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William Grimston, 1st Viscount Grimston | Short description | thumb|An engraving of Grimston by John Scott
William Grimston, 1st Viscount Grimston (31 December 1684 – 15 October 1756) was an English peer and politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain between 1710 and 1734.
Grimston was born as William Luckyn, the younger son of Sir William Luckyn, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Mary Sherrington. In 1700 he succeeded to the estates, including Gorhambury near St Albans, of his great-uncle Sir Samuel Grimston, 3rd Baronet, of Bradfield, and assumed the surname of Grimston in lieu of Luckyn.
In 1705 he published a play 'The Lawyer's Fortune or Love in a Hollow Tree'. He married Jean Cooke, daughter of James Cooke, on 14 August 1706.
Grimston was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for St Albans in the 1710 general election and was elected in a contest in 1713. His fortunes at the constituency were affected by the competitive ambitions of Sarah Duchess of Marlborough who also had an interest. Although he won the seat in 1715 he was defeated in 1722. In 1719 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Dunboyne and Viscount Grimston. As these were Irish peerages they did not prohibit Grimston from sitting in the British House of Commons. He regained the seat at St Albans in 1727 but lost it again in 1734.
In 1737 he succeeded his elder brother Sir Harbottle Luckyn as fifth Baronet. His feud with the duchess continued until her death as they each tried to prevent the return of each other's candidates at St Albans in subsequent elections. Although Grimston had tried to suppress all copies of his play, in 1736 the Duchess published a version of it with disparaging notes to mock him.
Grimston died in October 1756, aged 72. He and his wife had ten sons and three daughters. He was succeeded in his titles by his son James. Lady Grimston died in 1765. |
William Grimston, 1st Viscount Grimston | References | References
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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Nabakumar Institution | Infobox school
| Nabakumar Institution is a historical education institute in Bakshi Bazar of Old Dhaka, Bangladesh. |
Nabakumar Institution | History | History
Nabakumar Institution was established in 1916 by a zamindar called Nabakumar. It was operated as a school though it was named an institute. In 1973 it opened a college branch.
Matiur Rahman Mallik, a ninth grade student of Nabakumar Institution, was killed during a street march demanding autonomy for the then East Pakistan by the Pakistan police on 24 January 1969. The day is seen as Mass Upsurge Day by the Bangladeshi as it eventually led to the Bangladesh Liberation War. In remembrance of this great sacrifice for the nation Matiur Rahman Monument was constructed in its premises. |
Nabakumar Institution | Notable alumni | Notable alumni
Abdul Waheed Chowdhury, military officer
A. K. M. Miraj Uddin, freedom fighter, athelete and politician
Matiur Rahman Mallik, student activist
Mohammad Abu Yusuf, footballer
Mohammed Sultan Ahmed, footballer
Niaz Mohammad Chowdhury, musician |
Nabakumar Institution | References | References
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Marcela Serrano | Short description | Marcela Serrano (born 1951) is a Chilean novelist. In 1994, her first novel, Para que no me olvides, won the Literary Prize in Santiago, and her second book, Nosotras que nos queremos tanto, won the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize for women writers in Spanish. She received the runner-up award in the renowned Premio Planeta competition in 2001 for her novel Lo que está en mi corazón. Carlos Fuentes has quoted her description of the modern woman as "having the capacity to change skin like a snake, freeing herself from the inevitability and servitude of more obsolete times."Carlos Fuentes, This I Believe: An A to Z of a Life, Random House (2005), -p.18 |
Marcela Serrano | Biography | Biography
Marcela Serrano is the daughter of novelist Elisa Serrana and engineer and essayist .
She is considered a "late editor" -- "I began to write at age 38 and recently at age 40, I published my first novel"—even though as a girl she wrote "dozens of books", she threw them all out. That first novel appeared in 1991: We who love ourselves very much, which was an immediate success the next year and later received two prizes. She has published a series of works, one of them was from the "género negro" and other children's books, which is ultimately joined with Margarita Maira, one of her daughters. |
Marcela Serrano | Literary awards | Literary awards
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize, 1994, Nosotras que nos queremos tanto
Santiago Municipal Literature Award, 1994, Para que no me olvides
Premio Planeta, finalist, 2001, Lo que está en mi corazón |
Marcela Serrano | Books | Books
Nosotras que nos queremos tanto, 1991 - Suma de Letras (paperback 2002),
Para que no me olvides, 1993
Antigua Vida Mia, 1995 - tr. Margaret Sayers Peden, Antigua and My Life Before: A Novel, Anchor (2001), . Filmed by Hector Olivera in 2001.
