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Jenkin Collier
Jenkin, of Franconian origin, is translated in English as "Little John" or more literally "John the little". Forename history Jen/Jean (pronounced "Jon") being a diminutive of Jehan/Jehannes* (John/Johan*) followed by kin/ken meaning little creating Jenkin or Jenken. *(Referred to as Johannes in the Latin and Germanic referring to the Bible name John.) The name "Jenkin" or "Jenken" first use in England is seen as early as 1086 as a diminutive of the English form of John. It was often translated from the Dutch/French as "John the younger" or seen as "John Jenken". The non-diminutive Jehan/Jehannes (pronounced "Jo-han/Jo-han-nes") was also translated into English as John. When Jen/Jean is present, usually given to a younger child, Jehan/Jehannes is listed as "John the elder" but, never translated as "Big John". Confusion can arise when the sire is listed as John, a son is John (the elder) and another son is John (the younger). Today, in English the term John, Senior is used for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low Franconian Languages
In historical and comparative linguistics, Low Franconian is a linguistic category used to classify a number of historical and contemporary West Germanic varieties closely related to, and including, the Dutch language. Most dialects and languages included within this category are spoken in the Netherlands, northern Belgium (Flanders), in the Nord department of France, in western Germany (Lower Rhine), as well as in Suriname, South Africa and Namibia. Terminology ''Low Franconian'' is a purely linguistic category and not used as a term of self-designation among any of the speakers of the Germanic dialects traditionally grouped within it. Within the field of historical philology, the terminology for the historical phases of Low Franconian is not analogous to the traditional Old High German / Middle High German and Old Low German / Middle Low German dichotomies, with the terms Old Dutch and Middle Dutch commonly being preferred to ''Old Low Franconian'' and ''Middle Low Francon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornwall
Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, Devon to the east, and the English Channel to the south. The largest urban area is the Redruth and Camborne conurbation. The county is predominantly rural, with an area of and population of 568,210. After the Redruth-Camborne conurbation, the largest settlements are Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth, Penzance, Newquay, St Austell, and Truro. For Local government in England, local government purposes most of Cornwall is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area, with the Isles of Scilly governed by a Council of the Isles of Scilly, unique local authority. The Cornish nationalism, Cornish nationalist movement disputes the constitutional status of Cornwall and seeks greater autonomy within the United Kingdom. Cornwall is the weste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Fleeming Jenkin
Captain Louis Fleeming Jenkin, Military Cross & Bar, (22 August 1895 – 11 September 1917) was a First World War flying ace credited with 22 victories. Early life and service Jenkin was born in London, England, on 22 August 1895 to Austin Fleeming Jenkin and Betty Jenkin. He originally served with the 9th (Service) Battalion of the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire). In the opening days of the First World War, on 24 September 1914, he was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant in that unit. Royal Flying Corps Jenkin transferred to the Royal Flying Corps on 19 April 1917. He was posted to No. 1 Squadron on 15 May 1917. The squadron had just equipped for fighter operations with Nieuport 17s in February. On 23 May, Jenkin scored his initial victory. In less than a month, he was an ace, winning his fifth triumph on 8 June. By the end of June, his tally stood at 11. He nearly doubled that in July, ending the month with 20 victories. He was given command of a flight on 31 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin
Alfred Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin (29 October 1900 – 20 August 1980) was a Cornish bard and historian with a particular interest in Cornish mining, publishing ''The Cornish Miner'', now a classic, in 1927. Birth and education He was born in Redruth on 29 October 1900, the son of Alfred Hamilton Jenkin, and his wife, Amy Louisa Keep. He attended University College, Oxford, where in 1919 he became a friend of the famous author, C.S. Lewis: both were members of the Martlets Literary Society. He graduated as M.A. and B.Litt. at the University of Oxford. Cornish activities Jenkin was a founder bard of the Gorseth Kernow in 1928, taking the bardic name ''Lef Stenoryon'' ('Voice of the Tinners'). He was involved in persuading Cornwall County Council to set up Cornwall Record Office in the 1950s, and served on its committee until his death.Brooke, Justin (2004‘Jenkin, (Alfred) Kenneth Hamilton (1900–1980)’ ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horrie Jenkin
Horace Valentine Jenkin (14 February 1893 – 17 January 1985) was an Australian rules Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ... footballer who played with Fitzroy in the VFL. A defender, Jenkin was a member of Fitzroy premiership teams in 1916 and 1922. He started his career at full forward but played his best football as a defender, winning the club's best and fairest award in 1926. References External links * * 1893 births Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Mitchell Medal winners Fitzroy Football Club players Fitzroy Football Club premiership players 1985 deaths VFL/AFL premiership players People from Collingwood, Victoria 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1893-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Jenkin
Guy Jenkin (born 27 April 1955) is a British film director and comedy writer who is best known for working together with Andy Hamilton on sitcoms and comedies such as '' Drop the Dead Donkey'' (1990–1998), '' Outnumbered'' (2007–2014), and '' Ballot Monkeys'' (2015). Early life He attended Trinity College, Cambridge. Career He wrote the 2002 satirical comedy '' Jeffrey Archer: The Truth'', with Damian Lewis portraying Jeffrey Archer, and the 2003 drama film '' The Sleeping Dictionary'', starring Jessica Alba. Jenkin also contributed to the popular 2006–2007 BBC series ''Life on Mars'', writing the sixth episode of the second series about heroin Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine and diamorphine among other names, is a morphinan opioid substance synthesized from the Opium, dried latex of the Papaver somniferum, opium poppy; it is mainly used as a recreational drug for its eupho ... in 1973 and the Asian community. The episode explores racism at the time. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Jenkin
