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Eric Bamford
Sir Eric St John Bamford, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, KCB, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, KBE, Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, CMG (14 October 1891 – 13 April 1957) was an English civil servant. Background and career Born on 14 October 1891,"Bamford, Sir Eric St John" ''Who's Who (UK), Who Was Who'' (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2021). Retrieved 1 February 2022. Bamford attended Corpus Christi College, Oxford, before passing the examinations to enter Civil Service (United Kingdom), HM Civil Service in 1914. Service in the First World War interrupted his entry; he was wounded in France which left him in worsening health for the rest of his life. After Demobilization, demobilisation, he entered the Civil Servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Bamford In 1948
The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, Eirik, or Eiríkur is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse language, Proto-Norse ''*wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ainaz, aina(z)'', meaning "one, alone, unique", ''as in the form'' ''Æ∆inrikr'' explicitly, but it could also be from ''*wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiwaz, aiwa(z)'' "everlasting, eternity", as in the Gothic form ''Euric''. The second element ''-wikt:ríkr, ríkr'' stems either from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rīks, ríks'' "king, ruler" (cf. Gothic ''wikt:𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃, reiks'') or the therefrom derived ''*wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rīkijaz, ríkijaz'' "kingly, powerful, rich, prince"; from the common Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo-European root *wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