Lo que está en mi corazón,Serrano, Marcela. 2001. "Lo que está en mi corazón" Harper Collins; New York. Paperback. Editorial Planeta. - Booket (paperback 2003),
El albergue de las mujeres tristes, 1997 - Paperback - Oct 2, 2004
Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, 1999
Un mundo raro: Dos relatos mexicanos, 2000.
Lo que está en mi corazón, 2001
El cristal del miedo, with Margarita Maira, 2002,
Hasta siempre, mujercitas, 2004
La llorona, 2008
Diez mujeres, 2011
Dulce enemiga mía, 2013 (collection of short stories)
La Novena, novela, 2016 |
Marcela Serrano | References | References
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Llanfair Waterdine | Use dmy dates | Llanfair Waterdine, sometimes written as Llanvair Waterdine and meaning St Mary's Church Waterdine, is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, on the north side of the Teme valley and adjacent to the Wales-England border. |
Llanfair Waterdine | Place name | Place name
"Llanfair" is a typical Welsh place name - in English it translates as "church(yard) of St Mary". "Waterdine", which means "place by the water" was added to the name to distinguish the village from other places called "Llanfair" (which is a very common place name in Wales). The place name in the Welsh language is Llanfair Dyffryn Tefeidiad (the 2nd and 3rd words mean "Teme Valley"). |
Llanfair Waterdine | Location | Location
Llanfair Waterdine is just off the B4355 road, northwest of Knighton and near the village of Knucklas, which has a railway station. The village lies southwest of the small Shropshire town of Clun. Also nearby is the small village of Lloyney (just on the other side of the Teme, in Wales). The village and parish is situated on the southern edge of the Clun Forest, a remote and very rural part of Shropshire, which is only partly forested.
The village was historically in Wales, as it lies to the west of Offa's Dyke. The River Teme has naturally altered its course since the Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ("Act of Union"); and so the border between Wales and England in the Teme valley no longer follows the centre of the river as it once did, but stays on what was the course of the river when the border was fixed by the Acts. |
Llanfair Waterdine | Amenities | Amenities
A village hall - the Everest Hall (a tribute to John Hunt)
A 16th-century public house, which is now primarily a restaurant and hotel, the Waterdine (formerly called the Red Lion, until 2000). The pub was originally built on the nearby Drover's road to serve the drovers taking livestock to English markets. |
Llanfair Waterdine | Walking | Walking
The village lies near three long distance footpaths:
The Jack Mytton Way
Offa's Dyke Path
Glyndŵr's Way |
Llanfair Waterdine | Famous and former residents | Famous and former residents
John Hunt, Baron Hunt of Llanvair Waterdine, (1910–1998), KG, CBE, DSO, the leader of the first successful expedition to climb Mount Everest, moved to the area after World War II. The local village hall is dedicated to his achievement and is called the "Everest Hall".
Hywel ap Syr Mathew (d. 1581), poet and historian, was a native of the village. He took part in the first Eisteddfod at Caerwys in 1523, and was said by Lewys Dwnn to have been a bardic teacher. He addressed eulogies and elegies in the traditional manner to some of the leading figures of his time, including William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, and Richard Davies, the Protestant bishop of St David's. An accomplished scribe, he made copies of The Book of Arms and was a herald bard. His chronicle of British history, written in the Welsh language, survives in two copies; it follows the style of contemporary historians in England, beginning with the sons of Noah and continuing down to 1556. In it Hywel states that he had been present at the siege of Boulogne in 1544 and some of his comments suggest that he was a devout Catholic. Both Lewys Dwnn and Dafydd Benwyn wrote elegies for him on his death.The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales, ed. by Meic Stephens. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986, 277 Amazon link |
Llanfair Waterdine | See also | See also
List of civil parishes in Shropshire
Listed buildings in Llanfair Waterdine |
Llanfair Waterdine | References | References |
Llanfair Waterdine | External links | External links
News and Information for Llanfair Waterdine and Lloyney
Waterdine hotel & restaurant website
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The Girl Who Came to Supper | short description | The Girl Who Came to Supper is a musical with a book by Harry Kurnitz and music and lyrics by Noël Coward, based on Terence Rattigan's 1953 play The Sleeping Prince. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1963. |
The Girl Who Came to Supper | Plot | Plot
The story is set in 1911 London at the time of George V's coronation. American-born chorus girl Mary Morgan becomes involved with Balkan archduke Charles, the widowed prince regent of Carpathia, after he sees a performance of her West End musical The Coconut Girl. She soon becomes involved with the actions of his teenaged son, King Nicholas, as well as the Queen Mother. |
The Girl Who Came to Supper | Production | Production
