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Gordon Smith (businessman)
Gordon Smith may refer to: In politics *Gordon H. Smith (born 1952), former U.S. Senator from Oregon, and current Area Authority for the LDS Church * Gordon Elsworth Smith (1918–2005), Canadian politician * Gordon Smith (academic) (1927–2009), pioneer in the study of comparative European politics In sports * Gordon Smith (American football) (born 1939), tight end with the NFL's Minnesota Vikings during the 1960s * Gordon Smith (footballer, born 1924) (1924–2004), Scottish footballer, played for Hibernian, Heart of Midlothian, Dundee and Scotland * Gordon Smith (footballer, born July 1954) (1954–2014), Scottish footballer, played for St. Johnstone and Aston Villa * Gordon Smith (footballer, born December 1954), Scottish footballer (Rangers and Brighton & Hove Albion), former SFA chief executive * Gordon Smith (footballer, born 1991), Scottish footballer, currently with Raith Rovers, son of Gordon Smith (footballer born 1959) * Gordon Smith (ice hockey) (1908–1999), America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Clan Gordon, aka the House of Gordon, a Scottish clan Education * Gordon State College, a public college in Barnesville, Georgia * Gordon College (Massachusetts), a Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts * Gordon College (Pakistan), a Christian college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan * Gordon College (Philippines), a public university in Subic, Zambales * Gordon College of Education, a public college in Haifa, Israel Places Australia *Gordon, Australian Capital Territory *Gordon, New South Wales * Gordon, South Australia *Gordon, Victoria *Gordon River, Tasmania *Gordon River (Western Australia) Canada *Gordon Parish, New Brunswick *Gordon/Barrie Island, municipality in Ontario *Gordon River (Chochocouane River), a river in Quebec Scotland *Gordon ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gord Smith (ice Hockey)
Gordon John Smith (born November 17, 1949) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. He is the older brother of former New York Islanders goaltender Billy Smith. Career Originally selected by the New York Rangers in the 1969 NHL Entry Draft, he played his first NHL game with the Washington Capitals after the 1974 NHL Expansion Draft. Smith spent five seasons with the Capitals before he was claimed by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1979 NHL Expansion Draft The 1979 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 13, 1979. The draft took place to fill the rosters of the National Hockey League's new teams for the 1979–80 season: the Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers, Quebec Nordiques and Winnipeg Jets. These .... Career statistics Regular season and playoffs External links * Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com 1949 births Living people Canadian ice hockey defencemen Hershey Bears players Ice hockey people from Ontario Maine Mariners players New Haven Blades players New Haven Nightha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Smith (British Army Officer)
Major Joseph Gordon Smith (23 October 1920 – 22 April 2014) was a soldier who served with the 2nd Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Smith served in Malaya during the Second World War and survived being held as a prisoner of war by the Japanese. During his imprisonment, Smith experienced many hardships and was forced to work on the Burma Railway, an experience which was illustrated by the film The Bridge on the River Kwai. Smith went to Melville College and was a medical student at the University of Edinburgh for two years before enlisting during the war. Smith was sent to fight in Malaya at the age of 21 and suffered three gunshot wounds during the Battle of Slim River. After marching for three weeks he was taken prisoner at Pudu Prison in Kuala Lumpur. After a few months he was taken to Tamarkan as forced labour to work on the railway there. Initially Smith worked on the construction of railway bridges over the river, but th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Smith (psychic Medium)
Gordon Smith (born 6 July 1962) is a British psychic medium; known as the UK's "most accurate" medium. Career as a medium Gordon Smith's career as a medium began at the age of 24, when another medium told him that one day he would be 'on the platform'. This was the start of a 15-year-long study to be a medium. As he used to work as a barber, he is often known (and used to present himself as) The Psychic Barber. He works giving demonstrations, writing books and organising workshops, and until March 2008 wrote a psychic column for the British tabloid ''The Sunday People''. Smith does not charge for readings. Smith was studied by Professor Archie Roy in a series of experiments to determine his possible psychic abilities, the results of which were published in the ''Journal of the Society for Psychical Research''. Television and film He was featured in the BBC Everyman (TV series) series and in another BBC documentary, Talking to the Dead in 2003. He has also appeared on Richard & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Smith (philatelist)
Gordon Smith (15 January 1856 – 29 January 1905)"Death of Mr Gordon Smith" in ''The London Philatelist'', Vol. XIV, No. 158, February 1905, pp. 43–45. was a British barrister and philatelist who was one of the Fathers of Philately named on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921. Early life Smith was born at Greenwich, London, the son of John N Smith, a civil engineer, and his wife Emma B Smith. He was educated at King's College School, London, and obtained a degree in mathematics from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1879. He was a tutor in maths at Truro College but left that to study for the bar, being called at Lincoln's Inn in 1882. He was in the chambers of James Aspinall K.C. and Mr. Butler Aspinall. Philately Smith rekindled his boyhood interest in philately in 1885, from where it grew to be a consuming passion and a career that he pursued in preference to the law. He was a specialist in the stamps of South Australia and worked for Stanley Gibbons from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Smith (inventor)
