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Adie Hampshire
Adie is both a surname and a given name of Scottish origin, a medieval pet form of Adam. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Alexander Adie (1775–1859), Scottish inventor * George Adie (1901–1989), English stock-broker * Kate Adie (born 1945), British journalist * Lilias Adie, Scottish prisoner * Norman Adie (born 1946), film exhibitor and Ponzi schemer * William John Adie (1886–1935), British neurologist Given name: * Adie Allen (born 1966), British actress * Adie Mike (born 1973), English football forward * Adie Moses (born 1975), English footballer * Adie Arsham Salleh (born 1988), Bruneian footballer * Adie Smith (born 1973), English footballer Fictional characters: * Adie, The Sword of Truth, a fictional character in the epic fantasy series ''The Sword of Truth'' See also * Adrienne Camp (born 1981), singer and songwriter * Adie Inlet * Adie syndrome Adie syndrome, also known as Holmes-Adie syndrome, is a neurological disorder characterized by a toni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam (given Name)
Adam is a common masculine given name in the English language, of Hebrew origin. According to the Bible, the personal name ''Adam'' derives from the noun ''adamah'' meaning "the ground" or "earth". But it is likely folk etymology. Its Biblical and Quranic uses have ensured that it is also a common name in all countries which draw on these traditions. It is particularly common in Christian and Muslim majority countries. In most languages its spelling is the same, although the pronunciation varies somewhat. Adán and Adão are the Spanish and Portuguese forms of this name, respectively. Adam is also a surname in many countries, although it is not as common in English as its derivative Adams (sometimes spelled Addams). In other languages there are similar surnames derived from Adam, such as Adamo, Adamov, Adamowicz, Adamski etc. In Arabic, Adam () means "made from earth's mud." also means "someone dark-colored like earth's soil". Translations * Albanian: Adem * Arabic: (Adam) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Adie
Alexander James Adie FRSE MWS (1775, Edinburgh – 4 December 1858, Edinburgh) was a Scottish maker of medical instruments, optician and meteorologist. He was the inventor of the sympiesometer, patented in 1818. Life He was born the son of John Adie. He was apprenticed in 1789 to his maternal uncle John Miller a mathematical instrument maker on Parliament Close, off the Royal Mile close to St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh. In 1800 Adie was working for Miller at 38 South Bridge and the business was described as an optician. Around 1805 went into business together as "Miller and Adie, Opticians" (also serving as mathematical instrument makers, but this was in much less demand) and had a shop at 15 Nicholson Street in the South Side which continued until 1822. After Miller died Adie opened his own shop at 58 Princes Street close to the Royal Scottish Academy. Adie supplied lenses to Joseph Hooker, Charles Darwin and Sir David Brewster and was optician to William IV and to Que ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Adie
George Mountford Adie (14 January 1901 – 29 July 1989) was a British architect, the co-founder (with Frederick Button) of Adie, Button and Partners in Mayfair, London. George Mountford Adie was born in the UK on 14 January 1901. He started as a stockbroker, before switching to architecture, and co-founding Adie, Button and Partners in 1933. Notable buildings designed by the firm include the Park Lane Hotel in Piccadilly, the art deco apartment block at 59-63 Princes Gate, South Kensington (1937-8), the 1930s mansion Charters House in Sunningdale, Berkshire, which was used as a country retreat by Edward, Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson, and Stockwell bus garage, which opened in April, 1952. Adie married the concert pianist and composer Helen Perkin in 1935.Richards, Fiona. 'Helen Perkin: Pianist, Composer and Muse of John Ireland' (Chapter 11 of Foreman, Lewis (ed.), ''The John Ireland Companion'' (2011) Three children were born before 1940. After the war they visited the Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Adie
Kathryn Adie (born 19 September 1945) is an English journalist. She was Chief News Correspondent for BBC News between 1989 and 2003, during which time she reported from war zones around the world. She retired from the BBC in early 2003 and works as a freelance presenter with ''From Our Own Correspondent'' on BBC Radio 4. Early life Adie was born in Whitley Bay, Northumberland. She was adopted as a baby by a Sunderland pharmacist and his wife, John and Maud Adie, and grew up there. Her birth parents were Irish Catholics and she made contact with her birth family in 1993, establishing a loving relationship lasting more than 20 years with her birth mother 'Babe'. She failed to trace her birth father John Kelly, or his family from Waterford, despite public appeals, she knows only that he had a brother (her blood uncle) Michael. She had an independent school education at Sunderland Church High School, and then studied at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, where she obtain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilias Adie
Lilias Adie ( – 1704) was a Scottish woman who lived in the coastal village of Torryburn, Fife, Scotland. She was accused of practising witchcraft and fornicating with the devil but died in prison before sentence could be passed. Her intertidal grave is the only known one in Scotland of an accused witch – most were burned. Biography Lilias Adie's first name also appears as Lilly, and her last name was also recorded as Addie and Eddie. In 1704, Adie was held in prison for the crime of practising witchcraft."Face of 18th century 'witch who had sex with the Devil' digitally reconstructed after she died in jail; Lilias Adie died in 1704 before she could b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Adie
Norman Allen Adie (born November 25, 1946) is a former theater owner/operator/developer and confessed Ponzi schemer, presently inmate number 64354-054 in the Federal Detention Center (FDC) in Miami, Florida. Born in Scotland, Adie began his career in London with the Rank Organization and Twentieth Century Fox before moving to the United States to work at Radio City Music Hall. Career Adie founded Screen Arts Corporation and developed his own New York theaters in Times Square and Park Slope, Brooklyn. Adie's decade-long efforts to open a theater in Monroe, New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ... were delayed by protracted, well-publicized lawsuits and counter-lawsuits resulting from a troubled partnership with One Liberty Properties. "Monroe 6 Cinemas" eventually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William John Adie
