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Wadhams
Wadhams is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Dick Wadhams (born 1955), Republican political consultant * Edgar Philip Prindle Wadhams, the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg *Peter Wadhams, professor of Ocean Physics, Head of the Polar Ocean Physics Group in the University of Cambridge Wadham is also a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Amber Wadham (born 1996), Australian internet personality, also known as Paladin Amber *Dorothy Wadham (1534/35 – 1618), wife of Nicholas, co-founder of Wadham College, Oxford * Jemma Wadham, contemporary glacial biochemist *Nicholas Wadham (1531/32 – 1609), co-founder of Wadham College, Oxford * William Wadham (Australian politician) (–1895), politician in South Australia *William Wadham (died 1452) Sir William Wadham (c.1386–1452) of Merryfield in the parish of Ilton, Somerset and Edge in the parish of Branscombe, Devon came from a West Country gentry family with a leaning tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Philip Prindle Wadhams
Edgar Philip Prindle Wadhams (May 17, 1817 – December 5, 1891) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg in Northern New York from 1872 until his death in 1891. Biography Early life Edgar Wadhams was born on May 17, 1817, in Lewis, New York. He attended secondary school in Shoreham, Vermont, then went to Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont. While at Middlebury, Wadhams joined the Episcopal Church. Deciding to become an Episcopal minister, he entered the General Theological Seminary in New York City. In 1842, Wadhams was ordained a deacon and started preaching in Ticonderoga, New York, and in Essex County, New York. In 1846, after much soul-searching, Wadhams underwent baptism into the Catholic Church. This decision was the culmination of several years of debate with others and personal thought. He then entered St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland, run by the Society of St. Sulpice, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Wadhams
Richard "Dick" Wadhams (born August 26, 1955) is an American Republican political consultant, known for his role in guiding John Thune to an upset victory over then-United States Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle. He also worked for former Virginia senator George Allen, former Colorado Senator Wayne Allard, former Colorado governor Bill Owens and former Montana senator Conrad Burns. Wadhams is a longtime friend of Karl Rove. The two met during their days together in the College Republicans, and ''Slate Magazine'' and others speculated that Wadhams was Rove's heir apparent. Early life and education Wadhams was born and raised in Las Animas, Colorado. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Colorado State University Pueblo. During college, Wadhams worked at a mortuary. Career Wadhams was elected chair of the Colorado Republican Party in March 2007 hoping to stem the losses that party has suffered in the last two elections. In 2008, he was hired by Republ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wadhams
Peter Wadhams ScD (born 14 May 1948), is emeritus professor of Ocean Physics, and Head of the Polar Ocean Physics Group in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge. He is best known for his work on sea ice. Career Wadhams has been the leader of 40 polar field expeditions. Wadhams advocates for the use of climate engineering to mitigate climate change. Attempting to estimate when the Arctic Ocean will be " ice-free", Wadhams in 2014 predicted that by 2020 "summer sea ice to disappear," Wadhams and several others have noted that climate model predictions have been overly conservative regarding sea ice decline. In 2021, Wadhams is the Chairman of Science Committee for Extreme E. Honours and awards *1977 W. S. Bruce Medal for his oceanographic investigations, especially in studying the behaviour of pack ice near Spitsbergen, the North Pole and off east Greenland. *1987 Polar Medal. *1990 Italgas Prize for Environmental Sciences See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wadham (died 1452)
Sir William Wadham (c.1386–1452) of Merryfield in the parish of Ilton, Somerset and Edge in the parish of Branscombe, Devon came from a West Country gentry family with a leaning towards the law, who originally took their name from the manor of Wadham in the parish of Knowstone, between South Molton and Exmoor, north Devon. His father, Sir John Wadham, was a Justice of the Common Pleas from 1389 to 1398, during the reign of King Richard II; one of many Devonians of the period described by Thomas Fuller in his ''Worthies of England'' as seemingly "innated with a genius to study law." William Wadham was Sheriff of Devon in 1442. His monumental brass and chest tomb in the Church of St Mary, Ilminster is said by William Henry Hamilton Rogers to depict him with his mother Joan Wrottesley, daughter of Sir William Wrottesley of Blore and Joan Bassett of Drayton Bassett, both in Staffordshire. It is among the best surviving brasses from the fifteenth century, and depicts him in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Wadham (1531–1609)
