eleanor

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
A female given name

When you hear a young lady called Eleanor, you think of a tall, beautiful, interesting creature directly - the very opposite of me! With my personal appearance, Eleanor sounds ridiculous - and Neelie, as you yourself remarked, is just the thing. No! no! don't say any more - - -.

given name, female
Atwood Margaret Eleanor Burbidge Eleanor Margaret Eleanor Margaret Peachey Eleanor of Aquitaine Eleanor of Castile Gibson Eleanor Jack Eleanor Jack Glueck Sheldon and Glueck Eleanor Eleanor Touroff Eleanor Gwyn Roosevelt Anna Eleanor
{i} female first name
Eleanor J Gibson
orig. Eleanor Jack born Dec. 7, 1910, Peoria, Ill., U.S. died Dec. 30, 2002, Columbia, S.C. U.S. psychologist. She taught at Smith College (1931-49) and Cornell University (from 1949). In her major work, Principles of Perceptual Learning and Development (1969), she proposed that perceptual learning is a process of discovering how to transform previously overlooked potentials of sensory stimulation into effective information. In books such as The Psychology of Reading (1975), she also contributed to studies of the reading process. She received the National Medal of Science in 1992. James J. Gibson was her husband
Eleanor Jack Gibson
orig. Eleanor Jack born Dec. 7, 1910, Peoria, Ill., U.S. died Dec. 30, 2002, Columbia, S.C. U.S. psychologist. She taught at Smith College (1931-49) and Cornell University (from 1949). In her major work, Principles of Perceptual Learning and Development (1969), she proposed that perceptual learning is a process of discovering how to transform previously overlooked potentials of sensory stimulation into effective information. In books such as The Psychology of Reading (1975), she also contributed to studies of the reading process. She received the National Medal of Science in 1992. James J. Gibson was her husband
Eleanor Margaret Burbidge
orig. Eleanor Margaret Peachey born Aug. 12, 1919, Davenport, Cheshire, Eng. English astronomer. She served as acting director (1950-51) of the Observatory of the University of London. In 1955 her husband, Geoffrey Burbidge (b. 1925), became a researcher at the Mount Wilson Observatory, and she accepted a research post at Caltech. She later joined the faculty at UC-San Diego, briefly serving as director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory (1972-73). Jointly with her husband, she made notable contributions to the theory of quasars and to the understanding of how the elements are formed in the depths of stars through nuclear fusion (nucleosynthesis)
Eleanor Roosevelt
a US writer and politician who was the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. She actively supported improvements in the social and economic conditions of ordinary people, and many people think that she influenced the "New Deal" policy of her husband's government. She was also interested in human rights, and was part of the group that produced the UN (United Nations) Declaration of Human Rights in 1945 (1884-1962). born Oct. 11, 1884, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Nov. 7, 1962, New York City U.S. first lady and diplomat. The niece of Theodore Roosevelt, she married her distant cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1905. She raised their five children and became active in politics after her husband's polio attack (1921). As first lady (1933-45), she traveled around the U.S. to report on living conditions and public opinion for her husband, and she supported humanitarian causes such as child welfare, equal rights, and social reforms. During World War II, she traveled in Britain and the South Pacific as well as to U.S. military bases to help raise morale. She wrote the syndicated column "My Day," as well as several books. After her husband's death, she was appointed a delegate to the UN (1945, 1949-52, 1961), whose founding she had strongly advocated. As chair of its Commission on Human Rights (1946-51), she helped draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). In the 1950s she traveled around the world for the UN and remained active in the Democratic Party
Eleanor of Aquitaine
