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  1. Vere Gordon Childe

    Infobox person name Vere Gordon Childe image Gordon Childe.jpg image size 200px caption Vere Gordon Childe at Tara in Ireland, 1955. birth name Vere Gordon Childe birth date birth date 1892 04 14 df yes ... Archaeologist known for Marxist archaeology Marxist archaeological theory Vere Gordon Childe 14 April 1892 &ndash 19 October 1957 , better known simply as Gordon Childe , was an Australian people Australian ... Harriet gave birth to Vere Gordon Childe in 1892, and he was raised along with his five older half ..., David Russell., and Vere Gordon Childe. The Archaeology of V. Gordon Childe Contemporary Perspectives ... and their impact on the countries of Western Europe. ref Harris, David Russell., and Vere Gordon Childe ... many of his papers and letters. ref Harris, David Russell., and Vere Gordon Childe. The Archaeology ...., and Vere Gordon Childe. The Archaeology of V. Gordon Childe Contemporary Perspectives. Chicago ... contexts. ref Harris, David Russell., and Vere Gordon Childe. The Archaeology of V. Gordon ... volume 116 pages 81 106 ref Fau07 refend Further reading Braidwood, Robert  J. Vere Gordon Childe ..., Irving. Vere Gordon Childe, 1892 1957 Obituary , American Antiquity , Vol.  24, No.  1. Jul ... . NAME Childe, Vere Gordon ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 14 April 1892 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 19 October 1957 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Childe, Vere Gordon Category 1892 births ... Category Marxist historians Category Alumni of The Queen s College, Oxford ca Vere Gordon Childe cs Vere Gordon Childe de Vere Gordon Childe el es Vere Gordon Childe eo Vere Gordon Childe eu Gordon Childe fr Vere Gordon Childe gl Vere Gordon Childe ko it Vere Gordon Childe he lt Vere Gordon Childe hu Vere Gordon Childe ml nl Vere Gordon Childe no Vere Gordon Childe pl Vere Gordon Childe pt Gordon Childe ru , simple Vere Gordon Childe sk Vere Gordon Childe fi Vere Gordon Childe sv Gordon Childe tr Gordon Childe zh ...   more details



  1. Childe

    for people named Childe Childe surname In the Middle Ages , a childe or child Old English Cild Young Lord was the son of a nobleman who had not yet attained knighthood , or had not yet won his spurs. As a rank in chivalry, it was used as a title, e.g. Child Horn in King Horn , as a male progressed through the positions of squire and then knight. The term is now obsolete, but is still well known from poetry, such as Robert Browning s Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came and Lord Byron s Childe Harold s Pilgrimage . Cultural References The term also exists, albeit with a different meaning, in the roleplay ing system Vampire The Masquerade and various spin offs. ref Eric Nuzum, The Dead Travel Fast Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula Macmillan, 2007 , http books.google.com books?id pktq6VmqJUMC&pg PA162&dq childer Vampire&ei jiuZSKLTKZOaigGy5v3HBw&sig ACfU3U34jPOAm6LLHLQIkIqc0sZYfOJZXA 162 . ref It signifies the offspring of a vampire , in this respect called a Sire . Childe in Stephen King s The Dark Tower series The Dark Tower is, in Roland Deschain s own words, ...a term that describes a knight or a gunslinger on a quest. A formal term, and ancient. We never used it among ourselves...for it means holy, chosen by ka . We never liked to think of ourselves in such terms, and I haven t thought of myself so in many years. p. 859, The Dark Tower VII The Dark Tower , Pocket Books, 2006 ed. The term is used to apply to an expected next stage in human evolution in the Childe Cycle novels by Gordon R. Dickson . References references Nuttall Euro hist stub poem stub Category Vampire The Masquerade es Childe ru ...   more details



