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  1. Augustus Pitt Rivers

    no footnotes date December 2011 Infobox scientist name Augustus Pitt Rivers image A H Pitt Rivers.jpg ... Lieutenant General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers 14 April 1827 4 May 1900 was an England ... techniques. File Memorial to Pitt Rivers geograph.org.uk 223649.jpg thumb Memorial to Augustus Pitt Rivers in St Peter s Church at Tollard Royal . Pitt Rivers created the Larmer Tree Gardens , a public pleasure garden , on the Rushmore estate near Tollard Royal in Wiltshire . From 1882 Pitt Rivers ... Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers . Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0 521 40077 5 Bowden, Mark ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pitt Rivers, Augustus ALTERNATIVE NAMES Augustus Henry Lane Fox SHORT ... , Wetherby , Yorkshire DATE OF DEATH 4 May 1900 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pitt Rivers, Augustus Category ... with the Pitt Rivers Museum Category High Sheriffs of Dorset de Augustus Pitt Rivers pl Augustus Lane Fox Pitt Rivers pt Augustus Lane Fox Pitt Rivers sr sv Augustus Pitt Rivers ... Pitt Rivers, 6th Baron Rivers and consequently the remainder of the Richard Rigby fortune. He thereafter adopted the surname Pitt Rivers in honour of his benefactor. Three notable descendants of Augustus are his grandson, the anthropologist and eugenicist , George Pitt Rivers , his great grandson, the anthropologist and ethnographer , Julian A. Pitt Rivers , and his great great grandson, William Fox Pitt , the Equestrianism equestrian . Another grandson was Michael Pitt Rivers who gained notoriety in United Kingdom Britain in the 1950s when he was put on trial charged with buggery . Pitt Rivers ... artefacts, was a revolutionary innovation in museum design. Pitt Rivers ethnological collections today form the basis of the Pitt Rivers Museum which is still one of Oxford s leading attractions. The estates that Pitt Rivers inherited in 1880 contained a wealth of archaeological material from the Roman ... hunting. It is Pitt Rivers most important, and most lasting, scientific legacy. Moreover his work inspired ...   more details



  1. Pitt-Rivers

    Pitt Rivers is an English surname adopted by the later Baron Rivers . People William Horace Pitt Rivers, 3rd Baron Rivers 1777 1831 . Born William Beckford, he adopted the name on inheriting the title from his brother in law George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers . George Pitt Rivers, 4th Baron Rivers 1810 1866 Henry Peter Pitt Rivers, 5th Baron Rivers 1849 1867 Horace Pitt Rivers, 6th Baron Rivers 1814 1880 Augustus Pitt Rivers 1827 1900 , ethnologist and archaeologist . Born Augustus Henry Lane Fox, he adopted the surname after inheriting the estates and fortune but not the title of his cousin, the 6th Baron Rivers. George Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers 1890 1966 , anthropologist, grandson of Augustus. Julian A. Pitt Rivers 1919 2001 , anthropologist and ethnographer , son of George Henry. Rosalind Pitt Rivers 1907 1990 , physiology physiologist . At the National Institute for Medical Research , Pitt Rivers and Jack Gross discovered the active thyroid hormone triiodothyronine , publishing http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pubmed 14898765 The identification of 3 5 3 L triiodothyronine in human plasma in The Lancet . Places The Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford , founded by Augustus Pitt Rivers. surname ...   more details



  1. Julian A. Pitt-Rivers

    Use dmy dates date March 2011 Julian Alfred Pitt Rivers 16 March 1919, Chelsea, London 12 August 2001, Paris , was a United Kingdom British social anthropologist , ethnographer , and a professor at universities in three countries. Pitt Rivers was a great grandson of the archeologist Augustus Pitt Rivers . His father was the anthropologist and propertied Aristocracy class aristocrat , George Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers and his mother, Emily Rachel Forster was an actress and daughter of the Governor ... rebelled against his father. George Pitt Rivers was, at one point, a Oswald Mosley Moselyite eugenics ... www.oxforddnb.com view article 76137? fromAuth 1 ref Pitt Rivers attended Eton College and Worcester ... des Hautes tudes en Sciences Sociales . Pitt Rivers was married three times. His first wife, whom he ... obituaries article35543.ece Professor Julian Pitt Rivers . The Independent , 25 August 2001, obituary. Retrieved 11 November 2007. ref Publications Pitt Rivers, Julian. The fate of Shechem or, The politics ... University Press, 1977. Pitt Rivers, Julian, Ed., Mediterranean countrymen essays in the social anthropology of the Mediterranean , Paris Mouton, 1963. Pitt Rivers, Julian Alfred, The people of the Sierra ... Pitt Rivers Obituary , http www.independent.co.uk The Independent , August  25, 2001. Corbin, John. http books.guardian.co.uk news articles 0,,551848,00.html Julian Pitt Rivers Obituary , The Guardian , September  14, 2001. Freeman, Susan Tax. Julian A. Pitt Rivers 1919 2001 Obituary , American Anthropologist . Vol.  106, No.  1. 2004 , pp.  216 218. Julian Pitt Rivers Obituary , The Times , September  12, 2001. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pitt Rivers, Julian A. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1919 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 2001 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pitt Rivers, Julian A. Category British anthropologists Category ... Pitt Rivers ...   more details



