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Bridget (given Name)
Bridget is an Irish language, Irish female name derived from the Goidelic languages, Gaelic noun , meaning "power, strength, vigor, virtue". An alternative meaning of the name is "exalted one". Its popularity, especially in Ireland, is largely related to the popularity of Saint Brigid, Saint Brigid of Kildare, who was so popular in Ireland she was known as "Mary of the Gaels, Gael". This saint took on many of the characteristics of the early Celtic goddess Brigid, who was the goddess of agriculture and healing and possibly also of poetry and fire. One of her epithets was "Brigid of the Holy Fire".Todd (1998), p. 23 In German and Scandinavian countries, the popularity of the name spread due to Bridget of Sweden, Saint Bridget of Sweden. In the Irish language, the name is spelled or , . In the Scottish Gaelic language, the name is spelled , . At one time the name was so popular for Irish girls that Bridey was used as a slang term for an Irish girl in English language, English-speak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Language
Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous language, indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was the majority of the population's first language until the 19th century, when English (language), English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century, in what is sometimes characterised as a result of linguistic imperialism. Today, Irish is still commonly spoken as a first language in Ireland's Gaeltacht regions, in which 2% of Ireland's population lived in 2022. The total number of people (aged 3 and over) in Ireland who declared they could speak Irish in April 2022 was 1,873,997, representing 40% of respondents, but of these, 472,887 said they never spoke it and a further 551,993 said they only spoke it within the education system. Linguistic analyses o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridget Adams
Bridget Shirley, Lady Bengough (née Adams; 4 May 1928 – 18 November 2019) was a British figure skater. She finished seventh at the 1948 Winter Olympics. Adams was coached by Jacques Gerschwiler. She married Sir Piers Bengough in 1952. Results References 1928 births 2019 deaths English female single skaters Figure skaters at the 1948 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters for Great Britain Figure skaters from London 20th-century English sportswomen {{UK-figure-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridget Bevan
Bridget Bevan (née Vaughan; baptised 30 October 1698 – 11 December 1779), also known as Madam Bevan, was a Welsh educationalist and public benefactor. She was the chief supporter of Griffith Jones and his system of circulating schools. Life Bridget Bevan was born at Derllys Court, Llannewydd, in Carmarthenshire, Wales, in 1698. She was the youngest daughter of the philanthropist John Vaughan (1663–1722), a patron of the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge (SPCK) schools in the county, and his wife, Elizabeth Thomas (d. 1721). On 30 December 1721 at Merthyr church, she married a local lawyer and Member of Parliament for Carmarthen, Arthur Bevan (1689–1743). She was the heiress of her uncle, John Vaughan of Derllys. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridget Benenate
Bridget Benenate is an American songwriter. She first found success in her song "Permission To Shine", which was performed by the band Bachelor Girl. The same year Bridget's song "Everything Changes" was featured on '' Dawson’s Creek''. In 2001, Benenate met music producer Matthew Gerrard. They started to collaborate. One of the first songs they wrote together was "Hold On" for the girl group B*Witched, which was featured in the movie '' Princess Diaries''. In 2003 the duo penned several songs for Christian artists Nate Sallie and Jaci Velasquez. Jaci’s album, ''Unspoken'', included the song "" Lost Without You," which was later released as the US debut single for the Australian pop idol Delta Goodrem. Bridget Benenate appeared as guest vocalist for the track ''Ever Since We Met'' on Chris Botti's 2003 album A Thousand Kisses Deep. Botti, Benenate and Gerrard were co-writers on the track. It was not until 2004 that Benenate found her biggest success to date by penning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridget Bendish
Bridget Bendish (née Ireton; 1650–1726), was a daughter of General Henry Ireton and Bridget Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell's eldest daughter. She was born in Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, England. She married Thomas Bendish, a distant relative of Sir Thomas Bendish, 2nd Baronet, in 1670.Her husband Thomas Bendish (1643–1707) was a son of Sir Thomas Bendish, 2nd Baronet (Andersop. 383 Bridget died early in 1726 at age 76 and was buried in Great Yarmouth. Life In 1652, her mother, also named Bridget Ireton (born July 1624), married General Charles Fleetwood after being widowed by the death of Henry Ireton. In 1662, her mother died; and Bridget lived with her stepfather at Stoke Newington, Middlesex, until she was 19. On 24 August 1669 a license was granted for her to marry Thomas Bendish (bap. 1645, d. 1707) of Gray's Inn; in 1670 they married. They moved to Southtown, near Great Yarmouth, where Bendish owned salt marshes and a saltworks on Cobholme. In 1672, he was charge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridget Bedard
Bridget Bedard is a television writer and producer who has garnered four Peabody Awards, a Golden Globe, both Writers and Producers Guild awards, as well as multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Life and career Bridget Bedard grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah. She graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Film Studies then earned her MFA in Directing from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. While at Tisch, Bedard received grants from the National Endowment of the Arts, Screen Gems Inc., The Wasserman Awards, and was named Best Female Student Director by the Directors Guild of America – East. Her thesis film, ''BABY'', premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001 and aired on the Sundance Channel and cable networks worldwide. Bedard taught screenwriting and directing before making her television writing debut in 2007 on '' Mad Men'', for which she won a Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series and a Peabody. Following ''Mad Men'', she was a writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridget Becker
Bridget Becker (born April 23, 1980 in Ranfurly, Otago, New Zealand) is a New Zealand female curler from Patearoa. At the international level she is runner-up of 2010 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, runner-up () and four-time bronze medallist (, , , ) of Pacific Curling Championships. At the national level she is nine-time New Zealand women's curling champion (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018), seven-time New Zealand mixed doubles curling champion (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017). Personal life Becker's family is well known in New Zealand as a curling family. Becker's mother, father, two brothers and grandfather have all represented New Zealand on an international scale. Becker's father, Peter Becker, is known as one of the first curlers to represent New Zealand internationally. He was also the coach of the women's team as well as the Secretary of the New Zealand Curling Association. Bridget's older brother, Sean has been the skip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridget Barrett
Bridget Barrett (died 10 September 1845) was an Irish woman who was murdered in County Galway. Her murder attracted great notoriety at the time, and was "the subject of the first Coroner's inquest held in Connemara proper and led to two men being charged with wilful murder on the high seas." Overview Barrett had a sexual relationship with James Mannion of Letterard, which resulted in the birth of their child in July 1845. His aunt put pressure upon him to fulfill his promise of marriage to Barrett. Mannion reportedly arranged to meet Barrett on the evening of 10 September and go with her to Roundstone so that they could get married. Although Mannion swore her to secrecy, Barrett told her sister about the plan. On 10 September a witness saw the couple, along with a man named Thomas Cosgriff, take a boat from a place called Ruananule. This was the last time that anyone other than Mannion and Cosgriff saw Barrett alive. Some other witnesses in the area testified to hearing a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridget S
Bridget is an Irish female name derived from the Gaelic noun , meaning "power, strength, vigor, virtue". An alternative meaning of the name is "exalted one". Its popularity, especially in Ireland, is largely related to the popularity of Saint Brigid of Kildare, who was so popular in Ireland she was known as "Mary of the Gael". This saint took on many of the characteristics of the early Celtic goddess Brigid, who was the goddess of agriculture and healing and possibly also of poetry and fire. One of her epithets was "Brigid of the Holy Fire".Todd (1998), p. 23 In German and Scandinavian countries, the popularity of the name spread due to Saint Bridget of Sweden. In the Irish language, the name is spelled or , . In the Scottish Gaelic language, the name is spelled , . At one time the name was so popular for Irish girls that Bridey was used as a slang term for an Irish girl in English-speaking countries. Some Irish servant girls were called Biddie or Biddy by their employers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conchology
Conchology, from Ancient Greek κόγχος (''kónkhos''), meaning "cockle (bivalve), cockle", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is the study of mollusc shells. Conchology is one aspect of malacology, the study of molluscs; however, malacology is the study of molluscs as whole organisms, whereas conchology is confined to the study of their shells. It includes the study of land and freshwater mollusc shells as well as seashells and extends to the study of a gastropod's operculum (gastropod), operculum. Conchology is now sometimes seen as an archaic study, because relying on only one aspect of an organism's morphology (biology), morphology can be misleading. However, a shell often gives at least some insight into molluscan Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, and historically the shell was often the only part of exotic species that was available for study. Even in current museum collections it is common for the dry material (shells) to greatly exceed the amount of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridget Atkinson
Bridget Atkinson (née Maughan) (1732–1814) was an English farmer and shell collector who amassed a collection from around the world. She was recognised at the end of her life by the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1813 she was made the Society's first honorary member, for her extensive coin collection. Early life and family The daughter of Dorothy (née Lowthian) and Michael Maughan, Bridget Maughan was born in Wolsingham in 1732. When her father died, her mother raised her and her sister Jenny in Kirkoswald and she was educated at Mrs Paxton's Academy in Durham. On 7 January 1758, Bridget married George Atkinson (1730–81) of Temple Sowerby in secret, fearing her mother would disapprove. This would appear not to have been the case, as ''The Gentleman's Magazine'' announced their marriage shortly afterwards. Atkinson's dowry enabled improvements to Temple Sowerby House. The couple had ten children, six sons (of whom two are thought to have died young), an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridget Armstrong
Bridget Armstrong (born 1937, Dunedin) is a New Zealand actress. She was educated at St Patrick's Dominican College, Teschemakers, Oamaru. She appeared on stage, film and TV several times, including '' The Lost Tribe (The Goodies)''; as Nurse Rosemary Layton, in the ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' ' episode, '' We Shall See''; and, as Anna Bosworth, and Janet Davis, respectively, in ''The Scales of Justice'' episodes, 'The Undesirable Neighbour' and 'Infamous Conduct'. She also played Dian De Momerie in the BBC adaptation of ''Murder Must Advertise'', by Dorothy L. Sayers. She was married to New Zealand writer Maurice Shadbolt from 1978 until his death in 2004. Supporting role in 1976 film '' The Incredible Sarah'', a biography of stage actress Sarah Bernhardt directed by Richard Fleischer, shot by Christopher Challis, and starring Glenda Jackson Glenda May Jackson (9 May 1936 – 15 June 2023) was an English actress and politician. Over the course of her distinguished career sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
