John Cruickshank (other)
John Cruickshank (born 1920) is a Scottish banker, former Royal Air Force officer, and a Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross. John Cruickshank may also refer to: *John Cruickshank (mathematician) (1787–1875), Scottish mathematician * John Cruickshank (literary scholar) (1924–1995), Irish scholar of French literature, language, and culture and World War II cryptologist *John D. Cruickshank John D. Cruickshank (born c.1953) is a Canadian newspaper publisher, broadcasting executive, journalist, and diplomat. He is the current Canadian Consulate-General, Chicago, a position he has held since March 2017. He was formerly the chief operatin ...

John Cruickshank
John Alexander Cruickshank VC (born 20 May 1920) is a Scottish former banker, former Royal Air Force officer, and a Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Cruickshank was awarded the VC for sinking a German U-boat and then, despite serious injuries, safely landing his aircraft. He is the last living recipient to have been awarded the VC during the Second World War. Early life Born on 20 May 1920 in Aberdeen, Scotland, Cruickshank was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, Aberdeen Grammar School and Daniel Stewart's College.'The New V.C. Apprentice Banker and Territorial Before the War', ''Scotsman'' (2 September 1944), p. 4. He was apprenticed to the Commercial Bank in Edinburgh. Military service Within a year, on his father's suggestion, he joined the Territorial Army, enlisting in the Royal Artillery in May 1939; he served there until t ...
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John Cruickshank (mathematician)
John Cruickshank (5 July 1787 – 19 November 1875) was a Scottish mathematician. Life He was born at Barnhills farm near Rothiemay on 5 July 1787, the son of James Cruickshank (d.1794), a weaver living on the farm. In 1794, on the death of his father, the family moved to be with an aunt at Knowehead farm in Marnoch. His early years were spent as a shepherd boy and he had little education. From 1803 he studied at Marischal College in Aberdeen and was a Gray bursar. He graduated MA in 1809. In 1814 he did a years Divinity study, supporting himself by working as a private tutor at Haddo House. He then began lecturing in mathematics at Aberdeen. In 1817 he succeeded Prof Robert Hamilton as Professor of Mathematics. In 1823 he reduced the students' Christmas Christmas is an annual festival commemorating Nativity of Jesus, the birth of Jesus, Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people Observance of Chris ...
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John Cruickshank (literary Scholar)
John Cruickshank (18 July 1924, Belfast – 11 July 1995) was an Irish scholar and writer on the French language and French and francophone literature and culture. He was the first professor of French at the University of Sussex; founding the French studies department at that institution in 1962. He was a specialist on French writers Albert Camus, Benjamin Constant, Henry de Montherlant, Alfred de Vigny, Blaise Pascal Blaise Pascal ( , , ; ; 19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic Church, Catholic writer. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen. Pa ..., and Romain Rolland. During World War II he worked as a cryptologist for British military intelligence. Life and career Born in Belfast, Ireland, Cruickshank was the son of a journalist who reporter on Parliament. attended grammar school at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution in his youth. He then stud ...
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