for people named ChildeChilde surname In the Middle Ages , a childe or child nowiki nowiki Old English Cild Young Lord was the son of a nobleman who had not yet attained knighthood , or had not yet won his spurs. As a rank in chivalry, it was used as a title, e.g. Child Horn in King Horn , as a male progressed through the positions of squire and then knight. The term is now obsolete, but is still well known from poetry, such as Robert Browning s Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came and Lord Byron s Childe Harold s Pilgrimage . Cultural references The term is used to apply to an expected next stage in human evolution in the Childe Cycle novels by Gordon R. Dickson . Childe in Stephen King s The Dark Tower series The Dark Tower is, in Roland Deschain s own words, ...a term that describes a knight or a gunslinger on a quest. A formal term, and ancient. We never used it among ourselves...for it means holy, chosen by ka . We never liked to think of ourselves in such terms, and I haven t thought of myself so in many years. p. 859, The Dark Tower VII The Dark Tower , Pocket Books, 2006 ed. The term also exists, albeit with a different meaning, in the roleplay ing system Vampire The Masquerade and various spin offs. ref Eric Nuzum, The Dead Travel Fast Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula Macmillan, 2007 , http books.google.com books?id pktq6VmqJUMC&pg PA162&dq childer Vampire&ei jiuZSKLTKZOaigGy5v3HBw&sig ACfU3U34jPOAm6LLHLQIkIqc0sZYfOJZXA 162 . ref It signifies the offspring of a vampire , while the creating vampire is called Sire . References references Nuttall Euro hist stub poem stub Category Vampire The Masquerade es Childe ru ... more details
Childe can be a surname , and may refer to Vere Gordon Childe , Australian philologist and archaeologist Wilfred Rowland Childe , British poet and critic As a given name it may refer to Childe Hassam See also Childe Child surname Childe the Hunter surname Childe It does not help to add disambig or hndis tags where the page only contains people who share a surname ... more details
File Childe s tomb 2.jpg thumb Childe s Tomb today File Child s Tomb from Carrington s Dartmoor.jpg thumb Childe s Tomb before its destruction in 1812 Childe s Tomb is a granite cross on Dartmoor , Devon , England. Although not in its original form, it is more elaborate than most of the Dartmoor crosses crosses on Dartmoor , being raised upon a constructed base, and it is known that a kistvaen is underneath. A well known legend attached to the site concerns a wealthy hunter, Childe, who became lost ... body for protection. The legend relates that Childe left a note of some sort saying that whoever found ... Childe s Tomb is a reconstructed granite cross on the south east edge of Foxtor Mires , about ... B218 Tristram Risdon , writing in about 1630, said that Childe s Tomb was one of three remarkable ... Childe s Tomb of most of its stones for the building and its doorsteps. ref name S42 Stanbrook 1994 p. 42 3 ref ref cite web url http www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk child hunter.htm title Childe the Hunter ... base and cross were made in Holne in 1885. ref name S44 Childe the Hunter File Childe s tomb 1.jpg thumb right View of the setting of Childe s Tomb According to legend, the cross was erected over the kistvaen burial chamber of Childe the Hunter , who was Ordulf, son of Ordgar , an Anglo Saxons Anglo Saxon Earl of Devon in the 11th century. The name Childe is probably derived from the Old English word cild which was used as a title of honour. ref name F277 Legend has it that Childe was in a party hunting on the moor when they were caught in some changeable weather. Childe became separated ... of Devon which was completed in around 1632 quote It is left us by tradition that one Childe ... culture Devon folk singer Seth Lakeman sang about Childe the Hunter on his 2006 album Freedom ... G. Commin location Exeter pages 88 97 cite journal author H. P. R. Finberg title Childe s Tomb ... and memorials in Devon nl Childe s Tomb ... more details
