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Ian Stewart (other)
Ian Stewart may refer to: Military *Ian Stewart (RAF officer), current United Kingdom National Military Representative, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe *Ian MacAlister Stewart (1895–1987), brigadier general during the Second World War *Ian Michael Stewart, former senior commander in the Royal Air Force Politics *Ian Stewart (Labour politician) (born 1950), Scottish politician *Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby (1935–2018), British Conservative Party politician and former MP for Hitchin, England Sports *Ian Stewart (athlete) (born 1949), Scottish Olympic athlete *Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer) (born 1943), member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame *Ian Stewart (baseball) (born 1985), major league baseball player *Ian Stewart (Northern Ireland footballer) (born 1961), member of the 1986 Northern Ireland Football World Cup team *Ian Stewart (racing driver) (1929–2017), Scottish Formula One driver *Ian Stewart (Scottish footballer) (born 1945/46), Scottish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Stewart (RAF Officer)
Air Commodore Ian Richard William Stewart is a retired British Royal Air Force officer. His last posting was as the United Kingdom National Military Representative at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. He was Commandant Air Cadets between 2008 and 2010, and Air Commodore, Royal Air Force Reserve from 2014. Early life Stewart was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead, where he became a Cadet Warrant Officer#Cadet organisations, Warrant Officer in the CCF (RAF) Section based there. He studied Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Southampton University as an Acting Pilot Officer with an RAF University Cadetship. Military career Having completed Officer Training at RAF Cranwell in 1980, he remained to complete basic flying training before moving on to RAF Valley for advanced training. He was selected to become an instructor and after completing Central Flying School training at RAF Leeming, he was posted to RAF Linton-on-Ouse in 1983 as a Qualified Flying Inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Stewart (mathematician)
Ian Nicholas Stewart (born 24 September 1945) is a British mathematician and a popular-science and science-fiction writer. He is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, England. Education and early life Stewart was born in 1945 in Folkestone, England. While in the sixth form at Harvey Grammar School in Folkestone he came to the attention of the mathematics teacher. The teacher had Stewart sit mock A-level examinations without any preparation along with the upper-sixth students; Stewart was placed first in the examination. He was awarded a scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge as an undergraduate student of Churchill College, Cambridge, where he studied the Mathematical Tripos and obtained a first-class Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics in 1966. Stewart then went to the University of Warwick where his PhD on Lie algebras was supervised by Brian Hartley and completed in 1969. Career and research After his PhD, Stewart was offere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savoy Orpheans
The Savoy Orpheans is a British dance band currently led by Alex Mendham. They were resident at the Savoy Hotel, London. The band was formed by Debroy Somers, an ex-army bandmaster, in 1923. Both the Orpheans and the Savoy Havana Band were under the management of William de Mornys. The Orpheans were later led by the violinist Cyril Ramon Newton, and by the pianist Carroll Gibbons.Rust, Brian, "The Savoy Orpheans at the Savoy Hotel, London": sleeve notes to disc 1 of World Record Club LP set SH165/6, issued 1971 On 15 June 1925, Somers conducted the Orpheans in the first British performance of George Gershwin's ''Rhapsody in Blue'', alongside the Savoy Havana Band and Gershwin himself on piano. The performance was broadcast live by the BBC. The owner of the Savoy Hotel, Rupert D'Oyly Carte, Rupert D'Oyly, called the original Orpheans and their colleagues, "probably the best-known bands in Europe." Among their popular songs was "Let's All Go to Mary's House" from 1925. D'Oyly Carte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Edward Stewart
Ian Edward Stewart (December 1908 – 30th July 1989) was an English danceband leader and pianist who was musical director at the Savoy Hotel from 1955 until 1978. Stewart was born in Seaton, Devon. He was a chorister at Salisbury Cathedral, attended St Edwards School in Oxford and took lessons from Herbert Howells. At the age of 18 he was appointed organist at Chalfont, near Taunton in Somerset. In Seaton he set up his own band, the Geisha Dance Band. Stewart developed his career as a seaside pianist, as the musical director of touring shows, and in music publishing. In 1930 he moved to America, where he became a frequent broadcaster on NBC. By 1935 he was back in London, where he joined the Savoy Hotel Orpheans under Carroll Gibbons as deputy leader and second pianist. During the war Stewart distinguished himself in Burma in the Cameron Highlanders, rising to the rank of Brigade Major with the 17th Indian Division. In 1945 he was awarded an MBE. In 1946 he became band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Brady
The Moors murders were a series of child killings committed by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in and around Manchester, England, between July 1963 and October 1965. The victims were five children—Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans—aged between 10 and 17, at least four of whom were sexually assaulted. The bodies of two of the victims were discovered in 1965, in graves dug on Saddleworth Moor; a third grave was discovered there in 1987, more than twenty years after Brady and Hindley's trial. Bennett's body is also thought to be buried there, but despite repeated searches it remains undiscovered. The pair were charged only for the murders of Kilbride, Downey and Evans, and received life sentences under a whole life tariff. The investigation was reopened in 1985 after Brady was reported as having confessed to the murders of Reade and Bennett. Hindley stopped claiming her innocence in 1987 and confessed to all of the murders. After conf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Charles Stewart
