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Sidgwick
Sidgwick is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Sidgwick (1840–1920), English classical scholar and schoolteacher * Cecily Sidgwick (1854–1934), British novelist * Eleanor Sidgwick (1845–1936), English activist for higher education of women * Henry Sidgwick (1838–1900), English philosopher and economist * Mary Sidgwick Benson (1841–1918), English hostess, wife of Edward Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury * Nevil Sidgwick (1873–1952), English theoretical chemist * Robert Sidgwick (1851–1934), English cricketer * Rose Sidgwick (1877–1918), British university teacher, co-founder of International Federation of University Women See also * Sedgewick (other) * Sedgwick (other) * Sidgwick & Jackson, imprint of the publishing company Pan Macmillan * Sidgwick Avenue, road in Cambridge, England * Sidgwick Site, University of Cambridge {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidgwick Avenue
Sidgwick Avenue is a road located in western Cambridge, England. The avenue runs east-west and links Grange Road, Cambridge, Grange Road to the west with Queen's Road, Cambridge, Queen's Road to the east. The line of the road continues northeast into central Cambridge as Silver Street, Cambridge, Silver Street. Sidgwick Avenue is flanked by Newnham College, Cambridge, Newnham College, Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Ridley Hall, Selwyn College, Cambridge, Selwyn College and the Sidgwick Site of the University of Cambridge. Location The majority of the southern side of the avenue is occupied by Newnham College, Cambridge, Newnham College with Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Ridley Hall ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Sidgwick
Arthur Sidgwick (1840–1920) was an English classical scholar who had an early career as a schoolteacher. Despite his self-deprecating remark "in erudition I am naught", he is considered a great teacher of ancient Greek poetry. He also became an important figure in the advancement of female education at the University of Oxford. The early life The fourth son and fifth child of the Rev. William Sidgwick (died 1841) and his wife Mary Crofts, he was born at Skipton, Yorkshire; Henry Sidgwick was his older brother. He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1859, and graduating B.A. as second classic in 1863. He was President of the Cambridge Union in 1863. As was Henry, he was elected to the Cambridge Apostles. They tried, but failed, to have F. W. H. Myers elected also. The Rugby revolt A Fellow of Trinity College from 1864 to 1879, Sidgwick was for that period an assistant master to Rugby School, invited to return by Frederick Temple, headm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecily Sidgwick
Cecily Wilhelmine Ullmann Sidgwick (1854 – 10 August 1934) was a British novelist. She published 45 novels, mostly about the Jewish experience in England and Germany, under the names Mrs. Alfred Ullmann Sidgwick and Andrew Dean. Cecily Wilhelmine Ullmann was born in 1854 in Islington, London to German-Jewish parents, David Ullmann and Wilhelmine Auguste Flaase Ullmann. In 1883, she married Alfred Sidgwick, logician and philosopher at Owens College in Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs .... Most of her novels dealt with the marriages of middle-class Jewish families, and she touched on subjects including anti-Semitism, interfaith marriage, and suicide. Cecily Sidgwick died on 10 August 1934 in St Buryan, Cornwall. Partial bibliography References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Sidgwick
Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick (née Balfour; 11 March 1845 – 10 February 1936) was a physics researcher assisting Lord Rayleigh, an activist for the higher education of women, Principal of Newnham College of the University of Cambridge, and a leading figure in the Society for Psychical Research. Biography Eleanor Mildred Balfour was born in East Lothian, daughter of James Maitland Balfour and Lady Blanche Harriet. She was born into perhaps the most prominent political clan in 19th-century Britain, the 'Hotel Cecil': her brother Arthur would eventually himself become prime minister. Her sister was biologist Alice Blanche Balfour. Another brother, Frank, also a biologist, died young in a climbing accident. One of the first students at Newnham College in Cambridge, in 1876 she married (and became converted to feminism by) the philosopher Henry Sidgwick. In 1880 she became Vice-Principal of Newnham under the founding Principal Anne Clough, succeeding as principal on Clough's death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Sidgwick
Henry Sidgwick (; 31 May 1838 – 28 August 1900) was an English Utilitarianism, utilitarian philosopher and economist and is best known in philosophy for his utilitarian treatise ''The Methods of Ethics''. His work in economics has also had a lasting influence. He was the Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy, Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge from 1883 until his death. He was one of the founders and first president of the Society for Psychical Research and a member of the Metaphysical Society and promoted the higher education of women. In 1875, with Millicent Garrett Fawcett, he co-founded Newnham College, a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It was the second Cambridge college to admit women, after Girton College, Cambridge, Girton College. In 1856, Sidgwick joined the Cambridge Apostles intellectual secret society. Biography Henry Sidgwick was born at Skipton in Yorkshire, where his father, the Reverend W. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Sidgwick Benson
