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Wathen is a surname, and may refer to: * Arthur Wathen (1841–1937), English cricketer * Sir Charles Wathen Kt. (1833 - 1893) Wool Merchant, Clothier & six times Mayor of Bristol. * Daniel Wathen, American lawyer and politician * George Wathen (actor) (1762–1849), English actor, stage manager and theatre owner * Heini Wathén (born 1955), Finnish model * Jonathan Wathen (surgeon) (c.1728 – 1808), English surgeon * Jonathan Wathen-Waller (1769–1853), English eye surgeon * Richard Wathen (born 1971), British painter * Richard B. Wathen Richard B. Wathen (June 26, 1917 – March 14, 2001) was an American politician, journalist, and author. He was a Republican member of the Indiana House of Representatives between 1973 and 1990. Wathen was born in Jeffersonville, Indiana. He com ... (1917–2001), American politician, journalist, and author * George Henry Wathen (1816–1879), geologist and South African politician * Samuel Wathen (c.1720 – 1787), English physicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Wathen
Arthur Cave Wathen (27 March 1841 – 14 March 1937) was an English school teacher and amateur cricketer. Wathen was a right-handed batsman who fielded occasionally as a wicket-keeper during the 1860s.Arthur Wathen . Retrieved 2020-08-14. Life Wathen was born at , then in , in 1841, the son of Hubert and Harriet Wathen. His father was a tea merchant in London and was the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Wathen
Sir Charles Wathen (19 March 1833 - 14 February 1893) was a prominent Victorian wool merchant who from 1865 to 1887 ran the well-known British clothing firm of Wathen Gardiner & Co, and served six times as Mayor of Bristol. He was knighted for his accomplishments on 1 January 1889 during his fourth term as mayor by Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 21 .... He died on 14 February 1893 shortly after collapsing on the floor of the Bristol City council chamber at the conclusion of an address he had just given to the city fathers. His grave in the Arnos Vale Cemetery is marked by a stone memorial with an epitaph that identifies him as "Charles Wathen, Kt. who died suddenly in the Council Chamber." References Mayors of Bristol 1893 deaths Businesspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Wathen
Daniel Everett "Dan" Wathen (born November 4, 1939 in Easton, Maine) is a Maine lawyer and politician. He was Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from March 1992 until October 2001, when he resigned to run for Governor of Maine as a Republican. At the time of his announcement, many pollsters and academics did not believe Wathen would factor into the 2002 gubernatorial election. He was replaced as Chief Justice by Leigh Saufley. Wathen is a native of Easton in Aroostook County, Maine. He graduated from Ricker College in Houlton and earned his law degree from the University of Maine School of Law. He also holds a Master of Laws degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. As of 2010, Wathen oversaw court-ordered improvements in mental health services. Wathen testified before the Health and Human Services committee of the Maine legislature that cuts to mental health services would be "illusory" and the proposed cuts would be spent elsewhere, such as in pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wathen (actor)
George Wathen (1762–1849) was an English actor, stage manager and theatre owner who performed in London in the late 1700s and early 1800s. He was the father of the poet and author Marianne Baillie. Life and career Wathen was born on 2 March 1762 in London to the well-known London physician Samuel Wathen (physician), Samuel Wathen and his wife Elizabeth Malthus, the aunt of Rev. Thomas Robert Malthus. He served with distinction as a junior army officer in the Great Siege of Gibraltar, Siege of Gibraltar (1782), and then in Jamaica. He left the military, probably around 1789, with the rank of brevet (military), brevet Major (rank), Major, which meant that he left before the promotion had been finalized. He went on to become a well-known actor, singer and theatre manager, performing under the stage name of 'Captain Wathen', it is said to the derision of his fellow actors. Among his early acting partners was the famous Richard Barry, 7th Earl of Barrymore, Lord Barrymore (1769 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heini Wathén
Heini Wathén-Fayed (née Wathén; born 24 February 1955 in Hanko, Finland) is a former model married to Egyptian businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed. She was an officer for The Ritz Hotel, London. Modeling career Heini Wathén signed with a modelling agency after winning several beauty pageants in Finland at 17 years old. She graduated from secondary school in 1975 and joined her sister in Paris as a model. She returned to Finland two years later to compete in the Miss Finland contest, but did not make it to the finals. During the Miss Finland contest Wathén met Dodi Fayed, who was looking for new models in Finland. Fayed arranged for Wathén to model for Pierre Balmain's fashion house. Personal life In Paris, Dodi Fayed introduced Wathén to his father Mohamed Al-Fayed, who began a relationship with her. Al-Fayed soon invited Wathén to live with him on Park Lane in London. The couple married in 1985, thus Heini Wathén-Fayed became a stepmother to Dodi Fayed. Wathén-Fayed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Wathen (surgeon)
Jonathan Wathen (c.1728-1808) was an English surgeon, who specialized in diseases of the eye and practiced in London during the Georgian era. He was teacher and mentor to the ophthalmologist James Ware, and Sir Jonathan Wathen Waller, the oculist to George III. Life and career Jonathan Wathen was born in 1727 or 1728, most likely in Stroud, Gloucestershire, to Jonathan Wathen, a wealthy clothier of Stroud, and his wife Sarah Watkins.see the parish baptism (24 May 1728), marriage and death records for Jonathan Wathen available oAncestry.com.accessed 17 November 2012.Also, see the listing for the death of Jonathan Wathen in ''The Gentleman's Magazine and historical chronicle for the year 1808,'' John Nichols and son, London, v. 103, p. 92. He apprenticed about 1745 under his older brother, Samuel Wathen, M.D., a well-known London physician whose patients included the Rev. John Wesley and Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III. Their association lasted ten years or more, and it i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Wathen-Waller
Sir Jonathan Wathen Waller, 1st Baronet, GCH (6 October 1769 – 1 January 1853), was an English eye surgeon, who practiced in London during the latter part of Georgian era. He was the eye doctor of King George III of Great Britain and his son William IV. He also attended the death of George IV. Life and career Waller was born Jonathan Wathen Phipps on 6 October 1769 in London to Joshua Phipps and Mary Allen, the step-daughter of Jonathan Wathen, a well-known eye surgeon, who practiced in London from about 1760 until his 1808 death. The elder Jonathan for many years had a junior partner in his practice named James Ware, who ultimately became one of the best known eye surgeons in the city. When Ware in 1791 dissolved their partnership to begin his own practice, Wathen took on his step grandson Jonathan Phipps as an apprentice. As with Ware, Phipp's medical reputation grew, and by 1795 he had become the oculist (eye doctor) to both King George III, and George's third son Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Wathen
Richard Llewelyn Wathen is a British painter born in 1971. He lives in Norfolk in England. Wathen graduated with a BA in Fine Art Painting from Winchester School of Art in 1995 and received an MA in Fine Art from the Chelsea School of Art in 1996. Style Richard Wathen's paintings are primarily portraits and his works have been compared to those of Thomas Gainsborough in their subject matter and composition, though with a "strangeness" or "uneasiness" about them, even something "eerie" or "grotesque." His works are often described as being initially familiar, with their similarity to historical portraiture in composition and technique, but upon further inspection revealing "disquieting details" which contribute to the sense of eerie strangeness. Exhibitions Wathen's works have been exhibited in numerous galleries in cities across Europe and the US including solo shows in London and New York City. In 2004, Wathen contributed to the art exhibition, 100 MOTHERS at The Oxford Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard B
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Henry Wathen
George Henry Wathen, FGS (21 November 1816 – 10 November 1879) was a geologist, author, magazine publisher, and South African politician of the Victorian era known primarily for his books on the antiquities of Egypt, and the gold fields of Victoria, Australia. Early life and career Wathen was born on 21 November 1816 in Surrey, England to Nathaniel Wathen (1772–1856) and his wife Mary Beardmore (1779–1838). His father was a wealthy clothier from Stroud, Gloucestershire and the secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society in London, and his mother was the niece of Archdeacon John Owen (1754–1824), the Chaplain General of the British Armed Forces. Wathen was baptised twice, first on 5 March 1817 at his uncle John Owen's church at St Benet Paul's Wharf in London, and second on 12 November 1818 at the parish church in his parents’ home town of Stroud.Birth, marriage and death records for George Henry Wathen kept in the General Register Office, probate via the Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
