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Pringle
Pringle is a Scottish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aileen Pringle (1895–1989), American stage and film actress * Alan Pringle (born 1952), American football player * Alexander Pringle (politician) (1791–1857), Scottish Conservative politician * Alexandra Pringle (born 1952/1953), British publisher * Andrew Pringle: ** Andrew Pringle (British Army officer) (born 1946), British Army officer ** Andrew Pringle, Lord Alemoor (died 1776), Scottish judge ** Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison (1856–1931), Scottish philosopher ** Andy Pringle (born ), Canadian bond trader and Conservative political activist in Ontario * Anne Pringle (born 1955), British diplomat * Benjamin Pringle (1807–1887), American politician * Bryan Pringle (1935–2002), British actor * Byron Pringle (born 1993), American football player * Cedric E. Pringle (born c. 1964), United States Navy admiral * Charlie Pringle (born 1894), Scottish footballer * Chris Pringle (born 1968), New Zealand c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aileen Pringle
Aileen Pringle (born Aileen Bisbee; July 23, 1895 – December 16, 1989) was an American stage and film actress during the silent film era. Biography Early life Born into a prominent and wealthy San Francisco family and educated in Europe, Pringle began her acting career shortly after her 1916 marriage to Charles McKenzie Pringle, the son of a wealthy titled British Jamaican landowner and a member of the Privy and Legislative Councils of Jamaica. Career rise One of Pringle's first high-profile roles was in the Rudolph Valentino film '' Stolen Moments'' (1920). Many of Pringle's early roles were only modestly successful, and she continued to build her career until the early 1920s when she was selected by friend and romance novelist Elinor Glyn to star in the 1924 film adaptation of her novel ''Three Weeks'' with matinee idol Conrad Nagel. The role catapulted Pringle into leading-lady status and her career began to build momentum. Scandal On November 15, 1924, a Sunday, Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyrus Pringle
Cyrus Guernsey Pringle (May 6, 1838 – May 25, 1911) was an American botanist who spent a career of 35 years cataloguing the plants of North America. He was a prolific collector and accomplished botanical explorer. Early life He was born on May 6, 1838 in Charlotte, Vermont to George and Louisa (Harris) Pringle. He studied in Hinesburg and Bakersfield, Vermont, and later at Stanbridge, Quebec, before entering the University of Vermont in 1859. However, the death of his older brother during the first semester made it necessary for him to aid his widowed mother in the management of the farm and to withdraw from college. Later, however, he would be awarded an honorary Sc.D. from the University of Vermont as well as an honorary M.A. from Middlebury College. In the early part of his life he was interested in the Quaker religious doctrine of the Friends, and it was through these meetings that he met Almira Lydia Greene of Starksboro, Vermont. Pringle became a Quaker in order to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Pringle (other)
James Pringle may refer to: * Sir James Pringle, 4th Baronet (1726–1809), Scottish politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwickshire 1761–79 * James Pringle (Northern Ireland politician) (1874–1935), barrister and Unionist MP for Fermanagh & Tyrone 1924–29 * James Hogarth Pringle (1863–1941), Australian-born surgeon in Glasgow, Scotland, famous for the development of the Pringle manoeuvre * James E. Pringle (born 1949), British astrophysicist, professor of theoretical astronomy at the University of Cambridge * James Scott Pringle James Scott Pringle is a Canadian botanist. Life James Scott Pringle is Plant Taxonomist at Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. He completed his undergraduate education at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, United ... (born 1937), Canadian botanist * James Pringle (Provost) (1822–1886), Provost of Leith * James R. Pringle (1782–1840), intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina {{hndis, Pringl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry F
Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king) ** Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal ** Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne * King of Germany **Henry the Fowler (876–936), first king of Germany * King of Scots (in name, at least) ** Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545/6–1567), consort of Mary, queen of Scots ** Henry Benedict Stuart, the 'Cardinal Duke of York', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX * Four kings of Castile: **Henry I of Castile **Henry II of Castile **Henry III of Castile **Henry IV of Castile * Five kings of France, spelt ''Henri'' in Modern French since the Renaissance to italianize the name and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Pringle (writer)
Heather Pringle is a Canadian freelance science writer who mostly writes about archaeology. Before becoming a writer, Pringle worked as a furniture polisher, summons server, museum researcher, book editor, and "failed waitress". Her 2006 book ''The Master Plan'' detailed Heinrich Himmler's establishment of the Ahnenerbe in a pseudo-scientific attempt to "prove" Aryan superiority. It won the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize The Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize, established in 1985, is awarded annually as the BC Book Prize for the best non-fiction book by a resident of British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three .... Her previous work includes ''The Mummy Congress'', as well as articles for '' National Geographic'' and ''Archaeology'' magazine. Pringle is emeritus editor at '' Hakai magazine'' and has been awarded a Canadian National Magazine Award and an AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award from the American Association for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Pringle (producer)
Harry Noel Pringle (25 December 190330 March 1985) was an Australian radio and television producer who worked on light entertainment programmes in England and Australia. Biography Harry Pringle was the son of Edith Ogilvie Benzley, and Harry Lempriere Pringle (1869, Hobart, Tasmania1914, London, England). His father was an operatic bass who sang at Covent Garden, London and the Metropolitan Opera, New York. Pringle worked in music hall, until in 1937 he became one of the first producers on BBC Television. Between February 1937 and August 1939, he was credited 112 times as TV producer (nearly six programmes a month), three times as director, and once as editor; he was at the same time producing radio programmes. On 1 September 1939, BBC Television broadcasting was suspended because of the outbreak of World War II, and only resumed in June 1946. In 1940, Pringle relocated to Australia, where he was appointed to take charge of radio light entertainment for the Australian Broadc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Pringle
