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Susannah (given Name)
Susannah is a feminine given name. It is an English version of the Hebrew name Shoshana, meaning lily. Behind the Name. Accessed on July 11, 2011. Other variants of the name include Susanna, Susana, Susan, Suzanne, and Susie. Notable people bearing this name include: * |
Susanna (given Name)
Susanna is a feminine first name, of Egyptian and Persian origin. It is the name of women in the Biblical books of Daniel and Luke. It is often spelled Susannah, although Susanna is the original spelling. It is derived from the Egyptian shoshen meaning "lotus flower". Arabic سوسن (Sausan) meaning "lily". Persian سوسن (Susan) is the Persian spelling of this name and the Armenian: Susan, Shushan-Սուսան (Սուսաննա)= Շուշան (Շուշաննա, Շուշանիկ) is means a flower Lilium (Լիլիա). The spelling Susanna is used in Sweden, Italy, the Netherlands and Finland, as well as in the English-speaking world. The spelling Zuzana is used in Czech Republic and Slovakia and spelling Zsuzsanna in Hungary. In Poland it is Zuzanna. Even though very uncommon, it is also spelled Susana in Spain and Portugal, where it is more common. The Hebrew form Shoshana is still commonly used by Jewish people in the diaspora and in contemporary Israel, often shortened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susannah Darwin
Susannah Darwin (née Wedgwood, 3 January 1765–15 July 1817) was the wife of Robert Darwin, a wealthy doctor, and mother of naturalist Charles Darwin, and part of the Wedgwood pottery family. Life She was the daughter of Josiah and Sarah Wedgwood and grew up at Etruria Hall, the Wedgwood family home in Stoke on Trent (completed in 1771). Josiah Wedgwood's business was already successful and expanding when she was born, and she grew up in increasingly comfortable circumstances. She was the oldest of the Wedgwood's eight children, known as "Sukey" within the family. Her baptism in January 1765, at home because of bad weather, was followed by a lobster dinner, with port, for the family, though as a sign of things to come, her father had to leave early to deal with business matters. At the age of seven she was sent to a boarding school in Manchester but returned home for the summer holidays "full of pouks, & boils & humours", according to a letter by her father, so was taken to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susannah Martin
Susannah Martin (née North, baptized September 30, 1621 – July 19, 1692) was one of fourteen women executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials of colonial Massachusetts. Early life The English-born Martin was the fourth daughter, and youngest child, of Richard North and Joan North (née Bartram). Her mother died when she was a child. Her stepmother was Ursula North. Martin was baptized in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England on 30 September 1621, Her family moved to Salisbury, Massachusetts around 1639 when she was about 18 years old. On August 11, 1646 at Salisbury, Susannah married a widower George Martin, a blacksmith with whom she had eight children. In 1669, Susannah was first formally accused of witchcraft by William Sargent, Jr. In turn, George Martin sued Sargent for two counts of slander against Susannah, one for accusing her of being a witch, and another for claiming one of her sons was a bastard and another was her "imp". Martin withdrew the second count, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disappearance Of Suzy Lamplugh
Susannah Jane Lamplugh (; born 3 May 1961) was a British estate agent reported missing on 28 July 1986 (aged 25) in Fulham, London, England, United Kingdom. She was officially declared dead, presumed murdered, in 1993. The last clue to Lamplugh's whereabouts was an appointment to show a house in Shorrolds Road to someone she referred to as "Mr Kipper". As of 2023, the case remains unsolved. John Cannan, a convicted criminal responsible for the murder of Shirley Banks in 1987 and many other rapes, abductions and attempted abductions since his release from a nearby prison three days before Lamplugh's disappearance, is the only suspect in the murder of Lamplugh. In November 2002, the Crown Prosecution Service decided that there was insufficient evidence to charge Cannan, but that month police announced at a press conference, in an extremely rare move, that they believed Cannan was the man who murdered her. Cannan himself says he knows who killed Lamplugh, and states that this pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susannah Willard Johnson
Susannah Willard Johnson (February 20, 1729/30 – November 27, 1810) was an Anglo-American woman who was captured with her family during an Abenaki Indian raid on Charlestown, New Hampshire in August 1754, just after the outbreak of the French and Indian War. Johnson and her family were marched for weeks through the wilderness of New England and Quebec before arriving at the Abenaki village in Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec. The Johnsons were held for ransom until being sold off into slavery to the French. After her release in 1758, Johnson returned to her home in Charlestown. Beginning in 1796, she recorded a full account of her ordeal. The first edition of her narrative was composed by John Curtis Chamberlain (using information from Johnson's oral testimony and notes) and appeared in small circulation later that year; subsequent editions were revised and edited by Johnson and published in 1807, and posthumously in 1814. Her harrowing memoir, although not the first work in the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susannah Johnson
Susannah Johnson (born September 30, 1990) is an American gymnast. She was a senior-level gymnast for the United States Gymnastics national team. Johnson retired in November 2009 after the Trampoline and Tumbling World Championships and is now a trampoline instructor. Johnson is originally from Roanoke, Virginia Roanoke ( ) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 100,011, making it the 8th most populous city in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the largest city in Virginia west of Richmond. It is lo .... References 1990 births Living people American female trampolinists 21st-century American women {{Trampolining-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susannah Holford
