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People from the English city of [[Plymouth]] are known as '''Plymothians''' or less formally as '''Janner'''s.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:_YFV8dx6j_kJ:news.bbc.co.uk/mobile/bbc_news/england/nwyl/westsouth/devon/731/73159/story7315998.wml+plymothian&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5|title=Anger over slave trader pub name|date=27 March 2008|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=16 November 2008}}</ref> The definition of [[Janner]] is described as a person from [[Devon]], deriving from Cousin Jan (the Devon form of [[John (first name)|John]]), but more particularly in [[Royal Navy|naval]] circles anyone from the Plymouth area.<ref>{{cite book|title=Grey Funnel Lines: Traditional Song & Verse of the Royal Navy, 1900-1970|first=Cyril |last= Tawney|year=1987|isbn=978-0-7102-1270-2|publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul|location=London}}</ref> The Elizabethan navigator, Sir [[Francis Drake]] was born in nearby town of [[Tavistock, Devon|Tavistock]] and was the mayor of Plymouth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/discovering/famous/francis_drake.shtml|title=Sir Francis Drake|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=3 December 2008}}</ref> He was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world and was known by the Spanish as ''El Draco'' meaning "The Dragon" after he raided many of their ships.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rasor|first=Eugene|title=English/British Naval History to 1815: A Guide to the Literature|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2004|pages=190|isbn=0-313-30547-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D4oNNsTdvEoC&printsec=frontcover#PPA190,M1|accessdate=2 September 2008}}</ref> He died of [[dysentery]] in 1596 off the coast of [[Panama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/drake_francis.shtml|title=Sir Francis Drake (c.1540 - c.1596)|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=31 August 2008}}</ref> In 2002 a mission to recover his body and bring it to Plymouth was allowed by the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/drake_francis.shtml|title=Mission to rescue Drake's body|date=12 November 2001|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=31 August 2008}}</ref> Antarctic explorers [[Robert Falcon Scott]] and [[Frank Bickerton]] both lived in the city.<ref name="Robert Falcon Scott">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/scott_robert_falcon.shtml |title=Robert Falcon Scott |publisher=[[BBC]] |accessdate=31 August 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106154902/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/scott_robert_falcon.shtml |archivedate=6 January 2008 }}</ref><ref name="Antarctic explorer Frank Bickerton">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/discovering/famous/frank_bickerton.shtml|title=Antarctic explorer Frank Bickerton|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=8 June 2008}}</ref> |
People from the English city of [[Plymouth]] are known as '''Plymothians''' or less formally as '''Janner'''s.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:_YFV8dx6j_kJ:news.bbc.co.uk/mobile/bbc_news/england/nwyl/westsouth/devon/731/73159/story7315998.wml+plymothian&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5|title=Anger over slave trader pub name|date=27 March 2008|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=16 November 2008}}</ref> The definition of [[Janner]] is described as a person from [[Devon]], deriving from Cousin Jan (the Devon form of [[John (first name)|John]]), but more particularly in [[Royal Navy|naval]] circles anyone from the Plymouth area.<ref>{{cite book|title=Grey Funnel Lines: Traditional Song & Verse of the Royal Navy, 1900-1970|first=Cyril |last= Tawney|year=1987|isbn=978-0-7102-1270-2|publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul|location=London}}</ref> The Elizabethan navigator, Sir [[Francis Drake]] was born in nearby town of [[Tavistock, Devon|Tavistock]] and was the mayor of Plymouth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/discovering/famous/francis_drake.shtml|title=Sir Francis Drake|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=3 December 2008}}</ref> He was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world and was known by the Spanish as ''El Draco'' meaning "The Dragon" after he raided many of their ships.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rasor|first=Eugene|title=English/British Naval History to 1815: A Guide to the Literature|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2004|pages=190|isbn=0-313-30547-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D4oNNsTdvEoC&printsec=frontcover#PPA190,M1|accessdate=2 September 2008}}</ref> He died of [[dysentery]] in 1596 off the coast of [[Panama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/drake_francis.shtml|title=Sir Francis Drake (c.1540 - c.1596)|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=31 August 2008}}</ref> In 2002 a mission to recover his body and bring it to Plymouth was allowed by the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/drake_francis.shtml|title=Mission to rescue Drake's body|date=12 November 2001|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=31 August 2008}}</ref> Antarctic explorers [[Robert Falcon Scott]] and [[Frank Bickerton]] both lived in the city.<ref name="Robert Falcon Scott">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/scott_robert_falcon.shtml |title=Robert Falcon Scott |publisher=[[BBC]] |accessdate=31 August 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106154902/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/scott_robert_falcon.shtml |archivedate=6 January 2008 }}</ref><ref name="Antarctic explorer Frank Bickerton">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/discovering/famous/frank_bickerton.shtml|title=Antarctic explorer Frank Bickerton|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=8 June 2008}}</ref> |
