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Roger Stevens (poet)
Roger Stevens may refer to: * Roger Stevens (diplomat) (1906–1980), British academic, diplomat and civil servant * Roger L. Stevens (1910–1998), American theatrical producer, arts administrator and real estate executive * Roger Stevens, Belgian judge, President of the Council of State {{DEFAULTSORT:Stevens, Roger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Stevens (diplomat)
Sir Roger Bentham Stevens, GCMG (8 June 1906 – 20 February 1980) was a British academic, diplomat and civil servant. Life Stevens was born 8 June 1906. He was educated at Wellington College and Queen's College, Oxford.‘STEVENS, Sir Roger Bentham’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016 He married his first wife, Constance Hallam Hipwell (died 1976), in 1931, and they later had a son, Bryan Constant Sebastian Bentham Stevens. His second wife was Jane Chandler (née Irving), whom he married in 1977. He died on 20 February 1980, and she deposited his papers in the Churchill Archives, University of Cambridge in 1984.Churchill Archives CentreThe papers of Sir Roger Stevens/ref> Diplomatic career In 1928 Stevens entered the UK Consular Service, serving in Buenos Aires, New York City, Antwerp, Denver, and the Foreign Office in London. In 1951 he was appointed British Ambassador to Sweden, then in 1954, British Ambassador to Persia. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger L
Roger is a masculine given name, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic languages">Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the Normans. In Normandy, the Franks, Frankish name had been reinforced by the Old Norse cognate '. The name introduced into England replaced the Old English cognate '. ''Roger'' became a very common given name during the Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name ''Roger'' that is closer to the name's origin is '' Rodger''. Slang and other uses From up to , Roger was slang for the word "penis". In ''Under Milk Wood'', Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual double entendre and the pirate term "Jolly Roger". In 19th-century England, Roger was slang for another term, the cloud of toxic green gas that swept through the chlori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |