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Gordon Reid (author)
Gordon Reid may refer to: * Gordon McGregor Reid (born 1948), director general and chief executive of The North of England Zoological Society * Gordon Reid (actor) (1939–2003), Scottish actor * Gordon Reid (businessman) (died 2023), Canadian businessman * Gordon Reid (governor) (1923–1989), governor of Western Australia * Gordon Reid (politician), member of the Australian House of Representatives * Gordon Reid (priest) (born 1942), Anglican priest, former Dean of Gibraltar and Vicar General of the Diocese of Europe * Gordon Reid (tennis) (born 1991), British wheelchair tennis player * Gordon Reid (rugby union) (born 1987), Scottish rugby union player * Gordon Reid (footballer) (1947–2010), Australian footballer for Geelong * Gord Reid (Gordon Joseph Reid, 1910–1994), Canadian ice hockey player Other uses * CCGS ''Gordon Reid'', a 1990 vessel in the Canadian Coast Guard See also * Gordon Reed (1913–1978), English footballer * Annette Gordon-Reed Annette Gordon-Reed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon McGregor Reid
Gordon McGregor Reid PPFLS (born 9 February 1948) was Director General and Chief Executive of the North of England Zoological Society, popularly known as Chester Zoo. He stepped down in 2010. The North of England Zoological Society is an independent charity for conservation, education and science. It is also one of the leading wildlife attractions in the UK, receiving well over one million paying guests each year. Under Gordon McGregor Reid's leadership, this major wildlife attraction has gained more than 100 international, national and regional awards for success in conservation, environment management education, science, and business excellence, including the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the category of Sustainable Development–the highest business accolade in the UK. Africa research From humble beginnings as a 16-year-old technician in the zoology department at Glasgow University, Gordon rose to conduct leading research into aquatic life in Botswana and Nigeria. He comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Reid (actor)
James Gordon Reid (8 June 1939 – 26 November 2003)Some databases such as at IMDb and BFI claim his birth date was 6 September 1939; Find A Grave claimed a 9 June 1939 birthdate) was a Scottish actor. Early life and career Reid was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Educated at the former Hamilton Academy he then trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, graduating in 1962 with the silver medal for Acting. His extensive acting credits included the chemist Angus Livingstone on the television series ''Doctor Finlay'' from 1993 to 1996. Other television credits included ''Doctor Who'', ''Peak Practice'', ''Lovejoy'', and ''Taggart''. Films included ''Leon the Pig Farmer'' (1992), '' The Others'' and ''Mansfield Park''. On stage, he spent three years with the Royal Shakespeare Company and played in the West End production of '' Me and My Girl''. A major radio credit was as Angel Two in the BBC serialisation of James Follett's ''Earthsearch'' dramas. Death H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Reid (businessman)
Gordon Reid (1933 – July 8, 2023) was a Canadian businessman. He was the founder of Giant Tiger, Canada’s third-largest chain of discount stores. Early life (1933–1961) Reid was born in 1933 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and as a boy moved to the working-class Montreal suburb of Verdun. Reid's mother worked in the retail industry, behind the lunch counter at the Woolworth's in downtown Montreal. His own retailing career began at age 13, gift-wrapping parcels part-time at the Robert Simpson Company in Montreal. In 1949, at age 16, Reid went to work full-time in the men's furnishings department at Simpsons after he had been expelled from school for what he described as "misbehaving, setting a bad example, something that was quite small." Over the next six years he gradually rose in the company. At age 22 he completed the company's management training program, but left Simpson's when he learned that his pay would remain fixed at $65 a week.John Schofield, "Gordon Reid: Lifetim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Reid (politician)
Gordon James Reid (born 16 August 1992) is an Australian physician and politician who has been the Labor MP for Robertson since the 2022 Australian federal election, when he defeated Liberal incumbent Lucy Wicks. Reid is a Wiradjuri man who was born on Darkinjung country and grew up on the Central Coast. He attended Umina Beach Public School and Central Coast Grammar School, before studying medicine at the University of Newcastle, completing his B.Med. in 2016. Reid previously worked as an emergency doctor. He said that he decided to run for Parliament while working in the Emergency Department at Wyong Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic, seeing people waiting for treatment. After his election in 2022, Reid is one of six First Nations people in the Labor Caucus. He speaks Indonesian Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to: * Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia ** Native Indonesians, diverse gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Reid (priest)
