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Edmund Giles Loder
Sir Edmund Giles Loder, 2nd Baronet (7 August 1849 – 14 April 1920) was an English aristocrat, landowner and plantsman. Biography Early life Edmund Giles Loder was born on 7 August 1849 in London, England. His father was Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet, a landowner and Conservative politician, and his mother, Maria Georgiana Busk. His maternal grandfather was Hans Busk, a Welsh poet. He was educated at Eton College, a private boarding school in Eton, Berkshire, and graduated from Trinity College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. When at Eton he competed in the 100 yards event at the AAC Championships, winning the silver medal at the 1869 AAC Championships. Career He served as a Justice of the Peace for Sussex and Northampshire. Loder was active as a plant collector, breeder and grower. He developed hybrid rhododendrons from crosses between '' R. fortunei'' and ''R. griffithianum''. The plants were named the Loderi hybrids and group in his honour. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhododendron Fortunei
''Rhododendron fortunei'' () is a rhododendron species native to China, where it grows at altitudes of . It is named after Robert Fortune, a Scottish botanist, who brought many plant species to the West from China. It is an evergreen shrub that typically reaches heights of . The plant features leathery leaves that are oblong to oblong-elliptic, measuring in length and in width. Rhododendron fortunei blooms from April to May, producing trusses of 6–12 flowers that are campanulate This glossary of botanical terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to botany and plants in general. Terms of plant morphology are included here as well as at the more specific Glossary of plant morphology and Glossary ..., white to pink, and fragrant. References External links * "''Rhododendron fortunei''", Lindley, ''Gard. Chron.'' 1859: 868. 1859. * * * * * fortunei Endemic flora of China {{Ericaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowland Ward
James Rowland Ward (12 May 1848 – 28 December 1912) was a British taxidermist and founder of the firm Rowland Ward Limited of Piccadilly, London. The company specialised in and was renowned for its taxidermy work on birds and big-game trophies, but it did other types of work as well. In creating many practical items from antlers, feathers, feet, skins, and tusks, the Rowland Ward company made fashionable items (sometimes known as animal furniture, Wardian furniture) from animal parts, such as zebra-hoof inkwells, Horn_furniture, antler furniture, and elephant-feet umbrella stands. Rowland Ward was also a well-known publisher of natural history books and big-game hunting narratives. The most famous and enduring Rowland Ward Ltd. product is the Records of Big Game series of books, which started in 1892 and is now in its thirtieth edition (2020). These books contain measurements of game animals from all over the world and is the oldest such series of books in existence. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Museums Liverpool
National Museums Liverpool, formerly National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, comprises several museums and art galleries in and around Liverpool in Merseyside, England. All the museums and galleries in the group have free admission. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and an exempt charity under English law. Until 1974 the institutions were under the auspices of the former Liverpool Corporation. The reorganisation of English local government that year resulted in the newly created Merseyside Metropolitan County Council assuming custodianship by mutual agreement with the city authority. In 1978 the Charity Commission transferred to the County Council the trusteeship of the then privately operated Lady Lever Art Gallery and its collection. The Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher subsequently resolved to abolish the Metropolitan Counties and reassign many of their assets to the lower tier City an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Museum
World Museum is a large museum in Liverpool, England which has extensive collections covering archaeology, ethnology and the natural and physical sciences. Special attractions include the Natural History Centre and a planetarium. Entry to the museum is free. The museum is part of National Museums Liverpool. History The current museum is unconnected to the Liverpool Museum of William Bullock (collector), William Bullock, who operated a museum in his house on Church Street, Liverpool, between 1795 and 1809, before he moved it to London. The museum was originally started as the Derby Museum as it comprised Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby, the 13th Earl of Derby's natural history collection. It opened in 1851, sharing two rooms on Duke Street with a library. However, the museum proved extremely popular and a new, purpose-built building was required. Land for the new building, on a street then known as Shaw's Brow (now William Brown Street), opposite St George's Hall, Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osteology
Osteology () is the scientific study of bones, practiced by osteologists . A subdiscipline of anatomy, anthropology, archaeology and paleontology, osteology is the detailed study of the structure of bones, skeletal elements, teeth, microbone morphology, function, disease, pathology, the process of ossification from cartilaginous molds, and the resistance and hardness of bones (biophysics). Osteologists frequently work in the public and private sector as consultants for museums, scientists for research laboratories, scientists for medical investigations and/or for companies producing osteological reproductions in an academic context. The role of an osteologist entails understanding the macroscopic and microscopic anatomies of bones for both humans and non-humans (courses in non-human osteology is known as zooarchaeology). Osteology and osteologists should not be confused with the pseudoscientific practice of osteopathy and its practitioners, osteopaths. Methods A typica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Sassoon
