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Goldwin (other)
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Goldwin may refer to: Surname *Kyle Goldwin (born 1985), Gilbatarian footballer *Robert Goldwin (1922–2010), American political scientist * William Goldwin (c. 1682–1747), English schoolteacher and vicar First name *Goldwin Corlett Elgie (1896–1975), Canadian lawyer and politician *Goldwin Smith (1823–1910), British historian and journalist Middle name *Hugh Goldwin Rivière (1869–1956), British portraitist *William Goldwin Carrington Howland (1915–1994), Canadian lawyer and judge See also *Godwin's law, Internet adage * Goldwind, a Chinese multinational wind turbine manufacturer *Goldwing (other) *Goldwyn *Goodwin (other) Goodwin may refer to: Names * Goodwin (surname), people with the surname * Goody Rosen (born Goodwin Rosen; 1912–1994), Canadian Major League Baseball All Star outfielder * Goodwin Liu (born 1970), American lawyer and politician * Goodwin Knight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Goldwin
Kyle Albert Goldwin (born 24 April 1985), also known as Chino, is a Gibraltarian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most notably for Gibraltar United and Lincoln Red Imps. During his career, he earned 21 caps for the Gibraltar national football team. Club career Primarily a futsal player after leaving the Lincoln Red Imps youth teams as a youngster, not much is known about Goldwin's career before 2009, when he joined Sporting Club Gibraltar from Laguna. After four years with the club, he joined Gibraltar Premier Division side Glacis United in 2013. Chances were limited as the influx of Spanish players after Gibraltar's admission to UEFA, so in 2014 he moved to the newly revived Gibraltar United. At a club with a philosophy of only signing local players, he became first choice as they earned promotion to the Premier Division at the first attempt. In March 2016, he signed a new long term deal to keep him at Gibraltar United for the foreseeable future. In both 2016 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Goldwin
Robert Allen Goldwin (1922 – January 12, 2010) was an American political scientist specializing in the study of the Constitution, who left academia to enter government at the invitation of his friend Donald Rumsfeld, serving as adviser and "intellectual-in-residence" for the presidential administration of Gerald Ford. He was subsequently a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Early life and education Goldwin was born in New York City to restaurateurs, and served in the United States Army during World War II. He performed undergraduate studies at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, graduating in 1950. Goldwin was a student of Leo Strauss at the University of Chicago, attaining his PhD in 1963 but continuing as lecturer there until 1966. It was there that he became friends with Donald Rumsfeld. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1966, and he subsequently taught at Kenyon College in Ohio and became Dean at St. John's College. Career Goldwin entered g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Goldwin
William Goldwin (c.1682 – 1747 at Bristol) was an English schoolteacher and vicar who left his mark on cricket by creating the sport's earliest known work of literature. Goldwin, whose name is sometimes spelt "Goldwyn", wrote a poem of 95 competent and sometimes graceful lines of Latin hexameters on a rural cricket match. It was called ''In Certamen Pilae'' (On a Ball Game) and it was published in his ''Musae Juveniles'' in March 1706.Maun, p. 8. Little is known of Goldwin himself. He attended Eton and then graduated to King's College, Cambridge in 1700. He subsequently became a Master of Bristol Grammar School Bristol Grammar School (BGS) is a 4–18 mixed, independent day school in Bristol, England. It was founded in 1532 by Royal Charter for the teaching of 'good manners and literature', endowed by wealthy Bristol merchants Robert and Nicholas Thorn ... and was Vicar of St Nicholas' Church in Bristol until his death in 1747. References Notes Bibliography * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldwin Corlett Elgie
Goldwin Corlett Elgie (July 21, 1896 – April 4, 1975) was a lawyer and political figure in Ontario. He represented Woodbine in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA, french: Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by ... from 1934 to 1943 and from 1945 to 1948 as a Conservative and then Progressive Conservative member. He was born in Dresden, the son of George Albert Elgie and Margaret Elizabeth Corlett, and was educated in Dresden, at Albert College, University of Western Ontario and Osgoode Hall. In 1921, he married Vivian Granger McHenry. In 1937, Elgie proposed legislation that would have allowed passengers to sue a driver for negligence in the event of an accident. The proposed bill was rejected by the Liberal government of the time. His son Robert also served in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldwin Smith
Goldwin Smith (13 August 1823 – 7 June 1910) was a British historian and journalist, active in the United Kingdom and Canada. In the 1860s he also taught at Cornell University in the United States. Life and career Early life and education Smith was born at Reading, Berkshire. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford, and after a brilliant undergraduate career he was elected to a fellowship at University College, Oxford. He threw his energy into the cause of university reform with another fellow of University College, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley. On the Royal Commission of 1850 to inquire into the reform of the university, of which Stanley was secretary, Smith served as assistant-secretary; and he was then secretary to the commissioners appointed by the act of 1854. His position as an authority on educational reform was further recognised by a seat on the Popular Education Commission of 1858. In 1868, when the question of reform at Oxford was again growing acute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Goldwin Rivière
