2009.jpg caption Norton at the 2009 Metropolitan Opera premiere. birth name Edward Harrison Norton birth ... Norton Do NOT replace with Edward James Norton, Jr. as that is not his full name, and read the reference ... Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust. ref cite news first Doug last Gross title EdwardNorton plays ... platform. ref cite web url http www.crowdrise.com edwardnorton title EdwardNorton on Crowdrise ... news story.asp?NewsID 35270&Cr biodiversity&Cr1 title UN names actor EdwardNorton as celebrity advocate for preserving biodiversity accessdate July 8, 2010 ref Early life and education EdwardNorton ... His father, Edward Mower not James Norton, Jr., is an environmental law yer and conservation ethic ... profiles edwardnorton title Latest news and profile of EdwardNorton publisher hellomagazine.com ... EdwardNorton Biography accessdate July 5, 2008 publisher Yahoo ref From 1981 to 1985, along with his ... 09 10 ed.norton.marathon index.html work CNN title EdwardNorton plays marathon man to fund African ... April 27, 2008 publisher Edward Norton.org work Vogue magazine Vogue ref ref cite web title Norton has ... English school in Japan Nova , a formerly major English language school. ref cite web title EdwardNorton ...&y 0 title EdwardNorton accessdate October 14, 2008 work Los Angeles Times ref That same year, Norton ... archivedate April 17, 2001 title Brad Pitt & EdwardNorton work MrShowbiz.com year 1999 month October ... http www.dailytelegraph.com.au news breaking news edwardnorton ditched from the avengers film as producers criticise actors talent story e6freuyi 1225890756651 title EdwardNorton ditched from The Avengers ... vogue97.html title Wanted EdwardNorton publisher Vogue magazine Vogue author Handelman, David date ... Inside the Actors Studio EdwardNorton series Inside the Actors Studio network Bravo airdate ... title EdwardNorton accessdate July 5, 2008 publisher solarneighbors.com ref ref cite web title Interview with EdwardNorton url http www.grist.org news maindish 2005 04 27 little norton accessdate ... more details
EdwardNorton born 1969 is an American actor. EdwardNorton may also refer to EdwardNorton MP 1750 1786 , MP for Carlisle and Haslemere Edward Felix Norton 1884 1954 , British army officer and mountaineer Edward Lawry Norton 1898 1983 , Bell Labs engineer, developer of the concept of the Norton equivalent circuit Ed Norton Honeymooners , Fictional character portrayed on The Honeymooners Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages hndis Norton, Edward ... more details
Image Edward Lawry Norton.jpg 350px thumb Edward Lawry NortonEdward Lawry Norton 28 July 1898, Rockland, Maine 28 January 1983, Chatham, New Jersey was an accomplished Bell Labs engineer and scientist famous for developing the concept of the Norton s theorem Norton equivalent circuit . He attended the University of Maine for two years before transferring to M.I.T. and received a S.B. degree electrical engineering in 1922. He received an Master of Arts postgraduate M.A. degree from Columbia University in 1925. Although interested primarily in a communications circuit theory and the transmission of data at high speeds over telephone lines, Edward L. Norton is best remembered for development of the dual of Thevenin s equivalent circuit, currently referred to as Norton s equivalent Circuit. In fact, Norton and his associates at AT&T in the early 1920s are recognized as some of the first to perform pioneering work applying Thevenin s equivalent circuit and who referred to this concept simply as Th venin s theorem . In 1926, he proposed the equivalent circuit using a current source and parallel ..., he held nineteen patents on his work. Norton died on January 28, 1983 in Chatham, New Jersey . External links http www ece.rice.edu dhj nortonEdward L. Norton Short biographical sketch. Includes ... Circuit Concept by Don H. Johnson Includes photos and biographical sketches of Norton and other inventors of the equivalent circuit concept. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Norton, Edward Lawry ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1898 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1983 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Norton, Edward Lawry Category 1898 births Category Columbia Engineering alumni Category 1983 deaths Category Scientists at Bell Labs engineer stub de Edward Lawry Norton es Edward Lawry Norton fr Edward Lawry Norton it Edward Lawry Norton nl Edward Lawry Norton no Edward Lawry Norton pt Edward Lawry Norton ... more details
