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Gemmell
Gemmell is a Scottish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Gemmell (1913–1986), Scottish biologist * Alan Gemmell (born 1978), British co-founder of FiveFilms4Freedom and former Director of the British Council in India * Andrew Gemmell (born 1991), American swimmer * Andy Gemmell (born 1945), Scottish footballer * Archibald Gemmell (1869–1945), Canadian politician * David Gemmell (1948–2006), British writer * Dean Gemmell (born 1967), Canadian-American curler * Dick Gemmell (1936–2017), British rugby player * George Gemmell (1889–1965), British footballer * Ian Gemmell (born 1953), English cricketer * Jimmy Gemmell (1880–?), Scottish footballer * Keith Gemmell (1948–2016), British musician * Kris Gemmell (born 1977), New Zealand triathlete * Nikki Gemmell (born 1966), Australian author * Rice Gemmell (1896–1972), Australian tennis player * Ruth Gemmell (born 1967), British actress * Tommy Gemmell (1943–2017), Scottish football player and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Gemmell
David Andrew Gemmell (; 1 August 1948 – 28 July 2006) was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, ''Legend (Gemmell novel), Legend''. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984. He went on to write over thirty novels. Gemmell's works display violence, yet also explore themes of honour, loyalty and redemption. There is always a strong heroic theme but nearly always the heroes are flawed in some way. With over one million copies sold, his work continues to sell worldwide. The David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy were awarded from 2009 to 2018, with a stated goal to "restore fantasy to its proper place in the literary pantheon". A steering group of 18 authors was chaired by writer Stan Nicholls and the award was decided by a public vote. Early life David Gemmell was born in 1948 in west London. Raised alone by his mother until the age of 6, he experienced a harsh upbringing in a tough urban are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Gemmell
Andrew Douglas Gemmell (born February 20, 1991) is an American competition swimmer who specialized in long-distance freestyle events. He swam for the University of Georgia, helping then to place 5th in the NCAA in 2014, and was a member of the 2012 United States Olympic Team, where he competed in the 1,500-meter freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. At the Olympics, he finished ninth with a time of 14:59:05, missing the semi-finals by one place. He took several distance swimming medals, with a gold at the 5 km team event in the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, and took medals at the Pan Pacific Championships in 2014 and the Pan American Games in 2015 in the 1500 m, 5 km and 10 km events.At Fort Myers Race, Andrew's timing chip was torn off in "Winning Embrace", ''News-Press'', Fort Myers, Florida, pg. C1, 9 April 2016 Personal life Gemmell was born in Columbia, Maryland, the son of Bruce, a former captain of the University of Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Gemmell
Thomas Gemmell (16 October 1943 – 2 March 2017) was a Scottish football player and manager. Although right-footed, he excelled as a left-sided fullback and had powerful shooting ability. Gemmell is best known as one of the Celtic side who won the 1966–67 European Cup; he scored the first Celtic goal in the final. Gemmell played 18 times for Scotland, and also played for Nottingham Forest, Miami Toros and Dundee. After retiring as a player in 1977, Gemmell managed Dundee and Albion Rovers. Playing career Celtic In October 1961, Gemmell joined Celtic from Coltness United; he signed youth terms on the same day as right winger Jimmy Johnstone, who lived a few miles away and would also have a long association with the club. He was one of the 'Lisbon Lions' who won the 1967 European Cup Final against Inter Milan, a final in which Gemmell scored an equalising goal with a shot from outside the penalty area. Ironically, Gemmell should not have been in position to score the goal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Gemmell
Dean Gemmell (born August 27, 1967) is a Canadian-American curler and writer who currently resides in Short Hills, New Jersey. Along with John Morris, he is the co-author of the book ''Fit to Curl, Sport Specific Training for the World's Greatest Game''. Career Gemmell began curling in 1978 as a junior in Ontario. After moving to Montreal, Quebec in 1986, he played as lead for Lawren Steventon and won the Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship in 1988, earning an opportunity to represent Quebec at the 1988 Labatt Brier. Quebec finished in eighth place with a 4–7 win–loss record. Gemmell moved to the United States in 1991, and did not return to curling until he moved to New Jersey in 2006 and curls out of the Plainfield Curling Club in club play. He participated in the playdowns to the United States National Championships and the United States Mixed Championship in 2007. He participated in the 2010 United States Men's Curling Championship as the lead for Matt Hames, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Gemmell
Ruth Katrin Gemmell (born October 1967) is an English actress. She starred in the film ''Fever Pitch'' in 1997 which was followed by supporting roles in television series ''EastEnders'', ''Casualty'', '' Home Fires'' and ''Penny Dreadful.'' She has played Carly Beaker, the mother of title character in the ''Tracy Beaker'' franchise since 2004. In 2020, she began playing Lady Violet Bridgerton in the Netflix series ''Bridgerton''. Early life and education Ruth Katrin Gemmell was born in October 1967 in Bristol and grew up in County Durham, first in Barnard Castle before moving to Darlington with her mother upon her parents' divorce. She has three brothers. She attended Polam Hall School. Gemmell later moved to London, where her father lived, to pursue acting. She trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Career Gemmell has played roles in both theatre and TV dramas. She played the leading female role ''Fever Pitch'', based on Nick Hornby's novel of the same name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Gemmell
Keith Gemmell (15 February 1948 – 24 July 2016) was a British musician. He played saxophone, clarinet, and flute, and was best known for being a member of art rock band Audience from 1969 to 1972 and from 2004 to 2016. He was also a musical arranger and composer, published digital sheet music, wrote articles for the UK publication ''Music Tech Magazine'', and was the author of several books including the best-seller ''Cubase Tips & Tricks''. Early life and career Keith Gemmell was born in Hackney, London. He started playing the recorder at the age of 13 and was later attracted to the clarinet on hearing Acker Bilk's "Stranger on the Shore". He has cited his early influences as the British trad jazz bands of the day, Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball and Chris Barber being the best known names. Upon hearing such bands as Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, Sounds Incorporated and The Mar-Keys he decided to take up the saxophone and began playing in local bands. Aged 17, he turned fully p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikki Gemmell
