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Ramsden (surname)
Ramsden is a surname, and may refer to: *Anne Ramsden, Canadian artist * Barney Ramsden (1917–1990), English footballer * Charlie Ramsden (1904–1975), English footballer *Dave Ramsden (born 1964), British civil servant * Denise Ramsden (athlete), English Olympian sprint athlete of the 1960s and 1970s * Ernest Ramsden, English footballer *Eugene Ramsden, 1st Baron Ramsden (1883–1955), English politician *Gary Ramsden (born 1983), English cricketer *George Taylor Ramsden (1879–1936), British politician *Harry Ramsden (1888–1963), English businessman, founder of restaurant chain Harry Ramsden's *Horace Edward Ramsden (1878–1948), South African Victoria Cross recipient *J. George Ramsden (1867–1946), Canadian politician * James Ramsden (other), multiple people *Jesse Ramsden (1735–1800), English astronomical and scientific instrument maker * John Ramsden (other), multiple people *Mark Ramsden (born 1956), British musician * Marvin Lee Ramsden (1919–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Ramsden
Anne Ramsden (born 1952) is a Canadian artist who has exhibited widely in Canada. She is currently based in Montreal, where she is a professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Université du Quebec à Montréal. Life and education Ramsden was born in Kingston, Ontario. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Queen's University at Kingston, Queen's University in 1973, a Bachelor of Fine Arts from NSCAD University, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1977, and a Master of Fine Arts from Concordia University in 1983. Ramsden was a co-founder, along with Francine Perinet and Angela Grauerholz, of the documentation centre and bookstore Artexte Information Centre, Artexte and served as co-director from 1980 to 1987. She served as an associate editor for Parachute (magazine), Parachute Magazine from 1980 to 1982. From 1987 to 1998, Ramsden taught at the School for Contemporary Art at Simon Fraser University. She is a professor at the Université du Quebec à Montréal, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Ramsden
Mark Ramsden (born 13 July 1956, Liverpool, England) is a British writer, composer, producer and musician. He studied at Leeds Music College before becoming a professional saxophonist and flautist. Since finishing his education he has been active in rock, but he is more famous for jazz music, both as a performer and composer. Career Much of the 1980s and 1990s saw him playing with artists such as Jimmy Witherspoon, Roy Harper and Bert Jansch as well as partnering jazz musicians such as Steve Lodder, Dominic Ashworth and Jim Mullen. He has also toured with Dudu Pukwana, Loose Tubes, the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and the Grand Union Orchestra, living in Germany and Hong Kong as well as the UK. After meeting Tom Robinson at the Edinburgh Festival in 1982 he joined the TRB, touring extensively with the band, he appeared on the albums ''Hope and Glory'' (1984), ''Still Loving You'' (1986) and ''Love Over Rage'' (1994). He part composed Tom Robinson's top ten hit " War Baby" (198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramsden Baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Ramsden, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2008 The Ramsden, later Pennington, later Pennington-Ramsden Baronetcy, of Byram in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of England on 30 November 1689 for John Ramsden in honour of the services he had given during the Glorious Revolution. The manor of Huddersfield had been in the Ramsden family since 1599, and the baronets retained this manor until 1920, when it was sold to the Corporation of the County Borough of Huddersfield, along with the substantial Ramsden Estate. The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Appleby. The fourth Baronet represented Grampound in the House of Commons. The fifth Baronet sat as Liberal Member of Parliament for Taunton, Hythe, the West Riding of Yorkshire and Monmouth and served as Under-Secretary of State for War from 1857 to 1858. The si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramsden (other)
Ramsden may refer to: ;Places: * Ramsden, Orpington, England * Ramsden, Oxfordshire, England, a village and civil parish *Ramsden, Worcestershire, England, a hamlet *Ramsden Park, Toronto, Canada * Ramsden (crater), on the Moon *8001 Ramsden, an asteroid ;Other uses: *Ramsden (surname), people with the surname *Ramsden Baronets, two baronetcies * USS ''Ramsden'' (DE-382), a destroyer escort between 1943 and 1974 *Ramsden surveying instruments * Ramsden eyepiece See also *Ramsdens Cup, the former name for sponsorship reasons of the Scottish Challenge Cup The Scottish Professional Football League Challenge Cup,Harry Ramsden's, Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Havelock Ramsden
Major General William Havelock Chaplin Ramsden, (3 October 1888 – 16 December 1969) was a senior British Army officer, who is most notable for commanding the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division during the Second World War. Early life and First World War Born in Chester, Cheshire, England, on 3 October 1888, the son of Reverend Henry Plumptre Ramsden and Ethel Frances Alice Havelock, William Ramsden was educated at Bath College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, where he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the West India Regiment on 5 October 1910. Promoted to lieutenant on 2 October 1912, Ramsden served in the First World War with the 2nd Battalion of his regiment, initially in the Cameroons and in Nigeria with his regiment and then, from 19 March 1916, as a captain in the East Yorkshire Regiment. He served with the regiment on the Western Front, in France and Belgium, where he was awarded the Military Cross (MC) while attached to the 35th Battalion o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Ramsden