Ian Charles Stewart is an entrepreneur, and the co-founder of ''Wired'' magazine and Artworld Salon. Interested in the financial aspects of international art, he has an MBA from the International Institute for Management Development. He has lived in Beijing, China since 2006 and is currently the Chairman of Khunu and the Chairman of Wheels Plus Wings, a social venture focused on helping children with physical disabilities. He was previously the Executive Chairman of The PAE Group. Athletic career He was a member of the New Zealand Olympic volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ... team. From 2008 to 2011, he was Team Principal of China's America's Cup Sailing Team. Photography He is a published photographer, and the author of a book of photo essays about the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Stewart (priest)
The Rev Canon Ian Guild Stewart was Dean of Brechin from 2007 until 2008. He was born in 1943, educated at Edinburgh Theological College and ordained in 1985. After curacies in Dundee he was the Rector of Montrose. He was a Canon of St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee St. Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican Communion, Anglican cathedral in the city of Dundee, Scotland. It is the cathedral and administrative centre of the Diocese of Brechin (Episcopalian), Diocese of Brechin in the Scottish Episcopal Church. Chur ... from 2001 until 2008.‘STEWART, Rev. Canon Ian Guild’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 201accessed 19 July 2013/ref> Notes 1943 births 20th-century Scottish Episcopalian priests 21st-century Scottish Episcopalian priests Deans of Brechin Living people Alumni of Edinburgh Theological College People associated with Dundee {{UK-Christian- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gremlin Interactive
Gremlin Graphics Software Limited, later Gremlin Interactive Limited and ultimately Infogrames Studios Limited, was a British software house based in Sheffield, working mostly in the home computer market. Like many software houses established in the 1980s, their primary market was the 8-bit range of computers such as the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64. The company was acquired by French video game publisher Infogrames in 1999 and was renamed Infogrames Studios in 2000. Infogrames Studios closed down in 2003. History The company, originally a computer store called Just Micro, was established as a software house in 1984 with the name Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd by Ian Stewart and Kevin Norburn with US Gold's Geoff Brown owning 75% of the company until mid-1989. Gremlin's early success was based on games such as '' Wanted: Monty Mole'' for the ZX Spectrum and '' Thing on a Spring'' for the Commodore 64. In 1994, it was renamed as Gremlin Intera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Stewart (police Commissioner)
Ian Duncan Hunter Stewart is a retired police officer who served as the Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service from 2012 until 2019. In 2019 Stewart was appointed the Queensland State Recovery Coordinator. Career Stewart was inducted as a constable to the Queensland Police Force with registered number 8661 on 14 December 1973, after growing up in Toowoomba. Six of his first seven years was spent policing in Townsville. He completed a Master of Public Policy and Administration and a Bachelor of Business qualifications. From Deputy Commissioner (Regional Operations) he was announced as Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service on 3 September 2012, commencing 1 November 2012. On 1 January 2013 Stewart announced the commencement of the Queensland Police Service Renewal Program, which included organisational restructure. The review proposed a new vision for the Service with key objectives being to stop crime, make the community safer and build relationships across th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Stewart (musician)
Ian Andrew Robert Stewart (18 July 1938 – 12 December 1985) was a British keyboardist and co-founder of the Rolling Stones. He was removed from the lineup in May 1963 at the request of manager Andrew Loog Oldham who felt he did not fit the band's image. He remained as road manager and pianist for over two decades until his death, and was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with the rest of the band in 1989. Early life Stewart was born at his mother's family farm, Kirklatch, at Pittenweem, in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland, and raised in Sutton, son of architect John Stewart and Annie, née Black. He attended Tiffin School, Kingston upon Thames, Greater London. Stewart (often called Stu) started playing piano when he was six. He took up the banjo and played with amateur groups on both instruments. Career Role in The Rolling Stones Stewart, who loved rhythm & blues, boogie-woogie, blues and big-band jazz, was working as a shipping clerk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Stewart (Scottish Footballer)
Ian Stewart (born 1946) is a Scottish former football player and manager. Stewart worked as a civil servant while being involved in football on a part-time basis. He was player/manager of Brechin City in the late 1970s, but left that position in January 1980 to become manager of Arbroath. Stewart was sacked by Arbroath in November 1983, despite losing only 39 out of 132 league matches in charge. Arbroath had narrowly missed out on promotion in each of the previous two seasons. Soon after leaving Arbroath, he was appointed manager of Montrose. He guided Montrose to promotion in 1984–85. He made a surprising appearances as a player for Montrose in September 1984, aged 38, when two players were unable to travel to an away match against Berwick Rangers Berwick Rangers Football Club is a football team based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed in England, who play in the Scottish football system. Founded in 1881, they currently play in the , the fifth tier of Scottish footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian MacAlister Stewart
Brigadier Ian MacAlister Stewart, 13th Laird of Achnacone, (17 October 1895 – 14 March 1987) was a Scottish military officer who served in the British Army during both the First and Second World Wars. Known for his eccentric training methods, he commanded the 2nd Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, which participated in the Malayan campaign and the Battle of Singapore during the Second World War. Early life Stewart was born on 17 October 1895, part of the Stewart family of Appin in Argyllshire. His place of birth, in Surore, Poona, India, was where his father, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Kenneth Stewart, 12th of Achnacone, was a medical officer in the Poona Horse before his parents returned to Scotland. Stewart attended Cheltenham College before going to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, on a prize cadetship. He passed through Sandhurst in 1913 as the top student of his year, and the youngest. First World War Stewart was commissioned into the Argyll and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
