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Bluck (scholar)
Bluck is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Bluck (1864–1944), Bermudian judge and politician * Brian Bluck (1935–2015), British geologist *Duncan Bluck (1927–2015), British businessman * John Bluck (born 1943), New Zealand Anglican bishop *Judith Bluck (1936–2011), British artist See also * Robert Blucke (1897–1988), Royal Air Force officer * Stephen Blucke Stephen Blucke or Stephen Bluck (born –after 1796) was a Black Loyalist, in the American Revolutionary War, and one the commanding officers, of the British Loyalist provincial unit, the Black Company of Pioneers. He was one of 3,000 people who ... (c. 1752–after 1796), Black Loyalist {{surname Surnames of English origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Bluck
Arthur William Bluck OBE (6 March 1864 – June 1944) was a Bermudan judge and politician who served as a member of the House of Assembly and Speaker of the Colonial Parliament of Bermuda between 1929 and 1933. He also served as an Assistant Justice of the Supreme Court of Bermuda The law of Bermuda is based on the common law legal system of England and Wales. Sources of Law * The law of England and Wales as it stood in 1620 - of all kinds: common law, equity and statute - became the law of Bermuda at that time, and it rem ... and Mayor of Hamilton in 1932. 1864 births 1944 deaths Officers of the Order of the British Empire Mayors of Hamilton, Bermuda Members of the House of Assembly of Bermuda People from Hamilton, Bermuda {{Bermuda-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Bluck
Brian John Bluck (29 August 1935 – 29 June 2015) was a Welsh geologist, academic author and professor of sedimentation and tectonics at the University of Glasgow. He was known for his work in sedimentology. Early life and education Bluck was born in Pyle, Wales, on 29 August 1935 to a working-class family. He attended Bridgend County Grammar School and while at Cardiff Technical College, he was initially attracted towards politics. However, due to the location of his upbringing amongst Wales' coal mines and limestone landscapes, he decided to study geology at University College in Swansea. Career University of Illinois In 1961, Bluck successfully applied for a postdoctoral position at the University of Illinois after being encouraged to do so by Professor Frank Rhodes. It was at this time that Bluck began his interest in coarse clastic sediment after being persuaded by Paul Potter to work on modern alluvial fans in Death Valley, Nevada. University of Gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Bluck
Duncan Robert Yorke Bluck, CBE (19 March 1927 – 6 October 2015) was a British businessman. He was the managing director of the Cathay Pacific Airways Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (CPA), more widely known as Cathay Pacific (), is the flag carrier of Hong Kong, with its head office and main hub located at Hong Kong International Airport. The airline's operations and subsidiaries have s ... from 1971 to 1979. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bluck, Duncan 1927 births 2015 deaths People educated at Taunton School British expatriates in Hong Kong Hong Kong chief executives British airline chief executives Cathay Pacific Swire Group HSBC people Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century British businesspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bluck
John William Bluck (born 22 July 1943) is a New Zealand author and an Anglican clergyman who served as the 14th Anglican Bishop of Waiapu from 2002 until 2008. From 1990 to 2002 he was the eleventh Dean of ChristChurch Cathedral; until he was ordained to the episcopate on 17 August 2002.ACANZP Lectionary, 2019 (p. 146) Early life and education Bluck was born in in 1943, the eldest son of Edgar and Alice Bluck. Bluck spent his childhood in Nūhaka. He is a maternal nephew of two other New Zealand Anglican Bishops,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Bluck
Judith Bluck (1936–2011) was a British sculptor known for her large scale public works in a variety of materials but most notably in bronze and brick. Biography Bluck was born in London and originally focused on photography, painting and engraving but eventually came to concentrate on large sculptural commissions, often working with pressed bricks. Bluck was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1978, was a member of the Society of Portrait Sculptors and of the Art Workers Guild. Her 24 metre long brick relief, ''The Legend of the Iron Gates'' for the Sainsbury's supermarket in Wilmslow was awarded the Otto Beit Medal by the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1989. Bluck won both bronze and silver medals from the Societe des Artistes Francais in Paris. As well as Britain and France, Bluck's work has also been exhibited in the United States and in New Zealand. Selected public works * Six relief panels in bronze and resin on the life of ''St Francis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Blucke
Air Vice Marshal Robert Stewart Blucke, (22 June 1897 – 2 October 1988) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Transport Command in 1952. RAF career Blucke was commissioned into the 3rd Battalion the Dorsetshire Regiment in 1915 during the First World War and transferred to No. 63 Squadron on formation of the Royal Air Force in April 1918. He became a Signals Officer at the Experimental Section of the Royal Aircraft Establishment in January 1934 and in February 1935 he flew a Handley Page Heyford over Stowe Nine Churches becoming the first pilot to be detected by radar. He served in the Second World War as Officer Commanding the Blind Approach Training and Development Unit and then as Officer Commanding the Wireless Investigation Development Unit before joining the Directorate of Flying Training at the Air Ministry in November 1940. He became Station Commander at RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor in 1942, in which role he was awarded the Dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). Following the Allied victory over the Central Powers in 1918, the RAF emerged as the largest air force in the world at the time. Since its formation, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history. In particular, it played a large part in the Second World War where it fought its most famous campaign, the Battle of Britain. The RAF's mission is to support the objectives of the British Ministry of Defence (MOD), which are to "provide the capabilities needed to ensure the security and defence of the United Kingdom and overseas territories, including against terrorism; to support the Government's foreign policy objectives particularly in promoting international peace and security". The R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Blucke
Stephen Blucke or Stephen Bluck (born –after 1796) was a Black Loyalist, in the American Revolutionary War, and one the commanding officers, of the British Loyalist provincial unit, the Black Company of Pioneers. He was one of 3,000 people who left New York for Nova Scotia on British ships. He settled in a town designed for African-Americans, Birchtown, Nova Scotia. He was a leader in the town, called a magistrate and commissioned as lieutenant colonel of the Black Militia of the greater Shelburne district by Governor Governor John Parr. He worked with a surveyor to identify the area that would become Birchtown and was involved in coordinating labour for roads and other public works. He lived the life of a middle-class person while his neighbors lived a life of poverty. He had a substantial well-built house, while most people lived in simple housing. He was a go-between for employment of some of the townspeople in labor or similar jobs. When Blucke arrived in Birchtown, he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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