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Pusey House Chapel - East End - Geograph
Pusey may refer to: People * Caleb Pusey (c. 1650–1727), friend and business partner of William Penn * Chris Pusey (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player * Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800–1882), English churchman * Ernest Pusey (1895–2006), World War I veteran and oldest living person in Florida * Frederick Taylor Pusey (1872–1936), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives * Jacqueline Pusey (born 1959), Jamaican sprint athlete * Jason Pusey (born 1989), Gibraltarian footballer * Joshua Pusey (1842–1906), American inventor of the paper matchbook * Mavis Pusey (1928–2019), Jamaican-born painter * Merlo J. Pusey (1902–1985), American biographer * Nathan Pusey (1907–2001), American educator and 24th president of Harvard University (1953–1971) * Philip Pusey (1799–1855), English agriculturalist and Member of Parliament * Philip E. Pusey (1830–1880), English Aramaicist * Peter Pusey (born 1942), British physicist * Stephen Pusey (born 1952), British- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caleb Pusey
The Caleb Pusey House, built in 1683 in Upland, Pennsylvania, is the second oldest English house in Pennsylvania open to the public ( Wall House in Cheltenham Township is the oldest). Built in a vernacular English yeoman's style, it is the only remaining house where William Penn is known to have visited. It stood on near Chester Creek which Penn granted Pusey, a plantation which the latter named "Landing Ford". Since the 1950s, the building and grounds (now 9 acres) have been owned by the Friends of the Caleb Pusey House, Inc. The house was restored and the property is operated as a historic house museum. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. Caleb Pusey Caleb Pusey, formally Caleb Bartholomew alias Pusey,Professor Mitchell Roth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip E
Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularized the name include kings of Macedonia and one of the apostles of early Christianity. ''Philip'' has many alternative spellings. One derivation often used as a surname is Phillips. It was also found during ancient Greek times with two Ps as Philippides and Philippos. It has many diminutive (or even hypocoristic) forms including Phil, Philly, Lip, Pip, Pep or Peps. There are also feminine forms such as Philippine and Philippa. Antiquity Kings of Macedon * Philip I of Macedon * Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great * Philip III of Macedon, half-brother of Alexander the Great * Philip IV of Macedon * Philip V of Macedon New Testament * Philip the Apostle * Philip the Evangelist Others * Philippus of Croton (c. 6th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pusey And Jones
The Pusey and Jones Corporation was a major shipbuilder and industrial-equipment manufacturer. Based in Wilmington, Delaware, it operated from 1848 to 1959. Shipbuilding was its primary focus from 1853 until the end of World War II, when the company converted the shipyard to produce machinery for paper manufacturing. The yard built more than 500 ships, from large cargo vessels to small warships and yachts, including ''Volunteer'', the winner of the 1887 America’s Cup. History The company began in 1848, when Joshua L. Pusey and John Jones formed a partnership in Wilmington, Delaware, to run a machine shop in space rented from a whaling company. The shipyard sat between the Christina River and the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1851, Edward Betts and Joshua Seal, who were operating an iron foundry in Wilmington, purchased an interest in the business. The name of the company became Betts, Pusey, Jones & Seal. In 1854, Pusey and Jones built the first U.S. iron-hulled s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pewsey
Pewsey is a large village and civil parish at the centre of the Vale of Pewsey in Wiltshire, about south of Marlborough and west of London. It is within reach of the M4 motorway and the A303 and is served by Pewsey railway station on the Reading to Taunton line. The parish includes these small settlements: * Kepnal – east of the village, south of the Burbage road * Pewsey Wharf – north, where the A345 crosses the Kennet and Avon canal * Sharcott – west, by the Avon; marked on some maps as East Sharcott as distinct from West Sharcott, a short distance downstream in Manningford parish * Southcott – close to the southeast of the village. History Archaeological excavations on Pewsey Hill show evidence of a settlement in the 6th century. In the Tudor era, the Manor of Pewsey belonged to the Duchess of Somerset. Several of the village's houses were built in this era: the timber framed cruck house at Ball Corner, Bridge Cottage on the Avon and the Court House by the Chur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pusey, Oxfordshire
Pusey is a village and civil parish east of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse district. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The village is just south of the A420 and the parish covers about . History Pusey seems to be a Saxon settlement. Its toponym is derived from the Old English ''pise ēg'', meaning "pea island". The Domesday Book of 1086 records the village as ''Pesei''. The Pusey family held the manor of Pusey from Saxon times. There is a tradition that it was granted to the family by Cnut the Great, by the delivery of a horn (an Anglo-Saxon form of land tenure known as " cornage"). The Pusey Horn is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. In Anglo-saxon an inscription on the horn reads:Kyng Knowde geue Wyllyam Pewte thys horne to holde by thy land" (King Canute gave William Pusey this horn to hold by tthe land") In 1753, the family built Pusey House (not to be confused with Pusey House, Oxford), a Grad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highlands East, Ontario
