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Leitch Manufacturing Co
Leitch ( ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Archibald Leitch, Scottish architect *Barry Leitch, Scottish video game music composer *Bill Leitch, Canadian curler List of teams on the 2011–12 World Curling Tour *Billy Leitch (1895–1963), Irish footballer *Cecil Leitch, English golfer *David Leitch (director), American director and stuntman *David Leitch (politician) (1923–1988), Australian politician * David Leitch (settler) (1753–1794), founder of Leitch's Station, Kentucky *David R. Leitch (born 1948), American politician *Donovan Leitch, known as Donovan, Scottish musician * Donovan Leitch, Jr., actor and the son of the above *George Leitch (died 1907), English actor-manager and dramatist in Australia *Harry Leitch, Scottish squash player *Ione Skye Leitch, known as Ione Skye, actress and daughter of Donovan Leitch * Kellie Leitch (born 1970) Canadian politician * Maurice Leitch, writer *Michael Leitch (born 1988), Japanese rugby union player * Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archibald Leitch
Archibald Keir Leitch (27 April 1865 – 25 April 1939) was a Scottish architect, most famous for his work designing football stadiums throughout Great Britain and Ireland. Early work Born in Glasgow, Leitch's early work was on designing tea factories in Deltota in the former Kandyan Kingdom of Ceylon, as well as factories in his home city and in Lanarkshire, the sole surviving example of which being the category A listed at Jessie Street, Polmadie, south of Glasgow city centre. In 1896 he became a member of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, and later of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He moved into stadium design when he was commissioned to build Ibrox Park, the new home ground of his boyhood heroes Rangers, in 1899. Stadium design Leitch's stadiums were initially considered functional rather than aesthetically elegant, and were clearly influenced by his early work on industrial buildings. Typically, his stands had two tiers, with criss-cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
