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Archibald Sinclair (journalist)
Archibald Sinclair (11 January 1866–1922) was a British journalist who wrote primarily on sports, particularly swimming. With William Henry, he administered the Swimmer's Life Saving Society, founded in London in 1893. Sinclair was educated at St Mark's College, Chelsea, London. He was the vice-president of the Royal Life-Saving Society and its joint Honorary-Secretary from 1891 to 1899. He was the sports editor for ''The Morning'' (a London newspaper published from 1892 to 1898) and was on the staff of '' The Sportsman'' for several years. Sinclair became sub-editor for the ''Referee'' in 1897. For many years he was an official for the Amateur Athletic Association and the Amateur Swimming Association. With William Henry, he wrote a book on swimming for the Badminton Library The ''Badminton Library'', called in full ''The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes'', was a sporting and publishing project conceived by Longmans Green & Co. and edited by Henry Somerset, 8th Duke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry (swimmer)
William Henry (28 June 1859 – 20 March 1928), born Joseph Nawrocki, was an English competitive swimming (sport), swimmer and lifesaver who represented Great Britain in international competition. Biography He was of Poland, Polish ancestry, and changed his original Polish surname Nawrocki to the English "Henry". He was a co-founder of the Royal Life Saving Society UK, Royal Life Saving Society. As a swimmer he won a number of national and European championships. In 1906, at 46, he became the oldest ever Olympic medal winner in swimming as a member of the British men's 4×250-metre relay team which won the bronze medal. He won a gold medal in the 1900 Summer Olympics for Water Polo. Henry is an International Swimming Hall of Fame inductee. He was the swimming instructor for the British Royal Family, using the swimming pool at the Bath Club, Dover Street. He helped to formalise the rules of water polo. With Archibald Sinclair (journalist), Archibald Sinclair (1866–1922), he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of St Mark & St John
Plymouth Marjon University, commonly referred to as Marjon, is the trading name of the University of St Mark and St John, a university based primarily on a single campus on the northern edge of Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. Formerly named University College Plymouth St Mark & St John, the institution was awarded full university status in 2013. The Vice-Chancellor of the university is Rob Warner who joined in March 2017. History The university's history dates back to the foundation by the National Society (now National Society for Promoting Religious Education) of the constituent London colleges of St John's College in Battersea, London (1840) and St Mark's College in Chelsea, London (1841). The former chapel of St Mark's College, designed by Edward Blore is on the Fulham Road, Chelsea, and is now a private residence. St Mark's College was founded upon the beliefs of The Reverend Derwent Coleridge, son of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, its first principal: that its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelsea, London
Chelsea is an affluent area in west London, England, due south-west of Charing Cross by approximately 2.5 miles. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames and for postal purposes is part of the south-western postal area. Chelsea historically formed a manor and parish in the Ossulstone hundred of Middlesex, which became the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea in 1900. It merged with the Metropolitan Borough of Kensington, forming the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea upon the creation of Greater London in 1965. The exclusivity of Chelsea as a result of its high property prices historically resulted in the coining of the term " Sloane Ranger" in the 1970s to describe some of its residents, and some of those of nearby areas. Chelsea is home to one of the largest communities of Americans living outside the United States, with 6.53% of Chelsea residents having been born in the U.S. History Early history The word ''Chelsea'' (also formerly ''Chelceth'', ''Chelchi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Life Saving Society UK
The Royal Life Saving Society UK is a drowning prevention charity founded in 1891 in the UK. It has had Royal Patronage since 1904. History The Royal Life Saving Society UK is a national charity, founded in 1891 by William Henry, with the aim of ''Safeguarding lives in, on and near water''. The Society has more than 13,000 members in 48 branches and 170 active lifesaving and lifeguarding clubs it trains over 93% of all pool and beach lifeguards throughout the UK and Ireland. The Society has had Royal Patronage since 1904 starting with King Edward VII. HRH Prince Michael of Kent GCVO is the current Commonwealth President of the Society. It is based in the Midlands town of Worcester, Worcestershire. The RLSS is part of Royal Lifesaving Society Commonwealth, and the International Life Saving Federation. Lifesaving in the United Kingdom and Ireland Lifesaving and lifeguarding are promoted as a sport and a life skill by the Royal Life Saving Society UK. There are over 170 lifesavi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sportsman (1865 Newspaper)
