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FitzGerald (surname)
FitzGerald or Fitzgerald, is an Irish surname of Hiberno-Norman origin. It is a patronymic derived from the prefix '' Fitz-'' from the Latin ''filius-'' plus ''Gerald'', thus meaning "son of Gerald”. In Goidelic languages, e.g. the Irish language, it is rendered ''Mac Gearailt''. People * Adolphus L. Fitzgerald (1840–1921), Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada * Alan Fitzgerald (satirist) (1935–2011), Australian journalist, satirist and politician * Alexis FitzGerald Snr (1916–1985), Irish politician * Alexis FitzGerald Jnr (1945–2015), Irish politician * Alice Fitzgerald (1875–1962), American nurse * Annie Fitzgerald (1844–1934), American landowner * Barry Fitzgerald (1888–1961), Irish actor * Barry Fitzgerald (investigator), paranormal investigator for SyFy Channel's ''Ghost Hunters International'' * Bea Fitzgerald (born 1996), English author * Brian Fitzgerald (other), multiple people * Brinsley FitzGerald (1859–1931), British stockbro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Fitzgerald may refer to: People * Fitzgerald (surname), a surname * Fitzgerald Hinds, Trinidadian politician * Fitzgerald Toussaint (born 1990), former American football running back Place Australia * Fitzgerald River National Park, a national park in Western Australia * Fitzgerald, Western Australia, a locality in the Shire of Ravensthorpe * Fitzgerald Bay, a bay located between Point Lowly and Backy Point in South Australia United States * Fitzgerald, Georgia * Fitzgerald, Wisconsin, a town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin * Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, on the Pacific coast of Moss Beach, California * Fitzgerald's, a live-music venue in Houston, Texas * Fitzgerald Theater, a theatre in Saint Paul, Minnesota Other * , Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the US Navy * Fitzgerald Stadium, GAA stadium in Killarney, Ireland See also * FitzGerald (other) * Edmund Fitzgerald (other) * Fitzgeralds Casino and Hotel (other) * Fitzgerald, Alberta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Barry Fitzgerald
William Joseph Shields (10 March 1888 – 4 January 1961), known professionally as Barry Fitzgerald, was an Irish stage, film and television actor. In a career spanning almost forty years, he appeared in such notable films as ''Bringing Up Baby'' (1938), '' The Long Voyage Home'' (1940), '' How Green Was My Valley'' (1941), '' The Sea Wolf'' (1941), ''Going My Way'' (1944), '' None but the Lonely Heart'' (1944) and '' The Quiet Man'' (1952). For ''Going My Way'', he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and was simultaneously nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the same performance. In 2020, he was listed at number 11 on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Early life Fitzgerald was born William Joseph Shields in Walworth Road, Portobello, Dublin, Ireland, the son of Fanny Sophia (née Ungerland) and Adolphus Shields. His father was Irish and his mother was German.Boylan 1999, p. 130. He was the older brother of Irish actor Arth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Gambia
The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the List of African countries by area, smallest country in continental Africa; it is surrounded by Senegal on all sides except for the western part, which is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.Hoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A–Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publications. p. 11. . Its territory is on both sides of the lower reaches of the Gambia River, which flows through the centre of the country and empties into the Atlantic. The national namesake river demarcates the elongated shape of the country, which has an area of and a population of 2,769,075 people in 2024 which is a 47% population increase from 2013. The capital city is Banjul, which has the most extensive metropolitan area in the country. The second and third-largest cities are Serekunda and Brikama. Arab Muslims, Arab Muslim merchants traded with indigenous West Africans in The Gambia throughout the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Charles Fitzgerald
Charles Fitzgerald ( – 29 December 1887) was an officer in the British Royal Navy and Governor of The Gambia from 1844 until 1847, then Governor of Western Australia from 1848 to 1855. Son of Robert Fitzgerald and Lucinda Jackson of Kilkee, county Clare, Ireland (then part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland), Fitzgerald joined the Royal Navy in March 1809, passed his examination in 1815, and was commissioned in March 1826. While in the naval service Fitzgerald was assigned to the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron which was tasked with interdicting the Atlantic slave trade, where he served with distinction. Either during this time or possibly before, Fitzgerald became a staunch abolitionist and fierce opponent of slavery. In 1839 he seized two Spanish slave ships falsely flying the American flag. For legal reasons he escorted the ships to New York where the courts ruled them to be unlawful and Fitzgerald was allowed to take the freed slaves bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Casey Fitzgerald (other)
Casey Fitzgerald may refer to: * Casey Fitzgerald (American football) (born 1985), American college football player * Casey Fitzgerald (ice hockey) (born 1997), American ice hockey player {{hndis, Fitzgerald, Casey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Expatriate
An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person who resides outside their native country. The term often refers to a professional, skilled worker, or student from an affluent country. However, it may also refer to retirees, artists and other individuals who have chosen to live outside their native country. The International Organization for Migration of the United Nations defines the term as 'a person who voluntarily renounces his or her nationality'. Historically, it also referred to exiles. The UAE is the country with the highest percentage of expatriates in the world after the Vatican City, with expatriates in the United Arab Emirates representing 88% of the population. Etymology The word ''expatriate'' comes from the Latin words and , from , . Semantics Dictionary definitions for the current meaning of the word include: :Expatriate: :* 'A person who lives outside their native country' (Oxford), or :* 'living in a foreign land' (Webster's). These definitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Caroline Fitzgerald
Caroline Fitzgerald (September 22, 1865 – December 25, 1911) was an American poet and wikt:litteratrice, litteratrice who spent most of her adult life in Europe, particularly Italy. Although not fabulously rich, she was wealthy enough to move to and fro between The Gilded Age in America and La Belle Époque in Europe. Inspired by Robert Browning's verse, she published a volume of poetry which was well received at the time but which eventually became almost forgotten. She married into the English aristocracy to Edmond Fitzmaurice, 1st Baron Fitzmaurice, Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice until she was able to get the marriage annulled after a few years. After the end of her marriage, as a single woman she travelled widely in Europe becoming friendly with authors including Henry James and Frederic G. Kenyon, Sir Frederic Kenyon. She had romantic relationships with two men, both at the start of their professional careers, who were neither particularly wealthy nor who moved in high society. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
