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Sleigh (surname)
Sleigh is a surname. At least one (H. C. Sleigh below) is pronounced "slee". Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur B. Sleigh (1821–1869), founder of the British newspaper ''The Daily Telegraph'' * Bernard Sleigh (1872–1954), English artist * Dan Sleigh (born 1938), South African novelist *Harold Sleigh (1867–1933), Australian shipowner and founder of Golden Fleece petroleum business *Julian Sleigh (1927–2013), South African Christian Community priest and author * Sylvia Sleigh (born 1935), American realist painter * Tom Sleigh, American poet, dramatist, essayist and academic *Violet Sleigh (born 1935), the first Miss Malaysia, and World War II prisoner of war *William Campbell Sleigh William Campbell Sleigh (1818– 23 January 1887) was an English lawyer and politician. He became a serjeant-at-law in 1868, the last person received into Serjeants' Inn who was not a judge. Early life Sleigh was born in Dublin, the eldest son of ... (1818–1887), English lawyer a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur B
Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more widely believed, is that the name is derived from the Roman clan '' Artorius'' who lived in Roman Britain for centuries. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Italian it is Arturo. Etymology The earliest datable attestation of the name Arthur is in the early 9th century Welsh-Latin text '' Historia Brittonum'', where it refers to a circa 5th to 6th-century Briton general who fought against the invading Saxons, and who later gave rise to the famous King Arthur of medieval legend and literature. A possible earlier mention of the same man is to be found in the epic Welsh poem '' Y Gododdin'' by Aneirin, which some scholars assign to the late 6th century, though this is still ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Sleigh
Bernard Sleigh (1872 – 7 December 1954) was an English mural painter, stained-glass artist, illustrator and wood engraver, best known for ''An Ancient Mappe of Fairyland, Newly Discovered and Set Forth'', which depicts numerous characters from legends and fairytales. Douglas A. Anderson, "Fairy elements in British literary writings in the decade following the Cottingley fairy photographs episode." ''Mythlore'', September 22, 2013. There is a copy of ''The Ancient Mappe'' in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. He was a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists between 1923 and 1928. As a young man, Sleigh was greatly inspired by the work of George MacDonald and William Morris. Education and work Born in Birmingham, Sleigh was apprenticed to a wood engraver at the age of 14 and attended the Birmingham School of Art. He was a student of Arthur Gaskin (1862–1928), who had worked with Edward Burne-Jones. While at the school, he came under the influence of the Bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Sleigh
Daniel Sleigh is a South African novelist who writes in Afrikaans language, Afrikaans. He was born on the farm Geelbeksfontein on the West Coast on 3 November 1938. He matriculated at Vredenburg High School and then joined the South African Navy. Until 1962, he studied at the Paarl Training College to become a Physical Education teacher, after which he taught in Namibia and Cape Town. In 1969 he completed his BA Degree in History and English Literature at the University of South Africa (UNISA). Sleigh then completed a MA Degree cum laude, followed by a Doctorate in History in 1987 at the University of Stellenbosch. Until his retirement in 1996, Sleigh worked at the Western Cape Department of Education. He made his literary debut in 1974 with the volume of poetry entitled ''Duif oor water''. This was followed by historical works for young people, like ''Die buiteposte'' and ''Tussen twee vlae''. In 2001 he won the Sanlam/Insig/Tafelberg Competition for his novel Eilande. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Sleigh
Harold Crofton Sleigh (pron. "slee") (19 May 1867 – 24 April 1933) was an Australian businessman, founder of H. C. Sleigh and Company, involved in shipping and petroleum distribution, best known for their "Golden Fleece" products and service stations. History Harold Crofton Sleigh was born in Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, to Hamilton Norman Sleigh and Anna Elizabeth Sleigh, née Ward, whose residence in 1881, was Belmont House, Bitton, Gloucestershire. He was educated at Bath Grammar School and worked for several businesses before gaining employment with the Union Bank of London which was chiefly concerned with overseas clients, so gained some knowledge of international shipping practice. He left for Australia in 1888 and became involved in barge traffic on the rivers Murray and Darling. Shipping Sleigh owned the steamers ''Emu'' from 1891 and ''Ethel Jackson'' from 1892 or earlier. Both did service on the Darling River out of Bourke, New South Wales. Around 1893 he beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Sleigh