Rattigan's play had been staged in London with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, on Broadway with Michael Redgrave and Barbara Bel Geddes, and filmed as The Prince and the Showgirl with Olivier and Marilyn Monroe, so its story was a fairly familiar one. The musical opened to rave reviews in Boston but was received less favorably by the critics in Toronto. During its Philadelphia run, President Kennedy was assassinated, necessitating the replacement of the opening number, "Long Live the King (If He Can)"." 'The Girl Who Came to Supper' Listing" noelcowardmusic.com, accessed December 5, 2016
The musical opened on Broadway, directed and choreographed by Joe Layton, on December 8, 1963 at The Broadway Theatre, where it ran for 112 performances and four previews. The cast featured Florence Henderson as Mary, José Ferrer as Charles, Irene Browne as the Queen Mother, Sean Scully as Nicholas, British music hall star Tessie O'Shea as Ada Cockle, and Roderick Cook as Peter Northbrook." 'The Girl Who Came to Supper' Broadway" Playbill (vault), accessed December 5, 2016
Henderson and O'Shea were singled out for praise by the critics — Henderson for her one-woman delivery of an abridged version of The Coconut Girl, and O'Shea for her extended song-and-dance routine of Cockney tunes. Otherwise, the review by the influential critic Walter Kerr in the Herald Tribune was mostly negative. He and others felt the show was an unsuccessful attempt to duplicate the success of the earlier My Fair Lady.
"Theater: Disaster Area" Time Magazine (abstract), December 20, 1963, accessed December 5, 2016Kenrick, John. The Girl Who Came to Supper musicals101.com (2000, rev.2003), accessed December 5, 2016Mandelbaum, Ken. The Girl Who Came to Supper Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops, Macmillan, 1992, , pp. 120-123
O'Shea won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Nominations also went to Coward and Kurnitz for Best Author of a Musical and Irene Sharaff for Best Costume Design.
The show proved to be the last with a Coward score and the only one of his musicals never produced in London.
An original cast recording was released on the Columbia Records label. (Reissue: Sony Broadway SK 48210)."Synopsis" The Guide to Musical Theatre, accessed December 5, 2016Ruhlmann, William. "Cast Recording" allmusic.com, accessed December 5, 2016 |
The Girl Who Came to Supper | Song list | Song list
Act I
Swing Song
Yasni Kozkolai (Carpathian National Anthem)
My Family Tree
I've Been Invited to a Party
Waltz
I've Been Invited to a Party (Reprise)
When Foreign Princes Come to Visit Us
Sir or Ma'am
Soliloquies
Lonely
London is a Little Bit of All Right
What Ho, Mrs. Brisket
Don't Take Our Charlie for the Army
Saturday Night at the Rose and Crown
London Is a Little Bit of All Right (Reprise)
Here and Now
I've Been Invited to a Party (Reprise)
Soliloquies (Reprise)
Act II
Coronation Chorale
How Do You Do, Middle Age?
Here and Now (Reprise)
The Stingaree
Curt, Clear and Concise
Tango
Welcome to Pootzie Van Doyle
The Coconut Girl
Paddy MacNeill and His Automobile
Swing Song (Reprise)
Six Lillies of the Valley
The Walla Walla Boola
This Time It's True Love
I'll Remember Her |
The Girl Who Came to Supper | Awards and nominations | Awards and nominations |
The Girl Who Came to Supper | Original Broadway production | Original Broadway production
Year Award Category Nominee Result 1964 Tony Award Best Author Noël Coward and Harry Kurnitz Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Tessie O'Shea Best Costume Design Irene Sharaff |
The Girl Who Came to Supper | Notes | Notes |
The Girl Who Came to Supper | References | References
Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops by Ken Mandelbaum, published by St. Martin's Press (1991), pages 120-23 () |
The Girl Who Came to Supper | External links | External links
Synopsis at The Guide to Musical Theatre
Synopsis and other information at Noël Coward Music.com
Ovrtur.com Listing
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Community-based clinical trial | '''Community-based clinical trials''' | Community-based clinical trials are clinical trials conducted directly through doctors and clinics rather than academic research facilities. They are designed to be administered through primary care physicians, community health centers and local outpatient facilities. In 1986, the Community Consortium held the first such trials in the United States to determine the efficiency of preventive treatments after the onset of Pneumocystis pneumonia.University of Texas Medical Branch, AIDS Clinical Trials Unit, "History of CABs" The trials give patients access to new medications and keep doctors involved with new developments in research. However, critics state that drug company payments to doctors for patients enrolled in such studies present a conflict of interest and potential for abuse. Community-based trials are becoming prevalent in human-testing stage pharmaceutical research. |
Community-based clinical trial | See also | See also
Clinical trial |
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Sunnegga Paradise ski area | Short description | The Sunnegga Paradise is a ski area that forms part of the Zermatt ski resort, in Valais, Switzerland.
