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Ian Kinloch MacGregor
Sir Ian Kinloch MacGregor, KBE (21 September 1912 – 13 April 1998) was a Scottish-American metallurgist and industrialist, most famous in the UK for his controversial tenure at the British Steel Corporation and his conduct during the 1984–85 miners' strike while managing the National Coal Board. Early life MacGregor was born in Kinlochleven, Scotland. His parents were Daniel MacGregor, an accountant at the British Aluminium plant,Lloyd, J.Man of steel – and coal: Obituary Sir Ian MacGregor ''Financial Times'' (14 April 1998): 8. InfoTrac Full Text Newspaper Database. Gale. Cheshire Libraries. 16 September 2007 and his wife Grace Alexanderina, ''née'' Fraser Maclean, a schoolteacher. MacGregor's parents were members of the Calvinist United Free Church and he received a devoutly Christian upbringing.Cosgrave, P.Obituary: Sir Ian MacGregor ''The Independent'' (London, England) (15 April 1998): 17. InfoTrac Full Text Newspaper Database. Gale. Cheshire Libraries. 16 Sept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
