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David Greig may refer to: * David Greig (supermarket), a supermarket chain of the Greig family of Hornsey, north London * David Greig (landowner) (1837–?), Scottish landowner * David Greig (dramatist) (born 1969), Scottish playwright and theatre director * David Greig (MP), British member of parliament for Perth, 1839–1841 * David Cunningham Greig David Cunningham Greig FRSE FGS (1922–1999) was a British geologist and cartographer. He was Principal Geologist for HM Geological Survey from 1958 to 1982. He was a keen hill-walker and mountaineer. Life He was born in Glasgow on 16 Februar ... (1922–1999), British geologist * David Middleton Greig (1864–1936), Scottish surgeon {{disambiguation, hn=Greig, David ...
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David Greig (supermarket)
David Greig was initially a grocery store that grew to become one of the burgeoning supermarket chains in the United Kingdom. The original business was founded by the Greig family of Hornsey, North London. During the seventies, the business was first purchased by Wrensons, a Midlands-based grocery chain before the combined group took on the David Greig name. The combined company was purchased by British food conglomerate Fitch Lovell and was eventually merged into the group's supermarket chain Key Markets. The original David Greig company The David Greig chain is considered to have been established in 1870, when the wife of a Hornsey cabinet maker of Scots birth, Mary Greig opened a small provisions shop at 32 High Street, Hornsey. By 1881 her son David Greig had joined her in the business and described himself as a 'provision dealer' in the census of that year. The business thrived and wishing to expand beyond Hornsey, Greig opened his first shop at 54-58 Atlantic Road, Brixton in ...
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David Greig (dramatist)
David Greig (born 1969) is a Scottish playwright and theatre director. His work has been performed at many of the major theatres in Britain, including the Traverse Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Royal National Theatre, Royal Lyceum Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, and been produced around the world. Early life and education Greig was born in Edinburgh in 1969, and was brought up in Nigeria until he was 11, when the family returned to Scotland. He studied at Bristol University, where he shared a flat with Sarah Kane. Career After university, in 1993 he co-founded a drama collective with fellow students Graham Eatough and Nick Powell called Suspect Culture, based in Glasgow. Their work was highly influenced by European theatre. Greig would go on to write the texts for almost all of their shows until 2004, including ''Timeless'' (1997), ''Mainstream'' (1999), ''Candide 2000'' (2000), ''Casanova'' (2001), ''Lament'' (2002), and ''8000m'' (2004). His stand-alone ...
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David Greig (MP)
David Greig (born 1793) was a Scottish politician. Born in Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ..., David was the son of Bailie James Greig. He worked as a watchmaker and jeweller. He was also involved with shipping in the burgh's port. He stood in the 1839 Perth by-election for the Whigs, winning the seat, but he did not stand at the subsequent 1841 UK general election. During the same period, he served as Provost of Perth. He later became a director of the Scottish Provincial Assurance Company. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Greig, David 1793 births Year of death missing People from Perth, Scotland Scottish watchmakers (people) UK MPs 1837–1841 Whig (British political party) MPs for Scottish constituencies ...
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David Cunningham Greig
David Cunningham Greig FRSE FGS (1922–1999) was a British geologist and cartographer. He was Principal Geologist for HM Geological Survey from 1958 to 1982. He was a keen hill-walker and mountaineer. Life He was born in Glasgow on 16 February 1922. He attended Glasgow High School then Glasgow University. His education was interrupted by the Second World War during which he served in Europe and East Africa in the REME. During this period his adjutant was Robert Eden, who inspired his interest in Geology. After demob he then completed his university education, graduating MA BSc. He joined HM Geological Survey as a Geologist in 1951 and was rapidly promoted to the post of Principal Geologist within 7 years. Based in the London office his original survey work included South Wales and the West Midlands and heavy involvement in exploratory work for the National Coal Board. In 1953 he began a major accurate remapping of the geology of the Church Stretton area at 1:50,000. In May ...
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