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Fyfe House
Fyfe is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name *Fyfe Dangerfield, (born 1980), English musician * Fyfe Ewing, (born 1970), Northern Irish drummer *Fyfe Robertson (1902–1987), Scottish television journalist People with the surname * David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir (1900–1967) * Iain Fyfe (born 1982), Australian footballer * Iona Fyfe (born 1998), Scottish singer * James Fyfe (1942–2005), American criminologist * Lee Fyfe (1879–1942), baseball umpire * Liz Fyfe (born 1987), Canadian curler * Maria Fyfe (1938–2020), Scottish politician * Nat Fyfe (born 1991), Australian rules footballer * Robert Fyfe (1930–2021), Scottish actor * Theodore Fyfe (1875–1945), Scottish architect * Tom Fyfe (1870–1947), New Zealand mountaineer * William Fyfe (1927–2013), New Zealand geologist * William Patrick Fyfe (born 1955), Canadian serial killer * William Hamilton Fyfe (1878–1965), English and Canadian classi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fyfe Dangerfield
Fyfe Antony Dangerfield Hutchins (born 7 July 1980) is an English musician and songwriter, best known as the founding member of the indie rock band Guillemots. Early life Born in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1980, he moved to Bromsgrove at the age of eight. He studied at Bromsgrove School where he was also the singer in the band Senseless Prayer. He was also a music teacher at Cranbrook College for a brief period. Career Compositions Dangerfield composed a choral piece performed at The Lichfield Festival in 2000 – a setting of Christina Rossetti's "A Better Resurrection". This led to a commission from Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir to write a choral setting of one of the 'O Antiphons' for Ex Cathedra's Christmas Music by Candlelight concert in 2000. This has been performed many times since, was included on Ex Cathedra's Christmas Music by Candlelight CD which received some glowing reviews, and has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM. In 2002, Dangerfield was commission ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fyfe
Robert Douglas Fyfe (25 September 1930 – 15 September 2021) was a Scottish actor, best known for his role as Howard in the long-running British sitcom ''Last of the Summer Wine'' from 1985 to 2010. Early life Fyfe was born in Kirkcaldy on 25 September 1930, the son of Douglas Fyfe, a watchmaker, and Mary Fyfe née Irvine. He attended Kirkcaldy High School, before studying English literature at Edinburgh University. He did not complete his degree and instead trained under Esmé Church at the Northern Theatre School in Bradford, graduating in 1954. Whilst studying, he performed in Halifax, York and Scarborough, including appearing in the York Mystery Plays in 1954. Career Fyfe appeared in the films '' Xtro'', '' The 51st State'', '' Around the World in 80 Days'', ''Gaolbreak'' and ''Babel''. In 2012 he appeared in '' Cloud Atlas''. Other credits include guest appearances on ''Z-Cars'', '' Survivors'', ''The Gentle Touch'', ''The Return of Sherlock Holmes'' and '' Monarch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Dixon (musician)
Paul Dixon (born 8 August 1989 in London, England) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was known in the years 2010–2012 as David's Lyre, but is now using the musical project name Fyfe. He picked the name David's Lyre during his university studies in Manchester, in reference to the musical skills of the biblical King David with the lyre. He was featured by ''The Guardian'' as 'New band of the day' in 2010, by which time he had received attention for cover versions (of Ellie Goulding among others), remixes of other artists – notably, Marina and the Diamonds and Everything Everything – and had himself been remixed by producers The Last Skeptik and JaKwob. His debut EP release in 2011, ''In Arms'', was described as "promising" by BBC reviewer Mike Diver, and drew comparisons with Patrick Wolf for its blend of folk and electronic instruments. A music video was released for "In Arms", using a short film animation which fitted the song. Dixon had signed a record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Baxter Collier Fyfe
