James Gregor (political Science)
James Gregor may refer to: * A. James Gregor (1929–2019), American historian * James Gregor Mackenzie (1927–1992), British Labour Party politician * James Wyllie Gregor (1900–1980), Scottish botanist * James Gregor (writer), Canadian writer See also * James Grigor James Grigor (1811?–1848), was a botanist. Grigor was the author of the ‘Eastern Arboretum, or Register of Remarkable Trees, Seats, Gardens, &c., in the County of Norfolk,’ London 18 0-1, with fifty etched plates, issued in fifteen numb ...

Gregor Mackenzie
Alexander David Gregor MacKenzie (born 9 July 1956 in Inverness) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. His regular playing position was Prop. Rugby Union career Amateur career He first went to Blairmore School at Glass near Huntly. A small primary school, it also produced former Scotland captain David Sole. MacKenzie was later educated at Strathallan School in Perthshire. In his younger days, he played at hooker and then flanker but the master at Strathallan converted him to Prop at the age of 16 and that position stuck. He played for Highland. Highland lost the player to New Zealand in 1977 when Mackenzie went to study agriculture at Lincoln College in Lincoln Town. While in New Zealand he played college rugby and trained with the All Blacks. He went on a Barbarians tour playing the Welsh sides Newport and Penarth. McKenzie headed to the Borders, hoping that moving there would put him more in contention for international honours. He played for Gala firs ...
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James Wyllie Gregor
Dr James Wyllie Gregor CBE FRSE FLS FIB (1900–1980) was a Scottish botanist. He served as director of the Scottish Plant Breeding Station from 1950 to 1965. Life He was born on Innerwick Farm near Dunbar on 14 January 1900. He was educated at St. Mary's School, Melrose then Edinburgh Academy. His education was interrupted by the First World War, joining the Royal Flying Corps in 1917 and returning to civilian life in 1919. He then studied at the East of Scotland Agricultural College, before taking a postgraduate course at the University of Edinburgh gaining a doctorate (PhD) in 192 with his thesis ''The pollination of some important agricultural grasses with a view to improved methods of breeding''. He began working at the Scottish Plant Breeding Station in 1924, in time becoming its director. In 1929 he was elected a fellow of the Linnean Society. His gained a second doctorate (DSc) from the University of Edinburgh in 1939 with his research on experimental taxonomy. In 195 ...
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James Gregor (writer)
James Gregor is a Canadian writer from Halifax, Nova Scotia,Allison Lawlor"From Halifax to NYC, with love" ''The Telegram'', May 29, 2020. whose debut novel ''Going Dutch'' was a shortlisted finalist for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award in 2020. The novel, about a gay graduate student in New York City who becomes drawn into an emotionally complex quasi-relationship with a female fellow student despite their sexual incompatibility, was published in 2019, and based partially on his own experiences while studying creative writing at Columbia University in the early 2010s. In addition to the Amazon.ca First Novel Award, ''Going Dutch'' was a finalist for the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award at the 2020 Atlantic Book Awards & Festival The Atlantic Book Awards & Festival is an annual event celebrating Atlantic Canadian writing and book illustration. Free events take place across the four Atlantic provinces (Newfoundland & Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova S ...
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