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Mrs. Cameron Shute
Mrs. Cameron Shute (1878–1958) (birth name Amy Bertha Ernestine Pepper-Staveley) was an English novelist. After World War I, she left her family and spent a period in California, where she was president of a mining company at Descanso, California, Descanso, and also was involved in an attempt to set up an all-female Cinema of the United States, Hollywood production company, both ventures being largely fruitless. She was married six times; once bigamously, Shute being her second married name. The novelist Nerina Shute was her daughter. Background Her father was George Augustus Pepper-Staveley (died 1890). He was the son of John Pepper of the Royal Indian Navy and his wife Ann. His parents were married at Dover in 1820, and were on their way to India when their ship the ''Blenden Hall (1811 ship), Blenden Hall'' was wrecked on Inaccessible Island in early 1821. The survivors lived off the land for a period before being taken on a whaler to Tristan da Cunha. In January 1822 they were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in European theatre of World War I, Europe and the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, Middle East, as well as in parts of African theatre of World War I, Africa and the Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I, Asia-Pacific, and in Europe was characterised by trench warfare; the widespread use of Artillery of World War I, artillery, machine guns, and Chemical weapons in World War I, chemical weapons (gas); and the introductions of Tanks in World War I, tanks and Aviation in World War I, aircraft. World War I was one of the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflicts in history, resulting in an estimated World War I casualties, 10 million military dead and more than 20 million wounded, plus some 10 million civilian de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