The first British newspaper titled ''The Sportsman'' began publishing from 1865, some six years after the '' Sporting Life''. Predominantly concerned with horse racing the paper did cover other sports and continued to be published until 1924 when it was absorbed into ''Sporting Life''. The last edition was published on Saturday 22 November 1924. It was at the offices of ''The Sportsman'' on 20 July 1871 that the Football Association committee meeting was held which adopted a proposal to establish a knockout competition for the FA's member clubs – the FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi .... References Gambling publications Defunct newspapers published in the United Kingdom Publications established in 1865 Publications disestablished in 1924 1865 es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunday Referee
The ''Sunday Referee'' was a Sunday newspaper in the United Kingdom, founded in 1877 as ''The Referee'', primarily covering sports news. In the 1930s, considerable money was invested in an attempt to compete with the leading Sunday newspapers, and circulation reached 400,000, but in 1939 it was merged with the '' Sunday Chronicle''. In 1925/26 the paper gave front-page coverage for many weeks to apparent revelations by the writer Frank Power (real name Arthur Vectis Freeman) about the sinking of HMS ''Hampshire'' and the disappearance of Herbert Horatio Kitchener ten years previously. These culminated with Power's sensational claim to have returned Kitchener's coffin to Britain, but on official examination it was found to be empty except for weighting material. Dylan Thomas contributed several early poems to the newspaper.George Tremlett, ''Dylan Thomas'' During the 1930s columnists included Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson, the "maverick" Liberal politician William Mabane and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amateur Athletic Association Of England
The Amateur Athletic Association of England or AAA (pronounced 'three As') is the oldest national governing body for athletics in the world, having been established on 24 April 1880. Historically it effectively oversaw athletics throughout Britain and Ireland (until 1923). Its role changed to support regional athletic clubs within England alone. This role was effectively taken over by England Athletics in 2005 and the Amateur Athletic Association of England was absorbed into that organisation. It is now concerned with the development of young athletes and has taken on the role of safeguarding the history of the sport and still awards trophies to elite athletes. History Three men from Oxford University, Clement Jackson, Montague Shearman and Bernhard Wise, were responsible for the founding of the Amateur Athletic Association which succeeded the Amateur Athletic Club ("AAC") in 1880. The Amateur Athletic Club had had a narrow definition of 'amateur' and had drafted into its ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amateur Swimming Association
Swim England is the national governing body for swimming, diving, water polo, open water swimming, and synchronised swimming in England. It forms part of British Swimming, a federation of the national governing bodies of England, Scotland (Scottish Amateur Swimming Association), and Wales ( Welsh Amateur Swimming Association). These three are collectively known as the ''Home Country National Governing Bodies''. History The first governing body for swimming to ever be established in the world, it was previously known as the 'Amateur Swimming Association' and established in 1869, with headquarters at Harold Fern House in Loughborough. It was registered as a company on 18 May 1982. It moved in April 2010, along with British Swimming, to SportPark at Loughborough University, close to the A512 and junction 23 of the M1. The ASA underwent a rebranding exercise in 2008 including a new logo and name of ''the asa''. After negative reaction the logo was retained but the organisation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badminton Library
The ''Badminton Library'', called in full ''The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes'', was a sporting and publishing project conceived by Longmans Green & Co. and edited by Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (1824–1899). Between 1885 and 1902 it developed into a series of sporting books which aimed to cover comprehensively all major sports and pastimes. The books were published in London by Longmans, Green & Co.Badminton Library at wychwoodbooks.com (accessed 3 April 2008) and in by Little, Brown & Co. The series was dedicated to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1866 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee. ** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine ''The Liberator'' is published. * January 6 – Ottoman troops clash with supporters of Maronite leader Youssef Bey Karam, at St. Doumit in Lebanon; the Ottomans are defeated. * January 12 ** The '' Royal Aeronautical Society'' is formed as ''The Aeronautical Society of Great Britain'' in London, the world's oldest such society. ** British auxiliary steamer sinks in a storm in the Bay of Biscay, on passage from the Thames to Australia, with the loss of 244 people, and only 19 survivors. * January 18 – Wesley College, Melbourne, is established. * January 26 – Volcanic eruption in the Santorini caldera begins. * February 7 – Battle of Abtao: A Spanish naval squadron fights a combined Peruvian- Chilean fleet, at the island of Abtao, in the Chiloé Archipelago of southern Chile. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1922 Deaths
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British Newspaper Editors
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