|
Richard Chandler (bookseller)
Richard Chandler may refer to: * Richard Chandler (antiquary) (1737–1810), English antiquary * Richard Chandler-Cavendish (died 1769), took the name of Cavendish in 1751, MP for Wendover (UK Parliament constituency), Wendover * Richard Chandler (businessman) (born 1958/59), New Zealand born businessman * Dick Chandler (1910–1969), Australian rules footballer * Richard Chandler (wool-stapler) (died 1810), wool-stapler of Gloucester {{hndis, name=Chandler, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Chandler (antiquary)
Richard Chandler (1737 – 9 February 1810) was an English antiquary. Education Chandler was born in Elson, Hampshire. He was educated at Winchester and at Queen's College, Oxford, and Magdalen College, Oxford.W. W. Wroth‘Chandler, Richard (bap. 1737, d. 1810)’ rev. R. D. E. Eagles, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006, accessed 28 Dec 2008Some of his correspondence is in the Magdalen archives. Early work His first work consisted of fragments from the minor Greek poets, with notes (''Elegiaca Graeca'', 1759); and in 1763 he published a fine edition of the inscriptions among the Arundel marbles, ''Marmora Oxoniensia'', with a Latin translation, and a number of suggestions for supplying the lacunae. Antiquarian work In 1764 he was introduced by Robert Wood, who had produced the ''Ruins of Palmyra'' to the Society of Dilettanti and sent by them, accompanied by Nicholas Revett, an architect, and William Pars, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Chandler-Cavendish
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", " Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", " Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendover (UK Parliament Constituency)
Wendover was a borough constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was based on the borough of Wendover, was represented by two Members of Parliament, and was considered a classic example of a pocket borough. History Wendover first sent members to Parliament in 1300, but after 1308, elected no burgesses for more than 300 years. However, in the 17th century a solicitor named William Hakewill, of Lincoln's Inn, rediscovered ancient writs confirming that Amersham, Great Marlow, and Wendover had all sent members to Parliament in the past, and succeeded in re-establishing their privileges (despite the opposition of James I), so that they resumed electing members from the Parliament of 1624. Hakewill himself was elected for Amersham in 1624. The borough consisted of most of the market town of Wendover in Buckinghamshire. It was one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Chandler (businessman)
Richard Fred Chandler (born 1958/59) is a New Zealand-bornThe Secrets of Sovereign '''', March 2006. businessman. He is chairman of the Clermont Group, a Singapore-based business group that invests in public and private companies across a range of industries, including energy, financial services, consumer, and healthcare. Chandler "has a reputation for buying struggling companies and successfully rebuilding them," according to Australian Broadcasting Corpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Chandler
Clinton Dickson Chandler (4 April 1910 – 6 June 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links *Dick Chandler's profileat Blueseum 1910 births 1969 deaths Carlton Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) {{AFL-bio-1910-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |