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Penelope (given Name)
Penelope, often used in reference to Penelope , Homer's character, is a female first name of Greek language, Greek origin. Its meaning is uncertain, but may derive from the Greek word ''penelops'', which means ''duck'' or refers to another water fowl sacred to the Ancient Greeks. The name might also be derived from the Greek ''pene'' meaning ''web'' and either ''ops'' meaning ''eye'' or ''lepo'', meaning ''unraveled'', implying the meaning ''Weaving, weaver''. The name was revived in the Anglosphere by the mid-16th Century and has since been in occasional use. Popularity The name has increased in popularity in recent years. It is among the most popular names for girls in Australia, Canada, England and Wales, Italy, New Zealand, Scotland, and the United States. People * Penelope, Lady Aitken (1910–2005), English socialite * Penelope Aubin, English novelist * Penelope Austin, Australian singer-songwriter * Pénélope Bagieu (born 1982), French illustrator and comic designer * P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penelope Boothby
Penelope Boothby (11 April 178513 March 1791) was a girl who has become one of the most famous child characters in British art. Her image inspired the paintings by Joshua Reynolds, Henry Fuseli, John Everett Millais, a sculpture by Thomas Banks (sculptor), Thomas Banks, photographs of Lewis Carroll, as well as sonnets of Sir Brooke Boothby, 6th Baronet, Brooke Boothby, her father. According to art historians and historians, in the art of the 19th-20th centuries Penelope Boothby became a classic child of the Romantic era, the keeper of heavenly innocence, a symbol of “what we have lost and what we are afraid to lose.” The image of Penelope was actively exploited by popular culture throughout the 20th century. Biography She was the daughter of Sir Brooke Boothby, 6th Baronet (1744-1824), linguist, translator and poet, and his wife, Susanna Bristoe (1755-1822). Boothby highly appreciated the ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and was the translator of his works. Penelope's father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of island countries, sixth-largest island country by area and lies east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The Geography of New Zealand, country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps (), owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. Capital of New Zealand, New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and subsequently developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penelope Carwardine
Penelope Carwardine (c. 1729 – 14 October 1805; married name Penelope Butler) was an English portrait miniature painter. Early life Penelope Carwardine was baptised on 29 April 1729 at Withington, Herefordshire, England. She was one of eight children born to John Carwardine of Thinghills Court and his wife, Anne Bullock of Preston Wynne. With her father having ruined the family estates, Carwardine took to miniature painting to generate an income for the family.Humphreys, Jennett, revised by Emma Rutherford. (10 August 2023) 3 September 2004br>'married name'' Butler">Carwardine [''married name'' Butler Penelope (1729–c.1801)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.'' Oxford University Press. Retrieved 11 May 2016 Career According to the ''Dictionary of National Biography'' and other sources, she was instructed by Ozias Humphrey, and mastered miniature painting in 1754. However, Humphrey was not born until 1742, so there is a possibility that Carwardine was teachin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penelope Brown
Penelope Brown (born 1944 in Summit, NJ) is an American anthropological linguist who has studied a number of aspects of cross-linguistic, sociolinguistic, and cross-cultural studies of language and cognition. Education and career Brown earned a BA in Psychology from Carleton College 1965 and an M.A. in Anthropology and Linguistics from the University of Iowa in 1970. She earned a PhD in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ... in 1979 under the supervision of John J. Gumperz. Her dissertation is titled, "Language, interaction, and sex roles in a Mayan community: a study of politeness and the position of women." Brown was the co-developer of the theory of Politeness theory, politeness, a key topic in 20th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penelope Brothers
Penelope Jane Brothers is a New Zealand chemistry academic. She is currently Director of the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University, specializing in inorganic chemistry. Academic career Brothers completed a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science at the University of Auckland, in 1978 and then 1979. Later that year, she traveled to Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ... after receiving a Fulbright Program fellowship. There, she studied under James P. Collman and completed a 1985 PhD titled '''The organometallic chemistry of ruthenium and osmium porphyrin complexes. The next year, Brothers returned to the University of Auckland as a postdoctoral researcher, rising to full professor in 2009. During her early ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penelope Bradshaw
Penelope Bradshaw (?–1754?) was a British compiler of a cookery book which was known under a variety of titles including ''The Valuable Family Jewel'' and ''Bradshaw's Valuable Family Companion.'' Life Hardly anything is known about Penelope Bradshaw apart from her cookery book which went under various titles including "''The Family Jewel''" and "''Bradshaw's Valuable Family Companion"''. There are a few facts about her included in her work but much of the information is created to market the book. It is claimed that she had a long career looking after aristocratic families which may be true. There are many editions of her book which vary in title, length and the negligent claims of being the such and such edition. However, there is one book which appeared first (as the "10th edition") in 1748 and it was re-titled, re-packaged and re-created until the final version in 1754 when the author is thought to have already been dead. The 1748 publication notes that the book was "Begu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penelope Boston
