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Woodroffe
Woodroffe is a surname. * Woodroffe (Surrey cricketer), English cricket player (first name unknown) * Alison Broinowski (née Woodroffe), Australian academic, journalist, writer and former diplomat. * Colin Woodroffe, Australian geographer and geomorphologist * John Woodroffe, a British Orientalist whose work helped to unleash in the West a deep and wide interest in Hindu philosophy and Yogic practices. * Kenneth Woodroffe (1892–1915), English cricketer and soldier * Martyn Woodroffe, Welsh swimmer who won a Silver medal at the 1968 Olympic Games * Sir Nicholas Woodroffe, English Lord Mayor of London in the Elizabethan period * Patricia Woodroffe, New Zealand fencer * Patrick Woodroffe, English artist, specialising in fantasy & science-fiction artwork. * Paul Woodroffe, British illustrator and stained glass artist * Sidney Clayton Woodroffe, British V.C. awardee (World War I) Other *Mount Woodroffe, a mountain in South Australia *Woodroffe, Northern Territory, a suburb of D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Woodroffe
Sir Nicholas Woodroffe (Woodruff, Woodrofe, etc.) (c. 1530–1598) was a London merchant of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, who, through the English Reformation, rose in the Alderman class to become a Master Haberdasher, Lord Mayor of London and Member of Parliament for London. Through the complexities of his family's relationships, and the position and security which they afforded, he lived to establish his family among the armigerous houses of late Elizabethan Surrey. Origins and early life Nicholas Woodroffe's father David (c.1503–1563) was born of a merchant family of Uffculme, Devon, who are supposed to have derived from the Woodroffes of Wolley in Royston, South Yorkshire. Admitted to the freedom of the Haberdashers in 1526, he married within the Company soon afterwards, and like his father-in-law John Hill, Haberdasher, became a Merchant of the Staple at Calais. Hill, 'whose ancestors were of the north,' had married Agnes Mowsdale, a goldsmith's daughter of Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Woodroffe
Patrick James Woodroffe (27 October 1940 – 10 May 2014) was an English artist, etcher and drawer, specialised in fantasy science-fiction artwork, with images that bordered on the surreal. His achievements include several collaborations with well-known musicians, two bronze sculptures displayed in Switzerland and numerous books. Chronology Woodroffe was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, in 1940, the son of an electrical engineer.*Woodroffe, Patrick (1986), 1986 ''A Closer Look (at the art and techniques of Patrick Woodroffe)'' Published by Paper Tiger In 1964 he graduated in French and German at the University of Leeds, before going on to exhibit his first showing of pen and ink drawings, ''Conflict'', at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. However he did not become a full-time artist until 1972, the year in which he gave an exhibit of his paintings, etchings and related works at the Covent Garden Gallery in London. His career took off when he was asked to pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Woodroffe
Paul Vincent Woodroffe (25 January 1875 – 7 May 1954) was a British book illustrator and stained-glass artist. Early life Woodroffe was born in Madras (present-day Chennai), one of nine children of Francis Henry Woodroffe, a judge in the Madras Civil Service, and his wife Elizabeth (née Dunman). The family returned to England in 1882 when his father died. In 1887, Paul was sent to Stonyhurst College. In November 1892 he sat and passed the entrance examinations for the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, but in that year there were more successful applicants than places available, and he enrolled instead as a full-time student at the Slade School of Fine Art in Bloomsbury. At this time the family lived in Alton Castle in Alton in Staffordshire, sharing it with another Catholic family, the Moorats. Joseph Samuel Moorat (1864–1938) was an accomplished writer of songs, and his music was said to have been the inspiration for much of Woodroffe's work as an illustrator. Ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Woodroffe
Sir John George Woodroffe (15 December 1865 – 16 January 1936), also known by his pseudonym Arthur Avalon, was a British Orientalist whose extensive and complex published works on the Tantras, and other Hindu traditions, stimulated a wide-ranging interest in Hindu philosophy and yoga. Life Woodroffe was the eldest son of James Tisdall Woodroffe and his wife Florence, daughter of James Hume. James Woodroffe was Advocate-General of Bengal and Legal Member of the Government of India, a Justice of the Peace, and a Knight of St. Gregory. John was educated at Woburn Park School and the University College, Oxford, where he took second classes in jurisprudence and the Bachelor of Civil Law examinations. He was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1889, and in the following year was enrolled as an advocate of the Calcutta High Court. He was soon made a Fellow of the Calcutta University and appointed Tagore Law Professor. He collaborated with Ameer Ali in a widely used textbook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodroffe Avenue
Woodroffe Avenue ( Ottawa Road #15) is a major north-south arterial road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's west end. It runs south from the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway through Baseline Road and Barrhaven to just short of Prince of Wales Drive near Manotick. The road runs through the heart of Nepean in Ottawa's west end. A satellite Via Rail station ( Fallowfield station) is also located at the intersection of Fallowfield Road. Sights on Woodroffe The northern part of the road, from the Ottawa River to Carling Avenue contains a mix of homes and a number of public institutions. This includes Our Lady Of Fatima Catholic Church, Woodroffe Avenue United Church, Woodroffe Avenue Public School, and the Carlingwood branch of the Ottawa Public Library. Near Carling Avenue, Woodroffe runs along the western edge of the Carlingwood Mall. South of Carling Avenue the avenue is considerably busier, especially around the intersection with the Queensway. This portion of the road is home to St. Paul's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodroffe (Surrey Cricketer)
