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3 unusual facts about Montserrat


Catherine L. Malone

From November of 1996 to present she works as a field research assistant in various Caribbean nations, such as Dominican Republic, Montserrat, St. Eustatius, and Saba, St. Lucia.

Sor Patrocinio

Later she founded the first school for small girls from poor families, at the convent of Montserrat, in Madrid.

W. H. Bramble Airport

Named after Montserrat Chief Minister William Henry Bramble, the airport was located near the now-abandoned capital of Plymouth.


Acqui Cathedral

The most important work of art in the cathedral by far however is the triptych of the Madonna di Montserrat, the Annunciation to the Virgin of Montserrat, the work of the 15th century Spanish painter Bartolomé Bermejo, in the chapter house.

Associated Independent Recording

Jimmy Buffett recorded Volcano at the Montserrat studio in May 1979, naming the album and its title song for the then dormant Soufrière Hills volcano on the island.

The Montserrat facility was closed after being severely damaged by Hurricane Hugo in 1989.

Chris Turner

Christopher J. Turner (born 1933), former Governor of the Turks and Caicos and of Montserrat

Daren Sweeney

Sweeney scored a single run in Montserrat's innings, before he was run out by the combination of Lennox Cush and Mahendra Nagamootoo.

Ensemble Micrologus

Other recordings that have received awards are Napoli Aragonese (2001), Laudario di Cortona (2001), El Llibre Vermell de Montserrat (2003), and Le Jeu de Robin et Marion by composer Adam de la Halle (2004).

FlyMontserrat Flight 107

The Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (ECCAA) is responsible for regulation and oversight of aviation in Montserrat but does not have its own accident and incident investigators.

Football Federation of Belize

On 15 June 2011, Belize kicked-off the Road to Brazil (2014 FIFA World Cup qualification) against minnows Montserrat, winning 2-5 away in a match played in the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, Trinidad.

Garcias de Cisneros

His book Ejercitatorio de la vida espiritual, i.e. "exercises for the spiritual life" was published at Montserrat in 1500 and was an important book on formal prayer and Christian meditation which influenced Saint Ignatius of Loyola, becoming one of the primary sources for his Spiritual exercises.

Henri Miro

Born in Tarrega, Spain, Miro began his musical education under Padre Domingo de Guzman at the monastery of Montserrat.

History of cricket in the West Indies to 1918

In 1632, more British colonies were established on Montserrat, Antigua and Barbuda.

HKA test

The HKA Test, named after Richard R. Hudson, Martin Kreitman, and Montserrat Aguadé, is a statistical test used in genetics to evaluate the predictions of the Neutral Theory of molecular evolution.

Joseph Oliver Bowers

In recognition and acknowledgement of his work in Ghana, when the diocese of St. John's-Basseterre in the West Indies was created in 1971 - comprising the islands of Antigua-Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands - Bowers was appointed its first bishop on January 16, 1971, becoming the chief pastor in Antigua.

La Soufrière

Soufrière Hills, an active stratovolcano on the island of Montserrat

MAAA

Montserrat Amateur Athletic Association, the governing body for the sport of athletics in Montserrat

Mañana es para siempre

Guillermo Capetillo as Aníbal Elizalde Rivera - Husband of Priscila, son of Montserrat and Gonzalo, brother of Fernanda, Camilo, Santiago, and Liliana, ex-lover of Ana Gregoria.

Marta Roure

She attended first course of guitar and song at the Music School in Lleida and studies of musical theater at Youkali school in Barcelona, with Marc Montserrat, "el Sueco" and Susanna Egea as teachers of interpretation, Emma Reverter as teacher of Dance Jazz, Rosa Mateu in spoken voice technics, Enric Torner as teacher of claque, Josep Maria Borràs teacher of sol-fa and repertoire, and Fulgenci Mestres and Carme Sánchez teachers of song.

Monica Novotny

She has covered major stories both in the U.S. and internationally, including the 1999 İzmit earthquake, the conflict in Kosovo, the funeral of King Hussein of Jordan and the explosion of a deadly volcano on the island of Montserrat.

Montiserrat Ameiva

A subspecies, the Redonda Ground Lizard (A. p. atrata), is found only on the uninhabited island of Redonda, which is within the jurisdiction of Antigua and Barbuda (though geographically closer to Montserrat).

Montserrat García Riberaygua

Montserrat García Riberaygua (born November 26, 1989 in Andorra la Vella) is an Andorran slalom canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s.

Montserrat Lombard

Montserrat Lombard (born 1 August 1982) is an English actress best known for playing WPC (later DC) Sharon 'Shaz' Granger in the BBC Drama series Ashes to Ashes.

Montserrat Oliver

During this time, Montserrat also served as national spokesperson and brand image for selected global companies, like Coca-Cola, L’Oréal Paris, and Lancôme among others.

Montserrat Teixidor i Bigas

She is the most senior of three Principal Investigators for the Poincaré Institute, which was launched in 2011 with funding from the NSF, which announced : receiving $9,550,799, Tufts University (Medford) for the project, entitled “The Poincare Institute: A Partnership for Mathematics Education,” which is under the direction of Montserrat Teixidor-i-Bigas.

Music for Montserrat

Music For Montserrat was a concert held on 15 September 1997 at the Royal Albert Hall.

MVO

Montserrat Volcano Observatory, an observatory on the Caribbean island of Montserrat

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

The OECS Director General Len Ishmael confirmed Venezuela's application was discussed at the 48th Meeting of the OECS Authority held in Montserrat.

Peruvian literature

Also, it is relevant the work of new Peruvian poets as Jose Pancorvo, Jorge Eslava, Rossella di Paolo, Domingo de Ramos, Rocio Silva Santisteban, Odi González, Ana Varela, Rodrigo Quijano, Jorge Frisancho, Mariela Dreyfus, Gonzalo Portals, Rafael Espinosa, Lorenzo Helguero, José Carlos Yrigoyen, Montserrat Álvarez, Ana María García, Alberto Valdivia Baselli, Grecia Cáceres, Xavier Echarri, among others.

Radio Antilles

Like so much else in Montserrat, Radio Antilles was badly damaged by Hurricane Hugo, briefly rebuilt, and then shut down and abandoned at the start of the eruptions in 1995.

Richard Douthwaite

He built concrete boats at a cooperative in Port Antonio, Jamaica in the early 1970s and was then government statistician in the British Caribbean colony of Montserrat for two years before moving to Ireland (near Westport) to write and campaign about climate and energy issues and local economic development.

Santa Cueva

Santa Cueva de Montserrat, origin of the Virgen de Montserrat (Virgen de la Moreneta) patron saint of Catalonia.

Sir Henry Martin, 2nd Baronet

Of a family long resident in Antigua and Montserrat his 271-page Travel journal of Sir H. W. Martin is in the manuscripts collection of the British Library and many pages are displayed online by the British Library, external link below.

Soufrière Hills

Ian Anderson sings about this volcano in his song "Montserrat" from the The Secret Language Of Birds album.

St. John's University School of Medicine

St John’s University School of Medicine was a medical school operated by Daniel and Barbara Harrington and their company Interactive Technology Group, Inc. (ITG) of Eugene, Oregon, which was supposedly based in Montserrat, West Indies.


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