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Duncan Smith (scientist) (1852–1930), tramway and mining engineer best known for ...
Duncan Smith may refer to: * Duncan Smith (Australian politician) (1890–1973), Australian politician * Duncan Smith (Irish politician) (born 1983), Irish Labour politician * Duncan Smith (footballer) (born 1929), Scottish footballer * Duncan J. D. Smith (born 1960), British travel writer, photographer, historian, and explorer * Duncan Smith (cricketer), British cricket player See also * Iain Duncan Smith (born 1954), British Conservative politician * William Duncan Smith (1825–1862), United States Army officer who fought in the Mexican–American War * W. G. G. Duncan Smith (1914–1996), British Royal Air Force Second World War Flying ace * George Smith Duncan George Smith Duncan (11 July 1852 – 4 September 1930) was a tramway and mining engineer best known for his work on cable trams, and for his work in the gold mining industry. Duncan was born on 11 July 1852New Zealand Birth Index: 1852/313 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Smith (Australian Politician)
Duncan Malcolm Smith (29 October 1890 – 15 December 1973) was an Australian politician. He was born in Newcastle to master mariner Duncan Smith and Ada Genge. He attended the University of Sydney, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in 1912 and a Master of Arts in 1920. On 26 September 1914 he married Marcella Gertrude Smyth, with whom he had four children. He became a schoolteacher, teaching at Cleveland Street (1912–15), North Sydney High School (1915–21), Goulburn (1921–27) and Sydney Boys' High School (1927–30) before becoming headmaster of Nowra Intermediate High School from 1930 to 1936. From 1925 to 1934 he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, first as a Labor member. He was expelled from the party in 1926 after failing to vote for the abolition of the Legislative Council, and in the 1930s became associated with Federal Labor. From 1936 to 1954 Smith was inspector for the Albury Albury () is a major regional city in New South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Smith (Irish Politician)
Duncan Smith (born 17 May 1983) is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Fingal constituency since the 2020 general election. Political career Smith was a member of Fingal County Council from 2014 to 2020. Smith contested the 2019 Dublin Fingal by-election, receiving 3,821 first preference votes (15.2% of the vote), but was not elected. At the 2020 general election, Smith was elected as a TD for Dublin Fingal. After his election to the Dáil, James Humphreys was co-opted to Smith's seat on Fingal County Council. He was one of two TDs to nominate Alan Kelly for the position of Labour Party leader in the 2020 leadership election. In 2021, Smith received media attention for criticising Michael and Danny Healy-Rae in the Dáil, after the two TDs had accused Labour of being "anti-worker" after proposing a zero-COVID strategy, accusing the Healy-Raes of coming from a background of "Fianna Fáil privilege and millions and millions of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Smith (footballer)
Duncan Smith (19 January 1929 – 28 August 2001) was a Scottish footballer who played in the 1950s. He began his professional career with Dumbarton, where he spent two seasons. During this spell he was selected to play for a Scottish B League XI against an Irish B League XI, where he scored a goal in the 6–0 win. Thereafter he played with Clyde, Arbroath and Albion Rovers. Following his football career, Duncan lived and worked as a machine tools operator in East Kilbride East Kilbride (; gd, Cille Bhrìghde an Ear ) is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. It was also designated Scotland's first new town on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a rais ... where he died after a short illness surrounded by his family. References 1929 births 2001 deaths Scottish men's footballers Dumbarton F.C. players Clyde F.C. players Arbroath F.C. players Albion Rovers F.C. players Scottish Football League players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Duncan may refer to: People * Duncan (given name), various people * Duncan (surname), various people * Clan Duncan * Justice Duncan (other) Places * Duncan Creek (other) * Duncan River (other) * Duncan Lake (other), including Lake Duncan Australia *Duncan, South Australia, a locality in the Kangaroo Island Council *Hundred of Duncan, a cadastral unit on Kangaroo Island in South Australia Bahamas *Duncan Town, Ragged Island, Bahamas ** Duncan Town Airport Canada * Duncan, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island * Duncan Dam, British Columbia * Duncan City, Central Kootenay, British Columbia; see List of ghost towns in British Columbia United States * Duncan Township (other) * Duncan, Arizona * Duncan, Indiana * Duncan, Iowa * Duncan, Kentucky (other) * Duncan City, Cheboygan, Michigan * Duncan, Mississippi * Duncan, Missouri * Duncan, Nebraska * Duncan, North Carolina * Duncan, Oklahoma * Duncan, South Carolina * Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Smith (cricketer)
Duncan Smith (dates of birth and death unknown) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer. A member of the Royal Air Force, Smith was selected to play for the Combined Services cricket team in a first-class cricket match against Gloucestershire at Bristol in 1947. Batting twice in the match, Smith was dismissed for 22 runs by Sam Cook in the Combined Services first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a single run by Monty Cranfield. With his leg break Leg spin is a type of spin bowling in cricket. A leg spinner bowls right-arm with a wrist spin action. The leg spinner's normal delivery causes the ball to spin from right to left (from the bowler's perspective) when the ball bounces on the ... bowling, Smith bowled eleven wicketless overs in Gloucestershire's first-innings, conceding 50 runs. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Duncan Date of birth unknown Date of death unknown Royal Air Force officers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iain Duncan Smith
Sir George Iain Duncan Smith (born George Ian Duncan Smith; 9 April 1954), often referred to by his initials IDS, is a British politician who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2001 to 2003. He was Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2010 to 2016. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Chingford and Woodford Green, formerly Chingford, since 1992. The son of W. G. G. Duncan Smith, a Royal Air Force flying ace, Duncan Smith was born in Edinburgh and raised in Solihull. After education at the training school and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he served in the Scots Guards from 1975 to 1981, seeing tours in Northern Ireland and Rhodesia. He joined the Conservative Party in 1981. After unsuccessfully contesting Bradford West in 1987, he was elected to Parliament at the 1992 general election. He was not a minister during the premiership of John Major. During the leadership of William Hague he served as Shadow Secretary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Duncan Smith
William Duncan Smith (July 28, 1825 – October 4, 1862) was a career United States Army officer who fought in the Mexican–American War. Later he served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and he died in the second year of the war from yellow fever. Early life and career Smith was born in Augusta, Georgia, in 1825. He entered the United States Military Academy in West Point in July 1842, and graduated four years later, standing 35th out of 59 cadets. He was appointed a brevet second lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. Dragoons, and was promoted to second lieutenant on August 18, 1847.Eicher, p. 499. Smith served during the Mexican-American War, and was wounded in the Battle of Molino del Rey on September 8, 1847, one of the conflict's bloodiest engagements. After the war with Mexico ended he was promoted to first lieutenant on August 18, 1851. His final promotion in the U.S. Army came on June 4, 1858, to the rank of captain. He was in Europe on a leave of absence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