Graham Jenkin (born Graham Keith Jenkin, 17 May 1938) is an Australian poet, historian, composer, and educator. Background Jenkin was born in Adelaide and educated at various country schools and at Prince Alfred College, Wattle Park Teachers College, and the University of Adelaide, from where he received a Master of Arts. His thesis later became the basis of his 1979 book ''Conquest of the Ngarrindjeri''. He received a PhD from the University of South Australia. Jenkin spent two years working as a jackeroo on stations in northern South Australia. In 1961, he founded the Tea and Damper Club, which was devoted to the preservation of Australian folklore, music and poetry. Career Education From 1963 to 1965, he was head teacher of Coober Pedy Primary School. In 1966, Jenkin was appointed as a lecturer at Wattle Park Teachers College and then its successor institution the University of South Australia The University of South Australia is a public research university based in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleeming Jenkin
Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin Royal Society of London, FRS FRSE (; 25 March 1833 – 12 June 1885) was a British engineer, inventor, economist, linguist, actor and dramatist known as the inventor of the cable car or Aerial tramway#Telpherage, telpherage. He was Regius Professor of Engineering (Edinburgh), Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. His descendants include the engineer Charles Frewen Jenkin and through him the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative MPs Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, Patrick, Lord Jenkin of Roding and Bernard Jenkin. Early life Background and childhood Generally called Fleeming Jenkin, named after Charles Elphinstone Fleeming, Admiral Fleeming, one of his father's patrons, he was born to an old and eccentric family in a government building near Dungeness (headland), Dungeness, Kent, England. His father, Captain Charles Jenkin, was at that time being in the coast-guard service. His mother, Henrietta Camilla Jenkin, Hen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Jenkin
Dorothy Catherine Wentworth Jenkin (née Venning; 23 October 1892 – 13 April 1995) was a New Zealand watercolorist, botanical illustrator, and printmaker. She was a founding member of the Invercargill Art Society and participated in campaigning for a public art gallery in Invercargill. She was involved in ensuring the acquisition of Anderson Park and the establishment of the Invercargill Art Gallery at that location. Many of her works are held at the Rakiura Museum and have been reproduced as prints and postcards. Biography Jenkin was born in Paddington, London on 23 October 1892 to Mary Kate Venning and her husband Wentworth and named Dorothy Catherine Wentworth Venning. She studied art at the Royal College of Art (where she was only one of three women in her cohort), and while there met her husband Thomas Hugh Jenkin, who was also studying to become an artist. The couple married in 1918 in Kingston and subsequently had two children prior to emigrating to New Zealand. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Frewen Jenkin
Charles Frewen Jenkin, CBE, FRS (24 September 186523 August 1940) was a British engineer and academic. He held the first chair of engineering at the University of Oxford as Professor of Engineering Science. Early life Jenkin was born on 24 September 1865 in Claygate, Surrey. He was the second son of Fleeming Jenkin who was Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy, then an all boys private school in Edinburgh. He attended the University of Edinburgh, before matriculating into Trinity College, Cambridge in 1883. As the University of Cambridge had no engineering degree, he instead studied the Mathematical Tripos. He graduated in 1886 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree; as per tradition, this was later promoted to a Master of Arts (MA (Cantab)) degree. Career Upon graduation, Jenkin joined Mather & Platt, an engineering company based in Manchester. He then worked for London and North Western Railway based in Crewe, havi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Christison Jenkin (born 9 April 1959) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harwich and North Essex, previously Colchester North then North Essex, since 1992. He also served as chair of the Liaison Committee. Jenkin was elected chairman of the Public Administration Select Committee in May 2010. He is a longstanding critic of the European Union, believing that EU membership undermined the United Kingdom's national sovereignty, and he was one of the Maastricht Rebels during the premiership of John Major. In the 2016 EU referendum he supported Brexit and from 2017 he was one of the most vocal supporters of the Eurosceptic pressure group Leave Means Leave. Early life and career Bernard Jenkin was born on 9 April 1959 in Wood Green, to Patrick Jenkin, who subsequently became a Conservative MP and Cabinet minister, and later a life peer (as Baron Jenkin of Roding); and Monica Jenkin (née Graham). He is a desc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Jenkin
Anne Caroline Jenkin, Baroness Jenkin of Kennington (' Strutt; born 8 December 1955) is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. Political career Jenkin stood for election as a Member of Parliament in Glasgow Provan in the 1987 general election. In 2005, she co-founded '' Women2Win'' with Theresa May, a campaign to increase the number of female Conservative MPs. She is currently its co-chair with Mark Harper. She hired the director of Women2Win, Charlotte Carew Pole, to serve on her parliamentary staff. She co-founded the Conservative Friends of International Development in 2011. She was created a life peer on 26 January 2011 as Baroness Jenkin of Kennington, of Hatfield Peverel in the County of Essex. She was introduced to the House of Lords on 27 January 2011, where she sits on the Conservative benches. In 2013, she spoke in favour of equal marriage. In 2014, she was a member of the all-party parliamentary group on Food Poverty and Hunger when it co-produced a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