  1. Michael Pitt-Rivers

    Major Michael Augustus Lane Fox Pitt Rivers 27 May 1917 &ndash December 1999 was a West Country landowner ... homosexuality as they then stood. Pitt Rivers was the son of Captain George Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers and the Hon. Emily Rachel Forster, who died in 1979. A West Country landowner and conservationist of colourful antecedents, his great grandfather was Lt Gen Augustus Pitt Rivers A.H. Lane Fox Pitt Rivers whose Ethnography ethnographic collection, donated to University of Oxford Oxford University in 1883, formed the basis of the Pitt Rivers Museum named after him. ref name Peerage He served ... joined by Montagu s cousin Michael Pitt Rivers. At the subsequent trial the two airmen turned Turn state ... 2007 ref Arrested on 9 January 1954, in March of that year Pitt Rivers was brought before the United ... a McCarthyism McCarthy like purge of High society group Society homosexuals. ref name Mail Pitt Rivers was charged along with Edward Douglas Scott Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu Lord Montagu of Beaulieu and Peter Wildeblood . Pitt Rivers and Lord Montagu denied the charges and denied also ... pitt rivers wildeblood&source bl&ots MQJK2NMtCW&sig tZv34gXpVMcE3VR134BHoslLy5I&hl en&ei tRMiTN3AJMjKjAfTlYyxAQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 5&ved 0CCMQ6AEwBA v onepage&q pitt rivers 20wildeblood ... Assizes, on 24 March 1954 Pitt Rivers and Wildebood were sentenced to 18 months and Lord ... Kingdom . Michael Pitt Rivers married Sonia Brownell , the widow of George Orwell , in 1958. They were divorced in 1965. ref name Peerage http thepeerage.com p6854.htm Pitt Rivers on The Peerage website ..., Hamish Hamilton 2002 ref Pitt Rivers spent much of his wealth on a lifetime of travel, financed ... British Sex Scandal ref Michael Pitt Rivers died in December 1999 aged 82. Publications Pitt Rivers ... Pitt Rivers, Michael ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 27 May 1917 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1999 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pitt Rivers, Michael Category 1917 births Category 1999 ...   more details



  1. William Augustus Pitt

    other persons William Pitt Infobox military person name Sir William Augustus Pitt birth date c. 1728 ... Augustus Pitt Order of the Bath KB , Privy Council of Ireland PC c. 1728 29 December 1809 was a long ... and his elder brother became Baron Rivers . Military career Pitt was born in approximately 1728, the sixth ... as his elder brother George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers George is known to have done, but nothing ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Pitt, William Augustus ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT ... of the life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Volume 3 By John Almon ref of George Pitt d. 1745 George Pitt , MP for Wareham and his wife Mary Louisa. His date of birth has not been ascertained, and little ... Hussars 10th Dragoons as a cornet . In the dragoons Pitt registered solid if unspectacular service ... ODNB http www.oxforddnb.com view article 22328 22340?docPos 5 Pitt, George , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , G. F. R. Barker, Retrieved 28 November 2007 ref Pitt s wartime records are vague ... of Kloster Kampen in 1760. Released on parole, Pitt returned to his regiment at the war s conclusion and was made a full colonel . ref name ODNB Between 1754 and 1761 Pitt had been the Member ... after his brother s elevation to the House of Lords . In 1763 Pitt married Mary Howe, the daughter of Emanuel Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe . They had no children. ref name ODNB In 1770 Pitt was promoted ... of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793, Pitt was promoted to full general but his age and lack ... over eighty. ref name ODNB Despite his relatively uneventful service, Pitt continued to exert influence at Army headquarters throughout his life. Notes reflist References cite web title Pitt, George work ... Robert Banks Hodgkinson br Henry Drax after Thomas Erle Drax br John Pitt of Encombe John Pitt years ... DATE OF DEATH 29 December 1809 PLACE OF DEATH Highfield Park, Hampshire DEFAULTSORT Pitt, William Augustus Category 1720s births Category 1809 deaths Category 1st King s Dragoon Guards officers ...   more details



