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Dobbie
Dobbie is a surname of Scottish origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Williamson Dobbie (1843–1912), engineer and retailer in South Australia * Allison Dobbie MNZM, New Zealand librarian * Dane Dobbie (born 1986), Canadian lacrosse player * Dorothy Dobbie (born 1945), Canadian politician *James Johnston Dobbie (1852–1924), Scottish chemist studied alkaloids *Joseph Dobbie, Liberal MP for Ayr Burghs (UK Parliament constituency) from 1904 to 1906 *Stephen Dobbie (born 1982), Scottish professional footballer for Queen of the South * Thomas William Dobbie (1829–1908), Canadian civil engineer, provincial land surveyor and political figure *William Dobbie GCMG, KCB, DSO (1879–1964), British Army veteran of the Second Boer War, and two World Wars * William Dobbie (politician) CBE (1878–1950), British Labour politician See also *Dobbie or Dobby, a type of fairground roundabout that has no floor, with its ride-on figures being suspended from its roof *Dobbie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Dobbie
Stephen Dobbie (born 5 December 1982) is a Scottish former professional footballer. He is Senior Professional Development Phase coach at his former club Blackpool. Dobbie is Queen of the South's second-highest goalscorer of all time (166 goals) and the club's record scorer for a single season (43 goals in the 2018-19 season). He started his career in the 2002–03 season at Rangers, followed by spells at Hibernian and St Johnstone. His career was revived by a loan spell at Dumbarton in 2006, and he then scored 55 goals in 105 appearances for Queen of the South in his first spell at Palmerston Park, playing in the club's first-ever appearance in the Scottish Cup Final in 2008. Dobbie moved to Swansea City in 2009. Dobbie was loaned to Blackpool and won promotion to the Premier League via the 2010 play-offs. He returned to Swansea City and again won promotion to the Premier League via the 2011 play-offs. He was again loaned to Blackpool in 2012 and played in a third succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Williamson Dobbie
Alexander Williamson Dobbie (12 November 1843 – 18 July 1912) was a Scots-born South Australian brassfounder, engineer, inventor, lecturer, mesmerist, businessman and travel writer. He founded A. W. Dobbie & Co. manufacturing company, and the hardware and homewares store Dobbie's, which continued into the 1960s in Adelaide and the 1930s in Perth, Western Australia. History Alexander Williamson Dobbie was born in Glasgow, a son of William Dobbie (1813 – 12 January 1879), jeweller and engraver, and his wife Sophia Monteith Dobbie (c. 1817 – 9 September 1884). Alex was schooled at James Bath's school in North Adelaide, then at age 14, after a few months as a draper's assistant, was in 1858 apprenticed to machinist and brassfounder G. Schwan, formerly of Berends & Schwan, of Gawler Place, 3 doors from Rundle street, who went out of business in 1860. It is likely that he completed his apprenticeship with, and worked for, another brassfounder, perhaps Richard Hutchinson. At ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dobbie
Lieutenant General Sir William George Shedden Dobbie, (12 July 1879 – 3 October 1964) was a British Army officer who served in the Second Boer War and the First and Second World Wars. Early life William was born in Madras to a civil servant father, W. H. Dobbie of the Indian Civil Service – and to a family with a long military lineage. When he was only nine months old, his parents left him in the care of relatives in England, so that he might receive an education in keeping with his family's station.''Current Biography: Who's News and Why (1945 ed.)'' New York: H.W. Wilson Company. . At thirteen, young William won a scholarship to Charterhouse School and became a top-ranking classical scholar and a keen student of ancient military campaigns. Upon graduation, he proved to be qualified for a military career at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, from which, in due course, he went to the Royal School of Military Engineering at Chatham. He was commissioned a second lieutenant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Dobbie
Dorothy Ina Elgiva Dobbie (born January 5, 1945) is a Canadian businesswoman and former politician. She served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. Dobbie was a publisher before entering political life, and was a founder of Association Publications Ltd. She was the first woman to serve as president of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce. In 1983, she was named Outstanding Business Citizen of the Year by the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce. In 2012, Dobbie was awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for her contributions and achievements as a Canadian citizen. Politics Dobbie was elected to the House of Commons in the 1988 election, defeating Liberal candidate Allan Kaufman by 715 votes to win the federal riding of Winnipeg South. The Progressive Conservatives won a majority government in the election, and Dobbie entered parliament as a government backbencher. She served as parliamentary secretary to seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allison Dobbie (librarian)
Allison Muriel Dobbie is a New Zealand librarian recognised for her leadership in library management and education for library professionals in New Zealand and the Oceania region. Early years Dobbie was born in Southland, New Zealand, and attended high school in Waimate. Dobbie studied history at the University of Otago, Dobbie completed a postgraduate diploma in library studies in 1974 from the New Zealand Library School and an MA in librarianship from Victoria University in 1988. Career During her career Dobbie served as a librarian in Christchurch, Dunedin and Parliament, and led Auckland Libraries Auckland Libraries is the public library system for the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It was created when the seven separate councils in the Auckland region merged in 2010. It is currently the largest public-library network in the Southern H ... through the merger of seven library systems with 55 libraries forming the largest public library system in the southern hemisphe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dobbie (politician)
