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Ian Fraser (playwright), Ian Fraser
Ian Fraser may refer to: * Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale (1897–1974), British politician and businessman * Sir Ian Fraser (surgeon) (1901–1999) Irish surgeon, President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, President of the British Medical Association * Ian Fraser (cricketer) (1902–1990), New Zealand cricketer * Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Tullybelton (1911–1989), British judge * Ian Fraser (Plymouth Sutton MP) (1916–1987), British politician, MP for Plymouth Sutton * Ian Edward Fraser (1920–2008), British Royal Navy officer and Victoria Cross recipient * Ian Fraser (Royal Navy pilot) (1921–2015), Royal Navy officer and diplomat * Ian Fraser (composer) (1933–2014), British composer, nominee for the Academy Award for Original Music Score * Ian Fraser (broadcaster) (born 1948), New Zealand television interviewer and executive * Ian Fraser (naturalist) (born 1951), Australian naturalist * Ian Fraser (New Zealand politician), New Zealand politician, founder o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser Of Lonsdale
William Jocelyn Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale, (30 August 1897 – 19 December 1974) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician, a Governor of the BBC, a successful businessman and the first person to be awarded a life peerage under the Life Peerages Act 1958. Fraser was blinded in World War I and became Chairman of Blind Veterans UK, St Dunstan's, a charity for blind servicemen. Early life and war injury Fraser was the son of William Percy Fraser, a businessman of South Africa, who played a role in the development of Johannesburg. He was born in Eastbourne, England but spent his early years in South Africa. He returned to England and was educated at St Cyprian's School Eastbourne and Marlborough College. He went to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, at the start of World War I and in the spring of 1916, he was sent out to join the army in France where he was a Captain (British Army and Royal Marines), captain in the King's Shropshire Light ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Fraser (surgeon)
Sir Ian Fraser FRSE PRCSI PBMA DSO OBE LLD (1901–1999) was a Northern Irish surgeon. He served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1954-1956 and was President of the British Medical Association. In the Second World War he was responsible for the implementation of the widespread use of the newly discovered penicillin throughout military hospitals, saving tens of thousands of lives. He was described as "Northern Ireland's best-known surgeon".The Independent (newspaper) obituary 28 May 1999 He was a lifelong campaigner for the harmonisation of relationships between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The Sir Ian Fraser Theatre in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, his named in his honour. Life He was born on 9 February 1901 in Belfast the son of Dr Robert Moore Fraser a Belfast GP. He was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and then studied Medicine at Queen's University Belfast where he won numerous prizes before graduat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Fraser (cricketer)
Ian Comyn Fraser (25 August 1902 – 2 February 1990) was a cricketer. He played one first-class match in New Zealand for Otago during the 1918–19 season. Fraser was born ar Inverness in Scotland in 1902. He was educated at Otago Boys' High School and later qualified as a doctor. As well as cricket, Fraser played association football for Otago.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 53. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (ACS) was founded in England in 1973 for the purpose of researching and collating information about the history and statistics of cricket. Originally called the Association of Cricket Stati .... References External links * 1902 births 1990 deaths New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers Cricketers from Inverness Scottish emigrants to New Zealand People educated at Otago Boys' High School 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser Of Tullybelton
Walter Ian Reid Fraser, Baron Fraser of Tullybelton, (3 February 1911 – 17 February 1989) was a British judge. Life and career Ian Fraser was born in Glasgow on 3 February 1911, the eldest child of Alexander Reid Fraser, a Glasgow fur merchant, and his wife Margaret Russell MacFarlane. On 23 November 1914, his sister Helen Cross Reid Fraser was born. Fraser was educated at Sandroyd School, Repton School and later studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in 1932 with First Class Honours. He finished his studies at the University of Glasgow with a Bachelor of Laws in 1935. The following year he was admitted to the Scottish Faculty of Advocates, where he soon earned a reputation as an excellent jurist. At the same time he held a teaching post at the University of Glasgow and from 1948 at the University of Edinburgh. His 1936 work "Outline of Constitutional Law" (2nd edition 1948) was soon regarded as the standard work on British constit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Fraser (Plymouth Sutton MP)
Ian Montagu Fraser (14 October 1916 – 8 November 1987) was a British Conservative party politician. Fraser stood for Tottenham in 1955 and was defeated. In the run-up to the 1959 general election he tried to win the Conservative nomination for Finchley, but at the selection meeting was narrowly defeated by Margaret Thatcher. At the election he was elected as Member of Parliament for the Plymouth Sutton constituency. In his time in Parliament he became Parliamentary Private Secretary. He was narrowly re-elected at the 1964 general election. However he was defeated at the 1966 general election by the Labour candidate David Owen, who went on to become Foreign Secretary. References *Times Guide to the House of Commons ''The Times Guide to the House of Commons'' is a political reference guide book published by Times Newspapers giving coverage of general elections in the United Kingdom. Following most general elections since 1880, the book has been published. T ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Edward Fraser