  1. Pitt Rivers Museum

    Infobox Museum name Pitt Rivers Museum image Pitt rivers m2.jpg imagesize 220 caption Pitt Rivers Museum interior map type Oxford central map caption Pitt Rivers Museum latitude 51.7586 longitude 1.2550 established 1884 dissolved location Parks Road , Oxford , England type University museum of archaeology and anthropology visitors director curator publictransit website http www.prm.ox.ac.uk http www.prm.ox.ac.uk The Pitt Rivers Museum is a museum displaying the archaeology archaeological and anthropology anthropological collections of the University of Oxford in Oxford , England . ref cite web url http www.culture24.org.uk se000393 title Pitt Rivers Museum accessdate March 13, 2011 publisher Culture 24 , UK ref The museum is located to the east of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History , and can only be accessed through that building. The museum was founded in 1884 by General Augustus Pitt Rivers , who donated his collection to the University of Oxford with the condition that a permanent lecturer in anthropology must be appointed. Museum staff are involved in teaching Archaeology and Anthropology at the University even today. The original donation consisted of approximately ... of General Pitt Rivers himself, who intended for his collection to show progression in design ... tol arts and entertainment visual arts article6187254.ece title The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford ... control system has also been installed. The Pitt Rivers Museum, along with the Oxford University ... Museum , 1993. Contains photographic documention of the Pitt Rivers collection and essays on ethnographic collecting Chapman, William Ryan. Arranging Ethnology A. H. L. F. Pitt Rivers and the Typological .... The General s Gift A Celebration of the Pitt Rivers Museum Centenary, 1884 1984. Oxford JASO, 1984. External links Commons category http www.prm.ox.ac.uk Pitt Rivers Museum website Museums and galleries ... Pitt Rivers de Pitt Rivers Museum es Museo Pitt Rivers ...   more details



  1. William Rivers Pitt

    William Rivers Pitt born November 9 th, 1971 is an author, editor, and political activist. Background Pitt was born in Washington, D.C. , and lived several years in Alabama where his father, Charles Redding Pitt , served as chairman chair of the state United States Democratic Party Democratic Party before eventually moving to Boston, Massachusetts Boston . He was educated in English literature at College of the Holy Cross Holy Cross College , a Catholic college in Massachusetts, and after graduation spent two years in San Francisco, California San Francisco doing law related work. Formerly, Pitt taught English literature , journalism , grammar and history at a small private school outside Boston. He set aside teaching in 2003 and became a full time professional writer. Writing career Pitt had been writing about politics off and on for several years, but became devoted to the practice during ... Ritter isbn 1 893956 38 5 References Reflist Persondata NAME Pitt, William Rivers ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pitt, Will SHORT DESCRIPTION writer DATE OF BIRTH 1971 PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, D.C. DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pitt, William Rivers Category 1971 births Category Living people Category ... President George W. Bush took office on January 20, 2001, Pitt has worked to fight what he describes as the rising tide of conservative fundamentalism in American government . In 2002, Pitt wrote ... with former United Nations Special Commission United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter . In it, Pitt ... books 2003 jan 25 iraq.politics accessdate 2010 03 09 ref Pitt has worked as the managing editor at the liberal commentary website truthout.org. Political activism In January 2004, Pitt took ..., Pitt decided to push his career in teaching to the side in order to focus on political activism. ref http www.truthout.org docs 2005 080905A.shtml t r u t h o u t Marc Ash My Chat with Will Pitt ... of America in 2005 as their Editorial director. ref http pdamerica.org postcards 2005 04 23 pitt ...   more details



  1. George Pitt-Rivers, 4th Baron Rivers

    George Pitt Rivers, 4th Baron Rivers 16 July 1810 28 April 1866 , was a British peer and politician. Background Born George Beckford, Lord Rivers was the son of Horace Pitt Rivers, 3rd Baron Rivers. His grandfather Peter Beckford hunter Sir Peter Beckford was the husband of the Honourable Louisa Pitt, daughter of George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers . ref name thepeerage.com http thepeerage.com p12420.htm thepeerage.com George Pitt Rivers, 4th Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle ref Political career Lord Rivers succeeded in the barony on the death of his father in 1831 and took his seat in the House of Lords . Initially a Tory, he served as a Lord in Waiting under Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet Sir Robert Peel from 1841 to 1846. He was later a Lord in Waiting in George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen Lord Aberdeen s coalition government from 1853 to 1855 and in the Whig administrations of Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston Lord Palmerston and John Russell, 1st Earl Russell Lord Russell from 1855 to 1858 and again from 1859 to 1866. Family Lord Rivers married Lady Susan Georgiana Leveson Gower, daughter of Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Granville , in 1833. They had four sons and eight daughters. He died in April 1866, aged 55, and was succeeded in the barony by his fourth but only surviving son, Henry. ref name thepeerage.com References reflist start box s reg uk s bef before Horace William Pitt Rivers s ttl title Baron Rivers years 1831 1866 s aft after Henry Peter Pitt Rivers end box DEFAULTSORT Rivers, George Pitt Rivers, 4th Baron Category 1810 births Category 1866 deaths Category Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Category Baronesses and Lords in Waiting ...   more details



