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Turgis (other)
Turgis may refer to: Surname * Agathe Turgis (fl. 1892–1936), French fencer *Anthony Turgis (born 1994), French cyclist * Claude Turgis de Saint-Étienne de la Tour, French colonist in Acadia *Thomas Turgis (1623–1704), English politician Places * Stratfield Turgis, a village and civil parish in the English county of Hampshire **Turgis Green, a hamlet in the civil parish * Lieu-Turgis (Le), a hamlet at la Cambe, Normandy *Turgis (crater), on Saturn's moon Iapetus See also *Sturges, a surname *Sturgis (surname) * Turgi, a municipality in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland *Hamel-Tourgis (Le), hamlet at Montchauvet, Calvados, Normandy *Tourgéville Tourgéville () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. The Deauville-Clairefontaine Racecourse Deauville-Clairefontaine Racecourse is a horse race track located in Tourgéville near Deauville in ... (''Torgisvilla'' in 1185), a French commune in Normandy {{Disambiguation, surnam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agathe Turgis
Agathe Turgis (19 January 1892 – 20 August 1980) was a French fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp .... References External links * 1892 births 1980 deaths French female foil fencers Olympic fencers for France Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics {{France-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Turgis
Anthony Turgis (born 16 May 1994) is a French professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España. In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the Tour de France. Personal life His brothers Jimmy Turgis and Tanguy Turgis also competed professionally in cycling, before both had to retire due to heart conditions. Major results Road ;2012 : 1st Stage 2a ( TTT) Liège–La Gleize : UEC European Junior Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::10th Time trial : 2nd Paris–Roubaix Juniors ;2014 : 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs : 3rd Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ;2015 : 1st Overall Boucles de la Mayenne ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships : 8th Overall Arctic Race of Norway : 9th Road race, European Games ;2016 : 1st Classic Loire Atlantique : 3rd Overall Tour de Yorkshire : 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude De Saint-Étienne De La Tour
Claude de Saint-Étienne de la Tour ( 1570 – after 1636) was born in the province of Champagne, France and came to Acadia in 1610 after suffering heavy losses as a ship's captain. at the . Claude arrived in Acadia to assist in establishing a permanent colony at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acadia
Acadia (french: link=no, Acadie) was a colony of New France in northeastern North America which included parts of what are now the Maritime provinces, the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River. During much of the 17th and early 18th centuries, Norridgewock on the Kennebec River and Castine at the end of the Penobscot River were the southernmost settlements of Acadia. The French government specified land bordering the Atlantic coast, roughly between the 40th and 46th parallels. It was eventually divided into British colonies. The population of Acadia included the various indigenous First Nations that comprised the Wabanaki Confederacy, the Acadian people and other French settlers. The first capital of Acadia was established in 1605 as Port-Royal. An English force from Virginia attacked and burned down the town in 1613, but it was later rebuilt nearby, where it remained the longest-serving capital of French Acadia until the British siege of Port Royal in 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Turgis
Thomas Turgis (baptised 7 October 1623 – 11 June 1704) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1704, eventually in 1701 becoming the Father of the House, as the member with the longest unbroken service. Turgis was the eldest surviving son of Thomas Turgis, grocer of London and his first wife Ebbot Urry, daughter of Thomas Urry of Gatcombe, Isle of Wight. He was baptised on 7 October 1623. In 1648 he was made freeman of the Worshipful Company of Grocers and was assistant to the Company to 1687. He succeeded to the property of his wealthy father in 1651 and purchased Lower Gatton in Surrey in 1654. He acquired a number of other manors in Surrey, and was considered one of the wealthiest commoners in England. In 1659, Turgis was elected Member of Parliament for Gatton in the Third Protectorate Parliament. He was commissioner for militia for Surrey in March 1660. In April 1660, Turgis was re-elected MP for Gatton, when he was opposed for the only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stratfield Turgis
