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Crisp (surname)
Crisp is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Annie Crisp (1854–1953), English-born nurse * Benjamin Crisp (1808–1901), New Zealand carrier, temperance reformer and character. * Bob Crisp (1911–1994), South African cricketer. * Charles Frederick Crisp (1845–1896), a U.S. Representative from Georgia. * Charles R. Crisp (1870–1937), U.S. politician. * Clement Crisp (1926–2022), a British dance critic. * Covelli Loyce "Coco" Crisp (1979– ), baseball center fielder. * Donald Crisp (1882–1974), English film actor. * Finlay Crisp (1917–1984), Australian academic and political scientist. * Fiona Crisp (born 1966), British photographer. * Frank Crisp (1843–1919), English lawyer and microscopist. * George Crisp (1911–1982), Welsh footballer who played for Coventry City. * Hank Crisp (1896–1970), American college sports coach. * Harold Crisp (1874–1942), Australian judge * Henry Crisp (by 1505–75), English landowner and politician. * Hope Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Crisp
Annie Alice Crisp (1854 – 11 June 1953) was an English-born nurse who established New Zealand's first school of nursing and served as superintendent of Auckland Hospital, in New Zealand. She also established Winnipeg Children's Hospital, in Canada. Biography Crisp was born to a farming couple in Warwickshire, England, and completed her nursing training at Queen's Hospital, Birmingham. She joined the nursing section of the British Army and served as a nurse in the Anglo-Zulu and Anglo-Egyptian wars, and in the Sudan and South Africa. She was decorated in each of these campaigns, being awarded the Egypt Medal and the Khedive's Star. While Crisp was serving overseas, her father became unwell in England and he and his wife emigrated to New Zealand in search of a better climate for him. Crisp travelled from South Africa to New Zealand to join her parents. She settled in Auckland, where she established New Zealand's first school of nursing and was appointed superintendent of Auck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Crisp (footballer)
John Crisp (27 November 1896 – 1939) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers, Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. The club is nicknamed the ... and West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion. References 1896 births 1939 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football forwards English Football League players Walsall F.C. players Aston Villa F.C. players Leicester City F.C. players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Coventry City F.C. players Stourbridge F.C. players Bromsgrove Rovers F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players People from Hamstead Sportspeople from Sandwell Footballers from Staffordshire {{England-footy-forward-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Crisp
Ruth Crisp (1918–2007) (born Margery Ruth Edwards, who compiled under the names "Crispa" and "Vixen") was one of ''The Guardian''s most noted crossword compilers – producing puzzles for them from 1954 to 2004. She also produced crosswords for ''The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Independent'', the ''Financial Times, The Sunday Times'', and other publications. Crisp's favourite clue of her own creation was: ''Men's my one failing, (mother of nine) (9)''. The solution is ''Mnemosyne In Greek mythology and ancient Greek religion, Mnemosyne (; grc, Μνημοσύνη, ) is the goddess of memory and the mother of the nine Muses by her nephew Zeus. In the Greek tradition, Mnemosyne is one of the Titans, the twelve divine ch ...''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quentin S
Quentin is a French male given name from the Latin first name ''Quintinus'', diminutive form of ''Quintus'', that means "the fifth".Albert Dauzat, ''Noms et prénoms de France'', Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet. p. 502b and 503a. People * Saint Quentin (died c. 287) *Quentin Anderson (1912–2003), American literary critic and cultural historian * Quentin Bajac (born 1965), French curator and historian of photography *Quentin Bataillon (born 1993), French politician *Quentin Blake (born 1932), illustrator, famous for his work in Roald Dahl books * Quentin Bryce (born 1942), the 25th Governor-General of Australia *Quentin N. Burdick (1908-1992), American lawyer and senator from North Dakota *Quentin Leo Cook, a.k.a. Fatboy Slim, British musician *Quentin Cooper (born 1961) a science journalist, and broadcaster. * Quentin Crisp (1908-1999), author and social critic *Quentin Davies, Baron Davies of Stamford (born 1944), British politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quentin Crisp
Quentin Crisp (born Denis Charles Pratt; – ) was an English raconteur, whose work in the public eye included a memoir of his life and various media appearances. Before becoming well-known, he was an artist's model, hence the title of his most famous work, '' The Naked Civil Servant''. He afterwards became a gay icon due to his flamboyant personality, fashion sense and wit. His iconic status was occasionally controversial, due to remarks about subjects like the AIDS crisis. This invited censure from gay activists, including human-rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. During his teen years, he worked briefly as a rent boy. He then spent thirty years as a professional model for life-classes in art colleges. The interviews he gave about his unusual life attracted great curiosity, and he was soon sought after for his personal views on social manners and the cultivation of style. His one-man stage show was a long-running hit both in Britain and America, and he also appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Crisp
Norman James Crisp (11 December 1923 – 14 June 2005), known as a writer only by his initials and surname, N. J. Crisp, was a prolific British television writer, dramatist and novelist. In the sixties after writing some single dramas, Crisp moved to writing for serials and turned out scripts for many BBC series including ''Compact'', '' R3'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''Dr Finlay's Casebook'', ''Colditz'' and '' Secret Army''. In 1968, he co-created '' The Expert'', a serial about a forensic scientist, with its producer Gerard Glaister. Four years later the pair repeated these roles with the boardroom drama '' The Brothers''. His 1996 play ''That Good Night'' starred Donald Sinden, Nigel Davenport, Lucy Fleming, Patrick Ryecart and Julie-Kate Olivier and was directed by Edward Hall. The film of the same title, based on Crisp's play, received its world premiere in June 2017 at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. It was John Hurt's final film, and was nominated for the Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Crisp, Baron Crisp