Highlands East is a township municipality located in Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada. History The township was incorporated in 2001 through the amalgamation of the former townships of Bancroft, Cardiff, Glamorgan, and Monmouth. Communities Cardiff is a former mining community; Bicroft and Dyno Mines opened in 1956 and closed several years later. The chief mineral being mined in Cardiff was uranium. Cardiff is located on Highway 118 between the towns of Bancroft and Haliburton. The Cardiff Elementary School is a small school. The community also has a Royal Canadian Legion hall, a Catholic and United church, an outdoor pool, which is popular during the summer, a post office, a municipal office, a library, and a skating rink that doubles as an outdoor basketball and floor hockey court. The entrance to the townsite, off of Highway 118, is marked by a large metal sculpture of a dragonfly. Gooderham is bordered on the south end of the municipality in proximity to the Irondale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pusey, Haute-Saône
Pusey () is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Saône Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. The town is located near Vesoul. See also *Communes of the Haute-Saône department *Communauté d'agglomération de Vesoul *Arrondissement of Vesoul References Communes of Haute-Saône {{HauteSaône-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Mills Pusey
William Henry Mills Pusey (July 29, 1826 – November 15, 1900), an American banker, was a one-term Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district in southwestern Iowa from 1883 to 1885. Born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Pusey attended the Washington and Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, and was graduated in 1847. He studied law and was Admission to the bar in the United States, admitted to the bar but did not engage in extensive practice. Moving to Iowa, he entered into the banking business in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Council Bluffs in 1856.Benjamin F. Gue, "s:History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century/4/William H. M. Pusey, History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century, Vol. 4 (William H. M. Pusey)" pp. 217-18 (1902). He served as member of the Iowa Senate from 1858 to 1862, representing a 22-county distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William A
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Pusey
Stephen Pusey (born 1952) is a New York-based artist of Irish and British descent known for Abstract art and earlier work as a painter of figurative community murals in London, UK. Early life and education Stephen Pusey was born on 24 June 1952 and studied painting at Saint Martins School of Art, London, UK from which he graduated in 1975. Career From 1977 to 1982, Pusey painted large outdoor community murals on the exteriors of buildings, the most notable of which were the Covent Garden, Earlham Street mural, 1977 and the mural ''Children at Play'' on the Brixton Academy in 1982. His debut solo exhibition in the USA was at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in 1986, after which he moved permanently to New York City. In the years that followed his work included experimentation with digital media and Net Art in addition to painting, drawing and sculpture that combined calligraphic gesture that veered from the figurative to Abstraction. In 1994 he founded the online art and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Pusey
Peter Nicholas Pusey (born 30 December 1942) is a British physicist. He is an Emeritus Professor of Physics at the School of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Edinburgh.People directory University of Edinburgh, retrieved 2016-03-12. Research Pusey is a pioneer of (DLS) and is known for elucidating the structure and dynamics of concentrated s. He contributed to the development, underlying theory and applications of DLS. He was among the first to apply photon correlation techniques and ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Pusey
Philip Pusey (25 June 1799 – 9 July 1855) was a reforming agriculturalist, a Tory Member of Parliament (MP) and a friend and follower of Sir Robert Peel. Life Pusey stood for election in Rye at a by-election in 1830 and was originally declared elected, but following an election petition he was unseated by an order of the House of Commons on 17 May 1830. He did not contest Rye at the 1830 general election, when he was elected as a Member for Chippenham. He did not contest Chippenham at the 1831 election, and stood instead in Rye. After riots in the town hall, Pusey agreed to withdraw from the election in return for a guarantee from General De Lacy Evans to protect the peace of the town; Evans won the seat. Pusey was then returned at an uncontested by-election in July 1831 for the borough of Cashel in Ireland, and held that seat until the 1832 general election, when he stood unsuccessfully in Berkshire. He was elected without a contest for Berkshire at the 1835 general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
