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Hilary (name)
Hilary, Hilarie or Hillary is a given name and surname, derived from the Latin ''hilarius'' meaning "cheerful", from ''hilaris'', "cheerful, merry", which comes from the Greek language, Greek ἱλαρός (''hilaros''), "cheerful, merry", which in turn comes from ἵλαος (''hilaos''), "propitious, gracious". Ilaria (given name), Ilaria is the popular Italian feminine form, while Ilario is the Italian masculine one. Other male forms are Hilarion (name), Hilarion, Ilarion, and Illarion. In the 1990s and first few decades of the twenty-first century, the name was strongly associated in the United States with Hillary Clinton. Its popularity for newborn American girls dropped rapidly during the beginning of her husband's presidency of the United States. Notable men with the given name * Hilary the Deacon ( century), churchman and theologian * Pope Hilarius or Hilary (died 468), Catholic pope and saint * Hilary of Arles, 5th-century bishop and saint * Hilary of Chichester (c. 1110 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Language
Greek (, ; , ) is an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language, constituting an independent Hellenic languages, Hellenic branch within the Indo-European language family. It is native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, Caucasus, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the list of languages by first written accounts, longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting importance in the European canon. Greek is also the language in which many of the foundational texts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilary Of Poitiers
Hilary of Poitiers (; ) was Bishop of Poitiers and a Doctor of the Church. He was sometimes referred to as the "Hammer of the Arians" () and the " Athanasius of the West". His name comes from the Latin word for happy or cheerful. In addition to his important work as bishop, Hilary was married and the father of Abra of Poitiers, a nun and saint who became known for her charity. Early life Hilary was born at Poitiers either at the end of the 3rd or beginning of the 4th century A.D. His parents were pagans of distinction. He received a good education, which included a high level of Greek. He studied, later on, the Old and New Testament writings, with the result that he abandoned his Neoplatonism for Christianity, and with his wife and his daughter, traditionally known as Saint Abra of Poitiers, was baptized and received into the Church. Arianism was becoming popular among Christians in this era and this theological position was supported by Constantine the Great. There were a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillary Menard
Hillary Gilbert "Minnie" Menard (born January 15, 1934) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey left winger who played in one National Hockey League game for the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1953–54 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1954 to 1968, was spent in various minor leagues. Hillary is the brother of Howie Menard. Playing career Leaving home at the age of fifteen, Minnie crafted one of the great stories in Canadian and USA hockey's Golden Age. At 5' 10" and weighing 178 lbs, his professional hockey career spanned fourteen years across six different leagues. Minnie's playing career ended in 1968. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs See also * List of players who played only one game in the NHL This is a list of ice hockey players who have played only one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1917–18 to the present. This list does not count those who were on the active roster for one game but never actually played, or play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilary Marquand
Hilary Adair Marquand, (24 December 1901 – 6 November 1972) was a British economist and Labour Party politician. Life and career He was born in Cardiff, the son of Alfred Marquand of Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, a clerk in a coal exporting company and his wife Mary née Adair, who was of Scottish ancestry. He was educated at Cardiff High School and at University College, Cardiff (State Scholar) where he studied history and economics, completing his undergraduate studies in 1924. He subsequently spent two years in the United States as a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow: upon his return to the UK he was a lecturer in Economics at the University of Birmingham from 1926–1930, and Professor of Industrial Relations, University College, Cardiff, 1930–1945. At the time of his appointment in Cardiff he was 29 years old, making him the youngest Professor at a British university at the time. He was Director of Industrial Surveys of South Wales, 1931 and 1936, and Member of the Card ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillary Makasa
Hillary Makasa (12 January 1972 − 5 October 2020) was a Zambian footballer. He once played for Nchanga Rangers. International career Makasa was part of the Zambian African Nations Cup squads in 1996 and 2000. Clubs *1991–1999 : Roan United *1990–2001 : Ajax Cape Town FC *2001–2002 : Ria Stars *2003–2004 : Nchanga Rangers Death Makasa died on 5 October 2020 at the University Teaching Hospital The University Teaching Hospital (UTH), formerly Lusaka Hospital, is the biggest public tertiary hospital in Lusaka, Zambia. It is the largest hospital with 1,655 beds. It is a teaching hospital and, as such, is used to train local medical students ... in Lusaka. Notes External links * 1976 births 2020 deaths Zambian men's footballers Zambian expatriate men's footballers Zambia men's international footballers roan United F.C. players Nchanga Rangers F.C. players 1996 African Cup of Nations players 1998 African Cup of Nations players 2000 African Cup of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilary Knight (illustrator)
