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Emma (name)
Emma is a feminine given name. It is derived from the Germanic word ''ermen'' meaning "whole" or "universal". Emma is also used as a diminutive of Emmeline, Amelia or any other name beginning with "em". It has been among the top names given to baby girls in the United States, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Ireland, France, Sweden, Belgium, Russia, Canada, Australia, Norway, New Zealand, Hungary, Finland, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain in the past 10 years. It began gaining popularity in the United Kingdom during the 1960s. By 1974 it was the fourth most popular name for girls in England and Wales. It was still in the top 10 as late as 1995, but had fallen out of the top 20 by 2005 and in 2009 it ranked at 41st. It became popular in the United States later in the 20th century, reaching the top 100 names for girls in the late 1990s. It has been among the top five names given to girls since 2002, and was the most popular name for girls in 2008, 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma, Lady Hamilton
Dame Emma Hamilton (born Amy Lyon; 26 April 176515 January 1815), generally known as Lady Hamilton, was an English maid, model, dancer and actress. She began her career in London's demi-monde, becoming the mistress of a series of wealthy men, culminating in the naval hero Lord Nelson, and was the favourite model of the portrait artist George Romney. In 1791, at the age of 26, she married Sir William Hamilton, British ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples, where she was a success at court, befriending the queen, the sister of Marie Antoinette, and meeting Nelson. Early life She was born Amy Lyon in Swan Cottage, Ness near Neston, Cheshire, England, the daughter of Henry Lyon, a blacksmith who died when she was two months old. She was baptised on 12 May 1765. She was raised by her mother, the former Mary Kidd (later Cadogan), and grandmother, Sarah Kidd, at Hawarden, and received no formal education. She later went by the name of Emma Hart. With her grandmother struggling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Albani
Dame Emma Albani, DBE (born Marie-Louise-Emma-Cécile Lajeunesse; 1 November 18473 April 1930) was a Canadian-British operatic soprano of the 19th century and early 20th century, and the first Canadian singer to become an international star. Her repertoire focused on the operas of Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini and Wagner. She performed across Europe and North America. Early life Albani was born Marie-Louise-Emma-Cécile Lajeunesse in Chambly, Quebec, to the professional musician Joseph Lajeunesse and his wife, Mélina Mignault. Her parents were French-Canadians. Her date of birth is usually given as 1 November 1847, but other authors have placed her birth in 1848 or 1850, ''The Biographical Dictionary of America'' puts her birth on September 18, 1851, ''Who's Who in America'' says November 1, 1851,"ALBANI, Madame"< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Atkins
Emma Jayne Atkins (born 31 March 1975) is an English actress, best known for her role as Charity Dingle in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale''. Early life Atkins grew up in the village of Silverdale, Lancashire, and then went to study at the University of Salford. Career Atkins is known for portraying the role of Charity Dingle on the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' since 2000. After first leaving ''Emmerdale'', Atkins appeared in episodes of the BBC series '' Dalziel and Pascoe'', '' Mayo'', '' I'm with Stupid'', '' New Street Law'', '' Doctors'' and '' Casualty''. In 2008 she played Lesley Ashton in Heartbeat series 17 episode 8 On 18 March 2009, it was revealed that Atkins would be returning to ''Emmerdale'', reprising her role of Charity, and she made her reappearance on 1 October 2009. She took a brief break in 2015 when she gave birth to her son, but returned shortly after. Awards and nominations Atkins has been nominated for numerous awards for her work on ''Emmerdale''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Asson
Emma Asson (13 July 1889 – 1 January 1965), was an Estonian politician (Social Democrat). She was the first woman to be elected to the Estonian parliament. Asson participated in the creation of the first constitution of the independent Estonia, particularly within the fields of education and gender equality. She also wrote the some of first history textbook in the Estonian language in 1912. Biography Emma Asson was born in Vaabina Parish, Võru County, Governorate of Livonia, part of the Russian Empire, as the daughter of a teacher. She studied at the A. S. Pushkin Girls' School in Tartu and graduated in history at the Bestuzhev Courses in Saint Petersburg in Russia in 1910. She was then employed as a history teacher at a girls' college in Tartu. Emma Asson was active in different women's organisations for social and education issues. In 1919, she was elected to the Tallinn city council as well as to the first national parliament of the independent Estonia for the social demo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Asp
Emma Asp (born 24 June 1987) is a Swedish former football defender. She played for Mallbackens IF Mallbackens IF is a football club from Mallbacken, 15 kilometres north of Sunne in Värmland, Sweden. The club was established in 1942 and played in the Women's premier division (Damallsvenskan The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-S ... from 2011 to 2015, where she earned 30 caps and scored a goal. External links * 1987 births Living people Swedish women's footballers Mallbackens IF players Damallsvenskan players Women's association football defenders {{Sweden-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Appleton