Infobox person name Edward F. Norton image caption birth date 21 February 1884 birth place San Isidro, Argentina death date 3 November 1954 aged 70 death place Winchester , Hampshire , England occupation Mountaineer , Army Officer salary networth spouse website footnotes Edward Felix Norton Distinguished Service Order DSO Military Cross MC 21 February 1884 3 November 1954 was a British army officer and mountaineer. He was educated at Charterhouse School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich , and then joined artillery units in British Raj India and served in World War I . He had been introduced to mountain climbing at the home in the Alps of his grandfather, Alfred Wills . His experience led to joining the British Mount Everest expeditions in 1922 and 1924, and reached high elevations both years. His 8570m height reached on the grand couloir route was a World altitude record mountaineering world altitude record which stood for nearly 30 years, only being surpassed during the unsuccessful Swiss expedition of 1952. In 1924, he took over leadership of the expedition when General Charles Granville Bruce fell ill, and Norton was praised for handling affairs in the aftermath of the disappearance of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine mountaineer Andrew Irvine . He served at Staff Colleges in India and England, and commanded the Royal Artillery and later the Madras District in the 1930s. During 1940 41, he was acting governor and commander in chief, Hong Kong. He retired in 1942. See ..., Norton, Edward Felix 1884 1954 , rev. Audrey Salkeld, http www.oxforddnb.com view article 35258 ... 26613 VIAF 29238287 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Norton, Edward Felix ALTERNATIVE ... , England DEFAULTSORT Norton, Edward Felix Category Old Carthusians Category Graduates of the Royal ... Category Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Category Governors of Hong Kong de Edward Felix Norton es EdwardNorton alpinista fr Edward Felix Norton sl Edward Felix Norton ... more details
influences influenced awards Kyoto Prize 1991 signature filename only footnotes EdwardNorton Lorenz ... author Tim Palmer title EdwardNorton Lorenz journal Physics Today year 2008 volume 61 issue 9 pages ... of World War II ar bg cs Edward Lorenz da Edward Lorenz de Edward N. Lorenz es Edward Lorenz fr Edward Lorenz ko it EdwardNorton Lorenz he ht EdwardNorton Lorenz la Eduardus Norton Lorenz hu Edward Lorenz nl Edward Lorenz ja no Edward Lorenz nn Edward Lorenz pl Edward Lorenz pt Edward Lorenz ru , sk Edward Lorenz sl EdwardNorton Lorenz fi Edward Lorenz tr Edward Lorenz uk zh ... ref name DNF cite journal author Edward N. Lorenz title Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow url http journals.ametsoc.org ... in 1969, ref name Physics today ref name Butterfly cite journal author Edward N. Lorenz title ... 1969JAtS...26..636L dead link date May 2010 ref ref cite journal author Edward N. Lorenz title Three ... title Edward Lorenz, father of chaos theory, dead at 90 publisher Reuters year 2008 author Maggie Fox ... us title Edward N. Lorenz, a Meteorologist and a Father of Chaos Theory, Dies at 90 author Kenneth ... edition.cnn.com 2008 TECH 04 16 lorenz.obit.ap ?iref hpmostpop Dead link title Edward Lorenz, father ... of Edward N. Lorenz speaking at the International Conference on Complex Systems, hosted by the New ... Persondata . NAME Lorenz, Edward ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1917 05 23 PLACE ..., Massachusetts , United States DEFAULTSORT Lorenz, Edward Category 1917 births Category 2008 deaths ... more details
