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Prue may refer to: People * Prue Acton (born 1943), Australian fashion designer. * Prue Watt (born 1987), Australian Paralympic swimmer. * Prue, a short form of Prudence, including a list of people with this name. * Prue, a short form of Prunella, including a list of people with this name. * Prue, a short form of Primrose, including a list of people with this name. * Michael Prue (born 1948), Canadian politician. Other uses * Prue, Oklahoma, a town * Prue, various gliders designed and built by Irving Prue See also * Pru (other) * Proulx Proulx is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Amédée Wilfrid Proulx, American Catholic Bishop *Annie Proulx, American journalist and author *Brooklynn Proulx, Canadian actress *Christian Proulx, retired Canadian hockey player *D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prue Acton
Prue Acton, OBE (born 26 April 1943) is an Australian fashion designer, often referred to as "Australia's golden girl of fashion" during the 1960s. Early life Prudence Leigh Acton was born in Benalla, Victoria and educated at Firbank Anglican Girls' Grammar School in Melbourne. Between 1958 and 1962 she completed a Diploma of Art majoring in Printed Textiles at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. She married Michael Charles Treloar in 1966. On 19 September 1966 they had their first child, Tiffany Leigh Treloar and, a few years later, they had their second child, Atlanta Pricilla Treloar. Career In 1963 Acton established her own fashion design business in Flinders Lane, Melbourne, and by age 21 she was turning over 350 designs a year and selling an average of 1,000 dresses a week through 80 outlets in Australia and New Zealand. As her fashion business took off, Acton also began to develop her own range of cosmetics to complement the range. In 1967, she became the first Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prue Watt
Prue Watt, (born 1 January 1987, in Newcastle, New South Wales) is a Paralympic swimming gold medalist from Australia. She has represented Australia at the four Paralympics from 2004 to 2016. Personal Prudence Elise Watt was born on 1 January 1987 in Newcastle, New South Wales. She was born premature at 24 weeks and the high levels of oxygen in her system resulted in her retina being damaged. As a result, she can see about 2 meters ahead and has a limited amount of peripheral vision. Her vision impairment is labelled retinopathy of prematurity. In 2016, she is studying a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Neuroscience at University of New South Wales (UNSW). She is a recipient of a UNSW Ben Lexcen Sports Scholarship and is part of UNSW's elite athlete program. Swimming She began swimming at thirteen and at the age of fifteen, she first represented Australia internationally at the 2002 IPC Swimming World Championships, in Mar Del Plata, Argentina, where she won two bronze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prudence (given Name)
Prudence is a feminine given name. The name is a Medieval form of the Latin ''Prudentia'', meaning prudence, i.e. good judgment. The usual diminutive or short form is Pru or Prue. These may also be short for the unrelated name Prunella, which means plum. People with this name * Prudence Farrow, was John Lennon's inspiration for the Beatles' song ''Dear Prudence'' * Pru Goward, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * Prue Leith, British television cook * Prudence Liew, Hong Kong-based cantopop singer and actress * Prudence Millinery, London based, milliner and hat designer * Prudence McIntyre, the younger sister of the sister duo Patience & Prudence * Prudence Neff, American pianist and music teacher * Prue Sibree, former member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Fictional characters *Prudence Brown, a first form girl and the main antagonist of the book Summer Term at St. Clare's by Enid Blyton. *Prudence Palfrey, from the 1874 novel of the same name by Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunella (given Name)
Prunella is a feminine given name. The name is derived from the Latin for plum. The usual diminutive or short form is Pru or Prue. These may also be short for the unrelated name Prudence. People with this name * Prunella Clough (1919–1999), a prominent British artist * Prunella Gee (born 1950), an English actress * Prunella Ransome (1943–2002), an English actress * Prunella Scales (born 1932), a British actress Fictional characters * Prunella Deegan, a child in the children's book and the animated television series ''Arthur'' * Prunella, the title character in the Italian fairy tale " Prunella" * Prunella Gentleman, heroine of the novel ''Sorcerer of the Crown'' by Zen Cho Zen Cho is a Malaysian fantasy author based in Birmingham, United Kingdom. She is known for her ''Sorcerer to the Crown'' series. She was the joint winner of the Crawford Award in 2015 for her short story collection ''Spirits Abroad''. Biograp ... See also * Prunella (other) {{given name, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primrose (given Name)
Primrose is an English feminine given name given in reference to the flower. The common name for the flower comes from the Latin phrase ''prima rosa'', or ''first rose''. It is also an English or Scottish surname. As a given name, it was occasionally used as a transferred use of the surname for both boys and girls. It came into vogue in the Victorian era and first part of the 20th century, especially in the United Kingdom, along with other plant and flower names for girls. More attention has been given to the name in the Anglosphere due to a character in ''The Hunger Games'' books by Suzanne Collins and the movies based on the books. Usage In recent years, the name has ranked among the top 1,000 names for newborn girls in England and Wales since 2012 and among the top 200 names for British girls since 2021. The name has never ranked among the 1,000 most popular names for girls in the United States, but has also increased in usage there. In 2022, 87 newborn American girls were named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Prue
Michael David Prue (born July 14, 1948) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. Prue was mayor of East York, Ontario from 1993 to 1997 and subsequently represented the riding of Beaches—East York in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2001 to 2014 as member of the New Democratic Party (NDP)'s Queen's Park caucus. He was a candidate in the 2009 Ontario NDP leadership election, finishing in fourth place. In 2018, he was elected to the town council of Amherstburg, Ontario where he now lives. Background Prue grew up in Toronto's Regent Park neighbourhood. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and anthropology from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Arts degree in Canadian Studies from Carleton University. After graduation, he worked as counsel for the Minister of Employment and Immigration. During his time as a federal government employee, Prue was an activist in the Canada Employment & Immigration Union, a component of the Public Service Alliance of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prue, Oklahoma
Prue is a town in southern Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 465 at the 2010 census, up 7.4 percent from the figure of 433 recorded in 2000. The town was named for Henry Prue, who owned the original townsite. Prue was relocated when Lake Keystone was built, and is sometimes called "New Prue". Jon D. May, "Prue." ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. Accessed May 10, 2015. History Prue was a small settlement when the Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (later the , often called the MKT or "Katy") extended ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Gliders
This is a list of gliders/ sailplanes of the world, (this reference lists all gliders with references, where available) Note: Any aircraft can glide for a short time, but gliders are designed to glide for longer. By nationality *List of American gliders * List of Argentine gliders *List of Australian gliders * List of Austrian gliders * List of Belgian gliders * List of Brazilian gliders * List of British gliders *List of Bulgarian gliders * List of Canadian gliders *List of Chinese gliders * List of Czechoslovak gliders * List of Danish gliders * List of Dutch gliders * List of Estonian gliders * List of Finnish gliders * List of French gliders * List of German gliders *List of Greek gliders * List of Hungarian gliders * List of Indian gliders * List of Iranian gliders * List of Irish gliders * List of Italian gliders * List of Japanese gliders * List of Latvian gliders * List of Lithuanian gliders * List of New Zealand gliders * List of Philippines gliders * List of Polish gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
