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Alexander Malcolm (politician)
Alexander Scott Malcolm (1 July 1864 – 19 July 1956) was an independent conservative and then Reform Party Member of Parliament and advocate of prohibition in New Zealand. He was born in Mansfield, England and educated at Horton College, Tasmania and the University of Otago where he was Macandrew Scholar in Political Science. He was a teacher at Kelso School, and was secretary of the Clutha No-Licence League when after passing of the 1893 Act allowing local "no-licence" polls Clutha became the first "dry" district. He supported prohibition in Parliament, and the South Otago Hospital Board of which he was a foundation member and chairman from 1923 to 1926. The South Otago Hospital in Balclutha was opened in 1926, as was the South Otago High School. He was elected to the Clutha electorate in the 1905 general election, after being unsuccessful in 1899. He was defeated in 1922. He was Chairman of Committees for three terms: 4 July 1913 to 20 November 1914, 7 July 191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Malcolm (writer On Music)
Alexander Malcolm (1685 - 1763) was a Scottish educator and the author of ''A Treatise on Musick, Speculative, Practical & Historical'', Edinburgh, 1721. Malcolm was born in Edinburgh on 25 December 1685, the son of a minister. Nothing is known of his education, but as a young man Malcolm became a mathematics teacher. Malcolm's most important publication, ''A Treatise on Musick, Speculative, Practical & Historical'', Edinburgh, was published in 1721, and reprinted in 1779. His other publications were ''New Treatise on Arithmetic and Book Keeping'', Edinburgh, 1718 and ''A New System of Arithmetic, Theoretical and Practical'' London, 1730. He was deeply influenced by treatises written by his contemporaries such as Descartes, Kircher and Mersenne. In his own treatise, ''A Treatise on Musick, Speculative, Practical & Historical'', he admits that his main goal is to "gather together in one system what lay scattered in several treatises". Charles Burney commented that Malcolm's work ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |