Bellenden

Bellenden

Bellenden is a surname, Scottish in origins and an older form of Ballantine/Ballantyne.

It may refer to:
*John Bellenden, Scottish writer
*William Bellenden, Scottish classical scholar


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  • Bellenden, John — • A Scotch poet, b. at Haddington or Berwick in the latter part of the fifteenth century; d. at Rome, c. 1587 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Bellenden, John      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Bellenden Ker Range — Das Bellenden Ker Range (deutsch: Bellenden Ker Bergland), auch als Wooroonooran Range bekannt[1], ist ein küstennahes Bergland im nördlichen Queensland in Australien. Es ist ein Teil der Great Dividing Range und erstreckt sich etwa 65 km… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bellenden Seymour Hutcheson — Infobox Military Person name=Bellenden Seymour Hutcheson lived=birth date|1883|12|16 ndash; death date and age|1954|04|09|1883|12|16 caption=Victoria Cross nickname= placeofbirth=Mount Carmel, Illinois placeofdeath=Mount Carmel, Illinois… …   Wikipedia

  • Bellenden, John — ▪ Scottish writer Bellenden also spelled  Ballenden,  Ballentyne,  Ballantyne , or  Bannatyne  flourished 1533–87       Scottish writer whose translation of Hector Boece s Scotorum historiae had a profound influence on Scottish national feeling.… …   Universalium

  • Bellenden, John — (1533 ?1587)    Bellenden (several different spellings) was a Scottish writer and poet, educated at St. Andrews University, who took his medical degree at the Sorbonne, Paris. His 1536 translation from Latin into the Scottish vernacular of Hector …   British and Irish poets

  • Bellenden Ker Range — ▪ massif, Queensland, Australia       granitic massif, in the Eastern Highlands, northeastern Queensland, Australia, extending for 40 mi (65 km) along the coast northeast from Nerada to Gordonvale, just south of Cairns. Bounded by the Mulgrave… …   Universalium

  • BELLENDEN, JOHN —    of Moray, a Scottish writer in the 16th century; translated, at the request of James V., Hector Boece s History of Scotland, and the first five books of Livy, which remain the earliest extant specimens of Scottish prose, and remarkable… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • BELLENDEN, WILLIAM —    a Scottish writer, distinguished for diplomatic services to Queen Mary, and for the purity of his Latin composition; a professor of belles lettres in Paris University (1550 1613) …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Bellenden, or Ballantyne, John — (fl. 1533 1587?)    Poet, b. towards the close of the 15th century, and ed. at St. Andrews and Paris. At the request of James V. he translated the Historia Gentis Scotorum of Boece. This translation, Chroniklis of Scotland is a very free one,… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • Bellenden Ker Range — /ˌbɛləndən ˈkɜ/ (say .beluhnduhn ker) noun a mountain range in north eastern Qld south of Cairns; lies about 15 km inland from the sea and follows the general line of the coast for about 40 km. Highest peak, Bartle Frere (South Peak), 1622 m …  

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