Penelope J. Boston is a speleologist and astrobiologist. She was associate director of the National Cave and Karst Research Institute in Carlsbad, New Mexico, along with founding and directing the Cave and Karst Studies Program at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro. Among her research interests are geomicrobiology of caves and mines, extraterrestrial speleogenesis, and space exploration and astrobiology generally. In the mid-1980s, Boston (then a graduate student at the University of Colorado Boulder) was one of the founders of the Mars Underground and helped organize a series of conferences called The Case for Mars. She was the last director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute before the Institute was suspended. Biography She has a B.S. in microbiology, geology, and psychology, and a M.S. in microbiology and atmospheric chemistry. She completed her Ph.D. from University of Colorado Boulder in 1985. During 2002–2004, she was Principal Investigato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penelope Blount, Countess Of Devonshire
Penelope Rich, Lady Rich, later styled Penelope Blount (''née'' Devereux; January 1563 – 7 July 1607) was an English court office holder. She served as lady-in-waiting to the English queen Anne of Denmark. She was the sister of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and is traditionally thought to be the inspiration for "Stella" of Sir Philip Sidney's ''Astrophel and Stella'' sonnet sequence (published posthumously in 1591).Stephen, p. 1007 She was married to Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick, Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich (later 1st Earl of Warwick) and had a public liaison with Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy, Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy, whom she married in an unlicensed ceremony following her divorce from Rich. She died in 1607. Early life and first marriage Penelope was born in January 1563 at Chartley Castle in Staffordshire. She was the elder daughter of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, Walter Devereux, 2nd Viscount Hereford, later 1st Earl of Essex and Lettice Knol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penelope Blackmore
Penelope Blackmore (born 23 April 1984) is a retired Australian rhythmic gymnast. She represented her country internationally. Biography Penelope started rhythmic gymnastics when she was twelve years old, training five hours a day, six days a week. In 1998 she moved with her family from Melbourne to Sydney. A year later she was selected to compete at both the 1999 World Championships in Osaka and the Four Continents Competition in Jacksonville. In 2003 she became the Australian national champion. She also competed in the World Championships in Budapest where she finished 49th in the All-Around and 24th in teams. In 2004 she again won the Australian national championships (2nd Hoop, 1st Ball, 2nd Clubs, 1st Ribbon) which gave her the opportunity to qualify as a wild card entrant in the Athens Olympic Games. There she finished 23rd in the qualification round and thus didn't advance to the final. After the Games, Blackmore announced her retirement from the sport. She now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pénélope Bagieu
Pénélope Bagieu (; born 22 January 1982, Paris) is a French illustrator and comic designer. She is best known for her blog BDs (French webcomics in blog format) ''My Quite Fascinating Life'' and ''Les Culottées.'' ''Les Culottées'' was compiled and released in English as the graphic novel ''Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World'', which received widespread recognition. She has also created blog BDs ''California Dreamin'' and '. On July 20, 2019, she received an Eisner Award for ''Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material, Best U.S. Edition of International Material'' at San Diego Comic-Con, for ''Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World''. Biography Penelope Bagieu studied animation at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris where she graduated in 2006. She then studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design. Bagieu is in a rock band where she plays drums, and is a fan of nature shows. Penelope Bagieu graduated with a '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penelope Austin
Penelope Austin is an Australian singer-songwriter. She performs electropop music. She released her debut extended play, ''The Beautiful Dark'' on 30 May 2013. She has co-written several tracks with United States record producer and songwriter, Robert Conley including "Smoke into Flames" (October 2012), "A Place to Call Home" (March 2013), and "Don't Rescue Me" (May). During 2013 "A Place to Call Home" was used for the Australian TV series of the same name. Austin and Conley co-wrote "The Dark Collide" with J. J. Abrams and Charles Scott. Austin's performance of "The Dark Collide" was used on the Australian version of the ''Star Trek Into Darkness'' soundtrack (April 2013). Early life Penelope Austin Note: User may be required to click on 'Search again' and add details; e.g. at then 'Search again' for Penelope Austin was in born in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. After her mother died, when Austin was 14, she taught herself to play guitar. By the following year she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penelope Aubin
Penelope Aubin (c. 1679 – 1738?) was an English novelist, poet, and translator. She published seven novels between 1721 and 1728. Aubin published poetry in 1707 and turned to novels in 1721; she translated French works in the 1720s, spoke publicly on moral and political issues at her Lady's Oratory in 1729, and wrote a play in 1730. Aubin died in April 1738, survived by her husband until his death in April 1740. After the author's death, her works were gathered and published as ''A Collection of Entertaining Histories and Novels, Designed to Promote the Cause of Virtue and Honor''. Aubin's works have a long history after her death, being both plagiarised and published transatlantically. She is one of a number of eighteenth-century women writers whose works and biography are being more rigorously explored by modern scholars. Early life Penelope Aubin née Charleton's exact birth date remains unknown; she was the illegitimate daughter of Sir Richard Temple of Stowe and most likel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