  1. Vere

    wiktionary vere Vere may refer to People with the given name Vere Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland grandson to Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury Vere Fane, 5th Earl of Westmorland Vere Fane, 14th Earl of Westmorland Vere Fane MP Tory MP for Petersfield and Lyme Regis. Vere Fane Benett Stanford Conservative MP Shaftesbury Sir Vere Bonamy Fane General in the British Indian Army buried at Fulbeck William Vere Reeve King Fane of Fulbeck 1868 1943 OBE was a member of the Fane family, an English landowner, soldier and High Sheriff of Lincolnshire buried at Fulbeck Arthur Vere Harvey, Baron Harvey of Prestbury 1906 1994 , British Conservative politician Henry Vere Huntley 1795 1864 , English naval officer and colonial administrator Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere 1699 1781 , British peer and politician Vere Bird 1910 1999 , first Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Vere Gordon Childe 1892 1957 , Australian philologist Vere Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere 1925 1998 , founder of the Mail on Sunday Vere Johns 20th century , impresario and radio personality Vere Lorrimer died 1998 , British television producer and director Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough 1880 1956 , British Conservative Party politician Vere St. Leger Goold 1853 1909 , Irish tennis champion William Vere Cruess 1886 1968 , American food scientist People with the surname Vere Charles Broke Vere 1779 1843 , British soldier and Member of Parliament Francis Vere 1560 1609 , English soldier Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury 1565 1635 , English military leader and grandfather to Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland See also al Vere De Vere disambiguation Vere Island Vere Street disambig Category Given names Category Surnames de Vere nl Vere ...   more details



  1. Childe (surname)

    Childe can be a surname , and may refer to Vere Gordon Childe , Australian philologist and archaeologist Wilfred Rowland Childe , British poet and critic As a given name it may refer to Childe Hassam See also Childe Child surname Childe the Hunter surname Childe It does not help to add disambig or hndis tags where the page only contains people who share a surname ...   more details



  1. Childe Rowland

    . Gordon R. Dickson s unfinished science fiction series Childe Cycle 1959 was named for the Browning ...Childe Rowland is a fairy tale , the most popular version being by Joseph Jacobs in his English Folk and Fairy Tales , published in 1892, and written partly in verse and part in prose. It is said to be related to or inspired by a Scotland Scottish ballad . Synopsis The story tells of how the four children of the Queen by some accounts Guinevere , Childe Rowland, his two older brothers, and his sister, Burd Ellen, were playing ball near a church. Rowland kicked the ball over the church and Burd Ellen went to retrieve it, inadvertently circling the church widdershins , or opposite the way of the sun, and disappeared. Rowland went to Merlin wizard Merlin to ask what became of his sister and was told that she was taken to the Dark Tower by the King of Elfland , and only the boldest knight in Christendom could retrieve her. The eldest brother decided he would make the journey, and was told what to do by Merlin. He did not return, and the middle brother followed, only to meet the same fate. Finally Childe Rowland went forth, having been given his father s sword, which never struck in vain, for protection. Merlin gave him his orders he must chop off the head of anyone in Elfland who speaks ... again. Cultural influences The synopsis of Childe Rowland is found in a Scandinavian medieval ... background until her brother revives her. Childe Rowland is referenced briefly in King Lear , by Gloucester ... s 1855 poem Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came , takes its inspiration more from Shakespeare than ... between Roland s tale and Childe Rowland, such as the sorcerer Maerlyn an apparent pseudonym ... Louis MacNeice wrote a radio play, The Dark Tower , based on the Childe Rowland story. In it, Rowland ... the Rhymer References Wikisource English Fairy Tales Childe Rowland Childe Rowland Louis MacNeice ... tales Category English legendary characters fr Childe Rowland ...   more details



  1. Childe Cycle

    Refimprove date December 2010 The Childe Cycle is an unfinished series of science fiction novels by Gordon R. Dickson . The name Childe Cycle is an allusion to Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came , a poem by Robert Browning , which provided considerable inspiration for elements in Dickson s Masterpiece magnum opus . The series is sometimes referred to as the Dorsai series, as the Dorsai people are central to the series. The related short stories and novellas all center around the Dorsai, primarily members of the Graeme and Morgan families. The first story published, Dorsai was originally to have ... used in the Childe Cycle appears in many of Gordon R. Dickson s works. It uses an application of the Heisenberg ... as a novel in Astounding Science Fiction . While, on the face of it, the Childe Cycle ... edition . The science fiction novels of the main Childe Cycle include Dorsai alternate title The Genetic ... titled Childe , had not been completed at the time of Dickson s death, and has never been published ... universe as the Childe Cycle, but are not part of the core cycle. Lost Dorsai novella and Warrior ... 1986 . The three other novels are Young Bleys 1991 Other novel Other 1994 Antagonist Childe ... more detail of the ultimate conflict in Childe . 2007 saw the publication of Antagonist , finished .... The final planned volume, Childe , was to resolve the conflict which had been set up in the last ..., the Childe Cycle focuses mainly on their exploits, to the extent that the Cycle is sometimes ... suggests Citation needed date April 2008 that the resolution to be sought in Childe is the evolution ... Friendly culture to support his war against the Dorsai, Exotics, and Old Earth . Planets of the Childe ... century, the jumps were hardly noticeable. In general, technology is not a large part of the Childe Cycle. This is partly because the science fiction is used mainly as a setting, the real focus of the Childe ... Category Science fiction book series Category Gordon R. Dickson it Ciclo dei Dorsai no Dorsai ru ...   more details



