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Sophy
Sophy is an alternate spelling of the female given name Sophie, from the name Sophia, meaning "wise". People with the name * Sophy A. Christensen (1867–1955), Danish master carpenter and furniture designer * Sophy Gray (architect) (1814–1871), British administrator and architect * Sophy Gray (1814–1871), English diocesan administrator, artist, architect, and horsewoman * Sophy Mae Mitchell, one of the first women to play in the University of Florida Fightin' Gator Marching Band * Sophy Regensburg (1885–1974), American painter * Sophy Rickett (born 1970), British visual artist * Sophy Ridge (born 1984), English broadcast journalist and host of ''Sophy Ridge on Sunday'' * Sophy Romvari (born 1990), Canadian film director, writer, and actress * Sophy Sanger (1881–1950), British internationalist and labour law reformer * Sophy Wong (born 1992), Hong Kong singer-songwriter also known as SOPHY Fictional characters * Great-Aunt Sophy, a character in the children' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophy A
Sophy is an alternate spelling of the female given name Sophie, from the name Sophia, meaning "wise". People with the name * Sophy A. Christensen (1867–1955), Danish master carpenter and furniture designer * Sophy Gray (architect) (1814–1871), British administrator and architect * Sophy Gray (1814–1871), English diocesan administrator, artist, architect, and horsewoman * Sophy Mae Mitchell, one of the first women to play in the University of Florida Fightin' Gator Marching Band * Sophy Regensburg (1885–1974), American painter * Sophy Rickett (born 1970), British visual artist * Sophy Ridge (born 1984), English broadcast journalist and host of ''Sophy Ridge on Sunday'' * Sophy Romvari (born 1990), Canadian film director, writer, and actress * Sophy Sanger (1881–1950), British internationalist and labour law reformer * Sophy Wong (born 1992), Hong Kong singer-songwriter also known as SOPHY Fictional characters * Great-Aunt Sophy, a character in the children's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophy Ridge
Sophy Arabella Ridge (born 17 October 1984) is an English broadcast journalist. She currently works for Sky News and has presented ''Sophy Ridge on Sunday'' since 2017, (and can be accessehere. In 2022, she launched ''The Take with Sophy Ridge''. Early life Ridge was born on 17 October 1984 in Richmond upon Thames, London. Both her parents are teachers. Ridge has one younger brother. Her secondary education was at the selective grammar Tiffin Girls' School in London. During her time there, she did work experience at the local newspaper ''Richmond and Twickenham Times''. She continued her education at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and obtained a second-class BA degree in English Literature. During her final year of university she did a period of work experience at the tabloid newspaper ''News of the World'', which led to a position on their graduate training programme. Career She started as a voice-over artist at the voiceover agency Hobson's International, from the 1990s and 2000s a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophy Rickett
Sophy Rickett (born 22 September 1970) is a visual artist, working with photography and video installation, video/sound installation. She lives and works in London. Career Sophy Rickett was born in London. Between 1990 and 1993, she studied for a BA (Hons) in Photography at London College of Communication, London College of Printing, London. Her work came to prominence in the late 1990s, following her graduation from The Royal College of Art, London in the Summer of 1999. One of her earliest works, Vauxhall Bridge, depicted Rickett urinating standing up while attired in expensive feminine clothes, against the backdrop of Terry Farrell's iconic SIS building at Vauxhall Cross. It was reviewed in Creative Camera magazine in 1996. Some people saw the "Pissing Women" series as a satire of male behaviour, though many did not know the women were genuinely urinating. Sophy Rickett stated in the interview "this was something I did," and the photographs were not manipulated.Creative Camera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophy Gray (architect)
Sophy Gray or Sophia Gray (5 January 1814 – 27 April 1871), was a diocesan administrator, artist, architect, horsewoman and the wife of Cape Town bishop Robert Gray. Born at Easington in Yorkshire, the 5th daughter of county squire Richard Wharton Myddleton of Durham and Yorkshire, she died at Bishopscourt, Cape Town on 27 April 1871 and was buried in the graveyard of St Saviour's in Claremont. wrote "the constant companion of (Robert Gray's) travels, the untiring amanuensis and accountant, the skilful designer of churches, the brightness and stay of his home life at Bishopscourt." England Sophy and her two sisters were raised in an affluent family, owning estates in North Riding and Durham. They were well-read and proficient riders from an early age, qualities that helped foster their friendship with the young Robert Gray. Sophy married Robert Gray in 1836 after a six-month engagement, when he was rector of Whitworth, Durham. Their honeymoon gave young Sophy a taste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophy Gray
Sophy Gray or Sophia Gray (5 January 1814 – 27 April 1871), was a diocesan administrator, artist, architect, horsewoman and the wife of Cape Town bishop Robert Gray. Born at Easington in Yorkshire, the 5th daughter of county squire Richard Wharton Myddleton of Durham and Yorkshire, she died at Bishopscourt, Cape Town on 27 April 1871 and was buried in the graveyard of St Saviour's in Claremont. wrote "the constant companion of (Robert Gray's) travels, the untiring amanuensis and accountant, the skilful designer of churches, the brightness and stay of his home life at Bishopscourt." England Sophy and her two sisters were raised in an affluent family, owning estates in North Riding and Durham. They were well-read and proficient riders from an early age, qualities that helped foster their friendship with the young Robert Gray. Sophy married Robert Gray in 1836 after a six-month engagement, when he was rector of Whitworth, Durham. Their honeymoon gave young Sophy a taste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophy Ridge On Sunday
