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Chalmers (surname)
Chalmers is a Scottish surname. Notable people with this surname include: *Alan Chalmers (born 1939), British philosopher of science *Alexander Chalmers (1759–1834), Scottish writer * Alexander Chalmers (mayor) (1745–1703), Scottish-Polish merchant, jurist, and city clerk *Andrew Chalmers (actor) (born 1992), Canadian actor * Andrew Chalmers (footballer) (1899-?), Scottish professional footballer * Andrew Chalmers (rugby league) New Zealand businessman and rugby league player *Angela Chalmers (born 1963), Canadian middle-distance athlete * Anna Maria Mead Chalmers (1809–1891), American journalist *Brett Chalmers (born 1973), Australian rules footballer * Bruce Chalmers (1907–1990), American metallurgist *Christopher Chalmers (born 1967), Canadian freestyle swimmer *Craig Chalmers (born 1968), Scottish rugby union player *David Chalmers (born 1966), Australian philosopher and cognitive scientist *Floyd Chalmers (1898–1993), Canadian editor, publisher and philanthropist *Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Chalmers
Alan Francis Chalmers (; born 1939) is a British-Australian philosopher of science and associate professor at the University of Sydney. Education Chalmers was born in Bristol, England in 1939, and was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics at the University of Bristol in 1961, and his Master of Science in physics from the University of Manchester in 1964. His PhD on the electromagnetic theory of James Clerk Maxwell was awarded by the University of London in 1971. Career Chalmers went to Australia as a postdoctoral fellow in 1971. He was a member of the Department of General Philosophy from 1972 to 1986, and from 1986 to 1999 was the head of the Department of the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney, where he remains an honorary associate professor. Since 1999 Chalmers has been a visiting scholar at the Flinders University Philosophy Department. Chalmers was elected a fellow of the Academy of Humanities in 1997. He was awarded the Centenary Meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Chalmers (baseball)
George W. Chalmers (June 7, 1888 in Aberdeen, Scotland – August 5, 1960 in The Bronx, New York) was a professional baseball player who was a pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ... in the Major Leagues from 1910 to 1916. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies. On October 12, 1915, he became the first European born pitcher to start a World Series game. In April 2018, the Aberdeen Baseball Club began work on their new home field which they named in Chalmers' honour - George W. Chalmers Field. References 1888 births 1960 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Philadelphia Phillies players Manhattan Jaspers baseball players Major League Baseball players from the United Kingdom Major League Baseball players from Scotland Scottish baseball players Spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John George Chalmers
John George Chalmers (August 17, 1874 – June 8, 1962) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Franklin & Marshall College (1902), the University of Iowa (1903–1905), Columbia College in Dubuque, Iowa, now known as Loras College, (1907–1914), and the University of Dubuque (1914–1924), compiling a career college football record of 100–47–8. Chalmers was also the head men's basketball coach at Iowa for one season (1904–1905), tallying a mark of 6–8, and the baseball coach at Iowa for two seasons (1904–1905) and at Columbia College from 1915 to 1921. Background Born in Downsville, New York, Chalmers was one of the most successful athletes in Lafayette College history. He graduated in 1902. In 1901, his coaching career began at Dubuque Senior High School, Dubuque High School in Dubuque, Iowa. He led the Dubuque High School football team to the state title in the championship game against West Des Moines High Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Chalmers
Margaret Joan Chalmers, (May 30, 1928 – December 2, 2016) was a Canadian philanthropist and supporter of the arts. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she and her parents, Floyd and Jean Chalmers, founded the annual Chalmers Awards in 1972, which donates $25,000 CAD to artists in dance, theatre, crafts, film, the visual arts and music. She was involved with the travelling exhibit, ''Survivors in Search of a Voice: The Art of Courage'', which as a collaboration among 24 prominent Canadian women artists and over 100 breast cancer survivors. While celebrating her 70th birthday in 1998, she announced that she would provide 20 arts groups with a total of $1 million in funding. Chalmers was the partner of former singer-songwriter Barbra Amesbury. She died on December 2, 2016 in Toronto, from injuries suffered in a fall. Honours * In 1985 Ms Chalmers received the Diplôme d'Honneur from the Canadian Conference of the Arts * In 1987 she was made a Member of the Order of Canada. * In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Chalmers
James Chalmers (3 December 1877 – 12 July 1915) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Sunderland, Notts County and Preston North End as a forward. He also played in the Southern League for Swindon Town, Watford, Tottenham Hotspur and Norwich City. Personal life Chalmers served as a private in the Royal Scots Fusiliers during the First World War and died of wounds suffered at Achi Baba Nullah, Gallipoli on 12 July 1915. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial The Helles Memorial is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission war memorial near Sedd el Bahr, in Turkey, on the headland at the tip of the Gallipoli peninsula overlooking the Dardanelles. It includes an obelisk which is over high. The memorial .... Career statistics References 1877 births Footballers from Dumfries and Galloway Scottish men's footballers Men's association football outside forwards English Football League players British Army personnel o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Chalmers (New South Wales Politician)
James Chalmers (28 January 1901 – 11 November 1986) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1947 until 1956. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Labor Party (ALP) until he resigned from the party in 1952 and then sat as an independent Labor member. Chalmers was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was the son of a coal miner and migrated to Australia with his family at the age of seven. He was educated to elementary level and began work as a coal miner in the Hunter Region when he was 14. He moved to Lithgow, New South Wales, Lithgow in 1916. Chalmers supported Ben Chifley in the 1920s and 1930s and remained loyal to the Federal Executive of the ALP during the party divisions in those years (see Lang Labor). He left the mining industry in 1943 and worked as an employment officer with the Federal Department of Labour and Industry. In 1947, Chalmers was elected to the New South Wales Parliamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Chalmers