  1. Childe Wills

    January 5, 2004, retrieved 7 23 09 ref He had two sons John Harold and Childe Harold Jr. ref name ... Stocking, Gordon K. Miller year 1922 publisher The S. J. Clarke publishing company isbn url http books.google.com ... Hall of Fame Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Wills, Childe ALTERNATIVE ... December 30, 1940 PLACE OF DEATH Detroit, Michigan DEFAULTSORT Wills, Childe Category 1878 births Category ...   more details



  1. Childe's Tomb

    File Childe s tomb 2.jpg thumb Childe s Tomb today File Child s Tomb from Carrington s Dartmoor.jpg thumb Childe s Tomb before its destruction in 1812 Childe s Tomb is a granite cross on Dartmoor , Devon , England. Although not in its original form, it is more elaborate than most of the Dartmoor crosses crosses on Dartmoor , being raised upon a constructed base, and it is known that a kistvaen is underneath. A well known legend attached to the site concerns a wealthy hunter, Childe, who became lost ... body for protection. The legend relates that Childe left a note of some sort saying that whoever found ... Childe s Tomb is a reconstructed granite cross on the south east edge of Foxtor Mires , about ... B218 Tristram Risdon , writing in about 1630, said that Childe s Tomb was one of three remarkable ... Childe s Tomb of most of its stones for the building and its doorsteps. ref name S42 Stanbrook 1994 p. 42 3 ref ref cite web url http www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk child hunter.htm title Childe the Hunter ... base and cross were made in Holne in 1885. ref name S44 Childe the Hunter File Childe s tomb 1.jpg thumb right View of the setting of Childe s Tomb According to legend, the cross was erected over the kistvaen burial chamber of Childe the Hunter , who was Ordulf, son of Ordgar , an Anglo Saxons Anglo Saxon Earl of Devon in the 11th century. The name Childe is probably derived from the Old English word cild which was used as a title of honour. ref name F277 Legend has it that Childe was in a party hunting on the moor when they were caught in some changeable weather. Childe became separated ... of Devon which was completed in around 1632 quote It is left us by tradition that one Childe ... culture Devon folk singer Seth Lakeman sang about Childe the Hunter on his 2006 album Freedom ... G. Commin location Exeter pages 88 97 cite journal author H. P. R. Finberg title Childe s Tomb ... and structures in Devon Category Monuments and memorials in England nl Childe s Tomb ...   more details



  1. Childe Hassam

    Infobox artist bgcolour 6495ED name Childe Hassam image Childe Hassam.jpg imagesize 150px caption Childe ... works patrons influenced by influenced awards Frederick Childe Hassam October 17, 1859 &ndash ... HASS m known to all as Childe , pronounced like child was born in his family home in a suburb ... school, but his parents took little notice of his nascent talent. ref Ulrich W. Hiesinger, Childe Hassam ... as Childe Hassam . He also began to add a crescent symbol in front of his signature, whose meaning ..., Mr. Hassam is a priest high in the councils. ref Margaret E. Bullock, Childe Hassam Impressionist ... and he returned to Europe. ref name Hiesinger, 1994, p. 104 Mid career File Church at Old Lyme Childe ..., Childe Hassam, 1905. Image Childe Hassam Snowstorm Madison Square.jpg thumb right Snowstorm, Madison ... Afternoon Appledore Childe Hassam.jpg thumb left 175px August Afternoon, Appledore , 1900 After ..., cheerful air. ref Hiesinger, 1994, p. 141 ref Image Childe Hassam The Water Garden 1909.jpg thumb left ... The Flag series File The Avenue in the Rain Frederick Childe Hassam 1917.jpeg thumb right 230px The Avenue ... which often lasted for over twelve hours. ref Irene Susan Fort, The Flag Paintings of Childe ..., Ulrich W. title Childe Hassam, American Impressionist location Munich and New York publisher Prestel Verlag year 1994 isbn 3 7913 1364 9 cite book author Weinberg, H. Barbara title Childe Hassam American ... Notes reflist 2 External links Commons category Childe Hassam http www.sullivangoss.com childe hassam Online Monograph http bostonartclub.com Boston Art Club http www.frederickhassam.org Frederick Childe ... Hassam s Life Chronology , from the Childe Hassam American Impressionist exhibit at the Metropolitan ... film about Hassam s life http www.artcyclopedia.com artists hassam childe.html Links to images by Childe ... Impressionists Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hassam, Childe ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... Hassam, Childe Category American painters Category American Impressionism Category American ...   more details



