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John MacKay (other)
John MacKay, Mackay, or McKay may refer to: Arts and entertainment *John Mackay (poet) (1656–1754), Scottish Gaelic poet known as Am Pìobaire Dall *John Henry Mackay (1864–1933), Scottish writer, anarchist, thinker and homosexual activist *John Victor Mackay (1891–1945), American art director *John D. Mackay (1909–1970), Orcadian schoolteacher *John P. McKay (died 2022), American historian and professor, author of ''A History of Western Society'' *John McKay (pianist) (born 1938), Canadian-American pianist *John McKay (guitarist) (born 1958), British guitarist and former member of Siouxsie & the Banshees *John McKay (director) (born 1965), British film and television director Business *John Mackay (industrialist, born 1774) (1774–1841), ship master and industrialist in Boston, Massachusetts *John William Mackay (1831–1902), Irish-born American industrialist *John Calder Mackay (1920–2014), American real estate developer Military and public service *John Frederick Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mackay (poet)
John Mackay (; 1656–1754), known as (The Blind Piper), was a Scottish Gaelic poet and composer, and the grandfather of William Ross (poet), William Ross. References 1656 births 1754 deaths 17th-century Scottish Gaelic poets 18th-century Scottish Gaelic poets Scottish composers People from Gairloch People from Ross and Cromarty {{Scotland-poet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Keiller MacKay
Lieutenant-Colonel John Keiller MacKay (July 11, 1888 – June 12, 1970) was a Canadian soldier, lawyer and jurist. MacKay served as the 19th lieutenant governor of Ontario from 1957 to 1963. Early life and education John Keiller MacKay was born on July 11, 1888, in the village of Plainfield in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, the son of John Duncan and Bessie (Murray) MacKay. He was educated at the Pictou Academy, the Royal Military College (1909), Saint Francis Xavier University (BA 1912) and Dalhousie University ( LL.B. 1922). Career Military During World War I, he served in, and later commanded, 6th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery ( Non-Permanent Active Militia in the Canadian Army). He achieved the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and was mentioned in dispatches three times and wounded twice. MacKay won the Distinguished Service Order in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme and in 1918 was seriously wounded at Arras. He left the military after the war but was involved in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball, and GAA rounders. The association also promotes Irish music and Irish dance, dance, as well as the Irish language and it also promotes environmental stewardship through its Green Clubs initiative. As of 2014, the organisation had over 500,000 members, and declared total revenues of €96.1 million in 2022. The Competitions Control Committee (CCC) of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) governing bodies organise the fixture list of Gaelic games within a GAA county or provincial councils. Gaelic football and hurling are the most popular activities promoted by the organisation, and the most popular sports in the Republic of Ireland in terms of attendance. Gaelic football is also the seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sutherland Mackay
John Sutherland Mackay (26 March 1848 – 31 March 1924) was a Scottish medical doctor who worked for Rio Tinto and presided over Rio Tinto FC, one of the first football teams formed in Spain. Early life and education John Sutherland Mackay was born in Latheron, Caithness, on 26 March 1848, as the son of Wilhelmina Sutherland and Reverend John Mackay, an ordained minister in the Free Church of Scotland and Anglican priest. After attending the old Grammar School in Aberdeen, Mackay studied medicine in Edinburgh, and then graduated from the University of St Andrews in Fife. Professional career In 1877–78, Mackay moved to Huelva after he was hired as the new chief medical officer of the Rio Tinto Company Limited (RTCL), whose employees had health issues due to their work at the copper mines of Rio Tinto. Shortly after his arrival, Mackay promoted the creation of the Rio Tinto English Club (known in Huelva as '' Club Inglés Bella Vista''), a club where the British colony of Hue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McKay (mathematician)
John K. S. McKay (18 November 1939 – 19 April 2022) was a British-Canadian mathematician and academic who worked at Concordia University, known for his discovery of monstrous moonshine, his joint construction of some sporadic simple groups, for the McKay conjecture in representation theory, and for the McKay correspondence relating certain finite groups to Lie groups. Biography McKay was educated at Dulwich College, earned his Bachelor and Diploma in 1961 and 1962 at the University of Manchester, and his PhD in 1971 from the University of Edinburgh. Since 1974 he worked at Concordia University, since 1979 as a professor in Computer Science. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2000, and won the 2003 CRM-Fields-PIMS prize. In April 2007 a Joint Conference was organised by the Université de Montréal and Concordia University honouring four decades of McKay's work. See also *ADE classification *Centre de Recherches Mathématiques The Centre de recherches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ross Mackay
John Ross Mackay, (偕約翰, December 31, 1915 – October 28, 2014) was a Canadian geographer. He is most noted for his explorations of permafrost phenomena in the western Canadian Arctic. His 40 plus years of study has enabled the building of pipeline operations and petroleum explorations in areas of frozen ground. The Royal Society of Canada stated the following when Mackay was awarded the Willet G. Miller Medal in 1975: :As a research worker with a superb talent of combining three elements – theory, design of simple but effective instruments, and skilled and careful field observations – he has met the challenges of applied science. In the field of permafrost studies he has attained a stature equal to the best from the USA and USSR and in so doing has enhanced Canadian science. Early life Mackay was born in Formosa (Taiwan) (then under Japanese rule) to George William Mackay and Jean Ross Mackay, as well as brother to siblings Leslie, Anna, Margaret and Isabel Minnie (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Yule Mackay
