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Alexander Wylie (other)
Alexander or Alex Wylie may refer to: *Alexander Wylie (missionary) (1815–1887), British Christian missionary in China. *Alexander Wylie, Lord Kinclaven, Scottish judge *Alexander Wylie (politician) (1838–1921), British MP for Dunbartonshire, 1895–1906 * Alex Wylie (footballer) (1872–1902), Scottish footballer for St Mirren *Alex Wylie (cricketer), English cricketer See also *Alexander Wiley Alexander Wiley (May 26, 1884 – October 26, 1967) was an American politician who served four terms in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1939 to 1963. When he left the Senate, he was its most senior Republican member ..., U.S. senator for Wisconsin * Alex Wyllie, New Zealand rugby union coach {{hndis, name=Wylie, Alex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Wylie (missionary)
Alexander Wylie (Traditional Chinese: 偉烈亞力, Simplified Chinese: 伟烈亚力) (6 April 181510 February 1887), was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China. He is known for his translation work and scholarship during the late Qing Dynasty. Early life Wylie was born in London, and went to school at Drumlithie, Kincardineshire, and at Chelsea. While apprenticed to a cabinet-maker, Wylie picked up a Chinese grammar book written in Latin (the ''Notitia linguae sinicae'' by Joseph Henri Marie de Prémare). China After having mastered Latin, he went on to make such good progress in Chinese that, in 1846, James Legge engaged him to superintend the London Missionary Society's press in Shanghai. In this position, he acquired a wide knowledge of Chinese religion and civilisation, and especially of mathematics, enabling him to demonstrate in his paper ''Jottings on the Science of the Chinese'' that Sir George Horner's method (1819) of solving equations of all orders had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Wylie, Lord Kinclaven
Alexander Featherstonhaugh Wylie, Lord Kinclaven (; born 2 June 1951) was a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland. Early life Wylie was educated at Perth Academy, Aberdeen Grammar School and the independent Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow, studied at the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh and qualified as a solicitor in 1976. He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1978. Legal career Wylie served as Standing Junior Counsel to the Accountant of Court from 1986 to 1989, and as an Advocate Depute from 1989 to 1992. He was called to the Bar in England and Wales in 1990 at Lincoln's Inn, and took silk in Scotland in 1991. He was appointed a part-time Sheriff and a member of the Scottish Council of Law Reporting in 2000, part-time Chairman of the Police Appeals Tribunal in 2001, and a member of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission in 2004, remaining in all these positions until his appointment to the Bench in 2005. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Wylie (politician)
Alexander Wylie (1839 – 13 February 1921) was a Scottish Tory politician and turkey red dyer and calico printer. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Dumbartonshire from 1895 to 1906. Wylie was the son of John Wylie. He worked for the ''Dumbarton Herald''.Irving, John. (1924). ''History of Dumbartonshire: Dumbartonshire''. Bennett & Thomson. p. 501 After serving apprenticeship in 1855 he became editor of the ''Dumbarton Chronicle'' in 1856. He studied at Glasgow University and worked in Glasgow and Bristol with Archibald Orr Ewing & Co, a turkey red dyeing firm. He worked for William Stirling & Sons and became resident partner of the firm until it merged with other print companies. Wylie was a critic of tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and northe ... drinking. In 1904 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Wylie (footballer)
Alexander Wylie (4 November 1872 – 21 April 1902) was a Scottish footballer who played mainly as an inside left. Career His only club at the professional level was St Mirren, where he spent eleven seasons (all in the Scottish Football League's top division), making 190 appearances for the ''Buddies'' in the two major competitions and scoring 73 goals. He is known to have won the regional Renfrewshire Cup at least twice, scoring in the finals of 1891 and 1894, and been a losing finalist in 1892. Wylie was selected once for the Scottish Football League XI against the Irish League XI in April 1893; in the absence of any Rangers or Celtic players who were excused due to their involvement in a pivotal league fixture on the same day, the understrength Scottish team lost 3–2.Ireland's Pride Triumphant. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Wylie (cricketer)
Alex Wylie (born 20 February 1973) is a former English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Worcestershire in the 1990s. He was born in Tamworth. Wylie made three first-class appearances before he became injured. He picked up two wickets in his brief first-team career: the first, on his debut against Nottinghamshire in 1993 having Bruce French dismissed hit wicket. Two years later he had Middlesex's John Emburey caught by David Leatherdale. He had played for Worcestershire's Second XI as early as 1989, and joined the staff in 1991. However, injury blighted his chances and it was not until 1993 that a feature in '' The Guardian'' listed him as Worcestershire's "one to watch", noting his "extremely rapid" bowling. Wylie had a good career based on the other classes of cricket he played, however his extreme potential to be one of the best English bowlers was cut short due to injury. Wylie also played club cricket for Droitwich Spa Droitwich Spa (often abbrev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Wiley
Alexander Wiley (May 26, 1884 – October 26, 1967) was an American politician who served four terms in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1939 to 1963. When he left the Senate, he was its most senior Republican member. Biography Wiley was born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. He received his undergraduate education at Augsburg College in Minnesota and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1907 and was also admitted to the bar the same year. He served as the Chippewa County district attorney from 1909 to 1915. Wiley was the Republican candidate for governor of Wisconsin in 1936, but his bid failed. Philip La Follette and the new Wisconsin Progressive Party, which split from the Republicans in 1934, won the election. In 1938, Wiley was elected to the U.S. Senate, first defeating Tax Court judge Stephen J. McMahon to win the Republican nomination, and then defeat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
