WARD'S BOOK OF EPONYMS Who gave their names to what
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This is Ward's Book of Eponyms where you will find a large list of people who had things named after them. This page is devoted to things named after people whose name begins with the letter:
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Queensberry rules John Sholto Douglas, eighth Marquis of Queensberry (1844–1900), was a Scottish lord, who was interested in fox hunting, shooting, fishing, athletics, cricket and boxing. He was the patron of the Amateur Athletic Club, when John Graham Chambers drew up a boxing code, which was approved by the Club. As patron of the club, Queensbury had the new rules of boxing named in his honour. The rules brought in boxing gloves, three-minute bouts wit a break and other refinements, which transformed a ruffian’s pursuit into a gentleman’s sport. Queensbury was famous for a legal action against the playwright Oscar Wilde. Queensbury had accused Wilde of having homosexual relationships with his son, Lord Douglas, and faced prosecution for criminal libel. Queensbury proved his case and then Wilde was prosecuted and jailed for homosexuality, considered a horrendous crime in the nineteenth century.
quisling Vidkun Quisling was a notorious traitor. He was born in 1887 in Fryesdal, Norway, became an army major, and then worked in the diplomatic service. 1940, Hitler invaded Norway, and Quisling volunteered to serve as Norway's premier. He became a figurehead in a puppet government. He collaborated with the German occupation of his country and carried out the orders of his German masters. When the war ended in 1945, Quisling was charged with treason and shot by a firing squad.
quixotic The word describes an idealist person with grand visions but little or no common sense. Don Quixote was the hero of a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes, published in two parts in 1605 and 1615. He was a visionary who read of knight errantry and thought he had a mission to redress the evil in the world. He set out on an old horse with a servant who he called his squire. He became involved in several adventures including the famous one where he tilted at windmills that he believed to be giants.Other letters