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51 matches to Vimy Ridge
Vimy Ridge. 1917. WWI battle. Key position taken by Canadians despite high casualties.
Byng, Julian. 1862-1935. British General. Commanded Canadian forces, captured Vimy Ridge 1917. Canadian Governor General 1921-6.
Bailey, Donald. 1901-85. British inventor of portable Bailey bridge 1941.
Baker, Benjamin. 1840-1907. English engineer: London Underground 1869. Forth Bridge 1882. Aswan Dam.
Bartók, Bela. 1881-1945. Modern Hungarian Nationalist composer. Bridged Hungarian folk to Western music.
Beveridge Report. 1942. Advocated ‘cradle to grave’ social insurance in Britain.
Boulle, Pierre. 1912-94. French novelist. Bridge on the River Kwai 1952.
Brackenridge, Hugh. 1748-1816. Scottish/US novelist. Modern Chivalry 1792.
Bridget, St. 1303-73. Swedish visionary, Patron St. F. Brigittine Order.
Bridgewater Canal. 1761. Brindley. First British canal. Brought coal to Manchester stimulating industrialization.
Brindley, James. 1716-72. English engineer. Bridgewater Canal 1761.
Cambridge Agreement. 1629. Allowed Puritans to manage Massachussets Bay Company.
Cambridge Platonists. 17C. Tried to synthesize Plato and Christianity. Christian Humanists.
Coleridge, Samuel. 1772-1834. English Romantic poet: Ancient Mariner 1798, Kubla Khan.
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel. 1875-1912. English composer: Hiawatha Trilogy 1898-1900.
Constable, John. 1776-1837. English Naturalist landscape painter. Hay Wain 1821. Valley Farm. Waterloo Bridge 1831.
Corot, Camille. 1796-1875. French painter, forerunner of Barbizon school of Art. Narni Bridge 1827.
Dance, George. (The Elder). British designer of Mansion House 1737, London Bridge rebuild 1746.
Gerry, Elbridge. 1744-1814. US statesman. XYZ Affair. 1812 Gerrymandering - drawing electoral boundaries to affect the outcome of an election.
Golden Gate Bridge. 1937. San Francisco.
Hadrian. 76-138. Roman Emperor 117-. Built wall across England 122-36, Aelius Bridge 134. Rebuilt Greek cities.
Hardy, Thomas. 1840-1928. English novelist: Far from the Madding Crowd 1874; Mayor of Casterbridge 1886; Jude the Obscure 1896. Man as victim of fate. -“the worth encompassed by the inevitable”.
Henry VI. 1421-71. King of England and France 1422-61, 70-1. Founded King’s College Cambridge, Eton. Lost France except Calais. Weakness led to War of Roses. Deposed.
Hobson, Tobias. Cambridge innkeeper who offered no choice of hired horse. -“Hobson’s choice”.
Kinetic Art. 20C. Works which move, or give the illusion of movement. Calder. Riley.