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Winsome Cornish
Winsome is a given name, and may refer to: * Winsome Andante (born 1993), English eventing horse * Winsome Brown (born 1973), Obie-award-winning NYC-based actress and writer * Winsome Cripps (1931-1997), Australian sprinter * Winsome Douglas (1919-2016), British embroiderer and teacher * Winsome Evans (born 1941), Australian early music specialist * Winsome Fanny Barker (23 September 1907 – 27 December 1994), South African botanist * Winsome Hall Andrew 1905-1997), Australian architect * Winsome McCaughey, Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1988 to 1989 * Winsome Pinnock (born 1961), British playwright * Winsome Sears (born 1964), American politician * Winsome Sinclair (1965–2024), Jamaican-born American casting director and film producer * Wincey Willis (born 1948), born Florence Winsome Leighton, British television personality and weather presenter * Winsome Witch ''Winsome Witch'' is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which aired as a segment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winsome Andante
Winsome Andante (April 6, 1993 – September 25, 2019) was an English imported crossbred eventer (84.5% Thoroughbred, 9.5% Arabian (horse), Arabian, and 6% Irish) who competed successfully to the highest levels of the sport of eventing with rider Kimberly Severson. Winsome Andante won the Rolex Concours Complet International, CCI**** a record three times. He also competed at the Burghley Horse Trials, as well as in the Olympic Games, Olympics and the World Equestrian Games. "Dan" competed in 47 competitions between 2000 and 2007. Of those, he placed in the top three in 39 events. He stood . In 2003, Winsome Andante underwent colic surgery. After recovery he won the 2004 Rolex Kentucky CCI****. In November 2006, Dan rose to the top of the United States Eventing Association, USEA Leader Board, ahead of retired Giltedge, with a total of 1,184 career points. He would remain at the top of the leaderboard for over 10 years. He was named United States Eventing Association Hor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winsome Brown
Winsome is a given name, and may refer to: * Winsome Andante (born 1993), English eventing horse * Winsome Brown (born 1973), Obie-award-winning NYC-based actress and writer * Winsome Cripps (1931-1997), Australian sprinter * Winsome Douglas (1919-2016), British embroiderer and teacher * Winsome Evans (born 1941), Australian early music specialist * Winsome Fanny Barker (23 September 1907 – 27 December 1994), South African botanist * Winsome Hall Andrew 1905-1997), Australian architect * Winsome McCaughey, Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1988 to 1989 * Winsome Pinnock (born 1961), British playwright * Winsome Sears (born 1964), American politician * Winsome Sinclair (1965–2024), Jamaican-born American casting director and film producer * Wincey Willis (born 1948), born Florence Winsome Leighton, British television personality and weather presenter * Winsome Witch ''Winsome Witch'' is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which aired as a segment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winsome Cripps
Winsome Cripps (later Dennis, 9 February 1931 – 30 May 1997) was an Australian sprinter who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. In 1952, Cripps competed in the Australian National Championships, and finished third in the 100 yard race and second place in the 220 yards and so was picked for the Australian Athletics Olympic team. At the 1952 Summer Olympics, Cripps was unlucky to come away without a medal, in the 100 metres she won her first round heat in 12 seconds, then came third in her second round race, luckily the first three from each heat qualified for the semi-finals, in her semi-final she again ran in a time of 12 seconds and finished behind fellow Australian, Marjorie Jackson who ran an equalling World Record time of 11.5 seconds, in the final she ran her best time of 11.9 seconds but only managed to finish in fourth place. A couple of days later she competed in the 200 metres, in her first round heat she finished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winsome Douglas
Winsome Douglas (1919-2016) was a British embroiderer and teacher active in the United Kingdom in the 1950s and 1960s. She was born in Hartlepool in County Durham in 1919, and died at the age of 97 on 28 December 2016 in Hartlepool. Early life and education An only child, Douglas' early life was spent primarily in the northeast of England. She attended the West Hartlepool High School for Girls. After leaving school, she gained a place at the St Hild's Women's Teacher Training College (now part of the University of Durham) where she graduated with a degree in geography. Teaching career Much of Douglas' working life was dedicated to teaching in secondary schools in the Hartlepool area. Initially during the Second World War she taught pupils at the Dyke House SchooPrior to retirement she taught at the Henry Smith Grammar School where she eventually became the deputy head of the school. This school closed in 1977 and was demolished in 1982. Artistic contributions While te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winsome Evans
Winsome Joan Evans OAM BEM (born 26 October 1941), is one of Australia's premier early music specialists. Biography She received a Bachelor of Music (Honours) degree in composition from the University of Sydney, where her lecturers included Peter Sculthorpe. In addition to her activities as a professional harpsichordist, composer, and arranger, she is known for her role as director of the Renaissance Players, one of Australia's leading early music ensembles. She was an associate professor of music at the University of Sydney. Evans has "re-composed" all of Johann Sebastian Bach's works for solo violin as works for clavicembalo, adding accompaniments as she believes Bach must have had in mind. Her recording of her recomposition of the 6 Sonatas and Partitas, BWV 1001–1006, was released in 2009. In 2017 she donated a harpsichord made by Mars McMillan to Sancta Sabina College in Sydney. Awards and honours In 1980 she was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winsome Fanny Barker