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Many artists have originated in Plymouth. [[Joshua Reynolds]], the famous 18th-century portrait painter and the first president of the [[Royal Academy]] was born in Plympton, and more recently artists have included [[Beryl Cook]] whose paintings depict the culture of Plymouth<ref name="Painter Beryl Cook dies aged 81">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7423702.stm|title=Painter Beryl Cook dies aged 81|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=28 May 2007|accessdate=8 June 2008}}</ref> and [[Robert Lenkiewicz]], whose paintings looked at themes such as: [[Vagrancy (people)|vagrancy]], sexual behaviour and suicide, lived in the city from the 1960s until his death in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/news_features/2002/lenkiewicz.shtml|title=Controversial artist|date=30 January 2008|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=31 August 2008}}</ref> In addition, [[Gilbert & George|George Passmore]] of [[Turner Prize]] winning duo [[Gilbert & George]] was born in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1374428/Gilbert-George#ref=ref958418|title=Gilbert & George | work=Britannica Online Encyclopaedia|accessdate=30 November 2008}}</ref> Famous politicians [[Michael Foot]] and [[David Owen]] are from Plymouth and notable athletes include swimmer [[Sharron Davies]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/newsreleases?newsid=128760|title=New centre to honour Plymouth Olympian Sharron Davies|publisher=Plymouth City Council|date=14 March 2007|accessdate=31 August 2008}}</ref> diver [[Tom Daley (diver)|Tom Daley]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympics.org.uk/AYOF07/athlete.aspx?sp=DV%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&at=6509|title=Thomas Daley Biography|publisher=The [[British Olympic Association]]|accessdate=12 February 2007}}</ref> dancer [[Wayne Sleep]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waynesleep.org/aboutsleep.html |title=About Sleep |publisher=[[Wayne Sleep]]'s website |accessdate=31 August 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919004821/http://www.waynesleep.org/aboutsleep.html |archivedate=19 September 2008 |df= }}</ref> |
Many artists have originated in Plymouth. [[Joshua Reynolds]], the famous 18th-century portrait painter and the first president of the [[Royal Academy]] was born in Plympton, and more recently artists have included [[Beryl Cook]] whose paintings depict the culture of Plymouth<ref name="Painter Beryl Cook dies aged 81">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7423702.stm|title=Painter Beryl Cook dies aged 81|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=28 May 2007|accessdate=8 June 2008}}</ref> and [[Robert Lenkiewicz]], whose paintings looked at themes such as: [[Vagrancy (people)|vagrancy]], sexual behaviour and suicide, lived in the city from the 1960s until his death in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/news_features/2002/lenkiewicz.shtml|title=Controversial artist|date=30 January 2008|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=31 August 2008}}</ref> In addition, [[Gilbert & George|George Passmore]] of [[Turner Prize]] winning duo [[Gilbert & George]] was born in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1374428/Gilbert-George#ref=ref958418|title=Gilbert & George | work=Britannica Online Encyclopaedia|accessdate=30 November 2008}}</ref> Famous politicians [[Michael Foot]] and [[David Owen]] are from Plymouth and notable athletes include swimmer [[Sharron Davies]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/newsreleases?newsid=128760|title=New centre to honour Plymouth Olympian Sharron Davies|publisher=Plymouth City Council|date=14 March 2007|accessdate=31 August 2008|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070330201315/http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/newsreleases?newsid=128760|archivedate=30 March 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> diver [[Tom Daley (diver)|Tom Daley]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympics.org.uk/AYOF07/athlete.aspx?sp=DV%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&at=6509|title=Thomas Daley Biography|publisher=The [[British Olympic Association]]|accessdate=12 February 2007}}</ref> dancer [[Wayne Sleep]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waynesleep.org/aboutsleep.html |title=About Sleep |publisher=[[Wayne Sleep]]'s website |accessdate=31 August 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919004821/http://www.waynesleep.org/aboutsleep.html |archivedate=19 September 2008 |df= }}</ref> |
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and footballer [[Trevor Francis]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersF/BioFrancisTJ.html|title=England Players - Trevor Francis|date=4 March 2011|publisher=England Football Online|accessdate=17 December 2016}}</ref> Other past residents include composer [[Ron Goodwin]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/discovering/famous/ron_goodwin.shtml|title=Plymouth's movie maestro|date=30 January 2008|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=31 August 2008}}</ref> and journalist [[Angela Rippon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.thisishampshire.net/2000/8/19/83742.html |title=The talented Angela Rippon |date=19 August 2000 |publisher=This Is Hampshire |accessdate=31 August 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725033436/http://archive.thisishampshire.net/2000/8/19/83742.html |archivedate=25 July 2009 |df= }}</ref> |
