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Sir Richard C. Jebb
Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb (27 August 1841 – 9 December 1905) was a British classical scholar and MP for Cambridge. Life Jebb was born in Dundee, Scotland, to Robert, a well-known Irish barrister, and Emily Harriet Horsley, daughter of the Reverend Heneage Horsley, Dean of Brechin. His grandfather Richard Jebb had been a judge of the Court of King's Bench (Ireland). His sister was the social reformer Eglantyne Louisa Jebb, founder of the Home Arts and Industries Association. Jebb was educated at St Columba's College, Dublin 1853–55 and at Charterhouse School 1855–1858. He then studied Classics at Trinity College, Cambridge where he became a member of the Cambridge Apostles, an intellectual society, from 1859. Jebb won the Porson and Craven scholarships, was senior classic in 1862, and became fellow and tutor of his college in 1863. From 1869 to 1875, he was public orator of Cambridge University. On 18 August 1874, Jebb married Caroline Lane Reynolds, born in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cambridge University (UK Parliament Constituency)
Cambridge University was a university constituency electing two members to the English House of Commons from 1603 and from 1707 British House of Commons to 1950. Franchise and method of election This university constituency was created by a Royal Charter of 1603. It was abolished in 1950 by the Representation of the People Act 1948. The constituency was not a geographical area. Its electorate consisted of the graduates of the University of Cambridge. Before 1918 the franchise was restricted to male graduates with a Doctorate or Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin), Master of Arts degree. Sedgwick records that there were 377 electors in 1727. For the 1754–1790 period, Namier and Brooke estimated the electorate at about 500. The constituency returned two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament. Before 1918 they were elected by plurality-at-large voting, but from 1918 onwards the two members were elected by the Single Transferable Vote method. History In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Richard Jebb (barrister)
Richard Jebb (1766–1834) was an Anglo-Irish judge of the nineteenth century.Ball F. Elrington ''"The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921"'' London John Murray 1926 p.340 He was a member of a gifted family of English origin, which produced a celebrated doctor, three distinguished clerics, and a noted classical scholar.Ball p.185 Background He was born in Drogheda, eldest son of John Jebb and his second wife Alicia Forster. His father was an alderman of Drogheda, and also had an estate at Leixlip in County Kildare; his grandfather, the elder Richard Jebb, had emigrated to Ireland from Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. Richard's great-grandfather was a prosperous brewer. Richard's younger brother was John Jebb, Bishop of Limerick. The two brothers were very close throughout their lives, and John, who never married, lived with Richard as a young man. Their father suffered serious financial losses, but Richard at the age of twenty-one inherited a substantial fortune from his father's cousin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Evansburg, Pennsylvania
Evansburg is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,129 at the 2010 census. The CDP, divided between Lower Providence Township and Skippack Township, is the namesake of Evansburg State Park. History The Evansburg Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. The nearby Evansburg State Park takes its name from the CDP. Evansburg is a National Historic District designated by Congress, with over 50 National Register properties dating from the early 18th through 19th century. Almost all of these properties are privately owned and in active use at this time. Demographics As of the 2010 census, the CDP was 80.7% White, 2.7% Black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 12.6% Asian, 0.3% were Some Other Race, and 1.5% were two or more races. 2.5% of the population were of Hispanic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Caroline Lane Reynolds
Caroline Lane Jebb, Lady Jebb (1840 – 11 July 1930), née Reynolds, then Slemmer, was an American intellectual and socialite. Biographical notes Born Caroline Lane Reynolds in 1840 in Evansburg, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the Rev. John Reynolds, an English clergyman who had immigrated to the United States in about 1825. In 1856 she married Lt. Adam J. Slemmer, a Brigadier-General in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and they lived on military bases in South Carolina, Florida, and Wyoming Territory. Their only child, a son, died young. After Slemmer's death in 1868, she moved to Cambridge, England to visit relatives. In 1874 she married the classicist Richard Claverhouse Jebb.Hugh Lloyd-Jones, 'Jebb, Sir Richard Claverhouse (1841–1905)', first published 2004; online edn, May 2006, 2277 words, with portrait illustration They initially lived in Glasgow, where her husband was a professor, but spent summers in Cambridge until the death of Benjamin Hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cambridge University
The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, world's third-oldest university in continuous operation. The university's founding followed the arrival of scholars who left the University of Oxford for Cambridge after a dispute with local townspeople. The two ancient university, ancient English universities, although sometimes described as rivals, share many common features and are often jointly referred to as Oxbridge. In 1231, 22 years after its founding, the university was recognised with a royal charter, granted by Henry III of England, King Henry III. The University of Cambridge includes colleges of the University of Cambridge, 31 semi-autonomous constituent colleges and List of institutions of the University of Cambridge#Schools, Faculties, and Departments, over 150 academic departm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Public Orator
