John McWhirter (other)
John McWhirter may refer to: * John MacWhirter (1837–1911), Scottish landscape painter * John MacWhirter (physician), president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 1831–1833 * John McWhirter (mathematician), British scientist * John McWhirter, a fictional reporter in the film ''Full Disclosure'' See also * John McWhorter John Hamilton McWhorter V (; born October 6, 1965) is an American linguist with a specialty in creole languages, sociolects, and Black English. He is currently associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University, where he also teaches Amer ...

John MacWhirter
John MacWhirter (27 March 1839 in Slateford, Edinburgh - 28 January 1911 in London) was a Scottish landscape painter. Biography John was the third of four children. One of his elder sisters, Agnes MacWhirter was also a noted artist of still lifes. He attended a school in Colinton, and after his father's death was apprenticed to ''Oliver & Boyd'', booksellers in Edinburgh. He stayed there for only a few months and then in 1851 enrolled at the Trustees Academy under Robert Scott Lauder and John Ballantyne (1815–97). He spent long periods sketching and studying nature outdoors. His first painting to be exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy at age 14, was 'Old Cottage at Braid'. In 1880, he was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Scottish Academy. Exploring and painting abroad he visited Italy, Sicily, Switzerland, Austria, Turkey, Norway and the U.S.A. - the Alps being a great inspiration. He moved to London in 1867 and on 4 May 1893 was elected a Royal Academician. ] Mac ...
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John MacWhirter (physician)
Dr John MacWhirter FRSE PRCPE (1783–1854) was a 19th-century Scottish physician who served as president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1831 to 1833. Life Little is known of his early life other than he studied medicine at St Andrews University. He began working in the Indian Medical Service in 1803, attached to the East India Company, being promoted to full Surgeon in 1815. He received his doctorate from St Andrew University in 1816 on his return to Scotland and set up practice as a GP in Edinburgh. In 1824 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Thomas Allan (mineralogist), Thomas Allan. In 1824 MacWhirter was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and served as President in 1827. In 1826 he was elected a member of the Aesculapian Club. At the time of his presidency he lived at 4 Ainslie Place in Edinburgh. He died at home, 50 Moray Place in Edinburgh's affluent West End on 13 December 1854.Edinburgh ...
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John McWhirter (mathematician)
:''See John McWhirter (other) for other people of the same name.'' John G. McWhirter FRS FREng FIMA FInstP FIEE FLSW is a British mathematician and engineer in the field of signal processing. John McWhirter attended Newry High School. He graduated in mathematics from Queen's University Belfast in 1970, and did his PhD there in 1973 on "The Virial Theorem in Collision Theory" under Benjamin Moiseiwitsch. He started working in the Signal Processing Group at the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment, Great Malvern, in the late 1970s, and has worked there for RSRE's successor organizations, currently QinetiQ. Prof. McWhirter left QinetiQ on 31 August 2007 to take up his current post as Distinguished Research Professor in Engineering at Cardiff University. His work has mainly been in military areas including radar, sonar and communications, recently branching into civil applications. A particular interest is "blind" signal detection in which one does not know whethe ...
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Full Disclosure (2001 Film)
''Full Disclosure'' is a 2001 thriller film starring Fred Ward, Christopher Plummer, Rachel Ticotin and Penelope Ann Miller. It was directed by John Bradshaw. Background The film was shot in 1999. The release was delayed due to distributing problems. ''Full Disclosure'' was nominated for 7 ''Video Premiere Awards'' in 2001: Best Actor (Ward), Best Supporting Actor (Plummer), Best Supporting Actress (Miller), Best Original Score, Best Live-Action Premiere, Best Screenplay and Best Director. The film was released in United States, Canada, UK, Netherlands, Finland, China, France, Spain, Italy, Norway and in Greece (in 2008). The Canadian working title was "All The Fine Lines". Cast * Fred Ward as John McWhirter **Andrew Kraulis as Young John McWhirter * Christopher Plummer as Robert Lecker * Rachel Ticotin as Armiti Khalq * Penelope Ann Miller as Michelle * Virginia Madsen as Brenda Hopkins * Kim Coates as Dave Lewis * Roberta Maxwell as Sarah Archer **Audrey Lupke as Youn ...
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