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Leckie
Leckie is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ann Leckie * Bill Leckie * Campbell Leckie * Carolyn Leckie * Charles Leckie, Scottish footballer * David Leckie * James Leckie, Australian rugby union referee * Jim Leckie, New Zealand athlete * John Leckie * John Leckie (Australian politician) * John Leckie (footballer), Scottish footballer * Mathew Leckie, Australian footballer * Robert Leckie (author) * Robert Leckie (aviator) * Robert Leckie (footballer) * Robert Gilmour Leckie, Canadian mining engineer * Ross Leckie (Scottish writer) * Stephen Leckie, Scottish businessman * Chris Leckie Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, Christine, and Christos. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however it is not as common. People with the given name * Chris Abani (born 1966), N ..., Lyrical Miracle See also * Leckie Range (other) * Lecky {{surname, Leckie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathew Leckie
Mathew Allan Leckie (born 4 February 1991) is an Australian footballer who plays for Melbourne City FC in the A-League and the Australian national team (for whom he has previously been the captain). Leckie, being a quick and agile player, is usually placed on the wing. However, he has previously been deployed as a midfielder, striker/second striker and even as a wing-back. Club career Early life As a child growing up in Melbourne's Western Suburbs, Leckie actually aspired to play Australian rules football, his family supporting Essendon and Box Hill, however at 11 years old a change to a school in Sunshine North with a more multicultural student body and close friends inspired him to take up football and he "never looked back". Leckie was a member of Victorian State League Division 1 outfit, Bulleen Lions until 2 September 2009, where Leckie was signed to Adelaide United for a two-year professional contract. Adelaide United He made his A-League debut on 18 September for Ade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Leckie (aviator)
Air Marshal Robert Leckie, (16 April 1890 – 31 March 1975) was an air officer in the Royal Air Force and the Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1944 to 1947. He initially served in the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War, where he became known as one of "the Zeppelin killers from Canada", after shooting down two airships. During the inter-war period he served as a Royal Air Force squadron and station commander, eventually becoming the RAF's Director of Training in 1935, and was Air Officer Commanding RAF Mediterranean from 1938 until after the beginning of the Second World War. In 1940 he returned to Canada where he was primarily responsible for the Commonwealth Air Training Plan, transferring to the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942. Early life and background Leckie was born in Glasgow, Scotland, where his father and grandfather were weavers. In 1909 his family emigrated to Canada, where he worked for his uncle John Leckie while living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gilmour Leckie
Robert Gilmour Leckie (23 August 1833 – 5 November 1914) was a Scottish-born Canadian major who may almost be described as the father of mining engineering in Canada. He had a long and professional career as a mining engineer in the Canadian provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia and Ontario, during which time he had contributed technical articles to mining publications. Personal life Leckie was born to Robert Leckie and Margaret Gilmour in Renfrewshire, Scotland on August 23, 1833. He attended the High School of Glasgow and Glasgow Technical College. In 1856, he came to Montreal, Quebec where he was associated with a shipbuilding enterprise for a time. Leckie took a great interest in military affairs during his later years in life and held a commission as lieutenant in a rifle company raised in the Eastern Townships during the 1866–1871 Fenian raids. In 1882, he was gazetted major in the 53rd Sherbrooke Battalion, with which regiment he remained for several years. By 1894, Leck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Leckie
John William Leckie (born 23 October 1949) is an English record producer and recording engineer. His production credits include Magazine's ''Real Life'' (1978), XTC's ''White Music'' (1978) and Dukes of Stratosphear's '' 25 O'Clock'' (1985), the Stone Roses' ''The Stone Roses'' (1989), the Verve's '' A Storm in Heaven'' (1993), Radiohead's '' The Bends'' (1995), Cast's ''All Change'' (1995), Muse's ''Origin of Symmetry'' (2001) and the Levellers' ''We the Collective'' (2018). Early life Born in Paddington, London, Leckie was educated at the Quintin School, a grammar school in North West London, then Ravensbourne college of Art and Design in Bromley. After leaving school, he worked for United Motion Pictures as an audio assistant. Career Leckie began work at Abbey Road Studios on 15 February 1970 as a tape operator, later graduating to balance engineer and record producer. During his early career he worked as a tape operator with artists such as George Harrison (''All Things ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Leckie (author)
Robert Hugh Leckie (December 18, 1920 – December 24, 2001) was a United States Marine and an author of books about the military history of the United States, sports books, fiction books, autobiographies, and children's books. As a young man, he served with the 1st Marine Division during World War II; his service as a machine gunner and a scout during the war greatly influenced his work. Leckie's war memoir, ''Helmet for My Pillow'', along with Eugene B. Sledge's book ''With the Old Breed'', formed the basis for the HBO series '' The Pacific'' (2010), the follow-up series to '' Band of Brothers''. In the miniseries, Leckie is portrayed by James Badge Dale. Early life and education Leckie was born on December 18, 1920, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to an Irish Catholic family of eight children. He grew up in Rutherford, New Jersey. Early career and military service He began his career as a writer in high school, as a sports writer for ''The Bergen Evening Record'' in H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Leckie