Gordon Smith (born Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada 1950, died January 9, 2006) was an inventor, machinist and tool and die maker notable for inventing the KISS SCUBA diving rebreather. Professional history Gordon Smith was trained as a tool and die maker at C. A. Norgren, Littleton, Colorado. He returned to Canada in 1975 and went to work for Comptec International Ltd., a two color molding company, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Gordon Smith spent fourteen years at Comptec and moved from the position of Mold Maker to become manager of the Tooling, Engineering, and R&D departments. During this period he was responsible for increasing the machine operator output by a factor of 6. He also helped move Comptec into the telecommunications business and developed production systems for assembly of telephones which are in use today by almost every major telephone manufacturer in the world. Gordon Smith left Comptec in 1989 to start Kiss Manufacturing. In the late 1990s Gordon invented and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Clan Gordon, aka the House of Gordon, a Scottish clan Education * Gordon State College, a public college in Barnesville, Georgia * Gordon College (Massachusetts), a Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts * Gordon College (Pakistan), a Christian college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan * Gordon College (Philippines), a public university in Subic, Zambales * Gordon College of Education, a public college in Haifa, Israel Places Australia *Gordon, Australian Capital Territory *Gordon, New South Wales * Gordon, South Australia *Gordon, Victoria *Gordon River, Tasmania *Gordon River (Western Australia) Canada *Gordon Parish, New Brunswick *Gordon/Barrie Island, municipality in Ontario *Gordon River (Chochocouane River), a river in Quebec Scotland *Gordon ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gord Smith (sculptor)
Gord Smith (born October 8, 1937, Montreal) is a Canadian artist who sculpts geometric forms in metal and wood. Smith originally learned to weld with a torch his older brother used to rebuild old cars. He is considered one of Canada's leading sculptors of the post-war period, and his work is marked by a great diversity of styles inspired by music, nature and other themes. Trained in architecture and engineering, he has produced work in metal that reflects a mastery of technique and conveys great flexibility. Biography Smith studied architecture at Sir George Williams University from 1956 to 1959. He went on to work with the architectural firm of Lawson Betts and Cash in Montreal from 1956 to 1958. He had originally learned to weld with a torch his older brother used to rebuild old cars. Smith received his first commission from the Fraser-Hickson Library in Montreal at the age of 21. The copper sculpture was erected in 1959 at the north entrance to the library. Smith, alongside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Clan Gordon, aka the House of Gordon, a Scottish clan Education * Gordon State College, a public college in Barnesville, Georgia * Gordon College (Massachusetts), a Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts * Gordon College (Pakistan), a Christian college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan * Gordon College (Philippines), a public university in Subic, Zambales * Gordon College of Education, a public college in Haifa, Israel Places Australia *Gordon, Australian Capital Territory *Gordon, New South Wales * Gordon, South Australia *Gordon, Victoria *Gordon River, Tasmania *Gordon River (Western Australia) Canada *Gordon Parish, New Brunswick *Gordon/Barrie Island, municipality in Ontario *Gordon River (Chochocouane River), a river in Quebec Scotland *Gordon ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Clan Gordon, aka the House of Gordon, a Scottish clan Education * Gordon State College, a public college in Barnesville, Georgia * Gordon College (Massachusetts), a Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts * Gordon College (Pakistan), a Christian college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan * Gordon College (Philippines), a public university in Subic, Zambales * Gordon College of Education, a public college in Haifa, Israel Places Australia *Gordon, Australian Capital Territory *Gordon, New South Wales * Gordon, South Australia *Gordon, Victoria *Gordon River, Tasmania *Gordon River (Western Australia) Canada *Gordon Parish, New Brunswick *Gordon/Barrie Island, municipality in Ontario *Gordon River (Chochocouane River), a river in Quebec Scotland *Gordon ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Smith (screenwriter)
Gordon Smith is an American television screenwriter, best known for his work on ''Breaking Bad'' and ''Better Call Saul''. Smith has been nominated for three individual Primetime Emmys, and won the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama in 2018 for the episode "Chicanery", and has received several other nominations. Career Smith started as an office production assistant for season 3 of ''Breaking Bad'', then became Vince Gilligan's assistant in season 4, and the writers' assistant in season 5. Smith co-wrote the ''Breaking Bad'' mini-featurette titled ''Chicks 'N' Guns'' which was released on the fifth season Blu-ray. Smith was then hired as a staff writer for the ''Breaking Bad'' spinoff ''Better Call Saul''. His first television script, for the episode " Five-O" (from season 1) earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. He also wrote episode 8 from the first season, titled "RICO". For the second season of '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Smith (wrestler)
Gordon Smith (born 21 June 1954) is a former Australian wrestler. He competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, where he was eliminated after two matches. Smith represented Australia in three World Championships, one in 1971 and two in 1979, in the Intermediate and Senior Grades. He held the title of Australian Champion from 1968 to 1979 He later worked as a Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) teacher, in the position of Head Teacher PDHPE at Baulkham Hills High School in Sydney, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ... until 2014 when he retired. References 1954 births Living people Australian schoolteachers Olympic wrestlers of Australia Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Australian male sport wrestlers [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
