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Siddons is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anne Rivers Siddons (1936-2019), American novelist * Bill Siddons, manager of the band The Doors (1968–1972) * Harold Siddons (1922–1963), Northern Irish actor * Frederick Lincoln Siddons (1864–1931), U.S. federal judge * Jamie Siddons (born 1964), Australian cricketer * John Siddons (1927–2016), retired Australian politician * Michael Siddons (born 1928), Wales Herald of Arms Extraordinary * Michael John Siddons-Corby (born 1951), English guitarist * Royston Siddons (1899–1976), Australian industrialist * Sarah Siddons (1775–1831), British actress * Dame Sarah Elizabeth Siddons Mair (1846–1941), Scottish suffragette campaigner * William Siddons (1864–1893), English footballer See also * Sarah Siddons Award The Sarah Siddons Award, established in 1952, is presented annually to an actor for an outstanding performance in a Chicago theatrical production. The winner receives a statuette of the Wel ...
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Anne Rivers Siddons
Anne Rivers Siddons (born Sybil Anne Rivers, January 9, 1936 – September 11, 2019) was an American novelist who wrote stories set in the southern United States. Early years The only child of Marvin and Katherine Rivers, she was born in Atlanta, Georgia, was raised in Fairburn, Georgia, and attended Auburn University, where she majored in illustration after initially studying architecture. She was named Loveliest of the Plains and was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. While at Auburn she wrote a column for the student newspaper, '' The Auburn Plainsman'', that favored integration. The university administration attempted to suppress the column (when she refused to reconsider what she wrote, the piece ran with a disclaimer), and ultimately fired her, and the column garnered national attention. Career Following her college graduation, Siddons worked in advertising, but her desire to write led her to journalism, and in 1963 she became a writer for ''Atlanta'' magazine, w ...
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Royston Siddons
Royston Siddons (15 December 1899 – 24 November 1976) was an Australian metal working industrialist. Siddons founded an industrial empire Siddons Industries Ltd, with subsidiaries in six countries and 1500 employees. SIL included Siddons Drop Forgings and Siddons Rolled Steel, created the Sidchrome Sidchrome is an Australian brand of mechanics' tools. It is a subsidiary of Stanley Black & Decker. History The brand emerged when Royston Siddons' Siddons Drop Forgings Pty Ltd turned to tool making to fill post war shortages after World War II. ... brand, and franchisee for Ramset. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Siddons, Royston 1899 births 1976 deaths People from Victoria (Australia) 20th-century Australian businesspeople ...
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Siddons Point
Siddins Point () is a point projecting into the middle of the head of Hero Bay on the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 for Captain Richard Siddins, Master of the Australian sealer Lynx of Sydney, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21 and 1821–22. Until 2011 the name was incorrectly spelt 'Siddons Point'.Minutes of Meeting at the British Antarctic Survey, 6 October 2011.
UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2011.


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Siddons Patera
This is a list of geological features on Venus. Venus is the second planet from the Sun. Venus is classified as a terrestrial planet and it is sometimes called Earth's "sister planet" owing to their similar size, gravity, and bulk composition (Venus is both the closest planet to Earth and the planet closest in size to Earth). The surface of Venus is covered by a dense atmosphere and presents clear evidence of former violent volcanic activity. It has shield and composite volcanoes similar to those found on Earth. Valles Cytherean valleys are called by the Latin term ''valles'', and are named after river goddesses or after words for the planet Venus (including terms for the ''morning star'' or ''evening star'' specifically) in various languages. Undae Undae on Venus refer to dune fields and are named after desert goddesses. Tesserae Tesserae are areas of polygonal terrain. They are named after goddesses in world mythologies. Rupes Scarps on Venus are called rupes and are ...
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Sarah Siddons Award
The Sarah Siddons Award, established in 1952, is presented annually to an actor for an outstanding performance in a Chicago theatrical production. The winner receives a statuette of the Welsh stage actress Sarah Siddons. It is awarded by the Sarah Siddons Society, an American non-profit organization founded in 1952 by prominent Chicago theatre patrons with the goal of promoting excellence in the theatre. History The Society and its award were inspired by a fictional award depicted in the opening scene of the Joseph L. Mankiewicz film ''All About Eve'', winner of the 1950 Academy Award for Best Picture. The film opens with the image of an award trophy, described by character Addison DeWitt (George Sanders) as the "highest honour our theater knows: the Sarah Siddons Award for Distinguished Achievement." The award was invented by Mankiewicz for the script. In 1952, a small group of eminent Chicago theater-goers, including actress Edith Luckett Davis, mother of future First Lady ...
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William Siddons
William Henry Siddons (Quarter 3 1864 – 1893) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers, Darwen and Walsall Town Swifts. He had also been a regular with Birmingham St George's. He died of congestion of the kidneys on 4 February 1893, aged just 29, having played for Redditch F.C. against Stourbridge F.C. the month before. Early career Aged 19/20 Siddons signed for Aston Villa and was there in the 1884-1885 season. In 1885, aged 21/22 he signed for Birmingham Excelsior. Wikipedia records that 1885-86 was Birmingham Excelsior' best season winning the Birmingham Senior Cup. In 1886, aged 22/23 he was on the books of Mitchell St. George's. This was a club formed by two clubs amalgamating in 1886 (See Wikipedia article) and were active in the FA Cup. In 1888 Siddons headed North to Bolton Wanderers and played in Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founde ...