born 1122 died April 1, 1204, Fontevrault, Anjou, Fr. Queen consort of Louis VII of France (1137-80) and Henry II of England (1152-89), the most powerful woman of 12th-century Europe. She inherited the duchy of Aquitaine and married the heir to the French throne. Beautiful, capricious, and strong-willed, she accompanied Louis on the Second Crusade (1147-49), and her conduct aroused his jealousy. The marriage was annulled (1152), and she married Henry Plantagenet, soon to be Henry II; the marriage united England, Normandy, and western France under his rule. She bore Henry five sons, including the future kings Richard I the Lionheart and John Lackland, and three daughters who married into other royal houses. Her court at Poitiers became a centre of culture, fostering the poetry of the troubadours. She may have spurred her sons to revolt against Henry (1173); when the rebellion failed she was captured and confined until his death (1189). She was active in government during the reign of Richard I, ruling during his crusade to the Holy Land and ransoming him from Austria. After Richard died (1199) and John became king, she saved Anjou and Aquitaine for John against French threats, then retired to the monastery at Fontevrault
Eleanor of Castile
Queen of England (1274-1290) as the wife of Edward I, whom she accompanied on a crusade (1270-1273). born 1246 died Nov. 28, 1290, Harby, Nottinghamshire, Eng. Queen consort of Edward I of England. Daughter of the king of Castile, she brought Edward title to Gascony on their marriage in 1254, and she was sent to France for safety during the baronial rebellion (1264-65). She joined Edward on a crusade to the Holy Land (1270-73), and legend says she saved his life by sucking poison from a dagger wound. On her death, Edward erected Eleanor Crosses at each place where her coffin rested en route to London
eleanor of aquitaine
Queen of France as the wife of Louis VII; that marriage was annulled in 1152 and she then married Henry II and became Queen of England (1122-1204)
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
born Oct. 11, 1884, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Nov. 7, 1962, New York City U.S. first lady and diplomat. The niece of Theodore Roosevelt, she married her distant cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1905. She raised their five children and became active in politics after her husband's polio attack (1921). As first lady (1933-45), she traveled around the U.S. to report on living conditions and public opinion for her husband, and she supported humanitarian causes such as child welfare, equal rights, and social reforms. During World War II, she traveled in Britain and the South Pacific as well as to U.S. military bases to help raise morale. She wrote the syndicated column "My Day," as well as several books. After her husband's death, she was appointed a delegate to the UN (1945, 1949-52, 1961), whose founding she had strongly advocated. As chair of its Commission on Human Rights (1946-51), she helped draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). In the 1950s she traveled around the world for the UN and remained active in the Democratic Party
Margaret Eleanor Atwood
born Nov. 18, 1939, Ottawa, Ont., Can. Canadian poet, novelist, and critic. Atwood attended the University of Toronto and Harvard University. In the poetry collection The Circle Game (1964; Governor General's Award), she celebrates the natural world and condemns materialism. Her novels, several of which have become best-sellers, include Lady Oracle (1976), Bodily Harm (1981), The Handmaid's Tale (1985; Governor General's Award), The Robber Bride (1993), Alias Grace (1996), and The Blind Assassin (2000). She is noted for her feminism and Canadian nationalism
Sheldon; and Glueck Eleanor Glueck
orig. Eleanor Touroff born Aug. 15, 1896, Warsaw died March 10, 1980, Cambridge, Mass., U.S. born April 12, 1898, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S. died Sept. 25, 1972, Cambridge, Mass. U.S. criminologists. Sheldon Glueck immigrated to the U.S. from Poland as a child. He married Eleanor Touroff in 1922. As researchers at Harvard Law School, they studied the careers of criminals and juvenile delinquents and are especially known for the Gluecks' Social Prediction Tables, which attempted to identify potential delinquents at age six or even younger. See delinquency
eleanor

    الواصلة

    El·ea·nor

    التركية النطق

    elınôr

    النطق

    /ˈelənôr/ /ˈɛlənɔːr/

    علم أصول الكلمات

    [ 'e-l&-n&r, -"nor ] (biographical name.) The first known bearer was Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122–1204), Provençal Aliénor, possibly from Germanic or Latin ali(a) "other" and her mother's name Aenor. It's meaning thereby said to be 'the other Aenor'. Arabic origin has also been suggested. Eleanor has often been erratically interpreted as a variant of Helen.
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