  1. Childe Morgan

    Infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Childe Morgan image Image Childemorgan.jpg 200px prefer 1st edition image caption Hardcover Edition author Katherine Kurtz cover artist Matt Stawicki country United States language English language English series Deryni novels The Childe Morgan Trilogy The Childe Morgan Trilogy genre Fantasy novel publisher Ace Books release date 5 December 2006 media type Print Hardcover pages 288pp first edition, hardcover isbn ISBN 0 441 01282 5 first edition, hardcover dewey 813 .54 22 congress PS3561.U69 C47 2006 oclc 69332183 preceded by In the King s Service followed by unknown title Childe Morgan is a fantasy novel by United States American born author Katherine Kurtz . It was published by Ace Books on December 5, 2006. It is the fifteenth of Kurtz Deryni novels to be published, the second book in the fifth Deryni trilogy, the Childe Morgan trilogy. The events of this trilogy are a direct prequel to the first Deryni trilogy, the Chronicles of the Deryni . Plot introduction The novel is set in the land of Gwynedd fictional Gwynedd , one of the fictional Eleven Kingdoms fictional Eleven Kingdoms . Gwynedd itself is a Middle Ages medieval kingdom similar to the British Isles of the 11th century, with a powerful Holy Church based on the Roman Catholic Church , and a feudalism feudal government ruled by a hereditary monarchy . The population of Gwynedd includes both humans and Deryni , a race of people with inherent psychic and magical abilities who have been persecuted and suppressed for almost two centuries. The novel details the early life of Alaric Morgan Gwynedd Alaric Morgan , a half Deryni child chosen by King House of Haldane fictional Donal Blaine Donal Blaine Haldane to protect the royal legacy ... will stop at nothing to destroy the young boy. Plot summary The events of Childe Morgan span a period ... and his son to the protection of the Haldane line. Characters in Childe Morgan King House of Haldane ...   more details



  1. Vere Street

    Vere Street may be Vere Street, Westminster a street off Oxford Street , London Vere Street, Camden a street near Lincoln s Inn Fields and Clare Market Vere Street Coterie a group of men convicted of sodomy offenses in the 19th century Roadindex ...   more details



  1. De Vere

    De Vere may refer to Surname Aubrey de Vere II died c. 1112 and his descendants the de Vere family, 20 of whom who held the title of Earl of Oxford in succession, until 1703 Cecil Valentine De Vere , chess player Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford , Lord Great Chamberlain to Elizabeth I also believed by some to have penned Shakespeare s works Aubrey Thomas de Vere 1814 1902 , Irish man of letters Michael De Vere , Australian rugby league footballer Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland 1362 1392 , companion and advisor to Richard II of England . Richard DeVere, a fictional character played by Peter Bowles in the British sitcom To the Manor Born Miscellaneous De Vere Group , a British hotel and leisure business The De Vere Belfry a hotel in England disambig surname ...   more details



  1. Vere Fane

    refer Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland 1645 1693 Vere Fane, 5th Earl of Westmorland 1678 1699 , Earl of Westmorland Vere Fane MP 1785 1863 , Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis UK Parliament constituency Lyme Regis Vere Fane, 14th Earl of Westmorland 1893 1948 hndis Fane, Vere ...   more details



  1. Vere Lorrimer

    Vere Lorrimer 8 June 1920 1 October 1998 was a United Kingdom British television producer and director. His work as director included many BBC dramas including Compact soap opera Compact , Dixon of Dock Green , Doomwatch and Blake s 7 . He later moved onto producing, overseeing the final series of Blake s 7 in 1981 and the second series of Tenko TV series Tenko in 1982. He also produced the drama serials The Dark Side of the Sun television The Dark Side of the Sun and Maelstrom TV series Maelstrom . External links imdb name id 0521154 name Vere Lorrimer Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lorrimer, Vere ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1920 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1998 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lorrimer, Vere Category 1920 births Category 1998 deaths Category British television producers Category British television directors ...   more details