Emma Jill Appleton is an English actress and model. She starred in the Channel 4 spy thriller ''Traitors'' (2019) and the BBC adaptation of '' Everything I Know About Love'' (2022). She also appeared in the BBC Three thriller ''Clique'' (2017), the Netflix fantasy series ''The Witcher'' (2019), and the Hulu miniseries ''Pistol'' (2022). Early life and education Emma Jill Appleton was born and raised in Witney, Oxfordshire. She attended West Witney Primary School and then Wood Green School. Appleton was interested in drama from a young age and participated in it at school. Career Appleton began her career in modeling as a teenager, appearing in gigs for Victoria Beckham, The Kooples, Margaret Howell and DAKS, and advertising brands such as Fred Perry, Toni & Guy, Rimmel, and Converse. Appleton went into acting in 2016 when she appeared as Pixie in the short film ''Dreamlands''. This was followed by her television debut with a recurring role as Fay Brookstone in the first s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma B
Emma Louise Boughton (born 27 November 1970), better known as Emma B, is a radio presenter in the UK. Early career Boughton's childhood was spent in Canada before she moved to Birmingham, England as a teenager. She graduated from the University of Exeter with a BA in English and Drama, staying on as a sabbatical officer organising all the live events and skiing competitively for the university. She came seventh in the giant slalom in the British university championships. Her first experience with radio was at the age of seven as part of a drama on BBC Radio Oxford with Timmy Mallett. She worked at Radio Caroline (at Bristol dock) before writing articles for media magazines, which included ''Kerrang!''. She also presented a daily children's show along with Timmy Mallet at Radio Oxford, where she was called ''Susan Zinc''. Personal life Boughton got married on 8 November 2003. She has two children who were both born in London, one being an actress and musician and the oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sick Puppies
Sick Puppies is an Australian alternative metal band formed in Sydney, New South Wales in 1997. After releasing their debut album '' Welcome to the Real World'' in 2001, the band rose to prominence in 2006 when their song "All the Same" was uploaded, along with a video, to YouTube. The video supported the Free Hugs Campaign, which was launched in Sydney, and has since received over 78 million views on the website. This success was followed up with their second studio album, ''Dressed Up as Life'' in 2007, which entered the ''Billboard'' 200 at number 181. Their third studio album, ''Tri-Polar'', came out on 14 July 2009. The band's fourth studio album, ''Connect'' was released on 16 July 2013. They released their fifth studio album, '' Fury'' on 20 May 2016 with new vocalist Bryan Scott after Shimon Moore was fired from the band in October 2014. History Early career (1997–1999) The band was formed by singer/lead guitarist Shimon Moore and bassist Emma Anzai in the music ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Anzai
Sick Puppies is an Australian alternative metal band formed in Sydney, New South Wales in 1997. After releasing their debut album '' Welcome to the Real World'' in 2001, the band rose to prominence in 2006 when their song "All the Same" was uploaded, along with a video, to YouTube. The video supported the Free Hugs Campaign, which was launched in Sydney, and has since received over 78 million views on the website. This success was followed up with their second studio album, ''Dressed Up as Life'' in 2007, which entered the ''Billboard'' 200 at number 181. Their third studio album, ''Tri-Polar'', came out on 14 July 2009. The band's fourth studio album, ''Connect'' was released on 16 July 2013. They released their fifth studio album, '' Fury'' on 20 May 2016 with new vocalist Bryan Scott after Shimon Moore was fired from the band in October 2014. History Early career (1997–1999) The band was formed by singer/lead guitarist Shimon Moore and bassist Emma Anzai in the music roo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Ankudey
Emma Flash Ankudey (born 10 September 1943) is a Ghanaian former amateur boxer. Ankudey won a gold medal in the welterweight division of the boxing at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, which were held in Edinburgh. At the 1972 Summer Olympics, Ankudey represented Ghana in the welterweight competition. He was eliminated in round two by Mongolia's Damdinjavyn Bandi. References External linksEmma Ankudeyat Sports Reference Sports Reference, LLC, is an American company which operates several sports-related websites, including Sports-Reference.com, Baseball-Reference.com for baseball, Basketball-Reference.com for basketball, Hockey-Reference.com for ice hockey, Pro ... 1943 births Living people Ghanaian male boxers Olympic boxers of Ghana Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Ghana Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Boxers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Welterweight boxers {{Ghana-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Ania
Emma Iwebunor Ania is a former track and field sprint athlete who competed internationally for Great Britain.Athlete biography: Emma Ania beijing2008.cn, ret: 30 August 2008 Ania represented in . She competed at the 4×100 metres relay together with , |
Emma Andijewska
Emma Andijewska (or ''Emma Andiievska'', uk, Емма Андієвська, link=no) (born March 19, 1931 in Stalino) is a modern Ukrainian poet, writer and painter. Her works are marked with surrealist style. Some of Andijewska's works have been translated to English and German.Hans Thill (Hrsg.). Vorwärts, ihr Kampfschildkröten: Gedichte aus der Ukraine. Wunderhorn 2006. . Andijewska lives and works in Munich. She is a member of the National union of writers of Ukraine, Ukrainian PEN Club, Free academy in Munich and Federal association of artists. Biography Emma Andijewska was born on March 19, 1931 in Donetsk. Her father was a chemist-inventor, and her mother was an agriculturist by education. Emma Andiewska attended school only occasionally because of her frequent heavy diseases, and as such had to learn by herself. Because of this morbidity of the child her family moved to Vyshhorod in 1937, and later to Kyiv in 1939. Emma Andijewska's father was shot by the Soviet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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