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Alice Buxton Winnicott
Alice Buxton Winnicott née Taylor (1891 – 1969) was an English research scientist, painter and ceramist. Her Upchurch Pottery manufactured Claverdon tableware for Heal's. She was the first wife of the paediatrician and Psychoanalysis, psychoanalyst, D.W. Winnicott. Life Alice Buxton Taylor was born in 1891, in Claverdon, Warwickshire, the second of five accomplished children. Her father was John William Taylor (1851–1910) who was a professor of gynaecology at the University of Birmingham. Alice’s mother, Florence Maberly Buxton (1856–1934), a teacher before she married, had educated all her children at home in their early years. Alice went on to the King Edward VI Aston School, King Edward VI High School for Girls in Birmingham. In 1912 Alice went up to Cambridge, following her mother and older sister Mary into Newnham College (1912–1915), studying the Natural Sciences (Cambridge), Natural Sciences Tripos. While she was in Cambridge she joined the geological Sedgewick C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claverdon
Claverdon is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England, about west of the county town of Warwick. Claverdon's toponym comes from the Old English for "clover hill". The hill is near the centre of the scattered parish which included the township of Langley to the south, and formerly comprised the manors of Claverdon, Langley, Kington (to the south-west), and Songar (in the south-east). There are hamlets near the church and at Yarningale, Kington, Lye Green, and Gannaway; and there is also a group of houses near the school. It includes modern development along with historic buildings: the forge; The Stone Building; St Michael's Church; and 16th and 17th century half-timbered cottages. History The Manor of Claverdon is recorded in the Domesday Book as part of the lands of the Count of Meulan, Robert of Beaumont who had inherited Meulan through his mother. It states; "In Ferncombe Hundred, (Clavendone) Claverdon, Bovi held it; he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
