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Alexander Mitchell (Scottish Entrepreneur)
Alexander or Alex Mitchell may refer to: Born before 1900 * Alexander Mitchell (engineer) (1780–1868), blind Irish engineer * Alexander Mitchell (British politician) (1831–1873), MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1865–1868 * Alexander Mitchell (Wisconsin politician) (1817–1887), president of the Milwaukee Road railroad, US Representative from Wisconsin * Alexander C. Mitchell (1860–1911), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas * Alexander Ferrier Mitchell (1822–1899), Scottish ecclesiastical historian and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland * Alexander Crichton Mitchell (1864–1952), Scottish physicist * Alexander H. Mitchell (1840–1913), United States military officer Born after 1900 * Alexander Mitchell (Saskatchewan politician) (1912–2003), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada * Alexander Graham Mitchell (born 1923), first Governor of the Turks and Caicos, 1973–1975 * Alex Mitchell (journalist) (1947–2010), British journalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Mitchell (engineer)
Alexander Mitchell, (13 April 1780 – 25 June 1868) was an Irish engineer who from 1802 was blind. He is known as the inventor of the screw-pile lighthouse. Born in Dublin, his family moved to Belfast while he was a child, and he received his formal education at Belfast Academy – where he excelled in mathematics. Originally working in brickmaking in Belfast, he invented machines used in that trade, before patenting the screw-pile in 1833, for which he would later gain some fame. The screw-pile was used for the erection of lighthouses and other structures on mudbanks and shifting sands, including bridges and piers. Mitchell's designs and methods were employed all over the world from Portland breakwater to Bombay bridges. Initially it was used for the construction of lighthouses on Maplin Sands in the Thames Estuary (the first light application, in 1838), at Fleetwood Lancashire (UK) Morecambe Bay (the first Ever Beacon Lit ) completed, in 1839), and at Belfast Lough where his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Mitchell (musician)
Circus of Power is an American hard rock band formed in New York City in 1987. They disbanded in 1995 and reformed in 2014. To date, they have released four studio albums and three EPs. Overview With a sound similar to Alice in Chains, AC/DC, the Cult, D-A-D and Guns N' Roses, but with enough of their own distinctive and original style, Circus of Power received significant critical fame, especially in the UK's ''Kerrang!'' music magazine; which featured them on the front cover multiple times and awarded their first two albums five 'K's (the top rating for an album), each. 19871995: First incarnation The group played in New York for several years until they signed a contract with RCA Records. In July 1987, prior to the release of their debut album, Joey Wrecked quit the band and was replaced by Ryan Maher. The band released their debut album in 1988, to much critical acclaim (within the 'metal' scene) and followed it up, with another well received album in 1990. It was aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kung Fu Kapers
"Kung Fu Kapers" is an episode of the British comedy television series ''The Goodies''. It caused a viewer to die from laughing. This episode is also known as "Ecky Thump". It was written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie. In January 2020, "Kung Fu Kapers" was announced as the fans' favourite episode of ''The Goodies'', during the celebration of the show's 50th anniversary at Bristol's Slapstick Festival. Plot Tim and Graeme are attempting to learn kung fu in the Goodies' office, but Bill is extremely disparaging of their techniques and shows them that he knows some rather impressive martial arts skills of his own. Under pressure from the other two, Bill reveals himself as a master of the secret Lancashire martial art known as "Ecky Thump"—which mostly revolves around hitting unsuspecting people with black puddings while wearing flat caps and braces. With great reluctance, Bill agrees to demonstrate this "ancient Lancastrian art" in a series of bouts aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Mitchell (novelist)
Alexander Michael Stewart (born 25 July 1958) is a British writer. His best known work is fiction written under the pseudonym Sandy Mitchell—Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 novels, including the Ciaphas Cain series. A full-time writer since the mid-1980s, the majority of his work (as Sandy Mitchell) has been tie-in fiction for Games Workshop's Warhammer fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 science fiction lines, as well as a novelisation of episodes from the high tech thriller series Bugs, for which he also worked as a scriptwriter under his real name. He has also contributed some Warhammer roleplaying game material (including '' Scourge the Heretic'', the first tie-in book to the Dark Heresy roleplaying game) as well as a number of short stories and magazine articles. He lives in the North Essex village of Earls Colne, with his wife and daughter. As a member of the Midnight Rose Collective he edited the Temps and EuroTemps collections of short stories with Neil Gaiman. Selected w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Mitchell (prisoner)
Sandy Mitchell was one of seven men incarcerated in Saudi Arabia between December 2000 and August 2003 for the bombing death of Christopher Rodway, a British National living in Riyadh. While in prison, he was tortured and forced to make a televised confession in which he detailed the methods and as to which he and his fellow prisoners committed the crime."I would have confessed to anything" ''''. 10 May 2005. Retrieved 26 May 2011. He was later granted clemency and returned to the UK, as a result of intense negotiations by |