Childe Rowland is a fairy tale , the most popular version being by Joseph Jacobs in his English Folk and Fairy Tales , published in 1892, and written partly in verse and part in prose. Synopsis The story tells of how the four children of the Queen by some accounts Guinevere , Childe Rowland, his two older brothers, and his sister, Burd Ellen, were playing ball near a church. Rowland kicked the ball over the church and Burd Ellen went to retrieve it, inadvertently circling the church widdershins , or opposite the way of the sun, and disappeared. Rowland went to Merlin wizard Merlin to ask what became of his sister and was told that she was taken to the Dark Tower by the King of Elfland , and only the boldest knight in Christendom could retrieve her. The eldest brother decided he would make the journey, and was told what to do by Merlin. He did not return, and the middle brother followed, only to meet the same fate. Finally Childe Rowland went forth, having been given his father s sword, which never struck in vain, for protection. Merlin gave him his orders he must chop off the head of anyone in Elfland who speaks to him until he sees his sister, and he must not eat or drink anything ... circled the church widdershins again. Cultural influences The synopsis of Childe Rowland is found ..., probably oblivious of her background until her brother revives her. Childe Rowland is referenced ... man Robert Browning s 1855 poem Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came , takes its inspiration ... poem, there are some similarities between Roland s tale and Childe Rowland, such as the sorcerer Maerlyn ... R. Dickson s unfinished science fiction series Childe Cycle 1959 was named for the Browning poem ... wrote a radio play, The Dark Tower , based on the Childe Rowland story. In it, Rowland, the youngest ... References Wikisource English Fairy Tales Childe Rowland Childe Rowland Louis MacNeice, The Dark ... English legendary characters fr Childe Rowland ... more details
Refimprove date December 2010 The Childe Cycle is an unfinished series of science fiction novels by Gordon R. Dickson . The name Childe Cycle is an allusion to Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came , a poem by Robert Browning , which provided considerable inspiration for elements in Dickson s Masterpiece magnum opus . The series is sometimes referred to as the Dorsai series, as the Dorsai people are central to the series. The related short stories and novellas all center around the Dorsai, primarily members of the Graeme and Morgan families. The first story published, Dorsai was originally to have been titled The Swissman, a reference to the Swiss mercenaries Swiss pikemen of centuries past. It was published as a novel in Astounding Science Fiction . While, on the face of it, the Childe Cycle ... edition . The science fiction novels of the main Childe Cycle include Dorsai alternate title The Genetic ... titled Childe , had not been completed at the time of Dickson s death, and has never been published ... universe as the Childe Cycle, but are not part of the core cycle. Lost Dorsai novella and Warrior ... 1986 . The three other novels are Young Bleys 1991 Other novel Other 1994 Antagonist Childe ... more detail of the ultimate conflict in Childe . 2007 saw the publication of Antagonist , finished .... The final planned volume, Childe , was to resolve the conflict which had been set up in the last ..., the Childe Cycle focuses mainly on their exploits, to the extent that the Cycle is sometimes ... suggests Citation needed date April 2008 that the resolution to be sought in Childe is the evolution ... Friendly culture to support his war against the Dorsai, Exotics, and Old Earth . Planets of the Childe ... used in the Childe Cycle appears in many of Gordon R. Dickson s works. It uses an application of the Heisenberg ... century, the jumps were hardly noticeable. In general, technology is not a large part of the Childe Cycle. This is partly because the science fiction is used mainly as a setting, the real focus of the Childe ... more details
He had two sons John Harold and Childe Harold Jr. ref name cod cite book title The city of Detroit ... . NAME Wills, Childe ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American automobile deisgner DATE OF BIRTH ... Detroit, Michigan DEFAULTSORT Wills, Childe Category 1878 births Category 1940 deaths Category People ... more details
