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Hutchesons' Girls' Grammar School
Hutchesons' Grammar School is a co-educational independent day school for pupils aged 3-18 in Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded as Hutchesons' Boys' Grammar School by George Hutcheson and Thomas Hutcheson in 1641 It is a selective school, meaning prospective pupils must sit an entrance test to gain admission. The Boys' and Girls' schools amalgamated in 1976, at the grounds where the Boys' school had moved to almost two decades prior to form the current senior school. The Girls' school campus became the junior school and in 1994, a new pre-school block at the junior school was constructed. Today, "Hutchie", as the school is known informally, has around 1,300 pupils across its Pre-school, Junior and Senior Schools. In 2019 it had second-highest exam results in Scotland The School is governed by Hutchesons' Educational Trust The current Rector is Colin Gambles. History In 2001, the school expanded into Glasgow's West End when it merged with Laurel Park School and cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent School (United Kingdom)
In the United Kingdom, independent schools () are fee-charging schools, some endowed and governed by a board of governors and some in private ownership. They are independent of many of the regulations and conditions that apply to state-funded schools. For example, pupils do not have to follow the National Curriculum, although, some schools do. They are commonly described as 'private schools' although historically the term referred to a school in private ownership, in contrast to an endowed school subject to a trust or of charitable status. Many of the older independent schools catering for the 12–18 age range in England and Wales are known as public schools, seven of which were the subject of the Public Schools Act 1868. The term "public school" derived from the fact that they were then open to pupils regardless of where they lived or their religion (while in the United States and most other English-speaking countries "public school" refers to a publicly-funded state school). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madge Easton Anderson
Madge Easton Anderson (24 April 1896 – 1982) was a Scottish lawyer. She was the first woman admitted to practise as a professional lawyer in the UK when, in 1920, she qualified as a solicitor in Scotland. Life Anderson was born on 24 April 1896 in Glasgow to Anne Catherine Chisholm (1864–1947), daughter of an Inverness bookseller, and Robert Easton Anderson (1865-1932), a surgical instrument maker. From 1904 to 1913 she attended Hutcheson's Grammar School, going on to study at the University of Glasgow. She graduated with an MA in 1916, a BL in 1919 and an LLB in 1920. She was the first woman to graduate from the University with a degree in law. She was not however the first female law graduate in Scotland: Eveline MacLaren and Josephine Gordon Stuart graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Edinburgh some years earlier, but at that time women were prohibited from practising as lawyers. On 12 May 1917 she began working as an apprentice law agent at the pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nan Dunbar
Nan Dunbar (18 July 1928 – 3 April 2005) was Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Somerville College, Oxford. She is known for her 1995 edition of Aristophanes' '' The Birds''. Early life and education Dunbar was born in Glasgow in 1928, where she attended Hutcheson's Girls School. She was the first in her family to attend university, graduating from the University of Glasgow with a first class honours degree and numerous awards including 'Most Distinguished Arts Graduate' in 1950. She then went on to study at Girton College, Cambridge, where she completed a second degree, achieving a first in both part of the Classical tripos. Career Dunbar was appointed to a lectureship at the University of Edinburgh in 1952. Subsequently, she returned to Girton College, Cambridge, where she was a fellow and lecturer in Classics from 1952 to 1957. In 1957 she moved to the University of St Andrews, and in 1965 became a fellow of Somerville College, Oxford. At Somerville, she was heavily invo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Edward VII Professor Of English Literature
The King Edward VII Professorship of English Literature is one of the senior List of Professorships at the University of Cambridge, professorships in literature at the University of Cambridge, and was founded by a donation from Harold Harmsworth, Sir Harold Harmsworth in 1910 in memory of King Edward VII who had died earlier that year. King Edward VII Professors * Arthur Woollgar Verrall (1911) * Arthur Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1912–1944) * Basil Willey (1946) * Lionel Charles Knights (1965) * Frank Kermode, John Frank Kermode (1974) * Christopher Bruce Ricks (1982) * Marilyn Butler (1986) * Gillian Beer, Gillian Patricia Kempster Beer (1994) * David Trotter (academic), David Trotter (2002) * Clair Wills (2019) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Edward 7 Professor of English Literature, King King Edward VII Professors of English Literature, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Cambridge, English Literature, King Edward VII Professor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Charles Knights
Lionel Charles Knights (15 May 1906 – 8 March 1997) was an English literary critic, an authority on Shakespeare and his period. His essay ''How many children had Lady Macbeth?'' (1933) is a classic of modern criticism. He became King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge in 1965. Early life He was born in Grantham and initially attended The King's School in the town, followed by Hutchesons' Grammar School, Glasgow and Cambridgeshire High School for Boys.MacKillop, Ian"Knights, Lionel Charles (1906-1997)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, October 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2018 He was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he read History and English, graduating with a first-class degree in 1928. In his final undergraduate year he won the Charles Oldham Shakespeare prize, shared with Humphrey Jennings. He was elected to a research scholarship at Christ's College, Cambridge in 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Broom
Robert Broom FRS FRSE (30 November 1866 6 April 1951) was a British- South African doctor and palaeontologist. He qualified as a medical practitioner in 1895 and received his DSc in 1905 from the University of Glasgow. From 1903 to 1910, he was professor of zoology and geology at Victoria College, Stellenbosch, South Africa, and subsequently he became keeper of vertebrate palaeontology at the South African Museum, Cape Town. Life Broom was born at 66 Back Sneddon Street in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the son of John Broom, a designer of calico prints and Paisley shawls, and Agnes Hunter Shearer. In 1893, he married Mary Baird Baillie, his childhood sweetheart. In his medical studies at the University of Glasgow Broom specialised in obstetrics. After graduating in 1895 he travelled to Australia, supporting himself by practising medicine. He settled in South Africa in 1897, just prior to the South African War. From 1903 to 1910, he was professor of Zoology and Geolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor-General Of Canada
The governor general of Canada (french: gouverneure générale du Canada) is the federal viceregal representative of the . The is head of state of Canada and the 14 other Commonwealth realms, but resides in oldest and most populous realm, the United Kingdom. The , on the advice of Canadian prime minister, appoints a governor general to carry on the Government of Canada in the 's name, performing most of constitutional and ceremonial duties. The commission is for an indefinite period—known as serving ''at Majesty's pleasure''—though five years is the usual length of time. Since 1959, it has also been traditional to alternate between francophone and anglophone officeholders—although many recent governors general have been bilingual. The office began in the 17th century, when the French crown appointed governors of the colony of Canada. Following the British conquest of the colony, the British monarch appointed governors of the Province of Quebec (later the Canadas) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Buchan
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (; 26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. After a brief legal career, Buchan simultaneously began his writing career and his political and diplomatic careers, serving as a private secretary to the administrator of various colonies in southern Africa. He eventually wrote propaganda for the British war effort during the First World War. He was elected Member of Parliament for the Combined Scottish Universities in 1927, but he spent most of his time on his writing career, notably writing '' The Thirty-Nine Steps'' and other adventure fiction. In 1935, King George V, on the advice of Prime Minister R. B. Bennett, appointed Buchan to replace the Earl of Bessborough as Governor General of Canada, for which purpose Buchan was raised to the peerage. He occupied the post until his death in 1940. Buchan was enthu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Bulloch
Alan James Bulloch (born 7 July 1977) is a Scottish former rugby union player who gained five international caps at centre. Early life Bulloch was born on 7 July 1977 in Glasgow, Scotland. He was educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School and played for the Scottish schools team at centre. Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians. Professional career When the game turned professional in 1996 he signed for Glasgow Rugby, now Glasgow Warriors.Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ) As the Centre named for Warriors first match as a professional team - against Newbridge in the European Challenge Cup - Bulloch has the distinction of being given Glasgow Warrior No. 13 for the provincial side. Two years later, Scotland's professional teams reorganised and the side was then named Glasgow Caledonians. He retired from professional rugby in 2004 at the age of 26. International career He toured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alix Jamieson
Louise Alexandra "Alix" Stevenson (née Jamieson; born 31 March 1942) is a Scottish retired athlete. She competed for Great Britain in the women's long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Career Trained by the respected coach John Anderson, Jamieson was a national champion in multiple events (as well as a Scotland international in field hockey)Scots Olympic couple recall 'amazing experience' of last of the 'Goodwill Olympics' at Tokyo 1964 Jack Davidson, 21 July 2021 and still holds the record for most golds won overall at the Scottish Athletics Championships with 16 claimed over a decade between 1960 and 1970 (two in the |
Gareth Kirkwood
Gareth Robert Kirkwood (born 15 April 1963) is a Scottish business executive and former cricketer. Kirkwood was born at Kilmarnock in April 1963. He was educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School, before matriculating to the University of Strathclyde. A club cricketer for Poloc in his youth, he made a single appearance for Scotland against Worcestershire at Glasgow in the 1986 Benson & Hedges Cup. In a match which their English county opponents won by 2 wickets, Kirkwood scored a single unbeaten run and bowled one wicketless over. Kirkwood began his business career with British Airways (BA) in 1986, working in various roles within the information technology department until 1990, when he left to join Speedwing as a commercial manager; This coincided with him studying for his MBA at Lancaster University. He returned to BA in 1992, becoming the general manager for global purchasing at the airline. In 1994, he moved to US Airways, becoming the vice-president of purchasing, later b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inspector Morse (TV Series)
''Inspector Morse'' is a British crime drama, detective drama television series based on a series of novels by Colin Dexter. It starred John Thaw as Inspector Morse, Detective Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Inspector Lewis, Sergeant Lewis. The series comprises 33 two-hour episodes (100 minutes excluding commercials) produced between 1987 and 2000. Dexter made uncredited cameo appearances in all but three of the episodes. In 2018, the series was named the greatest British crime drama of all time by ''Radio Times''’ readers. In 2000, the series was ranked 42 on the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes compiled by the British Film Institute. It was followed by the spin-off ''Lewis (TV series), Lewis'' and prequel ''Endeavour (TV series), Endeavour''. Overview The series was made by Zenith Productions for ITV Central, Central Independent Television, and first shown in the UK on the ITV (TV network), ITV network of regional broadcasters. Between 1995 and 1996 the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
