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Pamela (name)
Pamela is a feminine given name, often abbreviated to Pam. Pamela is also infrequently used as a surname. History Sir Philip Sidney invented the name Pamela for a pivotal character in his epic prose work, ''The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia'', written in the late 16th century and published posthumously. The name is widely taken to mean "all sweetness", formed on the Greek words πᾶν ''pan'' ("all") and μέλι ''meli'' ("honey"), but there is no evidence regarding what meaning, if any, Sidney intended for it. The Samuel Richardson novel ''Pamela'' in 1740 or 1741 inaugurated the use of Pamela as a given name but it was not in common usage until the 20th century. A rare early bearer of the name, Lady Edward FitzGerald (c. 1773 – 1831), although known by the first name Pamela, was born Stephanie Caroline Anne Syms. The name's popularity may have been hindered by the tendency to pronounce it which was not fully superseded by the now-standard until the start of the 20th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of England
The Kingdom of England (, ) was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 12 July 927, when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. On 12 July 927, the various Anglo-Saxon kings swore their allegiance to Æthelstan of Wessex (), unifying most of modern England under a single king. In 1016, the kingdom became part of the North Sea Empire of Cnut the Great, a personal union between England, Denmark and Norway. The Norman conquest of England in 1066 led to the transfer of the English capital city and chief royal residence from the Anglo-Saxon one at Winchester to Westminster, and the City of London quickly established itself as England's largest and principal commercial centre. Histories of the kingdom of England from the Norman conquest of 1066 conventionally distinguish periods named after successive ruling dynasties: Norman (1066–1154), Plantagenet (1154–1485), Tudor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Britton
Pamela Britton (born Armilda Jane Owens, March 19, 1923 – June 17, 1974) was an American actress, best known for appearing as Lorelei Brown in the television series ''My Favorite Martian'' (1963–1966) and for her female lead in the film noir classic ''D.O.A. (1950 film), D.O.A.'' (1950). Throughout her acting career, Britton appeared often on Broadway and in several Hollywood and television films. Early career Armilda Jane Owens was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Ethel (Waite) and Dr. Raymond Gilbert Owens, a physician. Her mother was Ethel Owen, a prominent stage, radio, and early television actress. She had two sisters: Virginia, who was an actress for RKO Radio Pictures; and Mary, a social worker. Armilda attended Holy Angels Academy and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, State Teacher's Normal School in her home town of Milwaukee. By the age of nine she was doing summer stock, and Cinema of the United States, Hollywood came calling at age ten. Her mother rejected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Dean
Pamela Collins Dean Dyer-Bennet (born 1953), better known as Pamela Dean, is an American fantasy author whose best-known book is ''Tam Lin'', based on the Child Ballad of the same name, in which the Scottish fairy story is set on a midwestern college campus loosely based on her alma mater, Carleton College in Minnesota. Career Dean has published six novels and a number of short stories. ''Tam Lin'' and ''The Dubious Hills'' were both nominated for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature, in 1992 and 1995 respectively. She was a member of the writing group The Scribblies, along with Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Kara Dalkey, Nate Bucklin, Patricia Wrede and Steven Brust, and was a contributor to the Liavek shared-world anthologies. She is a member of the Pre-Joycean Fellowship. As of 2012, Dean reports that ''Going North,'' the future "joint sequel to ''The Dubious Hills'' and ''The Whim of the Dragon'', has been rejected by Viking Press, leaving her to make further r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Cundell
Pamela Isabel Cundell (15 January 1920 – 14 February 2015) was an English character actress. She played List of Dad's Army characters#Mrs Fox, Mrs Fox in the long-running TV comedy ''Dad's Army''. She was a descendant of Henry Condell, one of the managers of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, the playing company of William Shakespeare. Henry Condell also helped put together the first folio of Shakespeare's works after his death. Career Making her first television appearance in 1957 with Peter Sellers and Michael Bentine, she worked with many of the comic performers of her time, including Frankie Howerd, Benny Hill and Bill Fraser, the last of whom she married in 1981; he died in 1987. A semi-regular in ''Dad's Army'' as Mrs Fox, her character married Lance-Corporal Jones (Clive Dunn) in the final episode. Cundell appeared in many television shows, including ''Bless This House (British TV series), Bless This House,'' as Peggy, ''The Bill'', ''On the Buses'', ''Potter (TV series), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Crowe
Pamela Mavis Crowe MBE is a former Member of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man. Prior to entering politics she was a director of Crowes Ltd and an author of several books. She was the MHK for Rushen from 1997 to 2003, when she was elected to the Legislative Council. Governmental positions *Chairman of the Isle of Man Post Office, 2004–2008 * Minister of Local Government and the Environment, 2002–2004 *Chairman of the Isle of Man Office of Fair Trading The Isle of Man Office of Fair Trading ( gv, Oik Dellal Cair Ellan Vannin) is an independent Statutory Board of the Isle of Man Government. The purpose of the office is to enforce criminal consumer protection legislation and advice on civil consum ..., 1997–2002 References Living people Manx women in politics Members of the House of Keys 1996–2001 Members of the House of Keys 2001–2006 20th-century British women politicians 21st-century British women politicians Members of the Legislative Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Kyle Crossley
Pamela K Crossley (born 18 November 1955) is a historian of modern China, northern Asia, and global history and is the Charles and Elfriede Collis Professor of History, Dartmouth College. She is a founding appointment of the Dartmouth Society of Fellows. She is author of ''The Wobbling Pivot: China since 1800: An Interpretive History'' (2010), as well as influential studies of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911) and leading textbooks in global history. Crossley is known for an interpretation of the source of twentieth-century identities. In her view overland conquest by the great empires of early modern Eurasia produced a special form of rulership which gave high priority to the institutionalization of cultural identity. Crossley suggests that these concepts were encoded in political practice and academic discourse on "nationalism," and prevailed till the end of the twentieth century. Biography Crossley was born in Lima, Ohio, and attended high school in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Courson
Pamela Susan Courson (December 22, 1946 – April 25, 1974) was a long-term companion of Jim Morrison, singer of the Doors. Courson stated she discovered Morrison's body in the bathtub of a Paris apartment in 1971. She died three years after him, in 1974. Early life Courson was born in Weed, California. Her father, Columbus "Corky" Courson (1918–2008), had been a Navy bombardier (attaining the rank of Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve) before he became a junior high school principal in Villa Park, California. Her mother, Pearl "Penny" Courson (1923–2014), was a homemaker who did interior design. After she died at age 90 in 2014, her ''New York Times'' obituary described her as a regular reader of that newspaper and a "connoisseur of the arts." Courson had one sibling, a sister named Judith, who died in 2018. She attended Orange High School in Orange, California. Involvement with Morrison Courson and Jim Morrison met at the London Fog nightclub on the Sunset Strip in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy And Pamela Copus
2002 is a new-age group composed of Pamela, Randy, and Sarah Copus. 2002 has charted twelve albums on the '' Billboard'' New Age Charts. ''This Moment Now'' won the COVR award for Best New Age Album in 2004. 2002 was named amongst the top new-age artists in '' Billboard''s 2003 "Year in Review" issue (December 2003), a list that also featured Yanni, Mannheim Steamroller, Jim Brickman, George Winston, and Enya. They most recently won Best Vocal Album from the ZMR Zone Music Awards in 2015. The themes of several of 2002's albums are deeply rooted in mythology. ''Wings'' is based on the Greek legend of Icarus. ''Savitri'' and ''The Emerald Way'' are both inspired by the ancient Hindu story of Savitri and Satyavan from the Mahabharata. ''Land of Forever'' is a ballad of the mystic island of Tír na nÓg, an Irish legend. Pamela, Randy, and their daughter Sarah record all their music at their state-of-the-art studio. Randy Copus sings and plays piano, electric cello, guitar, bass, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Clabburn
Pamela Clabburn (13 April 1914 – 2 July 2010) was an English author, conservationist, curator, needlewoman and textile expert. She worked for the staff of Strangers' Hall Museum in Norwich as assistant curator of social history and at Norwich Museum as their assistant history of social history. Clabburn retired from Strangers' Hall in 1974, and setup the National Trust's textile conservation department three years later, overseeing the conservation of various textiles in East Anglian homes throughout the following decade. She was the author of books about textiles and founded the Costume and Textile Association in 1990. Early life and pre-textile career On 13 April 1914, Clabburn was born in Norwich, Norfolk. She was educated at the Norwich High School for Girls and was about to enroll at the Royal School of Needlework when the Second World War broke out. She consequently joined the Army as a nurse, serving throughout the duration of the war. During demobilisation, Clabburn w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Chopra
Pamela Chopra (born 1938) is an Indian playback singer. She is the wife of veteran Bollywood film director Yash Chopra. She has also written and produced several films. Early life Chopra was born as Pamela Singh, the daughter of Mohinder Singh, an officer in the Indian Army. The eldest of three children, she has two younger brothers. Since her father was posted in several remote locations all over India, Chopra was educated at several army schools. She is a cousin of the actress Simi Garewal. Chopra's father Mohinder Singh and Garewal's mother Darshi Garewal were siblings. Marriage Pamela married the film-maker Yash Chopra in 1970. The marriage was arranged by their families in the traditional Indian manner. The two families had a common friend, the mother of film-maker Romesh Sharma (producer of the blockbuster ''Hum (film), Hum''). Sharma contacted the wife of BR Chopra and suggested that Pamela Singh would be 'the ideal bride' for BR's younger brother Yash Chopra. "She was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Carruthers
Pamela Isabel Jameson Carruthers (née Torrie, 11 August 1916 – 23 September 2009), was a British showjumper, and showjumping course designer, and "had a profound influence on show jumping courses in many parts of the world". Early life She was born Pamela Isabel Jameson Torrie on 11 August 1916 at 19 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh, the only child of Thomas George Jameson Torrie (1880–1916), a Life Guards lieutenant-colonel, and his wife, Esmé Muriel Torrie , née Crabbe (1895–1984). Her parents married in September 1915, and her father was killed in action on the Western Front in November 1916. In 1920, her mother married Basil Eddis, a merchant in India, and Pamela spent some time there, until the marriage broke down and they returned to the UK, after which her mother married Ralph Hope Vere. She was educated at Westonbirt School, near Tetbury, and at the Ozanne finishing school in Paris.She was keen on horses and riding from an early age, and after finishing school, enr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Butchart
Pamela Butchart is a Scottish children's author and high school philosophy teacher. Butchart is best known for her books, ''The Spy Who Loved School Dinners'' and ''My Head Teacher is a Vampire Rat'', both of which won book awards. Education and career Butchart has an MA in philosophy from the University of Dundee and a PGDE from the University of Edinburgh. After graduating, Butchart became a philosophy teacher at Harris Academy in Dundee. She began writing children's books after her fiancé gave her a book on how to write for children. Butchart has said that Judith Kerr is one of her influences. Butchart won the 2015 Blue Peter Book Award for Best story for her book, ''The Spy Who Loved School Dinners'' which was illustrated by Thomas Flintham. In 2016, Butchart's book, ''My Teacher is a Vampire Rat'' won the Red House Children's Book Award in the Young Readers Category and for overall winner. In 2017, it was announced that Butchart would write the sixteenth and seventeen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
