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Mary Simpson (other)
Mary Simpson may refer to: People * Mary Simpson (priest) (1925–2011), one of the first women to be ordained an Episcopal priest (1977) * Mary Simpson (Northern Ireland politician), unionist politician in Northern Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s * Mary Simpson (violinist), violinist known for performing in Yanni's orchestra * Mary Elizabeth Simpson (1865–1948), New Zealand religious teacher, healer and writer * Mary Ellen Simpson, musician in The Ace of Cups * Mary Kell Simpson (1903–1970), South Australian physiotherapist later known as Dorothy Kell Finnis * Mary Simpson (house servant) * Mary Jean Simpson, American scholar and public servant * Mollie Evans (1922-2016), British antique dealer, born Mary Simpson Characters *Mary Simpson, fictional character in the ''1632'' book series *Mary Simpson, fictional character on the TV series ''The Andy Griffith Show ''The Andy Griffith Show '' is an American situation comedy television series that aired on CBS from October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Simpson (priest)
Mary Michael Simpson (December 1, 1925 – July 20, 2011) was an American minister. In 1977, she became one of the first women to be ordained a priest by the American Episcopal Church and was the first woman to hold the office of canon. Life and career Born in Evansville, Indiana, Simpson grew up in Texas City, Texas. She was raised a Methodist but in her senior year of college she became an Episcopalian. She subsequently entered the New York School for Deaconesses and Other Church Workers in New York City from which she graduated in 1949. After graduation she spent six years as a missionary to Liberia. Upon her return to the United States, she became a religious sister and took her life vows with the Order of Saint Helena in Vails Gate, New York in 1956. She was soon after appointed the head of a girls' school operated by the order, Margaret Hall in Versailles, Kentucky, where she remained for about a decade. She then returned to the convent in Vails Gate to become director of no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Simpson (Northern Ireland Politician)
Mary Simpson (c.1932 – 22 November 2020) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Simpson was honorary secretary of the Central Armagh Unionist Association from 1974 until 1983,Maedhbh McNamara and Paschal Mooney, ''Women in Parliament: Ireland, 1918-2000'', p.236 and was elected to Craigavon Borough Council for the Ulster Unionist Party at the 1977 local elections. She held her seat in 1981, and served as Mayor of Craigavon in 1981/2, the first woman to hold the post. At the 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Simpson stood in Armagh. She took only 721 first-preference votes, leaving her in last position, but she was elected on transfers from party colleagues. At the Assembly, she served on the Environment Committee and as vice-chair of the Education Committee. She was re-elected to her council seat in 1985, but stood down in 1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Simpson (violinist)
Mary Ellen Simpson is an American violinist, mostly noted for her work with Yanni, Gary Ruley and Mule Train and Walker's Run. She is a founding member of The Whiskey Rebellion band. Biography Simpson's father, a documented descendant of Pocahontas, plays banjo and her Taiwanese mother is a classically trained pianist. She is the sister of noted violinist Ann Marie Calhoun and her brothers play guitar. She began learning to play violin at the age of five. She says she grew up listening to her sister play. Like her sister she played bluegrass music in her family band. According to Simpson, "her classical background gives her a wider variety of tones and better control of her sound than she would have had she only studied bluegrass." Mary attended Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia. She has a double major in music and economics from the University of Virginia. The Whiskey Rebellion Mary Simpson, Roy Myers, Ryan Phillips, and David Cosper connected the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Elizabeth Simpson
Mary Elizabeth Simpson (1865–1948) was a notable New Zealand religious teacher, healer and writer. She was born in Christchurch, North Canterbury, New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ... in 1865. References 1865 births 1948 deaths New Zealand Christians New Zealand Christian Scientists People from Christchurch {{NewZealand-reli-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ace Of Cups
Ace of Cups is an American Rock music, rock band formed in San Francisco in 1967 during the Summer of Love era. It has been described as one of the first All female band, all-female rock bands. The members of Ace of Cups were Mary Gannon (Bass guitar, bass), Marla Hunt (Electronic organ, organ, piano), Denise Kaufman (guitar, harmonica), Mary Ellen Simpson (lead guitar), and Diane Vitalich (Drum kit, drums). Lead vocalist, Lead vocals were sung by all members of the band except Vitalich, and all five sang Backing vocalist, backup. The songwriting, too, was divided among the band members. Background Gannon was born in New York City, New York and moved to San Francisco in the early 1960s. She played bass for a short while in a band called Daemon Lover. Hunt, who had grown up in Los Angeles, had been playing the piano since she was three. Like Gannon, she also moved to San Francisco in the early 1960s. Hunt was introduced to Gannon through a mutual friend, and Gannon suggested tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Kell Finnis
