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Westonia (brachiopod)
Westonia may refer to: * Elizabeth Jane Weston (1582-1612), English-Czech poet known as Westonia * Westonia, Western Australia, a town * ''Westonia'' (brachiopod); see List of brachiopod genera {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Jane Weston
Elizabeth Jane Weston ( la, Elisabetha Ioanna Westonia; cs, Alžběta Johana Vestonie) (1581 or 1582, in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire – 23 November 1612, in Prague) was an English-Czech poet, known for her Neo-Latin poetry. She had the unusual distinction for a woman of the time of having her poetry published. Biography and early life Elizabeth was born to Joanna Cooper (23 June 1563 in Chipping NortonClucas, p. 288 - 1606) and her first husband, John Weston, about whom almost nothing is known. He died when she was six months old. Soon after, Elizabeth's mother was remarried, to the English renaissance occultist, Edward Kelley, who was a well-known alchemist, and the family left England for Prague in Bohemia. Kelley's interest in alchemical projects drew the attention of the emperor Rudolf II, who became a patron of his work along with that of the alchemist-mathematician John Dee. Elizabeth was raised in a stable home environment with progressive parents who believed in equa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westonia, Western Australia
Westonia is a small town located in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of the Great Eastern Highway. It is the main town in the Shire of Westonia. History Westonia came into existence with the discovery in 1910 of gold in the area, by a sandalwood cutter named Alfred Weston (17 May 1876 - 26 September 1924). Initially the area was known as ''Weston's Reward'' and later as ''Westons''. By 1915 there were two major mines in the area, and the population was in excess of 500. By 1917 the area, by then known as ''Westonia'', had a population of more than 2,000. In 1919, low gold prices forced the closure of the mines, and many people left the area. Westonia was gazetted as a town in February 1926. In 1935 one of the mines reopened, but closed again in 1948, only to be reopened in 1985. The mine then closed once again in 1991. In mid-2009, it was announced that mining would once again commence at Westonia's Edna May Gold Mine, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westonia (brachiopod)
Westonia may refer to: * Elizabeth Jane Weston (1582-1612), English-Czech poet known as Westonia * Westonia, Western Australia, a town * ''Westonia'' (brachiopod); see List of brachiopod genera {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
