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Aikman Welch
Aikman is a surname, and may refer to *Alexander Aikman (1755–1838), Scottish printer and newspaper publisher in Jamaica *Charles Morton Aikman FRSE (1861-1902) Scottish agricultural chemist and scientific author * Chris Aikman, Canadian astronomer * David Aikman, journalist * George Aikman, Scottish painter and engraver * Gordon Aikman, British ALS researcher and campaigner * Granville Pearl Aikman (1858–1923), American judge and suffragist *Laura Aikman (born 1985), an English actress * Louisa Susannah Aikman (1755–1831), Scottish-American Loyalist and author * Michael Aikman (politician) (1797–1881), political figure from Upper Canada * Troy Aikman (b. 1966), American football player * William Aikman (painter) (1682—1731), Scottish portrait-painter * William Aikman (writer) (1824–1909), American writer and pastor Aikman is from the Scottish name for "oak (''aik'') man". First read in Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'' see: http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Aikman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Aikman
Alexander Aikman (23 June 1755 – 6 July 1838) was a Scottish printer, newspaper publisher, planter, and member of Jamaica's House of Assembly. From 1805 to 1825, he was a member of the House of Assembly as the representative of Saint George parish. Early life He was born on 23 June 1755 at Barrowstounness (Bo'ness), County of Linlithgow (now part of Falkirk Council), Scotland. His parents Andrew Aikman (1723-1785) and Ann Hunter (1730-1759). Ann was the only child of William Hunter and Margaret Aynsley. His older brother was William Aikman (1751-1784). William immigrated to the British Colony of Jamaica in 1775. There, he became involved in the printing business with David Douglass. William died childless at the age of 33. His older sister was Marion Aikman (1753- ). Marion married Alexander Henderson in 1782 and raised their family in Scotland. After his mother passed, his father married Janet Nimmo in 1766. Together they had three sons: (John, Andrew, and James) and two d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Morton Aikman
Charles Morton Aikman FRSE FIC FCS (10 May 1861 – 14 November 1902) was a 19th century Scottish agricultural chemist and scientific author. Life He was born on 10 May 1861, the son of Glasgow merchant and shipping agent Thomson Aikman (1817-1893) and his wife Janet Morton (1815-1857). They lived at Hamilton Crescent in Partick. He studied Sciences at Glasgow University specialising in Organic Chemistry. He graduated MA in 1883, gaining a further BSc in 1885 and a doctorate (DSc) in 1894. In 1888 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Andrew Peebles Aitken, James Burgess Readman, William Dittmar and Thomas A. G. Balfour. At this stage he was living at Middlefield House in Partickhill. In 1891 he began lecturing in Chemistry at Glasgow University. In 1893 (aged only 32) he was created Professor of Chemistry at Glasgow Veterinary College. In 1900 his address was given as 21 Snowdon Place in Stirling. He died on 14 November 1902 and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FRSE
Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". This society received a royal charter in 1783, allowing for its expansion. Elections Around 50 new fellows are elected each year in March. there are around 1,650 Fellows, including 71 Honorary Fellows and 76 Corresponding Fellows. Fellows are entitled to use the post-nominal letters FRSE, Honorary Fellows HonFRSE, and Corresponding Fellows CorrFRSE. Disciplines The Fellowship is split into four broad sectors, covering the full range of physical and life sciences, arts, humanities, social sciences, education, professions, industry, business and public life. A: Life Sciences * A1: Biomedical and Cognitive Sciences * A2: Clinical Sciences * A3: Organismal and Environmental Biology * A4: Cell and Molecular Biology B: Physical, Engineering and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Aikman
Christopher Aikman is a Canadian astrophysicist who spent most of his career (from 1968 to 2000) at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, National Research Council Canada in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. Early life and education An early interest in astronomy led Aikman to join the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Quebec Centre in 1958, at the age of 15. He received a B.Sc. from Bishop's University in 1965 and a M.Sc. from the University of Toronto in 1968. His thesis was based on microwave surveys of selected emission nebulae in the northern Milky Way made with the 46-m radio telescope of the Algonquin Radio Observatory, including the emission nebula IC1795. This revealed what is perhaps the youngest stellar object in the Galaxy, namely W3(OH), a cocoon star invisible at optical wavelengths but surrounded by a rapidly expanding ultracompact HII region, all within a dense obscuring dust shell. W3(OH) had previously been located in 1966 as the source of the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Aikman
David Aikman is an author, journalist, and foreign policy consultant. Life Aikman graduated from Oxford University's Worcester College in 1965 and gained a PhD from the University of Washington in Russian and Chinese history in 1979. He worked as a journalist for ''Time'' magazine from 1971 to 1994, during which he reported on nearly all the major historical events of the time. He has interviewed several major world figures, including Mother Teresa, Manuel Noriega, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Pham Van Dong, Boris Yeltsin and Billy Graham. Aikman served as a professor of history at Patrick Henry College from 2005 to 2015. He is also a senior fellow at The Trinity Forum. In 2002 Aikman presented a pro-creationist film called ''Raging Waters: Evidence of the Genesis Flood in Australia'', which was produced by Ken Ham's Answers in Genesis. In 2018 Aikman was hired as editor in chief of Godspeed Magazine. Bibliography *''Love China Today'' (Tyndale House, 1978), editor and co-author * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Aikman
