Kingdom of Great Britain - Kingdom of Great Britain The Kingdom of Great Britain was created by the merger of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland in 1707 (see 1707 Act of Union). A single parliament and government, based in Westminster in London, ran the entire kingdom. They had shared a monarch since King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England in 1603. Union Flag 1606-1800 From 1707, a joint 'British' throne replaced the English and Scottish thrones and a joint Parliament of Great Britain replaced the Scottish and English parliaments. Scotland and England were given seats in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords of the new Parliament, although Scotland's representation in both houses was smaller than her population indicated that it should have been. The.
Kristen Britain - Kristen Britain Kristen Britain is the author of Green Rider and First Rider's Call. She grew up in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, where she started her first novel - an undersea fantasy featuring herself and her friends - at the age of nine. She published her first book, a cartoon collection called Horses and Horsepeople, at the age of thirteen. After completing her degree in film production at Ithaca College in 1987 she made the logical (?!) leap from cinema to the National Park Service. Her many years as a park ranger enabled her to work in a variety of natural and historical settings, from 300 feet below the surface of the Earth to 13,000 feet above sea level on the Continental Divide;.
Vespasian - and Cyrene, Vespasian rose to be aedile and praetor, having meanwhile married Flavia Domitilla, the daughter of an equestrian, by whom he had two sons, Titus and Domitian, afterwards emperors, and one daughter Domitilla. Both his wife and daughter died before he held a magistracy. Having already served in Germany, he participated in the Roman invasion of Britain under the Emperor Claudius, where he distinguished himself in command of the Legio II Augusta under Aulus Plautius. He reduced Vectis or the Isle of Wight and penetrated to the borders of Somerset, England. In 51 he was for a brief space consul; in 63 he went as governor to Africa, where, according to Tacitus (ii.97), his rule was "infamous and odious"; according to Suetonius (Vesp. 4), "upright and, highly honourable." He went.
Kate Greenaway - gathered posies, untouched by the Industrial Revolution, was a best-seller. The Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded annually by the Library Association of Great Britain to an illustrator of children's books. New techniques of photolithography enabled her delicate watercolors to be reproduced. Through the 1880s and 90s, in popularity her only rivals in the field of children's book illustration were Walter Crane and Randolph Caldecott, himself also the eponym of a highly-regarded prize medal. 'Kate Greenaway' children, all of them little girls and boys too young to be put in trousers, according to the conventions of the time, were dressed in her own versions of Regency fashions, high-waisted smocks and pinafores and dresses, mobcaps and straw bonnets. The influence of children's clothes in portraits by British painter John Hoppner (1758-1810) may have.
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg - resistance, against the attempted Russification of Finland, eventually even women's suffrage, and had a moderate line on Prohibition. In the beginning of Finland's independence he became the chairman of the Constitutional Council. They formed the first Constitution for Finland as an independent state. He tried to establish relations with Britain. In 1918 Ståhlberg supported the idea of republic instead of the then-popular constitutional monarchy – the idea collapsed after elected king Väinö I of Finland declined. Stålberg also championed direct presidential elections, but the Senate chose the elector-system. The Senate elected Ståhlberg president on July 27, 1919. As a president he was formal and due to his shyness, wrote beforehand everything he had to say in public. He was a widower but remarried in 1920. He had to form various parliamentarian.
Vegemite - unsuccessful pun on Marmite's name (as in the sentence: "Ma might not like the taste, but I'm sure Pa will"). Vegemite's current name was picked at random out of a hat of other possible choices by Fred Walker's daughter, Sheilah. Whilst highly popular in Australia and New Zealand, it has never been successfully marketed elsewhere; although available in Britain it is unable to contend with the strong brand image, and ubiquity of Marmite. It is notorious for the dislike it generates amongst some foreigners who try it, particularly Americans. Those unfamiliar with it are recommended to try a small amount spread on toast, however, it appears to be very much an acquired taste. Note that Vegemite is not something liked by all Australians -- many find it quite loathsome and nauseating..
