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Gibbon's Tennis Court

After the English Restoration in 1660, Charles II granted Letters Patent to two companies to perform "legitimate drama" in London: the Duke's Company under the patronage of the Duke of York, led by William Davenant, and the King's Company, led by Thomas Killigrew.


Altruism in animals

Gibbons and chimpanzees with food will, in response to a gesture, share their food with others of the group.

Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon

She died in Lambeth, and was later buried with her father at Saint Nicholas Churchyard in Arundel.

She is believed to have studied French, German, and Art while in Paris, France, and Stuttgart, Germany.

Bornean white-bearded gibbon

The Bornean white-bearded gibbon, (Hylobates albibarbis), also known as the Bornean agile gibbon or southern gibbon, is an endangered species of gibbon endemic to southern Borneo, between the Kapuas and Barito rivers.

Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk

His longtime mistress, Mary Ann Gibbon (a cousin of Edward Gibbon), was reputed to be his secret third wife and she had five children by him, including two sons who were officers of arms, Matthew Howard-Gibbon, and Edward Howard-Gibbon.

Devonshire Parish

Other notable features of Devonshire include Devonshire Dock, Fort Langton, Fort Devonshire, the Bermuda National Stadium, the Arboretum, the Bermuda Equestrian Centre, Remnants of the British Army Headquarters, the Old Devonshire Church, the Gibbon's Nature reserves, Palm Grove Gardens, Ocean View Golf Course, and a Museum of the Old Elliot School.

Edward Howard-Gibbon

His oldest daughter, Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon, later became a well-known artist in Ontario, Canada, and the annual Canadian children's illustration award is named for her.

Emily Hahn

There she became involved with prominent Shanghai figures, such as the wealthy Sir Victor Sassoon, and was in the habit of taking her pet gibbon, Mr. Mills, with her to dinner parties, dressed in a diaper and a minute dinner jacket.

Funky Gibbon

"Funky Gibbon" is a song by Bill Oddie and recorded by The Goodies.

Gary Gibbon

Gibbon won the 2006 RTS Home News Award with Jon Snow for his scoop on the Attorney General's Legal Advice on Iraq, and revealed details of Tony Blair's pre-war meeting with George W. Bush.

George Lewis Scott

Gibbon, on 19 October 1767, asked him to supply a paper ‘on the present state of the physical and mathematical sciences’ in England, for insertion in the Mémoires Littéraires de la Grande-Bretagne of Jacques Georges Deyverdun and himself.

Gibbon

Gibbons occur in tropical and subtropical rainforests from northeast India to Indonesia and north to southern China, including the islands of Sumatra, Borneo, and Java.

Later on, gibbons became a popular object for Chinese painters, especially during the Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty, when Yì Yuánjí and Mùqī Fǎcháng excelled in painting these apes.

Gibbon, Washington

In April 1896, Bender's name was changed to Gibbon in honor of U.S. Army General John Gibbon who died that same year.

Gregory Colbert

Elephants, whales, manatees, sacred ibis, cranes, eagles, gyrfalcons, Rhinoceros Hornbills, cheetahs, leopards, African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus), caracals, baboons, eland, meerkats, gibbons, orangutans, penguins, pandas, polar bears, lions, giant Pacific manta rays, and saltwater crocodiles are among the animals he has filmed and photographed.

Indomalaya ecozone

Large mammals characteristic of Indomalaya include the leopard, tigers, water buffalos, Asian Elephant, Indian Rhinoceros, Javan Rhinoceros, Malayan Tapir, orangutans, and gibbons.

Jean Chardin

Montesquieu, Rousseau, Gibbon, and Helvetius acknowledge the value of his writings; and Sir William Jones says he gave the best account of Mahometan nations ever published.

Jerningham

Jerningham Wakefield (1820–1879), the only son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield

John Heysham Gibbon

He was the son of Dr. John Heysham Gibbon, Sr., and Marjorie Young Gibbon (daughter of General Samuel Young), and came from a long line of medical doctors including his father, grandfather Robert, great-grandfather John and great-great grandfather.

Gibbon received his AB from Princeton University in 1923 and his MD from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia in 1927.

John Murray Gibbon

A long-time enthusiast of folk culture, Gibbon organized a series of folk and crafts festivals over the years.

Lisle's Tennis Court

The New Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields opened in April 1695 with William Congreve's Love for Love.

Both companies briefly performed in the theatrical spaces that had survived the interregnum and civil war (including the Cockpit and Salisbury Court), but scrambled to quickly acquire facilities that were more to current tastes.

Logan, Montana

In 1877, Captain Logan accompanied General Gibbon on the expedition which resulted in the Battle of the Big Hole on August 9, 1877, where he met his death.

Madeira-Mamoré Railroad

Gibbon's study concluded that a rail-road along the Madeira river rapids would allow efficient transport of goods from the Bolivian capital of La Paz to US markets.

Maeonius

Gibbon, Edward, The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, "Chapter XI: Reign Of Claudius, Defeat Of The Goths. -- Part III."

Neil M. Gunn

His writing brought him into contact with other writers associated with the budding Scottish Renaissance, such as Hugh MacDiarmid, James Bridie, Naomi Mitchison, Eric Linklater, Edwin Muir, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, and George Blake.

Oonagh McDonald

She was Gwilym Gibbon Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford and wrote The Future of Whitehall, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1992 and is also the author of Parliament at Work, Methuen, 1989 and The Future of Retail Banking in Europe: A View from the Top, with Professor Kevin Keasey, John Wiley & Sons, 2002, and numerous research papers for a variety of clients including Deloitte's and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Parisina Malatesta

Edward Gibbon told this story in his Miscellaneous Works, and George Byron wrote the poem Parisina in 1816.

Princess Python

Her python Pythagoras had also gotten sick and died, however, Gibbon bought her a new python at the end of the story.

The Scribblies

The name "Scribblies" derives from Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh's comment to Edward Gibbon upon receiving the second (or third, or possibly both) volume(s) of Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire "Another damned thick book! Always scribble, scribble, scribble! Eh, Mr. Gibbon?"

Umatilla River

Between Gibbon and Cayuse, three creeks—Squaw, Buckaroo, and Coonskin—enter the river from the left.


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