Sir henry at rawlinson s end is a great work of art and deserves to be treated as such. Rawlinsons desired a limited infantry offensive a view that clashed with haigs belief in an allout military offensive a belief that led to one. Notes on the direct overland telegraph from constantinople to kurrachi. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Henry rawlinson, 1st baron rawlinson, 18641925, english general in the first world war, son of the above. Mar 15, 2020 works about rawlinson rawlinson, majorgeneral sir henry creswicke, in alumni oxonienses. Whilst this company provides the data for inclusion in each edition, it relies extensively on the professional expertise of many firms throughout australia and overseas to ensure the. Books by julia rawlinson author of fletcher and the falling. Sir henry at rawlinson end the cd also look out for the dvd vivian stanshall sometime member of the bonzo dog doo dah band turned his satirical eye on the british aristocracy. Its another morning in rawlinson end, the stately pile in which the beyonde. His success provided the key to the deciphering, by himself and others. The charisma films presentation of vivian stanshalls rad.
Bbc radio 1 comedy sketches broadcast from 1975 onwards, written, narrated and performed by vivian stanshall, describing the exploits of sir henry and the other peculiar denizens of his ancestral seat, rawlinson end, with witty wordplay, a lot of nonsense and eccentric musical numbers. Julia rawlinson has 25 books on goodreads with 4142 ratings. It stars trevor howard as sir henry and stanshall himself as henrys brother hubert. Henrys brother, in his mid forties and still strange. Humbert was accidentally killed in a drunken duckshooting incident whilst escaping from an illicit tryst. Born in 1810, rawlinson entered military service with the east india company at the age of 17. Mar 31, 2015 sir henry rawlinson is most associated with the battle of the somme fought in 1916. While sailing in a vessel bound for india via cape horn, he relieved the monotony of the voyage by publishing a ships newspaper. Genealogy for sir anthony henry john rawlinson, 5th bt. In the course of his service with the persian army and as consul at baghdad, rawlinson became interested in deciphering the cuneiform cuneiform lat. Henry rawlinson, 1st baron rawlinson wikimedia commons. Henry rawlinson may refer to henry rawlinson mp, member of parliament for liverpool in the late 18th century.
In 1833 he was transferred to iran in order to reorganize the persian army. All our books are compiled and edited annually by rawlinsons, quantity surveyors and construction cost consultants, a company founded in australia in 1953. General henry seymour rawlinson, 1st baron rawlinson, gcb, gcsi, gcvo, kcmg 20 february 1864 28 march 1925, known as sir henry rawlinson, 2nd baronet between 1895 and 1919, was a senior british army officer in the first world war who commanded the fourth army of the british expeditionary force at the battles of the somme 1916 and amiens. A memoir of majorgeneral sir henry creswicke rawlinson. Mary j rawlinson, sally rawlinson and 6 other siblings.
Charles rawlinson emigrated from england to maryland during or before 1649. Vivian stanshalls sir henry at rawlinson end returns to the stage. Rawlinson, sir henry creswicke article about rawlinson, sir. Ancient egypt by arthur gilman and george rawlinson free. Henry rawlinson was subordinate to douglas haig, who had supreme command at the somme. Inscribed on a smoothed cliff 100 metres above the valley floor, it is known as the behistun rock, after the nearby village of bisistun.
May 12, 2015 rawlinson learned of an inscription placed on the side of a doublepeaked mountain which overlooks the ancient road from babylon to ecbatana, now called hamadan. With trevor howard, patrick magee, denise coffey, j. His elder brother was the late general lord rawlinson, whom he succeeded in the baronetcy in 1925. A wonderful book about talented soul vivian stanshall, who wrote, performed. His success provided the key to the deciphering, by himself and others, of mesopotamian cuneiform script, a feat that. General joseph joffre, commander in chief of the french forces, sees the issue in a different way. Books by julia rawlinson author of fletcher and the. And very english it is too, in the true spirit of the word. Rawlinson, sir henry creswicke article about rawlinson.
