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Radcliffe Telescope, University Of London Observatory
Radcliffe or Radcliff may refer to: Places * Radcliffe Line, a border between India and Pakistan United Kingdom * Radcliffe, Greater Manchester ** Radcliffe Tower, the remains of a medieval manor house in the town ** Radcliffe tram stop * Radcliffe, Northumberland * Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire ** Radcliffe railway station United States * Radcliffe, Iowa * Radcliff, Kentucky * Radcliffe, Lexington * Radcliff, Ohio Schools * Radcliffe College (1879–1999), a former women's college that was associated with Harvard University * Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (1999–present), a postgraduate study institute of Harvard University that has succeeded the former Radcliffe College * The Radcliffe School, a secondary school in Wolverton, Milton Keynes, England Other uses * Radcliffe (surname), including a list of people with the name * 1420 Radcliffe, a main-belt asteroid * Radcliffe baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom * Radcliffe Camera, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radcliffe Line
The Radcliffe Line was the boundary demarcated between the Indian and Pakistani portions of the Punjab Province and Bengal Presidency of British India. It was named after Cyril Radcliffe, who, as the joint chairman of the two boundary commissions for the two provinces, had the ultimate responsibility to equitably divide of territory with 88 million people. The demarcation line was published on 17 August 1947 upon the Partition of British India. Today, its western side of the line is part of the India–Pakistan border while its eastern side serves as the Bangladesh–India border. Background Events leading up to the Radcliffe Boundary Commissions On 18 July 1947, the Indian Independence Act 1947 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom stipulated that British rule in India would come to an end just one month later, on 15 August 1947. The Act also stipulated the partition of the Presidencies and provinces of British India into two new sovereign dominions: India and Pakistan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radcliffe Camera
The Radcliffe Camera (colloquially known as the "Rad Cam" or "The Camera"; from Latin , meaning 'room') is a building of the University of Oxford, England, designed by James Gibbs in neo-classical style and built in 1737–49 to house the Radcliffe Science Library. It is sited to the south of the Old Bodleian, north of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, and between Brasenose College to the west and All Souls College to the east. The Radcliffe Camera's circularity, its position in the heart of Oxford, and its separation from other buildings make it the focal point of the University of Oxford, and as such it is almost always included in shorthand visual representations of the university. The library's construction and maintenance was funded from the estate of John Radcliffe, a physician who left £40,000 upon his death in 1714. According to the terms of his will, construction only began in 1737, although the intervening period saw the complex purchase of the site. The exterior w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratcliffe (other)
Ratcliffe or Ratcliff may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Ratcliff or Ratcliffe, former hamlet, Tower Hamlets, London * Ratcliffe-on-Soar, a village in Nottinghamshire * Ratcliffe on the Wreake, a village in Leicestershire ** Ratcliffe College, a school in Leicestershire * Ratcliffe Culey, a village in Leicestershire United States * Ratcliff, Arkansas, a city People * Arthur Ratcliffe (1882–1963), British Conservative Member of Parliament for Leek 1931–1935 * Derek Ratcliffe (1929–2005), British ecologist * Don Ratcliffe (1934–2014), English footballer * Francis Ratcliffe (1904–1970), Australian zoologist * Henry Butler Ratcliffe (1845–1929), British Conservative Member of Parliament for Bradford Central 1918–1922 * J. A. Ratcliffe (1902–1987), British ionospheric physicist and academic * Jack Ratcliffe (footballer) (1880–1948), English footballer * Jim Ratcliffe (born 1952), British billionaire, chemical engineer and financier * Jo Ratcliffe, British artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Radclyffe School
The Radclyffe School is a mixed comprehensive school for 11- to 16-year-olds, located in Chadderton, Greater Manchester, England. History Grammar school The school was originally called Chadderton Grammar School and opened in 1930. It was officially opened in October 1930 by David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford. It had 300 boys and girls, which rose to 700 in 1950 and 900 by 1958. It was decided to split the school into two schools – a boys' and girls'. This provoked protests from parents. In 1959, the school became Chadderton Grammar School for Girls with around 600 girls in the 1960s. The boys' school, a grammar-technical school, was on ''Chadderton Hall Road''. Comprehensive It was renamed Mid Chadderton Comprehensive School after grammar schools were abolished in September 1975, and the boys' school became the North Chadderton School. The two sites of the North Chadderton Secondary Modern School were split between the two new schools based on the former girls' and boys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radclyffe Hall
Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe Hall (12 August 1880 – 7 October 1943) was an English poet and author, best known for the novel ''The Well of Loneliness'', a groundbreaking work in lesbian literature. In adulthood, Hall often went by the name John, rather than Marguerite. Early life Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe Hall was born in 1880 at "Sunny Lawn", Durley Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire (now Dorset), to Radclyffe ("Rat") Radclyffe-Hall (1846-1898) and Mary Jane Sager (née Diehl). Hall's father was a wealthy philanderer, educated at Eton and Oxford but seldom working, since he inherited a large amount of money from his father, an eminent physician who was head of the British Medical Association; her mother was an unstable American widow from Philadelphia.Vargo, Marc E"Scandal: Infamous Gay Controversies of the Twentieth Century"pp. 56-57 Radclyffe's father left in 1882, abandoning young Radclyffe and her mother. However, he did leave behind a considerable inheritance for Radclyf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radclyffe