William Baxter Collier Fyfe (10 July 1835 - 15 September 1882) was a Scottish Genre art, genre and portrait painter. He was born at Dundee in 1835. He became at an early age a student of the Royal Scottish Academy, and exhibited his first picture of importance, ''Queen Mary resigning her Crown at Loch Leven Castle,'' in the Exhibition of 1861; but this was surpassed in later years by ''The Raid of Ruthven.'' In 1863 he settled in London, and from that time onward was busily engaged with portraiture, which he varied with landscapes and genre subjects of interest and merit. Some of his most important portraits are those of the Baron Dufferin and Claneboye, Earl and Countess of Dufferin, John Pascoe Grenfell, Admiral Grenfell, Alderman Sir William McArthur (Lord Mayor of London), William McArthur, Dr. Lorimer, and John Faed, Royal Scottish Academy, R.S.A. He died suddenly at his residence in St John's Wood, London in 1882.5 Works His best-known genre pictures are: *''A Girl of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hamilton Fyfe
Sir William Hamilton Fyfe (9 July 1878 – 13 June 1965) was an English and Canadian classics scholar, educator, and educational administrator. He served as the 10th Principal of Queen's University, Ontario, from 1930 to 1936, and was the first layman to hold that position. He served as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen from 1936 to 1948. He was knighted in 1942. Life William Hamilton Fyfe was born in Kensington, London in 1878. He attended Fettes College in Edinburgh, Scotland. He then went on to Merton College, Oxford, where he graduated with a double first in Classics. He taught at Radley College from 1901 to 1903. He then returned to Merton to teach for 15 years. He married Dorothea Hope Geddes White in 1908; the couple had three children, Maurice, Margaret, and Christopher. During World War I, he served as a major with the British Intelligence Department of the War Office. In 1919 he was appointed headmaster of Christ's Hospital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Patrick Fyfe
William Patrick Fyfe (born February 27, 1955) is a Canadian serial killer convicted of killing five women in the Montreal area of Quebec, although he claims to have killed four others. He allegedly killed his first victim in 1979 at the age of 24. Early life Billy Fyfe was born in Toronto, Ontario. He was raised by an aunt and in 1958 moved from central Canada to the Parc Extension area of Montreal. He lived as a normal child, although friends did have suspicions about the boy as he grew up. As an adult, he worked as a handyman. Murders DNA evidence on the door frame at Mary Glen's house led police to charge Fyfe for the murders. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested him on 22 December 1999, while he was returning to his pick-up truck after eating at a Husky Truck Stop near Barrie, Ontario. He has confessed to only a portion of the crimes that he is suspected of committing. Fyfe's preliminary hearing began on 6 November 2000. Jean Lecours was the crown prosecutor head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fyfe (geochemist)
William Sefton Fyfe, (4 June 1927 – 11 November 2013) was a New Zealand geologist and Professor Emeritus in the department of Earth Sciences at the University of Western Ontario. He is widely considered among the world's most eminent geochemists. Life Born in Ashburton, New Zealand, he received his BSc degree in 1948, his MSc degree in 1949, and his PhD degree in 1952 all from the University of Otago, where he taught in the Geology department as a lecturer. He performed research at the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, Berkeley. He was a professor at Berkeley, Imperial College London and the University of Manchester before arriving at the University of Western Ontario in 1972. From 1986 until 1990 he was Dean of Science at the University of Western Ontario. Honours and awards * From 1952 to 1954, Fulbright Scholar (Geology) * In 1962 and 1983, he was a Guggenheim Fellow * In 1969 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society * Fellow of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Fyfe
Thomas Camperdown Fyfe (23 June 1870 in Timaru – 1947 in Hastings) was a self-taught New Zealand mountaineer from Timaru. He led the first ascent of Aoraki / Mount Cook (the highest mountain in New Zealand) on 25 December 1894, which included Jack Clarke and George Graham. Following the first Aoraki ascent Fyfe, who was introduced to climbing by Jack Adamson John Henry Adamson (6 January 1873 – 2 October 1937) was an Australian rules footballer who played three games for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League between 1897 and 1898. He was the brother of South Melbourne captain Dave Ad ..., went on to become the first appointed Chief Guide at the Hermitage Hotel at Mt Cook village.History of NZ Guiding, http://www.nzmga.org.nz/pages/8/history-of-nz-guiding.htm References New Zealand mountain climbers People from Timaru 1870 births 1947 deaths {{climbingbio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Fyfe