Join facebook to connect with henry rawlinson and others you may know. And vivian knew his brain, and he conceived and bore a bbc radio show, and said, i have gotten a beasht for the world. General sir henry rawlinson stories and history page 3. It originated in his rawlinson end sessions for the john peel show on bbc radio 1 beginning in 1975, and a similarlynamed track on the bonzo dog bands 1972 album lets make up and be friendly. Rawlinson was a merchant and owned property in the west indies. Vivians portrayal of sir henry melds together the image of sir frankie crisp within the overall gothic novels of mervyn peakethe gormenghast novels to depict a world in its own way as weird and wonderful as alice in wonderland. Sir henry is also available as a book and was also an lp though this seem to be very rare. Devlin, harry fowler, vivian stanshall, suzanne danielle, steve roberts, sir henry at rawlinson end 1980, sir henry at rawlinson end 1980, steve roberts, trevor howard, patrick magee, sheila reid, liz smith, sir henry at rawlinson end 1980, sir henry. How 19thcentury soldier, adventurer and scholar henry rawlinson deciphered cuneiform, the worlds earliest writing, and rediscovered iraqs ancient civilisations. This page was last edited on 5 october 2012, at 10. Sir henrys disgusting ancestral home has spawned an industry. Rawlinson, henry creswicke, sir, 18101895 publisher london, new york. Rawlinson was not, of course, the only amateur archaeologist to devote so many years to research in the middle east.
In 1843 he became the british consul to baghdad and in 1855 he became sir rawlinson. Sir henry creswicke rawlinson british orientalist britannica. Jun 28, 2012 how 19thcentury soldier, adventurer and scholar henry rawlinson deciphered cuneiform, the worlds earliest writing, and rediscovered iraqs ancient civilisations. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Sir henry at rawlinson end is a series of extended narrative descriptions in some of the most hallucinatorily delirious celebrations of the english language this side of mervyn peake, intermixed with songs sung from the povs of the extremely weird cast of characters. A guide to sir henry at rawlinson end, the 1980 film.
Sir henry at rawlinson end, released in 1978, is a largely spokenword, solo comedy recording by vivian stanshall, a british musician with the bonzo dog. The plot of sir henry at rawlinson end revolves around attempts to exorcise the ghost of humbert, the brother of drunken aristocrat sir henry trevor howard. Sir henry at rawlinson end 1980, directed by steve roberts. This is the exciting, true adventure story of henry rawlinson, a fearless soldier, sportsman and explorer.
Rawlinson s fascination with cuneiform see cuneiform script began shortly after he was posted to the near east. Apr 08, 2020 sir henry creswicke rawlinson, born april 11, 1810, chadlington, oxfordshire, eng. In the course of his service with the persian army and as consul at baghdad, rawlinson became interested in deciphering the cuneiform cuneiform. A memoir of majorgeneral sir henry creswicke rawlinson by rawlinson, george, 18121902. Descendants lived in maryland, virginia, north carolina, south carolina, texas and elsewhere. Trevor howard, patrick magee, sheila reid, liz smith, jeremy child, denise coffey, j.
Michael livesley embodies to perfection the spirit and brilliance of vivian stanshall and adds his own measure of outrageous talent too. Henry rawlinson biography, birth date, birth place and. Unusually, the film was released in sepiatoned monochrome. Sir henry at rawlinson end film british comedy guide.
It stars trevor howard as sir henry and stanshall himself as henry s brother hubert. Trevor howardviv stanshall sir henry at rawlinson end dvd. Julia rawlinsons most popular book is fletcher and the falling leaves. James rawlinson was born circa 1868, at birth place, ohio, to james rawlinson and ann rawlinson. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Price new from used from paperback, import please retry. Sir henry at rawlinson end by vivian stanshall on spotify. Works about rawlinson rawlinson, majorgeneral sir henry creswicke, in alumni oxonienses. From 1827 he spent twentyfive years in india, iran, iraq and afghanistan.