Ian Edward Fraser, (18 December 1920 – 1 September 2008) was an English diving pioneer, sailor and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Fraser was born in Ealing in Middlesex and went to school in High Wycombe. After initially working on merchant ships and serving in the Royal Naval Reserve, he joined the Royal Navy at the start of the Second World War. After being awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions while serving on submarines, he was placed in command of a midget submarine during an attack in Singapore codenamed Operation Struggle. For his bravery in navigating the mined waters, and successfully placing mines on a Japanese cruiser, Fraser was awarded the Victoria Cross. After retiring from the Royal Navy, Fraser set up a commercial diving organisation after realising the ease of use of new frogman-type diving equipment. After serving in several honora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Fraser (Royal Navy Pilot)
Ian Duncan Fraser OBE DSC DSC or Dsc may refer to: Education * Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) * District Selection Committee, an entrance exam in India * Doctor of Surgical Chiropody, superseded in the 1960s by Doctor of Podiatric Medicine Educational institutions * Dyal Sin ... (11 September 1921 - 7 March 2015) was a Royal Navy Flight Lieutenant who disabled the Italian cruiser '' Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi'' with a torpedo during the Second World War. Fraser later served as a diplomat. References 1921 births 2015 deaths Military personnel from the West Midlands (county) People from Solihull Officers of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) {{UK-navy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Fraser (composer)
Ian Fraser (23 August 1933 – 31 October 2014) was an English composer, conductor, orchestrator, arranger and music director. In a career that spanned over 50 years, he received eleven Emmy Awards out of 32 total nominations, making him the most-honored musician in television history. His first 23 Emmy nominations, received between 1977 and 1999, were consecutive, which is the longest run of individual nominations in the history of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. His professional associations were with such artists as actress-singer Julie Andrews, singer-songwriter Anthony Newley and composer-lyricist Leslie Bricusse. In addition to his many Emmy Awards and nominations, he received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations as conductor and supervisor of Bricusse's score for the 1970 musical film '' Scrooge''. Early life and career Fraser was born in Hove, England, on 23 August 1933. He attended Eastbourne College between 1945 and 1951. He served for five y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Fraser (broadcaster)
Ian Geoffrey Fraser (born 7 September 1948) is a New Zealand broadcaster and personality. He was the chief executive officer of Television New Zealand from 2002 until 2005. Biography Fraser was born in Dunedin on 7 September 1948. He was educated at Otago Boys' High School, and went on to study modern languages at the University of Otago, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree. As a pianist, he received an associate diploma (ATCL) from Trinity College London in 1963. Fraser decided to pursue acting, and appeared in several performances at Dunedin's Globe Theatre, Dunedin, Globe Theatre. Through these performances he came to know former conscientious objector Archibald Baxter. Fraser, whose opinions already included opposition to the Vietnam War, found his anti-war views encouraged by this friendship, leading to lifelong pacifist views.Milne, J.,Our clever, irreverent and courageous soldiers returned from war and wanted to forget – but we will remember" ''stuff.co.nz'', 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Fraser (naturalist)
Ian Thomas Fraser (born 1951) is an Australian naturalist, conservationist and author, based in Canberra, where he arrived from Adelaide in January 1980. From 1997, he presented a fortnightly natural history show on ABC Radio Canberra, until the station discontinued the program at the end of 2016. He teaches bird and other natural history courses to adult students at the ANU Centre for Continuing Education. He ran the educational Environment Tours program – natural history bus-based tours throughout Australia – initially in association with the Canberra environment movement from 1984 until retiring at the end of 2016, and since 2006 has worked for Chris Carter of ''Time Travel Australia'' leading natural history tours to South America (with single tours to Malaysian Borneo and Madagascar). He was awarded the Australian Plants Award by the Australian Native Plants Society in 2001, and the Australian Natural History Medallion in 2006. In 2011 his book ''A Bush Capital Year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Fraser (New Zealand Politician)
Libertarianz was a political party in New Zealand (hence the suffix -nz) that advocated libertarianism, favouring self-government and limiting the power of the government over the individual. Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism was a major influence on the party. Its slogan "More Freedom, Less Government" is indicative of the party's basic policy platform. It went into recess and was de-registered by its own request in 29 January 2014. History Libertarianz was founded in late 1995 by Ian Fraser, who served as the party's first leader. Later, Lindsay Perigo, a well-known New Zealand broadcaster for Radio New Zealand and TVNZ, assumed the leadership. Perigo was followed as leader by Peter Cresswell and then Russell Watkins. At the time of its deregistration the leader was Richard McGrath, and the Party president was Shane Pleasance. The party's first campaign was the 1996 election, the first to be held under the MMP electoral system. Libertarianz's involvement in the electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Fraser (playwright)
Ian Fraser (born 18 April 1962) is a South African playwright, writer, comedian, anti-Apartheid activist, artist, anarchist, and social agitator, now living in the USA. He began as South Africa's first street-level comedian, " ranting-verse" poet, and acerbic anti-government satirist. He has consistently been a pro-democracy, anti-establishment voice, both under Apartheid and under the new dispensation in South Africa. Fraser has won many awards for his plays, including the 1992 Amstel Playwright of the Year Award and the 1992 Tonight-AA Life Vita Award for Comedy. His comedic work has been compared with that of Americans Lenny Bruce and Bill Hicks, and his dramatic writing to that of Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs, and Tom Stoppard. Critics characterised Fraser's work as alternatively swinging between brutality and violence, and delicacy, sensitivity and grace. Alongside his plays, Fraser also performed eight "one-man" satire shows, primarily at the Grahamstown Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
