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Wilberforce Road
Wilberforce Road is a street in the western outskirts of Cambridge, England, which runs north–south for 550 metres, connecting Madingley Road with Adams Road, which runs eastwards to Grange Road. The road was built in 1933, although several of its buildings date from earlier in the 20th century. It was named for William Wilberforce, the anti-slavery campaigner. Wilberforce Road falls within the conservation area of West Cambridge. As of 2022, the usage is a mix of private housing and buildings and sports facilities associated with the university and colleges, including the Centre for Mathematical Sciences. There are two listed buildings, Emmanuel College's sports pavilion (1910) and the Modernist-style number 9 (1936–37). History A drift existed on the route, which connected St John's Grange Farm to Madingley Road, and a handful of agricultural cottages (dating from 1905) and bungalows (1926) pre-date the road construction. The local historian Philomena Guillebaud notes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilberforce Rd - Geograph
Wilberforce may refer to: People *Wilberforce (name), for people (and fictional characters) with the name **William Wilberforce (1759–1833), British politician, evangelical reformer and campaigner against the slave trade Places Australia * Wilberforce, New South Wales ** Wilberforce Cemetery ** Wilberforce Park Canada * Wilberforce, Ontario * Wilberforce Colony, Ontario; an 18th-century colony of American Black citizens * Kattimannap Qurlua (formerly Wilberforce Falls), in Wilberforce Gorge, Nunavut * North Algona Wilberforce, a township in Renfrew County, Ontario; formed from North Algona and Wilberforce Townships United Kingdom * Wilberforce House, the birthplace of William Wilberforce, in Hull, England * Wilberforce Way, a walking route between Hull and York, England * Wilberfoss, East Riding of Yorkshire, England * Wilberforce Oak, a tree stump near Holwood House, Keston, England Other * Wilberforce, Ohio, United States * Wilberforce, Sierra Leone * Wilberforce River, in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Homan Thorpe
William Homan Thorpe FRS (1 April 1902 – 7 April 1986) was Professor of Animal Ethology at the University of Cambridge, and a significant British zoologist, ethologist and ornithologist.Alan Costall, ‘Thorpe, William Homan (1902–1986)’ Together with Nikolaas Tinbergen, Patrick Bateson and Robert Hinde, Thorpe contributed to the growth and acceptance of behavioural biology in Great Britain. Career Thorpe grew up at Hastings and Weston-super-Mare. His father Francis Homan was a borough accountant who also worked with the London Missionary Society while his mother took part in the women's suffrage movement and was involved in Christian pacifism. He was taken care of by a nurse Ellen Clara Birt while his parents travelled in the United States. He studied for a while at Clarence School, Weston-super-Mare and was sent at fourteen to Mill Hill School after which he entered Jesus College, Cambridge in 1921 to obtain a degree in Agriculture. He had been influenced by a talk by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