TOCright Norton may refer to Places United Kingdom England Norton, County Durham Norton, Hertfordshire Norton, Kent Norton, Northamptonshire Norton, Nottinghamshire Norton, Runcorn , Cheshire Norton, Suffolk Norton, Dudley , West Midlands Norton, Worcester, Worcestershire Norton, Doncaster , South Yorkshire Norton, Sheffield , South Yorkshire Norton Fitzwarren , Somerset Norton Malreward , Somerset Norton on Derwent , North Yorkshire Norton Radstock , Somerset Norton Sub Hamdon , Somerset Norton St Philip , Somerset Norton le Moors , Staffordshire Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire Brize Norton , Oxfordshire Wales Norton, Powys Norton, Swansea United States Norton, Yolo County, California Norton, Kansas Norton, Massachusetts Norton Center, Massachusetts Norton, Ohio Norton, Texas Norton, Vermont Norton, Virginia Norton, Wisconsin Norton Air Force Base , California Norton Sound , an inlet of the Bering Sea Canada Norton, New Brunswick , Canada Norton No. 69, Saskatchewan , rural municipality Zimbabwe Norton, Zimbabwe People Family name see Norton surname Given name Norton Garfinkle Fictional characters Norton in the Incarnations of Immortality series by Piers Anthony Ed Norton Honeymooners , played by Art Carney in The Honeymooners Samuel Norton , warden of Shawshank Prison in The Shawshank Redemption Norton Nork , simpleton created by Sandy Becker Computing Peter Norton Computing , a computing company bought out by Symantec, which maintained Norton as a brand Norton Commander , a DOS file manager Norton Ghost , a hard drive disk imaging utility Norton Partition Magic , hard drive partition manager Norton Utilities , a collection of software utilities Norton AntiVirus , virus protection Norton Internet Security , virus protection and firewall Norton 360 , PC security and maintenance suite Companies Norton Motorcycle Company , a British motorcycle manufacturer Norton Abrasives Norton Healthcare , a healthcare system in Louisville, Kentucky Norton Records , a record label W. W ... more details
Infobox family name name Norton image imagesize meaning North Town region language English related names Norville, Nortown, Nortone, Nortun The English surname Norton is said by who date December 2011 ... and used with the prefix de, meaning of . Origin The family of Norton is believed to have been ... of the Norman Conquest in 1066. ref http www.seanjefferies.com family history Norton Origin.html ref Norton surname in Ireland In Ireland, the surname could be of both Irish and English origin ... name Norton include Andre Norton 1912 2005 , American science fiction author Andrew Norton born 1965 , Australian writer Andrew Norton politician born 1980 , British born American politician Andrews Norton 1786 1853 , American Unitarian Anne Norton born 1954 , American political scientist Brad Norton born 1975 , American ice hockey player Charles Eliot Norton 1827 1908 , American scholar Christopher Norton born 1953 , British composer, arranger, educationalist and record producer Christopher Norton born 1985 , British born Educator and Rugby Player Henley Hawks Daniel Sheldon Norton 1829 1870 , American politician David L. Norton 1930 1995 , American philosopher Doreen Norton 1922 2007 , English nurse who developed a method for preventing bedsores EdwardNorton born 1969 , American actor Edward Felix Norton 1884 1954 , British mountaineer Edward Lawry Norton 1898 1983 , American electrical engineer Eleanor Holmes Norton born 1937 , American politician and delegate from Washington, D.C. Elijah Hise Norton 1821 1914 , American politician Eunice Norton 1908 2005 , American pianist Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley 1716 1789 , English politician Gale Norton born 1954 , American lawyer and politician George A. Norton 1880 1923 , American popular songwriter Gerard Ross Norton 1915 2004 , South African Army officer Gil Norton , British record producer Graham Norton born 1963 , Irish comedian Graeme Norton , New Zealand rugby league football coach Greg Norton born 1959 , American ... more details
There have been four Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Norton , two in the Baronetage of England , one in the Baronetage of Ireland and one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia . All four creations are extinct. The Norton Baronetcy , of Rotherfield in the County of Southampton, was created in the Baronetage of England on 18 May 1622 for Sir Richard Norton, 1st Baronet Richard Norton , Member of Parliament for Petersfield UK Parliament constituency Petersfield . The third Baronet represented Hampshire UK Parliament constituency Hampshire and Petersfield in Parliament. The title became extinct on his death in 1687. The Norton Baronetcy , of Charlton in the County of Berkshire, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 27 April 1624 for Sir Gregory Norton, 1st Baronet Gregory Norton , subsequently Member of Parliament for Midhurst UK Parliament constituency Midhurst and one of the regicides of Charles I of England Charles I . His eldest surviving son, Henry, the second Baronet, was disinherited by his father after opposing the execution of Charles I and later represented Petersfield in Parliament. The title became extinct on Sir Henry s death in circa 1690. The Norton Baronetcy , of Cheston in the County of Suffolk, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 18 June 1635 for Walter Norton. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in circa 1673. The Norton ... on 23 July 1661 for Thomas Norton. The title became extinct on his death in 1691. Norton Baronets, of Rotherfield 1622 Sir Richard Norton, 1st Baronet 1582 c. 1645 Sir Richard Norton, 2nd Baronet 1619 1652 Sir John Norton, 3rd Baronet 1619 1687 Norton Baronets, of Charlton 1624 Sir Gregory Norton, 1st Baronet d. 1652 Sir Henry Norton, 2nd Baronet d. c. 1690 Norton Baronets, of Cheston 1635 Sir Walter Norton, 1st Baronet d. c. 1656 Sir EdwardNorton, 2nd Baronet d. c. 1673 Norton Baronets, of Coventry 1661 Sir Thomas Norton, 1st Baronet c 1616 1691 References rayment b DEFAULTSORT Norton Category ... more details
Infobox planet minorplanet yes width 25em bgcolour FFFFC0 apsis name Norton symbol image caption discovery yes discovery ref discoverer E. Bowell discovery site Flagstaff AM discovered May 3, 1981 designations yes mp name 3869 alt names 1981 JE mp category orbit ref epoch May 14, 2008 aphelion 2.7637470 perihelion 2.1408834 semimajor eccentricity 0.1269950 period 1402.6937877 avg speed inclination 4.36446 asc node 249.09577 mean anomaly 290.31968 arg peri 68.44408 satellites physical characteristics yes dimensions mass density surface grav escape velocity sidereal day axial tilt pole ecliptic lat pole ecliptic lon albedo temperatures temp name1 mean temp 1 max temp 1 temp name2 max temp 2 spectral type abs magnitude 13.0 3869 Norton 1981 JE is a Asteroid belt main belt asteroid discovered on May 3, 1981 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff AM . External links http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 3869 Norton JPL Small Body Database Browser on 3869 Norton Reflist Minor planets navigator 3868 Mendoza 3870 Mayr Small Solar System bodies DEFAULTSORT Norton Category Discoveries by Edward Bowell Category Main Belt asteroids Category Asteroids named for people Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1981 beltasteroid stub eo 3869 Norton fa it 3869 Norton hu 3869 Norton pl 3869 Norton pt 3869 Norton ru 3869 sk 3869 Norton sr 3869 uk 3869 vi 3869 Norton yo 3869 Norton ... more details
Gregory Norton may refer to Sir Gregory Norton, 1st Baronet Greg Norton American bassist Greg Norton baseball Greg Norton cricketer disambig ... more details
Hans Ferdinand Mayer 1895&ndash 1980 and Bell Labs engineer Edward Lawry Norton 1898&ndash 1983 . The Norton equivalent circuit is a current source with current I sub No sub in parallel with a resistance R sub No sub . To find the equivalent, Find the Norton current I sub No sub . Calculate ...Norton s theorem for linear electrical network s, known in Europe as the Mayer&ndash Norton theorem , states ... s, not just resistors. The Norton equivalent is used to represent any network of linear sources ... with an ideal impedance or resistor for non reactive circuits . Norton s theorem is an extension of Th venin ... resistance between A and B . This is I sub No sub . Find the Norton resistance R sub No sub . When ... methods of determining the Norton impedance R sub No sub . Calculate the output voltage, V sub AB sub ... the output port is the Norton impedance R sub No sub . or Use a given Thevenin resistance as the two ... of this voltage divided by the 1 A current is the Norton impedance R sub No sub . This method ... sources. Example of a Norton equivalent circuit Image Thevenin and norton step 1.png framed Step 0 The original circuit Image Norton step 2.png framed Step 1 Calculating the equivalent output current Image Thevenin and norton step 3.png framed Step 2 Calculating the equivalent resistance