Henry Pringle (8 April 1900 – 8 January 1965) Access individual season statistics via Season Stats dropdown menu. was an English professional footballer who scored 60 goals from 292 appearances in the Football League playing as a forward for Lincoln City. Football career Pringle was born in Perkinsville, County Durham. He began his football career with Craghead United, and was briefly on the books of Arsenal before returning to the north-east to play for Chester-le-Street Town. In 1922, Pringle joined Lincoln City. He made his debut on 26 August 1922 in a 3–1 defeat away to Halifax Town in the Football League Third Division North. Pringle finished the 1922–23 season as the club's joint leading scorer alongside Tommy Griffiths, though the pair scored only seven goals apiece. Two years later, Pringle was again Lincoln's top scorer, with 15 goals from League and FA Cup games. In all, he remained with the club for twelve seasons, becoming the first player to play in more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Pringle
Harold Joseph Pringle (14 January 1920 - 5 July 1945) was the only soldier of the Canadian Army to be executed during the Second World War. Pringle was born in the small hamlet of Flinton, Ontario, near Napanee. He and his father tried to enlist in The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment of the Canadian Army. On medical examination, he was accepted, but his father was turned away due to poor eyesight. Harold Pringle was formally enrolled in the army in February, 1940, aged 20. Pringle was a disciplinary problem for his unit, going AWOL many times, and he was sent to a reformatory camp for a year. He escaped after serving six months there and was sent to Italy where he was posted to the 1st Battalion, The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, as a private with the service number C/5292. Pringle's combat record after the escape was unblemished until after the battle for the Hitler Line in central Italy, when he deserted to Rome to join the Sailor Gang. The Sailor Gang, though only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eunice Pringle
Eunice Irene Pringle (born March 5, 1912, Garden Grove, California — died March 26, 1996) was an aspiring dancer, notable for accusing Los Angeles movie-house owner Alexander Pantages of rape in 1929, resulting in a sensational trial. 1929 trial Pringle alleged that Pantages had attacked her on August 9, 1929 in a tiny side-office of his downtown theater after she came to see him to discuss her audition. Newspaper coverage of the trial, particularly by William Randolph Hearst's ''Los Angeles Examiner'', was antagonistic towards the Greek-accented Pantages, while portraying Pringle as the innocent victim. In countless stories in the ''Examiner'' from the moment the case broke in the newspaper on Saturday, August 10, 1929, until the end of the trial, Pantages was portrayed as variously alone, aloof, cold, emotionless, effete, and European, while the American-born Pringle was portrayed as "the sweetest 17 since Clara Bow". There were portraits with her family, tearful outbursts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Pringle
Eric Pringle (5 April 1935, Morpeth, Northumberland, England – 13 April 2017, Ledbury, Herefordshire) was a British writer for radio and television. He also wrote three novels for children. He was one of the writers of the 1972 television series ''Pretenders'', and of the 1974 series ''The Carnforth Practice''. In 1975, he was commissioned by then-''Doctor Who'' script editor Robert Holmes to pen a two-part serial entitled ''The Angurth'' for the programme's thirteenth season. This was eventually abandoned, but in 1981, Pringle was encouraged by his agent, former ''Who'' producer Peter Bryant, to submit new material for the show. Pringle delivered two proposals for four-part stories to the production office in August, one called ''The Darkness'' (possibly featuring the Daleks) and another entitled ''War Game''. Script editor Eric Saward finally responded to Pringle, and in 1982, Pringle was asked to put together a scene breakdown for ''War Game''. By 1983, War Game had be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Pringle
Donald James Pringle (1 May 1932 – 4 October 1975) was a British landscaper and a Kenyan international cricketer who represented East Africa at the 1975 Cricket World Cup. He was born in England and moved to Kenya in the late 1950s. His son Derek Pringle played international cricket for England. Personal life Pringle was born on 1 May 1932 in Prestwich, Lancashire, England. He had two children with his wife Dora, whom he married in England. He moved to Kenya in the late 1950s to work as a landscaper, eventually ending up at the Nairobi Parks Department. He laid the first turf for the Nairobi Club Ground. Cricket career In England, Pringle played club cricket for Prestwich. After moving to Kenya he played for Nairobi Civil Service, the Nairobi Club, Parklands Sports Club and Limuru. He was an opening bowler. Pringle's first recorded match for Kenya came against Uganda in December 1958. He represented Kenya and several invitational teams against the Marylebone Cricket Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Pringle
Derek Raymond Pringle (born 18 September 1958) is an English former Test and One Day International cricketer for England, and is now a cricket journalist. Life and career Pringle was born in Nairobi, Kenya. His father Donald Pringle, who had moved there to work as a landscaper, played cricket for Kenya and represented East Africa at the 1975 Cricket World Cup; he died in a car accident a few months later, days after his son's 17th birthday. Pringle was educated at St. Mary's School (Nairobi), Felsted School and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He played for Essex between 1978 and 1993. He was a member of the successful Essex sides of the 1980s and early 1990s, alongside cricketers such as Graham Gooch, Mark Waugh, Nasser Hussain, John Lever and Neil Foster, which in that period won the County Championship six times. As an undergraduate, Pringle played for Cambridge University. In 1982, while captain of the university, he was selected for England Pringle went on to play 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
