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Farquharson (, or ) is a surname of Scottish people, Scottish origin, and may refer to: Sports Association football *Cali Farquharson (born 1993), American soccer player *Jordan Farquharson (born 2000), Bahamian footballer *Nick Farquharson (born 1988), English professional football player *Priestley Farquharson (born 1997), English footballer *Tom Farquharson (1900–1970), Irish professional football player *Zimmorlei Farquharson (born 2002), Australian rules footballer Other *Ashley Farquharson (born 1999), American luger *Hugh Farquharson (1911–1985), Canadian Olympic ice hockey player *Norman Farquharson (1907–1992) South African tennis player *Samantha Farquharson (born 1969), English athlete *Tom Farquharson (tennis) (born 1992), British tennis player Arts *Alex Farquharson (born 1969), British curator and art critic, Director of Tate Britain * A. S. L. Farquharson, British classicist and translator *Charlie Farquharson, character created by Canadian actor Don Harron *D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to name change, change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Farquharson
Joseph Farquharson (4 May 1846 – 15 April 1935) was a Scottish painter, chiefly of landscapes in Scotland often including animals. He is most famous for his snowy winter landscapes, often featuring sheep and often depicting dawn or dusk. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and died at Finzean, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Nicknames include "'Frozen Mutton' Farquharson" and "The Painting Laird". Background and early life Joseph Farquharson combined a long and prolific career as a painter with his inherited role as a Scottish laird. He painted in both oil painting, oils and watercolor painting, water colours. His mother, a celebrated beauty, was a daughter of Robert Ainslie (lawyer), Robert Ainslie. His early days were spent in his father's house in Northumberland Street below Queen Street Gardens and later at Eaton Terrace beyond the Dean Bridge, Edinburgh and at Finzean, the family estate in the Scottish Highlands, Highlands. His father Francis was a doctor and laird of Finzean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Farquharson
Mary U. Farquharson (née Nichols; April 5, 1901 - September 1, 1982) was an American politician who served as a member of the Washington State Senate from 1935 to 1943. She represented Washington's 46th legislative district as a Democrat. Early life and education Farquharson was born Mary U. Nichols in 1901 in Tacoma, Washington. In 1928, she married Frederick "Burt" Farquharson, a civil engineer and University of Washington engineering professor. Burt was critical in investigating the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940 and was the last person on the bridge before it collapsed.Othmar H. Ammann, Theodore von Kármán and Glenn B. Woodruff. The Failure of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, a report to the administrator. Report to the Federal Works Agency, Washington, 1941. p. 16. She was originally a member of the Socialist Party. She and Burt founded the Washington Commonwealth Federation, a political pressure group founded in 1934 that functioned as an organized faction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Durward Farquharson
Martha Durward Farquharson (1847 Galway, West Region, Ireland – 12 August 1929, Bendigo, Victoria (Australia)) was an administrator, nurse and private hospital owner. Biography Farquharson was the second of eight children born to John Farquharson and Anne Christopherson. In July 1861, they emigrated to Australia. A year later, her mother and a younger sibling died and her father remarried. Career When she was 25, she went to England and taught at Mildmay Mission in East London which was run by evangelical Anglicans. In 1884, she entered their three-year nurses' training program at the affiliated Deaconess Nursing House. She returned to Australia in 1885, working as a nurse and was appointed matron of Coast Hospital (later Prince Henry's) at Little Bay. By 1888, she was Lady Superintendent at Sir Thomas Fitzgerald's Private Hospital in Spring Street, Melbourne followed by being Matron at Melbourne's Alfred Hospital The Alfred Hospital, (also known as The Alfred or Alfred Hosp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian Farquharson
Marian Sarah Ogilvie Farquharson, FLS, FRMS (née Ridley, 2 July 1846 – 20 April 1912) was a British naturalist and women's rights activist. The first female Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society (although not permitted to attend meetings), Farquharson is best remembered for her campaign of women rights to full fellowship of learned societies. Early and personal life Marian Sarah Ridley was born on 2 July 1846 in West Meon, Hampshire, England, the eldest daughter of Reverend Nicholas James Ridley and Frances Joucriet (d. 1901). She was a descendent of Bishop Nicholas Ridley. Educated at home, including lessons in music, she became interested in natural history. In 1883, she married Robert Francis Ogilvie Farquharson from near Alford, Aberdeenshire. She moved to live with him on the Haughton estate. He died in May 1890 and she continued interests in both natural history and women's membership of learned societies. Scientific activity She joined the Epping Forest and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Anne Farquharson-MacKintosh
Anne Mackintosh (1723–1787) was a Scottish Jacobitism, Jacobite leader, who was daughter to the Scottish clan chief, Chief of Clan Farquharson and the wife of Angus Mackintosh, Chief of the Clan Mackintosh. She was one of very few (apparent) female military leaders during the Jacobite rising of 1745 and the first female to hold the rank of colonel in Scotland. Early life Born Anne Farquharson at Invercauld Castle, Aberdeenshire in 1723, she was the daughter of John Farquharson of Invercauld, chief of the Clan Farquharson, by his third wife Margaret Murray. Her mother was a daughter of Lord James Murray of Dowally and thus a granddaughter of the Marquis of Atholl and cousin of George Murray (general), Lord George Murray. Her family were Jacobite sympathisers. Around 1741 she was married to Angus (or Aeneas) Mackintosh, chief of the Clan Mackintosh, a committed anti-Jacobite. Jacobite rising of 1745 Early in 1744, Angus Mackintosh was offered one of three new Independent Comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Farquharson
