Sprigge

	Sprigge Sprigge is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * A. B. S. Sprigge (1906–1980), English sculptor * Elizabeth Sprigge (1900–1979), English novelist and biographer * Joshua Sprigg or Joshua Sprigge (1618–1684), English theologian and preacher Samuel Squire Sprigge (1860–1937), English physician and medical editor Sylvia Sprigge (1903–1966), British journalist and author * Timothy Sprigge (1932–2007), British philosopher * William Sprigge (1678–1735), Irish politician See also Sprigg (other) Spriggs Spriggs is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Archibald E. Spriggs (1866–1921), lieutenant governor of Montana David Spriggs (footballer) (born 1981), Australian rules footballer Edmund Ivens Spriggs (1871–1949), British phy ... {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Samuel Squire Sprigge Sir Samuel Squire Sprigge (22 June 1860 – 17 June 1937) was an English physician, medical editor, and medical writer. Biography After education at Uppingham School from 1873 to 1878, he matriculated on 1 October 1878 at Caius College, Cambridge, graduating there BA in 1882. After medical training at St George's Hospital he qualified MRCS in 1886 and graduated MB BChir from the University of Cambridge in 1887. (At St George's Hospital he was surgical assistant to Timothy Holmes.) Sprigge was house surgeon to West London Hospital, house physician to the Brompton Hospital, and clinical assistant to the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street. He practised for sometime in Mayfair, London. In 1904 he graduated MA and MD from the University of Cambridge. In 1911 Sprigge was president of the Society of Authors. During the early part of WWI, Sprigge, with Dr. H. A. Des Voeux, organised and administered the Belgian Doctors' and Pharmacists' Relief Fund. For this charitable work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Timothy Sprigge Timothy Lauro Squire Sprigge (14 January 1932 – 11 July 2007), usually cited as T. L. S. Sprigge, was a British idealist philosopher who spent the latter portion of his career at the University of Edinburgh, where he was Professor of Logic and Metaphysics, and latterly an Emeritus Fellow. Biography Sprigge was educated at the Dragon School, Oxford, and Bryanston School in Dorset. He studied English at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (1952–1955), then switched to philosophy, completing his PhD under A. J. Ayer. He taught philosophy at University College, London and Sussex University before becoming Regius Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at the University of Edinburgh. Long concerned with the nature of experience and the relationship between mind and reality, Sprigge was the philosopher who first posed the question made famous by Thomas Nagel: "What is it like to be a bat?"Jane O'Grady"Timothy Sprigge" ''The Guardian'', 4 September 2007. Throughout his career he ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Elizabeth Sprigge Elizabeth Miriam Squire Sprigge (10 June 1900, in Kensington – 9 December 1974) was an English novelist, biographer, translator, and children's writer. Biography Elizabeth Sprigge was the elder daughter of Sir Samuel Squire Sprigge, editor of ''The Lancet''. On 23 July 1921 she married Mark Napier-Clavering (1898–1983), a business agent employed by Debenhams, who on 27 May 1924 dropped 'Clavering' from his name by deed poll, it having been adopted by his grandfather, Rev. John Warren Napier. He was a descendant of Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier. They were divorced in 1945, having had two daughters: Julyan Napier (1922–2005) and Ruth Napier (1923–1996). From her late twenties until the end of her life, Elizabeth Sprigge published steadily. She might be best remembered for her 1973 biography of her long-time friend Ivy Compton-Burnett. According to Joyce Carol Oates, Hilary Spurling's "exhaustively researched" ''Life of I. Compton-Burnett'' (Knopf, 1984) ".. seems t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sylvia Sprigge Sylvia Sprigge (1903–1966) was a British journalist and writer. Sprigge and her husband Cecil Sprigge (1896–1959), a prominent Berlin correspondent of The Times, were correspondents for English newspapers in Rome, including the Manchester Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ... from 1943 to 1953. She was also a correspondent in Berlin and authored several books.(Critic noted her 'incomplete' biography and errors in her account of B. Berenson) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sprigge, Sylvia 1903 births 1966 deaths British women journalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	William Sprigge William Sprigge (1678 – 15 August 1735) was an Irish politician. Sprigge served in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Tralee between 1723 and 1727. He was then elected to sit for Banagher from 1729 until his death in 1735.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.124 (Retrieved 29 February 2016). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sprigge, William 1678 births 1735 deaths Irish MPs 1715–1727 Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kerry constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for King's County constituencies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Joshua Sprigg Joshua Sprigg or Sprigge ( Banbury, 1618–1684) was an English Independent theologian and preacher. He acted as chaplain to Sir Thomas Fairfax, general for the Parliamentarians, and wrote or co-wrote the 1647 book ''Anglia Rediviva'', a history of the part played up to that time by Fairfax's army in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. He studied at New Inn Hall, Oxford, and took an M. A. at the University of Edinburgh. He then became a parish priest in London, at the church of St. Pancras, Soper Lane. He later was a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, imposed by Parliament after their victory. Some contemporary scholarship also attributes to him the authorship of the anonymous pamphlet ''Ancient Bounds'' from 1645,Barbara Kiefer, ''The Authorship of "Ancient Bounds"'', Church History, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Sep., 1953), pp. 192-196. a major work of the period on freedom of conscience; this had previously been thought to be from the pen of Francis Rous. Sprigg is featured at the end o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sprigg (other) Sprigg may refer to: People * James Cresap Sprigg (1802-1852), American politician who represented Kentucky as a United States Representative John Gordon Sprigg (1830–1913), Prime Minister of the Cape Colony Joshua Sprigg (1618-1684), English Independent theologian and preacher * Michael Sprigg (1791-1845), American politician who represented Maryland as a U.S. Representative; brother of James Cresap Sprigg * Reg Sprigg (1919-1994), Australian geologist Richard Sprigg, Jr. (c. 1769–1806), American politician who represented Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives and later served as a state court justice Richard Keith Sprigg (1922-2011), British linguist * Samuel Sprigg (1783-1855), American politician who served as Governor of Maryland from 1819 to 1822 Thomas Sprigg (1747–1809), American politician who represented the fourth district of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives from 1793 to 1797 William Sprigg Hall (1832-1875), American lawyer and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]