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Finnis is an English language surname. Notable people with this name include: *Benjamin Finnis (born 1937), British modern pentathlete *Dorothy Kell Finnis (1903–1970), South Australian physiotherapist *Edmund Finnis (born 1984), British composer of classical and electronic music * Frank Finnis (1851–1918), British Royal Navy admiral * Henry Finnis (1890–1945), British officer in the Indian Army * Horace Percy Finnis (1883–1960), Anglican clergyman and organist in South Australia *John Finnis (born 1940), Australian legal philosopher *John Finnis (captain) "Captain Finnis" (1802–1872), seaman and overlander in South Australia * Matt Finnis, chief executive officer of the St Kilda (Australian rules) Football Club *Michael Finnis, British materials scientist *Rachel Finnis, aka Rachel Brown (born 1980), footballer (women's soccer), married to Ian Finnis, pro golf caddie *Valerie Finnis Valerie Finnis (1924–2006) was a well-known British photographer, lecturer, teacher and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Finnis
Benjamin Finnis (born 8 July 1937) is a British modern pentathlon, modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics. References 1937 births Living people British male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Great Britain Modern pentathletes at the 1964 Summer Olympics {{UK-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Kell Finnis
Dorothy Mary Kell "Mollie" Finnis , née Simpson, (10 March 1903 – 19 May 1970), earlier known as Mary Kell Simpson was one of South Australia's first physiotherapists, and known for her treatment of children afflicted with poliomyelitis. History Dorothy was born in Unley Park, South Australia Unley Park is a southern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Unley. Its postcode is 5061. It is located on the north side of Cross Road and east of the Belair railway line. Access via public transport is from the Unley Park railway station, M ..., a daughter of architect Alfred Edward Simpson and his wife Frances Isabella Simpson, née Kell. She was educated at Walford House School where she was head prefect and editor of the school magazine. In 1924 she qualified for a diploma from the South Australian branch of the Australasian Massage Association and opened a private physiotherapy practice which she maintained until a few weeks before her death. She was in 1958 a foundation membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Finnis
Edmund Finnis (born 1984) is a British composer of classical and electronic music. His works have been commissioned and performed by orchestras and ensembles including the Britten Sinfonia, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, London Sinfonietta, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; the pianist Clare Hammond and the clarinettist Mark Simpson. He was recipient of a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award in 2012 and is currently a Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music, where his notable students have included William Marsey and Robin Haigh. Early life Finnis was born in Oxford, where, as a child, he was a choirboy at New College. Finnis went on to study composition with teachers including Julian Anderson, Paul Newland and Rozalie Hirs. He received a Leonard Bernstein Fellowship to study at Tanglewood and completed a doctorate at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama on the subject of distortion in acoustic instrumental music. Finnis als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Finnis
Admiral Frank Finnis (8 November 1851 – 17 November 1918FINNIS, Adm. Frank’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014) was a British Royal Navy admiral before the First World War. Early life Finnis was born in 1851, the son of Steriker Finnis, of Dover. He was educated at Highgate School from 1862 and entered the Royal Navy in 1864. Navy career Finnis was promoted to lieutenant in 1874, commander in 1886, and to captain on 1 January 1893. He was appointed in command of the second class cruiser HMS ''Amphion'' on 7 January 1897, and served on the Pacific Station until the ship paid off at Devonport on 13 February 1900. In early February 1900 it was announced that Finnis would be appointed in command of the battleship ''Collingwood'', but the appointment was cancelled, and he was appointed in command of the battleship ''Illustrious'' until early 1902. On 20 June 1902 he was appointed Commodore, 2nd class in command of the protected cruiser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Finnis
General Sir Henry Finnis (21 April 1890 – 31 May 1945) was a British officer in the Indian Army. Military career Born the son of Colonel Henry Finnis, CSI CBE RE, Finnis was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes 1944 He was commissioned on the unattached list for the Indian Army on 8 September 1909. He was appointed to the Indian Army's 72nd Punjabis on 12 November 1910;Indian Army List Supplement 1941 however he transferred to the 53rd Sikhs 22 February 1911. During World War I, he served in Egypt from 17 November 1914 to 17 July 1915, Aden from 18 July 1915 to 9 September 1915, Egypt from 10 September 1915 to 1 December 1915 and Mesopotamia from 2 December 1915 to 6 May 1916. During this time, he was wounded, was mentioned in dispatches twice, and was awarded the Military Cross. From November 1916 to May 1919, he was an instructor at the Wellington Cadet College in India. This was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Percy Finnis
Horace Percy Finnis MA (17 April 1883 – 1960) was an Australian Anglican priest and organist in Victoria and South Australia. History Finnis was born in Claremont, Tasmania, the eldest child and only son of the Reverend Herbert Robert Finnis (c. 1854–9 January 1936) and his wife Augusta Felicia Finnis, née Percy (c. 1854–29 May 1901), who married in Rokeby, Tasmania, on 11 April 1882. Herbert Finnis was rector of the Church of St John the Baptist, Hobart, from 1883 to 1902 and of Deloraine, Tasmania, from 1902 to 1908. He married again, to Edith Kate Norris (1880–1951) on 6 January 1903 (Feast of the Epiphany). He was warden of St Wilfrid's College and rector of Cressy (1908–1921), rector of Longford (1921–1923) then chaplain of the diocesan mission (1917–1926). He was an honorary canon of St David's Cathedral, Hobart (1921–1927). He then left for England where he served as curate in charge of St Martin's Church, Salisbury (1926–1927) and rector of Nevendon i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Finnis