The Public Orator is a traditional official post at universities, especially in the United Kingdom. The holder of this office acts as the voice of the university on public occasions. The position at Oxford University dates from 1564. The Public Orator at the university presents honorary degrees, giving an oration for each person that is honoured. They may be required to compose addresses and letters as directed by the Hebdomadal Council of the university. Speeches when members of the royal family are present may also be required. The post was instituted for a visit to Oxford by Queen Elizabeth I in 1566. The Public Orator, Thomas Kingsmill, gave a very long historical speech. Sir Isaac Wake addressed King James I similarly in 1605. At the University of Cambridge, the title for the position changed from "Public Orator" to "Orator" in 1926. Trinity College Dublin in Ireland also has a Public Orator. There is no equivalent position in American universities. List of Public Orators ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fellow (college)
A fellow is a title and form of address for distinguished, learned, or skilled individuals in academia, medicine, research, and industry. The exact meaning of the term differs in each field. In learned or professional societies, the term refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements. Within institutions of higher education, a fellow is a member of a highly ranked group of teachers at a particular college or university or a member of the governing body in some universities. It can also be a specially selected postgraduate student who has been appointed to a post (called a fellowship) granting a stipend, research facilities and other privileges for a fixed period (usually one year or more) in order to undertake some advanced study or research, often in return for teaching services. In the context of medical education in North America, a fellow is a physician who is undergoing a supervised, sub-specialty medical training (fellow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Porson Prize
The Porson Prize is an undergraduate award for Greek verse composition at the University of Cambridge. It was founded in honor of classical scholar Richard Porson and was first awarded in 1817. Winners are known as "Porson prizemen". Winners of the Porson Prize *1817: George James Pennington ( King's) for '' 2 Henry IV'' 3.1. *1818: William Sidney Walker (Trinity) for ''Henry VIII'' 3.2. *1819: Horatio Waddington (Trinity) for ''Coriolanus'' 5.3. *1820: William Henry Fox Talbot (Trinity) for ''Macbeth'' 1.7. *1821: William Foster Barham (Trinity) for ''Othello'' 1.3. *1822: William Foster Barham (Trinity) for ''Julius Cæsar'' 4.3. **Second prize: C. Wimberly (St. John's). *1823: Benjamin Hall Kennedy ( St. John's) for ''Henry VIII'' 5.4. *1824: Benjamin Hall Kennedy (St. John's) for ''Merchant of Venice'' 4.1. *1825: John Hodgson (Trinity) for ''King John'' 4.2. *1826: Benjamin Hall Kennedy (Trinity) for ''King John'' 3.3. **Second prize: John Wordsworth (Trinity). *1827: J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cambridge Apostles
The Cambridge Apostles (also known as the Conversazione Society) is an intellectual society at the University of Cambridge founded in 1820 by George Tomlinson, a Cambridge student who became the first Bishop of Gibraltar. History Student George Tomlinson founded what he called the " Conversazione Society" at the University of Cambridge on 1 April 1820.W. C. Lubenow, ''The Cambridge Apostles 1820-1914'', Cambridge University Press, 1999. This intellectual society soon was called the Cambridge Apostles because of its twelve original members. These founding members were it seems Tory, evangelical Anglican students from St John's College, Cambridge. New members were invited and elected to membership by the extant membership. Membership and activities of the society are secret, but the society has met regularly for at least 150 years. The Apostles was essentially formed as a discussion group to explore and debate, in a small group, questions of philosophy, politics, ethics, gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at Oxford or Cambridge. Trinity has some of the most distinctive architecture in Cambridge with its Trinity Great Court, Great Court said to be the largest enclosed courtyard in Europe. Academically, Trinity performs exceptionally as measured by the Tompkins Table (the annual unofficial league table of Cambridge colleges), coming top from 2011 to 2017, and regaining the position in 2024. Members of Trinity have been awarded 34 Nobel Prizes out of the 121 received by members of the University of Cambridge (more than any other Oxford or Cambridge college). Members of the college have received four Fields Medals, one Turing Award and one Abel Prize. Trinity alumni include Francis Bacon, six British Prime Minister of the United Kingdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Charterhouse School
Charterhouse is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Godalming, Surrey, England. Founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian monastery in Charterhouse Square, Smithfield, London, Smithfield, London, it educates over 1000 pupils, aged 13 to 18 years. Charterhouse is one of the original nine English Public school (United Kingdom), public schools reported upon by the Clarendon Commission in 1864 leading to its regulation by the Public Schools Act 1868. Charterhouse charges full boarders up to £47,535 per annum (2023/2024). It educated the British Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Lord Liverpool and has List of Old Carthusians, multiple notable alumni. History In May 1611, the London Charterhouse came into the hands of Thomas Sutton (1532–1611) of Knaith, Lincolnshire. He acquired a fortune by the discovery of coal on two estates which he had leased near Newc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
St Columba's College, Dublin
St Columba's College is a co-educational independent day and boarding school founded in 1843 located in Whitechurch, County Dublin, Ireland. Among the founders of the college were Viscount Adare (who later became The 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl in 1850), William Monsell (who was later created The 1st Baron Emly in 1874), Dr William Sewell and James Henthorn Todd. The school is affiliated with the Church of Ireland and caters to 300+ pupils, aged 11 to 19. Alumni are organized in the Old Columban Society. Its campus consists of on the edge of Dublin and the M50 motorway. The school has grown up around a series of quadrangles, and major developments since the 1993 150th anniversary have provided it with many modern facilities. In 2004 it opened the Grange Building, housing over 100 boarders, as well as classrooms and house staff accommodation. In 2006, the 19th century Argyle buildings in the heart of the College were refurbished. The old Cadogan Building opened in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
