prothero, and was educated at Eton, studying classics at King's College at the University of Cambridge, and at the University of Bonn. He went on to become a Fellow of King's College, working as a history lecturer there from 1876. In 1894, he became the first Professor of Modern History at the University of Edinburgh. During his time in Edinburgh he spent a year as a Council member of the local influential conservationist body, the Cockburn Association. After five years as Professor of Modern History in Edinburgh, Prothero moved to London to take the place of his brother, Lord Ernle, as the editor of the ''Quarterly Review'', a political periodical. He also acted as editor of the '' Cambridge Historical Series'', a set of historical b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Prothero
Stephen Richard Prothero (; born November 13, 1960) is an American scholar of religion. He is a professor of religion at Boston University and the author of ten books on religion in the United States, including the ''New York Times'' bestseller ''Religious Literacy''. He has commented on religion on dozens of National Public Radio programs and on television on CNN, NBC, CBS, Fox, PBS, MSNBC, ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'', ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'', and ''The Colbert Report''. He was the chief editorial consultant for the six-hour WGBH television series ''God in America'' and he has served as a consultant on American religious history at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. A regular contributor to ''USA Today'', he has also written for ''The New York Times Magazine'', ''The New York Times Book Review'', ''Slate'', Salon, ''The Washington Post'', the ''Los Angeles Times'', ''The Boston Globe'', and ''The Wall Street Journal''. Prothero has argued for m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V For Vendetta
''V for Vendetta'' is a British graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd (with additional art by Tony Weare). Initially published between 1982 and 1985 in black and white as an ongoing serial in the British anthology ''Warrior'', its serialization was completed in 1988–89 in a ten-issue colour limited series published by DC Comics in the United States. Subsequent collected editions were typically published under DC's specialized imprint, Vertigo, until that label was shut down in 2018. Since then it has been transferred to DC Black Label. The story depicts a dystopian and post-apocalyptic near-future history version of the United Kingdom in the 1990s, preceded by a nuclear war in the 1980s that devastated most of the rest of the world. The Nordic supremacist, neo-fascist, outwardly Christofascistic, and homophobic fictional ''Norsefire'' political party has exterminated its opponents in concentration camps, and now rules the country as a police ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhydderch (other)
Rhydderch or Riderch is a Welsh male given name being a compound of the elements "rhi" (ruler) and "derch" (exalted). Earliest mentions of the name are: * Riderch I of Alt Clut (Rhydderch Hael) ( fl. 580; died c. 614) * Riderch II of Alt Clut (fl. early 9th century) * Rhydderch ap Dyfnwal (fl. 971) * Rhydderch ap Iestyn (died 1033) See also * Llanddewi Rhydderch, Monmouthshire * White Book of Rhydderch The White Book of Rhydderch (Welsh: ''Llyfr Gwyn Rhydderch'', National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 4-5) is one of the most notable and celebrated surviving manuscripts in Welsh. Mostly written in southwest Wales in the middle of the 14th century ..., a Welsh manuscript compiled for Rhydderch ab Ieuan Llwyd (c. 1325–1400) * Prothero {{hndis, Rhydderch Welsh given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language family, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has also been known in English as "British", "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric". The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 gave the Welsh language official status in Wales. Both the Welsh and English languages are ''de jure'' official languages of the Welsh Parliament, the Senedd. According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the Welsh-speaking population of Wales aged three or older was 17.8% (538,300 people) and nearly three quarters of the population in Wales said they had no Welsh language skills. Other estimates suggest that 29.7% (899,500) of people aged three or older in Wales could speak Welsh in June 2022. Almost half of all Welsh speakers consider themselves fluent Welsh speakers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Child's Christmas In Wales
''A Child's Christmas in Wales'' is a piece of prose by the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas recorded by Thomas in 1952. Emerging from an earlier piece he wrote for BBC Radio, the work is an anecdotal reminiscence of a Christmas from the viewpoint of a young boy, portraying a nostalgic and simpler time. It is one of Thomas's most popular works. As with his poetry, ''A Child's Christmas in Wales'' does not have a tight narrative structure but instead uses descriptive passages in a fictionalised autobiographical style, designed to create an emotive sense of the nostalgia Thomas is intending to evoke, remembering a Christmas from the viewpoint of the author as a young boy. Thomas searches for a nostalgic belief in Christmases past"It was snowing. It was always snowing at Christmas"furthering his idyllic memory of childhood by describing the snow as being better and more exciting than the snow experienced as an adult. The dissertation, with exaggerated characters for comedic effect, show how ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