Hugh Goldwin Rivière (1869–1956) was a noted British portraitist. He was one of seven children of Briton Rivière and was of Huguenot descent. Examples of his work are held in a very wide variety of public collections, including the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath, Guildhall Art Gallery and Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Cheltenham Art Gallery, Gloucestershire County Council, and the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter. His portrait painting of Sir Squire Bancroft and several drawings and prints are in the National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery may refer to: *National Portrait Gallery (Australia), in Canberra *National Portrait Gallery (Sweden), in Mariefred *National Portrait Gallery (United States), in Washington, D.C. *National Portrait Gallery, London, with s ... collection. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Goldwin Carrington Howland
William Goldwin Carrington Howland (March 17, 1915 – May 13, 1994) was a Canadian lawyer, judge A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility an ... and former Chief Justice of Ontario. Life and career Howland was born in Toronto and educated at Upper Canada College. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1936, and afterwards enrolled at Osgoode Hall Law School. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1939. During World War II, Howland served with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. He appointed Queen's Counsel in 1955 and was elected bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1961, serving as its treasurer from 1968 to 1970. In 1975, Howland was appointed a Judge to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Ontario. Two years later, he was appoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godwin's Law
Godwin's law, short for Godwin's law (or rule) of Nazi analogies, is an Internet adage asserting that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope), the probability of a comparison to Nazis or Adolf Hitler approaches 1. Promulgated by the American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990, Godwin's law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions. He stated that he introduced Godwin's law in 1990 as an experiment in memetics. Later it was applied to any threaded online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and other rhetoric where ''reductio ad Hitlerum'' occurs. In 2012, "Godwin's law" became an entry in the third edition of the ''Oxford English Dictionary''. In 2021, Harvard researchers published an article showing the phenomenon does not occur with statistically meaningful frequency in Reddit discussions. Generalization, corollaries, and usage There are many corollaries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldwind
Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd., commonly known as Goldwind, is a Chinese multinational wind turbine manufacturer headquartered in Beijing, China. Goldwind was a state-owned enterprise before 2007, with largest shareholders including Hexie Health Insurance, China Three Gorges Renewables Group, and the National Social Security Fund, state-controlled corporations holding almost 40% shares. Its founder, Wu Gang, is a Communist Party member and had a seat in the 12th National People's Congress. In 2016, it was ranked third for onshore and also third for offshore turbine manufacturing by ''Bloomberg New Energy Finance''. History Xinjiang Wind Energy, the predecessor of Xinjiang Goldwind, was founded by using a $3.2 million grant, given by the Danish government, which they used to build China's first wind farm at Dabancheng. Dabancheng wind farm, opened in 1989, consisted of the thirteen small, 150 kilowatts, wind turbines made by Danish turbine maker, Bonus Ener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldwing (other)
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Goldwing may refer to: * Honda Gold Wing, a Japanese motorcycle *Goldwing Ltd Goldwing, an American ultralight aircraft design *'' American Goldwing'', a 2011 album by Blitzen Trapper *"Goldwing", a song by Billie Eilish from the album '' Happier Than Ever'' (2021) See also * Goldwin (other) Goldwin may refer to: Surname *Kyle Goldwin (born 1985), Gilbatarian footballer * Robert Goldwin (1922–2010), American political scientist * William Goldwin (c. 1682–1747), English schoolteacher and vicar First name * Goldwin Corlett Elgie (18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldwyn
Goldwyn is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Beryl Goldwyn (born 1930), English ballerina * John Goldwyn (born 1958), American film producer * Liz Goldwyn (born 1976), American film director * Robert Goldwyn (1930–2010), American surgeon and writer * Samuel Goldwyn (1879–1974), American film producer * Samuel Goldwyn Jr. (1926–2015), American film producer * Tony Goldwyn (born 1960), American actor Given name * Goldwyn Arthur Martin (1913–2001), Canadian judge * Goldwyn Prince (born 1974), Antigua and Barbuda cricketer See also * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, an American media company * Goldwyn Pictures, a defunct American media company {{given name, type=both Jewish surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
