A decade before the publication of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the sequel Through the Looking Glass, Carroll wrote the first stanza to what would become " Jabberwocky " while in Croft on Tees, close to nearby Darlington, where he lived as a child,

Elizabeth wrote to thank Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Captain of Berwick, personally for their good and diligent service in meeting Balnaves.

But as James Croft, who in 1825 first published the poems Cowper addressed to Theodora, wrote, " her father, from an idea that the union of persons so nearly related was improper, refused to accede to the wishes of his daughter and nephew.

Sir Herbert Croft wrote the life included in Johnson's Lives of the Poets, but the critical remarks are by Johnson.

Croft wrote books and other published works based on her exploits as a mercenary, big-game hunter, and master thief.

In 1991 the college bought Balliol Croft, a neighbouring house to its grounds and former home of the economist Alfred Marshall and his wife Mary Paley Marshall, with whom he wrote his first economics textbook.

was created by David Croft, who also wrote the theme music, and Jeremy Lloyd.

Lloyd and Croft wrote the first six series.

Croft also wrote various violin sonatas, which are not nearly as often performed as is his religious music, but have been occasionally recorded.

Croft wrote the Life of Edward Young inserted in Samuel Johnson's Lives of the Poets.

Robert Southey, when about to publish an edition of Chatterton's works for the benefit of his family, published ( November 1799 ) details of Croft's proceedings in the Monthly To this attack Croft wrote a reply addressed to John Nichols in the Gentleman's Magazine, and afterwards printed separately as Chatterton and Love and Madness ... ( 1800 ).

Croft met Freddie Carpenter, who produced many pantomimes for Howard & Wyndham across the UK, resulting in Croft writing scripts such as Aladdin, Cinderella and Babes in the Wood.

Whilst with Yeovil Botham made an appearance for the Football Association XI ( a representative side for non-league footballers ) against the Northern Football League at Croft Park during the 1984-85 season.

Jolie was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award in 2001 for Worst Actress for her work in Original Sin and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

One of the most common manifestations of stanzaic form in poetry in English ( and in other Western European languages ) is represented in texts for church hymns, such as the first three stanzas ( of nine ) from a poem by Isaac Watts ( from 1719 ) cited immediately below ( in this case, each stanza is to be sung to the same hymn tune, composed earlier by William Croft in 1708 ):

As Janet Croft notes, Tolkien's literary reaction to war at this time differed from most post-war writers by eschewing irony as a method for distancing events and instead using mythology to mediate his experiences.

Six different women have served as the official Lara Croft model for publicity purposes, including model Nell McAndrew, actress Rhona Mitra, and, most recently, gymnast Alison Carroll, who held the job until 2010.

Jason was cast for the role of Lance-Corporal Jack Jones in the Jimmy Perry and David Croft BBC comedy Dad's Army.

This " forceful maternal action ," as historian Pauline Croft describes it, obliged James to climb down at last, though he reproved Anne for " froward womanly apprehensions " and described her behaviour in a letter to Mar as " wilfulness.

Alastair Sim starred as Inspector Goole, renamed " Poole " for the film, with Jane Wenham as Eva Smith, Eileen Moore as Sheila Birling, Arthur Young as Arthur Birling, Brian Worth as Gerald Croft, Olga Lindo as Sybil Birling and Bryan Forbes as Eric Birling.

* Croft Institute for International Studies, also known as the " Y " Building

In Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, The Long Gallery and the Library of the house were used for filming the scene where the MI6 agents meet Lara and gives her a task to retrieve Pandora's Box.

In later years two women would provide him with companionship, friends Elizabeth Croft and Isabella Wolff who first met Lawrence when she sat for her portrait in 1803.

The princess's obstetrician, Sir Richard Croft, who later shot himself, was the half-brother of Lawrence's friend, Elizabeth Croft, and for her Lawrence drew a sketch of Croft in his coffin.

The pikes, made from obsolete Lee-Enfield rifle bayonet blades welded to a steel tube, took the name of " Croft's Pikes " after Henry Page Croft, the Under-Secretary of State for War who attempted to defend the fiasco by stating that they were a " silent and effective weapon ".

The inspiration for the store has also been credited to Rossiters of Paignton department store from the time Lloyd and Croft spent there, and the former Clements of Watford.

* 1933: A local trade directory lists for Heathrow these: Mrs. Waddell ( Cain's Farm house ); < u > farmers or market gardeners </ u >: Harry Curtis ( Heathrow Farm ), George Dance ( a small house on Heathrow Road nearly opposite the Plough and Harrow pub ), William Howell ( Bathurst ), Frederick Philp ( Heathrow Hall ), Sidney Whittington ( Perry Oaks ), David and John Wild ( Croft House ); < u > other </ u >: Heathrow Sand & Gravel Co ( Colnbrook ) Ltd., Edgar Charles Basham ( The gazette misprinted his surname as Sasham ) ( publican at the Plough and Harrow pub ), Fairey Aviation.

* Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts and James Hanratty who was hanged for murder both lived in Kingsbury and attended Tylers Croft School.

Among the many noted video game voice actors and actresses are Maaya Sakamoto ( the Japanese voice for the Final Fantasy XIII character Lightning ), Tatsuhisa Suzuki ( the voice of Noctis Lucis Caelum in Final Fantasy Versus XIII ), Troy Baker ( English Snow Villers, Joel, Batman in Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes ), Steve Downes and Jen Taylor ( Master Chief and Cortana from the Halo series ), Nolan North ( Nathan Drake from the Uncharted games and Desmond Miles from the Assassin's Creed game series ), Liam O ' Brien ( the voice of Caius Ballad in Final Fantasy XIII-2 and War in Darksiders ), and Jonell Elliott ( the voices of Lara Croft from 1999-2003 ).

Incorporated in 1873, the city is named for pioneer James Croft, who donated the land which the city occupies.

Houses such as Spen Hall, Spen House ( now demolished and rebuilt, except the Coach House ), High Rising ( High Royd, another Taylor Household ) now The Gomersal Hotel, Tanfield House, Firdene ( currently on the market for £ 1. 25 million ), Hilltop House ( now split into two homes with apartment buildings in the grounds ), Gomers Hall ( apparently, originally Gothmers Hall, which was demolished in order to build an electricity sub-station ), Pollard Hall ( home of the mill owner Thomas Burnley ), Red House ( now Red House Museum ), Broadyards, Croft House, Sigston House, Gomersal Hall, Peel House, West House ( the last three still privately owned ).

Angelina Jolie portrayed Lara Croft in the film series

A 2001 adventure film adapted from the Tomb Raider video game series ; Lara Croft races against time and villains to recover a powerful artefact called the Triangle of Light.

In conjunction with fellow fast bowlers Michael Holding, Andy Roberts, Colin Croft and later Malcolm Marshall, the West Indies reached unprecedented heights in the Test and one-day cricket arenas, not losing a Test series in 15 years.

Inman pointed out that Mr. Humphries ' true sexual orientation was never explicitly stated in the series, and David Croft said in an interview that the character was not homosexual, but " just a mother's boy ".

In the popular 1999 video game Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, the player ( playing as series heroine Lara Croft ), must play a game of Senet in order to advance through the Tomb of Semerkhet level.

Eight actors have played more than one character in the series: Nicholas Farrell appeared as Donald Fraser in The ABC Murders ( 1992 ) and then as Major Knighton in The Mystery of the Blue Train ( 2005 ), Simon Shepherd appeared as David Hall in " Jewel Robbery at The Grand Metropolitan " ( 1993 ) and then as Dr Rendell in Mrs McGinty's Dead ( 2008 ) and Carol MacReady appeared as Mildred Croft in Peril at End House ( 1990 ) and then as Miss Johnson in Cat Among the Pigeons ( 2008 ).

He appeared as Jack Croft in series 2 of BBC One show Missing

The statue was unveiled on 19 June 2010 by the writers of the series, Jimmy Perry and David Croft.

In addition to writing most of the episodes of these television series, Croft also worked as producer, director and, later, executive producer.

It Ain't Half Hot Mum is the second of the two sitcom series co-written by Perry and Croft set in the Second World War, the first being Dad's Army ( 1968 – 1977 ).

Born in Hoogeveen, Drenthe, on March 21, 2002 she was selected by Eidos Interactive as the Lara Croft character model for the Tomb Raider video game series.

The character of Sara Pezzini was also featured in crossovers with characters from other franchises, including Lara Croft, Vampirella, the Justice League, the titular creatures from the Alien and Predator film series, the Magdalena and the cast of Battle of the Planets.

Lara Croft is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Square Enix ( previously Eidos Interactive ) video game series Tomb Raider.

Croft has been voiced by five actresses in the video game series: Shelley Blond ( 1996 ), Judith Gibbins ( 1997-1998 ), Jonell Elliott ( 1999-2003 ), Keeley Hawes ( 2006-2010 ) and Camilla Luddington, who will voice Croft in upcoming titles.

Lara Croft primarily appears in the Tomb Raider video game series published by Square Enix Europe ( previously Eidos Interactive ).

Lara Croft first appeared in a crossover in Sara Pezzini's Witchblade, and later starred in her own comic book series in 1999.

The series ran from 1980 through until 1988, when Perry and co-writer David Croft penned the pilot episode of You Rang, M ' Lord ?, and invited Shane to play Alf Stokes.

2007 saw all of the races took place at Knockhill, but the series has organised “ away ” rounds at Croft and Anglesey in recent years.

As " Simon Baker Denny " he was a co-star of the David Croft / Jeremy Lloyd sitcom pilot, Which Way to the War, which was not developed into a series.

Mary Jane Croft, who had costarred on the last three seasons of The Lucy Show, also became a regular on the new series, and Ball's longtime costar Vivian Vance also made numerous guest appearances as Vivian Jones through the series ' run.