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Moberly High School
Moberly is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Charles Moberly (1907–1996), English cricketer *Charles Frederic Moberly Bell (1847–1911), British editor of ''The Times'' *Clarence Moberly (1838–1902), Canadian civil engineer *Elizabeth Moberly, British writer about homosexuality *George Moberly (1803–1885), English divine *Charlotte Anne Moberly (1846–1937), English academic and (alleged) time traveller *George Herbert Moberly (1837–1895), English priest, academic, and author *Harry Moberly, American politician from Kentucky *Henry Edward Moberly (1822–1907), English amateur cricketer, school housemaster and Anglican priest *Henry John Moberly (also known as "Harry" or "Harvey") (1835–1931), Canadian fur trader with the Hudson's Bay Company *Capt. John Moberly (1789–1848), British naval officer stationed at Penetanguishene, Ontario *John Moberly (cricketer) (1848–1928), English cricketer *Mariquita Jenny Moberly (1855–1937), English artist *Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old English Language
Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th century, and the first Old English literature dates from the mid-7th century. After the Norman Conquest of 1066, English was replaced for several centuries by Anglo-Norman (a type of French) as the language of the upper classes. This is regarded as marking the end of the Old English era, since during the subsequent period the English language was heavily influenced by Anglo-Norman, developing into what is now known as Middle English in England and Early Scots in Scotland. Old English developed from a set of Anglo-Frisian or Ingvaeonic dialects originally spoken by Germanic tribes traditionally known as the Angles, Saxons and Jutes. As the Germanic settlers became dominant in England, their language re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capt
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, etc. In militaries, the captain is typically at the level of an officer commanding a company or battalion of infantry, a ship, or a battery of artillery, or another distinct unit. It can also be a rank of command in an air force. The term also may be used as an informal or honorary title for persons in similar commanding roles. Etymology The word "captain" derives from the Middle English "capitane", itself coming from the Latin "caput", meaning "head". It is considered cognate with the Greek word (, , or "the topmost"), which was used as title for a senior Byzantine military rank and office. The word was Latinized as . Both ultimately derive from the Proto-Indo-European "*kaput", also meaning head. Occupations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Moberly (engineer)
Walter Moberly (August 15, 1832 – May 15, 1915) was a civil engineer and surveyor who played a large role in the early exploration and development of British Columbia, Canada, including discovering Eagle Pass, now used by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Trans-Canada Highway. Early life and education He was born in Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire, England in 1832. In 1834, Walter moved with his family to Penetanguishene, Upper Canada (now Ontario), where his father, Capt. John Moberly, R. N. was appointed Post Commander. Walter received his primary education at the Base and later went to grammar school in Barrie. Career During the construction of the railway to Collingwood, Walter worked clearing bush and following that, chose a career of Lumberman, with timber holdings in Essa and Tossorontio, near Angus, and on the Severn River, in Muskoka. Most of his survey work was in British Columbia, and Utah. It is thought that Walter was lured to the West, following a brief visit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracey Moberly
Tracey Moberly (born Tracey Karen Wood, Tredegar, South Wales, 1964; formerly married as Sanders-Wood) is an interdisciplinary artist, author and radio show host, and was also a co-owner of the Foundry in London. She exhibits prolifically and is best known for her work with mobile phone text messages around which her book ''Text Me Up!'' is based.'Text-Me-Up! (2011Beautiful Books; ) Moberly's art is often described as socio-political. Overview Tracey Moberly achieved a first-class honours degree in art and design from Newport College of Art (now the University of South Wales) (1985), and an MA in art as environment at Manchester Metropolitan University (1996), where she also lectured during the 1990s.Artists in Britain since 1945 (2006, Art Dictionaries Ltd; ) Since 2001 she has lived and worked in the East End of London. Moberly produces work in a broad range of media including brickwork, glass, thread and fabric. She has run workshops at the Natural History Museum on spinn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Campbell Moberly
Robert Campbell Moberly (26 July 1845 – 8 June 1903) was an English theologian and the first principal of St Stephen's House, Oxford (1876–1878). Life He was the son of George Moberly, Bishop of Salisbury, and faithfully maintained the traditions of his father's teaching. His sister was the writer Charlotte Anne Moberly. Educated at Twyford School, Winchester and New College, Oxford, he was appointed senior student of Christ Church in 1867 and tutor in 1869. In 1876 he went out with Bishop Copleston to Ceylon for six months. After his return, he became the first head of St Stephen's House, Oxford (1876–1878), and then, after presiding for two years over the Theological College at Salisbury, where he acted as his father's chaplain, he accepted the college living of Great Budworth in Cheshire in 1880, and the same year married Alice, the daughter of his father's predecessor, Walter Kerr Hamilton. In 1892, Lord Salisbury made him Regius Professor of Pastoral Theology at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Moberly
Sir Patrick Hamilton Moberly (2 September 1928 – 13 January 2024) was a British diplomat who was British Ambassador to Israel and British Ambassador to South Africa. Biography Moberly was born on 2 September 1928. He was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Oxford before joining the Diplomatic Service in 1951. He worked at the British embassy in Israel as Counsellor (Commercial) from 1970 to 1974. He then served as Head of Personnel Policy Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office between 1974 and 1976. He was Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Defence and International Security at the FCO between 1976 and 1981, and was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1978 New Year Honours. From 1981 to 1984 Moberly served as British Ambassador to Israel, before serving as British Ambassador to South Africa between 1984 and 1987, during which time he was closely involved in British efforts to bring about an end to Apart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Moberly