The area relating to skiing is found on the Rothorn mountain, above the town of Zermatt. The trails extend to the valley floor between the Rothorn and Gornergrat mountains, and includes the ski runs directly down to the Oberhausern area of the town of Zermatt, terminating at the passenger lift that takes skier directly down inside the funicular train station in the area.
The Sunnegga area catches a large amount of sun due to its unique topography, often despite the rest of Zermatt being submerged in cloud. |
Sunnegga Paradise ski area | Restaurants | Restaurants
There are several restaurants in the Findeln area, including Chez Vrony, Findlerhof, Enzian and Paradise. |
Sunnegga Paradise ski area | Lift system | Lift system
thumb|The (Unter)-Rothorn with the Kumme chairlift in front and the Blauherd-Rothorn cable car in the back
Access from the resort to the Sunnegga area is via the SunneggaExpress funicular railway, built in 1980. From here there is a new "Combi" lift (a combination of 6-seat chairlifts and 8-seat gondola lifts, built in 2005) that takes skiers up to the Blauherd interchange. From here there is a 150-person cable car (built in 1996) up to the Rothorn, and an old 4-seater gondola (built in 1971) down to Gant on the valley floor, from which a connecting cable car carries passengers up to the Gornergrat ski area. At the Rothorn area there is the Kumme 3-seat chairlift that serves a series of runs to the side of the Rothorn.
Skiing down below the Sunnegga area is covered by the Patrullarve 4-seat lift (built in 1989), which transports skiers directly up to Blauherd. Accessing the Gornergrat area is the Sunnegga-Findeln-Breitboden 4-seat chairlift (built in 2007 to replace a 2-seat chairlift built in 1956).
Leisee Shuttle leads from Sunnegga to Leisee. |
Sunnegga Paradise ski area | Skiing | Skiing
The main novice arterial of the Sunnegga area, the Standard, starts at Blauherd, and continues down to Sunnegga. There is a narrow, often busy, novice run down to Findeln, Easy run, which mainly serves the purpose of serving the area's famous restaurants and terminates at the 4-seat Findeln chairlift. Below this is a beginners area, the Eisfluh. The other main novice run, the Kumme, can be found outside the Rothorn top station, that takes skiers down to the Kumme 10-person Gondola, the first fully autonomous gondola in Switzerland which opened in 2020.
Advanced runs are best found by Fluhalp, which links the Rothorn to the Gornergrat via the Gant Hothalli cable car, and the Tuftern which takes the skier from Blauherd down to Patrullarve. Zermatt does not have many listed expert runs, as such tend to be graded as itineraries. The Rothorn area has several expert runs, but have been poorly used in the last few years due to inadequate snowfall and the area's propensity to catch large amounts of sunshine.
There are only two expert runs in the area, the longest of which, the Obere National, runs from Blauherd down to Patrullarve. There are off-piste sections off to the left of this run that can prove enjoyable when snow cover is good. The second expert run, the Downhill, is found by taking a left turn at the top of the Rothorn, from which you can find a blue, red and black. This run is actually quite timid - being a simple straight run, and all of these runs suffer badly if snowfall is not plentiful. |
Sunnegga Paradise ski area | References | References
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Charlotte Mendelson | Short description | Charlotte Jane Mendelson (born 1 November 1972) is an English novelist and editor. She was placed 60th on the Independent on Sunday Pink List 2007. |
Charlotte Mendelson | Biography | Biography
Charlotte Mendelson was born on 1 November 1972 in London, the daughter of a barrister, Maurice Harvey Mendelson. Mendelson's family moved to Oxford when she was two, where her father taught at St John's College, Oxford. She attended Oxford High School and New College, Oxford where she received a BA in Ancient and Modern History. She was an editor at Jonathan Cape in 1996–1997 and at the Headline Review in 1998–2014.
