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Finnie Street
Finnie is a surname of Scottish origin which means "sincere." Notable people with the surname include: *Dave Finnie, Canadian ice hockey goaltender *Ethel Finnie (1898–1981), American classic female blues singer *John Finnie, Scottish politician *Linda Finnie, (born 1952), a Scottish mezzo-soprano *Roger Finnie, (born 1945), an American football offensive tackle *Ross Finnie, (born 1947), Scottish politician *William Finnie (mayor), 18th-century mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia *William Finnie (MP), (1828–1899), Scottish liberal politician and member of parliament *Thomas Finnie, (1918-2003), first Director of Management and Technology for the Defense Mapping Agency See also *Feeney, a surname *Finney (other) *Phinney, a surname References Surnames of Scottish origin {{surname, Finnie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American 501(c)(3) organization, non-profit organization founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle that runs a digital library website, archive.org. It provides free access to collections of digitized media including websites, Application software, software applications, music, audiovisual, and print materials. The Archive also advocates a Information wants to be free, free and open Internet. Its mission is committing to provide "universal access to all knowledge". The Internet Archive allows the public to upload and download digital material to its data cluster, but the bulk of its data is collected automatically by its web crawlers, which work to preserve as much of the public web as possible. Its web archiving, web archive, the Wayback Machine, contains hundreds of billions of web captures. The Archive also oversees numerous Internet Archive#Book collections, book digitization projects, collectively one of the world's largest book digitization efforts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Finnie
David Nicholson Finnie (August 2, 1883 – October 29, 1969) was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender who played for the Ottawa Hockey Club. He was part of the renowned "Silver Seven" era of the team, which were Stanley Cup champions from 1903 to 1906. Finnie contributed to the team's Stanley Cup victory in 1905. Career Finnie grew up in Ottawa, and played for the Ottawa Aberdeens. In 1904–05, after the retirement of Bouse Hutton, he became the starting goalie for Ottawa. The team was the reigning Stanley Cup champion, by winning the Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL) season and a Stanley Cup challenge match against the Dawson City Nuggets. He was the Ottawa goaltender only for the one season. Billy Hague won the job the next season. He played for the Montreal Hockey Club in 1907–08. Finnie died on October 29, 1969, in Waterloo, New York Waterloo is a town in Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 7,378 at the 2020 census. The town and its maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethel Finnie
Ethel V. Finnie (January 7, 1898 – May 1, 1981) was an American classic female blues singer. Her most notable recording is "You're Gonna Wake Up Some Morning, but Your Papa Will Be Gone". Information about her life outside music is sketchy. Life Finnie was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the second child and only daughter of Noble Armond Finnie, a butler, and Mary "Mamie" Anderson Finnie, a housewife. She had an older brother, Noble Finnie, Jr. Finnie was a graduate of New Orleans University (later incorporated into Dillard University) and was employed as a schoolteacher at the McDonogh School No. 6. Finnie married the pianist and composer Porter Grainger on September 25, 1923, in Stamford, Connecticut, with whom she performed throughout the northeastern United States, appearing at various venues and performing on radio programs, as documented in the pages of the African-American press of the period. It seems that after the birth of their daughter, Portia Lee Grainger, Finnie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Finnie
John Bradford Finnie (born 31 December 1956) is a Scottish Greens politician. He was the Green Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Highlands and Islands region from 2016 up until 2021, having previously sat as a Scottish National Party (SNP) member from 2011 to 2012 then as an independent from 2012 to 2016. He was formerly a police officer and then a councillor. Early life Finnie was born in Clunes, and was educated at Achnacarry Primary and Lochaber High School. Police Finnie became a police officer in 1976 and served with the Lothian and Borders Police and then as a uniformed Constable, latterly a Constable Dog Handler within the Northern Constabulary. He was a full-time elected official – Constable Secretary, local branch of the Scottish Police Federation (SPF). Political career Finnie developed political awareness while still at High School and joined the SNP at 16 years old. He first stood as a candidate in a 2006 by-election for a Highland Council seat. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Finnie
Linda Finnie (born 9 May 1952) is a Scottish mezzo-soprano. She made her debut in 1976 with Scottish Opera, and has since made appearances all over Europe, including at Bayreuth Bayreuth ( or ; High Franconian German, Upper Franconian: Bareid, ) is a Town#Germany, town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtel Mountains. The town's roots date back to 11 ... (in 1988). References Grove Music Online 1952 births Living people Scottish operatic mezzo-sopranos 21st-century Scottish women opera singers 20th-century Scottish women opera singers {{UK-opera-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Finnie
Roger Lewis Finnie (November 6, 1945 – August 6, 2012) was an American professional football offensive tackle and defensive tackle who played eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Finnie played college football for Florida A&M University. Finnie was an All-City team member at Miami Northwestern Senior High School and a key factor in Northwestern's state championship in 1964. At Florida A&M, Finnie garnered All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and All-American honors. Finnie was selected by the New York Jets in the 14th round of the 1969 NFL/AFL draft. He began his NFL career as a defensive tackle and also played offensive guard and tight end with the Jets. He was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1973 where he was converted to a full-time offensive tackle. Finnie played left tackle on a record-breaking offensive line that included Pro Football Hall of Fame member Dan Dierdorf, Conrad Dobler, Tom Banks, and Bob Young. That unit led the NFL wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Finnie
