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Haig Fawkner Cricket Club
Haig may refer to: Places * Haig Avenue, football stadium in Southport, England *Haig, British Columbia, settlement in British Columbia, Canada *Haig, Nebraska, a community in the United States *Haig Point Club, private community on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina *Haig-Thomas Island, one of the Sverdrup Islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada *Mount Haig-Brown, mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia * The Haig, a jazz club in Hollywood Companies and organizations *Haig Fund, British charity set up in 1921 more properly the Earl Haig Fund charity *Haig Homes, a British charity founded in 1928 to provide housing for ex-servicemen * Earl Haig Fund Scotland, Scottish charity founded in 1921 People Mononym *Hayk (also transliterated as Haik or Haig or Haig Nahabed), Armenian Patriarch Given name *Haig Acterian, pen name Mihail (1904–c. 1943), Romanian-Armenian film and theater director, critic, dramatist, poet, journalist, and fascist political activist * Haig H. Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haig Avenue
Haig Avenue is a football stadium in Blowick, Southport, Merseyside, England, that holds 6,008 people (1,660 seated, 4,164 standing) Since its opening in 1905 it has been the home ground of Southport F.C. Everton Reserves also use the stadium for home games. Location The ground is situated in Blowick, which is just inside the east boundary of Southport near the A570, the main road from Southport to Ormskirk and the M58 motorway. It is sited at the edge of a residential area, adjoining school playing fields. Stadium Haig Avenue now has a capacity of 6,008 but its record attendance is 20,010 for two matches played by Southport against Newcastle United in the fourth round of the FA Cup in 1932 and against Everton in a 1968 FA Cup tie. Since Southport lost Football League status in 1978, the ground has seldom operated at more than a quarter full, although nearly full houses were registered for key matches such as the 1998 F.A. Trophy semi-final against Slough Town, which Southpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haig Patigian
Haig Patigian ( hy, Հայկ Բադիկեան; January 22, 1876 – September 19, 1950), was an Armenian-American sculptor. Biography Patigian was born in the city of Van in the Ottoman Empire. His parents were teachers at the American Mission School in Armenia. He was largely self-taught as a sculptor. Patigian spent most of his career in San Francisco, California and most of his works are located in California. The Oakland Museum in Oakland, California, includes a large number of his works in its collection, and more can be seen in and around San Francisco City Hall. Patigian was an active member of the Bohemian Club, serving two terms as club president. He designed the Owl Shrine, a 40-foot high hollow concrete and steel structure which was built in the 1920s to have the appearance of a natural rock outcropping which happened to resemble an owl. The Owl Shrine became the centerpiece of the '' Cremation of Care'' ceremony at the Bohemian Grove in 1929. Patigian married B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haig Point Range Lights
The Haig Point Range Lights were range lights on Calibogue Sound at the northeastern end of Daufuskie Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina. The Haig Point Range Lights were built in 1873 and were maintained as an official aid to navigation until about 1924. The Rear Range Light house has been restored. It is a guest house for the Haig Point Club and serves as a private aid to navigation. Calibogue Sound is between Daufuskie and Hilton Head Islands. It connects the Intracoastal Waterway and the Harbour Town Marina with the Atlantic Ocean. In 1871, the U.S. Congress authorized two sets of range lights on Daufuskie Island. The other range lights were the Bloody Point Range Lights on the south end of the island. Land was procured in 1872 at Haig's Point for the first set. The Haig Point range lights were lit in 1873.Burn, Billie, ''An Island Named Daufuskie'', The Reprint Company, Inc., Spartanburg, SC, 1991, pp. 187-203, .Clary, Margie Willis, ''The Beacons of South Carolina' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan Haig
Clan Haig is a Lowlands Scottish clan. History Origins The 13th century poet, Thomas the Rhymer, made the prophecy ''Tyde what may, what'er betyde, Haig shall be Haig of Bemersyde''.Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). Published in 1994. Pages 156 - 157. Bemersyde has been in the hands of the Haigs for eight hundred years from the founder, Petrus de Haga, to the present chief. Alexander Nisbet asserted that the Haigs were of Pictish or early British extraction. However, it is evident that the name de Haga is Norman. Petrus de Haga appears as a witness on a charter of Richard de Morville, who was Constable of Scotland from 1162 to 1188, to Dryburgh Abbey. Petrus is mentioned in several charters as ''Dominus de Bemersyde'' (Master of Bemersyde) which is evidence that the family were considerable magnates at that time. de Haga was amongst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Haig
Earl Haig is a title in the peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1919 for Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig. During the First World War, he served as commander of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front in France and Belgium (1915–18). Haig was made Viscount Dawick and Baron Haig, of Bemersyde in the County of Berwick, at the same time he was given the earldom, also in the peerage of the United Kingdom The viscountcy of Dawick is used as a courtesy title by the Earl's son and heir apparent. the titles are held by the first earl's grandson, the third earl, who succeeded his father in 2009. The family seat is Bemersyde House, near Newtown St. Boswells, Roxburghshire. The family motto is "''Tyde what may''", which refers to a 13th-century poem by Thomas the Rhymer which predicted that there would always be a Haig in Bemersyde: Lairds of Bemersyde (c.1150) ''The dates stated denote the period of proprietorship of the respective Lairds.''John Russell, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haig (surname)