Mendelson has been a visiting professor of creative writing at Royal Holloway, University of London since 2017 and a gardening correspondent at the New Yorker since the same year. She became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018. |
Charlotte Mendelson | Bibliography | Bibliography
Love in Idleness (2001)
Daughters of Jerusalem (2003)
When We Were Bad (2007)
Almost English (2013)
Rhapsody In Green (2016)
The Exhibitionist (2022)
Wife (2024) |
Charlotte Mendelson | Awards and nominations | Awards and nominations
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
Somerset Maugham Award
Sunday Times 'Young Writer of the Year (shortlisted)
London Arts New London Writers’ Award
K. Blundell Trust Award
Le Prince Maurice Roman d’Amour Prize (shortlisted)
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (shortlisted)
Man Booker Prize 2013 (longlisted)
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2014 (longlisted)
Women's Prize for Fiction 2022 (longlisted for The Exhibitionist) |
Charlotte Mendelson | Personal life | Personal life
Mendelson lives in London. She has one son and one daughter. |
Charlotte Mendelson | References | References |
Charlotte Mendelson | External links | External links
Charlotte Mendelson Official Website
Charlotte Mendelson at Picador
Somethingjewish.co.uk interview
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Redwood Grove | Short description | thumb|A slice of a Coastal Redwood showing rings marking the years of 1215–1620 AD
The Redwood Grove of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, which is located in Santa Cruz County in Northern California, is a grove of Coast Redwoods with trees extending into the 1400- to 1800-year-old range. This grove allows for the use of self-guided tours of the flat, loop trail which is easily accessible (within of a vehicle parking lot). Dozens of large, Redwood trees are located within a few feet of the walking trail.
thumb|right|Fog is of major importance in Coast Redwood ecology. Redwood National Park. |
Redwood Grove | Natural history | Natural history
Coast Redwoods, (Sequoia sempervirens), are a native tree in the deep valleys and low to middle elevations (up to 750 m) of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Their growth and longevity is enhanced by the proximity to the ocean, the cool air which encourages fog, and the dimmer sunlight near the moisture-rich trunk-base region. Free-flowing, year-round streams help to enhance this environment and the cool, moisture-laden air often produces visible fog, which helps to replenish the trees. The bark of these giants is heavily laden with tannin, which helps to offer protection from damage both from wildfires and insects.
This grove has some of the tallest and oldest trees in the Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. Undergrowth is never cleared, there is no logging allowed and deadfalls and lightning-struck trees are allowed to proceed naturally with their processes, unless they impair access to the grove. This rich, biotic environment is filled with natural nutrients. Old growth groves such as this will show the birth (shoots and burls) and death (rotting trees and "fairy rings") of ancient redwoods, many of whose birth was before the Battle of Hastings in 1066. |
Redwood Grove | Early history | Early history
This part of the California Coastline is the ancestral lands of the Awaswas (Santa Cruz) division of Ohlone Indian people. In 1769, Gaspar de Portolà camped on the banks of the San Lorenzo River as part of his exploration for Spain.Yenne, p. 112 Twenty years after the Friars Minor came to the area, the, Mission Santa Cruz was consecrated nearby in 1791.
After the Mexican War of Independence in 1821, the newly independent Mexico assumed control of this area until the transfer to the United States in 1846. During Mexican ownership, it was common for land grants to be sold to those who were in favor with the government. Large portions of this virgin-forested area were given out as Rancho Carbonera, Rancho Zayante and Rancho Cañada del Rincon en el Rio San Lorenzo. These "gifted" land grants were the start of European settlement in the area. In 1843, the Mexican Government granted a parcel of under the name of Rancho Cañada del Rincon en el Rio San Lorenzo de Santa Cruz to a French immigrant named Pedro Sansevain which essentially encompasses the lands of the state park. After a few transfers of land over about twenty years, the granted Rancho Cañada del Rincon ended up in the hands of Henry Cowell. |
Redwood Grove | Trail Details | Trail Details
thumb|A large burn-scar at the base of a redwood tree showing the fire-retardant and healing properties of the bark.
Coastal Zone Environment The Coastal Redwoods grow exceptionally well in this temperate, foggy environment. This is the perfect environment for the trees, since it is moist, dim and far enough from the coast so that there is no salt in the air.
The red color of Redwood Trees? These trees have a much higher level of tannic acid in their bark than other trees, giving them the red color.
