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Gordon Laing , Welsh Congregationalist minister and politician
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Gordon Laing may refer to: * Gordon Laing (musician), British classical bassoonist, contrabassoonist, and pedagogue * Gordon Laing (cricketer), Scottish cricketer * Gordon Jennings Laing, American classical scholar See also * Alexander Gordon Laing, Scottish explorer * Gordon Lang Gordon Lang (25 February 1893 – 20 June 1981) was a Welsh Congregationalist minister and Labour Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham from 1929 until 1931, and for Stalybridge and Hyde from 1945 until 1951. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Laing (musician)
Gordon Laing (born 1964) is a British classical bassoonist, contrabassoonist, and pedagogue. He studied bassoon at the Redbridge Music School. He later studied at the with Geoffrey Gambold (bassoon) and John Burness (contra-bassoon), who were principals with the |
Gordon Laing (cricketer)
James Gordon Brodie Laing (born 10 January 1938) is a Scottish former first-class cricketer. Laing was born in January 1938 at Meigle, Ayrshire. He was educated at Alyth School. A club cricketer for Perthshire County Cricket Club, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Scotland against Warwickshire at Edgbaston during Scotland's 1964 tour of England. He played first-class for Scotland until 1974, making nineteen appearances. Playing as a top order batsman, Laing scored 655 runs at an average of 23.39; he made three half centuries, with a highest score of 93. His brother, Ralph Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ..., was also a first-class cricketer. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Laing, Gordon 1938 births Living people Cricketers from Perth a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Jennings Laing
Gordon Jennings Laing (October 16, 1869 – September 1, 1945) was an American classical scholar, born in London, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1891, taught Latin and Greek at Whetham College, Vancouver, British Columbia (1892-1893), and at the University of Toronto (1893-1895). He took the degree of Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University in 1896, after which he taught and served at Bryn Mawr (1897–99), Chicago (1899-1921), McGill (1921–23), and Chicago (1923–35). He was managing editor of the ''Classical Journal'' from 1905 to 1908, associate editor of ''Classical Philology'' after 1905, and general editor of the University of Chicago Press after 1908. His publications include ''Masterpieces in Latin Literature'' (Boston, 1903), an edition of ''Selections from Ovid'' (New York, 1905), and an edition of the ''Phormio'' of Terence (Chicago, 1908), as well as ''Survivals of Roman Religion'' (1931). The Gordon J. Laing Award from the University of Chic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Gordon Laing
Major Alexander Gordon Laing (27 December 179426 September 1826) was a Scottish explorer and the first European to reach Timbuktu, arriving there via the north-to-south route in August 1826. He was killed shortly after he departed Timbuktu, some five weeks later. Early life Laing was born in Edinburgh in late 1794. He was educated by his father, William Laing, who was a private teacher of classics, and at the University of Edinburgh. In 1811, he went to Barbados as clerk to his maternal uncle Colonel Gabriel Gordon. Military service Through General Sir George Beckwith, the governor of Barbados, he obtained an ensigncy in the York Light Infantry Volunteers in 1813. He was promoted lieutenant without purchase in 1815 and transferred to the 2nd West India Regiment after his former regiment was disbanded in 1817. In 1822 he transferred into the Royal African Colonial Corps as a captain. In that year, while with his regiment at Sierra Leone, he was sent by the governor Sir Charl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