David Theodore Fyfe (3 November 1875 – 1 January 1945), known simply as Theodore Fyfe, was a Scottish architect. He is widely known as Arthur Evans’s architect during the first five excavations at the Palace of Knossos from 1900 to 1904. Biography Theodore Fyfe was born on 3 November 1875 in the Philippines, second son of James Sloan Fyfe and Jane Charlotte Abercrombie Fyfe. After the deaths of his parents, Fyfe was brought up by his aunt Jane Sloan Fyfe, and uncle John Alexander Fyfe, in Glasgow. He was educated at The Glasgow Academy. In 1890, he became an apprentice of the architect John James Burnet, then Burnet's assistant after completing his apprenticeship. He took classes at the Glasgow School of Art where he was awarded the Haldane Bursary in 1894. He moved to London in 1897 and studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, then at the British School at Athens. In 1899–1900 he travelled in the Mediterranean region studying classical ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nat Fyfe
Nathan Fyfe (born 18 September 1991) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has served as Fremantle captain since the 2017 season. Fyfe is a dual Brownlow Medallist, dual Leigh Matthews Trophy recipient, three-time All-Australian (including as captain in the 2019 team) and three-time Doig Medallist. He received a nomination for the 2010 AFL Rising Star award in Round 9 of the 2010 season. Early life Fyfe grew up in Lake Grace, Western Australia, and went to school as a boarder at Aquinas College in Perth. In 2009, he played West Australian Football League colts for Claremont, his highlights of the season being his eight-goal, 34 possession effort against East Fremantle and six goals in the Colts Grand Final. In 2010, he made his league debut, kicking 4 goals against Peel Thunder. He was also selected for Western Australia in the 2009 AFL National Under 18 Championships and played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fyfe Ewing
Fyfe Alexander Ewing (born 1 November 1970), is best known as the original drummer and founding member of rock band Therapy?. Therapy? In 1989, while playing drums in a punk covers band at a charity gig in Jordanstown, Ewing met Andy Cairns and subsequently formed Therapy? with Cairns on guitar and Michael McKeegan on bass. Ewing and Cairns would share lead vocal duties. In his near seven-year spell with the million selling outfit, Ewing recorded three full-length albums, two mini-albums and numerous EP's (as well as featuring heavily on two compilation albums and a box set following his departure) before leaving the band in January 1996. The official Therapy? press release stated: :'' Therapy? have parted company with drummer Fyfe Ewing. The split is totally amicable, Ewing being unable to cope with the rigours of touring. With Therapy? about to embark on a 5 month US tour to coincide with the release of "Infernal Love" in America, a parting of ways was mutually agreed".'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Fyfe
Maria Fyfe ('' née'' O'Neill; 25 November 1938 – 3 December 2020) was a Scottish politician and educator who served as Member of Parliament for Glasgow Maryhill from 1987 to 2001. She was Deputy Shadow Minister for Women from 1988 to 1991, Convener of the Scottish Group of Labour MPs from 1991 to 1992 and front bench spokesperson for Scotland from 1992 to 1995. Fyfe campaigned for 50-50 representation of women in the Scottish Parliament. Early life She was the daughter of James O'Neill, a clerk, tram driver and shopworker, and Margaret Lacey, a former shop assistant. She was born in Gorbals, Glasgow, and was educated at Notre Dame High School. She became a member of the Labour Party in 1960. She returned to education as a mature student, studying Economic History at the University of Strathclyde and graduated in 1975 with a BA (Hons). She worked as a senior lecturer in the Trade Union Studies Unit at Glasgow Central College of Commerce from 1978 to 1987. In 1980, she wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
