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Keble
Keble is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Bernard Keble Sandwell (1876–1940), Canadian newspaper editor * Edward Keble Chatterton (1878–1944), English writer * Henry Keble (?–1517), Lord Mayor of London * John Keble (1792–1866), English churchman and founder of the Oxford Movement * Joseph Keble (1632–1710), English barrister * Keble Howard, pen name of John Keble Bell, (1875–1928), English writer and journalist * Keble Munn (1920–2008), Jamaican politician * Richard Keble (''fl.'' 1650), judge, and a supporter of the Parliamentarian cause during the English Civil War * Thomas Keble (1793–1875), English clergyman * William Keble Martin (1877–1969), British botanist See also * Keble College, Oxford, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford * Keble Hills, hill range in Antarctica * Keble Road Keble Road is a short road running east–west in central Oxford, England. To the west is the souther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keble College, Oxford
Keble College () is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its main buildings are on Parks Road, opposite the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, University Museum and the Oxford University Parks, University Parks. The college is bordered to the north by Keble Road, to the south by Museum Road, and to the west by Blackhall Road. Keble was established in 1870, having been built as a monument to John Keble, who had been a leading member of the Oxford Movement which sought to stress the Catholicity, Catholic nature of the Church of England. Consequently, the college's original teaching focus was primarily theological, although the college now offers a broad range of subjects, reflecting the diversity of degrees offered across the wider university. In the period after the Second World War, the trends were towards scientific courses (proximity to the university Science Area, Oxford, science area east of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Keble
John Keble (25 April 1792 – 29 March 1866) was an English Anglican priest and poet who was one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. Keble College, Oxford, is named after him. Early life Keble was born on 25 April 1792 in Fairford, Gloucestershire, where his father, also named John Keble, was vicar of Coln St. Aldwyns. He and his brother Thomas were educated at home by their father until each went to Oxford. In 1806, Keble won a scholarship to Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He excelled in his studies and in 1810 achieved double first-class honours in both Latin and mathematics. In 1811, he won the university prizes for both the English and Latin essays and became a fellow of Oriel College. He was for some years a tutor and examiner at the University of Oxford. While still at Oxford, he was ordained in 1816, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keble Howard
Keble Howard was the pen name of John Keble Bell (8 June 1875 – 29 March 1928). He was an English writer and journalist, who wrote a large number of novels, short stories, sketches and plays, mainly light comic pieces, often depicting suburban life. One contemporary literary commentator described Howard as "a highly successful novelist and a moderately successful playwright". Life John Keble Bell was born in Basingstoke in 1875, the third of the twelve children of the Reverend George Edward Bell. Soon after his birth, his father was appointed Vicar of Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire and it was here that John grew up. After attending King Alfred's School, Wantage he entered Worcester College, Oxford University, with the intention of becoming a clergyman. He however became disillusioned with the Church and, not attending his final year due to lack of funds, finally failed his degree. He then briefly worked as a schoolmaster before becoming a journalist. After short spells on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keble Road
Keble Road is a short road running east–west in central Oxford, England. To the west is the southern end of the Banbury Road with St Giles' Church, Oxford, St Giles' Church opposite. To the east is Parks Road with the University Parks opposite. Blackhall Road leads off the road to the south near the western end. On the south side for much of its length is the Victorian architecture, Victorian brick Keble College, and in particular, its large chapel on the corner with Parks Road. Opposite this to the north is a row of Victorian terrace houses owned by the University of Oxford. The houses nearest Parks Road (numbers 6–11) were converted into the Oxford University Computing Laboratory (OUCL), now the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Department of Computer Science, with its newer Wolfson Building added behind in 1993, and the Oxford e-Science Building in 2006 (both in Parks Road). Oxford University's 1960s Denys Wilkinson Building (Particle physics, Denys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Keble
Richard Keble (died 1683/84) was an English lawyer and judge, a supporter of the Parliamentarian cause during the English Civil War. During the early years of the Interregnum he was a Keeper of the Great Seal. He was also an active judge who presided at several high-profile trials. At the Restoration under a provision in the Indemnity and Oblivion Act he was forbidden from holding further public offices. Life Richard Keble was from Suffolk, of an old family settled at Old Newton. He was admitted a member of Gray's Inn, on 7 August 1609. He was called to the bar on 14 July 1614, and became an ancient of the inn in 1632 and Lent Reader in 1639. He is first mentioned in George Croke's "Reports" in 1636. Parliament appointed him a judge in Wales in March 1647, and he became a serjeant-at-law in 1648. During 1648 Keble was sent to Norwich to handle a mutiny. After the execution of Charles I in 1649 he was appointed the junior of the three Lord Commissioners (along with Bulstrode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Keble Martin
