The Austin A90 Atlantic was the first British car designed specifically for the American market. The Austin A90 Atlantic was produced as a convertible with a power-operated hood and as a saloon model, from 1948 to 1952. It was powered by a 2660 cc OHV in-line four engine providing 88 bhp and a top speed of 145 kmh. The Austin A90 Atlantic could accelerate from 0-60 mph in 16.6 seconds and could achieve a fuel consumption of 25 mpg. Research Austin A90 Atlantic
The Austin Healey 3000 was a British motor car produced between 1959 and 1967. The Austin Healey 3000 was powered by a 6-cylinder 2912 cc engine providing between 124 and 150 bhp and a top speed of between 183 and 193 kmh, depending upon the type, later types being faster. Research Austin Healey 3000
The Austin Healey Sprite (known as the 'frogete') was a British sports car produced from 1958 to 1961. The Austin Healey Sprite was powered by a 948 cc in-line four engine providing 43 bhp and a top speed of 135 kmh, with a fuel consumption of 45 mpg attainable. Research Austin Healey Sprite
The Augustins were members of several monastic fraternities who follow rules framed by St Augustine, or deduced from his writings, of which the chief are the Canons Regular of St Augustine, or Austin Canons, and the Begging Hermits or Austin Friars. The Austin Canons were introduced into Britain about 1100, and had about 170 houses in England and about 25 in Scotland. They took the vows of chastity and poverty, and their habit was a long black cassock with a white rochet over it, having over that a black cloak and hood. The Austin Friars, originally hermits, were a much more austere body, went barefooted, and formed one of the four orders of mendicants. An order of nuns had also the name of Augustines. Their garments, at first black, were latterly violet. Research Augustins
Edwin Austin Abbey was an American painter and illustrator. He was born in 1852 at Philadelphia and died in 1911. He was the staff illustrator from 1871 at Harper's Weekly and in 1878 moved to London. He illustrated ' Selections from the Poetry of Robert Herrick', 'Old Songs', 'comedies of Shakespeare'. Between 1890 and 1902 he executed panels, illustrating the Quest of the Holy Grail, for Boston Public Library. In 1902 he painted a coronation portrait for Edward VII and in 1911 executed a group of murals at Pennsylvania State Capitol. Research Edwin Abbey
Henry Austin Dobson was an English poet. He was born in 1840 at Plymouth in 1840 and died in 1921. He was educated at Beaumaris, Coventry, and Strasburg, and in 1856 obtained a clerkship under the Board of Trade, where he rose to be one of the officials known as principals. His earliest verses first appeared in book form under the title Vignettes in Rhyme and Vers de Sociote published in 1873. His other volumes of verse include Proverbs in Porcelain (1877), Old World Idylls (1883), and At the Sign of the Lyre (1885), which the Athenaeum pronounced to be 'of its kind as nearly as possible perfect', Among his prose works may be mentioned his Lives of Hogarth, Fielding, Stede, Goldsmith, Horace Walpole, and Richardson; Thomas Bewick and his Pupils; Four Frenchwomen, a study on Charlotte Corday, the Princesse de Lamballe, and Mesdames Roland and de Genlis; three series of Eighteenth Century Vignettes; A Paladin of Philanthropy, and several editions of standard works. His collected poema were published in one volume in 1897. Many of Henry Dobson's poems are written in various French forms, such as the rondeau and ballade, and all are marked by gracefulness, ease, and careful finish. Research Henry Dobson
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