Patricia Jane Moberly (''née'' Coney; 20 October 1938 – 2 September 2016) was a British public servant, Labour politician, activist, and teacher. She is best known for her work as Chair of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust between 1999 and 2011. Moberly was born in Fareham, Hampshire. Her father was in the Royal Navy meaning that the family moved around a lot. She was educated at seven schools, including a boarding school during her teenage years. Despite the disapproval of her father, she studied English at the University of Liverpool. She would later return to her studies, attending King's College London, and completed a doctorate in 1985. Moberly married in 1959. Her husband was an Anglican priest and she followed him to Northern Rhodesia when he was posted to a parish there. During her time in the country, that would soon become the independent Zambia, she taught at local schools and became involved in anti-racist politics. She became one of the few white women to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Moberly
Mary Moberly (1853 – 1940) was a British educator. She became the headteacher at what is now Newcastle High School for Girls which was founded by the Girls' Public Day School Trust (GDST). She joined the company in 1883 and retired in 1911. Early life and family Moberly was born in Warwickshire. Her father, Revd Charles Edward Moberly, taught at Rugby School as an assistant master and sometime composer. Her mother was Catherine (born Temple) and Moberly's uncle was Frederick Temple, who was the head of Rugby School (for boys) between 1858 and 1869. Her grandfather, Octavius Temple, was the Lieutenant Governor of Sierra Leone. She was a great-granddaughter of the cleric and essayist William Johnson Temple. Her cousin, William Temple, was the Archbishop of Canterbury. Moberly is thought to have been home educated, but this gave her sufficient grounding to be accepted at Newnham College in Cambridge in 1878 with her five higher exam passes. She was a leading scholar and under H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariquita Jenny Moberly
Mariquita Jenny Moberly , ''née'' Phillips, (2 November 1855 – 1 November 1937) was an English artist, working in oil paints and watercolours. Biography Moberly was born on 2 November 1855 ''London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906'' to John Phillips and Jane Atkins Phillips at Deptford in London. Her name, ''mariquita'', (literally, "Little Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary") means ladybird in Spanish. Moberly studied in Germany and under Carolus-Duran in Paris. She painted portraits, figure studies, animals and landscapes in oils, watercolours and pastels. Moberly was a member of the New Society of Artists and exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, with the New Watercolour Society and at both the Royal Hibernian Academy and the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol. She lived in Epsom, and later Mitcham. In March 2013, a number of her watercolour paintings, in private possession, of a variety of subjects, were shown in the BBC television program ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Moberly (cricketer)
John Cornelius Moberly (22 April 1848 – 29 January 1928) was an English first-class cricketer, cricket administrator and solicitor. The fourth son of the cleric George Moberly, he was born at Winchester in April 1848. He was educated at Winchester College, where he played for the college cricket team. From Winchester he matriculated to New College, Oxford. After graduating from Oxford, Moberly practiced as a solicitor at Alresford. A keen cricketer, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Derbyshire at Derby in 1877. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 27 runs in Hampshire's first innings by Amos Hind, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 4 runs by William Hickton. Although he did bowl in first-class cricket, ''Wisden'' described him as "a steady and painstaking bowler, varying the pitch considerably, and was sometimes very successful". He later served Hampshire County Cricket Club in an administrative capacity, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry John Moberly
Henry John Moberly, also known as Harry or Harvey (1835–1931) was a Canadian fur trader. He entered the Hudson's Bay Company's service in 1854, and in 1862 was in charge of the post on Stuart Lake; gave his name to Moberly Lake in the Peace River country. After nearly 40 years service, retired in Saskatchewan, in 1894. Moberly was born on 2 August 1835 at Penetanguishene, Upper Canada. His father was Post-Captain John Moberly, R.N., and his mother Marie Foch, a Polish lady whose ancestral home was in Alsace-Lorraine. Henry John was a younger son. Moberly was educated at the Barrie Grammar School and Upper Canada College. Study, however, to one of his restless and adventurous temperament, became irksome, and at the age of sixteen, his father having secured for him a position with the internationally known English insurance house of Lloyd's, he left school and was sent to the St. Petersburg agency of the firm. Once the novelty of a strange environment wore off, life in the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Moberly
Charles Maurice Grahame Moberly (8 December 1907 – 13 August 1996) was an English cricketer. Moberly was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Cairo, Egypt and educated at Sherborne School in England. Moberly made three appearances Dorset in the 1926 Minor Counties Championship against Devon, Wiltshire and Hertfordshire. While in British Ceylon in February 1927, he made a single first-class appearance for Up Country XI against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club. He batted once in this match and was dismissed for a single run by Maurice Tate, while with the ball he a total of ten wicket-less overs. He died at Winchester, Hampshire on 13 August 1996. His brother in law, George Neale, also played first-class cricket. References External linksCharles Moberlyat ESPNcricinfo ESPNcricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live cove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
