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George Turnbull (other)
George Turnbull may refer to: * George Turnbull (theologian) (1698–1748), Scottish theologian * George Turnbull (soldier) (1729–1810), Scotland-born loyalist soldier in the American Revolutionary War * George Turnbull (engineer) (1809–1889), civil engineer active in the UK and India * George Stanley Turnbull (1882–1977), journalist, historian, and founder of the University of Oregon School of Journalism * George Turnbull (businessman) (1926–1992), British car manufacturer, associated with British Leyland and Hyundai * George Turnbull (footballer, born 1911) (1911–1996), English football forward, active 1930s * George Turnbull (footballer, born 1927) (1927–2002), English football goalkeeper, active 1950s * George Turnbull (rugby union) (1877–1970), Scottish rugby union player * George Turnbull of Abbey St Bathans George Turnbull of Abbey St Bathans WS FRSE (1732–1855) was a 19th-century Scottish lawyer, landowner and agricultural improver. Life His father, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Turnbull (theologian)
George Turnbull (11 July 1698 – 31 Jan 1748) was a Scottish philosopher, theologian, teacher, writer on education and an early but little-known figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. He taught at Marischal College, Aberdeen, worked as a tutor and became an Anglican clergyman. Aside from his published writings on moral philosophy, he is also known for the influence he exerted on Thomas Reid and as the first member of the Scottish Enlightenment to publish a formal treatise on the theory and practice of education. Life George Turnbull was born on 11 July 1698 in Alloa, Clackmannanshire. He was the son of George Turnbull, a minister, and his wife Elizabeth, and the third of their nine children. Turnbull began his studies at the University of Edinburgh in 1711 and started studying for a degree in divinity in 1717, graduating MA in 1721. During his years of study in Edinburgh, he became involved with the Rankenian Club, a circle of intellectuals, which included those who wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Turnbull (soldier)
George Turnbull (1728 - 16 February 1809) was a Scottish American soldier and settler in New York City. He served as a soldier for about 60 years, initially for about 10 years in Colonel Majoribanks' Regiment of Scots, but then in North America. Early life George Turnbull was born in 1728 at Blackadder Mains in the county of Berwickshire in Scotland close to the Scottish/English border. In 1728 his father Hector Turnbull and Hector's son William had taken a lease from Sir John Home for Blackadder Mains: rent of 1200 marks Scottish money, carriage of 36 loads of coals or 5 Scots shillings each load, 18 capons or 8 shillings each capon, and 18 hens or 6 shillings each hen. Military career Turnbull was commissioned as a lieutenant in the British army in February 1756 and rose to captain of the 60th Regiment of Foot in November 1765. He sold his commission and left the army between 1774 and 1776 to settle in New York. He raised and commanded the New York Volunteers in January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Turnbull (engineer)
George Turnbull was a British engineer responsible from 1851 to 1863 for construction of the first railway line from Calcutta to Benares, some – later extended to Delhi. Turnbull was acclaimed by the Indian government as the "first railway engineer of India".Diaries of George Turnbull (Chief Engineer, East Indian Railway Company) held at the Centre of South Asian Studies at Cambridge University, England Early life George Turnbull was born in Luncarty, 5 miles north of Perth, Scotland in 1809, the 11th child of William Turnbull and Mary Sandeman – they moved in 1814 to nearby Huntingtower village, where his father developed a bleachfield. His two grandfathers Hector Turnbull and William Sandeman had jointly developed linen bleachfields in Luncarty. Initially largely schooled by his older sister Mary, George in 1819 from age 10 rode a pony to Perth Grammar School. In 1824 he attended Edinburgh University learning Latin, Greek and mathematics.''George Turnbull, C.E.'' 43 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Stanley Turnbull
George Stanley Turnbull (December 5, 1882 – February 9, 1977) was an English-American scholar and educator. He began a career of newspaper work in 1894 and helped found the University of Oregon School of Journalism in 1917,''Oregonian'', February 12, 1977. later serving as acting dean and, from 1944 to 1948, as dean. He founded and edited ''Oregon Exchanges'', a newspaper for Oregon's "newspaper folk," which was at least initially produced by students at the School of Journalism. Turnbull published five books, including the 1939 '' History of Oregon Newspapers'', which was identified in the Eugene ''Register-Guard'' in 1950 as the "most authentic source on newspapering in the state." He presented at the 15th annual Oregon State Editorial Association The Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association is a trade association for all paid-circulation daily, weekly, and multi-weekly newspapers in the U.S. state of Oregon. It represents and promotes newspapers, and encourages excellence in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Turnbull (businessman)
Sir George Henry Turnbull, CEng, FIMechE (17 October 1926 – 22 December 1992) was a UK automobile executive best remembered in the UK for his period as managing director of the Austin-Morris Division of British Leyland. Early life The son of a works manager at the Coventry-based Standard Motor Company, George Turnbull left his grammar school at the age of just 14 to take up a six-year automobile engineering design apprenticeship with Standard. It was the company that sponsored his engineering course at Birmingham University from which he obtained his first degree. He married in 1950 and fathered three children. Career Between 1950 and 1951 he held a post as personal assistant to the Technical Director of the Standard Motor Company. Between 1955 and 1956 he was employed as works manager with oil engine manufacturers Petters before returning to Standard, where he achieved a series of promotions, initially within Standard, where he became General Manager from 1959-1962. and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Turnbull (footballer, Born 1911)
George Edward Turnbull (25 May 1911 – 1996) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward or inside left in the Football League for Rochdale and Darlington. He had trials with Newcastle United and Guildford City, and played non-league football for clubs including Sunderland Forge, Bank Head Albion, Shiney Row Swifts, Easington Colliery Welfare and Sunderland Electrical Undertaking. Life and career Turnbull was born in Sunderland, which was then in County Durham. After a trial with Newcastle United early in the 1930–31 season, he signed for Rochdale. He played ten matches in the Third Division North, scoring twice, and was prolific in reserve-team matches, but after the club finished 21st out of 22 in the league and were obliged to seek re-election, he was one of many released in what the '' Northern Daily Mail'' called a "clean sweep of their players". He joined divisional rivals Darlington in August 1931, and scored once in five appearances at the beginning of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Turnbull (footballer, Born 1927)
George Frederick Turnbull (4 February 1927 – 2002) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o .... References 1927 births 2002 deaths Footballers from Gateshead English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Alnwick Town A.F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891) players Gateshead F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-goalkeeper-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Turnbull (rugby Union)
George Turnbull (21 July 1877 - 14 January 1970) was a Scotland international rugby union player. Rugby Union career Amateur career Turnbull played for West of Scotland. He later played for Edinburgh Wanderers. Provincial career He played for Glasgow District in their inter-city match against Edinburgh District on 7 December 1895. Turnbull played for Cities District in their match against Provinces District on 28 December 1895. He played for a Schoolboy side against the Scotland Probables on Wednesday 23 January 1896. He played for the Anglo-Scots against the South of Scotland District on 26 December 1903. International career Turnbull played for Scotland 5 times, from 1896 to 1904. Military career He joined the British Army in India and was a captain of the 26th Punjabis The 26th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 18th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 26th Punjabis in 1903 and became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
