Woodrooffe
Woodrooffe is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anne Woodrooffe (1766–?), 19th-century British author * Thomas Woodrooffe (1899–1978), British naval officer, broadcaster, and writer See also * Woodroffe * Woodroofe (surname) Woodroofe is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Grace Woodroofe, Australian guitarist * Michael Woodroofe (1940—2022), American statistician See also * Woodrooffe References {{surname Surnames of Old English origin ...

Thomas Woodrooffe
Thomas Borries Ralph Woodrooffe (24 January 1899 – 25 March 1978) was a British naval officer, broadcaster and writer. He was born in Adelaide, Cape Province, South Africa to George Borries Woodrooffe (1868-1923) and Elizabeth McFarlan "Bessie" Jameson (1872?-1941). He joined the Royal Navy in 1917 and served on HMS ''Resolution'' during the last year of World War I. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander and left the Navy in 1933. After his retirement he became a commentator for BBC Radio. He was one of its main commentators during the 1930s, covering amongst many other events the opening ceremony of the 1936 Summer Olympics and Neville Chamberlain's return from Munich in 1938. In 1937, he commentated on the Coronation Review of the Fleet at Spithead from his old ship the battleship . He had met some of his former colleagues before the broadcast for a drink, and was inebriated while giving his commentary. He repeatedly said "the fleet's lit up", and at one point ...
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Anne Woodrooffe
Anne Woodrooffe (born Anne Cox; 14 July 1766) was a 19th-century British author. She was best known for her 1824 religious novel ''Shades of Character''. Life Woodrooffe was born on 14 July 1766. Her father was John Cox of Harwich. She married vicar Nathaniel George Woodrooffe on 27 July 1803. The couple had two children, Emma Martha (b. 30 May 1807) and Thomas Wood (d. 19 December 1865). The 1900 ''Dictionary of National Biography'' indicates she died on 24 March 1830, while 1966's ''Jane Austen and Some Contemporaries'' indicates her death was in 1850. The evangelical cleric Daniel Wilson asked Woodrooffe to foster his only daughter, perhaps in 1827 when he was left a widower. Works Woodrooffe's first book was a biography, ''The History of Michael Kemp - the happy farmers lad'' (1819).The History of Michael Kem ...
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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 ...
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