  1. Augustus Rivers Thompson

    Image Replace this image male.svg right 140px Sir Augustus Rivers Thompson Order of the Star of India KCSI Order of the Indian Empire CIE 1829 1890 served as British rule in Burma Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma from April 1875 to March 1878. He was appointed a CSI in 1877, a CIE in 1883 and knighted with the KCSI in 1885. s start succession box title Chief Commissioner of British Crown Colony of Burma years 1875&ndash 1878 before Ashley Eden after Charles Umpherston Aitchinson succession box title List of British rulers and high officials in Bengal Lieutenant governor of Bengal years 1882&ndash 1885 before Stewart Colvin Bayley after Horace Abel Cockerell acting s end External links http www.worldstatesmen.org Myanmar.htm Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thompson, Augustus Rivers ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1829 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1890 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thompson, Augustus Rivers Category Administrators in British Burma Category 1829 births Category 1890 deaths Category Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India Category Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire Category Administrators in British India Category Old Etonians Category Old Haileyburians UK gov bio stub ...   more details



  1. George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers

    Unsourced image removed Image George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers 1721 1803 , British diplomat and politician.jpg thumb George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers 1721 1803 , British diplomat and politician. Deletable image caption date January 2012 George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers 1 May 1721 7 May 1803 was a United Kingdom ... Pitt d. 1745 George Pitt of Stratfield Saye House Stratfieldsaye , Hampshire and his wife Mary Louise Bernier from Strasbourg . General William Augustus Pitt Sir William Augustus Pitt was his younger ... in 1793. In 1802, be obtained a new patent as Baron Rivers Lord Rivers with special remainder in default of male issue to the husband of his daughter Louisa, William Pitt Rivers, 3rd Baron Rivers William Beckford . Beckford took the surname Pitt Rivers in 1828, on succeeding to the title and estates of his brother in law George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers . ref Burke s Peerage 1939 , s.v. Rivers ref ... . They had four children George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers 1751 1828 Hon. Penelope Pitt, married Edward Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier in 1766 divorced in 1771 and married Capt. Smith in 1784 Hon. Louisa Pitt ... Pitt. ref BCGNIS 26972 Rivers Inlet ref References G. F. R. Barker, Pitt, George, first Baron Rivers 1721 1803 , rev. R. D. E. Eagles, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University ... Sturt 1754 1774 small years 1754 1774 s aft after George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers George Pitt br Humphry ... 1776 1803 s aft rows 2 after George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers George Pitt s ttl title Baron Rivers of Sudeley years 1802 1803 S end Use dmy dates date January 2012 Persondata name Rivers, George Pitt, 1st ... May 1803 place of death DEFAULTSORT Rivers, George Pitt, 1st Baron Category 1721 births Category 1803 ... as Baron Rivers Lord Rivers . In 1780, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire , but was replaced ... Lucy Pitt 1756 1822 , married James Fox Lane in 1789 Their marriage was unhappy and they separated ... Cemetery, Livorno Old English Cemetery in Livorno, Italy . Legacy Rivers Inlet , a fjord on the British ...   more details



  1. George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers

    George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers 1751 1828 was a Great Britain British politician. He was the only son of George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers and his wife Penelope, daughter of Sir Henry Atkins, 4th baronet of Clapham, Surrey. He succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Dorset UK Parliament constituency Dorset in 1774, retaining the seat until 1790. In 1803, he succeeded his father as Baron Rivers . He was a Lord of the Bedchamber from 1804 to 1819. He sold part of the family estates, those around Stratfield Saye House to the nation in about 1814, so that it could be given to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington . On his death in 1828, one of his baronies Baron Rivers of Stratfieldsaye became extinct, but the other passed like his remaining estates to his brother in law William Pitt Rivers, 3rd Baron Rivers William Beckford , who thereupon took the surname Pitt Rivers. ref Burke s Peerage 1939 , s.v. Rivers ref References G. F. R. Barker, Pitt, George, first Baron Rivers 1721 1803 , rev. R. D. E. Eagles, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004 http www.oxforddnb.com view article 22328 , accessed 24 Aug 2008 Rayment hc date March 2012 Reflist S start s par gb s bef before George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers George Pitt br Humphry Sturt s ttl title Dorset ... 1784 br Francis John Brown 1784 1790 small s aft after William Morton Pitt br Francis John Brown s reg gb s bef rows 2 before George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers George Pitt s ttl title Baron Rivers of Stratfieldsaye years 1803 1828 s non reason Extinct s ttl title Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle years 1803 1828 s aft after William Pitt Rivers, 3rd Baron Rivers William Pitt Rivers S end Persondata name Rivers, George Pitt, 2nd Baron alternative names short description date of birth 1751 place of birth date of death 1828 place of death DEFAULTSORT Rivers, George Pitt, 2nd Baron Category 1751 births Category 1828 deaths Category Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Pitt ...   more details



