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Elspeth Rhŷs
Elspeth Hughes-Davies, Lady Rhŷs (26 May 1841 – 29 April 1911), known also as Elspeth Rhŷs, was a Welsh people, Welsh teacher, linguist, and campaigner for women's suffrage and education. Education and career Hughes-Davies began her career as a pupil-teacher in North Wales, later progressing to the Borough Road Teacher Training College for Women in London. Afterwards, by 1861, she had been appointed headmistress of the British and Foreign School Society, British Girls' School in Amlwch, Anglesey, and was later appointed head of the British School in Broughton, Flintshire (the date this occurred is not known). In addition to her teaching career in Wales, during travels on the European Continent over several years, Hughes-Davies worked as an English teacher in Boulogne, France. She also studied art in Rome at the studio of Achille Buzzi, a narrative painter, on her travels. She went on to study languages at the Sorbonne University, Sorbonne, where she met the French poet Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Paris
The University of Paris (), known Metonymy, metonymically as the Sorbonne (), was the leading university in Paris, France, from 1150 to 1970, except for 1793–1806 during the French Revolution. Emerging around 1150 as a corporation associated with the cathedral school of Paris, it was considered the List of medieval universities, second-oldest university in Europe.Charles Homer Haskins: ''The Rise of Universities'', Henry Holt and Company, 1923, p. 292. Officially chartered in 1200 by Philip II of France, King Philip II and recognised in 1215 by Pope Innocent III, it was nicknamed after its theological College of Sorbonne, founded by Robert de Sorbon and chartered by King Louis IX around 1257. Highly reputed internationally for its academic performance in the humanities ever since the Middle Ages – particularly in theology and philosophy – it introduced academic standards and traditions that have endured and spread, such as Doctor (title), doctoral degrees and student nations. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