John Yule Mackay (1860–1930) was a Scottish anatomist and Academic who served as the second Principal of University College Dundee. Early life and career Mackay started his academic career as a student at the University of Glasgow. In 1881 he graduated with a MB CM and four years later was awarded an MD. He also served as assistant to Professor John Cleland, who held the chair of anatomy. He was then appointed lecturer in embryology at Glasgow, holding that position until 1894. In 1888 a report he wrote on 'The development of the branchial arches in birds’ was published in ''Philosophical Transactions''. According to Michael Shafe, Mackay played a key role in setting up the Student Representative Council at the University of Glasgow by raising funds and negotiating between the University authorities and students. In 1894 he left Glasgow when was appointed Professor of Anatomy at University College, Dundee. He was later awarded an LLD by the University. Principal The ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sturgeon Mackay
John Sturgeon Mackay FRSE (1843–1914) was a Scottish mathematician and academic author. Life He was born on 22 October 1843 at Auchencairn near Kirkcudbright the son of John Mackay and his wife Jessie Sturgeon. The family moved to Perth early in his life and he was educated at Perth Academy. He entered St Andrews University in 1859 and graduated MA in 1863. In 1863 he began teaching mathematics at Perth Academy. Although dallying with the idea of training as a minister he instead continued in mathematics, moving as a teacher to Edinburgh Academy in 1866. He initially rented rooms but by 1880 he was living at 85 Great King Street, a grand property in Edinburgh’s Second New Town. By 1890 he was living at 69 Northumberland Street, a short walk from the Academy. In 1882 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Peter Guthrie Tait, George Chrystal, Fleeming Jenkin and Alexander Dickson. In 1884 St Andrews University awarded him an honorary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bain Mackay
John Bain Mackay (5 February 1795 – 9 August 1888) was a nurseryman based in Clapton, London noted for his introductions of Australian and South American plants into cultivation. He was born in Echt in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. At his Clapton Nursery, he propagated plant material sent to him by William Baxter from Australia and James Anderson from South America. In addition to his nursery, he had a showroom in King's Road, Chelsea. His foreman, Hugh Low, took over the nursery in 1831. Mackay became a Fellow of the Linnaean Society. He died in Totteridge Totteridge is a residential area and former village in the London Borough of Barnet, England. It is a mixture of suburban development and open land (including some farmland) situated 8 miles (13 km) north north-west of Charing Cross. It ..., Hertfordshire on 9 August 1888 at the age of 93. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mackay, John Bain Scottish horticulturists People from Upper Clapton Fellows of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McKay (Ontario Politician, Born 1948)
John Norman McKay (born March 21, 1948) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Scarborough-Guildwood from 1997 to 2025. McKay was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2006 during the government of Paul Martin, then served as an opposition MP and critic until November 2015 during the government of Stephen Harper. He currently serves as Chair of the Standing Committee on National Defence; Chair of the Canadian Section of the Canada-United States Permanent Joint Board on Defence; and Co-Chair of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group. McKay was sworn in as a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada on December 12, 2003, and carries the designations of ''Honourable'' and ''Privy Councillor'' (PC) for life. Born in Toronto, Ontario, McKay has lived most of his life in Scarborough district of Toronto. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto at Scarboro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McKay (New Brunswick Politician)
John Bradley McKay (born June 8, 1948) is a former politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He was a member of the province's legislative assembly and served as mayor of the city of Miramichi, New Brunswick from 2004 to 2008. , gnb.ca; accessed October 22, 2014. McKay was born in to William John McKay and Elmira F. McKay (née Scott). He attended the New Brunswick Teacher's College and the University of New Brunswick
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John McKay (Northern Ireland Politician)
John Alexander McKay (born 1945) was a Northern Irish unionist politician. Political career McKay was an Ulster Unionist Party member of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention for Fermanagh and South Tyrone.W. D. Flackes & Sydney Elliott, ''Northern Ireland A Political Directory 1968-1993'', Blackstaff Press, 1994, p. 222 McKay had finished seventh overall in the election but was elected thanks to transfers from fellow United Ulster Unionist Council candidate David Calvert, who was not elected to the body despite finishing above McKay on first preferences. The election was determined through the single transferable vote The single transferable vote (STV) or proportional-ranked choice voting (P-RCV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vot ... model. References 1945 births Living people Members of the Northern Ireland Constitutiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