  1. Francis Vere

    File Sir Francis Vere Portret van Franciscus Veer, Generaal en Gouverneur van Oostende Aert Meuris .jpg right thumb 200px Portrait of Sir Francis Vere Francis Vere 1560 &ndash August 18, 1609 was an England English soldier, famous for his career in Dutch service. He was the son of Geoffrey Vere of Crepping Hall, Essex , and nephew of John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford . Military career The young Francis Vere first went on active service under Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester Leicester in 1585, and was soon in the thick of the war raging in the Low Countries . At the siege of Sluys he greatly distinguished himself under Roger Williams soldier Sir Roger Williams and Sir Thomas Baskerville . In 1588 he was in the garrison of Bergen op Zoom , which delivered itself from the besiegers by its own good fighting, and was knighted by Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby Lord Willoughby ... his command. Vere won the reputation of being one of the best English soldiers of the day. His ... others not only his younger brother Horace Vere Horace , but men of such note as Ferdinando ... contested battles of the age, Maurice of Nassau, with support by Vere, completely defeated the veteran ... I of England James I made peace with Spain in 1603, Vere retired from active service and spent the remainder ... until 1657 reprinted in Arbers English Garner , 1883 . Vere spent a great deal of time visiting his ... a grand wedding for his stepdaughters on October 26, 1607. Vere received a dowry of 2,000 and settled ... . The Latin inscription can be translated blockquote To Francis Vere, Knight, son of Geoffrey and nephew .... blockquote References 1911 references DEFAULTSORT Vere, Sir Francis Category 1560 births Category 1609 deaths Category People of the Tudor period Category De Vere family Category People from Essex Category 16th century English people Category 17th century English people es Francis Vere fr Francis Vere it Francis Vere nl Francis Vere ...   more details



  1. Vere Temple

    orphan date January 2010 Vere Lucy Temple 8 February 1898 uncertain , who published under the name Vere Temple , was a British artist, best known for her illustrations of British wildlife. She had a particular interest in entomology . ref name BVM Citation last Guttridge first Roger author link last2 first2 author2 link title In a naturalist s footsteps journal Blackmore Vale Magazine volume issue pages date 15 January 2010 year 2010 url doi id ref Life Vere Temple was born at Boreham Manor, two miles east of Warminster , Wiltshire to parents Grenville and Katherine Temple. She showed an early aptitude for art, and her mother compiled an album of her drawings, the earliest of which was dated December 1901 and in which it is possible to spot evidence of the extraordinary eye which was in due course to blossom. ref name BVM From the 1920s her work was exhibited in many leading galleries across the country. In 1932 Temple had her portrait painted by Cedric Morris Sir Cedric Morris . ref name BVM By the 1940s Temple was living at Tollard Green in Tollard Royal . In 1981, following Temple s death, an auction of her studio collection of very fine botanical, entomological, domestic and wildlife drawings, watercolours and book illustrations was sold in more than 180 lots by the auctioneers ... collections search largerimage.php?firstRun true&sText vere temple&search sa&LinkID mp07624 ... results.aspx?k vere 20temple ref Books by Vere Temple An Artist Goes to the Dogs 1937 Baby Animals ... contactsheet.php?creator Temple 2C Vere&r Artwoks by Lucy Vere Temple held by Manchester Art Gallery http www.askart.com askart artist.aspx?artist 11165933 Painting by Vere Temple http www.artnet.com artist 424675573 lucy vere temple.html Vere Temple on Artnet http www.wiltshire holiday cottages.co.uk h115.htm Boreham Manor Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Temple, Vere ... PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Temple, Vere Lucy Category 1898 births Category British artists Category ...   more details



  1. Vere Bird

    Sir Vere Cornwall Bird Sr. December 9, 1910, where was he born Dah St. John s, Antigua and Barbuda St. John s &ndash June 28, 1999, St. John s, Antigua and Barbuda St. John s was the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Prime Ministers of Antigua and Barbuda, 1981 present first Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda . His son, Lester Bryant Bird , succeeded him as Prime Minister. In 1994 he was declared a national hero. Bird was unique from other West Indian politicians, lacking in any formal education except primary schooling. He attended the St. John s Boys School, now known as The T.N. Kirnon Primary School. He was an officer in the Salvation Army for 2 years interspersing his interests in trade unionism and politics. He gave up the Salvation Army because he saw the way the land owners were treating the local black Antiguans and Barbudans And decided to leave his post to fight for the freedom of his people, which he succeeded in doing. In 1943, he became the president of the Antigua Trades and Labour Union . He achieved national acclaim politically for the first time when he was elected to the colonial legislature in 1945. He formed the Antigua Labour Party and became the first and only chief minister, first and last premier, and first prime minister from 1981 to 1994. His resignation was due to failing health and internal issues within the government. In 1985 Antigua s international ... Vere Cornwall Bird was a member of an elite group of militant trade unionists who blazed a trail through .... A former Lieutenant, the PLM s George Walter, became the island s new premier. But Vere Bird s political ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bird, Vere ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bird, Vere Category 1910 ... de Vere Cornwall Bird el es Vere Cornwall Bird fr Vere Bird ko ja no Vere Bird pl Vere Cornwall Bird ru , sh Vere Bird ...   more details