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Sarah Mair
Dame Sarah Elizabeth Siddons Mair (23 September 1846 – 13 February 1941) was a Scottish campaigner for women's education and women's suffrage. She was active in the Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women and the Ladies' Edinburgh Debating Society, which she founded before she was 20. Life Born into a well-to-do family in Edinburgh, Sarah was the daughter of Major Arthur Mair of the 62nd Regiment and Elizabeth Harriot Mair (''née'' Siddons). She was the granddaughter of actor Henry Siddons and great-granddaughter of actress Sarah Siddons. The family lived at 29 Abercromby Place in Edinburgh's Second New Town. When Mair was 19, she started the Edinburgh Essay Society, soon renamed the Ladies' Edinburgh Debating Society. She became its president and remained so for 70 years. The society met in the spacious Mair family home in the New Town and offered Edinburgh women of a certain background the chance to discuss social questions, while learning public spe ...
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Sarah Siddons
Sarah Siddons (''née'' Kemble; 5 July 1755 – 8 June 1831) was a Welsh actress, the best-known tragedienne of the 18th century. Contemporaneous critic William Hazlitt dubbed Siddons as "tragedy personified". She was the elder sister of John Philip Kemble, Charles Kemble, Stephen Kemble, Ann Hatton, and Elizabeth Whitlock, and the aunt of Fanny Kemble. She was most famous for her portrayal of the Shakespearean character, Lady Macbeth, a character she made her own, as well as for fainting at the sight of the Elgin Marbles in London. The Sarah Siddons Society, founded in 1952, continues to present the Sarah Siddons Award annually in Chicago to a distinguished actress. Background The 18th-century marked the 'emergence of a recognisably modern celebrity culture' and Siddons was at the heart of it. Portraits depicted actresses in aristocratic dress, the recently industrialised newspapers spread actresses' names and images and gossip about their private lives spread through the ...
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Michael Corby
Michael John Siddons-Corby aka Mike Corby (born 3 July 1944, Windsor, Berkshire, England) is a former British guitarist who was the founder of the 1970s mein rock/light metal group The Babys and responsible (along with manager Adrian Millar) for creating the band’s concept.Jeff Giles. (23 May 2013).The Babys’ Original Members Battle as New Lineup Releases Single, ''Ultimate Classic Rock'' Retrieved 4 February 2015.TK Smith. (2013).", ''The Electric Beard''. Retrieved 4 February 2015. Corby was forced out of the group by Producer Terry Ellis in 28 August 1978 during the recording of their third album ''Head First Head First or Headfirst may refer to: Music * ''Head First'' (The Babys album) (1979) * ''Head First'' (Badfinger album) (recorded 1974, released 2000) * ''Head First'' (Goldfrapp album) (2010), or its title track * ''Head First'' (Uriah Hee ...''. References 1944 births Living people English rock guitarists Lead guitarists British hard rock musi ...
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Bill Siddons
Bill Siddons (born 1948) is an American music manager. He is best known for managing The Doors from 1968 to 1972. The Doors Siddons began his career as a teenage roadie with The Doors while attending Cal State Long Beach and six months later was asked to be the manager of the band in 1968. Siddons said in response about his initial meeting with singer Jim Morrison: "So what was my first impression of Jim? He scared me to death." When Morrison died in Paris on July 3, 1971, Pamela Courson (Morrison's girlfriend) immediately contacted Siddons. He flew to Paris and arranged the funeral and burial with Courson. However, he never saw Morrison's body due to there being a closed casket and his aversion to seeing his friend dead. “We buried Jim correctly,” says Siddons, “and that perhaps was my greatest achievement: making sure we kept it quiet until it was done the right way. Nothing to hide, but we knew what was going to happen because we'd just been through it with Jimi and Jani ...
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Michael Siddons
Michael Powell Siddons (born 1928) was Wales Herald of Arms Extraordinary. He was appointed in November 1994, following the death of Francis Jones and retired 30 June 2010. In addition to the publications listed below, he has authored numerous articles on heraldic and genealogical subjects. Siddons also serves as the president of the Cardiganshire Family History Society. Publications *Michael Powell Siddons. ''The Development of Welsh Heraldry''. (Aberystwyth, Cardiff: 1991–1993). *Michael Powell Siddons. ''Visitations by the Heralds in Wales''. (The Harleian Society, London: 1996). *Michael Powell Siddons. ''The Visitation of Herefordshire 1634''. (The Harleian Society, London: 2002). *Michael Powell Siddons. ''Welsh Pedigree Rolls''. (National Library of Wales, Cardiff: 1996). Arms See also * Heraldry *Herald A herald, or a herald of arms, is an officer of arms, ranking between pursuivant and king of arms. The title is commonly applied more broadly to all o ...
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John Siddons
John Royston Siddons (5 October 1927 – 22 September 2016) was an Australian politician. He was a businessman and the executive chairman of Siddons Industries Ltd. before entering politics. Siddons was born on 5 October 1927 in Melbourne, the second child of Agnes Emily née Smith and Royston Siddons an industrialist and founder of the Sidchrome and Ramset brands in Australia. John would work in the family business, eventually replacing Royston as chairman. In 1980, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Democrats senator for Victoria. He was defeated at the 1983 election, when he was required to take second place on the Democrats ticket in deference to party leader Don Chipp. He was, however, re-elected in the 1984 election, when seven places were up for election due to the expansion of the Parliament. In 1986, he left the Democrats, claiming that the party had moved too far to the left. In 1987, he registered the Unite Australia Party, amalgamating two other minor ...
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