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Theodosia (given Name)
Theodosia is a feminine given name of Greek origin meaning “giving to God”. It is a feminine version of the Greek name Theodosius. The name was most popular in the United States in the 1700s and 1800s and has been rare since. It has increased in use in recent years for American girls in part due to the popularity of the musical ''Hamilton'', which features a song entitled "Dear Theodosia". The musical includes as characters fictionalized versions of the historical figures Aaron Burr and his daughter Theodosia Burr Alston. People *Theodosia of Tyre, 3rd century Christian martyr *Theodosia of Constantinople, 7th–8th century Byzantine nun, martyr and saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church *Theodosia, wife of Leo V (c. 775–c. 826), Empress consort of Leo V the Armenian *Theda Bara (1885–1955), stage name of actress Theodosia Burr Goodman *Theodosia Burr Alston (1783–1813), daughter of U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr *Theodosia Burr Shepherd (1845-1906), American botanist *T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodosia Burr Alston
Theodosia Burr Alston (June 21, 1783 – January 2 or 3, 1813) was an American socialite and the daughter of the third U.S. Vice President, Aaron Burr, and Theodosia Bartow Prevost. Her husband, Joseph Alston, was governor of South Carolina during the War of 1812. She was lost at sea at age 29. Early life Theodosia Burr Alston was born to Aaron Burr and Theodosia Bartow (Prevost) Burr in Albany, New York in 1783, a year after they married. Alston's mother was the widow of Jacques Marcus Prevost (1736-1781), a British Army officer who settled in New York City; she had five other children from that marriage and was nine years Burr's senior. Alston was raised mostly in New York City. Her education was closely supervised by her father, who stressed mental discipline. In addition to the more conventional subjects such as French (the French textbook by Martel, ''Martel's Elements'', published by Van Alen in New York in 1796, is dedicated to Theodosia), music, and dancing, the you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodosia, Wife Of Leo V
Theodosia (Greek: Θεοδοσία; born c. 755 – died after 24 December 820) was the Empress consort of Leo V the Armenian. Theodosia was the daughter of Arsaber, a Byzantine patrician. The name and rank of her father were recorded by both Genesius and Theophanes Continuatus, the continuer to the chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor. The name of her mother is unknown. Family Arsaber led a failed revolt against Nikephoros I in 808. According to George Finlay: "In the year 808, however, a conspiracy was really formed to place Arsaber a patrician, who held the office of questor, or minister of legislation, on the throne. Though Arsaber was of an Armenian family, many persons of rank were leagued with him; yet Nicephorys only confiscated his estates, and compelled him to embrace the monastic life." The name of her father indicates Armenian origins. However the names of his ancestors are not known. Genealogical theories suggest Kamsarakan ancestry. Marriage Theodosia married Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Theodosia
''My Theodosia'' is a novel, written by the American author Anya Seton which was first published in 1941. It is a fictional interpretation of the life of Theodosia Burr Alston, set against a historical background of Aaron Burr's Vice Presidency of the United States, and his subsequent years. The book focuses on the life of Theodosia: her marriage to Joseph Alston; her suggested romance with Meriwether Lewis; and ultimately her unwavering devotion to her father Aaron Burr, and his devotion to her. Plot summary The story begins on Theodosia's seventeenth birthday in the year 1800, where her father Aaron Burr introduces Theodosia to her soon to be husband Joseph Alston. Theodosia is not keen on her father's choice for a husband, for she does not realise that her father hopes the marriage will increase his political support in the southern states, as well as lead to financial gain. During Theodosia and Joseph's official courtship, by chance Theodosia meets Meriwether Lewis, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodosia Stirling
Theodosia Stirling or Theodosia Yates Stirling is a name that has been attached to the contralto born Theodosia Yates (1815 – 19 July 1904), who had a considerable career on the Australian stage as, successively, "Mrs Stirling", "Mrs Guerin", and "Mrs Stewart". She is perhaps best known as the mother of Nellie Stewart. Career Stirling was an actor and singer of some note in London before leaving for the colonies in a company recruited by Anne Clarke to perform at the Theatre Royal, Hobart in 1841–42, alongside Jerome Carandini, John Howson and Frank Howson of the celebrated Howson family, and was engaged there for three years. She was described as the prima donna of the Theatre Royal in Tasmania. John Cargher, ''Opera and ballet in Australia'', p. 4, Cassell Australia, 1977 She and Clarke supplemented their modest door takings by offering musical tuition. She left Tasmania in 1845 and initiated a successful career as an actor and opera singer in Sydney, where she was engaged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Steele
Anne Steele (pen name, Theodosia; 171711 November 1778) was an English Baptist hymn writer and essayist. For a full century after her death, she filled a larger place in United States and British hymnals than any other woman. At an early age, Steele showed a taste for literature, and would often entertain her friends by her poetical compositions. To a fervour of devotion, which increased as she got older, she developed a fondness for sacred literature, which led her to compose a considerable number of pieces in prose and verse. These works were published using the pseudonym, "Theodosia". Portions of these spiritual lyrics soon found their way into collections, while the diffidence of the authoress because of her pen name, left her comparatively unknown beyond the circle of her personal friends. In 1760, two volumes, appeared under the title of ''Poems on Subjects chiefly Devotional, by Theodosia''. After her death, which occurred in 1778, a new edition was published with an additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodosia Okoh
Theodosia Salome Okoh (born 13 June 1922 – 19 April 2015) was a Ghanaian teacher and artist known for designing Ghana's national flag in 1957. She exhibited her artwork internationally. She also played a leading role in the development of hockey in Ghana. Early years and education She was born as Theodosia Salome Abena Kumea Asihene in Effiduase"Mrs Theodosia Salome Okoh" The Loom Gallery. to the Very Reverend Emmanuel Victor Asihene, a former moderator of the , and Madam Dora Asihene, both from in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodosia Ntokou