  1. Pitt

    River Pitt , Somerset, England Pitt Rivers Museum in the University of Oxford, England founded in 1884 by Augustus Pitt Rivers 1827 1900 , English army officer, ethnologist, and archaeologist Pitt ... was Liberal Member of Parliament 1981 1983 William Rivers Pitt , leftist author and essayist ...also Pitts disambiguation Pitt is a surname of England English origin. ref http www.britishsurnames.co.uk surnames PITT origin British surnames PITT origin ref Used on its own, in Europe or History it most commonly refers to one of two British statesmen William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham William Pitt ... , Pennsylvania was named for Pitt the Elder and is sometimes referred to as Pitt William Pitt the Younger , British Prime Minister 1783&ndash 1801 and 1804&ndash 1806, son of Pitt the Elder In the U.S. mainly in education or sports it most commonly refers to Portal PITT break yes University of Pittsburgh Pitt , located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pitt Panthers athletics teams The Pitt News , student managed newspaper Pitt Poetry Series , large published list of contemporary American poetry Pitt Band , the varsity marching band Pitt Rep , the university s repertory theatre company Pitt Stadium , now demolished William Pitt Union , the student union William Pitt Debating Union , the student debating club Hail to Pitt , athletic slogan and school fight song It may also refer to Pittsburg State University Pitt State , located in Pittsburg, Kansas In American popular culture it commonly refers to Brad Pitt born 1963 , an American actor It may also refer to the following people Andrew Pitt motorcycle racer , from New South Wales, Australia Charles Redding Pitt born 1944 , attorney and current chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party 2003 2007 Courtney Pitt , English footballer David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead , 1913 1994 , civil rights campaigner and Labour politician in the United Kingdom Harvey Pitt , former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission SEC Ingrid Pitt ...   more details



  1. To Pitt

    File Pitt the Younger.jpg right thumb William Pitt the Younger by Thomas Gainsborough To Pitt was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published in the 26 December 1794 Morning Chronicle as part of the Sonnets on Eminent Characters series. Describing William Pitt the Younger and his role as Prime Minister of Great Britain, the poem is one of the few in the series that is not about a hero of Coleridge. Instead, Pitt is described as Judas, the betrayer of Christ, because of, among other issues, his treatment of political dissidents. Background During the end of 1794, Coleridge began work on the series Sonnets on Eminent Characters which he dedicated to people he respected. The first, To Erskine , was printed on 1 December in the Morning Chronicle , and was followed by 10 further sonnets. To Pitt ..., Pitt suspended Habeas Corpus in response to allegations that both the London Constitutional Society ... Erskine s defense of the accused. Although Coleridge was an opponent of Pitt s at the time of writing the sonnet To Pitt , he was to later change his mind about politics and Pitt s government. ref Ashton 1997 pp. 53, 156, 209 ref Coleridge changed his mind about the content of To Pitt , but still included ... was to Justice. ref name Mays p. 213 Themes To Pitt is one of the few poems in the Sonnets ... s response to those opposed to Pitt s actions. As Rosemary Ashton, the 20th century Coleridge ... of the emotive allusion to Britain as Christ betrayed by Judas Pitt. ref Ashton 1997 p. 61 ref Fellow biographer Richard Holmes described the poem as Coleridge having daringly attacked Pitt. ref ... ... as in the sonnet to Pitt it is too frequently only another word ford for an ephemeral violence ... poem, the abusive figure is seen as a male dominating a female image. Pitt, as Judas, kisses a female ... Britain. Other female characters, justice and mercy, are said to destroy Pitt, but it is uncertain ... poems Category Works originally published in the Morning Chronicle Category William Pitt the Younger ...   more details



  1. William Pitt

    William Pitt is most likely to refer to William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham 1708 1778 , Prime Minister of Great Britain 1766 1768 often known as William Pitt the Elder William Pitt the Younger 1759 1806 , his son and Prime Minister of Great Britain 1783 1801 and 1804 1806 William Pitt may also refer to People William Augustus Pitt c. 1728&ndash 1809 , 18th century British general Ali i William Pitt Kalanimoku d. 1827 , Prime Minister of Kamehameha the Great who adopted the name of the British Prime Minister at the time Ali i William Pitt Leleiohoku I 1821 1848 , husband of Princess Hariett Nahienaena and Princess Ruth Keelikolani and son of Kalanimoku William Pitt Kinau 1842 1859 , prince of Hawaii and son of Keelikolani and Chief Leleiohoku William Pitt Leleiohoku II 1854 1877 , Crown Prince of Hawaii and heir apparent of King David Kalakaua William Baker Pitt 1856 c.1920 , founder of Swindon Town F.C. and Catholic prebendary William Rivers Pitt b. 1971 , left wing American essayist William Pitt architect 1855 1918 , Australian 19th century architect William Pitt Canada , inventor of the underwater cable ferry in the early 1900s William Pitt Mormon 1813 1873 , early Mormon bandleader William Pitt ship builder d. 1840 , author of The Sailor s Consolation Bill Pitt b. 1937 , British politician and Liberal Member of Parliament for Croydon North West 1981 1983 Brad Pitt , American actor birth name William Bradley Pitt Other uses William Pitt Union , the student union at the University of Pittsburgh William Pitt Debating Union , a debating society at the University of Pittsburgh hndis Pitt, William bg da William Pitt de William Pitt es William Pitt fr William Pitt ko it William Pitt he nl William Pitt ja pl William Pitt pt William Pitt ru , sv William Pitt ...   more details