John Mitchell Finnis (born 28 July 1940) is an Australian legal philosopher and jurist specializing in jurisprudence and the philosophy of law. He is an original interpreter of Aristotle and Aquinas, and counts Germain Grisez as a major influence and collaborator. He has made contributions to epistemology, metaphysics, and moral philosophy. Finnis was Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy at the University of Oxford from 1989 to 2010, where he is now Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy Emeritus. He is also the Biolchini Family Professor of Law, emeritus, at Notre Dame Law School and a permanent senior distinguished research fellow at Notre Dame's de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. He acted as adviser to several Australian State governments, especially Queensland and Western Australia, mostly on the States' relations with the federal Government and with the United Kingdom. His practice at the English Bar saw him in cases in the High Court and in the Court of Appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Finnis (captain)
John Finnis (3 December 1802 – 13 August 1872), generally known as "Captain Finnis", was a seaman who is remembered for his association with Charles Sturt in the colonial period of South Australia. History Finnis was born in Dover, a son of Gilbert Finnis and his wife Elizabeth Finnis (née Nash). He became a mariner and in 1831 with Joseph Montefiore purchased the barque ''Elizabeth''. As captain he then spent a number of years whaling in the southern seas. In September 1838, he, with Captain Charles Sturt, Giles Strangways and George McLeod (a Norfolk Island friend of Sturt) brought 400 cattle overland from the Hume River. In 1839 Finnis, with Hampden Dutton and Duncan McFarlane, purchased 4000 acres (the Mount Barker Special Survey, the first such), to the chagrin of John Barton Hack, who was squatting there and had no intimation of the Special Survey. The land was used to fatten their cattle for sale, and settle 39 German families. brought to Australia by George Fife ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Finnis
Matt Finnis is the former chief executive officer of the St Kilda Football Club. He was appointed chief executive officer in March 2014, succeeding interim CEO Terry Dillon. He was previously the chief executive officer at the AFL Players Association. Career Finnis was instrumental in driving an agenda which resulted in the agreement to introduce free agency to the AFL and secure recognition for the significant part AFL footballers play in the phenomenal and growing success of the code. He also represented player interests in a range of issues, including commercial rights and individual grievances, and chaired the AFLPA Agent Accreditation Board. Prior to joining the AFL Players Association The AFL Players Association (AFLPA, also simply known as AFL Players) is the representative body for all current and past professional Australian Football League (AFL) and AFL Women's (AFLW) players. The AFLPA promotes and protects its member ..., Finnis worked as a commercial lawy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Finnis
Michael W. Finnis is a British materials scientist who is Professor of Theory and Simulation of Materials at Imperial College London. He uses atomic-scale computation to understand atomic interactions, grain boundary embrittlement and open system thermodynamics. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 2021, and awarded the Institute of Physics Dirac Medal in 2022. Early life and education Finnis was born in Margate. He studied natural sciences at the University of Cambridge, where he specialised in theoretical physics. He remained in Cambridge for his doctoral research, working with Volker Heine on condensed matter physics. His PhD investigated interatomic forces in simple metals. He started working on tight-binding models, and that the total bonding energy of transition metals scaled with the square root of the coordination number (z). Research and career Finnis spent fourteen years in the Atomic Energy Research Establishment. He developed theoretical and computational ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Brown
Rachel Brown (born 2 July 1980) is an English former football goalkeeper who played for Liverpool from 1995 to 1998, spent five years from 1998 playing varsity soccer for Alabama Crimson Tide and Pittsburgh Panthers in the US college system, and played for Everton from 2003 until 2014. She also spent the 2003 season on loan in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild, playing for ÍBV. Since making her debut for the England women's national football team in 1997, Brown won over 80 caps. She understudied Pauline Cope in her first years with the national team, then served as England's first choice goalkeeper at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and UEFA Women's Euro 2009. Due to injuries, Brown was displaced in the team by Karen Bardsley for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. She was also selected in the Great Britain squad for the 2012 London Olympics. Brown was the goalkeeper on Channel Five's ''Superstars'' and is employed by Everton FC's Community Project. She married professional gol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerie Finnis
Valerie Finnis (1924–2006) was a well-known British photographer, lecturer, teacher and gardener.Ursula Buchan and Anna Pavord (2007) Garden People: Valerie Finnis and the Golden Age of Gardening. Thames & Hudson. , Life Finnis was born in Crowborough, Sussex, daughter of a naval officer, Steriker Finnis, and gardener Constance Finnis. She attended Hayes Court school in Kent and Downe House school in Berkshire. In 1968 she met retired diplomat and plantsman David Scott whom she married in 1970 and with whom she lived, gardening together until his death in 1986. In 1990 she set up the Merlin Trust, named after David Scott's only son Merlin who was killed in the second world war, aged 22. The Merlin Trust assists young horticulturists to travel and gain experience. After her death in 2006, the Finnis Scott Foundation was established to provide supportive funding to artistic, art historical, horticultural or botanical projects. Finnis contributed many articles to the ''Journal of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