  1. Vere Johns

    Vere Everette Johns November 1893&ndash September 1966 was a Jamaica n journalist , impresario , radio personality, and actor , who helped to launch the careers of many Jamaican musicians through his popular talent contests. Biography Johns was born in Mandeville, Jamaica Mandeville in 1893, and after working for the Post Office, served in the South Lancashire Regiment in World War I before finding success as a newspaper columnist in the United States in the 1920s. ref name Hill Hill, Robert A. 1992 Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers November 1927 August 1940 v. 7 , University of California Press, ISBN 978 0520072084, p. 540 ref While in the US he divorced his first wife and married his second, actress Lillian May, known as Lady Luck . He began running talent contests while in the US, and continued on his return to Jamaica in 1939. In the late 1940s he began a long running Vere Johns Says column in the Jamaica Star newspaper, often on the topic of music. ref name Hill He made a major contribution to Jamaican music with his Vere John s Opportunity Knocks Talent Show on RJR Radio, which helped to launch the careers of several major recording artists including Lloyd Charmers , Hortense Ellis , John Holt , Bob Andy , Desmond Dekker , The Wailers 1963 1974 band The Wailers , Alton Ellis , Jackie Edwards musician Jackie Edwards , Dobby Dobson , Boris Gardiner , Laurel Aitken , and Millie Small . ref name Larkin Larkin, Colin 1998 The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae , Virgin Books, ISBN 0 7535 0242 9, p. 54, 94, 124, 256 ref ref name Bradley Bradley, Lloyd 2000 This is Reggae Music , Grove Press, ISBN 0 8021 3828 4, p. 19 21 ref ref name JG1 http www.jamaica ... recitations, and taught acting. ref name Hill Vere Johns died in September 1966. In 2008, Johns was posthumously ... References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Johns, Vere ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... Johns, Vere Category Reggae journalists Category Jamaican radio personalities Category 1893 births ...   more details



  1. Vere Poulett

    Lieutenant General The Honourable Vere Poulett May 1761 15 March 1812 , was a British soldier and politician. Poulett was a younger son of Vere Poulett, 3rd Earl Poulett , and Mary, daughter of Richard Butt. ref name thepeerage.com http thepeerage.com p1890.htm i18899 thepeerage.com Lt. Gen. Hon. Vere Poulett ref He was returned to parliament for Bridgewater UK Parliament constituency Bridgewater in 1790, a seat he held until 1796 and again between 1806 and 1807. ref http www.leighrayment.com commons Bcommons5.htm leighrayment.com House of Commons Bradford North to Brightside ref Poulett married Anne Lucy n e Becher . They had one son and five daughters. ref http www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk online content Poulett1706.htm cracroftspeerage.co.uk Poulett, Earl E, 1706 1973 ref One of their daughters, Anne Lucy Poulett, was the wife of George Nugent Grenville, 2nd Baron Nugent . Poulett died in March 1812, aged 50. ref name thepeerage.com References reflist s start s par gb s bef before Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport Alexander Hood br Robert Thornton MP Robert Thornton s ttl title Member of Parliament for Bridgewater UK Parliament constituency Bridgewater with John Langston MP John Langston years 1790 1796 s aft after Sir George Pocock, 1st Baronet George Pocock br Jeffreys Allen s par uk s bef before Sir George Pocock, 1st Baronet George Pocock br John Hudleston s ttl title Member of Parliament for Bridgewater UK Parliament constituency Bridgewater with John Langston MP John Langston years 1806 1807 s aft after William Thornton Astell br Sir George Pocock, 1st Baronet George Pocock s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Poulett ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Member of Parliament DATE OF BIRTH 1761 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH March 1812 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Poulett Category 1761 births Category 1812 deaths Category Younger sons of earls Category British MPs 1790 1796 Category British Army generals Category Members of the Parliament of Great ...   more details



