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Legge is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Legge (1866–1933), US businessman, president of International Harvester *Anthony Legge (1939–2013), British archaeologist specialized in zooarchaeology *Arthur Kaye Legge KCB (1766–1835), Royal Navy officer *Arthur Legge (British Army officer) (1800–1890), British soldier and politician *Arthur Legge (footballer) (1881–1941), Australian sportsman *Augustus Legge (1839–1913), bishop of Lichfield from 1891 until 1913 *Barnwell R. Legge (1891–1949), US Army officer and WWII Military Attaché to Switzerland *Barry Legge (born 1954), retired Canadian ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League *Charles A. Legge (born 1930), former United States federal judge *Charles Legge (1829–1881), Canadian civil engineer and patent solicitor *David Legge (born 1954), Australian rules footballer with St Kilda *Dominica Legge (1905–1986), British scholar of the Anglo-Norman language * Dominique de ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alexander Legge
Alexander Legge (January 13, 1866 – December 3, 1933) was a prominent American business executive, serving as president of International Harvester from 1922 to 1933. He performed public service during World War I on the War Industries Board and at the Versailles Peace Conference, and again during the Great Depression on the Federal Farm Board. Early life Legge was born January 13, 1866, in Dane County, Wisconsin, Dane County, Wisconsin, to Alexander and Christine (née Fraser) Legge. His parents and older sister Christina had emigrated to Wisconsin from Scotland in 1857. Legge and his family moved to Colfax County, Nebraska, in 1876 where his father went into the cattle business. Legge worked with his father in farming and later tried his hand as a cowboy in Wyoming. Because of a lung condition, Legge was forced to find a job that would allow him to be outdoors, but would not expose him to dust or extremely cold temperatures.Crissey, Forest, ''Alexander Legge'' 1866-1933, Private ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Geoffrey Legge
Geoffrey Bevington Legge (26 January 1903 – 21 November 1940) was an English first-class cricketer who played in five Test matches between 1927 and 1930. He was born at Bromley, Kent and died at Brampford Speke, Devon in a flying accident while serving in the Fleet Air Arm during World War II. Family and background Legge was the elder son of Henry B. Legge, a "paper agent", and his wife Edith. The couple are listed in the 1911 census as living at Sundridge Avenue, Bromley, Kent, with the family of five supplemented by five live-in servants. By the time of Geoffrey Legge's marriage on 19 September 1929 to Rosemary Frost, the family is recorded as living at Baston Manor, Hayes, Kent. Rosemary Frost was a fine tennis player, who beat Suzanne Lenglen at Queen's in one final. Early cricket and Oxford Legge was educated at Malvern, where he was captain of the cricket team in 1922. ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanacks annual review of public school cricket praised his "beautiful off-sid ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Matthew Legge
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Matthew may refer to: * Matthew (given name) * Matthew (surname) * ''Matthew'' (ship), the replica of the ship sailed by John Cabot in 1497 * ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith * Matthew (elm cultivar), a cultivar of the Chinese Elm ''Ulmus parvifolia'' Christianity * Matthew the Apostle, one of the apostles of Jesus * Gospel of Matthew, a book of the Bible See also * Matt (given name), the diminutive form of Matthew * Mathew, alternative spelling of Matthew * Matthews (other) * Matthew effect * Tropical Storm Matthew (other) The name Matthew was used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, replacing Mitch after 1998. * Tropical Storm Matthew (2004) - Brought heavy rain to the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, causing light damage but no deaths. * Tropical Storm Matt ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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John Williamson Legge
John Williamson Legge (3 April 1917 – 29 October 1996), was an Australian scientist and activist. History Legge was born at 18 Beaver Street, East Malvern, Victoria the only son of (Congregationalist) Rev. G(eorge) A(lexander) Williamson Legge (1871 – 22 March 1931) and his wife Florence Legge, née Laver. He was educated at Geelong College and the University of Melbourne. The year of his graduating BSc is not known, but he completed 3rd year Chemistry in 1935. He moved to Sydney to work under Dr "Rudi" Lemberg at the Kolling Institute of Medical Research under a grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) studying blood pigment metabolism. By 1939 he was thinking seriously about air-raid precautions, including gas attacks on civilians. From 1942 to 1946 Legge worked with the Australian Chemical Warfare Research & Experimental Section on research into protective clothing and other aspects of defence against chemical warfare attacks in tropical cond ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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James Legge
James Legge (; 20 December 181529 November 1897) was a Scottish linguist, missionary, sinologist, and translator who was best known as an early translator of Classical Chinese texts into English. Legge served as a representative of the London Missionary Society in Malacca and Hong Kong (1840–1873) and was the first Professor of Chinese at Oxford University (1876–1897). In association with Max Müller he prepared the monumental ''Sacred Books of the East'' series, published in 50 volumes between 1879 and 1891. Early life James Legge was born at Huntly, Aberdeenshire. He enrolled in Aberdeen Grammar School at age 13 and then King's College, Aberdeen at age 15. He then continued his studies at Highbury Theological College, London. Mission to China and family Legge went, in 1839, as a missionary to China, but first stayed at Malacca three years, in charge of the Anglo-Chinese College there. The College was subsequently moved to Hong Kong, where Legge lived for nearly thirt ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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James Gordon Legge