Image Norton step 4.png framed right Step 3 The equivalent circuit In the example, the total ... equivalent Image Thevenin to Norton2.PNG right A Norton equivalent circuit is related to the Th venin ... math V Th R Th I No . math Queueing theory The term Norton equivalent is also used in queueing ... chpt 10 9.html Norton s theorem at allaboutcircuits.com Category Circuit theorems am ca Teorema de Norton de Norton Theorem es Teorema de Norton eu Nortonen teorema fr Th or me de Norton ko hr Nortonov pou ak id Teorema Norton it Teorema di Norton he hu Norton t tel nl Stelling van Norton ja pl Twierdzenie Nortona pt Teorema de Norton ro Teorema lui Norton fi ... more details
Simon Norton may refer to Simon Norton MP 1578 1641 , English politician Simon P. Norton born 1952 , English mathematician See also Norton Simon hndis Norton, Simon ... more details
Lord Norton may refer to Charles Adderley, 1st Baron Norton 1814 1905 Philip Norton, Baron Norton of Louth hndis Norton, Lord Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Norton Museum or Norton Gallery can refer to Norton Museum of Art , West Palm Beach, Florida Norton Simon Museum , Pasadena, California R. W. Norton Art Gallery , Shreveport, Louisiana disambig ... more details
Mary Norton may refer to Andre Norton , American author, born Alice Mary Norton Mary Beth Norton , American historian Mary Norton author , British author of The Borrowers Mary Teresa Norton , one of the first American Congresswomen hndis name Norton, Mary ... more details
Other persons Thomas Norton Expert subject date November 2010 Thomas Norton 1532 &ndash 10 March 1584 was an England English lawyer, politician, writer of verse &mdash but not, as has been claimed, the chief interrogator of Queen Elizabeth I of England Elizabeth I . Official career Norton was born in London and was educated at university of Cambridge Cambridge , ref Venn id NRTN570T name Norton, Thomas ref and early became a secretary to the Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset Protector Somerset . In 1555 he was admitted a student at the Inner Temple, and married Margery Cranmer, the daughter of the archbishop. In 1562 Norton, who had served in an earlier parliament as the representative of Gatton, became M.P. for Berwick upon Tweed Berwick , and entered with great activity into politics. He ... of these possessions. Norton s Calvinism grew with years, and towards the end of his career he became a rabid fanatic. Norton held several interrogation sessions in the Tower of London using torture ... censor from 1581 onwards, led to his being nicknamed Rackmaster General and Rackmaster Norton ... released him, but Norton s health was undermined, and in March 1584 he died in his house at Sharpenhoe, Bedfordshire . Literature From his eighteenth year Norton had begun to compose verse. We find ... of Ferrex and Porrex , in 1570. Norton s early lyrics have in the main disappeared. The most interesting ... marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots , to the Duke of Norfolk . Norton also translated ... . The best account of Norton, and his place in literary history, is that of Sidney Lee in his Dictionary ... . NAME Norton, Thomas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1532 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 10 March 1584 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Norton, Thomas Category Members of the pre 1707 Parliament ... 16th century English people Category 16th century poets de Thomas Norton es Thomas Norton fr Thomas Norton nl Thomas Norton jurist no Thomas Norton pt Thomas Norton sv Thomas Norton ... more details
times, the village was known a simply Norton and was a royal domain of Edward the Confessor ...Infobox UK place country England official name Greens Norton latitude 52.1433 longitude 1.0238 civil parish population 1,587 population ref United Kingdom Census 2001 2001 Census ref name 2001 census br 1,634 2010 est ref name SNCYearBook Cite book author SNC authorlink coauthors title South Northamptonshire Council Year Book 2010 2011 year 2010 publisher location Towcester NN12 7FA isbn 13 pages 39 ref shire district South Northamptonshire shire county Northamptonshire region East Midlands constituency westminster Daventry UK Parliament constituency Daventry post town Towcester