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Angus Cameron (other) (1906–1981), American chemist
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Angus Cameron may refer to: * Angus Cameron (American politician) (1826–1897), American politician, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin * Angus Cameron (Australian politician) (1847–1896), New South Wales politician * Angus Cameron (colonial administrator) (1871–1961), British colonial administrator * Angus Cameron (publisher) (1908–2002), American book editor and publisher * Angus Cameron (ice hockey) (1921–1993), Canadian ice hockey player * Angus Cameron (rugby union) (1929–1991), Scottish rugby union player * Angus Cameron (academic) (1941–1983), Canadian academic * Angus Cameron (director) (born 1964), British director * Angus Ewan Cameron Angus Ewan Cameron (14 October 1906 - 27 September 1981) was an American chemist known for his work on isotopic enrichment of uranium-235 for the purpose of building atomic bombs and his research on mass spectrometry. Career and Research Camero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Cameron (American Politician)
Angus Cameron (July 4, 1826March 30, 1897) was an American lawyer, banker, and politician who served ten years as United States Senator from Wisconsin. He also served as the 18th speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly and served two terms in the Wisconsin State Senate, representing La Crosse County. Early life and career Cameron was born in Caledonia, New York on July 4, 1826, the fifth child of seven born to Scottish American immigrants Duncan and Sarah McColl Cameron. He attended Temple Hill Academy in Geneseo, New York, and then the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary in Lima, New York, which is now Syracuse University. He later studied law with the firm of Wadsworth and Cameron in Buffalo, New York. He graduated from the State and National Law School in 1853, was admitted to the bar, and practiced with Wadsworth and Cameron. He later formed a partnership with Frederick H. Wing, which was active in banking as Cameron & Wing. Political career In 1857 Cameron moved to La Cros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Cameron (Australian Politician)
Angus Cameron (1847 – 26 January 1896) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was born in Edinburgh to railway porter Neil Cameron and Mary Young. The family migrated to New South Wales in 1854. He married Eleanor Lyons on 1 January 1876 at Waterloo and they had five children. He first worked as a carpenter, quickly becoming involved in the union movement and becoming secretary of the Trades and Labor Council by 1873. In 1874 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Trades and Labor Council's endorsed candidate for West Sydney. In 1876 he disassociated himself from the Trades and Labor Council, and he was defeated in 1885. He was elected at the 1887 by-election for Kiama Kiama () is a coastal town 120 kilometres south of Sydney in the Illawarra. One of the main tourist attractions is the Kiama Blowhole. Kiama features several popular surfing beaches and caravan parks, and numerous alfresco cafes and restaurant ..., but his first term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Cameron (colonial Administrator)
Angus Cameron (1871–1961) was a British military officer and colonial administrator, the first governor of Mongalla Province in the south of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan between 1906 and 1908 and later governor of Kassala and Sennar provinces. Early life Cameron was born in Nairn on 25 October 1871. His father was James Angus Cameron, MD, BSc, DL. He attended school at Darlington, then in February 1891 went to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, for a year. He gained a commission in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders on 18 May 1892, and was promoted Lieutenant in 1893 and Captain in 1896. In July 1899 Cameron was seconded to the Egyptian army, and as an officer of the IXth Sudanese he fought at the Battle of Gedid. In late November 1899 he was attached to the 9th Sudanese Battalion during the operations leading to the defeat of the Khalifa (mentioned in despatches 25 November 1899). He was appointed Senior Inspector of Sennar. Cameron remained in the Egyptian army service an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Cameron (publisher)
Donald Angus Cameron (December 25, 1908 – November 18, 2002), publicly known by his middle name, was an American book editor and publisher. Cameron scored his first success handling '' The Joy of Cooking'' by Irma Rombauer for Indianapolis publisher Bobbs-Merrill Company in 1936. He moved to Little, Brown and Company in 1938. While editor at Little, Brown, Cameron was responsible for the promotion of then-unknown writer J. D. Salinger, controversial poet Ogden Nash, and various left wing authors including Lillian Hellman, Howard Fast, and Carey McWilliams. In 1947 the politically radical Cameron became a public target of red-baiting led by historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. over Little, Brown's refusal to publish ''Animal Farm'' by George Orwell. He was ultimately forced out at Little, Brown in 1951 over controversy surrounding the proposed publication of Communist author Howard Fast's novel '' Spartacus.'' Following his departure from Little, Brown, Cameron found himself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Cameron (ice Hockey)
Scott Angus Cameron (November 5, 1921 – April 12, 1993) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played 35 games for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League during the 1942–43 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1940 to 1951, was spent in the minor leagues.. He was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. On June 27, 1941, Cameron was claimed by the New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its ho ... from Philadelphia (AHA) in the Inter-League Draft. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs References External links * 1921 births 1993 deaths Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian ice hockey centres Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan New Haven Ramblers players New York Rangers play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Cameron (rugby Union)
Angus Cameron (24 June 1929 – 1 April 1991) was a Scottish international rugby union playerBath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ) who played for Glasgow HSFP and Glasgow District. Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for Glasgow HSFP. Provincial career He was selected for Glasgow District and played in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. He played for the Scotland Possibles side in 1947. International career He was capped for seventeen times between 1948 and 1956. He also took part in the 1955 British Lions tour to South Africa. He was named as vice-captain. He played in 2 tests against South Africa - and played in another 7 matches against provincial sides; resulting in a total of 9 appearances on the tour kicking 44 points. Family His brother Donald Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Cameron (academic)
Angus Fraser Cameron (11 February 1941 – 27 May 1983) was a Canadian linguist and lexicographer. Life Cameron was born in Nova Scotia on 11 February 1941 and educated at Truro Senior High School (winning the Governor General's award in 1958) and Mount Allison University before winning a Rhodes Scholarship to Jesus College, Oxford. He was then a lecturer at Mount Allison University before completing a post-graduate degree at Oxford in 1968 entitled "Old English nouns of colour: a semantic study". This was the starting point for his later lexicographical work. In 1968, he was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of English and Centre for Medieval Studies by the University of Toronto, becoming a professor in 1977 and being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1982. His daughter is writer Claire Cameron. He died of cancer in Toronto on 27 May 1983 at the age of 42. Cameron was Ph.D. supervisor for Antonette diPaolo Healey, who would go on to continue hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Cameron (director)
Angus Cameron , (born 1966) is a BAFTA Scotland nominated director. Cameron's first documentary, ''Ibiza - A Short Film About Chilling'', is a 'classic' record of the Ibiza club scene in 1990. He is best known for his association with Creation Records during the 1990s, where he made music videos for Ride, My Bloody Valentine, Cathedral, Primal Scream and others. Several of his videos are known for having a distinctive psychedelic visual style. Cameron was also given a credit for photography on ''Loveless'', which later featured a Supreme release in 2020 and created short films to accompany My Bloody Valentine's concerts, beginning with the Rollercoaster Tour. Of working with the band, he said: "I had my best and most creative working relationship with My Bloody Valentine." Since the early 1990s he has directed several television series and documentaries, most notably '' Naked Ambition'' and ''Hollywood Confidential''. Filmography *''Ibiza - A Short Film About Chilling'' (199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |