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Adam Duncan (artist)
Adam Duncan may refer to: *Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan (1731–1804), British admiral * Adam Duncan (sailor) (1833–?), sailor in the Union Navy in the American Civil War, recipient of the Medal of Honor * Adam Duncan (cricketer) (1852–1940), English lawyer and cricketer *Scott Duncan (footballer) Adam Scott Mathieson Duncan (2 November 1888 – 3 October 1976) was a Scottish football player and manager, who played as an outside right. He made over 100 appearances for Rangers, played in England for Newcastle United, winning the Footbal ... (1888–1975), Scottish footballer and manager * Adam M. Duncan (1927–2000), member of the Utah state legislature {{hndis, Duncan, Adam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan
Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, KB (1 July 17314 August 1804) was a British admiral who defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown on 11 October 1797. This victory is considered one of the most significant actions in naval history. Life Adam was the second son of Alexander Duncan, Baron of Lundie, Angus, (d. May 1777) Provost of Dundee, and his wife (and first cousin once removed) Helen, daughter of John Haldane of Gleneagles. He was born at Dundee. In 1746, after receiving his education in Dundee, he entered the Royal Navy on board the sloop ''Trial'', under Captain Robert Haldane, with whom, in and afterwards in , he continued until the peace in 1748. In 1749 he was appointed to , then commissioned for service in the Mediterranean, by the Hon. Augustus Keppel (afterwards Viscount Keppel), with whom he was afterwards in on the coast of North America, and was confirmed in the rank of lieutenant on 10 January 1755. Seven Years War In August 1755 he followed K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Duncan (sailor)
Adam Duncan (born , date of death unknown) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay. Duncan was born in 1833 in Sullivan, Maine, and joined the Navy from Boston. He served during the Civil War as a boatswain's mate and gun captain on the . At the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864, he "fought his gun with skill and courage" despite heavy fire. For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor four months later, on December 31, 1864. Duncan was discharged in November 1864, having served a total of six years in the Navy. Duncan's official Medal of Honor citation reads: As captain of a gun on board the U.S.S. ''Richmond'' during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram ''Tennessee'' in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Duncan fought his gun wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Duncan (cricketer)
Adam Seymour Dickson Duncan (8 June 1852 – 21 February 1940) was an Indian-born English lawyer and a first-class cricketer who played in fourteen matches, mainly for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), between 1873 and 1879. He was born in Calcutta, Bengal. Duncan was educated at Eton College and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Although he played as a batsman in a few school cricket matches, he did not appear in the Eton v Harrow games. In his first year at Cambridge University in 1873 he was picked for trial games, but did not earn a game for the first eleven, although he played in a first-class match ''against'' the Cambridge side for "An England XI", when he scored 19 and 0. Playing for a scratch amateur team against a university side was a frequent ploy used by the university cricket teams in both the 19th and early 20th centuries to give a further trial to a potentially promising player; Duncan went through the same rigmarole two years later in 1875, again selected for "An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Duncan (footballer)
Adam Scott Mathieson Duncan (2 November 1888 – 3 October 1976) was a Scottish football player and manager, who played as an outside right. He made over 100 appearances for Rangers, played in England for Newcastle United, winning the Football League title in 1908–09. He also had three spells with Dumbarton, and played for Cowdenbeath and guested for Celtic. As a manager, he led Hamilton Academical and Cowdenbeath before going to England, where he managed Manchester United and then Ipswich Town, the latter for 18 years. Career Playing career Born in Dumbarton, Duncan was working as a law clerk when he joined his home-town club Dumbarton in 1906. He moved to Newcastle United in March 1908 for a fee of £200. A versatile forward, although primarily an outside-right, he scored 12 times in 81 league games for the Magpies and was a member of the 1908–09 English Football League championship winning side. In May 1913, he returned to Scotland, moving to Rangers for a fee o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
