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Palgrave may refer to: Places Australia * Palgrave, Queensland, a locality in the Southern Downs Region, Australia Canada *Palgrave, Ontario, Canada United Kingdom *Palgrave, Suffolk, England *Sporle with Palgrave, Norfolk, England Others *Palgrave (surname) *Palgrave Macmillan, an academic publishing company See also *Count palatine *'' The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics'' *''Palgrave's Golden Treasury The ''Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics'' is a popular anthology of English poetry, originally selected for publication by Francis Turner Palgrave in 1861. It was considerably revised, with input from Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palgrave, Queensland
Palgrave is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Palgrave had a population of 35 people. Geography The Herries Range forms the south-western boundary of the locality. Sandy Creek rises on the slopes of the range and then flows northward through the locality exiting to the north-east (the locality of Leslie Dam) where it is impounded by Leslie Dam to create Lake Leslie. The Durakai State Forest is in the west of the locality. Apart from that protected area, the land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing. History The locality takes its name from the parish name, which in turn is thought to be named after an officer of the Aberdeen Company operating several pastoral runs in the area or after a senior public servant. Rookwood Provisional School opened circa 1888. On 1 January 1909, it became Rookwood State School. It closed circa 1929. The school presumably takes its name from the adjacent Rookwood (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palgrave, Ontario
Palgrave is a Compact Rural Community and unincorporated place in the Town of Caledon, Regional Municipality of Peel in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. It is about north of Bolton and about northwest of Toronto. Palgrave is located east of Orangeville, south of Alliston, west of Newmarket and north of Brampton. Geography Palgrave is situated on the Oak Ridges Moraine, a long ridge of hilly terrain created by retreating glaciers depositing large quantities of sand and gravel sediments. The moraine is a primary source for many river systems in this part of Southern Ontario. The nearby Palgrave Moraine intersects the Oak Ridges Moraine, and ultimately merges with it to the east, at the western boundary of King Township. The Humber River flows west of Palgrave. Several creeks and swampy ponds are found in the area and a former mill pond lies to the northwest. Mount Wolfe, one of the highest hills in the area, is located east of the town. *Population (2006): 830 pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palgrave, Suffolk
Palgrave is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It is located on the south bank of the River Waveney, opposite Diss, Norfolk, Diss in Norfolk and adjacent to the Great Eastern Main Line. Palgrave has a small primary school, with St Peter's Church located opposite, and is situated approximately 1 mile from Diss. It also has a green, park, pond, and cemetery. Palgrave had a population of 905 people in 366 households, according to the 2011 Census. Palgrave shares a significant historical link with its west–east road linking Great Yarmouth in Norfolk and Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk in the Domesday Book, Domesday period (circa 1086). History In the 1870s, Palgrave was described as:"Palgrave, a village and a parish in Hartismere district, Suffolk. The village stands near the boundary with Norfolk, 1 mile S w of Diss r. station, and 4 N W of Eye; and has a Wall letter-box under Diss. The parish comprises 1, 474 acres. Real property ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sporle With Palgrave
Sporle with Palgrave is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 1,038 in 442 households at the 2001 census, including East Lexham but the population reducing to 1,011 in 453 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland. The village The village has a church, St Mary's, and is also served by a village shop and a pub called The King Charles III. There are active book clubs and a bus service. There is a primary school and a separate community centre. St Mary's Church is a Grade I listed building. Edmund Nelson was curate and subsequently rector of Sporle; Susannah, the oldest sister of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte ( – 21 October 1805) was a Royal Navy officer whose leadership, grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics brought about a number of decisive British naval victories during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palgrave (surname)
Palgrave is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Sir Francis Palgrave (born ''Cohen'') (1768–1861), UK historian, and his sons: ** Francis Turner Palgrave (1824–1897), British critic and poet ** William Gifford Palgrave (1826–1888), scholar of Arabic ** Sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave Sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave (11 June 1827 – 25 January 1919) was a British economist. Early life Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave was born on 11 June 1827. He was the son of Francis Palgrave (born Cohen) and his wife Elizabeth Turner, dau ... (1827–1919), banker, editor of The Economist and writer ** Sir Reginald Francis Douce Palgrave (1829–1904), Clerk of the British House of Commons See also * John Palsgrave (died 1554), English scholar References https://forebears.io/ {{surname, Palgrave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Macmillan is a British academic and trade publishing company headquartered in the London Borough of Camden. Its programme includes textbooks, journals, monographs, professional and reference works in print and online. It maintains offices in London, New York City, New York, Shanghai, Melbourne, Sydney, Hong Kong, Delhi and Johannesburg. Palgrave Macmillan was created in 2000 when St. Martin's Press in the US united with Macmillan Publishers in the UK to combine their worldwide academic publishing operations. The company was known simply as Palgrave until 2002, but has since been known as Palgrave Macmillan. It is a subsidiary of Springer Nature. Until 2015, it was part of the Macmillan Publishers, Macmillan Group and therefore wholly owned by the German publishing company Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (which still owns a controlling interest in Springer Nature). As part of Macmillan, it was headquartered at the Macmillan campus in Kings Cross, London with other Macmilla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Count Palatine
A count palatine (Latin ''comes palatinus''), also count of the palace or palsgrave (from German ''Pfalzgraf''), was originally an official attached to a royal or imperial palace or household and later a nobleman of a rank above that of an ordinary count. The title originated in the Late Roman Empire. In the Middle Ages especially and into modern times, it is associated with the Holy Roman Empire,"palatine, adj.1 and n.1". OED Online. June 2019. Oxford University Press. https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/136245?redirectedFrom=count+palatine& (accessed July 31, 2019). especially Electoral Palatinate. The office, jurisdiction or territory of a count palatine was a county palatine or palatinate. In England the forms earl palatine and palatine earldom are rare alternative terms. Importance of a count palatine in medieval Europe ''Comes palatinus'' This Latin title is the original, but is also pre-feudal: it originated as Roman ''comes'', which was a non-hereditary court title of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Dictionary Of Economics
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
