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Winifred Davies
Winifred Ellen Davies, later Mrs. George D. Abraham (died 1939) was an English schoolteacher and rock climber.'Noted woman rock climber dead', ''The Manchester Guardian'', 26 May 1939. Life Winifred Davies was the daughter of David Davies and a niece of the sculptor William Davies (sculptor), William Davies (Mynorydd). She was a cousin of the climber Owen Wynne Jones, who trained her to climb. She was educated at the University of Wales and the University of London,Ioan Bowen ReesJONES, OWEN GLYNNE (1867 - 1899), mountaineer and schoolteacher ''Dictionary of Welsh Biography'', 2001. Accessed 4 April 2020. where she graduated in 1891 with a first-class degree in botany.'University Intelligence', ''The Times'', 21 December 1891. After a year at the University of Cambridge, she then became headmistress of Carlisle & County High School for Girls, Carlisle High School and later science mistress at the Mary Datchelor School. She met her future husband, George Dixon Abraham (1871-1965), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Manchester Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in its journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
