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Curwen
Curwen is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Dame Anne Curwen (1889–1973), National General Secretary, YWCA of Great Britain *Annie Jessy Curwen (1845–1932), an author of books of instruction in music and piano playing *Sir Christopher Curwen (1929–2013), Head of the British Secret Intelligence Service from 1985 to 1989 * Christopher Curwen (MP) (died 1450), English soldier, administrator and politician *Clarice Modeste-Curwen, a politician and educator from Grenada *Daisy Curwen (1889–1982), British swimmer * David Curwen (1913–2011), British miniature railway steam locomotive mechanical engineer * Henry Curwen (c.1581–1623), English politician *Hugh Curwen (died 1568), English ecclesiastic and statesman *John Curwen (1816–1880), English Congregationalist minister, and founder of the Tonic sol-fa system of music education ** Curwen Press, a music publishing house founded 1863 by John Curwen * John Curwen (physician) (1821–1901), Superint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curwen Press
The Curwen Press was founded by the Reverend John Curwen in 1863 to publish sheet music for the "tonic sol-fa" system. The Press was based in Plaistow, Newham, east London, England, where Curwen was a pastor from 1844. The Curwen Press is best known for its work in the period 1919-1939. The Press's output included books, advertising posters and published ephemera which typically used three interrelated elements: typography, decoration, and publicity which together give the Press a unique and memorable style. The work of the Press provides important evidence that the fine printing of the interwar years was not confined to private presses. The Curwen Press, under the management of Harold Curwen, John's grandson, was at the vanguard of the design revolution that saw expression in British printing in the early 20th century. An underlying ethos of the Curwen Press was that its craftsmanship could and should take both craftsman and consumer on an emotional and aesthetic voyage. Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Curwen
John Curwen (14 November 1816 – 26 May 1880) was an English Congregationalist minister and diffuser of the tonic sol-fa system of music education created by Sarah Ann Glover. He was educated at Wymondley College in Hertfordshire, then Coward College as that institution became known when it moved to London, and finally University College London. Background and biography John Curwen was a descendant of the Curwens of Workington Hall in Cumbria, one of the oldest families in England, the male line proper being a direct descent from Eldred, a pre-Norman Englishman, whose son Ketel held lands in the Barony of Kendal. Orm, Ketel's son, inherited the Cumbrian manor of Workington. Curwen was born 14 November 1816, at Heckmondwike, West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of Spedding Curwen and Mary Jubb. His father was a Non-conformist minister, as John was also from 1838 until 1864. Curwen gave up full-time ministry to devote himself to his new method of musical nomenclature. He es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Jessy Curwen
Annie Jessy Curwen (1845 – 22 April 1932), born Annie Jessy Gregg, usually known from her books as Mrs. Curwen or Mrs. J. Spencer Curwen, was a writer children's books and books for music teachers, on music theory and performance, and particularly piano playing, which were published by J. Curwen & Sons Ltd. of London in the late 19th century. Biography Annie Curwen, née Gregg, was born in Dublin, the daughter of a solicitor. She studied the piano with Joseph Robinson, Fanny Robinson, and Robert Prescott Stewart at the Royal Irish Academy of Music from 1857 to 1865, then after graduation she taught piano in Dublin until 1876. She then moved to Scotland, where she met the music educator John Curwen John Curwen (14 November 1816 – 26 May 1880) was an English Congregationalist minister and diffuser of the tonic sol-fa system of music education created by Sarah Ann Glover. He was educated at Wymondley College in Hertfordshire, then C ..., a great advocate of the toni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricius Curwen
Sir Patricius Curwen, 1st Baronet (c. 1602 – 15 December 1664) of Workington Hall, Cumberland was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1643 and from 1661 to 1664. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War Curwen was the son of Sir Henry Curwen of Workington in Cumberland. The Curwen family owned iron ore mines at Harrington and the account books of Curwen's steward contain many references to iron ore. Curwen was apparently a generous landlord who between 1628 and 1643 paid his harvesters with food and wages and provided a piper to play in the fields for the time of the harvest. In 1627 he was created a baronet, of Workington in the County of Cumberland. Curwen served as a Justice of the Peace for Cumberland from 1624 to at least 1640 and in 1636 was appointed High Sheriff of Cumberland. In April 1640 he was elected Member of Parliament for Cumberland for the Short Parliament and was re-elected in November 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisy Curwen
Daisy Curwen (6 December 1889 – 25 June 1982) was a former British swimmer world record holder in the 100 m freestyle. Curwen competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, but could not start in the final race any more due to an appendectomy during the event. Biography Curwen was born in December 1889 in Liverpool, England. She began swimming with her local club in Liverpool when she was 13. Between 1903 and 1917, Curwen won the Liverpool and District 100 yards freestyle event fourteen times. Curwen broke the world record for the 100 metres freestyle twice, first in September 1911 and again in June 1912. She also set six more world records in events from the 100 to 300 yards. At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, Curwen competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle event. In her heat, Curwen set a new Olympic record. She went on to qualify for the final of the race, but was unable to start, after suffering with appendicitis which required surgery. As a resu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Curwen (physician)
John Curwen (1821–1901) was Superintendent of the first public mental hospital in Pennsylvania. He personally knew the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions of the Insane (AMSAII), now the American Psychiatric Association. He served as secretary-treasurer of the Association for 34 years (1856–1890). Curwen was born at his father’s estate in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. He graduated from Yale University in 1841 and received his medical degree in 1844 from The University of Pennsylvania. He spent several months at the Wills Eye Hospital and then moved to the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane where he remained for six years as Assistant Physician to Dr. Thomas Kirkbride. Kirkbride was acknowledged as a leader in AMSAII and with the administration of asylums. He designed plans for the construction of mental hospitals which were adopted throughout the United States in the second half of the nineteen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Curwen (died 1623)
Sir Henry Curwen (c. 1581 – 23 October 1623) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622. Curwen was the only son of Sir Nicholas Curwen of Workington, Cumberland and his first wife Ann Musgrave. He matriculated at Pembroke College, Cambridge in about 1595. He succeeded his father in 1605, by which time he had been knighted. Biography He served as a Justice of the Peace for Cumberland from 1617 until his death and was appointed High Sheriff of Cumberland for 1619–20. In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament for Cumberland. Curwen died in 1624. He is buried in Amersham with a memorial sculpted by Edward Marshall.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.254 He had married firstly Catherine Dalston, daughter of Sir John Dalston of Dalston, Cumberland, and secondly Margaret Bruskill, daughter of Thomas Bruskill, counsellor of Heversham, Westmorland. His son Patricius was later MP for Cumberland. References * { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patric Curwen
Patric Curwen (14 December 1884 – 31 May 1949) was a British stage and film actor. Biography Curwen, son of John Spencer Curwen of the music publishing company, and grandson of John Curwen, founder of the Tonic sol-fa system, was educated at Abbotsholme School in Derbyshire, then New College, Oxford. He studied acting under Rosina Filippi and started his career at the Haymarket Theatre in London in 1907, appearing in productions of '' The Lyons Mail'', '' Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' and '' The Bells'', among others. During World War I he joined the Artists Rifles, then received a commission in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He served with the armoured car unit in France, but was moved to Naval Intelligence Division for health reasons, where he continued until 1920. He spent four years in India learning tea and coffee planting, then returned to work in England with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. From 1926 to 1928 he undertook an overseas tour, including visits to Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Curwen
Sir Christopher Keith Curwen, (9 April 1929 – 18 December 2013) was a British Intelligence officer specialising in South East Asia who was Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1985 to 1989. Career Curwen was educated at Sherborne School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge after which he was commissioned into the 4th Queen's Own Hussars in 1948, serving in Malaya. He joined SIS in 1952 and was posted to Thailand in 1954 and Vientiane, Laos in 1956. He returned to the service's London headquarters in 1958, had another spell in Bangkok from 1961 and then two years in Kuala Lumpur. He was at one time married to a woman from South-East Asia; they were later divorced. Curwen spent three years as SIS liaison officer in Washington D.C. from 1968 and was then head of station in Geneva. He was deputy to Sir Colin Figures from 1980 and succeeded him as Chief of the Service in 1985. His tenure was notable for the successful exfiltration from Moscow of the KGB officer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Curwen (MP)
Christopher Curwen (died 1450) was an English soldier, administrator and politician. He was the son of Sir William Curwen of Workington, Cumberland and his first wife, Alice. He succeeded his father in 1403 and was knighted by 1404. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Appleby in September 1397, for Cumberland in November 1414, 1423, 1425, 1427, 1431 and 1432. History of Parliament He was appointed for 1415–16, 1423–24, 1427–28, 1433–34, 1437–38 and 1444–45. He was also a Justi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Curwen
David C. Curwen (30 November 1913 – 26 May 2011) was an English miniature railway steam locomotive mechanical engineer. Born in Sydenham, South London, and educated at King's School, Canterbury, Curwen worked from 1935 to 1945 for Short Brothers in Rochester as an aircraft engineer. In 1946, he established his own engineering firm, Baydon. In 1950 he married Barbara Willans, an actress. In 1951 he became Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for its first year of preservation. At the end of the 1951 season, he returned to Devizes, Wiltshire where he went into partnership with A.E. Newbery to create Curwen and Newbery. He left the partnership in 1966 and established his own workshop at All Cannings, Wiltshire. He published his autobiography titled ''Rule of Thumb'' in 2006, and a review of his work was published as ''The Miniature Locomotives of David Curwen'' in 2008, by Dave Holdroyd. Locomotives Locomotives built by Curwen include the follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Curwen
Hugh Curwen ( - 1 November 1568) was an English ecclesiastic and statesman, who served as Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1555 to 1567, then as Bishop of Oxford until his death in November 1568. Previous entries, including the 1911 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, confused him with Richard Curwen, almoner to Henry VIII. Life Born in Bampton, Cumbria, he is thought to have been educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. He had at least two brothers, Christopher and James, who was the grandfather of Richard Bancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury and 'overseer' of the King James Bible. Career In February 1528, Curwen gained a degree in Canon law, followed by a Master of Arts in 1532. In 1533, he was appointed Rector in the village of Ferriby, Lincolnshire. The following year, England broke with the Catholic Church and formed the Church of England, led by Henry VIII, rather than the Pope. In 1541, he became dean of Hereford, followed by a series of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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