William John Adie MD Ed., FRCP (31 October 1886 – 17 March 1935) was an Australian-born British physician and neurologist known for describing the Adie syndrome and narcolepsy. Biography William Adie was born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, on 31 October 1886. He was educated at Flinders Street Model School, but had to leave school to support his family at the age of 13 when his father died in 1899. He worked as an office errand boy, and an employer noticed his ability to learn. He funded evening classes for Adie, who was able to pass the university entrance examination. A doctor in Geelong, Dr. Arthur South, inspired him to study medicine. An uncle in Boston, Massachusetts paid £19 for a one-way ticket for Adie to travel to England to study medicine, which he did at the University of Edinburgh with the help of his uncle and a scholarship. He qualified M.B. Ch.B. in 1911. He became interested in neurology, and worked in Berlin, Vienna, Munich and Paris for a year on a travel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adie Allen
Adie Allen (born in 1966) is a British actress who graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, RADA in 1987. She has appeared in new plays at the Royal Court, the Almeida, the Bush and the Tricycle Theatre(s). She frequently appears on British television. Notable television appearances include ''Casualty'' (she played student nurse Kelly Liddle in a number of episodes in 1991, the television series ''99-1'' playing Liz Hulley in 1994, Alan Ayckbourn's West End premiere of ''Communicating Doors'' at the Gielgud Theatre The Gielgud Theatre is a West End theatre, located on Shaftesbury Avenue, at the corner of Rupert Street, in the City of Westminster, London. The house currently has 986 seats on three levels. The theatre was designed by W. G. R. Sprague an ... in 1996, playing the time-travelling prostitute Poopay, as well as the 1997 television drama '' The Woman in White'' playing Margaret Porcher, and the Peter Kosminsky film '' Innocents'', playing Helen Rickard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adie Mike
Adrian Roosevelt Mike (born 16 November 1973) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward from 1992 to 2004. He notably played in the Premier League for Manchester City, and in the Football League for Bury, Stockport County, Hartlepool United, Doncaster Rovers and Lincoln City. He also played in Sweden for Linköping and at Non-league level for Leek Town, Hednesford Town, Southport, Northwich Victoria, Stalybridge Celtic, Gainsborough Trinity, Droylsden and Mossley. Club career Manchester City Mike was born in Manchester, Lancashire. He came through the youth ranks at Manchester City, and made his professional debut against Notts County on 25 April 1992, scoring his first goal in the following match against Oldham Athletic. Whilst at City he played in the Premier League before leaving the club in 1995. He played 16 times in the league, scoring twice. Whilst at Maine Road he was loaned out twice, to Bury and Linköping. Later career Mike went on to pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adie Moses
Adrian Paul "Adie" Moses (born 4 May 1975) is an English former footballer. He made over 300 appearances in the Premier League and the Football League between 1993 and 2008, he notably played for Barnsley having also featured for Huddersfield Town, Crewe Alexandra, Lincoln City, Mansfield Town and Gainsborough Trinity. He also represented England at Under-21 level. Career Moses joined Barnsley as a junior in 1993, making over 150 appearances for the club and appearing in the Premiership. He joined Huddersfield Town for a fee in the region of £250,000 in December 2000, where he made 69 league appearances in two-and-a-half seasons. Whilst at the club he scored twice; once against Ebbsfleet in the FA Cup and once against Notts County in the league. He left Huddersfield on a free transfer in July 2003 and joined Crewe Alexandra on a two-year contract. Injuries restricted him to 57 appearances in three seasons and he was released by Crewe at the end of the 2005–06 season. He the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adie Arsham Salleh
Adie Arsham bin Muhammad Salleh (born 6 January 1988) is a Bruneian footballer who plays as a striker. He currently has 10 caps for the Brunei national football team. Club career He previously played for March United, then QAF FC in the Brunei Liga Premier I and later Brunei Super League until 2014. In amongst a pool of strikers in Cameroonian import Viban Bayong, captain Riwandi Wahit and Hamizan Aziz Sulaiman, he nevertheless managed a healthy goals return for the three-time champions, averaging 7 a season. Adie was one of a host of QAF players to move to Jerudong FC in 2015 after their former team declined to continue playing in the Bruneian top flight. He was constantly overlooked in place of Hardi Bujang and Bazli Said and only managed one goal against Kilanas FC on 15 June. Adie transferred to newly promoted Al-Idrus FC in the Brunei Premier League in 2016. He finished the season with 10 goals. International career Adie played for the Brunei national football tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adie Smith
Adrian Jonathan Smith (born 11 August 1973) is an English former footballer who during his career played for as a youth player for Birmingham City, and went on to a professional career with Willenhall Town, Bromsgrove Rovers, Kidderminster Harriers, Tamworth, Chasetown and Rushall Olympic. He played as a defender. Career Birmingham City Smith started his career in 1994 with his local side Birmingham City With a two year deal Willenhall Town Smith failed, however, to make the first team with Birmingham City, and after being released he moved on to join Midland Football Alliance side Willenhall Town in 1995, whilst working on a part-time basis as a roofer. Smith spent one season with Willenhall Town, in which he turned in some very impressive performances, which alerted interest from other clubs. Bromsgrove Rovers Smith began to rise up the leagues and he joined Football Conference side Bromsgrove Rovers on 1 August 1996, with Rovers manager Bobby Hope paying a fee of £1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
