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Stansby
Stansby is a surname, derived from places in England called '' Stainsby''. Notable people with the surname include: *JoAnna Stansby, American bridge player *Lew Stansby (born 1940), American bridge player *William Stansby William Stansby (1572–1638) was a London printer and publisher of the Jacobean and Caroline eras, working under his own name from 1610. One of the most prolific printers of his time, Stansby is best remembered for publishing the landmark first ... (1572–1638), English printer and publisher {{surname English-language surnames English toponymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stansby
William Stansby (1572–1638) was a London printer and publisher of the Jacobean and Caroline eras, working under his own name from 1610. One of the most prolific printers of his time, Stansby is best remembered for publishing the landmark first folio collection of the works of Ben Jonson in 1616. Life As for many individuals of his time, Stansby's date of birth is unrecorded – though the event likely occurred shortly before his baptism on 8 July 1572. He was one of fourteen children of Richard Stansby, a cutler from Exeter. At Christmas 1589/90 William Stansby was apprenticed to the London stationer John Windet; Stansby completed his apprenticeship and became a freeman of the Stationers Company, the guild of London printers and booksellers, on 7 January 1597. Stansby remained with Windet, first as a journeyman and then in 1609 as partner in his house at the sign of the Cross Keys, until Windet's death in 1610. Windet left a half-share of his business (well equipped with three p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lew Stansby
Lew Stansby (born 1940) is an American bridge player from Dublin, California. Lew, a former commodities trader lives with wife and fellow national champion JoAnna Stansby. Since his first national win in the Reisinger in 1965, he has won over 35 national championships and seven world championships, accumulating a win in every decade since 1965. Stansby was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2001. Bridge accomplishments Honors * ACBL Hall of Fame, 2001"Induction by Year" ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-17. Awards * (1) 2000 * Herman ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JoAnna Stansby
JoAnna Stansby is an American bridge player. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (7) ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1998 ** North American Pairs (1) 2002 ** Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2010 ** Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (1) 2005 ** Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2004 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 2001, 2008 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1999 ** North American Pairs (1) 1997 ** Grand National Teams (1) 2006 ** Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (2) 2004, 2007 ** Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams The Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC) and is a four session board-a-match event, two qualifying sessions and two final sess ... (2) 1996, 2006 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2004 References External links * American contract bridge pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stainsby (other) (1898–1942), an Australian rules footballer
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Stainsby may refer to: * Stainsby, Derbyshire, a village in Derbyshire, England * Stainsby, Lincolnshire, a location in England * Stainsby, North Yorkshire, an abandoned village in England * Stainsby procedure, a form of arthroplasty People with the surname * John Stainsby (1937–2000), an English professional footballer * Les Stainsby Leslie Arthur Stainsby (7 June 1898 – 29 April 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Stainsby spent two seasons at Collingwood, after arriving at the club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language Surnames
English is a West Germanic languages, 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 language, Scots, and then closest related to the Low German, Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is Genetic relationship (linguistics), genealogically West Germanic language, West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by Langues d'oïl, dialects of France (about List of English words of French origin, 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 (Ingvae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
