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Ian McKay (other) , British field hockey player
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Ian McKay (1953–1982) was a British soldier who won a posthumous Victoria Cross in the Falklands War. Ian McKay may also refer to: *Ian McKay (footballer) (1923–2010), Australian rules footballer with North Adelaide * Ian McKay (writer) (born 1962), English art critic, writer, and academic *Ian McKay (historian) (born 1953), Canadian historian *Ian McKay (judge) (1929–2014), New Zealand judge * Ian G. McKay (born 1963), Canadian director of the Liberal Party of Canada See also *Iain MacKay (politician), Canadian-Yukon politician and leader of the Yukon Liberal Party * Ian MacKaye (born 1962), American rock musician * Ian Mackay (other) *Iain Mackay Iain Mackay (born 24 April 1985) is a British field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the tournament. Club career MacKay played club hockey with Reading but left after the Olympics to join Hampst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian McKay
Ian John McKay, VC (7 May 1953 – 12 June 1982) was a British Army soldier and a posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Born in Wortley, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, McKay was the eldest of the three sons of Kenneth John McKay, a steel worker, and Freda Doreen Hargreaves. He was educated at Rotherham Grammar School. McKay left school at seventeen and in August 1970 enlisted in the Army, training as a paratrooper. Posted to the 1st Battalion, the Parachute Regiment (1 Para) in early 1971, he served in Northern Ireland, where he is remembered as "Soldier T", Germany, and the United Kingdom. By April 1982 he was platoon sergeant of 4 Platoon, B Company, 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, and deployed with his unit for service in the Falklands War. He was killed during the Battle of Mount Longdon, when the deed described below took place, for which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian McKay (footballer)
Ian Lawson McKay (9 March 1923 – 3 April 2010) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Adelaide in the SANFL. He played a total of 164 games for North Adelaide. Recruited from Sydney club St George where he had played during his war service, McKay joined North Adelaide in 1946 and although he started as a centre half back he played at fullback from 1949 until his retirement. McKay was selected to the South Australian interstate side in his debut season, the first of 14 times that he would represent his state. He won the Magarey Medal in 1950, the first fullback to win the award. He captained North Adelaide for eight seasons and led them to premierships in 1949 and 1952, also captaining South Australia twice. In 2000 he was named North Adelaide Team of The Century captain in a team that included Tom Leahy, Ken Farmer, Barrie Robran, Don Lindner, Darren Jarman and Andrew Jarman. Ian was perhaps the only full back to have the great John Coleman's mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian McKay (writer)
Ian McKay (born 1962) is a British writer, art critic, publisher and translator. A former editor of ''Contemporary Art'' magazine, and the founder-editor of ''The Journal of Geography and Urban Research'', throughout the 1990s he was best known for his writings on the arts of Eastern Europe, being cited as the first British art critic to emphasize the negative impact of the western art market in that region. Throughout the 1990s and early-2000s, he was a contributor to a wide range of art journals, as well as writing on subjects relating to photography, cinema, and music. Since 2007 his publishing activities have mainly centred on UK Rural Affairs, and the environment however. Though periodically he continues to publish works of art criticism, his most recent publications concern social justice in rural Britain, as well as environmental conservation in the wider European sphere. He has also worked as an academic in several UK universities. Life and career The son of former Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian McKay (historian)
Ian Gordon McKay (born 1953) is a Canadian historian who serves as Chair of the L.R. Wilson Institute for Canadian History at McMaster University. He was formerly a professor at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, where he taught from 1988 to 2015. During his time at Queen's, Ian supervised or co-supervised over 33 doctoral theses and 49 master's theses and cognate essays. His primary interests are Canadian cultural and political history, the economic and social history of Atlantic Canada, historical memory and tourism, and the history of liberalism, both in Canadian and transnational aspects. His long-term project is to write a comprehensive history of the Canadian left. He is the younger brother of poet Don McKay. Education McKay earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Dalhousie University in 1975. His honours essay was entitled ''The Working Class of Metropolitan Halifax, 1850–1889''. He then travelled to Britain to study labour history at the Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian McKay (judge)
Sir Ian Lloyd McKay (7 March 1929 – 20 February 2014) was a Judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand from 1991 to 1997. He became a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1992, and was president of the Electoral Commission from 1997 to 2000. In the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services as a judge of the Court of Appeal and to the law. McKay died on 20 February 2014 in Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metr .... References 1929 births 2014 deaths People from Waipawa 20th-century New Zealand judges Court of Appeal of New Zealand judges New Zealand members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian G
Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, derived from the Hebrew given name (Yohanan, ') and corresponding to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename ''Iain''. It is a popular name in Scotland, where it originated, as well as other English-speaking countries. The name has fallen out of the top 100 male baby names in the United Kingdom, having peaked in popularity as one of the top 10 names throughout the 1960s. In 1900, Ian was the 180th most popular male baby name in England and Wales. , the name has been in the top 100 in the United States every year since 1982, peaking at 65 in 2003. Other Gaelic forms of "John" include "Seonaidh" ("Johnny" from Lowland Scots), "Seon" (from English), "Seathan", and "Seán" and " Eoin" (from Irish). Its Welsh counterpart is Ioan, its Cornish equivalent is Yowan and Breton equivalent is Yann. Notable people named Ian As a first name (alphabetical by family name) *Ian Agol (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iain MacKay (politician)
Iain MacKay (born 1942) is a Canadian former politician, who was the first leader of the Yukon Liberal Party and the first Leader of the Opposition in Yukon. MacKay, a chartered accountant, led the Liberal Party into the 1978 election, the territory's first-ever partisan legislative election, and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon as MLA for Whitehorse Riverdale South. Even though his party lost the election overall, he was ironically the only one of the three party leaders to win his own seat, as both Hilda Watson of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party and Fred Berger of the Yukon New Democratic Party were defeated in their own districts. He resigned as MLA and party leader in 1980, and was succeeded in both roles by Ron Veale. MacKay subsequently moved to Vancouver, British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian MacKaye
Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye (; born April 16, 1962) is an American musician. Active since 1979, he is best known as the co-founder and owner of Dischord Records, a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label and the frontman of hardcore punk band Minor Threat and post-hardcore band Fugazi. MacKaye was also the frontman for the short-lived bands the Teen Idles, Embrace, and Pailhead, a collaboration with the band Ministry. MacKaye is a member of The Evens, a two-piece indie rock group he formed with his wife Amy Farina in 2001Perlah, Jeff. "The Independent". Guitar World. March 2002. and in 2018 formed the band Coriky with Farina and his Fugazi band mate Joe Lally. Along with his seminal band Minor Threat, he is credited with coining the term " straight edge" to describe a personal philosophy that promotes abstinence from alcohol and other drugs, though MacKaye has stated that he did not intend to turn it into a movement. A key figure in the development of hardcore punk an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Mackay (other)
Ian Mackay is the name of: * Ian Mackay (field hockey) (born 1938), Olympic hockey player * Ian Mackay (footballer) (born 1986), Spanish professional footballer * Ian Reay Mackay (born 1922), Australian immunologist * Ian Mackay (rugby league) (born 1952), Australian rugby league player See also * Ian McKay (other) * Iain Mackay (other) Iain Mackay is a field hockey player. Iain Mackay or McKay may also refer to: * Iain Mackay (dancer), of the Birmingham Royal Ballet * Iain Mackay (photographer) from Jorge Aliaga Cacho * Iain MacKay (politician) of Yukon Liberal Party See also ... * Ian MacKaye (born 1962), American singer, musician and producer {{hndis, Mackay, Ian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
