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Allason is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ernesto Allason (1822–1868), Italian painter *James Allason OBE (1912–2011), British Conservative Party politician, sportsman, and former military planner *Rupert Allason (born 1951), military historian and former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom *Silvio Allason (1845–1912), Italian painter mainly of landscapes & seascapes * Thomas Allason (1790–1852), English architect, surveyor and landscaper *Tom Allason, founder of Ecourier, a UK courier service * Walter Allason DSO (1875–1960), award-winning swimmer, diver, Brigadier-General and World War I hero See also *Lindsay Allason-Jones, British archaeologist and museum professional * Richard Bannatine-Allason (1855–1940), senior British Army officer * Robert Allason Furness (1883–1954), Professor of English at Cairo University * Alazon *Alison (other) *Allison (other) Allison may refer to: People * Allison (given name) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernesto Allason
Ernesto Allason (Turin, 1822 – March 1, 1868) was an Italian painter. Biography He was initially trained as a lawyer, but by 1843, he was studying art under the direction of the painter Carlo Piacenza. He specialized in landscapes. He was the tutor in arts to the Princess Margherita of Savoy, and was awarded the Cross of Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus by the King. A. Stella, Stamperia Reale della ditta G.B. Paravia e Compagnia. Turin, 1893, page 225-273. Ernesto Bertea
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James Allason
Lieutenant Colonel James Harry Allason, (6 September 1912 – 16 June 2011) was a British Conservative Party politician, sportsman, and former military planner who worked with Lord Mountbatten and Winston Churchill. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living former member of the House of Commons. Military career The son of Brigadier General Walter Allason by his wife Katherine Hamilton Poland, daughter of Vice Admiral James Augustus Poland,Burke's Landed Gentry, eighteenth edition, vol. I, ed. Peter Townend, 1965, Burke's Peerage Ltd, p. 9 James Allason was raised primarily by a great-aunt following the death of his mother in 1913 protecting the infant James in a fall down stairs. Allason was a great-grandson of the architect Thomas Allason. Allason was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He served as an officer in the British Army for 24 years from 1930 to 1954, including in India, Ceylon and Burma, rising to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupert Allason
Rupert William Simon Allason (born 8 November 1951) is a British former Conservative Party politician and professional author. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Torbay in Devon, from 1987 to 1997. He writes books and articles on the subject of espionage under the pen name Nigel West. Background Born in London, Allason and his brother, Julian, were brought up as Roman Catholics, the faith of their Irish mother, Nuala (who acted under the names Nuala McElveen and Nuala Barrie), daughter of John A. McArevey, of Foxrock, Dublin.Burke's Landed Gentry, eighteenth edition, vol. I, ed. Peter Townend, 1965, Burke's Peerage Ltd, p. 9 The boys attended Downside School. Their father, James Allason, was also a Conservative Party MP, descended from the architect Thomas Allason. Political career Allason contested Kettering in 1979 and Battersea in 1983 before being elected as Conservative MP for Torbay in 1987. He was opposed to ceding greater power to Brussels; in 1993 he was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvio Allason
Silvio Allason (1845–1912) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes, seascapes, and moonlit nocturnes. He was a resident in Turin. He first trained with his elder cousin, Ernesto Allason. He captures on canvas the calm melancholy of the Alps, the terrible impetuosity of the sea, and the landscapes of moonlit nights. He exhibited in 1877 in Naples, a canvas titled: ''A noi e Salvataggio''; '' Dopo la tempesta e Sconfitti'', exhibited at Turin in 1880. He also painted ''A Morning at Thuille''. In 1887 in Venice, he exhibited: ''Solitudine''. Among his other works: ''L ' agguato notturno, landscape''; ''At the Montagna and Il gran Cervino (Matterhorn), near the bacino di Breuil in Val Tournanche''. Of this artist, the critic Massarani spoke praises, and Levi took note of his nocturnes. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Allason
Thomas Allason (1790–1852) was an English architect, surveyor and landscaper, noted in particular for his work at Connaught Square and the Ladbroke Estate in Kensington. Early life Allason was born in London, England, in 1790. He studied architecture under William Atkinson (1774/5–1839), and won the silver medal of the Royal Academy School in 1809.page at British History Online Retrieved 17 January 2010. In 1814 Allason visited . He claimed to have been the first to spot on the shafts of |
Tom Allason
Shutl is a subsidiary of eBay Inc. which provides delivery services. The company was founded in London in 2008 by Tom Allason, as a company offering a rapid fulfillment service by connecting online retailers with local same-day couriers. The company was bought by eBay in 2013.Moules, Jonathan (December 9, 2009). "Shutl offers online shoppers delivery in 90 minutes". Financial Times. History Shutl received £500k of venture capital investment in October 2009 from investors including Simon Murdoch, Paul Birch, Mark Zaleski, and Big Bang Ventures of Belgium. Murdoch, who was previously Vice President of Amazon in Europe, joined the company's board as non-executive chairman. Shutl's official launch took place on 9 December 2009 at LeWeb, a European Internet conference. The company acted as an aggregator for same-day delivery services over short distances, connecting retailers with couriers who made deliveries within a ten-mile radius of the retailer's premises. In the first months ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Allason