Infobox artist bgcolour 6495ED name Childe Hassam image Childe Hassam.jpg imagesize 150px caption Childe ... Impressionism works patrons influenced by influenced awards Frederick Childe Hassam October 17, 1859 ... Early years Hassam pronounced HASS m known to all as Childe , pronounced like child was born in his ... first Ulrich W. last Hiesinger title Childe Hassam American Impressionist publisher Prestel ... he was known simply as Childe Hassam . He also began to add a crescent symbol in front of his signature .... ref citation first Margaret E. last Bullock title Childe Hassam Impressionist in the West publisher ... Childe Hassam.jpeg thumb left 225px Old Lyme Congregational Church Church at Old Lyme , oil on canvas, Childe Hassam, 1905. Image Childe Hassam Snowstorm Madison Square.jpg thumb right Snowstorm, Madison ... August Afternoon Appledore Childe Hassam.jpg thumb left 175px August Afternoon, Appledore , 1900 After ..., cheerful air. ref harvnb Hiesinger 1994 p 141 . ref Image Childe Hassam The Water Garden ... in the Rain Frederick Childe Hassam 1917.jpeg thumb right 230px The Avenue in the Rain , oil ... Paintings of Childe Hassam publisher Harry N. Abrams location New York year 1988 page 71 isbn 0 ... left 240px The Avenue in the Rain by Childe Hassam on the wall of Oval Office , 2009. In 1919, Hassam ... Childe Hassam American Impressionist location New Haven publisher Yale University Press year 2004 isbn 1 58839 120 5 External links Commons category inline http www.sullivangoss.com childe hassam Online Monograph http bostonartclub.com Boston Art Club http www.frederickhassam.org Frederick Childe ... Links to images by Childe Hassam by Artcylcopedia http www.dorchesteratheneum.org page.php?id 32 ..., Childe ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1859 PLACE OF BIRTH Dorchester ... East Hampton, New York DEFAULTSORT Hassam, Childe Category American painters Category American Impressionism ... Category 1859 births Category 1935 deaths cs Childe Hassam de Childe Hassam es Childe Hassam fr Childe ... more details
Infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Childe Morgan image Image Childemorgan.jpg 200px prefer 1st edition image caption Hardcover Edition author Katherine Kurtz cover artist Matt Stawicki country United States language English language English series Deryni novels The Childe Morgan Trilogy The Childe Morgan Trilogy genre Fantasy novel publisher Ace Books release date 5 December 2006 media type Print Hardcover pages 288pp first edition, hardcover isbn ISBN 0 441 01282 5 first edition, hardcover dewey 813 .54 22 congress PS3561.U69 C47 2006 oclc 69332183 preceded by In the King s Service followed by unknown title Childe Morgan is a fantasy novel by United States American born author Katherine Kurtz . It was published by Ace Books on December 5, 2006. It is the fifteenth of Kurtz Deryni novels to be published, the second book in the fifth Deryni trilogy, the Childe Morgan trilogy. The events of this trilogy are a direct prequel to the first Deryni trilogy, the Chronicles of the Deryni . Plot introduction The novel is set in the land of Gwynedd fictional Gwynedd , one of the fictional Eleven Kingdoms fictional Eleven Kingdoms . Gwynedd itself is a Middle Ages medieval kingdom similar to the British Isles of the 11th century, with a powerful Holy Church based on the Roman Catholic Church , and a feudalism feudal government ruled by a hereditary monarchy . The population of Gwynedd includes both humans and Deryni , a race of people with inherent psychic and magical abilities who have been persecuted and suppressed for almost two centuries. The novel details the early life of Alaric Morgan , a half Deryni child chosen by King House of Haldane fictional Donal Blaine Donal Blaine Haldane to protect the royal legacy of arcane magic. However ... to destroy the young boy. Plot summary The events of Childe Morgan span a period of approximately two ... line. Characters in Childe Morgan King House of Haldane fictional Donal Blaine Donal Blaine Haldane ... more details
File Dorr 4818632678 01ef878891 o.jpg thumb 400px Dorr with Emmeline Pankhurst in 1914 Rheta Childe Dorr 1868 1948 was an United States American author, journalist muckraker and social worker. Biography She was born at Omaha, Nebraska in 1868. After studying for two years at the University of Nebraska Lincoln University of Nebraska she became editor of the woman s department of the New York City New York New York Post Evening Post 1902 1906 , and a member of the staff of Hampton s Magazine 1908 1911 . She made special investigations as a worker in factories, mills, and department stores in order to study the labor conditions for women and children. She was war correspondent for a syndicate of 21 newspapers during 1917 1918, and became foreign correspondent with headquarters at Prague in 1920. She died on august 8, 1948. External links http history.enotes.com 1910 media american decades dorr rheta childe Profile summary at enotes.com gutenberg author id Rheta Childe Dorr name Rheta Childe Dorr Works What Eight Million Women Want 1910 Inside the Russian Revolution 1917 The Soldier s Mother in France 1918 Czechoslovakia Czecho Slovakia 1921 Drink Coercion or Control? 