Theodosia Ntokou ( el, Θεοδοσία Ντόκου, Rhodes Greece) is a Greek classical pianist. Biography Theodosia Ntokou was born on the island of Rhodes to a family of music lovers. Her mother, Mary Vergoti is a school teacher, her father, Panagiotis, is the commander of the harbor of Rhodes and her younger brother George is a medical doctor. Theodosia began to study piano at the age of twelve to a small section of the conservatory in Rhodes, and after the director of the conservatory spotted her talent, Theodosia and her mother went on traveling thirty-two hours from Rhodes to Athens and back every weekend by ship for one hour lesson at the National Conservatory. That went on until Theodosia turned sixteen and moved to Athens. Starting at sixteen Theodosia studied for five years at the National Conservatory with Aris Garufalis, and graduated with honors, and as she has quoted many times he was "The professor who built her character, and told her never to give up". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodosia Meade, Countess Of Clanwilliam
Theodosia Hawkins-Magill (5 September 1743 in Brighton – 2 March 1817 in Brighton), later Countess of Clanwilliam, was a great heiress and landowner in County Down, Ireland. Early life and family She was the daughter and heir of Robert Hawkins-Magill (d. 10 April 1745), of Gill Hall, Dromore, County Down, by his second wife, Anne Bligh, daughter of John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley and Theodosia Bligh, 10th Baroness Clifton. She may have been called "Titty" by her family, as this was a pet name used for Theodosia's aunt, Lady Theodosia Bligh, who married William, 2nd Lord Brandon, in 1745. When young, she was painted by both Reynolds and Gainsborough. On 29 August 1765 she married John Meade (21 April 1744 – 19 October 1800, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin), son and heir of Sir Richard Meade, 3rd Baronet, of Ballintober, Co. Cork, by Catherine, daughter of Henry Prittie, of Kilboy, Co. Tipperary. Sir John Meade, 4th Baronet, was created Baron Gillford, of the manor of Gillford, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodosia Ivie
Theodosia, Lady Ivie or Ivy (1628–1697) was an aristocratic heiress and a figure of notoriety in the east end of London in the 17th century. Famed for her “wit, beauty and cunning in law above all others,” her claims to own land stretching from Wapping to Ratcliff led to a constant stream of litigation which ran for almost 75 years. At one particular trial, presided over by Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys (later called the Hanging Judge), evidence emerged that Ivie had presented the court with forged deeds on which she made her land claims and Jeffreys subsequently arranged for charges to be brought against her for forgery. Land disputes Born Theodosia Stepkin, much of the ancestral land she inherited was in Wapping, on former marsh land which had been drained by the Dutch engineer Cornelius Vanderdelf. Ivie's confidence to challenge so many people over titles to land in this area rested largely on an Act of Parliament her ancestors had secured which stated the family owned: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodosia Harris
Theodosia Harris (1877-1938) was an American screenwriter active at the dawn of Hollywood's silent era. She worked as the chief scenario writer at Mutual for director David Horsley in the 1910s, penning dozens of short scenarios she was credited for (and probably many others she wasn't named on). She appears to have retired from screenwriting after marrying San Francisco businessman James Knowles in 1915. She was involved in a 1917 Supreme Court lawsuit over her scenario '' The House of a Thousand Scandals'', and she was never credited on another film after that. She died in San Antonio, Texas, in 1938. Selected filmography * '' The Trap'' (1916) * '' The Leopard's Bride'' (1916) * '' The Hidden Law'' (1916) * '' The Heart of Tara'' (1916) * ''The Soul's Cycle'' (1916) * '' Marta of the Jungles'' (1915) * '' The Terror of the Fold'' (1915) * '' The Arab's Vengeance'' (1915) * ''Martyrs of the Alamo'' (1915) * '' The House of a Thousand Scandals'' (1915) * '' The Day of Reckon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodosia Ann Dean
Theodosia Ann Dean (March 29, 1819 – March 29, 1843) was an English missionary to China where she founded and taught at a school. During her career of five years among the Chinese, she learned to read, write, and speak the Chinese language with rare accuracy for a foreigner. Biography Theodosia Ann Barker was born on March 29, 1819, at Thetford, England. She was the daughter of Edmund H. Barker, a scholar, and the editor and author of several literary works. She had an older sister. Discovering in early life a love for books and a capacity for acquiring knowledge, the parents of Dean afforded her every opportunity for study, under their tutelage. From the age of thirteen to sixteen, she attended the boarding school in Bracondale, Norwich, kept by the nieces of Henry Kirke White. At the age of seventeen, after completing her studies, including learning several European languages, she started studying the Chinese language under the instruction of the Chinese professor in the Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodosia Burr Shepherd
Theodosia Burr Shepherd (October 14, 1845, Keosauqua, Iowa – September 6, 1906, Ventura, California) was an American botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in plant breeding. Called the "Flower Wizard of California," and "The Pioneer Seed-grower," Shepherd was the first woman in California, and possibly the first woman in the United States, to hybridize flowers. The Theodosia B. Shepherd Company, her seed and bulb business, is considered to be the foundation of California's seed industry. She was compared favorably to Luther Burbank. The location of her former garden is listed as number 34 in the City of Ventura Historic Landmarks and Districts. Early life Theodosia Burr Hall was born in Keosauqua, a settlement in the Iowa Territory, on October 14, 1845. Her parents were Augustus Hall and Ellen P. (Lee) Hall. In 1854, Augustus Hall was elected as the Democratic candidate to Congress in the First District. In 1857, he became a Chief Justice of the Nebraska Territory. Theod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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