Publication date 1898 topics rawlinson, henry creswicke, sir. Sir henry at rawlinson end is a 1980 british film based on the eponymous character created by vivian stanshall see rawlinson end, sir henry at rawlinson end recording. Sir henry at rawlinson end by vivian stanshall on amazon. Sir henry at rawlinson end is a 1980 british film based on the eponymous character. Henry rawlinson, 1st baron rawlinson, 18641925, english general in the first world war, son of the above sir henry rawlinson, a fictional character created by vivian stanshall, used most notably on the lp sir henry at rawlinson end. James rawlinson historical records and family trees. As a character he started as hubert maynard, variously described as ralphs brotherinlaw. The contribution of henry creswicke rawlinson to middle. Vivian stanshall sir henry at rawlinson end 1978, vinyl. General henry seymour rawlinson, 1st baron rawlinson, gcb, gcsi, gcvo, kcmg 20 february 1864 28 march 1925, known as sir henry rawlinson, 2nd baronet between 1895 and 1919, was a senior british army officer in the first world war who commanded the fourth army of the british expeditionary force at the battles of the somme 1916 and amiens 1918 as well as the breaking of the hindenburg. Sir henry s disgusting ancestral home has spawned an industry. Devlin, harry fowler, sheila reid, vivian stanshall. And in the course of time it came to pass that the bbc radio show begot a charisma recording and the charisma recording begot a charisma motion picture and the charisma motion.
Shop trevor howardviv stanshall sir henry at rawlinson end dvd 1970. View more articles from the american journal of semitic languages and literatures. Nov 27, 2016 the plot of sir henry at rawlinson end revolves around attempts to exorcise the ghost of humbert, the brother of drunken aristocrat sir henry trevor howard. Rawlinsons fascination with cuneiform see cuneiform script began shortly after he was posted to the near east. Rawlinson end was unlike all of its comedic contemporaries in just about every. Alfred rawlinson was born on january 17, 1867, the son of majorgeneral sir henry rawlinson, first baronet, a distinguished orientalist, and first decipherer of cuneiform inscriptions. The seven great monarchies of the ancient eastern world, vol 1.
Genealogy profile for sir anthony henry john rawlinson, 5th bt. Strat wanted to make a movie of rawlinson end and vivian was sure making a movie of rawlinson end would be such jolly jinks as did i, so off we went to strats house to make a movie of rawlinson end. Rawlinson, sir henry creswicke, 181095, english orientalist and administrator. Sir henry at rawlinson end 9780906008218 by vivian stanshall and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The seven great monarchies of the ancient eastern world, vol 2. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. After a long wait, while the film obtained cult status, it was finally released. Sir henry creswicke rawlinson, born april 11, 1810, chadlington, oxfordshire, eng. Trevor howardviv stanshall sir henry at rawlinson end. Sir henry creswicke rawlinson was an english diplomat and orientalist, sometimes referred to as the father of assyriology. Rawlinson is one of the few recorded pieces in which virtually every line is indispensible. Rawlinson was born at chadlington, oxfordshire, and joined the east india company in 1827. The subject is fascinating and could make for topquality reading. As a character he started as hubert maynard, variously described as ralphs brother inlaw. Sir henry at rawlinson end 1980 sir henry at rawlinson.
The film was also accompanied by a sir henry at rawlinson end book. Henry creswicke rawlinson in popular science monthly, 47. An irritating read that i had to push through to the end. Sir henry at rawlinson end paperback january 1, 1980 by vivian stanshall author 5.
Sir henry at rawlinson end steve roberts, 1980 was the brainchild of writer, musician, comedian, drunkard and visionary vivian stanshall, growing out of his work on john peels radio show. Celebrated as the saviour of the motherland after the battle of the marne september 1914, great organizer, endowed with an extraordinary cool head, optimist, supporter of the offensive at all cost, he does not emerge, however, from the tactical and strategic point of view. Henry rawlinson s discovery of cuneiform and ancient babylon, true indiana jones type stuff. Henry rawlinsons discovery of cuneiform and ancient babylon, true indiana jones type stuff. The lp is quite different to the film in both content and expression. However, his career marked a vital transition in archaeology, from a period in which ancient writings were known to exist but were largely unreadable to a period where cuneiform inscriptions were one of the primary sources of evidence about ancient life in the region. Sir henry at rawlinson end, released in 1978, is a largely spokenword, solo comedy recording by vivian stanshall, a british musician with the bonzo dog doodah band. Listen to sir henry at rawlinson end in full in the spotify app.
Even sir henrys throw away expressions such as filth hounds of hades. Sir henry at rawlinson end 1980 dvd region 1 playable in north america the us, canada, mexico, etc. His first relevant activity was to copy the trilingual inscriptions of darius i r. Oct 23, 2006 viv stanshall, one of many artists featured in this online tribute to the late, great john peel a celebration of his life and career at radio 1. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected.
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