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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] |
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] |
Patricia Woodroffe
Patricia Louise Parkinson (née Woodroffe, 14 July 1926 – 5 August 2001) was a New Zealand fencer who won a silver medal for her country at the 1950 British Empire Games. Early life and family Born Patricia Louise Woodroffe on 14 July 1926 in the Auckland suburb of Epsom, Parkinson was the daughter of Louise Olivia Woodroffe (née Martin) and William David Woodroffe. Educated at St Cuthbert's College, she married Finlay James Parkinson in the mid 1950s, but they later divorced. Fencing Woodroffe won the New Zealand national fencing championship in three consecutive years, from 1947 to 1949. She represented New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, winning the silver medal with a record of six wins from seven bouts, losing only to the gold medallist, Mary Glen-Haig. Death Parkinson died on 5 August 2001, and her body was cremated at Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: People * Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of ... [...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] |
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, Northern Territory
Woodroffe is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston. It is 25 km southeast of the Darwin CBD and 2.1 km from Palmerston City. Its local government area is the City of Palmerston. This suburb is named after George Woodroffe Goyder, Surveyor General of South Australia The Surveyor General of South Australia (also stylised Surveyor-General) is a position originally created for the Surveyor General for the colony of South Australia. The post is held by an official responsible for government surveying Survey ... from 1861 to 1893. In 1868–69 Goyder was appointed by the South Australian Government to carry out a survey of land in the Northern Territory. References External links * http://www.id.com.au/nt/commprofile/default.asp?id=251&gid=6070&pg=1 {{City of Palmerston suburbs Suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory 1890s establishments in Australia ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
Lord Mayor Of London
The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional powers, rights, and privileges, including the title and style ''The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London''. One of the world's oldest continuously elected civic offices, it is entirely separate from the directly elected mayor of London, a political office controlling a budget which covers the much larger area of Greater London. The Corporation of London changed its name to the City of London Corporation in 2006, and accordingly the title Lord Mayor of the City of London was introduced, so as to avoid confusion with the mayor of London. However, the legal and commonly used title remains ''Lord Mayor of London''. The Lord Mayor is elected at ''Common Hall'' each year on Michaelmas, and takes office on the Friday before the second Saturday i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Broinowski
Alison Elizabeth Broinowski, ( Woodroffe; born 25 October 1941) is an Australian academic, journalist, writer and former Australian public servant. Biography Alison Woodroffe was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on 25 October 1941. She attended from 1946 to 1958 the Wilderness School in that city, and in 1962 she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Adelaide. In December of the following year, she married diplomat Richard Philip Broinowski. From 1963 to 1964, she was a cadet for the Australian Department of External Affairs before beginning her extensive public service career, including various diplomatic postings, with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT). In July 2013, Broinowski announced her intention to run as The Wikileaks Party in New South Wales Senate candidate for at the 2013 Australian federal election. Broinowski was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Australia Day Honours in recognition of her "significa ... [...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] |