Alex Mitchell (Australian Journalist)
Alex Mitchell (born 9 March 1942) is an Australian journalist, columnist and writer. At ''The Sun-Herald'', he served as Europe correspondent and later as state political editor during a 21-year career at the paper. In 2011, he published his memoirs under the title ''Come the Revolution'', described by critic Peter Craven as 'a great journalist's reflection of the colour and horror of history on the run.' Dame Carmen Callil, the founder of the renowned feminist publishing house Virago Press, said of the book that 'Mitchell adds two special qualities to a fabulous life: a great heart and a magical pen.' Mitchell began his career on the ''Townsville Daily Bulletin'', the ''Mount Isa Mail'' and the ''Daily Mirror'' in Sydney and the Canberra Press Gallery. Arriving in London in 1967, he joined the '' Sunday Times'' investigative team, INSIGHT, investigating the Soviet master spy Kim Philby and the corporate fraudsters Bernie Cornfeld of IOS and Robert Maxwell of Pergamon Press. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Mitchell (English Footballer)
Alexander Paul Mitchell (born 7 October 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Lincoln City on loan from Millwall. Career Mitchell began playing for New Windsor Kestrels at the age of 7. He was also a rower at his school, The Windsor Boys' School. After trials with Brentford, Reading, Wycombe, and Aldershot, Mitchell signed for Millwall in 2018, the same year he was voted the club's Academy Schoolboy of the Year, spending time on loan at non-league Bromley, before signing a new long-term contract with Millwall in August 2021. Later that month he moved on loan to Leyton Orient. In July 2022 he moved on loan to Scottish club St Johnstone. He was named as Young Player of the Year in May 2023. On 17 August 2023, he joined Lincoln City on a season-long loan. He made his debut coming off the bench in a 3-0 win against Blackpool on 26 August 2023. Mitchell scored his first Lincoln goal on 21 October against Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Town Football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Mitchell (Australian Footballer)
Alex Mitchell (16 May 1912 – 9 April 2001) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne 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).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.615. Notes References * External links * * 1912 births 2001 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents Sydney Swans players {{AFL-bio-1912-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Mitchell (journalist)
Ruth Alex Mitchell (née Beale, 23 February 1947 – 26 November 2010) was a British journalist who was the "editor and driving force behind the Christian current affairs magazine ''Third Way''". She edited ''Third Way'' for five of its first six years and "established its reputation as making a significant contribution to Christian social thinking." Her hymn "Now We Sing a Harvest Song" is in the BBC's popular hymnal '' Come and Praise''. Early life She was born in Winchester, Hampshire, England and was educated at Eastacre School, St Swithun's School, Winchester County High School for Girls and Eastleigh Technical College before going to work at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. In 1966 she attended the London mission of the American evangelist Billy Graham and found it life-changing. After working for the Church Army for four years, she went to All Nations Christian College for two years to train as a missionary. During this time, three of her poems were published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Mitchell (British Politician)
Alexander Mitchell (1831 – 16 May 1873) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwick-upon-Tweed Berwick-upon-Tweed (), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census recor ... from 1865 to 1868. References * External links * 1831 births 1873 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1865–1868 Presidents of the Oxford Union {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Graham Mitchell
Alexander Graham Mitchell (2 November 1923 – 18 July 2010) was the first Governor of the Turks and Caicos from April 1973 to May 1975. He had previously served as the last Administrator of the islands from 1971 to 1973. He went on to serve as Bursar of Dame Allan's Schools. Mitchell died in Corbridge, Northumberland Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey. It is bordered by land on ..., England in July 2010 at the age of 86. References 1923 births 2010 deaths Administrators of the Turks and Caicos Islands Governors of the Turks and Caicos Islands {{TurksCaicos-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Mitchell (Saskatchewan Politician)
Alexander Mitchell (July 27, 1912 – July 26, 2003) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Bengough from 1966 to 1971 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. He was born on the family farm in Cardross, Saskatchewan and was educated there and in Moose Jaw Moose Jaw is the fourth largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Lying on the Moose Jaw River in the south-central part of the province, it is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians .... In 1935, Mitchell married Mary Gall. He earned a pilot's license and later purchased his own airplane; he was an active member of the Saskatchewan Flying Farmers Association. Mitchell was first elected to the assembly in a 1966 by-election held following the death of Samuel Asbell. References Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs 1912 births 2003 deaths {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