1929 NIE Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dorr, Rheta Childe ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1868 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1948 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dorr, Rheta Childe Category 1868 births Category 1948 deaths Category People from Omaha, Nebraska Category American political writers Category American women writers Category Newspaper people from Omaha, Nebraska US writer stub ... more details
Italic title Image Lord Byron Childe Harold s Pilgimage Dugdale edition.jpg thumb Frontispiece to a c. 1825 edition of Childe Harold s Pilgrimage br br Lo where the Giant on the mountain stands, br His blood red tresses deep ning in the sun, br With death shot glowing in his fiery hands, br And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon br Restless it rolls, now fixed, and now anon br Flashing a far, and at his iron feet br Destruction cowers to mark what deeds are done. br For on this morn three potent nations meet, br To shed before his shrine the blood he deems most sweet. Childe Harold s Pilgrimage is a lengthy narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron . It was published between 1812 in poetry 1812 and 1818 in poetry 1818 and is dedicated to Ianthe . The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world weary young man who, disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry, looks for distraction in foreign lands. In a wider sense, it is an expression of the melancholy and disillusionment felt by a generation weary of the wars of the post French Revolution Revolution ary and Napoleonic Era Napoleonic eras. The title comes from the term childe , a Middle Ages medieval title for a young man who was a candidate for knighthood . Origins The poem contains elements thought to be autobiographical ... , and has rhyme pattern ABABBCBCC. Interpretations Image Childe harold.jpg thumb Childe Harold s Pilgrimage by J.M.W. Turner , 1823. Childe Harold became a vehicle for Byron s own beliefs and ideas ... inline http www.archive.org search.php?query Childe 20Harold 27s 20Pilgrimage Childe Harold s Pilgrimage ... Childe Harold s Pilgrimage at Project Gutenberg plain text Byron Category Poetry by Lord Byron Category 1818 poems de Childe Harold s Pilgrimage es Las peregrinaciones de Childe Harold fr Le P lerinage de Childe Harold it Childe Harold s Pilgrimage mk nl Childe Harold s Pilgrimage pl W dr wki Childe Harolda sq Shtegtimi i ajld Haroldit uk ... more details
Use Australian English date June 2011 Infobox person name Vere Gordon Childe image Gordon Childe.jpg image size 200px caption Vere Gordon Childe circa 1930s. birth name Vere Gordon Childe birth date birth ... archaeological theory Vere Gordon Childe 14 April 1892 19 October 1957 , better known as V. Gordon Childe , was an Australian people Australian archaeology archaeologist and philologist who specialised in the study of European prehistory . A vocal Socialism socialist , Childe accepted the socio economic theory of Marxism and was an early, though unorthodox, proponent of Marxist archaeology . Childe ... descent, Childe studied at the University of Sydney before moving to England where he studied at the University ... developing an understanding of wider European prehistory as a whole. Childe is also remembered for his ... Childe grew up at his father s country house at the Wentworth Falls pictured . Gordon Childe was born ... He was the only surviving child of the Reverend Stephen Henry and Harriet Eliza Childe, a middle class couple of English descent. ref name Green 1981 01 Stephen Childe 1807 1923 had been the son of William Childe, a stern English priest and teacher, and had followed in his father s footsteps by being ... 1981 . p. 04. ref Harriet gave birth to Vere Gordon Childe in 1892, and he was raised along with his ... Childe worked as the minister for St. Thomas Parish, but proved unpopular, getting into many arguments ..., Gordon Childe was home schooling home schooled for a number of years, before being sent to gain ... Childe, died, and his father took a woman named Monica Gardiner to be his third wife soon after. ref name Green 1981 08 09 Gre81 Green 1981 . pp. 08 09. ref Gordon Childe s relationship with his ... conservative whilst Gordon Childe was an atheism atheist and a socialism socialist . ref name Green 1981 08 09 University in Sydney and Oxford 1911 1917 Childe went on to study for a degree in Classics ... 