postcode district NN12 postcode area NN dial code 01327 os grid reference SP6649 static image static image caption hide services refimprove date November 2009 Greens Norton is a village in South Northamptonshire South Northamptonshire , England, just over convert 1 mi km 1 from Towcester . At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001 2001 census , the parish s population was 1,587 people. ref name 2001 census http neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk dissemination LeadTableView.do?a 7&b 797353&c greens norton&d 16 ... Greens Norton CP Parish headcounts . Retrieved 10 November 2009 ref Facilities It has a pub ... Sir Henry Greene for a total of 20 shillings hence the name Greene s Norton, which today is reduced to just Greens Norton. Although there was never a railway train station station at Greens Norton ... en 235094 field burcote farmhouse greens norton Field Burcote . References reflist External links Commons category Greens Norton http www.greensnortonvillage.org Village website including parish council http www.greensnortonmedicalcentre.co.uk Greens Norton Medical Centre http www.ldwa.org.uk ... from Wolverton to Greens Norton http www.ldwa.org.uk ldp members show path.php?path id 9067 Knightley ... geo stub Category Villages in Northamptonshire nl Greens Norton pl Greens Norton ... more details
by F. EdwardNorton in 1924, was Messner s inspiration for this attempt Norton had also used ... descent of Everest by using the Norton Couloir. He died the following year attempting a new descent ... dmy dates date May 2011 Category Mount Everest de Norton Couloir ... more details
David Norton may refer to David C. Norton born 1946 , American judge David K. Norton , American human resources professional David L. Norton 1930 1995 , American philosopher Dave Norton , footballer hndis Norton, David ... more details
disambig Norton County may refer to Norton County, Kansas , a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas Norton County meteorite , a meteorite fell in Kansas in 1948 ... more details
Wood Norton may refer to Wood Norton, Worcestershire , a stately home in Worcestershire, England Wood Norton, Norfolk , a village in Norfolk, England disambig ... more details
Norton, California may refer to Norton Air Force Base Norton, Yolo County, California geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
infobox UK place official name Brize Norton static image name BrizeNorton StBritius & War Memorial.JPG ... accessdate 23 March 2010 ref civil parish Brize Norton shire district West Oxfordshire shire county ... www.brizenortonparishcouncil.webs.com Brize Norton Parish Council Website Brize Norton is a village ... in West Oxfordshire . The original part of RAF Brize Norton is in the parish. Toponym Around the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 the village s Toponymy toponym was Norton , being the north tun Old ... 218 ref In 1235 the form Suthnorton South Norton was recorded, evidently to distinguish it from other Nortons further north in Oxfordshire such as Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire Chipping Norton . ref name Townley1 By the 1260 s the form Norton Brun was in use, referring to the Brun or Brown family who ... in 1297, Brimes Norton in 1303 and Brynes Norton in 1376, but the Norton Brun form outlived them ... However, Norton Brun had evolved into Norton Broyne and remained in use in church records until ... Brize Norton S Britius author date work Dove s Guide for Church Bell Ringers accessdate 12 January 2011 ref The tenor bell was cast by Edward Neale of Burford ref name DoveFounders cite web url http ... Brize Norton also has a Primitive Methodist Church Primitive Methodist chapel ref http www.oxfordshirechurches.info BrizeNorton.htm Oxfordshire Churches & Chapels Brize Norton ref was built in 1908 ... Bampton , and called it Bampton station despite it being much nearer Brize Norton than Bampton. RAF Brize Norton was established in 1937. In 1944, the Great Western Railway renamed the station stnlnk Brize Norton and Bampton to reflect the increasing importance of the RAF station. British .... Amenities Image Brize Norton pub.jpg thumb right 255px The Chequers Brize Norton has two public house s The Chequers and The Masons Arms. Brize Norton has a women s Football Club ref http www.brizenortonladiesfc.co.uk Brize Norton Ladies Football Club ref and a Women s Institute . ref http www.oxfordshirechurches.info ... more details