  1. Augustus

    uses of Augustus Augustus disambiguation pp vandalism small yes pp move indef Featured article Infobox Roman emperor name Augustus title 1st Roman Emperor Emperor of the Roman Empire image Statue Augustus.jpg caption The statue known as the Augustus of Prima Porta , 1st century reign 16 January ... Adoption to accession Gaius Julius Caesar br As Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus br father Gaius ... of burial place of burial Mausoleum of Augustus , Rome Ancient Rome and the fall of the Republic Augustus ... C. last Wells publisher Longman location Harlow, England year 1990 isbn 0582053838 entry Augustus ref IPA la aw st s classical lang la Imperator Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus ref group note In Classical Latin , Augustus name would be inscribed as IMPERATOR GAIVS IVLIVS CAESAR AVGVSTVS. ref 23 September ... dates Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC 45  BC , and the Julian after 45  BC. Due to departures from Julius Caesar s intentions, Augustus restored the Julian ... awarded him the honorific Augustus honorific Augustus the revered one , and thus consequently he was Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus . ref group note Formally Imperator Caesar title Caesar , Divi filius, Augustus honorific Augustus which means Imperator Caesar, Son of the Divus Julius Caesar Divus Julius , Augustus. Because of the various names he bore, it is common to call him Octavius when ... 44 and 27  BC, and Augustus when referring to events after 27  BC. In Greek sources, Augustus ... Augustus Augustos , or Sebastos , depending on context. ref The young Octavius came ... successful general. But Augustus was given, among other titles, that of princeps , the first of citizens . Originally it had no royal connotations. By law, Augustus held a collection of powers granted ... granted by the Senate, ref name eck 3 and the respect of the people. Augustus control over the majority ... governments. The reign of Augustus initiated an era of relative peace known as the Pax Romana , or Roman ...   more details



  1. George Pitt

    George Pitt may refer to George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers 1721 1803 , British diplomat and politician George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers 1751 1828 , British politician George Dean Pitt 1772 or 1781 1851 , British soldier and Lieutenant Governor of the former New Zealand Province of New Ulster George Morton Pitt died 1756 , administrator of India George Pitt 1625 1694 , British Member of Parliament for Wareham UK Parliament constituency Wareham George Pitt 1663 1735 , British Member of Parliament for Hampshire UK Parliament constituency Hampshire , Stockbridge and Old Sarum George Pitt d. 1745 , British Member of Parliament for Wareham UK Parliament constituency Wareham and Dorset hndis Pitt, George ...   more details



  1. Baron Rivers

    on this creation, see Earl Rivers . The third creation came in 1776 when George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers George Pitt was made Baron Rivers , of Strathfield Say in the County of Southampton, in the Peerage of Great Britain. He was a descendant of John Pitt 16th century , the father of Thomas Pitt ... and Earl of Chatham Earls of Chatham , and of Sir William Pitt, whose grandson George Pitt married John Savage, 5th and last Earl Rivers see Earl Rivers . George Pitt s eldest son and namesake was the aforementioned George Pitt, who was elevated to the peerage in 1776. In 1802 Lord Rivers was created Baron Rivers , of Sudeley Castle in the County of Gloucester, with remainder to 1 his brother General William Augustus Pitt Sir William Augustus Pitt and the heirs male of his body, and 2 William Horace ... Louisa Pitt. He assumed at the same time by Royal license the surname of Pitt Rivers in lieu of his ... Second creation 1448 see Earl Rivers Baron Rivers Third creation 1776 George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers 1721&ndash 1803 created Baron Rivers again in 1802 see below George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers 1751&ndash 1828 Baron Rivers Fourth creation 1802 George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers 1721&ndash 1803 George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers 1751&ndash 1828 William Horace Pitt Rivers, 3rd Baron Rivers 1777&ndash 1831 George Pitt Rivers, 4th Baron Rivers 1810&ndash 1866 Hon. George Horace Pitt Rivers 1834&ndash 1850 Hon. Granville Beckford Pitt Rivers 1838&ndash 1855 Hon. William Frederick Pitt Rivers 1845&ndash 1859 Henry Peter Pitt Rivers, 5th Baron Rivers 1849&ndash 1867 Horace Pitt Rivers, 6th Baron Rivers 1814 ...Image Baron Rivers coa.png thumb 250px The coat of arms of the Barons Rivers third creation . Baron Rivers ... came in 1299 when John Rivers was summoned to Parliament as Baron Rivers. The title became extinct ... Louisa, daughter of Lord Rivers and the heirs male of his body. This title was in the Peerage ... to 1866. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baron in 1880. Baron Rivers First creation ...   more details