1981 . p. 10. ref Ending his studies in 1913, Childe graduated the following year with various honours ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Wilfred Rowland Childe 1890 1952 was a British poet and critic. He was educated at Harrow School and Magdalen College, Oxford . He edited Oxford Poetry in 1916 and 1917. He became a Roman Catholic convert in 1916. He is chiefly remembered for Dream English. A Fantastical Romance 1917 which was and still is something of a minor cult book. He was admired by Arthur Machen and later by the poet Robin Skelton. His Selected Poems was published in 1936. He associated with the Sitwells, but was no modernism modernist he has been described as almost too Georgian poets Georgian to be true . Works The Little City 1911 Dream English. A Fantastical Romance 1917 The Gothic Rose 1922 Ivory Palaces 1925 Blue Distance 1930 travel writing The Golden Thurible The Garland of Armor Selected Poems 1936 The Bless d Pastures 1950 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Childe, Wilfred Rowland ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1890 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1952 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Childe, Wilfred Rowland Category 1890 births Category 1952 deaths Category British poets UK poet stub ... more details
childe is forced to drink one sip of blood from each of the seven clan elders, thus coming ... when a blood hunt is decreed, the sire is authorized to kill his childe in this manner. References ... more details
File Thomas Moran Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came 1859.jpg right thumb 400px Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came painted by Thomas Moran in 1859. s Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came is a poem by English author Robert Browning , written in 1855 and first published that same year in the collection entitled Men and Women poetry collection Men and Women . ref Although Loucks gives the poem as written already in 1852. cite book last Loucks first James F., ed. title Robert Browning s Poetry Authoritative Texts Criticism publisher Norton date 1979 location New York page 139 isbn 0393090922 ref The title, which forms the last words of the poem, is a line from William Shakespeare s play King Lear . In the play, Gloucester s son, Edgar, lends credence to his .... br King Lear , Act 3, scene 4 blockquote Shakespeare took inspiration from the fairy tale Childe Rowland ... Chatterton and Browning himself , general medieval setting and the title childe a medieval term not for a child ... of futility. In his third interpretation, the Tower is simply damnation. For Margaret Atwood , Childe ... little or no detail of said influence is given for most of these examples. Wikisource Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came Childe Roland has served as inspiration to a number of popular works of fiction ... novella 2001 . Canadian science fiction author Gordon R. Dickson for his Childe Cycle series of novels ... to Childe Rowland coming to the final darkest tower . P.G. Wodehouse s novel The Mating Season novel The Mating Season Jeeves uses the phrase Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came to describe Bertie ... of the Dead Boy Detectives , is a reference to Childe Roland, particularly in his The Children s Crusade ... Category 1855 poems s Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came Poem Text es Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came fr Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came he pl Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came pt Childe Roland Torre Negra Chegou ru ... more details
Childes may refer to Childe s Tomb or Childes Tomb , Dartmoor, England CHILDES , or Child Language Data Exchange System, a database of child language dab ... more details
to Hale, his travelling companions stole the money. File Childe of Hale s Grave geograph.org.uk 311421.jpg thumb Childe of Hale s Grave geograph.org.uk 311421 John Middleton died impoverished ... the Childe of Hale. Nine feet three . There have been numerous local uses and commemorations of Middleton a pub in Hale, named The Childe of Hale , bears a copy of the Brasenose College portrait as its ... and arson. File Childe of Hale geograph.org.uk 508359.jpg thumb Childe of Hale geograph.org.uk 508359 Articles http www.forteantimes.com features articles 146 the childe of hale.html The Childe ... bobhogg hale halepages hale.htm Webpage about the city of Hale and the Childe of Hale Persondata ... more details