Winsome Fanny Barker (23 September 1907 – 27 December 1994) was a South African botanist and plant collector noted for her work as Curator building the collection at the herbarium of the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, as well as her research on Amaryllidaceae, Liliaceae and Haemodoraceae. Biography Barker was born in Jamestown, Cape Colony to Joseph Barker (of Seaham, County Durham) and his wife Beatrice (née Cusens). The family moved to East London where she matriculated at East London Girls High School. Barker went on to complete a BSc in botany and zoology at Rhodes University College in 1928. The Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns awarded her the Junior Captain Scott medals in both subjects as she had attained the highest marks in her class. She was offered a scholarship to complete a MSc in botany but declined in favour of the Edward Muspratt Solly Scholarship offered by the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, starting in 1929. During the two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winsome Hall Andrew
Winsome Hall Andrew (1905–1997) was an Australian architect. Background and career Andrew was born in Woollahra, New South Wales in 1905. She was the fifth child born of ten to Arthur Hall and Susy Foy. Being raised in a middle-class family, Andrew and her siblings had a tough upbringing due to their mother coming from a wealthy family and their father working for the New South Wales public service as a surveyor on a clerical wage. Arthur Hall had a strict eye for perfection and only expected the highest of standards from his sons and daughters. Winsome attended Sydney Girls High School where she was an outstanding student both academically and athletically. This ensured her a scholarship to study architecture at the University of Sydney from 1922 to graduate in 1928, where she was the sole woman in her year and the only woman graduate to proceed to find employment. Partial list of works The following buildings designed either in part or in full by Andrew: Awards * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winsome McCaughey
Winsome McPherson McCaughey (; born 23 October 1943), was Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1988 to 1989. She was the second woman to hold that position after succeeding Alexis Ord. Early life Winsome Howell was born and raised on a property at Baddaginnie, in north-east Victoria, where her great-grandparents had settled in 1870. After primary school she was sent to board at Morongo Girls' College in Geelong. She studied philosophy during her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne, and resided at University College from 1962 to 1964. Career McCaughey, alongside with Ruth Crow, helped establish the community-based childcare movement and was the founder and Director of the Community Child Care Association from 1972 to 1979. She drafted Australia's first Children's Services Policy for the Australian Social Welfare Commission. McCaughey was executive officer of the Reichstein Foundation from 1986 to 1988. McCaughey was the spokesperson for the residents' group Melbourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winsome Pinnock
Winsome Pinnock FRSL (born 1961) is a British playwright of Jamaican heritage, who is "probably Britain's most well known black female playwright". She was described in ''The Guardian'' as "the godmother of black British playwrights". Life Winsome Pinnock was born in Islington, North London, to parents who were both migrants from Smithville, Jamaica. Her mother was a cleaner, and her father a checker at Smithfield Meat Market. Pinnock attended Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Comprehensive Girls' School (formerly Starcross School) in Islington, and graduated from Goldsmiths' College, University of London (1979–82) with a BA (Joint Honours) degree in English and Drama, and in 1983 from Birkbeck College, University of London, with an MA degree in Modern Literature in English.Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winsome Sears
Winsome Earle-Sears (born March 11, 1964) is an American politician, businesswoman, and Marine Corps veteran serving as the 42nd lieutenant governor of Virginia since 2022. A member of the Republican Party, she is Virginia's first female lieutenant governor and the first woman of color to hold statewide office in Virginia. Born in Jamaica, Earle-Sears immigrated to the United States in 1970. She served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 to 2004. She also served on the Virginia Board of Education, and ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia's 3rd congressional district in 2004 and for U.S. Senate in 2018. In 2021, Earle-Sears was elected lieutenant governor of Virginia, narrowly defeating Democratic nominee Hala Ayala. Earle-Sears is the Republican nominee in the 2025 Virginia gubernatorial election, becoming the second African American female major-party gubernatorial nominee, after Stacey Abrams. She will face former U.S. representative and Demo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winsome Sinclair
Winsome G.M. Sinclair (October 27, 1965 – August 12, 2024) was a Jamaican-born American casting director and film producer. She was the founder and chairwoman of Winsome Sinclair and Associates, a global casting agency based out of Atlanta. Sinclair was a frequent collaborator with famed directors such as Spike Lee, John Singleton, Steven Spielberg, Lee Daniels, and the Hughes Brothers. Notable films she worked on include ''2 Fast 2 Furious'', '' All Eyez On Me'', '' Amistad'', ''Jungle Fever'', ''Malcolm X'', and '' The Best Man''. Biography Born in Jamaica and raised in New York, Sinclair went to Uniondale High School and graduated from Florida A&M University. Her first casting director credit came in 1998 with ''Belly'', starring Nas and DMX. In 2010, she was the Star Project Mentor at the 2010 American Black Film Festival. She also produced movies, such as co-producing the 2017 Sam Pollard film ''Maynard'', a bio-pic about Atlanta's first Black mayor, Maynard Jackson. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wincey Willis
Wincey Willis (born Florence Winsome Leighton; 8 August 1948 – 19 December 2024) was a British television and radio broadcaster who achieved national fame in the 1980s. She was perhaps best known for being part of the line up at TV-am, the UK's first national operator of a commercial breakfast television franchise, in which she was ITV (TV network), ITV's first female Weather presenter, weather presenter. She was also known for her adjudicator role in the popular television game show Treasure Hunt (British game show), ''Treasure Hunt''. Early life and education Willis was born to a single mother in Gateshead, County Durham, on 8 August 1948. She grew up in Hartlepool and Barnard Castle. She was adopted by older parents, Florence, née Brown, and Thomas Dimmock, for whom she was an only child. In 2011, Willis said that she had never attempted to find her birth parents. Her poem on this subject, "Adoption", was recorded for a CD to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the BBC's ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
