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A later example is Florence Wrey (d. 1718), wife of John Cole of the Irish County of Fermanagh (married in 1707), who was herself named after her mother, Florence Rolle, the wife of Sir Bourchier Wrey, 4th Baronet (c. 1653–1696) of Tawstock, Devon, and the daughter of Sir John Rolle (d. 1706) of Stevenstone, [4] by his wife and distant cousin ...
Florence originated as a Roman city, and later, after a long period as a flourishing trading and banking medieval commune, it was the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. It was politically, economically, and culturally one of the most important cities in Europe and the world from the 14th to 16th centuries. [11]
The following is a list of adjectival forms of cities in English and their demonymic equivalents, which denote the people or the inhabitants of these cities.. Demonyms ending in -ese are the same in the singular and plural forms.
For example, the English name Florence would normally be given the generic transcription / ˈ f l ɒ r ən s /, but in the case of Florence Nightingale we have a recording of her saying her name, and she pronounces it [ˈflɒɾəns], with a flapped ar that is no longer the norm in English. Non-universal pronunciations such as these should be ...
Florence Pugh recently told The Sunday Times that it’s “exhausting” being a young woman in Hollywood. The 28-year-old Oscar nominee has been a working actor since she was a teenager and can ...
This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language given names, their anglicisations and/or English language equivalents.. Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form.
"Florence did not want an obituary or anyone including family to know she died," the obituary continues. "That’s because even in death, she wanted those she terrorized to still be living in fear ...
The majority of Aaron Spelling’s estate went to his wife, Candy Spelling, after he died of complications from a stroke in 2006. He also reportedly suffered from Alzheimer's disease .