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Ridge (surname)
Ridge is an English surname. Additionally, as an Anglo- Irish surname, ''Ridge'' may translate Mac an Iomaire or Mac Con Iomaire. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Ridge (born 1934), Australian politician * Albert Alphonso Ridge (1898–1967), American judge * Antonia Ridge (1895–1981), Dutch-British writer and broadcaster * Ben Ridge (born 1989), Australian rugby league footballer * John Ridge or Yellow Bird (1802–1839), member of the Cherokee Tribe, son of Major Ridge * John Rollin Ridge or Cheesquatalawny (1827–1867), member of the Cherokee tribe, first Native American novelist * Major Ridge or Pathkiller II (1771–1839), Cherokee Indian leader * Matthew Ridge (born 1968), New Zealand rugby footballer * Sophy Ridge (born 1984), English journalist * Sterling Ridge (1936–2012), American politician * Stuart Ridge (born 1961), English cricketer * Tom Ridge Thomas Joseph Ridge (born August 26, 1945) is an American politician and author who served as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ridge
John Ridge, born ''Skah-tle-loh-skee'' (ᏍᎦᏞᎶᏍᎩ, Yellow Bird) ( – 22 June 1839), was from a prominent family of the Cherokee Nation, then located in present-day Georgia. He went to Cornwall, Connecticut, to study at the Foreign Mission School. He met Sarah Bird Northup, of a New England Yankee family, and they married in 1824. Soon after their return to New Echota in 1825, Ridge was chosen for the Cherokee National Council and became a leader in the tribe. In the 1830s, Ridge was part of the Treaty Party with his father Major Ridge and cousins Elias Boudinot and Stand Watie. Believing that Indian Removal was inevitable, they supported making a treaty with the United States government to protect Cherokee rights. The Ridges and Boudinot were signatories to the Treaty of New Echota of 1835, by which they ceded Cherokee lands east of the Mississippi in exchange for lands in Indian Territory. The land cession was opposed by the majority of the tribe and the Principal Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Ridge
Stuart Peter Ridge (born 23 November 1961) is a former English cricketer. Ridge was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. Ridge made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1980 Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1980 to 1982, making 5 appearances. In 1981, he made his first-class debut for Oxford University against Leicestershire. He played 10 further first-class matches for the University, the last coming against Cambridge University in 1982. In his 11 first-class matches for the University, he scored 71 runs at a batting average of 7.88, with a highest score of 22. With the ball he took 14 wickets at a bowling average of 63.85, with best figures of 4/128. References External linksStuart Ridgeat ESPNcricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sterling Ridge
James Sterling Ridge, Sr. (October 29, 1936 – April 18, 2012) was an American politician. Biography Born in Alexandria, Louisiana, Ridge graduated from Glendale High School in Glendale, Arizona, Phoenix Community College, and Arizona State University. He was a newspaper reporter for the ''Arizona Republic'' and the ''Phoenix Gazette.'' He served in the Arizona House of Representatives from the 17th District from 1982 to 1988 and was a Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains .... Ridge also served on the Glendale City Council and was mayor. He died in Glendale. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ridge, Sterling 1936 births 2012 deaths Politicians from Alexandria, Louisiana Arizona State University alumni Phoenix College alumni Journalists from Arizona Arizona city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophy Ridge
Sophy Arabella Ridge (born 17 October 1984) is an English broadcast journalist. She currently works for Sky News and has presented ''Sophy Ridge on Sunday'' since 2017, (and can be accessehere. In 2022, she launched ''The Take with Sophy Ridge''. Early life Ridge was born on 17 October 1984 in Richmond upon Thames, London. Both her parents are teachers. Ridge has one younger brother. Her secondary education was at the selective grammar Tiffin Girls' School in London. During her time there, she did work experience at the local newspaper ''Richmond and Twickenham Times''. She continued her education at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and obtained a second-class BA degree in English Literature. During her final year of university she did a period of work experience at the tabloid newspaper ''News of the World'', which led to a position on their graduate training programme. Career She started as a voice-over artist at the voiceover agency Hobson's International, from the 1990s and 2000s a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Ridge
Matthew John Ridge (born 27 August 1968) is a New Zealand television presenter, and a former rugby union and rugby league footballer. A fullback in both codes, Ridge played rugby union for Auckland and became an All Black, but never won an international cap. He turned professional in 1990 with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles of the New South Wales Rugby League, and won the 1996 ARL Premiership. He later captained the Auckland Warriors and New Zealand national team (the Kiwis). An accurate goal-kicker, he set several scoring records in rugby league. He is now best known for his work in television alongside his partner Marc Ellis in shows including ''Game of Two Halves'' and ''Marc & Matthew's Rocky Road to…''. Rugby union career Ridge was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School and Auckland Grammar School. He was selected for Auckland age-group teams and played for New Zealand Secondary Schools in 1986. In 1988, while still aged 18, he made his first-class debut for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major Ridge