William Dobbie CBE (1878 – 19 January 1950) was a British Labour politician. Dobbie was born in Maybole, Ayrshire. When he was just two-years-old, his parents, Francis Dobbie and Agnes McCreath, died there leaving two young sons, William and his brother James aged six. James remained in Maybole with his maternal grandparents while William was raised in Glasgow by his aunt. Dobbie became a railway employee and moved to York and became a councillor in 1911. He became active in the General Railway Workers' Union, and was its president in 1913, when it became part of the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR). During World War I, he served in the British Army and was wounded. After the war he became an alderman of York and in 1923 was elected Lord Mayor of York, the first Labour mayor of the city. He was President of the NUR from 1925 to 1927 and 1931–1933. Dobbie stood for Parliament without success for Barkston Ash in 1924 and Clitheroe in 1929 before being elected Member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Dobbie
Sir Joseph Dobbie (1862 – 18 May 1943) was a British Liberal Party politician. Background He was a son of James Dobbie. He was educated at the Ayr Academy and the University of EdinburghWho Was Who Career He was a Liberal in favour of social reform. He gained a parliamentary seat from the Unionists at the Ayr Burghs by-election of 1904; He sat as Liberal MP for Ayr Burghs from 1904 to 1906, but lost the seat back to the Unionist at the January 1906 general election; He was a Member of the Departmental Committee on Housing in 1908. He was Chairman of the Royal Scots Recruiting Committee from 1914 to 1916. He attempted a return to parliament after a 12-year break, without success, when he contested Edinburgh Central at the 1918 general election; He did not stand for parliament again. Dobbie was knighted in the 1920 Birthday Honours for public and local services in Edinburgh. He was Head of Dalgleish, Dobbie & Co., SSC, Edinburgh. He was a Justice of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nita Kibble Literary Award
The Kibble Literary Awards comprise two awards—the Nita B Kibble Literary Award, which recognises the work of an established Australian female writer, and the Dobbie Literary Award, which is for a first published work by a female writer. The Awards recognise the works of women writers of fiction or non-fiction classified as 'life writing'. This includes novels, autobiographies, biographies, literature and any writing with a strong personal element. The Kibble Literary Awards were established in 1994 and are named in honour of Nita Kibble (1879–1962), who was the first woman to be a librarian with the State Library of New South Wales. She was Principal Research Librarian from 1919 until her retirement in 1943, and was a founding member of the Australian Institute of Librarians. The Kibble Awards for Women Writers were established by Nita Dobbie, through her will, in recognition of her aunt, Nita Kibble, who had raised her from birth after her mother died. Miss Dobbie followed h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dane Dobbie
Dane Dobbie (born December 1, 1986 in Elora, Ontario, Elora, Ontario) is a professional box lacrosse, lacrosse player for the San Diego Seals in the National Lacrosse League. Dobbie comes from a lacrosse family. His grandfather, Bob Dobbie, is a member of Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame and his father Larry also competed at a high level. Dobbie won the National Lacrosse League MVP Award MVP in the 2019 NLL season. References 1986 births Living people Calgary Roughnecks players Canadian lacrosse players Lacrosse forwards San Diego Seals players Sportspeople from Ontario {{Canada-lacrosse-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas William Dobbie
Thomas William Dobbie (November 13, 1829 – April 1, 1908) was a Canadian civil engineer, provincial land surveyor and political figure. He represented Elgin East in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Conservative member. He was born in Bayham Township, Upper Canada in 1829, the son of Andrew Dobbie, a Scottish immigrant, and Martha Ann Bowlby. Dobbie was educated in Bayham township and London, Ontario. He served as reeve for the township from 1863 to 1867 and from 1876 to 1877. Dobbie lived in Tillsonburg Tillsonburg is a town in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada with a population of 18,615 located about 50 kilometres southeast of London, on Highway 3 at the junction of Highway 19. History Prior to European settlement, the present site of Tillso .... Dobbie was married twice: to Susan Margaret Jones in 1872 and to Mary Hodgson in 1891. He died in Tillsonburg at the age of 78. References 1829 births 1908 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Johnston Dobbie
Sir James Johnston Dobbie, FRS FRSE FIC FCS (4 August 1852 – 19 June 1924) was known for the isolation, chemical structure, and physical properties (especially UV and visible spectra) of alkaloids. He isolated hydroxycodeine from opium and synthesized diphenylene. He carried out UV-VIS spectra of gaseous main group elements and organic compounds. Life He was born at 189 Duke Street in Glasgow on 4 August 1852 the son of Alexander Dobbie a local chemist. He was educated at Glasgow High School and then Glasgow University graduating MA in 1875. He continued as a postgraduate at University of Edinburgh under William Ramsay, receiving a DSc in 1879. Dobbie was appointed first head of chemistry at Bangor University, then the University College of North Wales, in 1884 and built the department up in its early years. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1903. His proposers were Sir Francis Grant Ogilvie, Alexander Crum Brown, Ramsay Heatley Traquair and A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dobbe
Dobbe is a surname of Dutch origin. People with the surname * Sarah Dobbe (born 1979), Dutch politician * Willy Dobbe (born 1944), Dutch television presenter See also * Dobby * Dobbie Dobbie is a surname of Scottish origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Williamson Dobbie (1843–1912), engineer and retailer in South Australia * Allison Dobbie MNZM, New Zealand librarian * Dane Dobbie (born 1986), Canadian ... * Dobe {{Surname Surnames Surnames of Dutch origin Dutch-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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