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De Lissa
de Lissa is a surname literally meaning "of Lissa". Notable people with this surname include: *Alfred de Lissa (1838–1913), English-born Australian solicitor *Emile de Lissa Emile Ernest Vere de Lissa (30 January 1871 – 16 August 1955) was a British rugby union official who became the second president of the Barbarians. Personal history De Lissa was born in Sydney, Australia in 1871 and was educated at Sydney G ... (1871–1955), Australian-born rugby union official * Lillian Daphne de Lissa (1885–1967), early childhood educator in Adelaide, South Australia * Benjamin Cohen de Lissa, Queensland sugar grower and investor in the failed Port Darwin Sugar Company at Delissaville, Northern Territory {{surname, de Lissa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lissa (other)
__NOTOC__ Lissa may refer to: Places * the old Venetian name for the Adriatic island of Vis * the German name for the town of Leszno in Poland * the German name for the town of Lysá nad Labem in the Czech Republic * a little town in Germany, in east from Halle (51.4975664N, 12.2737286E) *Kreis Lissa, a Kreis (county) in the southern administrative district of Posen, in the Prussian province of Posen * Lissa (Lycia), a town of ancient Lycia, now in Turkey People * Lissa, a female given name, e.g., a diminutive form from Melissa or Alyssa. ** Lissa Endriga, American television host and model ** Lissa Evans ** Lissa Hunter, American artist ** Lissa Lauria, American actress and recording artist ** Lissa Martinez, American ocean engineer ** Lissa Muscatine ** Lissa Vera, Argentine singer-songwriter, composer and actress ** Alyssa "Lissa" Daniels of " Lissa Explains it All" ** Zofia Lissa, Polish musicologist Fictional characters * Lissa, a playable character and the younger sist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred De Lissa
Alfred de Lissa (1838 – 25 February 1913) was an English-born Australian solicitor and legal scholar. He was born in London to Solomon Aaron de Lissa and Rosetta Solomon. He attended University College London and in 1854 migrated to Sydney, where his father's upholstery business led to bankruptcy. Alfred became a solicitor in 1866, specialising in trademark and company law. In 1881 he published ''Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law'', which was followed by ''Companies' Work and Mining Law in New South Wales and Victoria'' (1894), ''The Codification of Mercantile Law'' (1897) and ''The Bill of Lading Question and Marine Insurance Policies'' (1901). He also published pamphlets advocating reform on a range of financial and legal matters. De Lissa had married Elizabeth Hart in 1873; they had three children. He visited England in 1887, having unsuccessfully proposed to Sir Henry Parkes a finance company to draw English investment to Australia. Politically he was a Protectionist, runni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emile De Lissa
Emile Ernest Vere de Lissa (30 January 1871 – 16 August 1955) was a British rugby union official who became the second president of the Barbarians. Personal history De Lissa was born in Sydney, Australia in 1871 and was educated at Sydney Grammar School. At around the age of 11 his family moved to England, continuing his schooling at University College School.Starmer Smith (1977) p. 207 He was a keen sportsman, and although he was a member of Blackheath F.C., he was not a player of note and his career was ended by a foot injury followed by a long sojourn to Germany. De Lissa also played croquet and won the Croquet Association The Croquet Association, which was formed as the United All England Croquet Association in 1897, is the national governing body for the sport of croquet in England. Until 1974 the association was responsible for croquet in the whole of the Unit ... Silver Medal in 1909, and was selected as one of the country's ten best players when he was entered fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillian Daphne De Lissa
Lillian Daphne de Lissa (1885–1967) was an early childhood educator and educational theorist in Adelaide, South Australia and the United Kingdom in the twentieth century. She was head hunted to lead ''Gipsy Hill College'' in South London, a key part of Kingston University, that spread the ideas of Montessori education and the Dalton Plan. Early life Lillian de Lissa was born in Darlinghurst on 25 October 1885 the sixth child of Montague de Lissa, a merchant, and Julia, née Joseph, a Jewish family. She studied music at Riviere College in Woollahra but was inspired by the transformation of the slums by the Woolloomooloo Free Kindergarten and decided to pursue studies in early childhood education. Studies In 1902, de Lissa began studying at the Sydney Kindergarten Teachers College, Sydney where she was influenced by the work and philosophies of the principal Frances Newton who had brought new ideas from Chicago. Commencing work as a Kindergarten director at Ashfield free ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Cohen De Lissa
Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thirteenth child and twelfth and youngest son) in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition. He was also the progenitor of the Israelite Tribe of Benjamin. Unlike Rachel's first son, Joseph, Benjamin was born in Canaan according to biblical narrative. In the Samaritan Pentateuch, Benjamin's name appears as "Binyamēm" (Samaritan Hebrew: , "son of days"). In the Quran, Benjamin is referred to as a righteous young child, who remained with Jacob when the older brothers plotted against Joseph. Later rabbinic traditions name him as one of four ancient Israelites who died without sin, the other three being Chileab, Jesse and Amram. Name The name is first mentioned in letters from King Sîn-kāšid of Uruk (1801–1771 BC), who called himself “King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