Major Ridge, The Ridge (and sometimes Pathkiller II) (c. 1771 – 22 June 1839) (also known as ''Nunnehidihi'', and later ''Ganundalegi'') was a Cherokee leader, a member of the tribal council, and a lawmaker. As a warrior, he fought in the Cherokee–American wars against American frontiersmen. Later, Major Ridge led the Cherokee in alliances with General Andrew Jackson and the United States in the Creek and Seminole wars of the early 19th century. Along with Charles R. Hicks and James Vann, Ridge was part of the "Cherokee triumvirate," a group of rising younger chiefs in the early nineteenth-century Cherokee Nation who supported acculturation and other changes in how the people dealt with the United States. All identified as Cherokee; they were of mixed race and had some exposure to European-American culture. Ridge became a wealthy planter, slave owner, and ferryman in Georgia. Under increasing pressure for removal from the federal government, Ridge and others of the Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rollin Ridge
John Rollin Ridge (Cherokee name: Cheesquatalawny, or Yellow Bird, March 19, 1827 – October 5, 1867), a member of the Cherokee Nation, is considered the first Native American novelist. After moving to California in 1850, he began to write. He is known for his novel ''The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta: The Celebrated California Bandit'' (1854), based on a notorious outlaw of the period. His father John Ridge had been assassinated in 1839 in Indian Territory, after removal, by Cherokee who condemned his having signed a treaty to cede communal land to the United States. Ridge was taken by his mother to Fayetteville, Arkansas, for safety. He later attended school in Massachusetts. After returning to Arkansas, he read the law, set up a practice and married. In 1850 he went West in the California Gold Rush, where his wife and daughter later joined him. There he started writing – both poetry and essays. In his novel and other works, he criticized American racism towar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Ridge
Ben Ridge (born 13 December 1989) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He played at and and played for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League. Background Born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Ridge moved to Roma, Queensland at a young age and played his junior rugby league for the Mitchell Magpies. He was then signed by the Gold Coast Titans. Playing career Early career In late 2007, Ridge played for the Australian Schoolboys. In 2008 and 2009, he played for the Gold Coast Titans' NYC team, before moving on to the Titans' Queensland Cup team, Tweed Heads Seagulls in 2010. 2010 In Round 20 of the 2010 NRL season The 2010 NRL season was the 103rd season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the thirteenth run by the National Rugby League. The season commenced on 12 March and ended with the Grand Final, played on 3 Octobe ..., Ridge made his NRL debut for the Titans against the St. George Illawarra Dragons. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglo
Anglo is a prefix indicating a relation to, or descent from, the Angles, England, English culture, the English people or the English language, such as in the term '' Anglosphere''. It is often used alone, somewhat loosely, to refer to people of British descent in Anglo-America, the Anglophone Caribbean, South Africa, Namibia, Australia, and New Zealand. It is used in Canada to differentiate between the French speakers (Francophone) of mainly Quebec and some parts of New Brunswick, and the English speakers (Anglophone) in the rest of Canada. It is also used in the United States to distinguish the Latino population from the non-Latino white majority. Anglo is a Late Latin prefix used to denote ''English-'' in conjunction with another toponym or demonym. The word is derived from Anglia, the Latin name for England and still used in the modern name for its eastern region, East Anglia. Anglia and England both mean ''land of the Angles'', a Germanic people originating in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonia Ridge
Antonia Florence Ridge (7 October 1895 – 18 June 1981) was a Dutch-born writer and broadcaster, who wrote the English lyrics for Friedrich-Wilhelm Möller's popular song, "The Happy Wanderer" (originally "" or ""), and others of his works. She wrote fiction and non-fiction, for adults and children. She scripted and read plays for BBC Radio's ''Children's Hour''. Her non-fiction works include a biography of the botanical art Botanical illustration is the art of depicting the form, color, and details of plant species, frequently in watercolor paintings. They must be scientifically accurate but often also have an artistic component and may be printed with a botanical ...ist, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, and ''For Love of a Rose'', a biography of the rose-growing Meilland family. Some of her works were collaborations with the Dutch author . She appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme '' Desert Island Discs'' on 25 January 1960. Bibliography * * * * * * * Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Alphonso Ridge
Albert Alphonsus Ridge (October 31, 1898 – March 2, 1967) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Education and career Born in Nevada, Missouri, Ridge was in the United States Army from 1917 to 1919 and was a deputy clerk of Jackson County, Missouri from 1919 to 1921 before reading law to enter the bar in 1923. He was in private practice in Missouri from 1925 to 1934, and was a judge of the Circuit Court of Jackson County from 1935 to 1945. Federal judicial service Ridge was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 12, 1945, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri vacated by Judge Merrill E. Otis. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 3, 1945, and received his commission on April 7, 1945. He served as Chief Judge from 1959 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
