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Logie Award Winners
Logie may refer to: Places in Scotland *Logie, Dundee, a residential area in the City of Dundee * Logie, Fife, a village and parish of east Fife * Logie Coldstone, an Aberdeenshire village north of the River Dee * Logie House Garden, Logie Estate, Logie, Forres, Moray, IV36 2QN * Logie Kirk, Stirlingshire People By surname * George Logie-Smith (1914–2007), an Australian conductor, music examiner, and music educator * Gus Logie (born 1960), a Trinidad and Tobago cricketer and former wicketkeeper for the West Indies cricket team * John H. Logie, Mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1992 to 2003 * Jimmy Logie (1919–1984), Scottish footballer * Willie Logie (1932–2016), Scottish footballer * Willy Logie, a retired Belgian professional darts player * W. S. Loggie By given name * James Logie Robertson (1846–1922), a literary scholar, editor and author, who also used the pen name Hugh Haliburton *John Logie Baird, the inventor of television * Logie Bruce Lockhart (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logie, Dundee
Logie is a residential area of Dundee, Scotland. It is located north of Blackness Road, bounded by Blackness Road, Balgay Road, Scott Street and Glenagnes Road. Etymology The name ''Logie'' probably represents a Pictish or Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic toponymic element ''*login'', "ecclesiastical site". History The Logie, or Lochee, estate belonged to several inter-marrying families, documented from at least 1660. These included the Wedderburn baronets. The mansion house was large, and was Destruction of country houses in 20th-century Britain, demolished in 1905. Logie Housing Estate The main feature of the area is the Logie housing estate, built between 1919 and 1920 and designed by James Thomson. The estate was the first public housing estate built in Scotland after the First World War ("Homes fit for heroes"). It was one of the first in Europe to have a district heating scheme, supplied by a boilerhouse that also provided a Baths and wash houses in Britain, public wash-house fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Logie
Willy Logie (born 17 November 1952) is a Belgian former professional darts player who competed in the 1980s and 1990s. He competed in the 1985 BDO World Darts Championship, beating Bob Sinnaeve in the first round before being defeated by Eric Bristow in the second round. His only other World Championship appearance came in 1986 when he lost in the first round to Finland's Kari Saukkonen. He also played in the 1985 Winmau World Masters, losing in the first round to Harry Patterson. Logie had one ranked title success during his career - by winning the 1985 Swiss Open. He also won the 1986 Spring Cup, an unranked WDF event. World Championship performances BDO *1985: Second Round: (lost to Eric Bristow Eric John Bristow (25 April 1957 – 5 April 2018), nicknamed "the Crafty Cockney", was an English professional darts player and one of the most recognisable and successful players of the 1980s. He was ranked World No. 1 by the World Darts Fed ... 0–3) *1986: First Round: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logie Awards
The TV Week Logie Awards (known colloquially as The Logies) is an annual ceremony celebrating and honouring the best shows and stars in Australian television, sponsored and organised by the magazine ''TV Week''. The event is telecast live and billed as "television's night of nights". The first ceremony was hosted in 1959 as the TV Week Awards. The Gold Logie is the most prestigious award and the industry's highest honour; it's awarded to the ''Most Popular Personality on Australian Television'' for the previous year. The award receives much publicity and media attention. Awards are presented in 20 categories, representing both industry and public voted prizes The event has been strongly associated with the Nine Network, who have hosted the ceremony on the most occasions, and TV and former radio personality Bert Newton, particularly in the early days, who served as a solo host of the ceremony on 17 occasions, with a constant run from 1966 until 1980 and as co-host on three ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Logie MacDonald
Thomas Logie MacDonald FRSE FRAS (1901–1973) was a Scottish astronomer and politician, and eponym of lunar crater McDonald. He was a graduate of Glasgow University, and became secretary and chairman of the West of Scotland branch of the British Astronomical Association. From 1929 to 1931 he served as President of the West of Scotland Branch of the British Astronomical Association. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 5 March 1928. His proposers were Hector Copland Macpherson, Ralph Allan Sampson, Ludwig Becker and Edward Taylor Jones. He resigned from the Society in 1961. From 1938 he served as Director of the Lunar Section of the British Astronomical Association, serving throughout the Second World War until 1946. At this time he lived at 9 Colebrooke Terrace in Glasgow. MacDonald was a Labour councillor and Mayor of Carlisle from May 1961 to 1962. The Carlisle/Flensburg (Germany) town twinning A sister city or a twin town relationship is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logie Bruce Lockhart