Veterinary science - of Veterinary Medicine in Austria 3.3 Schools of Veterinary Medicine in Canada 3.4 Schools of Veterinary Medicine in France 3.5 Schools of Veterinary Medicine in Germany 3.6 Schools of Veterinary Medicine in Great Britain 3.7 School of Veterinary Medicine in Ireland 3.8 School of Veterinary Medicine in the Netherlands 3.9 School of Veterinary Medicine in New Zealand 3.10 Schools of Veterinary Medicine in Sweden 3.11 Schools of Veterinary Medicine in Switzerland 3.12 Schools of Veterinary Medicine in the United States Introduction Veterinary medicine is informally as old as the human animal bond but in recent years has expanded exponentially because of the availability of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic techniques for most species. Veterinary medicine ensures the quality, quantity and security of food supplies by controlling the health of animal stocks and.
Karel Reisz - became one of the most important film-makers in post war Britain. Reisz joined the Royal Air Force towards the end of the war, after the death of his parents at Auschwitz. After the war, he studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge, and began to write for film journals, including Sight and Sound. He co-founded Sequence with Lindsay Anderson and Gavin Lambert in 1947. He was also a founder member of the Free Cinema documentary movement. His 1959 film We Are the Lambeth Boys was a naturalistic depiction of the members of a South London boys' club, which was unusual in showing the life of working-class teenagers as it was, with skiffle music and cigarettes intact. His first feature film Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) was based on a social realist novel.
Verulamium - city walls Verulamium was the third largest city in Roman Britain. Its site is located beside the present-day city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, on park and agricultural land. Before the Romans it was the site of the capital of the Catuvellauni tribe, the settlement was established by their leader Tasciovanus. The Roman settlement was granted the rank of municipium in c. AD 50. It grew to a significant town, despite the attentions of Boudicca of the Iceni in AD 61. It had municipium status and grew steadily - by the early 200s it covered an area of about 125 acres, behind a deep ditch and wall. It had a forum, basilica and a theatre, most of which were destroyed during two fires, one in AD 155 and the other around.
Karl Korsch - lost its claim to that progressive role in society. Marx, in taking Hegel and transforming that philosophy into something new, in which the workers would be the progressive class, himself represented the moment at which the revolutionary baton materially passed from bourgeoisie to workers. Korsch's stance had ramifications which were unpalatable to the official Communist Party structure - not least, casting the Party's own ideological weaknesses as the only material explanation for the failure of the revolution. Published in 1923, Marxism and Philosophy was bitterly attacked by Party faithful and other leftwing opinionmakers, including Karl Kautsky and Gregory Zinoviev. Zinoviev famously said of Korsch and his fellow critic Georg Lukacs, "If we get a few more of these Professors spinning out their theories, we shall be lost". Over the subsequent five.
Kent - was originally one of the Saxon kingdoms of England (see Kingdom of Kent), although its name derives from one of the Celtic tribes of Britain, the Cantiaci. As the closest part of England to the continent of Europe, it has frequently been the focal point for invasion attempts, and is traditionally the major embarkation point for overseas travel. Because of its agricultural influence, extensive orchards and hop-gardens, Kent is sometimes known as the 'Garden of England'. Some addresses ending in 'Kent' are administered as part of London; these places lie within the Boroughs of Bexley or Bromley. (In the UK, postal addresses sometimes reflect the patterns of efficient or traditional mail distribution rather than patterns of municipal or county government. Kent is traditionally regarded as a picturesque rural county, but there.
Kemp Town - escape his creditors. The project continued under Cubitt with the support of the Fifth Earl of Bristol. It was completed in 1855 with Sussex Square larger than Grosvenor Square and the biggest housing crescent in Britain. The original estate is a good example of Regency architecture..
Keynesian economics - 1929. The nation had not achieved full employment since the end of World War I, as the neoclassical theory (referred to as 'Classical' by Keynes) suggested that it should have. In the neoclassical theory, departures from full employment were generally seen as short-term aberrations, but during this period mass unemployment had become a persistent phenomenon in several economies across the world. Some neoclassical economists might argue that Britain's implementation of minimum wage laws in 1909 and the artificial monetary effects of Britain's 1919 abandonment of the gold standard led to rising unemployment. Keynes' theory Keynes explained the level of output and employment in the economy as being determined by Aggregate Demand. Aggregate demand is the total demand for goods and services in the economy. In neoclassical theory, adjustments in prices, in.