Frances Norton, Lady Norton 1644 1731 was an English people English religious poet and prose writer who primarily wrote about grief . She was born in Oxford and married Sir George Norton in 1672. This George Norton was the son of the Sir George Norton who hid Charles II of England Charles II at the time of the regicide of Charles I. The couple had three children, but only one, Grace, survived infancy. Grace Norton died in 1697 at the age of twenty one, and Frances Norton went into a deep state of grief. She published a collection of Grace s own writings, Reliquae Gethinianae , in 1699 in literature 1699 , and in 1705 she wrote two tracts on grieving and consolation. These were The Applause of Virtue and Memento mori, or, Meditations on Death, which were sold together in a quarto . They were dedicated to two women who had helped Lady Norton in her grief who had themselves experienced a recent loss. The books are pious and collect together consoling thoughts from Christianity Christian , Classical, and philosophical literature. In 1714, she produced A miscellany of poems, compos d, and work d with a needle, on the backs and seats &c. of several chairs and stools. According to near contemporaries, Frances Norton did a great deal of needlepoint work on furniture in Abbots Leigh where the Norton estate was . She composed her own short poems, almost always with a pious theme, for such embroidery. In 1715, her husband died. She married his cousin, Colonel Ambrose Norton, in 1718, and, when he died, married a man named William Jones in 1724. She outlived her third husband by a few years and was buried in Westminster Abbey . References Ross, Sarah. Frances Norton, Lady Norton in Matthew, H.C.G. and Brian Harrison, eds. Dictionary of National Biography The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . vol. 41, p 169. London Oxford University Press OUP , 2004. Persondata NAME Norton ... Oxford , England DATE OF DEATH 1731 PLACE OF DEATH England DEFAULTSORT Norton, Frances Category 1644 ... more details
About the town in Oxfordshire, UK the suburb of Sydney, Australia Chipping Norton, New South Wales Use ... Norton latitude 51.94 longitude 1.55 static image name Alms houses, Chipping Norton.JPG static image caption Almshouse s in Chipping Norton local name Chippy country England region South East England ... Norton Ward accessdate 9 February 2009 date 18 November 2004 work 2001 Census Census Area Statistics ... convert 74.5 mi km post town Chipping Norton postcode area OX postcode district OX7 dial code 01608 constituency westminster Witney UK Parliament constituency Witney civil parish Chipping Norton shire district West Oxfordshire shire county Oxfordshire website http www.wospweb.com site chipping norton town council Chipping Norton Town Council Chipping Norton is a market town in the Cotswold Hills ... of Chipping Norton, is evidence of prehistoric habitation in the area. The town s name means market ... at the University of Oxford, suggested in 2000 at a lecture in Chipping Norton Town Hall that Charlbury ... Minster church minster town and that Chipping Norton s nor prefix refers to this geographical and pastoral relationship with Charlbury. Chipping Norton began as a small settlement at the foot of a hill on which stand the motte and bailey Chipping Norton Castle . Only the earthworks of the castle ... Diocesan Guild of Church Bell ringers, Chipping Norton Branch ref In the Middle Ages wool production ... closed the brewery in Chipping Norton. ref http www.webcitation.org query?url http www.geocities.com ... making factory, a tanning tannery and an iron foundry . Chipping Norton had a workhouse by the 1770s ... Norton workhouse in 1856 57. It ceased to be a workhouse in 1929 and became a hospital in the Second ... Chipping Norton Town Hall.jpg thumb right Chipping Norton Town Hall Chipping Norton was one of the borough ... Repton . The Chipping Norton Railway opened in 1855, linking the town with Kingham railway station ... opened, linking Chipping Norton to the Oxford and Rugby Railway at King s Sutton railway station ... more details
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