The Rev. William Keble Martin (9 July 1877 – 26 November 1969) was a Church of England priest, botanist and botanical illustrator, known for his ''Concise British Flora in Colour'', published in May 1965 when the author was 88. The book was the result of 60 years' meticulous fieldwork and exquisite painting skills, and became an immediate best-seller. He completed over 1,400 paintings in colour and many black-and-white drawings before the book was finally published. Life and work Keble Martin was born in Radley, Oxfordshire, the grandson of Dr George Moberly, headmaster of Winchester and later Bishop of Salisbury. He was brother to architect Arthur Campbell Martin CVO FRIBA (1875–1963) and was also connected to John Keble of the Oxford Movement. His father was appointed as the Rector of Dartington, near Totnes, when William was 14 years old. He was educated at Marlborough, and went up to Christ Church, Oxford in 1896 to read Greek Philosophy and Botany. He trained fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Keble
Thomas Keble (25 October 1793, in Fairford – 5 September 1875) was a Church of England clergyman, younger brother of John Keble. Keble was Vicar of Bisley, Gloucestershire from 1827 to 1873. He contributed four of the ''Tracts for the Times'', three of them under a pseudonym also used by his brother, Richard Nelson. Life Keble was born on 25 October 1793 at Fairford, Gloucestershire, where his father, John Keble, was vicar of Coln St Aldwyns. He and his elder brother, John Keble, were educated at home by their father until each went to Oxford. At the same early age (fourteen), he was elected a Gloucestershire scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, on 31 March 1808. In 1811 he graduated B.A., having gained a second class in classics and a third class (then called a second below the line) in mathematics. He was ordained as a deacon in December 1816, and priest in 1817. From the beginning of 1817 to the end of 1818 he had the parochial charge of Windrush and Sherborne, Glouces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Keble Chatterton
Edward Keble Chatterton (10 September 1878 – 31 December 1944) was a prolific writer who published around a hundred books, pamphlets and magazine series, mainly on maritime and naval themes. Biography Born at number 76, Rock Street, Sheffield, England, he attended Sheffield Royal Grammar School followed by St Paul's School, then located in Hammersmith, London. He took a B.A. at St. Stephen's House, Oxford, before beginning to write theatre and art reviews for various magazines. In 1905, he edited ''The Lady's Realm'' for a number of issues. He undertook a number of small-boat voyages through the English Channel and the Netherlands; out of these voyages came magazine articles and books describing the passages as well as several books on the maritime art collections of the Low Countries. At the outbreak of World War I, Chatterton joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (R.N.V.R.), ultimately commanding a Motor Launch flotilla at Queenstown, now Cobh, in Ireland. He describes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keble Hills
The Keble Hills () are an imposing line of granite hills rising to , including from west to east Murphy Peak, Handley Hill, Auger Hill and Coral Hill. The hills separate Salmon Glacier and Garwood Valley in the Denton Hills of Victoria Land, Antarctica. They were named by the New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) in 1994 after William Keble Martin, a New Zealand botanist who surveyed plants of New Zealand and the sub-Antarctic. Features Murphy Peak . A prominent, partly ice-covered peak, high, standing at the south side of Salmon Glacier, southwest of Haggerty Hill, on the Scott Coast. Named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ... (US-ACAN) in 1992 after Robert L. Murphy of Holmes and Narver, Inc., manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Keble
Joseph Keble (1632 – 28 August 1710) was an English barrister and law reporter. As well as recording more than four thousand sermons preached in the chapel of Gray's Inn, Keble reported every case heard by the Court of King's Bench from 1661 until his death. Although he was in court every day, he was never known to have had a brief to represent a client. Life Keble was the son of Richard Keble, Commissioner of the Great Seal from 1649 to 1654. He was born in 1632 in the parish of St Giles-in-the-Fields, London and educated at the parish school in Holborn. He became a member of Gray's Inn in 1647. He attended the University of Oxford, matriculating from All Souls College in 1651 and obtaining a Bachelor of Civil Law degree in 1654. He was also made a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford by the Parliamentary commissioners in 1648. He was called to the bar in 1653. After becoming a barrister, he was never known to have a brief to represent a client in court. However, becau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford Movement
The Oxford Movement was a theological movement of high-church members of the Church of England which began in the 1830s and eventually developed into Anglo-Catholicism. The movement, whose original devotees were mostly associated with the University of Oxford, argued for the reinstatement of some older Christian traditions of faith and their inclusion into Anglican liturgy and theology. They thought of Anglicanism as one of three branches of the " one, holy, catholic, and apostolic" Christian Church. Many key participants subsequently converted to Roman Catholicism. Tractarianism, the movement's philosophy, was named after a series of publications, the '' Tracts for the Times'', written to promote the movement. Tractarians were often disparagingly referred to as "Newmanites" (before 1845) and "Puseyites", after two prominent Tractarians, John Henry Newman and Edward Bouverie Pusey. Other well-known Tractarians included John Keble, Charles Marriott, Richard Froude, Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keble Munn
''The Honourable'' Keble Aubrey Munn (15 February 1920 - 14 April 2008) , The Jamaica Gleaner, April 15, 2008. was a Jamaican politician and agriculturalist. Biography Munn received his education at .Keble Munn is dead", Caribbean Voice, April 15, 2008. After graduation, he traveled to , where he enlisted in that country's army in order to serve in |