Radclyffe (real name Dr. Lenora Ruth Barot, born 1950) is an American author of lesbian romance, paranormal romance, erotica, and mystery. She has authored multiple short stories, written fan fiction, and edited numerous anthologies. Radclyffe is a member of the Saints and Sinners Literary Hall of Fame and has won numerous literary awards, including the RWA/GDRWA Booksellers' Best award, the RWA/Orange County Book Buyers Best award, the RWA/New England Bean Pot award, the RWA/VCRW Laurel Wreath award, the RWA/FTHRW Lories award, the RWA/HODRW Aspen Gold award, the RWA Prism award, the Golden Crown Literary Award, and the Lambda Literary Award. She is a 2003/04 recipient of The Alice B Readers Award for her body of work as well as a member of the Golden Crown Literary Society, Pink Ink, and the Romance Writers of America. In 2014, the Lambda Literary Foundation awarded Barot with the Dr. James Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist award acknowledging her as an established author ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Radcliffe (other)
Mark Radcliffe may refer to: * Mark Radcliffe (radio broadcaster) Mark Radcliffe (born 29 June 1958) is an English radio broadcaster, musician and writer. He is best known for his broadcasting work for the BBC, for which he has worked in various roles since the 1980s. Radcliffe began his broadcasting career ... (born 1958), English radio broadcaster, musician and writer * Mark Radcliffe (politician) (born 1971), American Democratic politician and lawyer {{hndis, Radcliffe, Mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Radcliffe (other)
John Radcliffe may refer to: * John Radcliffe (died 1441), Member of Parliament for Norfolk *John Radcliffe (died 1568) (1539–1568), MP for Grampound and Castle Rising * John Q. Radcliffe (1920–2001), Wisconsin State Assemblyman * John Radcliffe (1738-1783) (1738–1783), British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1783 Others *John Radcliffe (physician) (1652–1714), British physician **John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, named after the above *John Netten Radcliffe (1826–1884), English epidemiologist *John Radcliff John Young Radcliff (June 29, 1848 – July 26, 1911) was an American professional baseball player who played for the Philadelphia Athletics (), Baltimore Canaries (–), Philadelphia Whites (), and Philadelphia Centennials (). He was primarily ... (1848–1911), American baseball player See also * John Radclive, Canadian hangman * John Ratcliffe (other) {{hndis, Radcliffe, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Radclyffe (1809–1863)
Edward Radclyffe (1809–1863) was a British engraver, known from his illustrations of Thomas Roscoe's ''The London & Birmingham railway'' from 1839 in cooperation with George Dodgson Callow. Biography Born in 1809 in Birmingham, where he was educated under his father William Radclyffe and Vincent Barber, and followed his father's profession as an engraver.Keary, Charles Francis (1896). " Radclyffe, William". In Lee, Sidney. ''Dictionary of National Biography'' 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 230. He received medals for engraving at the ages of fifteen and seventeen from the Society of Arts in London, and in his twenty-first year removed to the metropolis. He was largely employed in engraving for the ‘annuals,’ then so popular, and for the ‘Art Journal’ and other works. He also was employed for many years by the admiralty in engraving charts. Like his father, Radclyffe was a close friend of David Cox the Elder, and published several etchings and engravings from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Radcliffe-Brown
Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown, FBA (born Alfred Reginald Brown; 17 January 1881 – 24 October 1955) was an English social anthropologist who helped further develop the theory of structural functionalism. Biography Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown was born Alfred Reginald Brown in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, England, the second son of Alfred Brown (d.1886), a manufacturer's clerk, and his wife Hannah (née Radcliffe). He later changed his last name, by deed poll, to Radcliffe-Brown, Radcliffe being his mother's maiden name. He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A., 1905; M.A., 1909), graduating with first-class honours in the moral sciences tripos. At Trinity College, he was elected Anthony Wilkin student in 1906 and 1909. While still a student, he earned the nickname "Anarchy Brown" for his close interest in the writings of the anarcho-communist and scientist Peter Kropotkin. :"Like other young men with blood in their veins, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radcliffe Report
The Report of the Committee on the Working of the Monetary System (commonly known as The Radcliffe Report) is a report published in 1959 about monetary policy and the workings of the Bank of England. It is named after its chairman, Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe. The report started collecting evidence in 1957 and was the result of dissatisfaction with the workings of monetary policy in the 1950s. It still today remains an important reference document on the Bank of England. Context of creation Monetary theory made progress after the interwar years but was disrupted by the war. After the second world war, the context was adequate to start rethinking how to run monetary policy and this is when the Radcliffe Committee was set up. The committee was composed of Lord Radcliffe, Professor Cairncross, Sir Oliver Franks, Viscount Harcourt, W. E. Jones, Professor Sayers, Sir Reginald Verdon Smith, George Woodcock and Sir John Woods. Contents The 339-pages report reviews British m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radcliffe Infirmary
The Radcliffe Infirmary was a hospital in central north Oxford, England, located at the southern end of Woodstock Road on the western side, backing onto Walton Street. History The initial proposals to build a hospital in Oxford were put forward at a meeting of the Radcliffe Trustees, who were administering John Radcliffe's estate valued at £4,000, in 1758. The facility was constructed on land given by Thomas Rowney, one of the two members of parliament for Oxford. The foundation stone was laid on 27 August 1761 and the new facility was officially opened on 18 October 1770. A fountain of the Greek god Triton was placed in front of the main infirmary building in 1858 and the Oxford Eye Hospital was established on the site in 1886.A brief history of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