Stratfield Turgis is a small village and civil parish in the north-east of the English county of Hampshire. History The name of Stratfield Turgis derives from its origins on open land (Old English feld) by the Roman road (Old English stræt) from Silchester to London, and the Turgis family, who held the manor of the de Ports and St. Johns from as early as 1270. Governance The village of Stratfield Turgis is part of the civil parish of Stratfield Turgis, and is part of the Pamber and Silchester ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council. The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council. According to the Post Office at the 2011 Census the population was included in the civil parish of Hartley Wespall. Geography Stratfield Turgis is located on the main A33 between Reading and Basingstoke at . It comprises the hamlets of Spanish Green and Turgis Green together with Stratfield Turgis itself and surrounding outlying farms. Sport and leisure Stratfiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire is the 9th-most populous county in England. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, located in the north of the county. The county is bordered by Dorset to the south-west, Wiltshire to the north-west, Berkshire to the north, Surrey to the north-east, and West Sussex to the south east. The county is geographically diverse, with upland rising to and mostly south-flowing rivers. There are areas of downland and marsh, and two national parks: the New Forest and part of the South Downs, which together cover 45 per cent of Hampshire. Settled about 14,000 years ago, Hampshire's recorded history dates to Roman Britain, when its chief town was Venta Belgarum (now Winchester). The county was recorded in Domesday Book as divided into 44 hundreds. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turgis Green
Turgis Green is a small hamlet in the English county of Hampshire. It is split between the civil parishes of Hartley Wespall and Stratfield Turgis. It contains six Grade II listed buildings and a Grade II listed milestone (on the A33). Governance The hamlet of Turgis Green lies on the border of the civil parishes of Stratfield Turgis and Hartley Wespall with several houses in either parish. It is part of the Pamber and Silchester ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council. The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council. Transportation The hamlet is situated on the northern section of the busy A33 road, which splits it north to south. It is not served by any public transport. History The hamlet is named for the Turgis family that owned land locally in the thirteenth century. Turgis Green was inclosed in 1866 as a result of the General Inclosure Act, which permitted landlords to enclose open fields and common land and deny local people thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Cambe
La Cambe is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France with a population of 548. Geography La Cambe is a Calvados commune located in the Bessin, more specifically, in the Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin natural regional park. It is located 7.5 km away from Isigny-sur-Mer and 23 km away from Bayeux. La Cambe is located along the national road N13 that connects Cherbourg and Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma .... Land Use According to the European database of biophysical occupation, La Cambe's territory is split into four sections. It is made up of 60.9% agricultural land, 30.8% forest, 4.7% urban land and 3.6% heterogenous agricultural zones. See also * Communes of the Calvados department References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises mainland Normandy (a part of France) and the Channel Islands (mostly the British Crown Dependencies). It covers . Its population is 3,499,280. The inhabitants of Normandy are known as Normans, and the region is the historic homeland of the Norman language. Large settlements include Rouen, Caen, Le Havre and Cherbourg. The cultural region of Normandy is roughly similar to the historical Duchy of Normandy, which includes small areas now part of the departments of Mayenne and Sarthe. The Channel Islands (French: ''ĂŽles Anglo-Normandes'') are also historically part of Normandy; they cover and comprise two bailiwicks: Guernsey and Jersey, which are B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turgis (crater)
Turgis is the largest known crater on Saturn's moon Iapetus. It is 580 km in diameter, 40% of the moon's diameter and one of the larger craters in the Solar System. It is named after a Saracen baron, ''Turgis of Turtelose (Tortosa)''. It is located in Cassini Regio at . The rim has a scarp about 15 km high that generated a landslide. It is overlain by Malun, the 13th-largest crater on Iapetus. Gallery Image:Giant Landslide on Iapetus.jpg, Landslide in Malun crater Image:A_Moon_with_Two_Dark_Sides.jpg, Cassini Regio See also *List of geological features on Iapetus Most Iapetian geological features are named after characters and locations in the Old French epic poem ''The Song of Roland'', specifically the English translation by Dorothy L. Sayers. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sturges
Sturges is a surname, and may refer to: * Alberta Sturges (1877–1951), American heiress and, by marriage, 9th Countess of Sandwich * Graeme Sturges (born 1955), Australian politician * Herbert Sturges (1882–1958), statistician * Jock Sturges (born 1947), American photographer * John Sturges (1911–1982), American film director * Jonathan Sturges (1740–1819), American lawyer and jurist * Jonathan Sturges (businessman) (1802–1874), American businessman and arts patron * Lewis B. Sturges (1763–1844), American politician * Matthew Sturges (born 1970), American comics author * Preston Sturges (1898–1959), American film director and writer * Ralph W. Sturges (1918–2007), American Mohegan tribal chief * Robert Sturges (1891–1970), British Royal Marines officer * Shannon Sturges (born 1968), American actress * William Sturges Bourne (1769–1845), British politician See also * Sturges, Missouri * Sturges' formula in Histogram A histogram is an approximate representati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
