Floruit ( / ˈ f l ɔːr u . ɪ t / ; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor. ; from Latin for " flourished ") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicating the time when someone flourished.
9-917: William Parsons may refer to: William Parsons (composer and copyist) (fl.1545–1563), English Renaissance composer and copyist from Wells William Parsons (composer and musician) (1745/6–1817), Master of the King's Music William Parsons (poet) (died 1828), English writer associated with the Della Cruscan movement William Barclay Parsons (1859–1932), American civil engineer William E. Parsons (1872–1939), American architect and city planner William Sterling Parsons (1901–1953), American naval officer and atomic bomb weaponeer aboard Enola Gay William W. Parsons (academic administrator) (1850–1925), president of Indiana State Normal School, later known as Ball State University William W. Parsons (NASA) , former director of
18-522: A record of his marriage in 1197, a record concerning him might be written as "John Jones (fl. 1197–1229)", even though Jones was born before 1197 and died possibly after 1229. The term is often used in art history when dating the career of an artist. In this context, it denotes the period of the individual's known artistic activity, which would generally be after they had received their training and, for example, had begun signing work or being mentioned in contracts. In some cases, it can be replaced by
27-543: Is believed to be the same "W. Parsons" who composed 81 out of the 141 settings in John Day 's The Whole Psalmes in Foure Parts (circa 1561 - 63). The Flatt Service by "Mr. Parsons of Wells" was also probably written by him; the location was added to distinguish him from " Mr. Parsons of Exeter ", whose music features in the same source. Fl. Latin : flōruit is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of
36-432: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages William Parsons (composer and copyist) William Parsons ( fl. 1545 – 1563) was an English composer and copyist from Wells, Somerset . Nothing is known of his early life. His name appears for the first time in the register of vicars-choral at Wells in 1555. Payments received by him around this time suggest that he
45-668: The Parsons baronets Sir William Parsons, 1st Baronet of Bellamont (died 1650), Surveyor General of Ireland and Member of Parliament Sir William Parsons, 2nd Baronet of Bellamont (died 1658), Earl of Rosse Sir William Parsons, 2nd Baronet of Birr Castle (died 1741), Earl of Rosse Sir William Parsons, 4th Baronet of Birr Castle (1731–1791), Irish politician William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800–1867), Lord Rosse, Irish astronomer William Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse (1873–1918), Irish peer and British Army officer William Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse (born 1936), worked for
54-555: The Latin verb flōreō , flōrēre "to bloom, flower, or flourish", from the noun flōs , flōris , "flower". Broadly, the term is employed in reference to the peak of activity for a person or movement. More specifically, it often is used in genealogy and historical writing when a person's birth or death dates are unknown, but some other evidence exists that indicates when they were alive. For example, if there are wills attested by John Jones in 1204 and 1229, as well as
63-781: The NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, & Space Shuttle Program manager William Henry Parsons (New York activist) (died 1935), headed the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice William Henry Parsons (colonel) (1826–1907), American newspaper editor, legislator, and Confederate colonel William Parsons (actor) (1736–1795), British actor and painter William Parsons (silent film actor) (1878–1919), American silent comedy film actor often credited as "Smiling Bill Parsons" Bill Parsons (born 1948), baseball player Sir William Parsons, 1st Baronet of Langley (c.1636–c.1662), of
72-525: The United Nations [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Parsons&oldid=1069548348 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
81-554: Was also employed as composer and copyist to the Wells Cathedral , most likely before 1550 where he was the Master of Choristers. Only a few of his compositions survive, most incomplete. Among them can be cited an Easter antiphon Christus resurgens in two sections, based on a Sarum Rite plainchant; and a motet Anima Christi for three voices, which was originally just one section of a much longer motet for six voices. William Parsons
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