Fire Resistance The high level of tannic acid in the wood and bark in combination with the thickness of the bark (6–12") help to provide a resistance to natural and man-made fires. The growth layer, protected by the thick bark, allow a healing process to occur after damage.
Other Species Douglas Firs are often found interspersed with Coastal Redwoods as they are adapted to the same environment.
Circular Groups "Fairy Rings" and "Cathedral Groups" are typically see in Redwood forests as examples of the incredible rejuvenating ability of these species. The death of a tree often results in the growth of a number of new trees in a ring around the nutrients-rich, decaying center. Burls from the original tree as well as seeds which have fallen at the base of the trunk provide this new life. The missing central tree allows for a "hole" in the vegetative canopy so that the new plants has sufficient light for growth.
Decaying Trees Since this is a protected area, trees which have fallen to the ground are allowed to decay and provide shelter for insects. This results in further nutrients for the remaining live trees in the area.
280 feet tall The largest tree in the grove has a diameter of over in order to support a height of .
The Fremont Tree. The story is told that in 1846, when Lt. John C. Fremont explored this part of California, he and his party camped overnight in the burned-out base of this tree. The interior is larger than the typical military tent of the 1840s, which would have offered a splendid shelter for several adults. When asked to confirm the story during and interview in 1888, his comment was, "It makes a great story, let it stand."Park page 4
Burls These wart-like bumps which appear on the sides of the trunk and roots of Redwood trees are a part of the growth layer of the tree. Often small shoots will grow from burls and roots which result, over time, in significant reforestation. |
Redwood Grove | Hazards | Hazards
thumb|Rash-causing poison oak abounds in the grove.
Poison oak is a native ground-cover in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The plants are most obvious during the part of the year when the leaves change color toward the red spectrum. |
Redwood Grove | Gallery | Gallery |
Redwood Grove | Notes | Notes |
Redwood Grove | References | References
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Redwood Grove | External links | External links
Detailed map of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
Panorama of Old Growth Redwood Trail
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Benjamin Bastard | Short description | thumb|right|300px|Sherborne House, designed by Benjamin Bastard c. 1720
Benjamin Bastard was a British architect during the first half of the 18th century working in the Dorset area of England. A member of a notable family of west country architect-surveyors and masons, he was related Howard Colvin claims he was the nephew of the bastard brothers but Nikolaus Pevsner claims (Dorset page 383) he was their brother to the Bastard brothers who rebuilt Blandford Forum following its great fire of 1731.
Bastard was responsible for the Palladian Sherborne House, at Sherborne in Dorset built in the 1720s.Pevsner p 383 attributes the house to Bastard but refers to Sherborne House as "Lord Digby's School" the name by which the house was known during the mid 20th century The accomplished design of this mansion like the works of the Bastard brothers shows late Baroque influences such as those found in the works of Wren and Hawksmoor. In style and design it could be compared to Winslow Hall attributed to Sir Christopher Wren or Chicheley Hall like Winslow Hall also in Buckinghamshire. Sherborne House has a three bayed centre projecting from two symmetrical flanking wings each of two bays. The tall slim windows are typical of the English Baroque period which immediately predated the Palladian period. The Baroque style is further emphasised by the broken segmental pediment and architrave of the main entrance. However, the facade, with its central pediment and the balustrade concealing the roof line are devoid of ornament in the Palladian tradition. The only relief from the severity of the facade coming from the quoining at each corner.
In 1743 Bastard was commissioned to design a hospital for the reception of the poor, later known as the Dorchester parish workhouse.Dorchester This building has been much altered but the original block can still be discerned as Palladian, albeit in a very severe and chaste form as would have been thought fitting for such an institution at the time.
There is a wall monument with a pediment to Benjamin and Thomas Bastard, dated 1772, on the external face of the north wall of the parish church of St Mary Magdalene, Castleton, Sherborne in Dorset. The inscription has weathered away. Inside the nave, on the north wall of the north aisle is a monument to Elizabeth Bastard (née Prankerd), wife of Benjamin Bastard, 1732–3, and their son Benjamin. This is a marble wall monument with side-scrolls, pediment, urn and cherub's head.RCHME 1952:211 |
Benjamin Bastard | Notes | Notes |
Benjamin Bastard | References | References
Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England 1952 An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset Vol 1 - West London, HMSO
Dorchester retrieved 7 March 2007 |
Benjamin Bastard | External links | External links
Image of Dorchester Workhouse originally by Benjamin Bastard retrieved 7 March 2007
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