Brigadier General Walter Allason, (25 October 1875 – 11 January 1960) was an award-winning swimmer, diver, and a senior officer of the British Army who distinguished himself in battle during the First World War. Early life and career Walter Allason was born in Paddington in London on 25 October 1875, the son of Elizabeth Thomazine ''née'' Allen (1844–1925) and Alfred Allason (1840–1890), a retired officer of the Royal Marines.Burke's Landed Gentry, eighteenth edition, vol. I, ed. Peter Townend, 1965, Burke's Peerage Ltd, p. 9 He was the grandson of the architect Thomas Allason. The 1891 Census records Walter Allason as a scholar at Bourne Hill School and reading for the Army Exam. He passed out of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst as a gentleman cadet, following which he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Manchester Regiment on 23 July 1894, and was promoted to lieutenant in 1896. He was transferred to the Bedfordshire Regimen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay Allason-Jones
Lindsay Allason-Jones, is a British archaeologist and museum professional specialising in Roman material culture, Hadrian's Wall, Roman Britain, and the presence and role of women in the Roman Empire. She is currently a visiting fellow at Newcastle University. Career Allason-Jones completed her undergraduate degree at Newcastle University in 1974 before working for Chelmsford Excavation Committee. She then worked for Tyne and Wear Museums Service, working on, and subsequently publishing the small finds from Arbeia Roman Fort. In 1978, she began working at the Museum of Antiquities of Newcastle University and the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne. She became Newcastle University Director of Museums in 1998, becoming Director the Centre for Interdisciplinary Artefact Studies when the museum was closed in 2009. Alongside her work in the museum, she was also Reader in Roman Material Culture in the Archaeology Department of Newcastle University. Between 2003 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bannatine-Allason
Major General Sir Richard Bannatine-Allason (22 September 1855 – 1940) was a senior British Army officer. Military career Bannatine-Allason was born Richard Allason Bannatine. Educated at Wellington College, he was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in January 1875 and saw action in the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1879. After changing his name to Richard Bannatyne-Allason in 1885, he saw action again in the Second Boer War before becoming a military attaché serving with Japanese forces during the Russo-Japanese War. He became commander of the Nowshera Brigade in India in April 1910 and General Officer Commanding 51st (Highland) Division in August 1914 at the start of the First World War. He landed in France with his division in May 1915 and saw action at the Battle of Festubert on the Western Front later that month before handing over command in September 1915. He returned to the UK and commanded the 61st (2nd South Midland) Division until February 1916; he late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Allason Furness
Sir Robert Allason Furness (1883 – 4 December 1954), also known as Robin Furness, was Professor of English at Cairo University and the representative in Egypt of the British Council between 1945 and 1950.Obituary in ''The Times'', ''Sir Robert A. Furness'', 6 December 1954, p.10 He was an expert adviser on the establishment of BBC Arabic, the BBC's first radio station to broadcast in Arabic. Shortly after Sir Robert's death, the writer and historian Hilary Wayment sent a tribute to ''The Times'' stating that Sir Robert 'seemed to have the gift of perpetual youth and to enter into the enthusiasms of his younger colleagues with the zest of an undergraduate'.''The Times'', 9 December 1954, p.10 The tribute concluded that to his friends in England and Egypt, 'the lasting impression he will leave behind is one of generous and high-spirited enjoyments, and of sheer charm and quality of mind'. He was also described as 'a very tall, elegant, sardonic man, learned about the poets of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alazon
''Alazṓn'' ( grc, ἀλαζών) is one of three stock characters in comedy of the theatre of ancient Greece. He is the opponent of the '' eirôn''. The ''alazṓn'' is an impostor that sees himself as greater than he actually is. The ''senex iratus'' (the angry father) and the ''miles gloriosus'' (the braggart soldier) are two types of ''alazṓn''. ''Miles Gloriosus'' ''Miles Gloriosus'' (literally, "braggart-soldier", in Latin) is a stock character of a boastful soldier from the comic theatre of ancient Rome, and variations on this character have appeared in drama and fiction ever since.Frye, Northrop. 1957. ''Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays''. London: Penguin, 1990. . The character derives from the ''alazṓn'' or "braggart" of the Greek Old Comedy (e.g. Aristophanes). The term "Miles Gloriosus" is occasionally applied in a contemporary context to refer to a posturing and self-deceiving boaster or bully. Literary instances In the play '' Miles Gloriosus'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison (other)
Alison may refer to: People * Alison (given name), including a list of people with the name * Alison (surname) Music * ''Alison'' (album), aka ''Excuse Me'', a 1975 album by Australian singer Alison MacCallum * "Alison" (song), song by Elvis Costello * "Alison (C'est ma copine à moi)", a 1993 single by Jordy * "Alison", 1994 single by Slowdive Places * Alison, New South Wales, suburb of the Central Coast region in NSW, Australia * Alison Sound, an inlet on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada * Point Alison, Alberta, a summer village in Alberta, Canada Other uses * ''Alison'' (film), a South African documentary film * ALISON (company), an educational technology company * Alison, common name for plants of the genus ''Alyssum'', including: ** Sweet alison, a decorative plant * ''Alison'' (katydid) a genus in the Hexacentrinae subfamily of bush crickets See also * Alisoun (other) * Alisson (other) * Allison (other) * Allisson (disambi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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