Nicholas Wadham () (1531–1609) of Merryfield in the parish of Ilton, Somerset, and Edge in the parish of Branscombe, Devon, was a posthumous co-founder of Wadham College, Oxford, with his wife Dorothy Wadham who, outliving him, saw the project through to completion in her late old age. He was Sheriff of Somerset in 1585. Origins Nicholas Wadham was probably born at Merryfield, a moated and fortified manor house, built around 1400 by his ancestor Sir John Wadham of Edge, a Justice of the Common Pleas in the reign of King Richard II. He was the only surviving son of John Wadham (d. 1578) of Merryfield and Edge, Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset in 1556, by his wife Joan Tregarthin (d. 1583), daughter and co-heiress of John Tregarthin of Cornwall, and widow of John Kelloway of Cullompton, Devon. Wadham's grandfather, Sir Nicholas Wadham (1472–1542), was a member of parliament in the English Reformation Parliament of 1529, Sheriff of Devon, Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Wadham
Dorothy Wadham (; ''née'' Petre) (1534/1535 – 16 May 1618) was the foundress of Wadham College, Oxford. She has the distinction of being the first woman who was not a member of the Royal Family or titled aristocracy to found a college at Oxford or Cambridge. Her husband was Nicholas Wadham (1531-1609) of Merryfield in the parish of Ilton, Somerset and of Edge in the parish of Branscombe, Devon. Origins Dorothy was the second and eldest surviving child of the very wealthy Sir William Petre (c.1505-1572), Secretary of State to four successive Tudor monarchs (namely Kings Henry VIII, Edward VI and Queens Mary I and Elizabeth I), who had acquired much property following the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Her mother was Gertrude Tyrrell, daughter of Sir John Tyrrell. Her date of birth as 1535 may be deduced from one of her two portraits in Wadham College, which gives her age as sixty in 1595. Part of the Petre inheritance received by Dorothy came from grants made by Queen Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amber Wadham
Amber Jay Wadham (born February 29, 1996), commonly known by her online alias Paladin Amber, is an Australian Twitch streamer and internet personality An Internet celebrity (also known as a social media influencer, social media personality, internet personality, or simply influencer) is a celebrity who has acquired or developed their fame and notability through the Internet. The rise of social m .... She is known for her comedic and unique style for roasting trolls via multi-angle cameras. Career Amber commenced Twitch streaming in November 2018 via a PlayStation on her lounge room television; she moved to PC streaming in March 2019, which allowed her to increase her stream production and created a unique experience of '90s style of bad late-night TV for consumers and it was at this point in time she started gaining more traction. In July 2019, her content started going viral and she gained notoriety for her unique and comical way of handling trolls. Accolades In 2019, Amber w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jemma Wadham
Jemma L Wadham is a British glacial biogeochemist. Early life and education Wadham completed her BA and MA in physical geography at Cambridge University. She then completed her PhD at the University of Bristol in 1998. Career Wadham undertook a short post-doctoral research post at the University of Leeds before returning to the University of Bristol to take up a post at the Bristol Glaciology Centre. Wadham researches glacial ecosystems and investigates their impact on biogeochemical processes. She has worked in the polar regions, including the Antarctic and the Greenland ice sheets. This has led to more than 90 articles and a textbook on Antarctic lakes. In 2022 Wadham and her collaborator Dr Monica Winsborrow were awarded ''€''15 million to direct the Centre for ice, Cryosphere, Carbon and Climate (iC3), a ten-year Norwegian Centre of Research Excellence funded by the Norwegian Research Council that will run from 2023-2033. iC3 will be located at the University of Tro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wadham (Australian Politician)
William Wadham ( – 8 December 1895) was a politician in the colony of South Australia. History Wadham was born in Oxford, England, and spent the earlier part of his adult life as a schoolteacher. He arrived in South Australia in April 1850 and worked as an auctioneer and land agent in partnership with George Green (of Green's Exchange fame), then with his son George Dutton Green. He conducted some of the colony's largest private surveys and land deals; he was spectacularly successful and built a fine residence "Rhyllon" on Robe Terrace, Medindie. In 1885 he was elected to the Legislative Council for the Northern District, but was forced to resign after his business collapsed. He contested the House of Assembly seat of Flinders, but was unsuccessful. He died at his residence, Eastwood Terrace, Eastwood, South Australia Eastwood is a small triangular inner-southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Burnside. It is bounded to the north by Greenhill Road an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