''Sophy Ridge on Sunday'' (also ''Sunday with Niall Paterson'') is a Sky News Sunday morning talk show fronted by Sophy Ridge. It was launched on 8 January 2017 and is currently broadcast on Sundays at 8:30am to 9:30am. It is followed by ''Sophy Ridge: The Take'', a half-hour programme reacting to the interviews from the main programme. Until July 2018, the programme was broadcast from 10:00 am to 11:00 am (with a 30-minute highlights show broadcast at 9:30 pm). It was broadcast at the same time as ITV's '' Peston on Sunday'', until both programmes were rescheduled. From 10 September 2017 until 29 April 2018, Ridge was on maternity leave, with Niall Paterson fronting the show (rebranded as ''Sunday with Niall Paterson''). Ridge returned on 4 May 2018. On 16 May 2021 she began another period of maternity leave, with Trevor Phillips occupying the slot and the show temporarily renamed ''Trevor Phillips on Sunday''. As part of Sky News' coverage of the 2019 United Kingdom general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Camomile Lawn (TV Serial)
''The Camomile Lawn'' is a television adaptation of the 1984 book of the same name by Mary Wesley, produced by Glenn Wilhide and Sophie Belhetchet at ZED Ltd for Channel 4, directed by Peter Hall. It was adapted from Wesley's novel by Ken Taylor and first broadcast in 1992. Set just before and during the Second World War, with an aftermath that takes place in the mid 1980s, the action begins at the Cornish country house of Helena Cuthbertson. The title is drawn from a camomile lawn between the house and the sea cliffs on which some significant events take place. Outline The production begins in August 1939, when young adults Oliver (Toby Stephens), Calypso (Jennifer Ehle), Polly (Tara Fitzgerald) and her brother Walter are visiting their disorganised Aunt Helena (Felicity Kendal) and her husband Richard Cuthbertson (Paul Eddington) in their house by the sea in Cornwall. Ten-year-old Sophy (Rebecca Hall), the daughter of Richard’s late half sister, lives with them and is d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophy Romvari
Sophy Romvari (born October 20, 1990) is a Canadian film director, writer, and actress. She attracted widespread acclaim for her short film '' Still Processing'' (2020).Barry Hertz, "Canadian short filmmakers play the long game". ''The Globe and Mail'', September 11, 2020. The film premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival and was later released online by Mubi. A collection of Romvari's short films, including ''Still Processing'', were subsequently released by The Criterion Collection on their streaming platform in 2022. Her other notable films include ''Pumpkin Movie'', which screened at the 2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and ''Norman/Norman'', which screened at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Her work has screened at film festivals internationally, such as at the Sheffield Doc/Fest, Indie Memphis, and the True/False Film Festival. Career Romvari began making films in the mid-2010s, around 2013, while in film school. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophy Sanger
Sophy Sanger (1881–1950) was a British internationalist and labour law reformer. Early life and education Sophy Sanger was born on 3 January 1881 in Westcott, Surrey. She was the youngest daughter of the wealthy London businessman Charles Sanger and Jessie Alice Pulford. At the age of 15, she was sent to Dr. Elizabeth Dawes' school in Weybridge, where she was the only pupil to be taught mathematics. She went up to Newnham College, Cambridge in autumn 1899. Sophy began by studying the Mathematical Tripos from 1899 to 1902 and went on to read moral sciences in 1903. It was in Cambridge at a debate in the Newnham Parliament that Sophy first became interested in politics; listening to a speech by the Quaker Hilda Clark sparked in her a commitment to pacifism. Work Sophy Sanger worked for the Women's Trade Union League from 1903 to 1909, setting up its legal advice bureau whilst learning labour law at University College London. Her work on insurance regulations for workplace comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophy Regensburg
Sophy Pollak Regensburg (1885 – April 6, 1974) was an American naïve painter. Born in New York City, Regensburg was a member of a prominent family; her brother, Walter Pollak, sat on the New York Stock Exchange. She was married to cigar maker Melville E. Regensburg, with whom she had three children, until his death. Active during her marriage as a volunteer, she took up painting in widowhood, when her physician suggested she needed to slow down; she had studied under William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri at the New York School of Art. In 1952, the first year in which she was involved in the hobby, she won a gold medal in the National Amateur Painters Competition; she would go on to present work in thirteen one-woman shows and fifteen group exhibits before her death. She produced mainly still lifes. Her work is represented in the collections of the American Folk Art Museum, the Miami University Art Museum, and Smith College Smith College is a Private university, private ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophy Wong
Sophy Wong (; born 16 February 1992), also known as SOPHY, is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter. Career Wong came 7th in ''The Voice (Hong Kong)'' in 2009. She released her debut EP, Sophrology EP and formed her record label, Bunny Eats Ltd with Tsang-Hei Chiu in 2017. She followed up with her second EP, QUARTER EP Discography Extended plays Awards and nominations Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation Metro Radio Music Awards RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards () is one of the main C-pop music award in Hong Kong. The award is sponsored by RTHK. Beginning in 1978, it is the oldest major award in Hong Kong, even earlier than the Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards. The cer ... Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation Yahoo！Asia Buzz Awards References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wong, Sophy 1992 births Living people 21st-century Hong Kong women singers Hong Kong women singer-songwriters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Hope
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was a British novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered predominantly for only two books: ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1894) and its sequel ''Rupert of Hentzau'' (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature, are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance, books set in fictional European locales similar to the novels. ''Zenda'' has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name and the 1952 version. Early career and ''Zenda'' Hope was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead, Marlborough College and Balliol College, Oxford. In an academically distinguished career at Oxford he obtained first-class honours in Classical Moderations (Literis Graecis et Latinis) in 1882 and in Literae Humaniores ('Greats') in 1885. Hope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