, Childe s concept in fact describes the transition from agricultural villages to state level, urban ... models for the origins of complex urban societies have progressed beyond Childe s original formulation ... E., V. Gordon Childe and the Urban Revolution An Historical Perspective on a Revolution in Urban ... Childe Sociocultural Evolution List of oldest continuously inhabited cities Cities of the ancient Near ... more details
Refimprove date January 2011 Infobox book name Traitor to the Living image Image TRTRTTL1973.jpg 200px image caption First edition cover author Philip Jos Farmer country USA language English translator cover artist Hans Ulrich & Ute Osterwalder series Philip Jos Farmer bibliography Herald Childe Herald Childe genre Science fiction publisher release date 1973 media type Print pages isbn 0 345 23613 0 oclc 2210396 preceded by Blown or Sketches Among the Ruins of My Mind novel Blown or Sketches Among the Ruins of My Mind followed by Image of the Beast novel Image of the Beast Playboy, 1979 omnibus edition Traitor to the Living 1973 is a science fiction novel by Philip Jos Farmer . The story follows Herald Childe, a private detective. Childe is also the lead character in two prior Farmer novels published as pornography by Essex House. ref Farmer, Philip Jose , The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction , St. Martin s, 1995 ref In this non erotic novel, the lead character is clearly Herald Childe, but it follows the events of a never written third book which left Childe amnesiac. Reception Lester del Rey found the novel to be fascinating, and a good adventure thriller. ref Reading Room , If Magazine If , April 1974, p.42 ref Edgar L. Chapman described it as a novel of serious intrigue, quite conventional in its treatment of sex, but faulted it because it not only lacks humor, but does not create much suspense either. ref Edgar L. Chapman, The Magic Labyrinth of Philip Jose Farmer , Whitehall, 1984, p.29 ref References Reflist Bibliography Traitor to the Living 1973 ISBN 0 345 23613 0 DEFAULTSORT Traitor To The Living Category 1973 novels Category Novels by Philip Jos Farmer Category American science fiction novels Category American horror novels 1970s sf novel stub Horror novel stub ro Poarta roman de Philip Jos Farmer ... more details
Hassam may refer to Childe Hassam 1859 1935 , an American impressionist painter Hassam Al Doubaykhi , a Saudi prisoner at the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Hassam ud Din Rashidi , 1911 1982 , a Pakistani journalist Umm Al Hassam , a neighborhood in Bahrain Disambig ... more details
Year nav topic4 1957 archaeology science The year 1957 in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations Excavations 1957 1960 James Mellaart at Hacilar . 1957 1961 Ralph Solecki at Shanidar , Iraq . Publications Medieval Archaeology journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology first published Finds Right arm of Laoco n and his Sons Ban Chiang Awards Empty section date July 2010 Miscellaneous Empty section date July 2010 Births Deaths October 19 Vere Gordon Childe V. Gordon Childe , Great Britain British prehistorian. J. F. S. Stone , British archaeologist . Category 1957 in science Archaeology Category 1957 Archaeology Category Years in archaeology no Arkeologi ret 1957 ... more details
primarysources date November 2008 The North Shore Art Association of East Gloucester, Massachusetts is one of the oldest art associations in the United States. Founded in 1922, it was the gathering place of some of the great American Artists of the 20th century. Childe Hassam, Emile Gruppe , Paul Strisik , Fredrick Mulhaupt, Winslow Homer and many others were early members of the NSAA. External links http www.nsarts.org Category Massachusetts culture Massachusetts stub ... more details
Year nav topic4 1892 archaeology science The year 1892 in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations Empty section date July 2010 Excavations Empty section date July 2010 Finds Glastonbury Lake Village discovered by Arthur Bulleid. Publications Empty section date July 2010 Miscellaneous Sir William Ridgeway is elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge . Births April 14 Vere Gordon Childe V. Gordon Childe , Australia n born prehistorian d. 1957 in archaeology 1957 . May 5 Dorothy Garrod , English people English Palaeolithic archaeologist of the Near East d. 1968 in archaeology 1968 . Deaths DEFAULTSORT 1892 In Archaeology Category 1892 Archaeology, 1892 In Category Years in archaeology Category 1890s in science Category 1892 in science Archaeology, 1892 In no Arkeologi ret 1892 ... more details