James Farquharson FRS (1781–1843) was a Scottish minister, meteorologist, scientific writer, and Fellow of the Royal Society. Life Farquharson was the son of John Farquharson, excise officer at Coull, Aberdeenshire, and was born in that parish in 1781. After attending the parish school at Coull he went to King's College, Aberdeen, where he graduated M.A. in 1798, and in the same year was appointed schoolmaster of Alford, Aberdeenshire. He then soon began courses as a student of theology, and received license as a preacher. On 17 September 1812 he was ordained as a minister of the Church of Scotland in Alford. On 28 January 1830 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, and King's College, Aberdeen conferred on him the honorary doctorate of LL.D. on 25 February 1837. The following year he became an honorary member of the Société Française de Statistique Universelle. Among his correspondents were Davies Gilbert, Sir Edward Sabine, Sir William Hooker, and Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Farquharson
Henry Farquharson (1675 – 19 December 1739) was a teacher who pioneered the study of mathematics in Russia. He was recruited by Peter the Great, who sought to introduce Western ideas and technology into Russia. He moved to Moscow where he established a Moscow School of Mathematics and Navigation, school and later established a Sea Cadet Corps (Russia), naval academy in Saint Petersburg. Farquharson had a profound effect on the intellectual life of Russia, not only by introducing mathematical ideas but by helping to create the first generation of explorers, surveyors, cartographers and astronomers. Early life Henry Farquharson was born around 1675 at Milton, Whitehouse in West Aberdeenshire, the son of John Farquharson. From 1691 he studied as Milne bursar at Marischal College in Aberdeen and by 1695 he was Liddel mathematical tutor there. In April 1698 he was introduced to the tsar of Russia, Peter the Great, probably by the Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Richard Farquharson
Henry Richard Farquharson (1857 – 19 April 1895) was an English landowner and Conservative politician. Farquharson was born at Brighton and became the owner of a large estate at Eastbury House, Tarrant Gunville (near Blandford Forum in Dorset). He was a keen breeder of Newfoundland dogs and had a pack of one hundred and twenty five. He imported them through the port of Poole, Dorset and had a Crufts winner. He was elected at the 1885 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Dorset, and held the seat until his death. In 1891, an unnamed West of England M.P., now believed to have been Henry Richard Farquharson, was mentioned in a newspaper article as claiming that Jack the Ripper, the infamous murderer in the impoverished Whitechapel District in the East End of London, was the son of a surgeon and that he committed suicide after he had committed murder of Mary Jane Kelly on the night of 9 November 1888. It is believed that the reference was to Montague Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Farquharson
Graham Farquharson (1940–2022) was a Canadian mining engineer and executive who was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame in 2011 and the Order of Canada in 2021. He is known for his work in the development of underground mining methods. Career Farquharson began his career as a mining engineer, gaining experience in underground mines in Canada and South Africa. He later joined Inco Limited (now Vale), where he held various roles, including Vice President of Underground Mining. In this capacity, he oversaw the design and construction of several underground mines. Farquharson is credited with implementing Inco's "room-and-pillar" mining technique, which enhanced the efficiency and safety of underground operations. During his tenure, Inco's Copper Cliff Deep Mine emerged as one of the more productive underground mines in the worlds. Farquharson was a director of the Mining Industry Human Resources Council. He was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame in 2010 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Farquharson
Major Francis Edward Henry Farquharson VC (25 March 1837 – 12 September 1875) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Early life He was born in Glasgow on 25 March 1837 the son of Robert Farquharson, a thread manufacturer living at 7 St James Place. Details He was 20 years old, and a lieutenant in the 42nd Regiment of Foot (later The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 9 March 1858 at Lucknow, India for which he was awarded the VC: Later life He later achieved the rank of major. He fell ill during the Ashanti campaign of 1874 and retired from active service. He died at Dundrige in Harberton in Devonshire on 12 September 1875. He is buried a few metres east of the entrance to St Andrew's Church in Harberton.A stained glass window to his memory lies within t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Farquharson (architect)
Francis Farquharson (1805–1878) was a Scottish architect/builder operational throughout the mid 19th century. Life He was born in Auchterarder on 21 October 1805. He was trained as a builder and began also doing design work, but does not appear to have had any formal training in architecture. He moved to Haddington, East Lothian in 1833 to oversee the design and building of the County Buildings there, and settled there thereafter. In 1863 he became Provost of the town. He died on 16 December 1878 and is buried in the churchyard of St Mary's Collegiate Church, Haddington, against the northern wall. Known works *Moulin Church, Pitlochry (1829) *Monkrigg House, Haddington (1834) * Corn Exchange, Haddington (1853) *Involvement in Kingston House near Dirleton (1859) possibly unbuilt *North wing, Seacliffe House, North Berwick (1863) *Manse and Schoolhouse, Gladsmuir (1871) *Steading, farm cottages and farmhouse improvements, Papple (1871-74) NRS Balfour Papers, GD433/1/22-23 *Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
