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Alex Fraser (other)
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Alex Fraser may refer to: People *Alex Fraser (scientist) (1923–2002), Australian scientist *Alex Fraser (politician) (1916–1989), Canadian politician * Alex Fraser (Australian footballer) (1908–1983), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda *Alex Fraser (Scottish footballer), Scottish footballer for Rangers *Henry Brinton (1901–1977), who wrote under the pseudonym "Alex Fraser" Other uses *Alex Fraser Bridge, British Columbia, Canada * Alex Fraser Research Forest, British Columbia, Canada See also *Fraser (surname) *Alexander Fraser (other) *Alec Fraser (other) *Fraser (other) Fraser may refer to: Places Antarctica * Fraser Point, South Orkney Islands Australia * Fraser, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb in the Canberra district of Belconnen * Division of Fraser (Australian Capital Territory), a former federal ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Fraser (scientist)
Alex Fraser (1923 – 14 July 2002) was a major innovator in the development of the computer modeling of population genetics and his work has stimulated many advances in genetic research over the past decades. His efforts in the 1950s and 1960s had a profound impact on the development of computational models of evolutionary systems. His seminal work, "Simulation of genetic systems by automatic digital computers" (1958), is quoted in the literature to this day. Fraser was born in London, England, and lived in Hong Kong for most of his youth. He studied at the University of New Zealand, and later went to the University of Edinburgh, and subsequently to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Sydney, Australia. It was at the CSIRO where Fraser made his seminal contributions to evolutionary computation. His earliest work was done on the SILIAC computer that was installed for the University of Sydney in 1956. The SILIAC was the Australian cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Fraser (politician)
Alexander Vaughan Fraser (June 22, 1916 – May 9, 1989) was a Canadian politician. Fraser began his career as a businessman in the central British Columbia town of Quesnel, located in the Cariboo region. During World War II, he enlisted and served in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps in British Columbia and Ontario from 1942 until his discharge in March 1946. Fraser came from a political family. His father, John, served in both the provincial legislature and federal parliament. Fraser himself began his own political career in 1949, when he was elected as commissioner of Quesnel. In 1950 Fraser was elected reeve (later mayor) of Quesnel, a position he held for the next twenty years. During that time he served both as president of the Union of B.C. Municipalities and chairman of the Cariboo Regional District. Fraser moved from local to provincial politics in 1969, winning the Cariboo riding for the British Columbia Social Credit Party. In 1986, Fraser became ill and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Fraser (Australian Footballer)
Alex Fraser (25 December 1908 – 13 September 1983) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1908 births 1983 deaths Australian rules footballers from New South Wales St Kilda Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1908-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Fraser (Scottish Footballer)
Alexander Currie Fraser (14 June 1882 – 25 January 1950) was a Scottish footballer who played mainly as an defender and featured for Rangers between 1902 and 1906.(Rangers player) Fraser, Alex FitbaStats Career A short time after joining Rangers from Clydebank Juniors, Fraser scored on his Scottish Football League debut against in September 1902 as a makeshift |
Henry Brinton
Henry Brinton (27 July 1901 – 1 June 1977) was a British political activist and astronomer. Born in Wolverhampton, Brinton joined the Labour Party and the League of Nations Union. He travelled to Republican Spain as part of an Anglican delegation during the Spanish Civil War, and then with Wilfred Roberts organised a reception camp for Basque child refugees. Brinton stood unsuccessfully for the Labour Party in Great Grimsby at the 1935 United Kingdom general election, St Ives at the 1945 United Kingdom general election, Truro at the 1950 United Kingdom general election, Scarborough and Whitby at the 1951 United Kingdom general election, and also in the 1954 Bournemouth West by-election. Unable to get selected for a winnable seat, he then decided to focus on his interests in writing and astronomy. Brinton moved to Selsey in 1957, joining the British Astronomical Association, and writing books on astronomy which became known for their photography. These included ''Astron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Fraser Bridge
The Alex Fraser Bridge (also known as the Annacis Bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge over the Fraser River that connects Richmond and New Westminster with North Delta in Greater Vancouver, British Columbia. The bridge is named for Alex Fraser (1916 – 1989), a former British Columbia Minister of Transportation. The bridge was the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world when it opened on September 22, 1986, and was the longest in North America until the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, in the U.S. state of South Carolina opened in 2005. Overview The Alex Fraser Bridge is long with a main span of . The towers are tall. It consists of seven lanes, three in each direction with the middle lane acting as a counterflow lane, and had a maximum speed limit of 90 km per hour until July 24, 2019 when the speed limit was lowered to 70 km/h to accommodate the additional counterflow lane. Upon opening in 1986, only four of the six available lanes were open. Cyclists and pedestrians share t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Fraser Research Forest
The Alex Fraser Research Forest is 98.02 km² of crown land in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved April 2009. It is managed by the Faculty of Forestry at the , to create opportunities for education, research and demonstration of sustainable and to produce a sustainable flow of values in a financially self-sufficient mann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraser (surname)
Fraser is a Scottish surname, connected to the Clans Fraser and Fraser of Lovat. It is most commonly found in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. Notable people with the surname include: A * Adam Fraser (1871–1???), Scottish footballer *Alasdair Fraser (born 1955), Scottish fiddler *Alec Fraser (other), multiple people *Alex Fraser (other), multiple people *Alexander Fraser (other), multiple people *Alistair Fraser (1885–1964), Canadian politician *Alison Fraser (born 1955), American actress and singer * Allan Fraser (other), multiple people * Andrew Fraser (other), multiple people *Andy Fraser (1952–2015), English musician and songwriter, member of the rock band Free *Angus Fraser (born 1965), former English international cricketer *Lady Antonia Fraser (born 1932), British author *Archibald Campbell Fraser of Lovat (1736–1815), British consul *Arvonne Fraser (1925–2018), American pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Fraser (other)
Alexander Fraser may refer to: Lords Saltoun *Alexander Fraser, 11th Lord Saltoun (1604–1693), Scottish peer *Alexander Fraser, 13th Lord Saltoun (1684–1748) *Alexander Fraser, 14th Lord Saltoun (1710–1751) *Alexander Fraser, 16th Lord Saltoun (1758–1793) *Alexander Fraser, 17th Lord Saltoun (1785–1853), Scottish peer and British Army general *Alexander Fraser, 18th Lord Saltoun (1820–1886) *Alexander Fraser, 19th Lord Saltoun (1851–1933), Scottish peer *Alexander Fraser, 20th Lord Saltoun (1886–1979), Scottish peer Others *Alexander Fraser of Touchfraser and Cowie (died by 1332) *Alexander Mackenzie Fraser (1756–1809), British general *Alexander Fraser (Upper Canada politician) (1786–1853), soldier and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West *Alexander George Fraser (1786–1865), Scottish painter :* Alexander Fraser (painter) (1827–1899), Scottish landscape painter and son of Alexander George Fraser *Alexander Fraser (Victorian politician) (1802–18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Fraser (other)
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Alec Fraser was an actor. Alec Fraser may also refer to: *Alec Fraser (footballer), Scottish footballer *Alec Garden Fraser, educator See also *Alec Fraser-Brunner, British ichthyologist *Fraser (surname) *Alex Fraser (other) *Alexander Fraser (other) *Fraser (other) Fraser may refer to: Places Antarctica * Fraser Point, South Orkney Islands Australia * Fraser, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb in the Canberra district of Belconnen * Division of Fraser (Australian Capital Territory), a former federal ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |