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Sidgwick
Sidgwick is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Sidgwick (1840–1920), English classical scholar and schoolteacher * Cecily Sidgwick (1854–1934), British novelist * Eleanor Sidgwick (1845–1936), English activist for higher education of women * Henry Sidgwick (1838–1900), English philosopher and economist * Mary Sidgwick Benson (1841–1918), English hostess, wife of Edward Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury * Nevil Sidgwick (1873–1952), English theoretical chemist * Robert Sidgwick (1851–1934), English cricketer * Rose Sidgwick (1877–1918), British university teacher, co-founder of International Federation of University Women See also * Sedgewick (other) * Sedgwick (other) * Sidgwick & Jackson, imprint of the publishing company Pan Macmillan * Sidgwick Avenue, road in Cambridge, England * Sidgwick Site, University of Cambridge {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidgwick Avenue
Sidgwick Avenue is a road located in western Cambridge, England. The avenue runs east-west and links Grange Road, Cambridge, Grange Road to the west with Queen's Road, Cambridge, Queen's Road to the east. The line of the road continues northeast into central Cambridge as Silver Street, Cambridge, Silver Street. Sidgwick Avenue is flanked by Newnham College, Cambridge, Newnham College, Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Ridley Hall, Selwyn College, Cambridge, Selwyn College and the Sidgwick Site of the University of Cambridge. Location The majority of the southern side of the avenue is occupied by Newnham College, Cambridge, Newnham College with Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Ridley Hall ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Sidgwick
Arthur Sidgwick (1840–1920) was an English classical scholar who had an early career as a schoolteacher. Despite his self-deprecating remark "in erudition I am naught", he is considered a great teacher of ancient Greek poetry. He also became an important figure in the advancement of female education at the University of Oxford. The early life The fourth son and fifth child of the Rev. William Sidgwick (died 1841) and his wife Mary Crofts, he was born at Skipton, Yorkshire; Henry Sidgwick was his older brother. He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1859, and graduating B.A. as second classic in 1863. He was President of the Cambridge Union in 1863. As was Henry, he was elected to the Cambridge Apostles. They tried, but failed, to have F. W. H. Myers elected also. The Rugby revolt A Fellow of Trinity College from 1864 to 1879, Sidgwick was for that period an assistant master to Rugby School, invited to return by Frederick Temple, headm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecily Sidgwick
Cecily Wilhelmine Ullmann Sidgwick (1854 – 10 August 1934) was a British novelist. She published 45 novels, mostly about the Jewish experience in England and Germany, under the names Mrs. Alfred Ullmann Sidgwick and Andrew Dean. Cecily Wilhelmine Ullmann was born in 1854 in Islington, London to German-Jewish parents, David Ullmann and Wilhelmine Auguste Flaase Ullmann. In 1883, she married Alfred Sidgwick, logician and philosopher at Owens College in Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs .... Most of her novels dealt with the marriages of middle-class Jewish families, and she touched on subjects including anti-Semitism, interfaith marriage, and suicide. Cecily Sidgwick died on 10 August 1934 in St Buryan, Cornwall. Partial bibliography References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Sidgwick
Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick (née Balfour; 11 March 1845 – 10 February 1936) was a physics researcher assisting Lord Rayleigh, an activist for the higher education of women, Principal of Newnham College of the University of Cambridge, and a leading figure in the Society for Psychical Research. Biography Eleanor Mildred Balfour was born in East Lothian, daughter of James Maitland Balfour and Lady Blanche Harriet. She was born into perhaps the most prominent political clan in 19th-century Britain, the 'Hotel Cecil': her brother Arthur would eventually himself become prime minister. Her sister was biologist Alice Blanche Balfour. Another brother, Frank, also a biologist, died young in a climbing accident. One of the first students at Newnham College in Cambridge, in 1876 she married (and became converted to feminism by) the philosopher Henry Sidgwick. In 1880 she became Vice-Principal of Newnham under the founding Principal Anne Clough, succeeding as principal on Clough's death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Sidgwick
Henry Sidgwick (; 31 May 1838 – 28 August 1900) was an English Utilitarianism, utilitarian philosopher and economist and is best known in philosophy for his utilitarian treatise ''The Methods of Ethics''. His work in economics has also had a lasting influence. He was the Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy, Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge from 1883 until his death. He was one of the founders and first president of the Society for Psychical Research and a member of the Metaphysical Society and promoted the higher education of women. In 1875, with Millicent Garrett Fawcett, he co-founded Newnham College, a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It was the second Cambridge college to admit women, after Girton College, Cambridge, Girton College. In 1856, Sidgwick joined the Cambridge Apostles intellectual secret society. Biography Henry Sidgwick was born at Skipton in Yorkshire, where his father, the Reverend W. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Sidgwick Benson
Mary Benson (née Sidgwick; 1841–1918) was an English hostess of the Victorian era. She was the wife of Edward Benson, who during their marriage became Archbishop of Canterbury. Their children included several prolific authors and contributors to cultural life. During her marriage, she was involved with Lucy Tait (11 February 1856 – 5 December 1938), daughter of the previous Archbishop of Canterbury. She was described by William Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British politican, starting as Conservative MP for Newark and later becoming the leader of the Liberal Party. In a career lasting over 60 years, he was Prime Minister ..., the British Prime Minister, as the 'cleverest woman in Europe'. Life Mary Sidgwick was born in Britain in 1841, at Skipton, Yorkshire, the only daughter of Rev. William Sidgwick of Skipton, Yorkshire, who was a headmaster, and his wife, Mary (née Crofts), whose parents were the Rev. Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