  1. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

    Italic title Image Lord Byron Childe Harold s Pilgimage Dugdale edition.jpg thumb Frontispiece to a c. 1825 edition of Childe Harold s Pilgrimage br br Lo where the Giant on the mountain stands, br His blood red tresses deep ning in the sun, br With death shot glowing in his fiery hands, br And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon br Restless it rolls, now fixed, and now anon br Flashing a far, and at his iron feet br Destruction cowers to mark what deeds are done. br For on this morn three potent nations meet, br To shed before his shrine the blood he deems most sweet. Childe Harold s Pilgrimage is a lengthy narrative poem in four parts written by George Gordon, Lord Byron . It was published between 1812 in poetry 1812 and 1818 in poetry 1818 and is dedicated to Ianthe . The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world weary young man who, disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry, looks for distraction in foreign lands. In a wider sense, it is an expression of the melancholy and disillusionment felt by a generation weary of the wars of the post Revolutionary and Napoleonic Era Napoleonic eras . The title comes from the term childe , a medieval title for a young man who was a candidate for knighthood . Origins The poem contains elements thought to be autobiographical, as Byron generated some of the storyline from experience gained during his travels through Portugal , the Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean and Aegean Sea between 1809 and 1811. ref name Heffernan ... Image Childe harold.jpg thumb Childe Harold s Pilgrimage by J.M.W. Turner , 1823. Childe ... inline http www.archive.org search.php?query Childe 20Harold 27s 20Pilgrimage Childe Harold s Pilgrimage ... 5131 Childe Harold s Pilgrimage at Project Gutenberg plain text Byron Category Poetry by Lord Byron Category 1818 poems de Childe Harold s Pilgrimage es Las peregrinaciones de Childe Harold it Childe Harold s Pilgrimage nl Childe Harold s Pilgrimage pl W dr wki Childe Harolda sq Shtegtimi i ajld ...   more details



  1. Rheta Childe Dorr

    File Dorr 4818632678 01ef878891 o.jpg thumb 400px Dorr with Emmeline Pankhurst in 1914 Rheta Childe Dorr 1868 1948 was an United States American author and social worker. Biography She was born at Omaha, Nebraska in 1868. After studying for two years at the University of Nebraska Lincoln University of Nebraska she became editor of the woman s department of the New York City New York New York Post Evening Post 1902 1906 , and a member of the staff of Hampton s Magazine 1908 1911 . She made special investigations as a worker in factories, mills, and department stores in order to study the labor conditions for women and children. She was war correspondent for a syndicate of 21 newspapers during 1917 1918, and became foreign correspondent with headquarters at Prague in 1920. She died in 1948. External links http history.enotes.com 1910 media american decades dorr rheta childe Profile summary at enotes.com gutenberg author id Rheta Childe Dorr name Rheta Childe Dorr Works What Eight Million Women Want 1910 Inside the Russian Revolution 1917 The Soldier s Mother in France 1918 Czechoslovakia Czecho Slovakia 1921 Drink Coercion or Control? 1929 NIE Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dorr, Rheta Childe ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1868 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1948 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dorr, Rheta Childe Category 1868 births Category 1948 deaths Category People from Omaha, Nebraska Category American political writers Category American women writers Category Newspaper people from Omaha, Nebraska US writer stub ...   more details



  1. Wilfred Rowland Childe

    Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Wilfred Rowland Childe 1890 1952 was a British poet and critic. He was educated at Harrow School and Magdalen College, Oxford . He edited Oxford Poetry in 1916 and 1917. He became a Roman Catholic convert in 1916. He is chiefly remembered for Dream English. A Fantastical Romance 1917 which was and still is something of a minor cult book. He was admired by Arthur Machen and later by the poet Robin Skelton. His Selected Poems was published in 1936. He associated with the Sitwells, but was no modernism modernist he has been described as almost too Georgian poets Georgian to be true . Works The Little City 1911 Dream English. A Fantastical Romance 1917 The Gothic Rose 1922 Ivory Palaces 1925 Blue Distance 1930 travel writing The Golden Thurible The Garland of Armor Selected Poems 1936 The Bless d Pastures 1950 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Childe, Wilfred Rowland ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1890 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1952 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Childe, Wilfred Rowland Category 1890 births Category 1952 deaths Category British poets UK poet stub ...   more details



