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Siddons
Siddons is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anne Rivers Siddons (1936-2019), American novelist * Bill Siddons, manager of the band The Doors (1968–1972) * Harold Siddons (1922–1963), Northern Irish actor * Frederick Lincoln Siddons (1864–1931), U.S. federal judge * Jamie Siddons (born 1964), Australian cricketer * John Siddons (1927–2016), retired Australian politician * Michael Siddons (born 1928), Wales Herald of Arms Extraordinary * Michael John Siddons-Corby (born 1951), English guitarist * Royston Siddons (1899–1976), Australian industrialist * Sarah Siddons (1775–1831), British actress * Dame Sarah Elizabeth Siddons Mair (1846–1941), Scottish suffragette campaigner * William Siddons (1864–1893), English footballer See also * Sarah Siddons Award, an annual award given by the Sarah Siddons Society in Chicago for outstanding performance in Chicago theater production * Siddons Patera, a volcanic caldera on Venus * Siddons Point Siddins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Siddons
Sarah Siddons (''née'' Kemble; 5 July 1755 – 8 June 1831) was a Welsh actress, the best-known Tragedy, tragedienne of the 18th century. Contemporaneous critic William Hazlitt dubbed Siddons as "tragedy personified". She was the elder sister of John Philip Kemble, Charles Kemble, Stephen Kemble, Ann Hatton, and Elizabeth Whitlock, and the aunt of Fanny Kemble. She was most famous for her portrayal of the William Shakespeare, Shakespearean character Lady Macbeth, a character she made her own. The Sarah Siddons Society, founded in 1952, continues to present the Sarah Siddons Award annually in Chicago to a distinguished actress. Background The 18th-century marked the "emergence of a recognisably modern celebrity culture" and Siddons was at the heart of it. Portraits depicted actresses in aristocratic dress, the recently industrialised newspapers spread actresses' names and images and gossip about their private lives spread through the public. Though few people had actually s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Siddons
John Royston Siddons (5 October 1927 – 22 September 2016) was an Australian politician. He was a businessman and the executive chairman of Siddons Industries Ltd. before entering politics. Early life Siddons was born in Melbourne on 5 October 1927. He was the second of three children born to Agnes Emily (née Smith) and Royston Siddons. His father was an industrialist who founded the Sidchrome line of tools. Siddons spent his early years in the suburb of Ivanhoe, attending Ivanhoe State School and Preston Technical School. He completed his secondary education at Wesley College from 1943 to 1945, but did not matriculate as he had always intended on joining his father's business. Business career In 1945, Siddons began working for one of his father's firms, Siddons Drop Forging Pty Ltd, drop forging hammers at its factory in Clifton Hill. He was groomed to take over the business and worked across all departments of his father's conglomerate, starting at factory level to gain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Rivers Siddons
Anne Rivers Siddons (born Sybil Anne Rivers, January 9, 1936 – September 11, 2019) was an American novelist who wrote stories set in the southern United States. Early years The only child of Marvin and Katherine Rivers, she was born in Atlanta, Georgia, was raised in Fairburn, Georgia, and attended Auburn University, where she majored in illustration after initially studying architecture. She was named Loveliest of the Plains and was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. While at Auburn she wrote a column for the student newspaper, ''The Auburn Plainsman'', that favored integration. The university administration attempted to suppress the column (when she refused to reconsider what she wrote, the piece ran with a disclaimer), and ultimately fired her, and the column garnered national attention. Career Following her college graduation, Siddons worked in advertising, but her desire to write led her to journalism, and in 1963 she became a writer for ''Atlanta'' magazine, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Mrs Siddons
"To Mrs Siddons" was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published in the 29 December 1794 ''Morning Chronicle'' as part of the '' Sonnets on Eminent Characters'' series. It describes Sarah Siddons, an actress Coleridge became fond of during his visits to London during college. The poem celebrates watching Siddons perform her various roles on stage. The actual authorship of the poem is uncertain, since it was attributed to Charles Lamb in various works. It is possible that Lamb and Coleridge worked on the poem together, and, if so, it would be one of Lamb's earliest works. Background Mrs Siddons, as Coleridge refers to her, was an actress whom he became aware of during his college years. In his letters to his childhood friend Mary Evans, Coleridge would mention various performances that he witnessed when he would slip into London. The sonnet dedicated to her, "To Mrs Siddons", is the eighth poem of Coleridge's ''Sonnets on Eminent Characters'' series, printed in the 29 December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Siddons Award
The Sarah Siddons Award, established in 1952, is presented annually to an actor or actress for an outstanding performance in a Chicago theatrical production. The winner receives a statuette of the Welsh stage actress Sarah Siddons. It is awarded by the Sarah Siddons Society, an American non-profit organization founded in 1952 by prominent Chicago theatre patrons with the goal of promoting excellence in the theatre. History The Society and its award were inspired by a fictional award depicted in the opening scene of the Joseph L. Mankiewicz film ''All About Eve'', winner of the 1950 Academy Award for Best Picture. The film opens with the image of an award trophy, described by character Addison DeWitt (George Sanders) as the "highest honour our theater knows: the Sarah Siddons Award for Distinguished Achievement." The award was invented by Mankiewicz for the script. In 1952, a small group of eminent Chicago theater-goers, including actress Edith Luckett Davis, mother of futur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Siddons