Walter Ramsden (4 October 1868 – 26 March 1947) was a British biochemist and physiologist. He discovered the phenomenon now known as Pickering stabilization in 1903, before the effect was independently rediscovered by Spencer U. Pickering in 1907. At age 14 Walter Ramsden withdrew from Manchester Grammar School to study privately at home. He matriculated at Keble College, Oxford and graduated there with a 1st Class in the school of physiology. By means of a Radcliffe Travelling Fellowship in Medical Sciences he studied from 1893 to 1896 at Zürich, at Vienna, and then at Guy's Hospital, qualifying M.B., B.Ch. in 1897 and graduating D.M. (Oxford) in 1902. In 1899 he was elected a Sheppard Medical Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford and held the Fellowship until his death. At Oxford he was a lecturer in physiological chemistry under Francis Gotch until 1913 and under C. S. Sherrington during the academic year 1913–1914. Ramsden was a founder member of the Biochemical Society i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Ramsden
Simon Paul Ramsden (born 17 December 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for Sunderland, Notts County, Grimsby Town, Rochdale, Bradford City, Motherwell, Gateshead and Whitby Town. Career Sunderland Born in Bishop Auckland, Ramsden started his career with Newton Aycliffe Youth Centre A.F.C., and was eventually scouted by Sunderland and after graduating from the club's youth academy he was promoted to the first team squad under Peter Reid during the 2001–02 season. He made his professional debut however for Notts County where he would spend the entire 2002–03 season on loan, with his debut coming on 24 August 2002, in the club's 2–0 league defeat against Wigan Athletic. In his absence Sunderland had dismissed Reid and his replacement Howard Wilkinson and were now under the stewardship of Mick McCarthy. On 24 January 2004 Ramsden came on as an 89th-minute substitute for Darren Williams in the club's FA Cup victory o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Ramsden (bishop)
Peter Stockton Ramsden (born 1951) is a retired British bishop in the Church of England who was the Bishop of Port Moresby in the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea from 2007 to 2014 and is currently, since 2015, an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Carlisle. Ramsden attended Birkenhead School and University College London, graduating BSc in 1974. He trained for ordination at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, and was ordained deacon in 1977 and priest in 1978. Ramsden served his title at St Michael and All Angels' Church, Houghton-le-Spring (1977–80) and a second curacy at All Saints and St Mary with St Martin, South Shields, (1980–83). He then served in Papua New Guinea, in the Diocese of Aipo Rongo (1983–90), returning to England to be priest-in-charge of St Mary the Virgin, Micklefield (1990–93), and again in Papua New Guinea (1993–96). He returned to England once more, as Vicar of St Bartholomew's Church, Long Benton St Bartholomew's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Ramsden
Peter Ramsden (9 May 1934 – 1 September 2002) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played at club level for Huddersfield and York, as a or , i.e. number 3 or 4, 6, or 13, during the era of contested scrums. Background Peter Ramsden was born in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and he died aged 68 in York, North Yorkshire, England. Playing career Challenge Cup Final appearances Peter Ramsden played , broke his nose after six minutes, scored two tries, and won the Lance Todd Trophy in Huddersfield's 15-10 victory over St. Helens in the 1952–53 Challenge Cup Final during the 1952–53 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 25 April 1953, in front of a crowd of 89,588, and played in the 6-12 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1961–62 Challenge Cup Final during the 1961–62 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 12 May 1962, in front of a crowd of 81,263.Briggs, Cyril & Edwards, Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Ramsden
Omar Ramsden (1873–1939) was a Sheffield-born silversmith. He was one of England's leading designers and makers of silverware. He lived on Fir Street in Walkley, Sheffield, Yorkshire, but spent his entire career working in London. Early life Born in 1873 in Sheffield, he was named after an uncle. The uncle, in turn, had been named after the Ottoman field marshal Omar Pasha. Ramsden & Carr Ramsden collaborated for many years with Alwyn Carr (1872-1940). Their first major work was in 1898 when they won a competition to design a mace for the new City of Sheffield: Sheffield had become a City in 1893. Following their competition success, they moved to London, establishing the Ramsden & Carr studio together in Chelsea, but their partnership ended in 1919. Ramsden's mark used after their split was ''OMAR RAMSDEN ME FECIT'' (Latin: 'Omar Ramsden made me'). He was made a member of the Royal Miniature Society in 1921 and exhibited over 90 works with the Society. Both Ramsden and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ramsden
Mary Ramsden (born 1984) is a British painter, who lives and works in London. Her work has been compared to Cy Twombly, with abstract gestural movements on the canvas. Biography Ramsden studied art at Leith School of Art (LSA) and Edinburgh College of Art. She continued her education and graduated in 2013 from the three-year postgraduate art school at the Royal Academy of Arts, RA, in London, studying with artists Richard Kirwan, Brian Griffiths and Vanessa Jackson. While still at the RA Ramsden's first solo gallery show was held in 2012 at Pilar Corrias and a second was held there in January 2015. In 2016–2017, Ramsden's first museum solo exhibition, titled "Mary Ramsden: (In / It)" was held at the Aspen Art Museum. The title of the exhibition was inspired by a Marianne Moore Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted for formal innovation, precise diction, irony, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvin Lee Ramsden
USS ''Ramsden'' (DE-382) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post-war, she performed other tasks with the U.S. Coast Guard and with the U.S. Navy as a radar picket ship. Namesake Marvin Lee Ramsden was born on 2 January 1919 at Pleasant Lake, North Dakota. He enlisted in the Navy on 21 May 1936 and reported for duty on on 8 October 1936. During the Battle of the Coral Sea on 8 May 1942, Coxswain Ramsden, a member of Lexington's crew throughout his career, remained at his exposed station, despite wounds, continuing to operate a rangefinder in the face of intense Japanese strafing and dive-bombing attacks until he died. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star. Construction and commissioning She was laid down 26 March 1943 by the Brown Shipbuilding Corp., Houston, Tex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