William Gordon Reid (born 28 January 1942) is an Anglican priest and former Dean of Gibraltar and Vicar General of the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe. Biography Reid was born in Hawick, Scotland and educated at Galashiels Academy in the Scottish Borders.Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black He attended the University of Edinburgh where he studied French and German literature, graduating with an MA in 1963. He began his theological studies at the Scottish Episcopal Theological College in Edinburgh and went on to Keble College at the University of Oxford, receiving a BA in theology before completing his theological training at Cuddesdon Theological College, also in Oxford. Reid was ordained to the priesthood in 1968 and began his ministry with a curacy at St Salvador's Edinburgh, after which he was a tutor at Salisbury Theological College. In 1972, he was named Rector of St Michael and All Saints, Edinburgh and served in that position until he was appointed Provost of Inverne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Reid (tennis)
Gordon "Gio" Reid (born 2 October 1991) is a British professional wheelchair tennis player. He is ranked world No. 4 in singles and world No. 1 in doubles. He is a Paralympic gold, silver, and bronze medalist, two-time Grand Slam singles champion, and nineteen-time Grand Slam doubles champion. He has competed for Great Britain at the Summer Paralympics when tennis made its first appearance at Beijing 2008. He reached the quarterfinals in the singles in London 2012 as well as the quarterfinals in doubles. He won Paralympic gold in the men's singles event at Rio 2016 and silver in the doubles event with partner Alfie Hewett, whom he beat in the singles final. At Tokyo 2020, Reid won bronze in the singles and silver in the doubles with Hewett. The pair later went on to complete a calendar year Grand Slam, winning all four majors in 2021. They are currently on a 10 consecutive Grand Slam win streak, having not lost in a Grand Slam since Wimbledon in 2019. Early life Reid was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Reid (rugby Union)
Gordon Reid (born 4 March 1987) is a Scottish international Rugby union player. He plays as a loosehead prop. He now plays for Marr. He previously played for English Premiership sides London Irish and , the Pro14 side Glasgow Warriors and the Super 6 side Ayrshire Bulls. Rugby Union career Amateur career Reid played for Ayr. In 2021 Reid joined Marr. He scored a try on his debut on 4 September 2021. Professional career Reid has played over 100 times for the Glasgow Warriors. After 7 years at Glasgow Warriors Reid departed the club when his contract expired in the summer of 2017. On 1 June 2017 it was announced he had signed for newly promoted London Irish in the English Premiership. For the start of the 2019–20 season it was announced that Reid would join the Super 6 side, the Ayrshire Bulls. On 29 November 2019 it was announced that in addition to playing for the Ayrshire Bulls, Reid would once again join Glasgow Warriors in a partnership contract between the Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Reid (footballer)
Gordon Reid (29 October 1947 – 3 May 2010) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1947 births 2010 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Geelong Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gord Reid
Gordon Joseph Reid (February 19, 1910 — November 12, 1994) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played in one National Hockey League game for the New York Americans during the 1936–37 season, on December 29, 1936 against the New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home .... The rest of his career, which lasted from 1929 to 1944, was spent in the minor leagues. He died at a hospital in Bracebridge, Ontario in 1994 and was buried alongside his wife, Audrey at the Bracebridge Municipal Cemetery.Society for International Hockey Research Career statistics Regular season and playoffs See also * List of players who played only one game in the NHL References External links * 1910 births 1994 deaths Canadian ice hockey defencemen Ice hock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CCGS Gordon Reid
CCGS ''Gordon Reid''CCGS stands for Canadian Coast Guard Ship is an offshore fisheries patrol vessel of the Canadian Coast Guard. The vessel entered service in 1990 on the West Coast of Canada and is still in active service. In 2014, ''Gordon Reid'' responded to the distress signal of which had lost engine power off the coast of Haida Gwaii in British Columbia. Design and description ''Gordon Reid'' is long overall with a beam of and a draught of . The vessel has an and a . The ship is powered by four Deutz 628 geared diesel engines driving two controllable pitch propellers and bow thrusters creating . The vessel is also equipped with one Mitsubishi 6D14T emergency generator. This gives the ship a maximum speed of . ''Gordon Reid'' carries of diesel fuel, has a range of at and can stay at sea for up to 28 days. The patrol vessel has a complement of 14 composed of 6 officers and 8 crew and has 8 spare berths. Service history The vessel was constructed by Versatile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Reed
Gordon Isbister Reed (6 May 1913 – 1978) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Bristol City, Newport County, Queens Park Rangers, Darlington and Gateshead. He was on the books of Huddersfield Town and Everton without appearing for the first-team of either, and also played non-league football for Medomsley Edge, Consett Technical Institute, Consett, Spen Black and White and Spennymoor United. Reed retired from football in his mid-twenties to take up a musical career, initially as guitarist, singer and bandleader, and later in the music publishing industry. Life and career Reed was born in Spennymoor, County Durham, in May 1913. He played football for Medomsley Edge, Consett Technical Institute and Consett, from where he attracted the attention of Football League First Division club Huddersfield Town. He spent time on their books in 1930 before returning to County Durham, where he played as a centre forward and "prolific goal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
