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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), Super ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Curwen
Dame Anne May Curwen, OBE DBE (7 May 1889 – 13 September 1973) was an English educator and charity worker. She was the National General Secretary of the YWCA of Great Britain, was secretary of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service (SWH) and founded the British Council for Aid to Refugees. Life Curwen was born on 7 May 1889. Her father William Curwen died in 1896 and her mother Emma Curwen (possibly ) died in 1901. She was educated at Birkenhead High School for Girls and Harrogate College, attending Newnham College, Cambridge, where she took the Historical Tripos and gained a First in History. After graduating from university, Curwen worked as "History Mistress" at Orme Girls’ School in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. After her teaching career and the outbreak of World War I, the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service (SWH) was founded by Dr Elsie Inglis to support the war effort. Curwen became the secretary of the Scottish Women's Hospitals in 1916. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Curwen
John Curwen (14 November 1816 – 26 May 1880) was an English Congregational church, 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 nom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfred Curwen
Captain Wilfred John Hutton Curwen (14 April 1883 – 9 May 1915) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University, Surrey and MCC between 1906 and 1910. He was born in Beckenham and died near Poperinghe, Belgium, on active service during World War I. Curwen was educated at Charterhouse School and Magdalen College, Oxford. At Oxford he was a double blue in cricket and association football. One of the team of amateur MCC cricketers that toured New Zealand in 1906-07, Curwen was described before the tour thus: "Plays all the games, is very popular with the ladies, and dances divinely." He made his highest first-class score in the tour match against Canterbury, when he went to the wicket with the score at 54 for 6 and made a dashing 76 in 77 minutes, taking the total to 200 before he was last out. Curwen joined the London Regiment as a lieutenant in 1911. He went to Australia, where he served as '' aide-de-camp'' to the Governor of Victoria, Sir John Fuller, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Curwen
Thomas Curwen (1415–1486/1487) was a 15th-century sheriff of Cumberland. He was son of William Curwen and Elizabeth, daughter of John Huddleston of Millom Castle. He held numerous offices around the region, including elector of the county (at which election he himself was elected), escheator and on various commissions. He was knighted in 1449. He was a supporter of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland in Westmorland in the 1450s during the Percy–Neville feud, although he made his peace when the Yorkist Edward IV took the throne in 1461.Jalland, Patricia. “The Influence of the Aristocracy on Shire Elections in the North of England, 1450-70.” Speculum, vol. 47, no. 3, 1972, pp. 483–507. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2856156. Accessed 20 Nov. 2023. When Edward's brother Richard took the throne in 1483, Curwen was appointed to each of his Cumberland commissions, although, as the parliamentary historian Josiah Wedgwood Josiah Wedgwood (12 July 1730 – 3 January 1795) ... [...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 Novembe ... [...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 Australia ... [...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). Biography Curwen was born at his father's estate in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, on September 20, 1821. 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 through ... [...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] |
