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"Harold "Cappy" James Pullein-Thompson (born December 1885, Clapham, South West London died 1957, Reading, Berkshire) was a captain in the British Army infantry during the First World War who won the Military Cross for his service. Life He married Joanna Cannan and their first family home was a villa in the suburb of Wimbledon where he would have two seats on the centre court. He was badly wounded and in frequent pain. This made him appear angry to his children. He had earned the Military Cross during the war. He had been a teacher before the war but he sold fridges and had a game company. His game company was the first to manufacture the game "Go" under its Chinese name, but it has his wife who made more money writing pony books. The family moved to Rotherfield Peppard in Oxfordshire where their large house, The Grove, had its own stables. The girls had an unusual education as distinct from their brother who went to Eton College. His daughters learned to ride and they would compete in events. In time they would describe their country childhood in their joint auto biography Fair Girls and Grey Horses (2014). References Category:1885 births Category:1957 deaths Category:Queen's Royal Regiment officers Category:Recipients of the Military Cross Category:British Army personnel of World War I "
"Muriel Stott (1889–1985) was probably the first woman with her own architectural firm in Australia, opening it in 1917. Between 1916 and 1930, she designed houses in Victoria and the surrounding area. Her most noted design is a house built for the Moran family in 1926 called "Little Milton". Biography Muriel Millicent Stott was born in 1889 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Annie (née Twyford) and Leonard Sydney Stott She began her training at the firm of Fisher and Bradshaw and completed her articles (certification requirements) in 1916. She spent the following year in the employ of J. J. Meagher, during which time she built 2 to 3 commissions of her own. One was a brick house on High Street in East Malvern and another brick home in Malvern. In 1917 she renovated a house in Malvern and designed a timber bungalow located in Castlemaine. In 1917, she opened her own practice, probably becoming the first woman with her own architectural firm in Australia. Stott was hired in 1918 to design a timber residence in Olinda on Coonara Street called Rainbow End. The house was built for friends of her family, the Morans, who would later have her build her most noted commission. In 1919 after finishing Rainbow End, Stott built a brick home in Hawthorn. In 1920, she made a trip with her father to the United States and upon their return, built a home in 1921 at the corner of High Street and Malvern Road in East Malvern. In 1923, Stott registered as an architect and in 1926 built another dwelling for the Moran family. The house, known as Little Milton is on Albany Road in Toorak. She built the property in conjunction with Stephenson & Turner and when completed, the home was featured in Australian Home Beautiful. The house was modelled after an English manor house called Great Milton in Oxfordshire. The 1925 design, features a two-story brick façade topped with a pitched gable roof tiled in terra cotta. The entryway is accessed through a Tudor arch, leading into a grand hallway with parquet flooring. The lower floor has a large living room, dining room, galley kitchen and billiard room and the upper floor contains five bedrooms and baths. The gardens were designed by landscape architect Edna Walling and the grounds contain both a swimming pool and a tennis court. On 20 August 1998 the property was listed in the Victorian Heritage Register. Little Milton may have been her last commission, as though still advertising as an architect, Stott neither joined the Victorian Institute of Architects nor had commissions which have been identified after 1926. In 1931, she went to Europe and met Desmond Leech, whom she married in 1932. Leech was a mining engineer from Johannesburg, South Africa and in 1933 she moved with him there. She designed her home at 39 Currie Street, Oaklands, Johannesburg, which was her last known design. Leech died in 1946 and Stott subsequently married James Davies, an Englishman, in 1955. She died in South Africa in 1985. References Category:1889 births Category:1985 deaths Category:Australian women architects Category:20th- century Australian architects Category:Architects from Melbourne Category:Victorian (Australia) architects Category:20th-century Australian women Category:19th-century Australian women "
"Biohacking (other spellings have also included bio-hacking, bio hacking, biohack) may also refer to: * Do-it-yourself biology, biotechnological social movement in which individuals and small organizations study biology using low cost or open source alternatives to cutting-edge science * Body hacking, also known as "grinders", people that alter their own bodies by implanting do-it- yourself cybernetic devices * Nutrigenomics, using nutrition to hack/take control of the human biology * Nootropics; body and brain enhancing natural supplements and synthesized drugs * Quantified self, measuring various biomarkers and behaviors to try to optimize health * Self-experimentation in medicine Famous People known for "biohacking" include but are not limited to: * Dave Asprey; probably best known for his BulletProof line of products and ideas * TIm Ferriss; probably best known for his Four Hour projects including: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, and The 4-Hour Chef. * Ben Greenfield; probably best known for his motivational videos and diets, and his 2020 book: Boundless: Upgrade your Brain, Optimized your Body & Defy Aging * Abel James; noted for his top-rated Fat Burning Man podcast * Rob Rhinehart; known for Soylent (meal replacement), which has had challenges including product recalls and a company reputation for soaring valuation and a lack of transparency in actual product sales and associated revenues. Special Note: a search was conducted for either female authors or women who have positioned themselves as experts in this space. At the time this page was last edited, none of note were found. See also * Biohackers, a German techno-thriller web television series "