Mary Benson (née Sidgwick; 1841–1918) was an English hostess of the Victorian era. She was the wife of Edward Benson, who during their marriage became Archbishop of Canterbury. Their children included several prolific authors and contributors to cultural life. During her marriage, she was involved with Lucy Tait (11 February 1856 – 5 December 1938), daughter of the previous Archbishop of Canterbury. She was described by William Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British politican, starting as Conservative MP for Newark and later becoming the leader of the Liberal Party. In a career lasting over 60 years, he was Prime Minister ..., the British Prime Minister, as the 'cleverest woman in Europe'. Life Mary Sidgwick was born in Britain in 1841, at Skipton, Yorkshire, the only daughter of Rev. William Sidgwick of Skipton, Yorkshire, who was a headmaster, and his wife, Mary (née Crofts), whose parents were the Rev. Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevil Sidgwick
Nevil Vincent Sidgwick FRS (8 May 1873 – 15 March 1952) was an English theoretical chemist who made significant contributions to the theory of valency and chemical bonding. Biography Sidgwick was born in Park Town, Oxford, the elder of two children of William Carr Sidgwick, lecturer at Oriel College, and Sarah Isabella (née Thompson), descended from a notable family; her uncle was Thomas Perronet Thompson. He was initially educated at Summer Fields School but, after a year, he entered Rugby School in 1886. From there he was elected to an open scholarship in Natural Science at Christ Church, Oxford. He gained a first in 1895, and went on to gain another first in Greats in 1897, a very rare feat. His principal interest, though, was science, and he spent some time in Wilhelm Ostwald’s laboratory in Germany, where he fell ill and had to go home. He returned to Germany in the autumn of 1899, this time in Hans von Pechmann’s lab at the University of Tübingen. His researc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Sidgwick
Robert Sidgwick (7 August 1851 – 1934) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played nine matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1882, and one game for Jamaica against R.S. Lewis' XI in 1894/95. Born in Embsay, near Skipton, Yorkshire, England, Sidgwick was a right-handed batsman, who scored 72 runs at 4.80, with a best score of 17 against Kent. He also took seven catches in the field. Sidgwick died in 1934 in Kingston Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the six most populated: ** Kingston, Jamaica ** Kingston upon Hull, England ** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia ** Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Thames, ..., Jamaica. References External linksCricinfo Profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Sidgwick
Rose Sidgwick (Rugby, 1877 – New York, 1918), was a British university teacher and one of the founders of the International Federation of University Women. Life and career Rose was born on 9 January 1877, the second daughter of Charlotte Sophia Wilson (1853–1924) and Arthur Sidgwick (1840–1920). After the Oxford Girls High School, she received an honours degree in modern history at Oxford. In 1902, she enrolled in the Diploma of Education and passed the examination – with Distinction – one year later. At Somerville College she worked as temporary tutor in history and after a few years, as librarian. Sidgwick continued her career at the University of Birmingham, where she was appointed as assistant lecturer in History. In addition she was involved in training programs for social workers and supporting the Workers Educational Association. During a trip to the USA in 1918, Rose, as a member of a British delegation, met several representatives of American universities a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sedgewick (other)
''Sedgewick'' could refer to: * Robert Sedgewick (other), several people * Sedgwick Avenue, Bronx The Bronx ( ) is the northernmost of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It shares a land border with Westchester County, New York, West ..., New York * Sedgewick, Alberta, place *'' General Sedgewick'', a U.S. Army Ship in the American Civil War See also * Sedgwick (other) {{disambig, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sedgwick (other)
Sedgwick may refer to: People *Sedgwick (surname) Places Australia * Sedgwick, Victoria England * Sedgwick, Cumbria, England * Sedgwick, West Sussex, England * Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, England United States * Sedgwick, Arkansas * Sedgwick, Colorado * Sedgwick, Kansas * Sedgwick, Maine * Sedgwick, Missouri * Sedgwick, Wisconsin * Sedgwick County, Colorado * Sedgwick County, Kansas * Sedgwick Avenue, Bronx, New York * Sedgwick Township, Harvey County, Kansas Schools * Sedgwick Middle School in West Hartford, Connecticut * Sedgwick Elementary School in Cupertino, California Transport * Sedgwick station (CTA), a Chicago 'L' station * Sedgwick station (SEPTA), a commuter rail station in Philadelphia Companies * Sedgwick Group, a British insurance broker See also * Sedgewick (other) ''Sedgewick'' could refer to: * Robert Sedgewick (other), several people * Sedgwick Avenue, Bronx The Bronx ( ) is the northernmost of the five Boroughs of New Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidgwick & Jackson
Sidgwick & Jackson was an imprint of book publishing company Pan Macmillan. Formerly it was an independent publisher; as such, it was founded in Britain in 1908. Its early authors include poet Rupert Brooke and novelist E.M. Forster. In more recent times it helped launch the careers of Lynda La Plante, Shirley Conran and Judith Krantz. It was dissolved in 2015. The managing director from 1968 to 1995 was William Armstrong; the company and Armstrong were said to have encouraged individuality and entrepreneurship among staff. Armstrong was also the father of the singer Dido. Their archives from 1903 to 1966 are held by the Bodleian Library, Oxford Oxford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuou .... References External linksSidgwick & Jackson's official web page { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