and footballer [[Trevor Francis]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersF/BioFrancisTJ.html|title=England Players - Trevor Francis|date=4 March 2011|publisher=England Football Online|accessdate=17 December 2016}}</ref> Other past residents include composer [[Ron Goodwin]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/discovering/famous/ron_goodwin.shtml|title=Plymouth's movie maestro|date=30 January 2008|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=31 August 2008}}</ref> and journalist [[Angela Rippon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.thisishampshire.net/2000/8/19/83742.html |title=The talented Angela Rippon |date=19 August 2000 |publisher=This Is Hampshire |accessdate=31 August 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725033436/http://archive.thisishampshire.net/2000/8/19/83742.html |archivedate=25 July 2009 |df= }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 08:05, 1 January 2018
People from the English city of Plymouth are known as Plymothians or less formally as Janners.[1] The definition of Janner is described as a person from Devon, deriving from Cousin Jan (the Devon form of John), but more particularly in naval circles anyone from the Plymouth area.[2] The Elizabethan navigator, Sir Francis Drake was born in nearby town of Tavistock and was the mayor of Plymouth.[3] He was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world and was known by the Spanish as El Draco meaning "The Dragon" after he raided many of their ships.[4] He died of dysentery in 1596 off the coast of Panama.[5] In 2002 a mission to recover his body and bring it to Plymouth was allowed by the Ministry of Defence.[6] Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Frank Bickerton both lived in the city.[7][8]
Many artists have originated in Plymouth. Joshua Reynolds, the famous 18th-century portrait painter and the first president of the Royal Academy was born in Plympton, and more recently artists have included Beryl Cook whose paintings depict the culture of Plymouth[9] and Robert Lenkiewicz, whose paintings looked at themes such as: vagrancy, sexual behaviour and suicide, lived in the city from the 1960s until his death in 2002.[10] In addition, George Passmore of Turner Prize winning duo Gilbert & George was born in the city.[11] Famous politicians Michael Foot and David Owen are from Plymouth and notable athletes include swimmer Sharron Davies,[12] diver Tom Daley,[13] dancer Wayne Sleep,[14] and footballer Trevor Francis.[15] Other past residents include composer Ron Goodwin,[16] and journalist Angela Rippon.[17]
Famous People
Image | Name | Born | Died | Notability | Notes |
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Sir Francis Drake | 1540 | 1596 | First English person to circumnavigate the world | Born in Tavistock and was the mayor of Plymouth. He died of dysentery off the coast of Panama and was slipped overboard inside a lead casket.[18] |
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William Cookworthy | 1705 | 1780 | Pharmacist/Industrialist | Born in Kingsbridge, Devon. Pioneered porcelain manufacture in Plymouth.[19][20] |
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Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet | 1784 | 1854 | Colonial governor | Spent most of his time in British colonies.[21] |
William Elford Leach MD, FRS | 1791 | 1836 | Naturalist at the British Museum | Virtually solely responsible for the modernisation of British zoology in the early 19th century, which laid the foundations for Charles Darwin. | |
Jonathan Nash Hearder | 1809 | 1876 | Electrical engineer | Born and died in Plymouth. Notable for the development of the induction coil.[22] | |
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William Henry Wills | 1810 | 1880 | Journalist and newspaper editor | Close friend of Charles Dickens, Wills was the subeditor of Household Words and All the Year Round |
Robert Julian Scott | 1861 | 1930 | Emeritus Professor of Engineering, Canterbury University, New Zealand | Notable for the creation of New Zealand's first indigenous steam buggy in 1881 and the development of Canterbury University's school of engineering. Cousin of Robert Falcon Scott. | |
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Robert Falcon Scott | 1868 | 1912 | Antarctic explorer | Died in central Antarctica. His body was found eight months later.[7] |
Philip Jacks | 1877 | 1941 | Hong Kong colonial administrator | Wrote Digest of Instructions From the Secretary of State For the Colonies (With Local Rulings) Regarding Disposal and Tenure of Land in the Colony of Hong Kong (1930). | |
Isaac Foot | 1880 | 1960 | President of the Liberal Party | He was president in 1947.[23] | |
Frank Bickerton | 1889 | 1954 | Antarctic explorer | Moved to Plymouth at the age of six and lived there until 1920.[8] | |
Robert Victor Walling | 1890 | 1976 | Soldier, journalist, and poet | Born and educated in Plymouth. In peacetime he worked as a journalist with Plymouth-based newspaper The Western Daily Mercury. He was also a member of Gorseth Kernow.[24] | |