George Aikman ARSA (1830–1905) was a Scottish painter and engraver. Life Born at the top of Warriston Close, in the High Street, Edinburgh, on 20 May 1830, was the ninth child of George Aikman (1788-1865) and his wife Alison McKay. The father, after employment by William Home Lizars the engraver, started business for himself about 1825 in Warriston Close, where he produced the plates and illustrations for the ''Encyclopædia Britannica seventh edition''. Many of these were drawn and engraved by his son George. From a private school Aikman was sent to Edinburgh High School, where he was for three sessions in the class of Dr. James Boyd. He was then apprenticed to his father, who had moved his business to 29 North Bridge, and after a journeyman period, during which he worked in Manchester and London, he was admitted a partner. As an apprentice he had attended the classes of the Trustees' Academy, then directed by Robert Scott Lauder, and the Royal Scottish Academy life-clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Aikman
Gordon Lewis Aikman British Empire Medal, BEM (2 April 1985 – 2 February 2017) was a British political researcher and campaigner. He was Director of Research for the Better Together (campaign), Better Together campaign during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, Scottish Independence Referendum. During that campaign he was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, motor neurone disease. Aikman successfully lobbied the Scottish Government to double the number of MND nurses in Scotland, and to fund them via the NHS. He also raised more than £500,000 for medical research. Early life Gordon Aikman studied at Kirkcaldy High School where he was Head girl and head boy, head boy. He read Business at the University of Edinburgh. In 2007, he was elected as the sabbatical officer responsible for welfare and student societies in the Edinburgh University Students' Association. Political career and MND campaigning After graduation, he worked at the Scottish Parliament for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granville Pearl Aikman
Granville Pearl Aikman (December 26, 1858 – September 29, 1923) was an American attorney and judge who was a Judge of the 13th District Court of Kansas from 1900 until 1913. During his time on the bench, he presided over many cases involving railroad and oil companies, and issued several historically-first injunctions and decisions. A supporter of women's suffrage, he appointed the first female bailiff in the history of the United States, and empaneled the first jury consisting entirely of women in the history of Kansas (second ever in the United States). Early life Aikman was born in 1858 in London, Kentucky. He attended the Laurel Seminary in his hometown. After his family moved to Kansas in 1871, Aikman began attending the schools of Butler County and eventually befriended William Allen White. Upon completing his education at age 18, Aikman obtained a teaching certificate and taught school for four years to help support his family and fund his further studies, readi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Aikman
Laura Holly Aikman (born 24 December 1985) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Debbie in ''Not Going Out'' and ''Gavin and Stacey'' as Sonia. Early life Aikman was born in the London Borough of Brent in 1985, the daughter of actor and writer Stuart Aikman (known as Stuart St. Paul) and actress Jean Heard. She attended Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls in Elstree, Hertfordshire. Career In 2009, she appeared in the BBC Three series ''Personal Affairs'' playing Lucy. On 8 August 2009, it was announced that Aikman would be joining the cast of ''Casualty'', and her role as May Phelps started on 12 September 2009. Aikman appeared in 35 episodes, her final appearance aired on 8 May 2010. In 2012, Aikman starred alongside Leigh Francis's alter ego Keith Lemon in his TV show ''Lemon La Vida Loca'' during the first series. She played the role of his Yorkshire girlfriend, Rosie. Aikman announced that she would not be returning to the show for the second series d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisa Wells Aikman
Louisa Wells Aikman, also known as Louisa Susannah Aikman, (born Louisa Susannah Wells; October 1755 – November 1831) was a British author and music score collector. She is best known for her book, ''The journal of a voyage from Charleston, S.C., to London''. Early life Louisa was born in Charleston, South Carolina, British America, on 17 October 1755. Her parents were Robert Wells (1728-1794) and Mary Rowand (1728-1805). Her father was a major book-trading, printer, and newspaper publisher in Charleston. By 1764, Robert Wells published a newspaper, the ''South Carolina and American General Gazette''. By 1775, Wells claimed to have the largest stock of books for sale in America. While in Charleston, he wrote and published "Travestie of Virgil." Robert Wells was a "fervent Loyalist." Consequently, at the opening of the American Revolutionary War, he left the colonies and returned to London. Her mother was the eldest child of John Rowand (alt Rowan), merchant of Glasgow, Scotlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Aikman (politician)
Michael Aikman (December 9, 1797 – March 21, 1881 in Barton Township) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada. Aikman was born in Upper Canada in 1797, the son of a United Empire Loyalist. In 1833, he was named justice of the peace in the Gore District. He represented Wentworth in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1836 to 1841. He served in the local militia, reaching the rank of captain, and was in charge of defending the frontier at Niagara in 1838. He was a member of the first board of directors for the Gore Bank. His sister was Egerton Ryerson Adolphus Egerton Ryerson (24 March 1803 – 19 February 1882) was a Canadian educator, author, editor, and Methodist minister who was a prominent contributor to the design of the Canadian public school system. A renowned advocate against Christ ...'s first wife. References *''Becoming Prominent: Leadership in Upper Canada, 1791-1841'', J.K. Johnson (1989) 1797 births 1881 deaths Members of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