James Edward Chalmers (born 2 March 1978) is an Australian politician, currently serving as Treasurer of Australia since 23 May 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served as a member of parliament for the division of Rankin since 2013. Chalmers was born in Brisbane and attended the Australian National University, where he achieved a PhD in political science. At the 2013 Australian federal election, Chalmers won the seat of Rankin in Brisbane's south, entering the House of Representatives. He served in the shadow ministries of Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese, before assuming the role of treasurer after Labor's victory in the 2022 federal election. Early life and education Chalmers was born in Brisbane, the youngest of three children born to Graham and Carol Chalmers. His father worked as a courier and his mother worked as a nurse. They divorced when he was 14, by which time his older sisters had left home. Chalmers grew up in Logan City in Bris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ronald Chalmers
James Ronald Chalmers (January 11, 1831April 9, 1898) was an American politician and senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry and cavalry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. After the war, Chalmers served as a state senator in Mississippi and United States Congressman for several terms from the state's 6th congressional district, beginning in 1876. He was re-elected in 1880 but the election was contested by his Republican African-American opponent, John R. Lynch. Congress awarded the seat to Lynch because of marked election fraud by the Democrats. In 1882 Chalmers ran as an Independent Democrat on a fusionist ticket, with support by Republicans and Greenbackers. He contested the victory of the regular Democrat, and Congress finally awarded the seat to Chalmers, seating him in 1884. He left politics after losing election in the fall of 1884. Early life, education and career James Ronald Chalmers was born in Halifax County, Virginia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Chalmers (missionary)
James Chalmers (4 August 1841 – 8 April 1901) was a Scottish-born missionary, active in New Guinea. Early life James Chalmers was born in the village of Ardrishaig, Argyll, Scotland, the only son of an Aberdonian stonemason. The family moved to Inveraray when James was seven. There he went to the local school, and then to grammar school for about a year when he was 13. Then he was employed in a lawyer's office at Inveraray, and before he was 20 decided to become a missionary. In 1861, he joined the Glasgow City Mission as an evangelist. Here he met the Samoan missionary, George Turner, who suggested he apply as a missionary candidate. Eight months later, the London Missionary Society sent him to Cheshunt College near London to carry on his studies. He was a good student, though not a brilliant one, and was already showing capacities for leadership. He was also always ready for practical jokes. On 17 October 1865 he was married to Jane Hercus and two days later was ordained to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Chalmers (inventor)
James Chalmers (2 February 1782 – 26 August 1853) was a Scottish inventor (buried on 1 September 1853) who it was claimed, by his son, was the inventor of the adhesive postage stamps. History He trained as a weaver, before he moved to Dundee in 1809 on the recommendation of his brother. He established himself as a bookseller, printer and newspaper publisher on Castle Street. He is known to have been the publisher of "The Caledonian" as early as 1822. Later he served as a Burgh Councillor and became Convener of the Nine Incorporated Trades. As such, he was described as a slayer of the ''"dragons which retard progress"'', battling repeatedly in the cause of Burgh Reform, and fighting for the repeal of taxes on newspapers and newspaper advertisements, and the removal of the excise duty on paper. His most burning enthusiasm, however, was postal reform, and from 1825 he campaigned the authorities to speed up the mail between Edinburgh and London by convincing them that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Chalmers (actor)
James Robert Alexander Chalmers (born September 1974) is an English actor who has performed in film, television and theatre. Chalmers graduated from the University of Edinburgh and continued his training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He first performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Spanish Golden Age productions and made his West End debut when the season transferred to the Playhouse Theatre in 2005. He has performed with Shakespeare's Globe and the Read Not Dead project, Royal Court Theatre, Northcott Theatre, Royal National Theatre (studio), Theatre503, and the Park Theatre (London). Early life Chalmers was educated at Eagle House School in Berkshire and Bradfield College. He went on to study at the University of Edinburgh from 1994 to 1998, where he was awarded a BSc in Civil Engineering. He then trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), London, where fellow students included Daisy Haggard and Benedict Cumberbatch, graduat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Chalmers
John Chalmers (14 August 1884 - 5 July 1947) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke and Woolwich Arsenal. Career Chalmers was born in Beith and started his career with Rutherglen Glencairn before turning professional with Rangers. He moved to Stoke City in January 1906 and made an instant impact scoring five goals in five games. He was the club's top scorer in the 1906–07 season, though they were relegated from the First Division. In all he scored 19 goals in 40 appearances but was released in the summer of 1907. He had a spell at Southern League Bristol Rovers, before moving back north of the border to join Clyde in November 1908. In 1909–10 Chalmers was in Clyde's side that reached the Scottish Cup final, which they eventually lost to Dundee in the second replay. In October 1910 Chalmers was tempted south of the border again, signing for Woolwich Arsenal. Arsenal had been ailing in the First Division; they had only scored twice in thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