  1. Louisa Pitt

    Image Mrs. Peter Beckford Hon. Louisa Pitt 1754 1791 , 1782, by Sir Joshua Reynolds.jpg thumb Mrs. Peter Beckford Hon. Louisa Pitt 1754 1791 , 1782, by Sir Joshua Reynolds . Hon. Louisa Pitt 1754 1791 , was born in 1754 or 1756 in Stratfield Say, Southampton, Hampshire, England, the daughter of the British diplomat and politician George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers 1721 1803 and Penelope Atkins. She married English peerage Sir Peter Beckford hunter Peter Beckford 1740 1811 on 22 March 1773 in Dorset. Sir Peter Beckford was a writer, a huntsman, and the cousin of the English novelist William Thomas Beckford 1760 1844 who is the author of the famous Gothic novel Vathek . From 22 March 1773, her married name became Louisa Beckford Mrs. Peter Beckford . Louisa Beckford had an affair with her husband s cousin William Beckford after her marriage. She died in 1791 in Florence Firenze and was buried in the Old English Cemetery, Livorno Old English Cemetery in Livorno, Italy . Child of Hon. Louisa Pitt and Sir Peter Beckford Horace William Pitt Rivers, 3rd Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle b. 2 December 1777 External links http www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk ladylever collections mrspeterbeckford.asp Liverpoolmuseums.org.uk http www.classicartrepro.com artistsb.iml?artist 262 Classicartrepro.com http thepeerage.com p34983.htm i349830 Thepeerage.com Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pitt, Louisa ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1754 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1791 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pitt, Louisa Category 1754 births Category 1791 deaths ...   more details



  1. Pitt Lake

    Infobox lake lake name Pitt Lake image lake 12 mapleridge pp.JPG caption lake Pitt Lake is at upper left in this aerial view of Pitt Meadows L and Maple Ridge R . Alouette Lake is at upper right, Fraser ... display inline,title ref name bcgnis type Fjord Fjord lake inflow Pitt River outflow Pitt River catchment ... reference ref name bcgnis BCGNIS 16884 Pitt Lake ref Image Pitt Lake bog and dike.jpg thumb right Pitt ... upstream from that river s estuary into the Strait of Georgia . Its southern tip, where the Pitt River resumes, is 40 km east of Downtown Vancouver Downtown Vancouver . The upper Pitt River valley is a typical .... The community of Pitt Meadows occupies the marshy lowland at the southern end of the lake, some of which has become drained and is known as the Pitt Polder . Just southwest of the lake is the community of Port Coquitlam , which is across the Pitt River from Pitt Meadows . At the north end of the lake ... companies and their employees. The Upper Pitt, meaning the valley upstream from the lake, is considered BC s best fly fishing rivers and one of its best steelhead streams. item about garbage ... of it is protected by BC Parks as the Pitt Polder Ecological Reserve . There is a destination golfing resort in the Pitt Polder area called Swan e set. Also at the south end of Pitt Lake, adjacent to the Polder, is Pitt Lake Indian Reserve 5. ref http archive.ilmb.gov.bc.ca bcgn bin bcg10?name 32958 BCGNIS entry Pitt Lake Indian Reserve 5 ref It is the second largest lake in the Lower Mainland ... s Pitt Lake Gold lost gold mine , the location of many failed and sometimes disastrous searches for the alleged ... unlikely that a gold deposit would be found in the region of Pitt Lake. Historian Garnet Basque states that geologists are convinced that the region around Pitt Lake is not gold bearing. ref cite author Basque Garnet title Lost Bonanzas of Western Canada. date 2000 ref The lost mine of Pitt Lake ... of British Columbia Category History of British Columbia Category Lower Mainland pl Pitt jezioro ...   more details



  1. Pitt Ministry

    The Pitt Ministry or Pitt Government may refer to several historical administrations of Britain Devonshire Pitt Ministry , a 1756 57 government dominated by William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Second Newcastle Ministry , a 1757 62 government often known as the Pitt Newcastle Ministry because of the prominent role played by Pitt Chatham Ministry , a 1766 68 government led by Pitt now made Earl of Chatham First Pitt the Younger Ministry Second Pitt the Younger Ministry Disambig ...   more details



  1. Fort Pitt

    Fort Pitt may refer to Fort Pitt Pennsylvania , on the site of present day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States Fort Pitt, Kent , in the United Kingdom Fort Pitt Saskatchewan , a trading post of the Hudson s Bay Company in Canada Fort Pitt Amtrak , a former train operated by Amtrak between Pittsburgh and Altoona in Pennsylvania disambig de Fort Pitt ...   more details



  1. Pitt Township

    Pitt Township may refer to one of the following places In Canada Pitt Township, Cochrane District, Ontario In the United States Pitt Township, Wyandot County, Ohio See also Pitt disambiguation geodis Category Township name disambiguation pages ...   more details