Julian Sleigh (6 October 1927 in Florence - 2 October 2013 in Cape Town) was a Christian Community priest, councillor, founding member of Camphill in South Africa and author. Early years Julian Sleigh was born in Florence, Italy on October 6, 1927 where his father lectured at the British Institute, and was baptised in the Florence Baptistery in the Roman Catholic faith. He spent his early childhood and schooling there before the family moved to London just before the war. On completing school he studied at the London School of Economics. This was followed by two years of national service in which he was selected for officer training. Having since his early years longed for a community of people within which to work, he sought out, then joined Camphill, Scotland before helping to found the Camphill School in Hermanus, South Africa in 1958. Peter Roth, a priest, flew to South Africa to conduct the service and inspired Sleigh in his endeavour to become a priest himself.Julian Sle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Sleigh
Sylvia Sleigh (8 May 1916 – 24 October 2010) was a Welsh-born naturalised American realist painter who lived and worked in New York City. She is known for her role in the feminist art movement and especially for reversing traditional gender roles in her paintings of nude men, often using conventional female poses from historical paintings by male artists like Diego Vélazquez, Titian, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Her most well-known subjects were art critics, feminist artists, and her husband, Lawrence Alloway. Early life and education Sleigh was born in Llandudno, and raised in England. She studied at the Brighton School of Art. For a time, she worked at a clothing shop in Bond Street, where she recalled "undressing Vivien Leigh". Sleigh later opened her own business in Brighton, England, where she made hats, coats, and dresses until she closed her shop at the start of World War II. She returned to painting and moved to London in 1941 after marrying her first hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Sleigh
Tom Sleigh () is an American poet, dramatist, essayist and academic, who lives in New York City. He has published nine books of original poetry, one full-length translation of Euripides' ''Herakles'' and two books of essays. His most recent books are House of Fact, House of Ruin: Poems and The Land Between Two Rivers: Writing In an Age of Refugees (essays). At least five of his plays have been produced. He has won numerous awards, including the 2008 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, worth $100,000, an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, The Shelley Award from the Poetry Society of America, and a Guggenheim Foundation grant. He currently serves as director of Hunter College'Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program in Creative Writing He is the recipient of the Anna-Maria Kellen Prize and Fellow at thAmerican Academy in Berlinfor Fall 2011. Life Tom Sleigh was born in Mount Pleasant, Texas, where he lived until the age of five, when he moved to Utah. He lived in Utah un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violet Sleigh
Violet Maria Bombell (née Sleigh) (born 1935), became Miss Malaya when she was crowned "Miss Max Factor of Malaya" in 1953. She also won the second place in the Miss Malaya 1954 pageant in Colony of Singapore, Singapore. Early life Family Violet Maria Sleigh was born in Singapore in 1935 to a Malays (ethnic group), Malay mother, Hannah Elias,COFEPOKUALA Researched Passenger List" January 2016 and an Australians, Australian father, Henry Montague Holland Sleigh. Henry Sleigh was a well-known horse trainer in British Malaya, Malaya, before and after the World War II, Second World War. He and Hannah Elias had five daughters: Stella (b. 13 July 1930), Iris (b. 10 October 1931), Grace (b. 25 May 1933), Violet and Joyce (b. 1934). After her parents divorced, Sleigh's mother married an Indonesians, Indonesian actor and Bandleader, band leader, Mohammad Yatim, also known as "Maroeti'.Nadiah AziMalaya's First Beauty Queen – PART 2"BFM 89.9 Radio, 18 September 2016 Sleigh has an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Campbell Sleigh
William Campbell Sleigh (1818– 23 January 1887) was an English lawyer and politician. He became a serjeant-at-law in 1868, the last person received into Serjeants' Inn who was not a judge. Early life Sleigh was born in Dublin, the eldest son of William Willcocks Sleigh, M.D., of Bull House, Buckinghamshire, and subsequently of Dublin. After a private education, he matriculated from St. Mary Hall, Oxford on 9 February 1843, but did not graduate with a degree. He married Amelia Warner at Waterperry in Oxfordshire on 25 January 1843. They had one child, William Warner Sleigh, who also became a barrister. Legal career Sleigh became a student of the Middle Temple on 18 January 1843, and was called to the bar on 30 January 1846. He practised on the home circuit, attending the Central Criminal Court, and the London, Middlesex, and Kent quarter sessions. He was created a serjeant-at-law on 2 November 1868: he was the last person received into Serjeants' Inn who was not a judge. Like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleigher (surname)
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Sleigher is a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Louis Sleigher (born 1958), Canadian ice hockey player *Pierre-Luc Sleigher (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player See also * ''Sleigher'' (album), a 2024 Christmas album by Ben Folds *Slayer (other) *Sleigh (other) A sleigh, or sled, is a vehicle with runners for sliding. Sleigh may also refer to: * Bobsleigh * Sleigh (surname) See also * Slay (other) * SLED (other) * Sledge (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