Haig is a surname of Old English origin. Notable people with the surname include: *Al Haig (1922–1982), American jazz pianist *Alan Haig-Brown (born 1941), Canadian novelist * Alan Haig-Brown (footballer) (1877–1918), British Army officer and footballer *Alexander Haig (1924–2010), U.S. Army general, White House Chief of Staff and U.S. Secretary of State *Brian Haig (born 1953), American novelist *David Haig (born 1955), British actor *David Haig (biologist) (born 1958), Australian biologist * Derek Haig, fictional character in Canadian TV series ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' *Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861–1928), senior British commander during World War I *Douglas Haig (actor) (1920–2011), American child actor in silent and sound films *George Haig, 2nd Earl Haig (1918–2009), British soldier and artist *Georgina Haig (born 1985), Australian actress *Henry Haig (1930–2007), English stained-glass artist * Ian Maurice Haig AM (1935–2014), Australian public servan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Haig Ferguson
James Haig Ferguson Legum Doctor, LLD FRSE Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, FRCPE Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, FRCSEd (18 December 1862 – 2 May 1934) was a prominent Scottish Obstetrics, obstetrician and Gynaecology, gynaecologist. He served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh from 1929 to 1931 and was president of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society. He chaired the Central Midwives Board of Scotland and was manager of Donaldson's School for the Deaf. In 1929 he was a founder member of the British (later Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Royal) College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. In 1899 he founded the Haig Ferguson Memorial Home for unmarried mothers to give birth without chastisement. It was originally called the Lauriston Home and was renamed following his death; it closed in 1974. Early life He was born on 18 December 1862, in the manse at Fossoway (now known as Crook of Devon), Perthshire, the son of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Haig Brown
William Haig Brown (1823–1907) was an English cleric and reforming headmaster of Charterhouse School. Life Born at Bromley by Bow, Middlesex, on 3 December 1823, he was third son of Thomas Brown of Edinburgh and his wife Amelia, daughter of John Haig, of the Haigs of Bemersyde. At age nine he went to Christ's Hospital, where he remained, first in the junior school at Hertford, and later on in London, until 1842. In 1842 Haig Brown entered Pembroke College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1846 as second in the first class in the classical tripos. Elected a fellow in October 1848 (M.A. 1849), and taking holy orders (deacon 1852 and priest 1853), he was engaged in college work until 1857, when he was appointed headmaster of Kensington School. In 1863, on the resignation of Dr. Richard Elwyn, the Schoolmaster of Charterhouse School, Haig Brown was appointed his successor on 12 November, against tradition that the Schoolmaster should have been educated at the school. In 1864 he pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben-hur Haig Bagdikian
Ben-hur Haig Bagdikian (January 30, 1920 – March 11, 2016) was an Armenian-American journalist, news media critic and commentator, and university professor. An Armenian genocide survivor, Bagdikian moved to the United States as an infant and began a journalism career after serving in World War II. He worked as a local reporter, investigative journalist and foreign correspondent for ''The Providence Journal''. During his time there, he won a Peabody Award and a Pulitzer Prize. In 1971, he received parts of the ''Pentagon Papers'' from Daniel Ellsberg and successfully persuaded ''The Washington Post'' to publish them despite objections and threats from the Richard Nixon administration. Bagdikian later taught at the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and served as its dean from 1985 to 1988. Bagdikian was a noted critic of the news media. His 1983 book ''The Media Monopoly'', warning about the growing concentration of corporate ownership of news org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haig Young
Douglas Haig Young (April 13, 1928 – March 14, 2019) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Harbour Grace in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1972 to 1989. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador The Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a provincial political party in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The party was founded in 1949 and most recently formed the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador from the 20 .... He was a former Minister of Public Works of Newfoundland and Labrador. Born in Upper Island Cove, he was a funeral director and had two children. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Haig 1928 births 2019 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haig Yazdjian
Haig Yazdjian is a Syrian-Greek composer, vocalist, Oud player, and producer. He was born in Aleppo, Syria in 1959. His parents are Armenians from Kayseri and Nevşehir in modern-day Turkey. For much of his life he has lived in Greece, which is where he began his interest in traditional Eastern music. His first album ''Nihavend Ionga'' was not that famous. But the second one TALAR, showed up in 1996 and accelerated his popularity. Yazdjian played on Loreena McKennitt Loreena Isobel Irene McKennitt, (born February 17, 1957) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who writes, records, and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern influences. McKennitt is known for her ...'s 2006 album ''An Ancient Muse''. Discography * 1995: Nihavend Ionga. Label: FM Records * 1996: Talar. Libra Music * 1998: Garin. Libra Music * 2001: Beast on the Moon. Label: Haig * 2001: Yeraz The Master Oud Player. Label: WMI * 2007: Amalur. Label: Libra Music * 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