  1. Lady Clara Vere de Vere

    Lady Clara Vere Aubrey de Vere II de Vere is an English poetry English poem written by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson Alfred Lord Tennyson , part of the collection The Lady of Shalott , and Other Poems , published in 1842. The poem is about a lady in a family of aristocracy aristocrats , and has numerous nobility noble references, such as to earl s or heraldry coats of arms . One such line from the poem goes, Kind hearts are more than coronet s, and simple faith than Normans Norman blood. This line gave the title to the film Kind Hearts and Coronets . Lewis Carroll s poem http www.poemhunter.com p m poem.asp?poet 3045&poem 17258 Echoes is based on Lady Clare Vere de Vere . External links s Lady Clara Vere de Vere Full text of the poem Alfred Tennyson DEFAULTSORT Lady Clara Vere De Vere Category Poetry by Alfred Tennyson Category English poems Category 1842 poems ...   more details



  1. Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury

    Image Horace Vere, Baron Vere of Tilbury by Michiel Jansz. van Miereveldt.jpg right thumb 225px The 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury. Sir Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury 1565 &ndash 2 May 1635 also Horatio Vere or Horatio de Vere was an England English military leader during the Eighty Years War and the Thirty Years War , a son of Geoffrey Vere and brother of Francis Vere . He was sent to the Electoral Palatinate Palatinate by James I of England James I in 1620. He was created Baron Vere of Tilbury ... of Englishmen who were afterwards distinguished soldiers served under Vere in the trenches at Den ... of war. ref name DNB s Vere, Horace DNB00 ref Early life The fourth son of Geoffrey Vere by his wife ... Vere family, Earls of Oxford ref , and younger brother of Sir Francis Vere , he was born in 1565 ... name DNB Dutch service Image Sir Horace Vere Horatius Veer 1565 1635 .jpg Left thumb 225px 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury in Holland by Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt Upon the retirement of Sir Francis Vere ... operation. Vere won for his command the approbation of the States General of the Netherlands ... outmanoeuvred, and several of the troops broke. Vere crossed the river with four companies of infantry ... in some order. ref name DNB Twelve Years Truce The battle of Mulheim was followed by Vere ... cost, and to appeal for funds. Dohna, as paymaster, selected Sir Horace Vere, as commander George Villiers ..., and money came in more rapidly. On 9 July Vere went to Theobalds to take leave of the king ... was in the field with one army, Don Luis de Velasco in the way with another. ref name DNB Vere ... of the Main River , Spinola made an unsuccessful attempt to cut him off. Vere crossed the Main ... of winter compelled the English and their allies to seek quarters. Vere divided his troops among ... all hope of relief. The English governors were not closely pressed that year. The garrison under Vere ... under Tilly, Cordova, and Verdugo . Vere resolved to hold out, though he knew that the military ...   more details



  1. Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere

    Image Baron Vere of Hanworth coa.png thumb right Arms of Admiral Lord Vere Admiral United Kingdom Admiral Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere 14 July 1699 &ndash 21 October 1781 , known as Lord Vere Beauclerk until 1750, was a United Kingdom British peerage peer and politician, a son of the Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans 1st Duke of St Albans and a grandson of Charles II of England King Charles II . From February 1731&ndash 1739 he commanded HMS Anglesea HMS Anglesea . On 13 April 1736, in London , he married Mary Beauclerk, Baroness Vere Mary Chambers c. 1714 21 January 1783 , a maternal granddaughter of the Charles Berkeley, 2nd Earl of Berkeley 2nd Earl of Berkeley . They later had six children four of whom died young Lord Vere Beauclerk 12 January 1737 26 December 1739 Lord Chambers Beauclerk 22 February 1738 16 July 1747 Lord Sackville Beauclerk 12 April 1739 25 April 1739 Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans The Hon. Aubrey Beauclerk 3 June 1740 9 February 1802 Lady Elizabeth Beauclerk July 1742 April 1746 buried on 26 April 1746 Lady Charles Spencer The Hon. Mary Beauclerk 4 December 1743 13 January 1812 who married Lord Charles Spencer , son of the Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough 3rd Duke of Marlborough . From 1726 to 1741 he was Member of Parliament MP for Windsor ... Baron Vere , of Hanworth in the County of Middlesex. Lord Vere was elected one of the first Vice Presidents ... s new s ttl title Baron Vere years 1750&ndash 1781 s aft after Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans Aubrey Beauclerk end box DEFAULTSORT Vere, Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Category 1699 births Category ... Britain for English constituencies Beauclerk, Lord Vere Category Lords of the Admiralty Category Lord Lieutenants of Berkshire Category Younger sons of dukes Beauclerk, Vere, Lord Category Beauclerk family Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere Category British MPs 1722 1727 Category British MPs 1727 ... GB peer stub GreatBritain MP stub pl Vere Beauclerk, 1. baron Vere of Hanworth ...   more details




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