Very high frequency - for broadcast audio and television, as well as commercial two-way radios (such as that operated by taxis and police), marine two-way audio communications, and aircraft radios. The large slice of technically and commercially valuable slice of the VHF spectrum taken up by television transmission has attracted the attention of many companies and governments recently, with the development of more efficient digital television broadcasting standards. In some countries much of this spectrum will likely become available (probably for sale) in the next decade or so (currently scheduled for 2008 in the United States). In Britain colour television transmissions began on UHF in the late 1960s, instantly rendering VHF obsolete. The last British VHF TV transmitters closed down in 1986..
Kennedy political dynasty - current generation is the late John F. Kennedy, Jr, a lawyer and publisher of George magazine, was killed in a plane crash in 1999. Several of the current generation are involved in national or state politics. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is a former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland; Patrick J. Kennedy is a Congressman from Rhode Island; Joseph P. Kennedy II is a former Congressman from Massachusetts. The dynasty was founded by Patrick J. Kennedy (1858 - 1929) who married Mary Augusta Hickey, by way of their son Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr (1888 - 1969) who married Rose Fitzgerald (1890 - 1995) in 1914. Together Rose and Joe Sr. (who served as Ambassador to Great Britain in the years leading up to World War II) had nine children: Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr (1915.
Vere Gordon Childe - and for his Marxist views which informed his thinking about prehistory. Childe was born in 1892 in Sydney, and came to Britain to attend the University of Oxford (Queen's College). His book, The Dawn of European Civilisation (1925) won him immediate recognition, and he followed it up with other books on archaeological theory. He was multi-talented, being an accomplished linguist, and by 1927 had been appointed Professor of Archaeology at Edinburgh, a post which he held until 1946. His excavation of Skara Brae took place in 1928, when he was summoned to supervise the work which had begun as a result of storm damage uncovering previously undiscovered structures in addition to those already exposed. After leaving Edinburgh, Childe worked at the University of London for ten years, until his retirement in.
Key West, Florida - in 1521. As Florida became a Spanish colony, a fishing and salvage village with a small garrison was established here. The name "Key West" is derived from a "false friend" anglicization of the Spanish language name of the island, Cayo Hueso, meaning "Bone Island". In 1763 when Great Britain took control of Florida, the community of Spaniards and Native Americans were moved to Havana. Florida returned to Spanish control 20 years later, but there was no official resettlement of the island. Informally the island was used by fishermen from Cuba and from the British Bahamas, who were later joined by others from the United States after that last nation's independence. While claimed by Spain, no nation exersized de facto control over the community there for some time. In 1815 the Spanish.
Kerosene lamp - lamp The Kerosene lamp, widely known in Britain as the Paraffin lamp, is any type of lighting device which uses kerosene (paraffin) as a fuel. There are two main types of kerosene lamp which work in different ways, the "wick lamp" and the "pressure lamp". Wick lamp A wick lamp is a simple type of kerosene lamp which works in a similar way to a candle this type of lamp is also known as an "Oil lamp". In a wick lamp there is a small fuel tank at the bottom of the lamp. The lower half of a wick, usually made out of cotton, is dipped into and absorbs the kerosene. The top part of the wick sticks out of the top of fuel tank. When the top part of wick.
Keith Tyson - As a result of this process, Tyson made casts in lead of the contents of a Kentucky Fried Chicken menu, and dropped a thimble of paint off a building among other things. Tyson represented Britain in the 2001 Venice Biennale. One of the pieces shown there was The Thinker (After Rodin), a black hexagonal structure containing a bank of computers which gave out a constant hum. In 2002, Tyson won the Turner Prize. The other artists shortlisted for the prize were Fiona Banner, Liam Gillick and Catherine Yass. The British government's Culture Minister, Kim Howells, had visited the exhibition of the four's work at Tate Britain and left a note calling it "cold mechanical, conceptual bullshit", thus adding to the prize's customary controversy..
Keith Park - rank of Air Vice-Marshal Park took command of 11 Group, responsible for the fighter defence of London and southeast England, in April 1940. He organized fighter patrols over France during the Dunkirk evacuation and in the Battle of Britain his command took the brunt of the Luftwaffe's air attacks. He gained a reputation as a shrewd tactician and a fine leader of men. However, he became embroiled in an acrimonious dispute with Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory, commander of 12 Group. His prickliness of character during the subsequent Big Wing controversy contributed to his removal from command at the end of the battle. He was sent to Training Command. In July 1942 he returned to action, commanding the vital air defence of Malta. From there his squadrons participated in the North.