Susannah West Holford, Lady Holford (''née'' Wilson; 15 May 1864''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837–1915'' – 18 December 1943)''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007'' was an English socialite. She was the daughter of to Arthur and Mary Wilson of Tranby Croft, Yorkshire. Her second husband was Sir George Holford who owned Dorchester House in London, Westonbirt House in Gloucestershire, and Westonbirt Arboretum which is still enjoyed by the public today. Early life Susannah was the eldest child of Arthur and Mary Wilson who between 1864 and 1876 had seven children. The Wilsons were a wealthy family who had made their money from a shipping line, Thomas Wilson Sons & Co., founded by Susannah's grandfather Thomas in about 1840. Arthur with his brother inherited the firm and continued to manage and develop it. Soon after Susannah was born the Wilsons went to live at Wolfreton Grange, Kirk Ella in the East Riding of Yorkshire. In 1874 the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susannah Harker
Susannah Harker (born 26 April 1965) is an English film, television, and theatre actor. She was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award in 1990 for her role as Mattie Storin in ''House of Cards''. She played Jane Bennet in the 1995 TV adaptation of ''Pride and Prejudice.'' Early life and education Harker was born in London. She is the daughter of actors Polly Adams and Richard Owens. She and her younger sister, Caroline, were brought up as Catholics and educated at a "strict" independent convent boarding school run by nuns in Sussex, and at the Central School of Speech and Drama in North London. Acting career Harker has acted in both contemporary and classic works, on stage, in movies and in TV series. In 1990–91 she appeared alongside Clive Owen in '' Chancer'', and as the journalist Mattie Storin in the original ''House of Cards''. She later played Dinah Morris in the 1991 adaptation of ''Adam Bede''. She starred as Jane Bennet in the 1995 TV adaptation of Jane Austen's ''Pride an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susannah Hagan
Susannah Hagan, FRSA (born 1951) is the founding Director of R_E_D (Research into Environment + Design) and Professor and School Research Leader at the Royal College of Art School of Architecture. She has written and lectured extensively on the theory and practice of environmental design, in particular, environmentally led urban design. Hagan's major publications include ''City Fights: Debates on Sustainable Cities'' (James & James (Science) Publishers, London, 2000); ''Taking Shape: A New Contract between Architecture and Nature'' (Architectural Press, Oxford, 2001); and ''Digitalia: Architecture and the Environmental, the Digital and the Avant-garde'' (Routledge, London, 2008). Biography Hagan was born in London and raised in England and the United States. She studied English and French literature at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, receiving a Bachelor of Arts with Honors degree in 1973. She then moved to New York City, where she attended the Graduate School of Arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susannah Gunning
Susannah Gunning, ''née'' Minifie (c. 1740 – 28 August 1800 London) was a British writer and novelist. She and her family were the centre of a society scandal in 1791 which revolved around a suitor for her daughter, Elizabeth Gunning (translator), Elizabeth Gunning. Biography Susannah Gunning was one of at least two daughters of Reverend Dr. James Minifie. Her sister was Margaret Minifie.Gunning Family Overview Unl.edu. Retrieved 10 August 2011. Not much is known about her life prior to the publication of her first novel in 1763. By this point, she lived in Fairwater, Somerset. On 8 August 1768, she married Captain John Gunning (soldier), John Gunning of the 65th Regiment of Foot, who distinguished himself at the Battle of Bunker Hil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susannah Grant
Susannah Grant (born January 4, 1963) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. Life and career Grant was born in New York City. She studied at Amherst College and attended the AFI Conservatory. From 1994 to 1997 she worked on television as the producer and major writer of the Fox drama series ''Party of Five''. She wrote the screenplays for ''Ever After'', ''Erin Brockovich (film), Erin Brockovich'', directed by Steven Soderbergh, ''28 Days (film), 28 Days'', and Disney's ''Pocahontas (1995 film), Pocahontas''. For ''Erin Brockovich'' she received an Oscars, Oscar nomination in 2001. After her Academy Award nomination, Grant adapted ''In Her Shoes (2005 film), In Her Shoes'' and ''Charlotte's Web (2006 film), Charlotte's Web'' for the screen and wrote and directed ''Catch and Release (2006 film), Catch and Release'', starring Jennifer Garner and Timothy Olyphant. She is also a Miss Porter's School alumna as well as an Amherst College alumna, having graduated in 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susannah Fowle
Susannah Fowle (born 1958 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian actress. Film She is best known for her role as Laura Tweedle Rambotham in the film ''The Getting of Wisdom'' (after the novel ''The Getting of Wisdom'' by Henry Handel Richardson), about which the 2006 documentary ''Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom was created, and her role in the television series ''Prisoner'' as Lori Young (later renamed as "Lori Maynard"). Theatre She performed on stage in ''The Boiling Frog'' at the Nimrod Theatre The Nimrod Theatre Company, commonly known as The Nimrod, was an Australian theatre company based in Sydney. It was founded by in 1970 by Australian actor John Bell, Richard Wherrett and Ken Horler, and gained a reputation for producing more "go ... in 1984. She also worked for the State Theatre Company of Northern Territory in 1987 and performed in ''The Sentimental Bloke'' and ''Trumpets and Raspberries''. References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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