Arthur Abraham David Sassoon (25 May 1840 – 13 March 1912) was an English banker and socialite. Biography Early life Arthur Abraham David Sassoon was born on 25 May 1840. He was the fifth son of David Sassoon (1792–1864), a Jewish trader of cotton and opium in China who served as the Treasurer of Baghdad from 1817 to 1829. The King would often stay with him on his visits to Brighton, sometimes to visit his mistress Alice Keppel (1868–1947). Moreover, Arthur Sassoon would accompany him on day trips to the Worthing Pier and the gardens of Beach House, the private residence of Sir Edmund Giles Loder, 2nd Baronet (1849-1920). Another guest was Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890). Known visits by the King to the Sassoons' house were in 1898, 1907, 1908 and 1910, but other visits are believed to have gone unrecorded. He felt his bronchitis and asthma improved when he visited the Sussex coast, so his visits were not merely social. Edward VII was also an occas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward VII
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until Death and state funeral of Edward VII, his death in 1910. The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward, nicknamed "Bertie", was related to royalty throughout Europe. He was Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the British throne for almost 60 years. During his mother's reign, he was largely excluded from political influence and came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite. He Wedding of Prince Albert Edward and Princess Alexandra, married Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863, and the couple had six children. As Prince of Wales, Edward travelled throughout Britain performing ceremonial public duties and represented Britain on visits abroad. His tours of North America in 1860 and of the Indian subcontinent in 1875 proved popular successes. Despite the ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Argus (Brighton)
''The Argus'' is a local newspaper based in Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England, with editions serving the city of Brighton and Hove and the other parts of both East Sussex and West Sussex. The newspaper covers local news, politics and sport, including the city's largest football club, Brighton & Hove Albion FC. History Founded in 1880, and for many years known as the ''Evening Argus'', the newspaper is owned by Newsquest (since 1999, part of the US Gannett media group) which in 1996 bought ''The Argus'' and its sister Westminster Press titles from the provincial papers group's parent, the Pearson Group. ''The Argus'' reached a peak circulation of 100,000 in the early 1980s but, like most of its counterparts in the British regional press, has since experienced a considerable decline in sales. In the period December 2010 to June 2011, the paper had an average daily circulation of 24,949 but by the period January to June 2013, average daily sales had dropped to 16,622. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beach House, Worthing
Beach House in Worthing, England is a Regency beach-side villa, built in 1820 to designs by John Rebecca. It was originally known as ''Marino Mansion.'' It was built for a man named Robert Cary Elwes. History In the mid-nineteenth century, Sir Frederick Adair Roe, Chief Magistrate of the Bow Street office and head of the Bow Street Runners, London's police force, owned and lived in Beach House. Sir Robert Loder, Conservative Member of Parliament for New Shoreham, lived at Beach House until his death in 1888. His wife, Lady Maria Georgiana Loder and his eldest son Sir Edmund Loder continued to live at Beach House after Sir Robert's death. Between 1907 and 1910 King Edward VII stayed at the house several times while visiting Sir Edmund Loder and his family. In 1917, playwright Edward Knoblock bought the house. His visitors included Arnold Bennett, J. B. Priestley, and Sir Compton Mackenzie. Knoblock refurbished the interior and forecourt of the property to the desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Giles Rolls Loder, 3rd Baronet
Sir Giles Rolls Loder, 3rd Baronet Deputy Lieutenant, DL, Justice of the Peace, J.P, Linnean Society of London, FLS (1914–1999) was an English aristocrat, World War II veteran, public official, horticulturalist and yachtsman. Biography Early life Giles Rolls Loder was born on 10 November 1914 in London, England.Obituaries: Sir Giles Loder Bt ''The Independent'', 22 March 1999 His father was Robert Egerton Loder and his mother, Muriel Rolls Hoare. His paternal grandfather was Sir Edmund Giles Loder, 2nd Baronet and his paternal great-grandfather was Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet. He graduated from Eton College in 1936, and from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1944. Public service During World War II, he served in the Surrey Yeomanry, Surrey and ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loder Family
Loder is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrew Loder (1826–1900), Australian politician * Anne Marie Loder (born 1969), Canadian actress * Benjamin Loder (1801–1876), American businessman and railroad executive * Bernard Loder (1849–1935), Dutch jurist * Chris Loder (born 1981), British politician * David Loder (born 1964), English racehorse trainer * Edmund Giles Loder (1849–1920) Landowner and Plantsman * Edward Loder (1809–1865), English composer and conductor * George Loder (1816–1868), English composer and conductor, cousin of Edward * Giles Rolls Loder (1914–1999) Horticulturalist * Gerald Loder, 1st Baron Wakehurst (1861–1936), British barrister, businessman, and politician * Jenna Loder (born 1988), Canadian curler * John Loder (other), multiple people :*John Loder (actor) (1898–1988), British actor :*John Loder (landowner) (c.1726–1805), English clergyman, founder of the Old Berkshire Hunt :*John Loder (sound engineer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
