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Gillam Curling Club
Gillam is an English surname and it may refer to: People * Barbara Gillam, Australian psychologist * Bernhard Gillam (1856–1896), American political cartoonist (''Puck'', ''Judge'') * David Gillam, founder and artistic director of Wales One World Film Festival * Emily Gillam (born 1977), New Zealand field hockey player * Jeremy Gillam (born 1976), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives * Jess Gillam (born 1988), British saxophonist * Matty Gillam (born 1997), English footballer * Ray Gillam (20th century), Australian rugby league player * Robert Gillam, American investor * Tony Gillam (born 1961), British writer and musician * Victor Gillam (ca. 1858–1920), American political cartoonist (''Judge'') Places * Gillam, Manitoba, Canada ** Gillam Airport Gillam Airport is located adjacent to Gillam, Manitoba, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Gillam
Barbara Jean Gillam is an Australian psychologist. She is Emeritus and Scientia Professor at the University of New South Wales. Gillam received a PhD from the Australian National University in 1964 for her thesis "Space perception with aniseikonic lenses: A study of stereoscopic vision". Her work has been in the area of perception and vision. Awards and honours Gillam was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1985. She was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 1994 and in 2017 became a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales The Royal Society of New South Wales is a learned society based in Sydney, Australia. The Governor of New South Wales is the vice-regal patron of the Society. The Society was established as the Philosophical Society of Australasia on 27 June 1 .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gillam, Barbara Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Australian psychologists Australian National University alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernhard Gillam
Bernhard Gillam (April 28, 1856 – January 19, 1896) was an English-born American political cartoonist. Gillam was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire. He arrived in New York with his parents in 1866. He worked as a copyist in a lawyer's office, but switched to the study of engraving, and later, after some of his cartoons had appeared in the '' New York Graphic'', turned to cartooning. His work appeared in ''Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper'', ''Harper's Weekly'', where he worked with Thomas Nast during James A. Garfield's campaign of 1880, and ''Puck'' magazine where he came under the influence of Joseph Keppler. Gillam also produced work for ''Judge'', a magazine of which he became director-in-chief in 1886. Gillam's cartoons on James G. Blaine during the 1884 US presidential campaign played a large part in Grover Cleveland's election to office. "''Phryne before the Chicago Tribunal''", which appeared in the ''Puck'' issue of June 4, 1884, showed Blaine's body covered in tatt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wales One World Film Festival
Wales One World Film Festival ( cy, Gŵyl Ffilm WOW "Cymru a’r Byd yn Un" ), also known as WOW Film Festival, is an annual film festival that takes place in the Aberystwyth Arts Centre in Aberystwyth, Wales, UK. It is the longest-running British film festival of world cinema. History The Wales One World Film Festival was founded in 2001 by David Gillam, and in that year screened at three venues: Aberystwyth Arts Centre, the Taliesin in Swansea, and Chapter in Cardiff. His vision was to present world cinema in a way that "show[s] the stories people ‘over there’ are telling each other, what is important to them". In 2014 the festival screened at Chapter Cardiff, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Theatr Mwldan Cardigan, and Clwyd Theatr Cymru Mold. In that year, WOW collaborated with Aberystwyth's Abertoir (subtitled "The International Horror Festival of Wales") for the UK premiere of the Argentinian supernatural thriller ''The Second Death'' (''La Segunda Muerte''). Other films scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Gillam
Emily Gillam (born 5 September 1977) is a retired female field hockey player from New Zealand. She was a member of the Women's National Team, nicknamed ''The Black Sticks'', that won the bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia , anthem = '' Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , su .... References 1977 births Living people New Zealand female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Field hockey players from Whangārei Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey 20th-century New Zealand sportswomen 21st-century New Zealand women Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Gillam
Jeremy Gillam (born August 2, 1976) is an American politician and lobbyist. A Republican, he was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives before resigning to work for the University of Central Arkansas. He serves as the university's Director of Governmental Affairs and External Relations. He represented District 45. He has a bachelor's degree from Arkansas State University Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osa .... He served in the Arkansas House from 2011 to 2017. He is a Baptist. He left office to work as a lobbyist for the University of Arkansas in 2018. References 1976 births 21st-century American politicians Arkansas State University alumni Living people Republican Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives University of Arkansas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Gillam
Jess Gillam (born 24 May 1998) is a British saxophonist and BBC radio broadcaster from Ulverston, Cumbria. Gillam hosts ''This Classical Life'' on BBC Radio 3. Education Gillam attended the Junior Royal Northern College of Music while at secondary school. She left sixth form early to concentrate on practising the saxophone and then attended the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester but dropped out before completing her undergraduate course. During the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 she completed a Master's degree from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Recognition Gillam is the youngest ever presenter on BBC Radio 3 and the first saxophonist to be signed to Decca Classics Her debut album ''RISE'' reached No.1 in the UK Classical chart. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to music. Albums * ''RISE'' (2019) *''CHRISTMAS'' (2019) * ''TIME'' (2020) Virtual Scratch Orchestra During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matty Gillam