  1. River Pitt

    About the river in Somerset, England the river in British Columbia, Canada Pitt River Geobox River Name section name River Pitt native name other name Piddy other name1 Image image image size image caption Etymology etymology Country etc. country England country1 state Somerset state1 region region1 district South Somerset district1 city Shepton Montague city1 Pitcombe landmark landmark1 Geography length imperial 5.5 watershed imperial discharge location discharge imperial discharge max imperial discharge min imperial discharge1 location discharge1 imperial Source source name source location Brewham source district South Somerset source region source state source country England source lat d 51 source lat m 05 source lat s 55 source lat NS N source long d 2 source long m 24 source long s 41 source long EW W source elevation imperial source length imperial Mouth mouth name River Brue mouth location Cole, Somerset Cole mouth district South Somerset mouth region mouth state Somerset mouth country England mouth lat d 51 mouth lat m 06 mouth lat s 05 mouth lat NS N mouth long d 2 mouth long m 28 mouth long s 38 mouth long EW W mouth elevation imperial Tributaries tributary left tributary left1 tributary right tributary right1 Free fields free name free value Map section map map size map caption The River Pitt , also known as the Piddy , is a short tributary of the River Brue in Somerset , England. It rises near Hardway in the parish of Brewham , and flows for convert 5.5 mi km 1 through the parishes of Shepton Montague and Pitcombe to join the Brue at Cole, Somerset Cole . ref cite web last Jury first David title River Pitt url http www.pittriver.org index.php publisher David Jury accessdate 8 September 2011 ref ref cite web last Jury first David title River Pitt url http somersetrivers.org index.php?module Content&func view&pid 20 publisher Somerset Rivers accessdate 8 September 2011 ref References reflist DEFAULTSORT Pitt, River Category Rivers of Somerset Category Article ...   more details



  1. Pitt Stadium

    began to play home games exclusively at Pitt Stadium, which they continued until moving to Three Rivers ... of the 2000 season at Three Rivers Stadium, before moving to Heinz Field in 2001. Demolition of Pitt ...Infobox Stadium name Pitt Stadium nickname image File InsidePittStadium.jpg 250px fullname Terrace Street ... capacity 56,500 69,400 dimensions scoreboard Pitt Stadium was a stadium located on the campus of the University .... Pitt Stadium also served as the second home of the Pittsburgh Steelers , the city s National ... at Three Rivers Stadium in 2000, before moving to Heinz Field in 2001. History The Pittsburgh Panthers ... and 1920s, Pitt football achieved great success under head coach Glenn Scobey Pop Warner, completing ... for alumni and students, the general public s demand for tickets to see Pitt play at Forbes Field surpassed ... property for the Pitt Stadium site. University and private funding provided US 2.1  million for site acquisition and construction. W. S. Hindman, a Pitt graduate, was the stadium s designer ...&q1 Pitt Stadium&frm frameset&view image&seq 214 accessdate 2010 02 01 ref On September 26, 1925, Pitt played its first football game at the new Pitt Stadium, a 26 0 victory over Washington and Lee ... seq 242 page root size s frm frameset pages 222 last Alberts first Robert C. title Pitt the story of the University ... was replaced with metal bleachers. Temporary lighting was installed at Pitt Stadium in 1985, but was made ... pageviewer idx?c pittathletics cc pittathletics q1 Pitt 20Stadium rgn full 20text idno 31735038318790 ...?c pittathletics cc pittathletics q1 Pitt 20Stadium rgn full 20text idno 31735038318790 didno 31735038318790 ... Steelers played home games at Forbes Field from their 1933 inception to 1957. They first played at Pitt ... 2C2276522 . From 1958 to 1963, the Steelers split home games between Forbes Field and Pitt Stadium ..., bloodied and kneeling, was taken at Pitt Stadium on September 20, 1964 following a Giants loss to the Steelers ... Morris Berman, now hangs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. File PittStadiumWalk.jpg thumb left Pitt ...   more details



  1. John Pitt

    John Pitt may refer to John Pitt warden , Warden of Wadham College, Oxford 16?? 1648 John Pitt of Crow Hall c.1673 1731 , British Member of Parliament for St Ives UK Parliament constituency St Ives and Stockbridge UK Parliament constituency Stockbridge , probably son of George Pitt of Strathfieldsaye d. 1694 John Pitt colonel c.1698 1754 , British Member of Parliament and Governor of Bermuda John Pitt of Encombe 1704 1787 , British Member of Parliament for Dorchester UK Parliament constituency Dorchester and Wareham UK Parliament constituency Wareham and Lord of Trade and the Admiralty John Pitt attorney c.1727 1805 , British Member of Parliament for Gloucester UK Parliament constituency Gloucester John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham 1756 &ndash 1835 British statesman, brother of William Pitt the Younger John R. Pitt 1885 1971 , Canadian politician Jack Pitt , footballer See also John Pitts disambiguation hndis Pitt, John ...   more details




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