James Ross Finnie (born 11 February 1947) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and a former Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP). He is a former Minister for the Environment and Rural Development in the Scottish Executive, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for the West of Scotland region. He became an MSP in the first elections to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, and held the same ministerial portfolio until May 2007. Background Finnie was educated at Greenock Academy. Previously a self-employed chartered accountant and financial adviser, he was a councillor in Inverclyde from 1977 to 1999. He also previously chaired the Scottish Liberal Party, before chairing the Scottish Liberal Democrats. In the 1979 general election he was the Liberal candidate in Renfrewshire West, and four years later he contested Stirling. Member of the Scottish Parliament He stood for election to the Scottish Parliament at the first elections in 1999. He came second in the Greenoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Finnie (mayor)
William Finnie was mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia from 1783 to 1784. During the American Revolution he served the southern department of the Continental Army The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary War. It was formed on June 14, 1775, by a resolution passed by the Second Continental Co ... as adjutant quartermaster-general.''Williamsburg Lodge of Masons'', The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 1 (July, 1892), pp. 1–33 The William Finnie House is considered classic Williamsburg architecture. References External links Williamsburg Mayors 18th-century births Mayors of Williamsburg, Virginia Continental Army staff officers Continental Army officers from Virginia Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown {{Virginia-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Finnie (MP)
William Finnie (6 November 1827 in Kilmarnock – 3 December 1899 in St Leonards-on-Sea) was a Scottish lawyer and Liberal Party politician. Life The third son of James Finnie, a merchant in London, Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro, and Mary Ann Brown,''Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench'', 1870, p. 101 he was educated at Merchiston Castle Academy, King's College London, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1853 but never practiced. He was a justice of the peace for Ayrshire. He was elected as Liberal Member of Parliament for North Ayrshire North Ayrshire (, ) is one of 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas in Scotland. The council area borders Inverclyde to the north, Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire to the northeast, and East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire to the east and s ... at the 1868 general election but was defeated at the 1874 election. He married Antoinette BURNARD d/o George BURNARD in 1853 References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Finnie
Thomas C. Finnie (November 25, 1918 – October 17, 2003) was the first Director of Management and Technology for the Defense Mapping Agency. He was one of the initial eight Department of Defense planners who helped organize the agency. Finnie was working in mission control during the 1969 Moon landing of Apollo 11. Early life and education Finnie was born in Caseyville, Kentucky, son of Carroll Finnie, and Virginia Kellen. He earned a Bachelors in Science specializing in civil engineering from the University of Kentucky, and a Masters in Science specializing in business administration from George Washington University. Military service Finnie enlisted in the Army on April 8, 1944. He commanded the 66th Engineer Topographic Company during several of its Pacific campaigns. Government service In July 1937, he started working with the Department of Agriculture. In 1953, he took the position of Chief of the production and distribution plant of the Aeronautical Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feeney
Feeney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Feeney, Australian tennis player * Adam King Feeney, Canadian record producer and disc jockey known professionally as Frank Dukes * Angela Feeney, Northern Irish singer * Anne Feeney, American musician * Blair Feeney, New Zealand rugby union player * Carol Feeney, American rower * Chub Feeney, baseball administrator * Charles F. "Chuck" Feeney, billionaire businessman * Dan Feeney, American football player * David Feeney, Australian politician * Denis Feeney, Princeton academic * F. X. Feeney, American writer and filmmaker * Geraldine Feeney, Irish politician * Helen M. Feeney, American nun * Hugh Feeney, Irish bomber * Jamie Feeney, Australian rugby league player * Jim Feeney, Northern Irish footballer * Joe Feeney, singer * Joel Feeney, Canadian singer * John Feeney (other) * Josephine Feeney, British children's author * Julie Feeney, Irish musician * Kevin Feeney (1952–2013), Irish judge * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finney (other)
Finney may refer to: People *Finney (surname) Places ''Each in the United States'' *Finney, Kentucky, an unincorporated community *Finney, Texas, an unincorporated community *Finney County, Kansas *Finneytown, Ohio, a census-designated place *Finneyville, Illinois, an unincorporated community Other uses * ''Finney'' (TV series), a 1994 British television crime drama series *Finney Creek, in the U.S. state of Wisconsin *Finney High School, located in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. *Finney Hotel, a historic building in Woodbury, Kentucky, U.S. *Finney House (other), several American historic buildings *Finney Peak, a summit in the U.S. state of Washington * Finney strictureplasty, a procedure in gastroenterology See also * * *Feeney (other) * Finnie, a surname *Finny (other) Finny may refer to: * Steven Finn (born 1989), English cricketer * William Finny (1864-1952), English politician and historian * a nickname of Phineas Finn, protagonist of Anthony Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