Matthew Rhys Gillam (born 4 October 1998) is an English footballer who plays for Northern Premier League side Glossop North End. Career Early life Gillam was born in Bexley, Kent but moved with his family to Congleton, Cheshire, when he was only a few months old. He first started playing for a local junior side, where he was quickly scouted by Port Vale and signed up for their Academy system. At the age of 12 he was spotted by Manchester City scouts and spent three months there before joining the Stoke City Academy. He was not offered a scholarship by Stoke, so he subsequently moved to Rochdale where they did offer him one. Rochdale He signed his first professional contract with Rochdale during the summer of 2016, after the youngster came through the youth ranks at the Crown Oil Arena. His first appearance for the club came on 9 November 2016 in the EFL Trophy, with a 2-1 win over Hartlepool. He marked the occasion with a debut goal. At the end of the 2017-2018 season, Gil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Gillam
John Raymond Gillam (1909 – 23 March 1998) was a professional rugby league footballer in the Australian competition the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL). Playing career Gillam began his career in the lower Grades at Glebe before moving to the Eastern suburbs club, he only appeared in a few first grade matches at Easts in 1931 but was a member of that club's 3rd grade winning side in 1930. Gillam, the brother-in-law of Sir Donald Bradman Sir Donald George Bradman, (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has bee ..., also played for North Sydney for two seasons in 1934–1935 and Western Suburbs for two seasons between 1935–1936 before retiring. Gillam died on 23 March 1998, aged 88.Sydney Morning Herald; Death Notice 24/3/98 References *''The Encyclopedia Of Rugby League Players''; Alan Whitic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gillam
Robert Byron Gillam (July 7, 1946 – September 12, 2018) was an American investor. He was the founder and chairman of McKinley Capital Management, an asset management firm, until his death in 2018. Early life Robert Gillam graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. He received a master of business administration degree from the UCLA Anderson School of Management in 1969. Career Gillam worked for Foster & Marshall, a financial firm, until it was acquired by American Express in 1982. He worked for Boettcher and Company from 1982 to 1985. Gillam was the founder of McKinley Capital Management, an asset management firm. He served as its chairman. As of 2015, it had US$7 billion of assets under management. Political activity Gillam was a Republican. After the 2016 presidential election, he was regarded as a contender to be secretary of the interior under Donald Trump, though Ryan Zinke was ultimately chosen for the position. He was also conside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Gillam
Tony Gillam (born 1961) is an English mental health nurse, writer and musician. A long-standing regular contributor to nursing and mental health journals, he has written more than 80 articles and two mental health related books, ''Reflections on Community Psychiatric Nursing'' (2002) and ''Creativity, Wellbeing and Mental Health Practice'' (2018). He founded the Music Workshop Project (which won a MIND Millennium Award in 1997, earning him lifetime membership of the Millennium Awards Fellowship). In 1998, he achieved international recognition as the only UK winner of the Lilly Schizophrenia Reintegration Award and, in 2008, was awarded a Meriden Carers’ Award and was highly commended in the Ian Falloon Memorial Awards for his work in the area of family interventions. He is a Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing at the University of Wolverhampton The University of Wolverhampton is a public university located on four campuses across the West Midlands (county), West Midl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Gillam
Frederick Victor Gillam ( – January 29, 1920) was an American political cartoonist, known for his work in ''Judge'' magazine for twenty years, as well as the '' St. Louis Dispatch'', ''Denver Times'', ''New York World'', and ''New York Globe''. He was a member of the New York Press Club and Lotos Club. Born in Yorkshire, England, he emigrated to the United States at age six. His notable work included support of William McKinley's 1896 presidential campaign. The younger brother of famed cartoonist Bernhard Gillam (1856–1896), he signed his work "Victor" or "F. Victor" until his brother's death. Victor died at Kings County Hospital and was buried in Evergreens Cemetery The Cemetery of the Evergreens, also called Evergreen Cemetery, is a non-denominational rural cemetery along the Cemetery Belt in Brooklyn and Queens, New York. It was incorporated in 1849, not long after the passage of New York's Rural Cemeter ..., Brooklyn. The Monroe Doctrine must be respected (F. V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillam, Manitoba
Gillam is a town on the Nelson River in northern Manitoba, Canada. It is situated between Thompson and Churchill on the Hudson Bay Railway line. Many residents of Gillam are employed by Manitoba Hydro at one of their many facilities or support groups. Located within Gillam's boundaries, Hydro has four hydro dams—Kettle Generating Station, Long Spruce Generating Station, Limestone Generating Station (the largest in Manitoba) and Keeyask (in construction)—three HVDC stations—Radisson, Henday, and Keewatinohk—and a few support groups. History The large Gillam Local Government District () was established by the Manitoba government in the mid-1960s to facilitate development of hydroelectricity on the lower Nelson River. At , Gillam is considered to be the 9th largest city or town in Canada by area, although the majority of the encompassing area of the District is largely uninhabited and undeveloped, but filled with many lakes, rivers and large forests of pine trees. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