Lieutenant General James Gordon Legge, (15 August 1863 – 18 September 1947) was an Australian Army senior officer who served in the First World War and was the Chief of the General Staff, Australia's highest ranking army officer between 1914 and 1915 and again from 1917 to 1920. His son, Stanley Ferguson Legge, reached the rank of major general. Early life and career James Gordon Legge was born in Hackney, London, England, on 15 August 1863, the eldest of eight sons. The family migrated to Australia in 1878. He was educated at Cranleigh School in Surrey, England, and Sydney Grammar School. Legge graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts in 1884, Master of Arts in 1887 and a Bachelor of Law in 1890. Legge taught at Sydney Boys High School from 1886 to 1890 when he stood down to practice law, being admitted to the bar in New South Wales on 6 March 1891. One fruit of his legal career was ''Supreme Court Cases in New South Wales from 1825 to 1862'', soon t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Humphry Legge, 8th Earl Of Dartmouth
Humphry Legge, 8th Earl of Dartmouth, (14 March 1888 – 16 October 1962) was a British peer and police officer. Legge was the youngest son of the William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth. During the First World War, he served as a commander with the Royal Navy and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1919 and mentioned in despatches. On 10 April 1923, he married Roma Ernestine Horlick, the eldest daughter of Sir Ernest Horlick, 2nd Baronet. Together they had two children, Gerald Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth (1924–1997), and Hon. Heather Margaret Mary (born 1925, married Rognvald Herschell, 3rd Baron Herschell). In 1932, Legge was appointed chief constable of Berkshire Constabulary after having been assistant chief constable of Staffordshire Constabulary from 1928 to 1932. In the 1946 New Years Honours, Legge was awarded the King's Police and Fire Services Medal (KPFSM). In 1947, he was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. He retired as Chief Constable i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Henry Legge (courtier)
Colonel Sir Henry Charles Legge (4 November 1852 – 20 June 1924) was a British soldier and courtier. Legge was the second son of William Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth, and his wife Augusta (née Lady Augusta Finch), and was therefore entitled to the style "The Honourable". He was educated at Eton College and commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1872. He retired from the Army in 1899. He served as an equerry in the Royal Household from 1893 to 1915, when he became Paymaster to the King's Household and an extra equerry to the king. He retired in 1920. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in 1910 and was promoted to Knight Grand Cross (GCVO) in the 1920 Birthday Honours. Family Legge married Amy Gwendoline Lambart (1852–1927) in 1884. They had two children, Victoria Alexandrina Stella Legge (1885–1965) and Nigel Walter Henry Legge (1889–1914), who legally changed his name to Nigel Walter Legge-Bourke by Royal Licence on 26 April 191 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Henry Bilson-Legge
Henry Bilson-Legge (29 May 1708 – 23 August 1764) was an English statesman. He notably served three times as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 1750s and 1760s. Background and education Bilson-Legge was the fourth son of William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth, by his wife Lady Anne, daughter of Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. Political career He became private secretary to Sir Robert Walpole. In 1739 was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland by the Lord Lieutenant, William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire; being chosen Member of Parliament for the borough of East Looe in 1740, and for Orford, Suffolk, at the general election in the succeeding year. Legge only shared temporarily in the downfall of Walpole, and became in quick succession Surveyor-General of Woods and Forests, a Lord of the Admiralty, and a Lord of the Treasury. In 1748 he was sent as envoy extraordinary to Frederick the Great, and although his conduct in Berl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Heneage Legge (1845–1911)
Colonel The Honourable Heneage Legge (3 July 1845 – 1 November 1911) was a British soldier and Conservative politician. Legge was the fifth son of William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth, by his second wife the Honourable Frances, daughter of George Barrington, 5th Viscount Barrington. William Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth was his half-brother and the Right Reverend Augustus Legge his full brother. Legge was a Captain in the Coldstream Guards and a Colonel in the 9th Lancers. At the 1900 general election he was returned to parliament for St George's Hanover Square. He was re-elected in January 1906, but resigned from the Commons on 11 June 1906 by accepting the post of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds Appointment to the position of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds is a procedural device to allow Members of Parliament to resignation from the British House of Commons, resign from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. S .... Legge died unmarried in N ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Heneage Legge (1788–1844)
The Honourable Heneage Legge (29 February 1788 – 12 December 1844), was a British Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of .... Legge was the second son of George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth, by Lady Frances Finch, daughter of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford. William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth, and General the Hon. Arthur Legge (British Army officer), Arthur Legge were his brothers. Legge was returned to parliament for Banbury (UK Parliament constituency), Banbury in 1819, a seat he held until 1826, when he was succeeded by his younger brother, Arthur. He also served as a Commissioner of Customs. Legge married Mary (née Johnstone) in 1821. He died in December 1844, aged 56. His wife survived him by four years and died in June 1848. References ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gordon Legge
Gordon Ernest Legge (born January 22, 1948) is currently the Distinguished McKnight University Professor and former chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota. Legge is the director othe Minnesota Laboratory for Low-Vision Research Legge received a bachelor's degree in Physics from MIT in 1971, and a master's degree in Astronomy from Harvard in 1972. In 1976, Legge obtained his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Harvard under the direction of R.J.W. Mansfield. Legge did his postdoctoral training with Fergus Campbell at the Physiological Laboratory, Cambridge University. In 1977, Legge joined the faculty of thUniversity of Minnesota Legge studies the roles of vision in reading, object recognition, and spatial navigation. Legge's major research interest is in reading with normal vision and low vision (visual impairment). Legge is the author of a series of papers known as the "Psychophysics Psychophysics quantitatively investigates the relationship be ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |