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Riddiford Family
Riddiford may refer to: Antarctic landform: * Riddiford Nunatak in the Churchill Mountains, Oates Land People: * Charles Ernest Riddiford (18971968), Cartographer and typeface designer at National Geographic Society The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational organizations in the world. Founded in 1888, its interests include geography, archaeology, ... * Dan Riddiford (19141974), New Zealand politician * Edward Riddiford (18421911), New Zealand farmer and runholder, known as "King" Riddiford * Earle Riddiford (19211989), New Zealand lawyer and mountain climber * Lynn Riddiford (b. 1936), American entomologist and biologist {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riddiford Nunatak
The Darley Hills () are a range of high, ice-covered coastal hills in the Churchill Mountains, Antarctica. Location The Darley Hills overlook the Ross Ice Shelf, and trend north–south for about between Cape Douglas and Cape Parr. To the west, they are bounded by the Skinner Saddle in the north, from which Nursery Glacier flows south and then east into the Ross Ice Shelf. Name The hills were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for James M. Darley, chief cartographer of the National Geographic Society, 1940–63, under whose direction many important maps of Antarctica were published. Features Geographical features from north to south include: Skinner Saddle . A high, broad, snow-covered saddle between the northern part of Darley Hills and that portion of Churchill Mountains eastward of Mount Durnford. Mapped by the Northern Party of NZGSAE (1960-61) and named for D.N. Skinner, geologist with the party. Riddiford Nunatak ) A small but conspicuous nunatak ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Ernest Riddiford
Charles Ernest Riddiford was a British cartographer, who spent most of his career at the '' National Geographic'' magazine. He was noted for the elegant use of typography in his works, embraced the challenges of photocomposition and photographic reproduction, and recognised the subliminal impact of the medium on the way information is accepted. Life Riddiford was born in UK, and after studying in Edinburgh, travelled to America in 1923. He worked at the National Geographic Society, within their Cartographic division. From 1923 to 1959, he was a Staff Cartographer. Riddiford lived in Washington, D.C. He retired in 1959, and died in 1968, aged 71. His obituary appeared in the ''Washington Post'', May 15, 1968. Works Riddiford's work was often featured in '' National Geographic'' magazine. He worked under chief cartographer Albert H. Bumstead. In the mid-1930s, while at National Geographic Society, he was commissioned to produce a series of typefaces for maps. Digitised v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational organizations in the world. Founded in 1888, its interests include geography, archaeology, and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical conservation, and the study of world culture and history. The National Geographic Society's logo is a yellow portrait frame—rectangular in shape—which appears on the margins surrounding the front covers of its magazines and as its television channel logo. Through National Geographic Partners (a joint venture with The Walt Disney Company), the Society operates the magazine, TV channels, a website, worldwide events, and other media operations. Overview The National Geographic Society was founded on 13 January 1888 "to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge". It is governed by a board of trustees whose 33 members include distinguished educators, business exe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Riddiford
Daniel Johnston Riddiford (11 March 1914 – 26 October 1974) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. Biography Early life Riddiford was born in Featherston in 1914 a grandson of "King" Riddiford and Sydney Johnston of Oruawharo. He was educated in the UK at Downside School, Somerset, and New College, Oxford. He gained an MA in Modern Greats from Oxford, and also an LLB from the University of New Zealand. From 1932 to 1937, he farmed in the Wairarapa on family-owned land. For a number of years Riddiford was also a director of '' The Dominion'' newspaper (now ''The Dominion Post''). Military service He joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in 1939 and was an officer with the Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery. He was a prisoner of war in Italy from 1941 until his escape in 1943. He was awarded the MC in World War II. From 1946, he had a law practice in Wellington. Political career Riddiford contested the electorate in the , but was beaten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Riddiford
Edward Joshua "King" Riddiford (7 August 1842 – 2 May 1911) was a New Zealand runholder. He was born in Hutt Valley, Wellington, New Zealand in 1842. He married Eleanor Caroline (Nellie) Bunny (1860–1938) on 3 October 1878 at St James' Church in Lower Hutt. She was the daughter of the politician Henry Bunny. Riddiford died at Longburn of a heart attack in 1911. He was described as New Zealand's only millionaire. He was survived by his wife, who later died when hit by a van. A grandson, Sir William O'Brien Lindsay, was Chief Justice of the Sudan."Sir William O'Brien 'Wob' Lindsay" – Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy. Retrieved 13 August 2015. A granddaughter, Jocelyn Vogel, had |
Earle Riddiford
Harold Earle Riddiford (13 October 1921 – 26 June 1989) was a New Zealand mountaineer, lawyer and farmer who went on three mountaineering expeditions to the Himalayas in the 1950s; the first New Zealand expedition to the Garhwal Himalaya in 1951, the 1951 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition, and the disastrous 1952 British Cho Oyu expedition. Two New Zealanders from the four on the Garhwal Himalaya expedition were invited to join the 1951 British expedition; Ed Cotter declined, but Riddiford and George Lowe argued about who should go. The two had to pay their own way but Lowe was broke, so Riddiford and Edmund Hillary (who had money from working on a South Island hydroelectric project) joined. The leader of the 1952 British Cho Oyu expedition was Eric Shipton, who was disorganised and left the ordering of supplies to Riddiford. But Riddiford injured his back on Cho Oyo (while rolling rocks down the mountain with the Sherpas) so did not return to the Himalayas. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
