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Aickin
Aickin is a surname, and may refer to: * A pair of Irish actor brothers: :* Francis Aickin (died 1805) :* James Aickin (died 1803) * Frank Aickin (1894–1982), New Zealand railway administrator * George Aickin (1869–1937), Australian priest (born in England) * Keith Aickin (1916–1982), Australian judge * Rob Aickin, New Zealand record producer and musician {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Aickin
Sir Keith Arthur Aickin (1 February 1916 – 18 June 1982), was an Australian judge who served on the High Court of Australia from 1976 until his death in 1982. He had previously been a prominent barrister. Early life and education Aickin was born in Malvern East, Melbourne, the younger son of James Lee Aickin, a schoolmaster from Ireland, and his Victorian-born wife Edith Clarabel, ''née'' Knight. Keith Aickin was educated at Melbourne Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours and later a Master of Laws. He received the Supreme Court of Victoria's Prize in Law, and numerous other prizes and exhibitions. On 17 April 1952, Aickin married Elizabeth May Gullett at St John's Anglican Church, Toorak. Career From 1939 to 1941, Aickin worked as an associate to High Court Justice (later Chief Justice) Owen Dixon. From 1942 to 1944, Aickin served as part of the Australian legation to Washington, D.C. (predecessor of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Aickin
Francis Aickin (died 1805), was an Irish actor, who worked at the Edinburgh Theatre in Scotland, and the between 1765 and 1792 in theatres in the West End of London. Francis Aickin first appeared in London in 1765 as Dick Amlet in John Vanbrugh's ''The Confederacy'' at Drury Lane. He acted there, and at Covent Garden, until 1792. His repertory consisted of over eighty characters, and among his best parts were the Ghost in ''Hamlet'' and Jaques in ''As You Like It''. His success in impassioned declamatory roles obtained for him the nickname of "Tyrant". Biography Francis Aickin was born in Dublin and brought up to the trade of his father, a weaver in that city; but, following the example of his younger brother, James Aickin, he became a strolling player. Having appeared as George Barnwell and sustained other characters in various country towns, he joined the manager of the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin. Aickin the shared the management of the Edinburgh Theatre in Scotland's ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Aickin
James Aickin (died 1803), was an Irish stage actor who worked at the Edinburgh Theatre in Scotland and in theatres in the West End of London. He was the younger brother of the actor Francis Aickin (died 1803) with whom he shared the stage at the Edinburgh Theatre before he gave offence to his public by his protest against the discharge of a fellow-actor. He therefore went to London, and from 1767 to 1800 was a member of the Drury Lane Company and for some years a deputy manager. He quarrelled with John Philip Kemble, with whom, in 1792, he fought a bloodless duel. Biography James Aickin was the younger brother of actor Francis Aickin, and like him brought up to be a weaver. After joining a company strolling through Ireland, and gaining some experience of the stage, he embarked for Scotland, and presently accepted an engagement to appear at the Edinburgh Theatre. He was very favourably received, and gradually, from his merit as an actor and his sensible deportment in private ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Aickin
George Ellis Aickin (1869 – 4 August 1937) was a British Anglican priest in Australia, where he ended his career as Dean of Melbourne 1927–1932. Biography Aickin was born in Liverpool in 1869, educated at Liverpool College and St John’s College, Cambridge, and ordained in 1895. He received an MA from St John's College, Cambridge, in February 1902. After curacies in Wargrave, Ravenhead and Darwen he became the Chaplain at St Aidan’s College, Birkenhead. After an incumbency at Upton he emigrated to Australia. He was Principal of Ridley College, Melbourne, from 1910 to 1918; Archdeacon of Bendigo from 1918 to 1919; Archdeacon of Dandenong from 1919 to 1932; and Dean of Melbourne St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Melbourne, Australia. It is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Melbourne and the seat of the Archbishop of Melbourne, who is also the metropolitan archbishop of the Province of Victoria. Th ... from 1927 to 1932. He died on 4 August 1937 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Aickin
Francis William (Frank) Aickin (7 July 1894 – 23 July 1982) was the General Manager of New Zealand Railways from 1948 to 1951. He was born in Onehunga in 1894, where his father Thomas Aickin was the stationmaster. He was in the NZEF in World War I, having joined the Army as a 14 year trumpeter. He served at Gallipoli and Samoa (Army Reg No 4-66). He joined the NZR in 1911. He studied part-time at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) for a law degree; and qualified as a lawyer. In World War II he was a Colonel in the NZEF 16th Railway Operating Company in the Middle East; later promoted to Major. As General Manager he advocated electrification, see Railway electrification in New Zealand, though some of his engineering staff disagreed with this emphasis. He was a qualified lawyer and had previously been Staff Superintendent and Chief Legal Advisor to the Department. His successor Horace Lusty favoured dieselification, except for the Wellington suburban network. Bre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