Edmund Nigel Ramsay Crisp, Baron Crisp (born 14 January 1952) is a crossbench member of the House of Lords where he co chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Health. He works and publishes extensively in global health and international development. He was a British senior civil servant in the Department of Health, public policy analyst, and Senior Manager in the NHS. He was awarded a life peerage upon retirement. Background and personal life Crisp was educated at Uppingham School and then studied philosophy at St John's College, Cambridge.''The Guardian'', 22 November 2000"The CV that got Nigel Crisp the top job in the NHS"/ref> Crisp is married with two children, and lives in the countryside near Newbury. His interests include the countryside, gardening and painting. Career Crisp joined the NHS in 1986 from a background in community work, where he worked in Liverpool and Cambridgeshire, and industry and (from 1981 to 1986) was Secretary and Director of Age Concer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Crisp
Sir Nicholas Crispe, 1st Baronet (c. 1599 – 26 February 1666 ( O.S)) was an English Royalist and a wealthy merchant who pioneered the West African trade in the 1630s; a customs farmer (1640 and c. 1661-6); Member of Parliament for Winchelsea Nov. 1640-1 (being expelled as a monopolist); member of the Council of Trade (from 1660) and for Foreign Plantations (from 1661); and Gentleman of the Privy Chamber from 1664. He was knighted in 1640 or 1641 and was made a baronet in 1665. He died in February 1666 (O.S.) aged 67. Early life Little is known of his early life and even his name is variously spelled as Crisp or Crispe. He was the son of Ellis Crispe who was Sheriff of London and died in 1625. He was the brother of Tobias Crisp, a prominent cleric and antinomian. Crisp made money from brickworks in Hammersmith then invested in other trade. Crisp's main commercial interests were in the trades to India and Africa. Like his father he was a substantial stockholder in the East India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Crisp
Nathaniel "The Bishop" Crisp (1762-1819) - an 18th-century character in the city of Nottingham, England. He was the fourth child and fourth son born to gardener Hemus Crisp & Elisabeth Dodd of Nottingham. Known as Bishop Crisp, he was a butcher by trade, who carried out his business at the corner of Lister-gate and Broad-marsh in the City of Nottingham. He was the principal baptiser during the famous duckings at Nottingham in 1794, where the River Leen and the local canal served as the River Jordan, in which the baptism by immersion took place. The sprinkling process was performed chiefly at the Exchange pump, while the spectators sang: :"We'll pump upon them till they sing, Upon their knees, God save the King". "The Bishop" was convicted at the Spring Assizes The courts of assize, or assizes (), were periodic courts held around England and Wales until 1972, when together with the quarter sessions they were abolished by the Courts Act 1971 and replaced by a single permanent C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Crisp
Michael Douglas Crisp (born 1950) is an emeritus professor in the Research School of Biology at the Australian National University located in Canberra. In 1976 he gained a PhD from the University of Adelaide, studying long-term vegetation changes in arid zones of South Australia. In 2020 Professor Crisp moved to Brisbane where he has an honorary position at the University of Queensland. Together with others he has revised various pea-flowered legume genera (''Daviesia'', '' Gastrolobium'', ''Gompholobium'', ''Pultenaea'' and ''Jacksonia''). He has made considerable contributions to biogeography, phylogeny A phylogenetic tree (also phylogeny or evolutionary tree Felsenstein J. (2004). ''Inferring Phylogenies'' Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA.) is a branching diagram or a tree showing the evolutionary relationships among various biological spe ... and plant evolution. Some taxa authored *See :Taxa named by Michael Crisp References {{DEFAULTSORT:Crisp, Micha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP ("Grand Old Party"), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. The GOP was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists who opposed the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed for the potential expansion of chattel slavery into the western territories. Since Ronald Reagan's presidency in the 1980s, conservatism has been the dominant ideology of the GOP. It has been the main political rival of the Democratic Party since the mid-1850s. The Republican Party's intellectual predecessor is considered to be Northern members of the Whig Party, with Republican presidents Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, and Benjamin Harrison all being Whigs before switching to the party, from which they were elected. The collapse of the Whigs, which had previously been one of the two major parties in the country, strengthened the party's electoral success. Upon its founding, it supported cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Dent Crisp
Mary Dent Crisp (November 5, 1923 – March 24, 2007) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican leader and Feminism, feminist who was ousted from her party after publicly opposing its views on abortion rights and the Equal Rights Amendment. She was a member of the Republican Party for over 20 years and served in roles in the party's administration beginning in 1968, culminating in service from 1977 to 1980 as Co-Chairwoman of the Republican National Committee. Crisp spoke against the party's decision to stop supporting the Equal Rights Amendment in a speech at the 1980 Republican National Convention, after which she announced that she would not seek re-election to her position. Crisp also spoke out in favor of abortion rights. Personal life and education Crisp was born on November 5, 1923, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the 7th child of Elizabeth (Patch) and Harry Dent. In 1946, Crisp graduated with a degree in botany from Oberlin College then studied political scie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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