Ann Leckie (born 2 March 1966) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. Her 2013 debut novel ''Ancillary Justice'', in part about artificial consciousness and gender-blindness, won the 2014 Hugo Award for "Best Novel", as well as the Nebula Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the BSFA Award. The sequels, ''Ancillary Sword'' and ''Ancillary Mercy'', each won the Locus Award and were nominated for the Nebula Award. ''Provenance'', published in 2017, is also set in the ''Imperial Radch'' universe. Leckie's first fantasy novel, ''The Raven Tower'', was published in February 2019. Career Having grown up as a science fiction fan in St. Louis, Missouri, Leckie's attempts in her youth to get her science fiction works published were unsuccessful. One of her few publications from that time was an unattributed bodice-ripper in '' True Confessions''. After giving birth to her children in 1996 and 2000, boredom as a stay-at-home mother motivated her to sketch a first draft of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Leckie
David John Leckie (4 May 195120 July 2021) was an Australian media manager, best known as a network television executive. Leckie was he the chief executive officer of the Network Nine between 1990 and 2001 and Seven West Media from 2003 to 2012. Afterwards he was for four years an executive director at Seven Group Holdings, which holds investments in Seven West, earthmoving company WesTrac and the Agricultural Bank of China. Early life and education Leckie was born in Sydney on 4 May 1951. His father, Ron, was head of the transport division at Unilever; his mother was Joyce. He was their first child, and he had two brothers, Stuart and Ian. Leckie was raised on the North Shore, and attended Newington College from 1962 to 1968. He then studied at Macquarie University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in economic and financial studies. Afterwards he travelled around Europe, where he also worked for Saatchi & Saatchi in London. Career Leckie joined in 1977 the Melbourne b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Leckie
James George Leckie (9 October 1903 – 25 June 1982) was a New Zealand track and field athlete who won a bronze medal at the 1938 British Empire Games. Early life and family Born at Blueskin Bay, north of Dunedin, on 9 October 1903, Leckie was the son of William Gunn Leckie and Helen Cameron Leckie (née Farquharson). He married Daisy Isabella McIntyre on 22 August 1934, and they went on to have three children. Athletics Leckie was a four-time winner of the New Zealand hammer throw title at the national amateur athletics championships, in 1932, 1945, 1946, and 1948. Selected to represent New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Leckie was his team's flagbearer at the opening ceremony. He won the bronze medal in the men's hammer throw, with a best distance of . Leckie was also entered for the men's discus, but did not start. Twelve years later at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, Leckie was the New Zealand team captain. He placed seventh in the men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Leckie (Scottish Writer)
Peter Ross Leckie (born 6 May 1957) is a Scottish writer of historical novels, best known for his ''Carthage'' trilogy. Biography Leckie attended Drumtochty Castle Preparatory School and Fettes College. He studied classics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he was also President of the Junior Common Room. He met Vera Wülfing, a student of languages from Germany, and they married in 1979. They moved to Scotland in 1981. The couple had four children. In 1995 Leckie married Sophie Drinkall, and they had six children. They divorced in 2019. Works Carthage Trilogy # ''Hannibal'' (also as ''Hannibal: A novel'') # ''Scipio Africanus'' (also as ''Scipio: A novel'') # ''Carthage'' Non-fiction * ''The Bluffer's Guide to The Classics'' * ''Grampian Grampian ( gd, Roinn a' Mhonaidh) was one of nine former local government regions of Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Leckie
Carolyn Leckie (born 5 March 1965) is a Scottish politician. She was a member of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP), and held a number of senior positions in the party, but has since left the SSP. From 2003 to 2007 she was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Central Scotland region, having been elected on the SSP list. Biography Leckie was born on 5 March 1965 and grew up in Glasgow, the daughter of a shipyard worker. She now lives in East Kilbride. Before she became an MSP she was a midwife and a local union leader who represented thousands of hospital workers in Glasgow. Campaigning Just before election to Holyrood, she led several victorious strikes against low pay - the most recent involving 300 ancillary workers against the French multinational, Sodexho. As an MSP she was a strong supporter of the Nursery Nurses campaigning for higher pay. On 20 May 2004, after attempting to raise a point of order about the strike at a time that the Presiding Officer det ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Leckie (Australian Politician)
John William Leckie (14 October 187225 September 1947) was an Australian politician. He served as a Senator for Victoria from 1935 to 1947, having previously been a member of the House of Representatives from 1917 to 1919 and the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1913 to 1917. Early life Leckie was born at Alexandra, Victoria and educated at Scotch College, Melbourne. He played Australian rules football for Fitzroy Football Club (then in the Victorian Football Association) in 1895. He studied medicine at the University of Melbourne for two years, but after falling out with his father he prospected for gold in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and played football in Fremantle. In 1897, he returned to Alexandra to run the family store, his father having died. In April 1898, he married May Beatrix Johnston. His wife died in 1910 and he moved to Melbourne in 1912 and co-founded a firm of lithographic printers and canister manufacturers. He married Hattie Martha Knight in April 1917 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Leckie
Bill Leckie is a Scottish sports journalist and broadcaster who currently writes for the Scottish edition of '' The Sun'' newspaper. Leckie also does commentary on Scottish Football League matches for BBC Radio Scotland and makes regular contributions on Talksport and BBC Radio 5 Live. In 2010, Bill Leckie was nominated for 'Journalist of the Year' at the Stonewall Awards for an article he wrote on the gay Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas. The nomination was withdrawn following criticisms from trans campaigners who objected to articles Leckie has written mocking a bingo night for drag queens and arguing against taxpayer-funded gender reassignment surgery for prisoners. He grew up in the Foxbar Foxbar is a district of Paisley, bordered by the Gleniffer Braes and Paisley town centre. Consisting mostly of residential areas, Foxbar has rapidly grown over the past century to be one of the largest housing areas in the town. An area of low ... area and was a childhood fan of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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