Nikki Gemmell (born 1966) is a best-selling Australian author. She resides in Sydney, Australia. Career Gemmell is the author of fourteen works of fiction and seven non-fiction books. Her books have been translated into 22 languages. Nikki was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, and attended Kincoppal-Rose Bay, Sydney, on a scholarship. She graduated from the University of Technology Sydney with a Masters in Writing and worked as a radio journalist for ABC Radio and the BBC World Service.Healy, MadelineNikki Gemmell changes tact in ''The Book of Rapture'' ''The Courier-Mail'', 27 June 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2009. Her distinctive writing style, including her use of the second-person narrative, has gained her critical and popular acclaim. In France she has been described as a "female Jack Kerouac". In 2007, the French literary magazine '' Lire'' included her in a list of what it called the fifty most important writers in the world – those it believed would have a significant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Gemmell
Richard Gemmell (6 October 1936 – 18 June 2017) was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for both Great Britain and Lancashire, and at club level for Orford Tannery ARLFC, Hull F.C. (two spells) (captain) and Leeds, as a . Early life Gemmell was born on 6 October 1936. The eldest of six children, he grew up in the Whitecross area of Warrington. Playing career Club career Gemmell played at in Leeds' 2–18 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1964 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1964–65 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 31 October 1964. Gemmell played at in Hull FC's 12–9 victory over Featherstone Rovers in the 1969 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1969–70 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 20 September 1969. Representative honours Gemmell represented Lancashire while at Hull, and is one of only four players to do so, they are; Ellis Clarkson, Bob Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kris Gemmell
Kris Gemmell (born 28 April 1977, in Palmerston North) is a New Zealand triathlete, and 2002 World Aquathon Champion in Cancún, Mexico. He has also competed in the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games finishing 6th and 5th respectively. Kris Gemmell has been racing on the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Cup circuit since 1998 and has had numerous wins and podium finishes. Career progression When Kris moved from Palmerston North to Christchurch in the late 1990s to study at the University of Canterbury, he was an aspiring Rugby union player. However an injury led to a chain of events that resulted in Kris coming to the attention and under the guidance of Doctor John Hellemans. Hellemans is a well known multiple World Champion Triathlete and coach. In 1997, Gemmell competed in the ITU junior World Championships in Perth Australia coming a 6th in a field that included future World Champion Ivan Rana. Kris' breakthrough race on the world stage in the senior ranks came i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Gemmell
Ian James Gemmell (born 6 April 1953) is a former English cricketer. Gemmell was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Gemmell made his debut for Cheshire in the 1978 Minor Counties Championship against the Somerset Second XI. Gemmell played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1978 to 1983, including 48 Minor Counties Championship matches and two MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1964, he made his List A debut for Minor Counties North in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup, playing two matches against Middlesex and Yorkshire. He later represented the Minor Counties cricket team in the 1981 and 1982 competitions, playing five matches for the team. His debut in List A cricket for Cheshire did not come until the 1981 NatWest Trophy when Cheshire played Hampshire. He played two further List A matches for Cheshire, in 1982 against Middlesex and in 1983 against Kent. In total he ten List A matches, scoring 59 ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemmell, Minnesota
Gemmell is an unincorporated community in Koochiching County, Minnesota, United States; located near Mizpah and Northome. The community is located between Northome and Big Falls at the junction of County Roads 12 and 25; and U.S. Highway 71. Gemmell is located within ZIP code 56660 based in Mizpah. Clear Lake and Dark Lake are in the vicinity. Gemmell is located within the Pine Island State Forest. Geography Gemmell is located within Northome Unorganized Territory. Nearby places include Mizpah, Northome, Kelliher, and Margie. Gemmell is located 10 miles northeast of Northome; and 21 miles southwest of Big Falls. Gemmell is 52 miles northeast of Bemidji; and 60 miles southwest of International Falls International Falls (sometimes referred to as I-Falls) is a city in and the county seat of Koochiching County, Minnesota. The population was 5,802 at the time of the 2020 census. International Falls is located on the Rainy River directly acro .... History A p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Gemmell
James Gemmell (17 November 1880 – after 1911) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke, Sunderland and Leeds City as an inside forward. Club career Gemmell was born in Glasgow and played for Duntocher Hibernian and Clyde before joining Sunderland in 1900. He made his debut for Sunderland on 8 December 1900 against Sheffield Wednesday in a 1–0 win at Roker Park. He was at Sunderland in two different spells; in 1900–07 and 1910–12 respectively, separated by a stay at Leeds United. During his first stay at Sunderland, he won the 1902 English Football League Championship. Gemmell made 213 league appearances for Sunderland, scoring 46 goals. In 1907 Gemmell signed for Second Division Stoke but after making 11 appearances scoring twice he was sold to Leeds City due to Stoke having serious financial difficulties. Career statistics Source: Honours ; Sunderland * Football League First Division The Football League First Division w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