Hilary Knight (born November 1, 1926) is an American writer and artist. He is the illustrator of more than 50 books and the author of nine books. He is best known as the illustrator and co-creator of Kay Thompson's ''Eloise (1955 book), Eloise'' (1955) and others in the ''Eloise (books), Eloise'' series. Knight has illustrated for a wide variety of clients, creating artwork for magazines, children's fashion advertisements, greeting cards, record albums as well as posters and music album covers for Broadway musicals, including ''Gypsy (musical), Gypsy'', ''Irene (musical), Irene'' (1973), ''Half a Sixpence, Half A Sixpence'', ''Hallelujah, Baby!, Hallelujah Baby!'', and ''No, No, Nanette#1971 revival and later productions, No, No, Nanette'' (1971). He has over 100 U.S. copyrights for his illustration works. An example of his artwork can be seen in the infobox for the article ''No, No, Nanette''. Early life and career One of two sons of artist-writers Clayton Knight and Katharine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilary Jones (other)
Hilary Jones may refer to: *Hilary Jones (doctor) (born 1953), British general practitioner and media doctor *Hilary P. Jones (1863–1938), United States Navy officer *Hilary Bevan Jones Hilary Bevan Jones is a British television producer. In 1994 she started Endor Productions, choosing the name from that of the novel ''The Road to Endor'' by E. H. Jones, her grandfather.USS ''Hilary P. Jones'' (DD-427), Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II {{hndis, Jones, Hilary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilary R
Hilary or Hillary may refer to: * Hilary (name), or Hilarie or Hillary, a given name and surname ** Hillary Clinton, American politician ** Edmund Hillary, one of the first to summit Mount Everest * Hillary Coast, Antarctica * Hilary term, the spring term at the Universities of Oxford and Dublin * ''Hikari no Densetsu'', a 1985 manga series, known in Italian as ''Hilary'' * ''Hillary'' (film), a 2020 American documentary film about Hillary Clinton * HMS ''Hilary'' *'' Hilary: the brave world of Hilary Pole'', 1972 book by Dorothy Clarke Wilson * List of storms named Hilary, the name of several storms * Hillary Montes, a mountain range on Pluto See also * Hillery (other) * Saint Hilary (other) * Saint-Hilaire (other) * Ilar (other), Welsh form of the name Hilary * Eleri (other), Welsh form of the name Hilarus * Hillarys, Western Australia Hillarys is a northern coastal suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilary Jenkinson
Sir Charles Hilary Jenkinson (1 November 1882 – 5 March 1961)Johnson and Brodie 2008. was a British archivist and archival theorist, regarded as the figure most responsible for bringing continental European concepts of archival theory to the English-speaking world. Early life, education and military service Born in Streatham, London, Jenkinson was the son of William Wilberforce Jenkinson, a land agent, and Alice Leigh Bedale. He was educated at Dulwich College and Pembroke College, Cambridge, graduating with first class honours in Classics in 1904. During the First World War, he joined the Royal Garrison Artillery, and served in France and Belgium from 1916 to 1918. Career In 1906, Jenkinson joined the staff of the Public Record Office and worked on the arrangement and classification of the records of the medieval Exchequer. In 1912, he was put in charge of the search room, which he then reorganised in response to criticisms made in the first report of the Royal Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilary A
Hilary or Hillary may refer to: * Hilary (name), or Hilarie or Hillary, a given name and surname ** Hillary Clinton, American politician ** Edmund Hillary, one of the first to summit Mount Everest * Hillary Coast, Antarctica * Hilary term, the spring term at the Universities of Oxford and Dublin * ''Hikari no Densetsu'', a 1985 manga series, known in Italian as ''Hilary'' * ''Hillary'' (film), a 2020 American documentary film about Hillary Clinton * HMS ''Hilary'' *'' Hilary: the brave world of Hilary Pole'', 1972 book by Dorothy Clarke Wilson * List of storms named Hilary, the name of several storms * Hillary Montes, a mountain range on Pluto See also * Hillery (other) * Saint Hilary (other) * Saint-Hilaire (other) * Ilar (other) Ilar (the Welsh, and Croatian, form of the masculine given name Hilary) may refer to: * Saint Ilar, a 6th-century Welsh saint * Hilary of Poitiers (4th century), bishop of Poitiers in France, in Welsh sources * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilly Hathaway
Hillary Houston Hathaway (born September 12, 1969) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Career Drafted by the California Angels in the 35th round of the 1989 Major League Baseball draft, Hathaway made his Major League Baseball debut with the Angels in September, 1992, pitching twice. He made eleven more pitching starts for the Angels in 1993. On March 29, 1994, he was traded to the San Diego Padres for Harold Reynolds. He pitched for the Las Vegas Stars, the Padres top minor league affiliate in 1994. In 1995, his final professional season, he played for Las Vegas again and briefly for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes are a Minor League Baseball team of the California League and the Single-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. They are located in Rancho Cucamonga, California, and play their home games at LoanMart Field. The franc .... External links 1969 births Living people American expatriate baseball players in Canada Baseb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilary Davan Wetton
Hilary John Davan Wetton (born 23 December 1943) is a British conducting, conductor. Biography He has married three times, in 1964 to Elizabeth Tayler and in 1989 to Alison Kelly. He is married to Professor Tonia Vincent with whom he has one daughter. Career Davan Wetton is Musical Director of the City of London Choir and Alina Orchestra, as well as Associate Conductor of the London Mozart Players. He is Conductor Emeritus of the Milton Keynes City Orchestra (of which he was founding conductor) and of the Guildford Choral Society which he conducted from 1968 - 2008. Other choirs of which he has been Musical Director include the Leicester and Hastings Philharmonic Choirs and the Surrey Festival Chorus. He was Founder Conductor of the Holst Singers with whom he made a number of acclaimed recordings. His discography also includes the Choral Symphony (Holst), Holst Choral Symphony, with the Guildford Choral Society and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, which won the Diapason d'Or, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