Joe Symonds | 1894 | 1953 | Boxer | Born in Plymouth, Symonds held the British, European and IBU World flyweight boxing titles in the 1910s. | |
Michael Foot | 1913 | 2010 | Leader of the Labour Party | Son of Isaac Foot.[25] | |
Duncan Scott-Ford | 1921 | 1942 | Merchant seaman | Hung during World War II for treachery to the Germans.[26] | |
Beryl Cook | 1926 | 2008 | Comical artist | Born in Epsom, Surrey.[9] | |
William Goad | 1944 | 2012 | Businessman and pedophile | Lived in Plymouth and abused up to 3,500 boys.[27] He operated businesses in the area, in which he employed some of his victims.[28] | |
Lewis Pugh | 5 December 1969 | Alive | Ocean advocate and pioneer swimmer | First person to undertake a long distance swim in every ocean of the world. | |
Liam Mooney | 18 May 1972 | Alive | Entrepreneur | Born in Gosport, Hampshire | |
Lisa Cross | 4 April 1978 | Alive | IFBB professional bodybuilder | Born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester | |
Laura James | 25 January 1987 | Alive | Professional wrestler | Wrestled for Impact Wrestling and Dramatic Dream Team; former 5-time DDT Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion. Also appeared in the Netflix series GLOW. Married to American professional wrestler Joey Ryan. | |
Kate Nesbitt | c. 1988 (age 35–36) | Alive | Medical Assistant in the Royal Navy | Raised in Whitleigh, the first female recipient of the Military Cross in the Royal Navy, for bravery during the War in Afghanistan in March 2009.[29] | |
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Tom Daley | 21 May 1994 | Alive | Olympic diver | BBC Sports Personality of the Year Young Personality in 2007.[30] |
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Rūta Meilutytė | 19 March 1997 | Alive | Olympic swimmer | Won gold in the 100 meter breaststroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in London.[31] Meilutyté is also the world record holder in the 100 breaststroke (short course), and the 50, and 100 meter breaststroke (long course) |
See also
References
- ^ "Anger over slave trader pub name". BBC. 27 March 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
- ^ Tawney, Cyril (1987). Grey Funnel Lines: Traditional Song & Verse of the Royal Navy, 1900-1970. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. ISBN 978-0-7102-1270-2.
- ^ "Sir Francis Drake". BBC. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
- ^ Rasor, Eugene (2004). English/British Naval History to 1815: A Guide to the Literature. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 190. ISBN 0-313-30547-1. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
- ^ "Sir Francis Drake (c.1540 - c.1596)". BBC. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
- ^ "Mission to rescue Drake's body". BBC. 12 November 2001. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
- ^ a b "Robert Falcon Scott". BBC. Archived from the original on 6 January 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
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- ^ a b "Painter Beryl Cook dies aged 81". BBC. 28 May 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
- ^ "Controversial artist". BBC. 30 January 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
- ^ "Gilbert & George". Britannica Online Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
- ^ "New centre to honour Plymouth Olympian Sharron Davies". Plymouth City Council. 14 March 2007. Archived from the original on 30 March 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
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- ^ "About Sleep". Wayne Sleep's website. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
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- ^ "Plymouth's movie maestro". BBC. 30 January 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
- ^ "The talented Angela Rippon". This Is Hampshire. 19 August 2000. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
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- ^ Mackenna, F. S. (1947) Cookworthy's Plymouth and Bristol Porcelain
- ^ Penderill-Church, John (1972) William Cookworthy 1705-1780: a study of the pioneer of true porcelain manufacture in England. Truro: Bradford Barton
- ^ Lewers, Alan George (1980). Sir George Arthur, Bart, 1784-1854. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84195-3. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
- ^ Hearder, Ian G. (September 2004). "Hearder, Jonathan Nash (1809–1876)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
- ^ Goodman, Stanley (2004), ‘Foot, Isaac (1880–1960)’, rev. Mark Pottle, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2007 accessed 12 June 2008
- ^ Who was who among English and European authors, 1931-1949. An Omnigraphics book Gale composite biographical dictionary series; no. 2. Gale Research Co. 1978. ISBN 0-8103-0400-7.
- ^ Chavda, Jayant (4 March 2007). "Michael Foot 1980-1983". The Labour History Group. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
- ^ Stratford, Stephen. "British Military & Criminal History in the period 1900 to 1999: Duncan Scott-Ford". Stephen's Study Room. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
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- ^ Keenan, Shy; Payne, Sara (2009). "20". Where Angels Fear. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-93745-7.
- ^ "Navy woman awarded Military Cross". BBC News. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ "Thomas Daley Biography". The British Olympic Association. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
- ^ Walker, Peter; Bull, Andy (30 July 2012). "Ruta Meilutyte grabs a gold for Lithuania". The Guardian. London.