Edward Baird (other)
Edward Baird may refer to: *Edward Baird (artist) (1904–1949), Scottish artist * Edward Baird (rugby) (1885–1917), Australian rugby league footballer * Edward A. Baird (1933–2000), American bass and voice teacher *Edward Kellogg Baird (1876–1951), American attorney and the president of the Century Opera Company See also *Ed Baird Phillip Edward "Ed" Baird (born May 17, 1958) is an American sailor. He was a coach of the 1995 America's Cup-winning Team New Zealand and a helmsman for the 2007 America's Cup-winning Alinghi syndicate. Growing up in Florida, Baird raced in t ...

Edward Baird (artist)
Edward Baird (1904 – 7 January 1949) was a Scottish artist, known for his portrait painting. Biography Baird was born in Montrose in 1904, the son of a sea captain. He was descended from a long line of seafarers, but poor health throughout his life meant that he was unable to follow his forebears to sea. His father was lost at sea when he was a small child, and so he was brought up by his mother, living at various properties on Montrose High Street. Baird was educated at Montrose Academy, and was accepted into Glasgow School of Art in 1924. He studied there for a total of four years, finishing as an undergraduate in 1927, and winning the Newbery medal as the top student of the year. After a year's postgraduate teaching diploma, he spent four months- from December 1928 to March 1929, travelling and studying in Italy, funded by a travelling scholarship provided by Glasgow School of Art. On his return from Italy, Baird moved back to Montrose and began a career as a portrait pai ...
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Edward Baird (rugby)
Edward Baird (1885–1917) was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer, one of his country's first selected national representatives and an Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) soldier who fell in World War I at the Battle of Passchendale. Early life and football career Baird was born in Sydney in 1885 and schooled at McDonaldtown School in the inner Sydney suburbs. By 1908 when he was playing rugby league in the code's inaugural competition year, he was located in Brisbane. He was selected in the first ever Queensland Maroons state representative side to play the new "Northern Union" style of rugby, taking on Albert Baskerville's New Zealand All Golds on their inaugural tour. Baird played as a reserve as the Queenslanders lost the historic match 34–12. He went on to make another appearance against New Zealand and two against New South Wales. When the New Zealand team came back on the return leg of their tour, they played three Test matches against the first Australi ...
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Edward A
Edward is an English language, English given name. It is derived from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements ''wikt:ead#Old English, ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and ''wikt:weard#Old English, weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the House of Normandy, Norman and House of Plantagenet, Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes. The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III of England, Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I of England, Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration. Variant forms The name has been adopted in the Iberian Peninsula#Modern Iberia, Iberian peninsula since the 15th century, due to Edward, King of Portugal, whose mother was English. The Spanish/Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and Duarte (name), Duarte ...
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Edward Kellogg Baird
Edward Kellogg Baird (July 13, 1876 - 1951), was an attorney and the president of the Century Opera Company. Biography He was born on July 13, 1876. In 1913 he became president of the Century Opera Company The Century Opera Company was a New York City opera company. History It was incorporated on May 9, 1913. It was funded with a capital stock of $300,000. Edward Kellogg Baird, was president. Otto Hermann Kahn was vice-president, and Alvin W. Krech ... but resigned the same year over debts he accumulated for publications associated with the opera company. He died in 1951. References Opera managers 1876 births 1951 deaths {{opera-bio-stub ...
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