Logie Bruce Lockhart (12 October 1921 – 7 September 2020) was a Scottish schoolmaster, writer, and journalist, in his youth a Scottish international rugby union footballer and for most of his teaching career headmaster of Gresham's School. Background Born in Warwickshire, Lockhart belonged to the Bruce Lockhart family, which has long traditions of teaching and playing rugby union and has branched out into other areas. His grandfather was a schoolmaster, while his father, John Bruce Lockhart, and one of his older brothers, Rab Bruce Lockhart, were both public school headmasters who had played rugby union for Scotland.Jamie Bruce Lockhart & Alan Macfarlane''Dragon Days'' (2013)(full text online at cam.ac.uk), p. 11 Another brother, J. M. Bruce Lockhart, was an intelligence officer, and a third brother, Patrick, was an obstetrician who fenced for Scotland. Lockhart’s uncle, Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart (1887–1970), was an author and adventurer whose son, Robin Bruce Lockhar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Logie Baird
John Logie Baird (; 13 August 188814 June 1946) was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer, and innovator who demonstrated the world's first mechanical Mechanical television, television system on 26 January 1926. He went on to invent the first publicly demonstrated colour television system and the first viable purely electronic Color television, colour television picture tube. In 1928, the Baird Television Development Company achieved the first transatlantic television transmission. Baird's early technological successes and his role in the practical introduction of broadcast television for home entertainment have earned him a prominent place in television's history. In 2006, Baird was named as one of the 10 greatest Scottish scientists in history, having been listed in the National Library of Scotland's 'Scottish Science Hall of Fame'. In 2015, he was inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame. In 2017, IEEE unveiled a bronze street plaque at 22 Frith Street (Bar I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Logie Robertson
James Logie Robertson (18 September 1846 – June 1922) was a Scottish literary scholar, editor and author, who also wrote under the pen name Hugh Haliburton. His poems, published regularly in ''The Scotsman'' newspaper, were affectionately known as "The Hughies". Life He was born in Milnathort, Kinross-shire on 18 September 1846 and educated at Orwell Parish School and the University of Edinburgh. He began his teaching career as assistant master at George Heriot’s School and then moved to George Watson’s College. He joined the staff at Edinburgh Ladies’ College in 1876 and stayed there until 1913. His writings include English text-books, essays and poetry. Much of his poetry was written in Scots under the pen-name Hugh Haliburton. He died in Edinburgh, in June 1922. He is buried on the south side of Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh Morningside Cemetery is a cemetery in south List of graveyards and cemeteries in Edinburgh, Edinburgh. It was established in 1878 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Logie
William Logie (20 September 1932 – 20 June 2016) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Cambuslang Rangers, Rangers, Aberdeen, Arbroath, Brechin City, and Alloa Athletic Alloa Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football semi-professional club based in the town of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. They compete in as a member of the Scottish Professional Football League. According to the official club hist .... References 1932 births 2016 deaths Scottish men's footballers Canadian men's soccer players Canadian people of Scottish descent Soccer players from Montreal Footballers from Stirling Men's association football wing halves Cambuslang Rangers F.C. players Rangers F.C. players Aberdeen F.C. players Arbroath F.C. players Brechin City F.C. players Alloa Athletic F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland 20th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logie, Fife
Logie (Scottish Gaelic: ''An Lagan'') is a parish and village in east Fife, Scotland, 5 miles north-east of Cupar.Gazetteer of Scotland, publ, by W & AK Johnston, Edinburgh, 1937. Article on Logie. Places are presented alphabetically The parish is bounded on the east by the parish of Leuchars, on the south by Dairsie, on the west and north by Kilmany and at its northern tip by a short border with Forgan. Its length is 4½ miles from north-east to south-west and it is 1–1 ½ miles wide.The New Statistical Account of Scotland by the Ministers of the Respective Parishes, Vol. IX Fife-Kinross. Publ. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1845; article on Logie It contains the hamlet of Lucklawhill.Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, by Francis Groome, 2nd edition 1896; article on Logie The civil parish has a population of 243Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland. Web site http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Logie
James Tullis Logie (23 November 1919 – 30 April 1984) was a Scottish footballer. Career Born in Edinburgh and raised in the city's Grassmarket, Logie first played for Scottish junior side Lochore Welfare, before being signed by London giants Arsenal in June 1939. Soon afterwards World War II broke out, and Logie was called up; he served in the Royal Navy for the entire duration of the conflict, guesting for hometown St Bernards, Dunfermline Athletic and Grimsby Town when his service permitted. In 1940, he made a guest appearance, scoring once, for Southampton. After being demobbed he rejoined Arsenal, playing several wartime matches, before making his full first-team debut against Wolves on 31 August 1946. Logie was a talented and creative player (many observers likened him to his fellow countryman Alex James, who had played for Arsenal in the 1930s), and for the next eight seasons he was a regular in the Arsenal side, playing at inside forward. He took part in all of Arse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John H
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