Woodroffe is a surname. * Woodroffe (Surrey cricketer), English cricket player (first name unknown) * Alison Broinowski (née Woodroffe), Australian academic, journalist, writer and former diplomat. * Colin Woodroffe, Australian geographer and geomorphologist * John Woodroffe, a British Orientalist whose work helped to unleash in the West a deep and wide interest in Hindu philosophy and Yogic practices. * Kenneth Woodroffe (1892–1915), English cricketer and soldier * Martyn Woodroffe, Welsh swimmer who won a Silver medal at the 1968 Olympic Games * Sir Nicholas Woodroffe, English Lord Mayor of London in the Elizabethan period * Patricia Woodroffe, New Zealand fencer * Patrick Woodroffe, English artist, specialising in fantasy & science-fiction artwork. * Paul Woodroffe, British illustrator and stained glass artist * Sidney Clayton Woodroffe, British V.C. awardee (World War I) Other * Mount Woodroffe, a mountain in South Australia * Woodroffe, Northern Territory, a suburb o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Woodroffe
Mount Woodroffe (dual-named as "Ngarutjaranya/Mount Woodroofe") is a mountain in the Australian state of South Australia, located in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands in the state's northwest. It is South Australia's highest peak, at . Cultural significance The mountain is known to the Pitjantjatjara Indigenous Australians as Ngarutjaranya. In Indigenous Australian mythology, the mountain embodies the mythological creature Ngintaka. Geography Mount Woodroffe is located in the far northwest of South Australia, in the Musgrave Ranges. The mountain range rises some 700–800 metres from the surrounding plains and comprises massifs of granite and gneiss. History William Ernest Giles was the first white man to pass through the area and camped to the south of Woodroffe on September 7, 1873. William Christie Gosse had previously named it Mt Woodroffe on July 20 that same year. Woodroffe was named after George Woodroffe Goyder, Surveyor-General of South Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Woodroffe
Kenneth Herbert Clayton Woodroffe (9 December 1892 − 13 May 1915) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. He predominantly played his first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club as a fast bowler. He later saw action in the First World War with the Rifle Brigade and was killed in action on the Western Front in May 1915. Early life and cricket The son of Henry Long Woodroffe and his wife, Clara, he was born at Lewes in December 1892. He was educated firstly at Rose Hill School in Kent, before attending Marlborough College, where he played for the college cricket team. From there, he matriculated to Pembroke College, Cambridge. Toward the end of the 1912 season, Woodroffe made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against the touring South Africans at Bournemouth. His debut was a success with the ball, taking figures of 5 for 33 in the South Africans first innings with his right-arm Fast bowling. As a freshman at Cambridge in 1913, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Woodroffe
Colin D. Woodroffe is an Australasian geographer and coastal geomorphologist currently serving as professorial fellow at the University of Wollongong. He is the coordinator of the GeoQuEST Research Centre. His international research focuses on the morphology, stratigraphy and sedimentary dynamics of tropical and subtropical coasts, and the application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to the study of processes and change in the coastal zone. He has researched the following: * Morphodynamics of estuaries and deltas * Reef morphology and sedimentation * Coral paleoclimatology and ocean circulation * Reef island evolution and climate change In 2007, he was admitted to Doctor of Science at Cambridge University. Publications * Woodroffe, C.D., B. Samosorn, Q. Hua, and D.E. Hart (2007) "Incremental accretion of a sandy reef island over the past 3000 years indicated by component-specific radiocarbon dating". ''Geophysical Research Letters'', 34: L03602, . * Woodroffe, C.D. (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Clayton Woodroffe
Second Lieutenant Sidney Clayton Woodroffe VC (17 December 1895 − 30 July 1915) was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Details Woodroffe was born in Lewes, East Sussex and was educated at Marlborough College. He was 19 years old, and a second lieutenant in the 8th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own), British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 30 July 1915 at Hooge, Belgium, when the enemy had broken through the centre of our front trenches, Second Lieutenant Woodroffe's position was heavily attacked with bombs from the flank and subsequently from the rear, but he managed to defend his post until all his bombs were exhausted. He then skillfully withdrew his remaining men and immediately led them forward in a counter- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodroffe North
Woodroffe North (also known as just Woodroffe) is a neighbourhood in Bay Ward in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded on the south by Richmond Road on the west by the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway, on the north by the Ottawa River and on the east by the northern prolongation of Sherbourne Avenue. Woodroffe North has also been referred to as a community within the neighbourhood of Westboro (also known as Westboro Village) which claims its western border to be Woodroffe Avenue. The Woodroffe North Community includes residents that live on streets West of Woodroffe Avenue. Originally the homes used to be cottages similar to those in Britannia. Most of the cottages were demolished and changed into houses. Lockhart Avenue is split up at Richmond Road and continues at Byron and ends at Saville Row in front of Carlingwood. The total population of the neighbourhood (2011 Census) is 3722.Population calculated by combining Dissemination Areas 35061188, 35061189, 35061191, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martyn Woodroffe
Martyn John Woodroffe (born 8 September 1950) is a Welsh swimmer. Swimming career He won a silver medal at the 1968 Olympic Games. Woodroffe was born in Cardiff, Wales. He represented Wales at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, and 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, winning one silver and two bronze medals at the latter. In 1968 he represented Great Britain at the Olympics in Mexico City in five swimming disciplines - 100 m, 200 m butterfly, 200 m, 400 m individual medley, and in the 4×100 m medley relay. He won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly in a time of 2 minutes 9.0 seconds, behind Carl Robie of the United States. At the ASA National British Championships he won the 110 yards butterfly title in 1968, 1969 and 1970, the 220 yards butterfly title four times in 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970 and the 1969 200 metres freestyle title. He also won the 220 yards medley title in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