Dorothy Mary Kell "Mollie" Finnis , née Simpson, (10 March 1903 – 19 May 1970), earlier known as Mary Kell Simpson was one of South Australia's first physiotherapists, and known for her treatment of children afflicted with poliomyelitis. History Dorothy was born in Unley Park, South Australia, a daughter of architect Alfred Edward Simpson and his wife Frances Isabella Simpson, née Kell. She was educated at Walford House School where she was head prefect and editor of the school magazine. In 1924 she qualified for a diploma from the South Australian branch of the Australasian Massage Association and opened a private physiotherapy practice which she maintained until a few weeks before her death. She was in 1958 a foundation member of the Physiotherapy Society of South Australia. For twenty years she worked part-time at the Adelaide Children's Hospital, where she encountered many cases of infantile poliomyelitis, anterior poliomyelitis, an acute infectious viral disease affectin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Simpson (house Servant)
Mary Simpson (c.1752-1758, in Virginia – March 18, 1836 in New York, New York) was an African-American woman who claimed to be a former slave of George Washington. She is credited with originating the tradition of celebrating Washington's birthday in New York City. Biography Simpson worked as a laundress, and later ran a bakeshop in New York's financial district. She celebrated Washington's birthday by opening the doors of her shop to local businessmen and merchants, serving cakes and whisky punch.''Noah’s Advocate (New York, NY)'', Feb. 23-24, 1826, pg. ?, col. ? riginal publication not located at New York Public Library, date uncertain She is credited with the creation of "Washington's Cake," a traditional ginger cake that is said to have been part of her annual open house celebrations. Her story was often retold throughout the 19th century.Close by this old market, at the corner of Cliff and John Streets, lived a colored woman named Mary Simpson, who originated the observ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Jean Simpson
Mary Jean Simpson (July 18, 1888 – November 29, 1977) was the first woman to be appointed a position as bill clerk in the Office of the Secretary of the United States Senate and she was the Dean of Women at the University of Vermont. She was an accomplished scholar and a public servant. Childhood Mary Jean Simpson, the daughter of George Simpson,Interview with Miss Mary Jean Simpson, November 26, 1976, by Helen Merrick was born in East Craftsbury, Vermont on July 18, 1888. She was brought up in the East Craftsbury Presbyterian Church.Sally Waters Fisher, Vermont Historical Society Simpson graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1908. After she graduated she went to Wheaton Seminary because she did not have enough credits to go to her top choice, Mt. Holyoke. When she got to Wheaton Seminary there was a scarlet fever epidemic where she was quarantined. Once she got out of quarantine she was asked to take over grades 5-9 at the Village School for the Spring Term. She took the j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mollie Evans
Mollie Evans (8 April 1922 – 1 July 2016) was "one of the most influential British antique dealers of the latter part of the 20th century". She was born Mary Isobel Simpson, into a large farming family of longstanding in Eamont Bridge Eamont Bridge is a small village immediately to the south of Penrith, Cumbria, England. The village is named after the bridge over the River Eamont and straddles the boundary between the historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorland. One ..., Cumberland. Her shop in Richmond was called "Mollie Evans, Antique Furniture, Books, and Interesting Items". References {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Mollie 1922 births 2016 deaths Antiques experts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1632 Series
The ''1632'' series, also known as the 1632-verse or ''Ring of Fire'' series, is an alternate history book series and sub-series created, primarily co-written, and coordinated by American author Eric Flint and published by Baen Books. The series is set in 17th-century Europe, in which the small fictional town of Grantville, West Virginia, was sent to the past from the year 2000 to central Germany in the year 1631, during the Thirty Years' War. As of 2019, the series has seven published novels propelling the main plot and over ten published novels moving several subplots and threads forward. The series also includes fan-written, but professionally edited, collaborative material which are published in a bi-monthly magazine titled ''The Grantville Gazettes'' and some collaborative short fictions. In terms of the history of Time Travel literature, the ''1632'' series can be considered an extension and modification of Mark Twain's ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Andy Griffith Show
''The Andy Griffith Show '' is an American situation comedy television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons—159 in black and white and 90 in color. The series originated partly from an episode of ''The Danny Thomas Show.'' The show stars Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor, the widowed sheriff of Mayberry, North Carolina, a fictional community of roughly 2,000–5,000 people. Other major characters include Andy's cousin, the well-meaning and enthusiastic deputy, Barney Fife (Don Knotts); Andy's aunt and housekeeper, Bee Taylor (Frances Bavier); and Andy's young son, Opie (Ron Howard). Eccentric townspeople and, periodically, Andy's girlfriends complete the cast. Regarding the tone of the show, Griffith said that despite a contemporary setting, the show evoked nostalgia, saying in a ''Today'' interview, "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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