Infobox mountain name Fox Tor photo Fox Tor.jpg photo caption elevation m 438 elevation ref prominence 4 m listing none location Dartmoor , England range coordinates grid ref UK SX626698 topo Ordnance Survey OS Landranger 202 first ascent easiest route Fox Tor is a relatively minor Tor geography tor on Dartmoor in the United Kingdom . It is probably best known for the swampy land that lies beneath it, Fox Tor Mires . This is said to have been the inspiration for the fictional Grimpen Mire in the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle . This wide expanse of peat bog continues to be dangerous to walkers, especially after heavy rain. On the flank of Fox Tor stands Childe s Tomb according to local legend, the last resting place of Childe the Hunter, an unfortunate traveller who died there during a blizzard. coord 50.51182 3.93922 type landmark region GB source enwiki osgb36 SX626698 display title Category Dartmoor Category Hills of Devon Category Rock formations in England Devon geo stub ... more details
Refimprove date December 2010 Infobox book name The Dorsai Companion title orig translator image Image Dorsai companion.jpg 200px image caption Cover of the first edition author Gordon R. Dickson illustrator cover artist country United States language English language English series Childe Cycle genre Science fiction short stories publisher Ace Books release date 1986 english release date media type Print Paperback pages xiv, 231 pp isbn 0441160263 dewey 813 .54 19 congress PS3554.I328 D6 1986 oclc 13816654 preceded by followed by The Dorsai Companion is a collection of science fiction stories by Gordon R. Dickson from his Childe Cycle series. It was first published by Ace Books in 1986. The collection includes a number of articles by Sandra Miesel . Contents Introduction See a Thousand Years Stars of the Childe Cycle Mercator Projection, by Sandra Miesel Worlds of the Childe Cycle, by Sandra Miesel The Morgans, by Sandra Miesel The Graemes, by Sandra Miesel Chronology of the Childe Cycle, by Sandra Miesel Amanda Morgan novella Amanda Morgan Warrior Lost Dorsai Brothers When Your Contract Takes You to the Dorsai World, by Sandra Miesel References cite book last Clute first John authorlink John Clute coauthors Peter Nicholls writer Peter Nicholls title The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction location New York publisher St. Martin s Press St. Martin s Griffin pages 332 date 1995 id ISBN 0 312 13486 X Cite web last Contento first William G. authorlink coauthors title Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections work publisher date url http www.locusmag.com index t38.htm A3943 format doi accessdate 2008 01 21 Citation last Stevens first W.D. title Son of the Childe Cycle journal Fantasy Review volume 9 issue 7 pages 24 date Jan Feb 1987 issn 0747 234X Cite web last first authorlink coauthors title Library of Congress Online Catalog work publisher date url http www.loc.gov format doi accessdate 2008 01 21 DEFAULTSORT Dorsai Companion, The Category 1986 short story co ... more details
subjects , Forqueray an Ultranaut, captain of the lighthugger Apollyon and, of course, Childe himself ... Ultranaut crew led by a captain called Argyle, whom Childe s probe interrogated during his dying moments .... Initially cold and silent, it woke up and started to warm up and vibrate once Childe s crew entered ... cybernetic and artificial aids, which eventually culminate with Childe and Richard resembling nothing ... to persuade Richard to abandon the quest. Apparently, Childe knew more about the Spire than he should ... they had the same DNA. It s revealed that the bodies were actually clones of Childe, who had ... to continue solving the puzzles, and die of failure. Counting the original, the Childe then in the Spire ... not find any new remains of Childe, who was thus presumably still inside the Spire and Richard ... is a song on the album Heaven Up Here 1981 by Echo and the Bunnymen . The character Roland Childe and his obsession with the spire are references to Robert Browning s poem Childe Roland to the Dark Tower ... more details
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