James Darren Siddons (born 25 April 1964) is an Australian cricketer, renowned for his involvement in Sheffield Shield first-class cricket over a 16-year career. He initially played for Victoria, and later for South Australia. He is currently a professional cricket coach and the batting coaching advisor for the Bangladesh National Cricket Team. Playing career On 23 November 1997 he broke David Hookes' Shield run record of 9,364, going on to make 10,643 runs in 146 games. He is now the third highest run-scorer in the Shield's history, behind Darren Lehmann and Jamie Cox. He is considered by some to be one of the finest batsmen in Shield competition not to receive a regular international spot, having been given just one opportunity to represent Australia in a One Day International (ODI), in 1988, scoring 32. Siddons was selected as a reserve for the 1987 Cricket World Cup. Siddons played two games for the Sydney Swans Australian rules football club in 1984. Coaching career On 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Siddons
Bill Siddons (born 1948) is an American music manager. He is best known for managing the Doors from 1968 to 1972. The Doors Siddons began his career as a teenage roadie with the Doors while attending Cal State Long Beach and six months later was asked to be the manager of the band in 1968. Siddons said in response about his initial meeting with singer Jim Morrison: "So what was my first impression of Jim? He scared me to death." When Morrison died in Paris on July 3, 1971, Pamela Courson (Morrison's girlfriend) immediately contacted Siddons. He flew to Paris and arranged the funeral and burial with Courson. However, he never saw Morrison's body due to there being a closed casket and his aversion to seeing his friend dead. “We buried Jim correctly,” says Siddons, “and that perhaps was my greatest achievement: making sure we kept it quiet until it was done the right way. Nothing to hide, but we knew what was going to happen because we'd just been through it with Jimi and Janis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Lincoln Siddons
Frederick Lincoln Siddons (November 21, 1864 – June 19, 1931) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Education and career He was born on November 21, 1864, in London, England, and baptized at St Michael's, Highgate. The parents were named as James Henry Siddons (who was actually Joachim Hayward Stocqueler) and Mary Agnes (née Cameron), a performer, who were not married until 1870. Siddons received a Bachelor of Laws in 1887 and a Master of Laws in 1888, both from Columbian University School of Law (now George Washington University Law School). He was employed with the United States Department of the Treasury starting in 1888. He entered private practice in Washington, D.C. starting in 1890. He was a Professor of Law at National University School of Law (now George Washington University Law School) from 1898. He was a member of the Commission on Uniform State Laws for the District of Columbia. Federal judicial service Siddons was a United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Siddons
Michael Powell Siddons (born 1928) was Wales Herald of Arms Extraordinary. He was appointed in November 1994, following the death of Francis Jones and retired 30 June 2010. In addition to the publications listed below, he has authored numerous articles on heraldic and genealogical subjects. Siddons also serves as the president of the Cardiganshire Family History Society. Publications *Michael Powell Siddons. ''The Development of Welsh Heraldry''. (Aberystwyth, Cardiff: 1991–1993). *Michael Powell Siddons. ''Visitations by the Heralds in Wales''. (The Harleian Society, London: 1996). *Michael Powell Siddons. ''The Visitation of Herefordshire 1634''. (The Harleian Society, London: 2002). *Michael Powell Siddons. ''Welsh Pedigree Rolls''. (National Library of Wales, Cardiff: 1996). Arms See also *Heraldry *Herald A herald, or a herald of arms, is an officer of arms, ranking between pursuivant and king of arms. The title is commonly applied more broadly to all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Mair
Dame Sarah Elizabeth Siddons Mair (23 September 1846 – 13 February 1941) was a Scottish campaigner for women's education and women's suffrage. She was active in the Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women and the Ladies' Edinburgh Debating Society, which she founded before she was 20. Life Born into a well-to-do family in Edinburgh, Sarah was the daughter of Major Arthur Mair of the 62nd Regiment and Elizabeth Harriot Mair (''née'' Siddons). She was the granddaughter of actor Henry Siddons and great-granddaughter of actress Sarah Siddons. The family lived at 29 Abercromby Place in Edinburgh's Second New Town. When Mair was 19, she started the Edinburgh Essay Society, soon renamed the Ladies' Edinburgh Debating Society. She became its president and remained so for 70 years. The society met in the spacious Mair family home in the New Town and offered Edinburgh women of a certain background the chance to discuss social questions, while learning public s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royston Siddons
Royston Siddons (15 December 1899 – 24 November 1976) was an Australian Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Aus ... metal working industrialist. Siddons founded an industrial empire Siddons Industries Ltd, with subsidiaries in six countries and 1500 employees. SIL included Siddons Drop Forgings and Siddons Rolled Steel, created the Sidchrome brand, and franchisee for Ramset. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Siddons, Royston 1899 births 1976 deaths 20th-century Australian businesspeople Australian company founders People from Victoria (state) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
