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McKnight
McKnight (also MacKnight, Macknight) is a Scottish (Ulster-Scots) surname. It is a derivative of the surname MacNaught/ McNaught. Notable people with the surname include A *Allen McKnight (born 1964), Northern Irish footballer * Angela V. McKnight (born 1977), American politician *Ann McKnight, American film editor * Anna Caulfield McKnight (1866–1947), American lecturer *Anne McKnight (1924–2012), American soprano * Anthony McKnight (1954–2019), American serial killer B *Bailey McKnight (born 1990), Canadian cyclist * Beeban McKnight (1897–1996), New Zealand entertainer *Bert McKnight (1883–1961), Australian rules footballer * Beverly McKnight, Canadian synchronized swimmer * Bill McKnight (1940–2019), Canadian politician *Bob McKnight (1938–2021), Canadian ice hockey player * Brian McKnight (born 1969), American singer-songwriter * Brian E. McKnight (born 1936), American Sinologist, Sung Dynasty C *Cezar McKnight (born 1973), American politician *Chad McKnight (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian McKnight
Brian Kelly McKnight (born June 5, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, radio host and multi-instrumentalist. He is most recognized for his strong head voice, high belting range and melisma. McKnight is known for his songs from albums such as ''Brian McKnight'' (platinum debut), '' Anytime'' and '' Back at One''. His work has earned him 16 Grammy Awards nominations, third only to Zubin Mehta and Snoop Dogg for the record of most Grammy nominations without a win. Early life McKnight was born in Buffalo, New York to Claude McKnight, Jr. and Ruth Elaine Willis. His music experience began in childhood when he became a member of his church choir, which was directed by his grandfather. McKnight explored different genres of music, and in his early teens, he started musical ambitions by composing instrumental material while learning to play several instruments. McKnight formed a band and began performing his original songs at local venues. By the age of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles McKnight
Charles McKnight (October 10, 1750 – November 16, 1791) was an American physician during and after the American Revolutionary War. He served as a surgeon and physician in the Hospital Department of the Continental Army under General George Washington and other subordinate commanders. McKnight was one of the most respected surgeons of his dayHanderson, p. 817.Alexander, p. 143. and was remembered by one colleague as "particularly distinguished as a practical surgeon … at the time of his death (he) was without a rival in that branch of his profession."Nevet, p. 36. Early life McKnight was born in Cranbury Township in the colonial Province of New Jersey in 1750. His only sibling was his younger brother, Richard. His father, also named Charles McKnight, emigrated to the colonies from Ireland sometime around 1740 and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1742.Cameron, p. 55. He became a minister of some note, and was one of the founders and trustees of the College of New Jer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony McKnight
Anthony McKnight (1954 – October 17, 2019) was an American serial killer, rapist, kidnapper, and sex offender. Between September 1985 and January 1986, he attacked ten women in Oakland, California, killing five of them. In 2008, he was found guilty of these murders and sentenced to death, but died awaiting execution in 2019. Early life Little is known about McKnight's early life. He was born in 1954, and enlisted in the United States Army in 1982. He also enlisted in the Navy and later served at Naval Air Station Alameda, located in the San Francisco Bay Area near the cities of Alameda and Oakland. Also in 1982, McKnight was arrested by Oakland police while attempting to rape a girl who refused to have sex with him. He was not convicted and got off with a fine, but his information was entered in a sex offender database and his fingerprints entered in the U.S. criminal database. In 1983 he got married, and had a child. McKnight was known as a lively and friendly man, making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy McKnight
Dorothy “Dottie” B. McKnight worked as the executive director of the United States Women’s Lacrosse Association and the National Association for Girls and Women in Sports, a university professor, a varsity coach, and an advocate for sex equity in athletics. Early life and education McKnight grew up around Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, where she attended Prospect Park High School and graduated in 1953.Maryland State Department of Education, Baltimore. (2000). ''Maryland Women Who Dare: Paving the Way to the New Millennium. Maryland Women's History Display Kit 2000''. Equity Assurance and Compliance Branch, Maryland State Department of Education. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED449105.pdf She earned her bachelor’s degree from Ursinus College and her master’s degree from Temple University. McKnight did post-graduate work at the University of Maryland. Career McKnight began her career as a field hockey, basketball, and softball coach at Interboro High School. She the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen McKnight
Allen Darrell McKnight (born 27 January 1964) is a Northern Irish former international footballer who played professionally in Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, and Hong Kong as a goalkeeper. Club career Born in Antrim, McKnight played youth football for a number of local clubs including Crumlin Boys, Crumlin Rec., and Chimney Corner. He began his senior career in 1984 with Distillery, and he also played for Celtic, Albion Rovers, West Ham United, Airdrieonians, Stockport County, Rotherham United, Walsall, South China and Exeter City. Celtic McKnight signed for Celtic in August 1986, joining up again with his former Distillery teammate Anton Rogan who had arrived at Parkhead a few months earlier. He did not feature in any first-team games in his first year, and was loaned out to Albion Rovers to gain experience of the Scottish game. With the departure of Peter Latchford in the summer of 1987, McKnight rose up in the pecking order at Celtic to second-choice keeper, be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane McKnight
Diane McKnight (born March 22, 1953) is a professor of civil, environmental, and architectural engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder and a fellow at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR). McKnight is a founding principal investigator of the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. Early life and education McKnight received a BS in mechanical engineering (1975), MS in civil engineering (1978), and her PhD in environmental engineering in 1979, all from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Career and impact After completing her graduate studies, McKnight began working for the US Geological Survey (USGS) as a research scientist for the Water Resources Division. As part of her work with USGS, she conducted research on lakes in the blast zone of Mount St. Helens in 1980. In 1996, McKnight transitioned to the University of Colorado – Boulder, where she became one of the found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denny McKnight
Harmar Denny McKnight (April 29, 1848 – May 5, 1900) was an early baseball manager and executive. On October 15, he founded the Allegheny Base Ball Club of Pittsburgh in anticipation of playing in the new American Association. The club then became known as the Pittsburgh Alleghenys (now known as the Pittsburgh Pirates). Biography Personal life Denny was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Robert McKnight, a Republican congressional legislator representing Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district. His brother Woodruff, was an early baseball catcher for the Enterprise Base Ball Club in Pittsburgh. Denny graduated from Lafayette College in 1869. He then became director of an iron manufacturing company in 1876. Pittsburgh Allegheny and the International Association McKnight's career in baseball began in 1876, when he and several local organizers formed the Allegheny Base Ball Club. The founding occurred just twenty days after Pittsburgh lost its bid to join th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill McKnight
William Hunter McKnight (July 12, 1940 – October 4, 2019) was a Canadian politician who served in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1993. During the government of Brian Mulroney, he served in various cabinet roles such as Minister of National Defence and Minister of Agriculture. He also served as the Treaty Commissioner for the Province of Saskatchewan. Biography Born in Wartime, Saskatchewan, he served as Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Minister of National Defence during the first Gulf War, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources and Minister of Labour in the Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney. He was sworn into the Queen's Privy Council for Canada on September 17, 1984. He was the Honorary Chief of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation. A parcel of commercial land in Saskatoon was named after McKnight by the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in recognition of his role in creating federal policy for Land Claims Settl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis McKnight
Dennis Neal McKnight (born September 12, 1959) is an American football coach and former guard who is currently the offensive line coach for the Seattle Sea Dragons He played in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers, Detroit Lions, and the Philadelphia Eagles. McKnight played college football at Drake University. Coaching career McKnight was the running back coach of the Edmonton Eskimos in 2011. On February 1, 2012 Lamar University hired McKnight to take over as the offensive line and special teams coach. McKnight was named offensive line coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on March 1, 2018. He originally joined the organization as special teams coordinator on February 9, 2017. On December 5, 2019 the Houston Roughnecks hired McKnight to take over as the offensive assistant and special teams coach. McKnight was officially hired by the Seattle Sea Dragons The Seattle Sea Dragons (formerly known as the Seattle Dragons) are a professional American footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Caulfield McKnight
Anna Caulfield McKnight (born Cascade, Michigan, November 22, 1866; died Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 18, 1947) was an American traveler, lecturer on art and travel, club woman, woman suffragist, and businesswoman. Her oratory and magic lantern slides taken on her travels made her a well-known lecturer in her time. Early life McKnight was born the daughter of John Caulfield (1838-1919), a prosperous Irish immigrant in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and his wife Esther Egan (1844-1923). The oldest of seven children, she was educated at Sacred Heart Academy in Detroit and the "Harvard Annex" (soon to be Radcliffe College) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At the Harvard Annex she studied art history with scholar Charles Eliot Norton, who encouraged her to study in Europe. In 1892 she left for Europe, where she studied with archaeologist Giovanni Battista de Rossi and spent four years travelling. Early lectures Anna gave her first lectures after joining the Grand Rapids Ladies' Literary Club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian McKnight
Co-founder of Jamaica AIDS Support for Life, Ian McKnight served as Executive Director for this organization from 1991 until 2002. Later he worked as Director of Targeted Interventions and Director for Social Marketing and Public Education with JASL. He then worked as Violence Prevention Specialist and Media and Communications Specialist on JA-STYLE, a USAID-funded/Ministry of Health adolescent reproductive health project. After serving the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC) as its Programmes Manager for three years, he became its Executive Director and held that position from 2009 to 2013. He served as the delegate for Latin America and the Caribbean on UNAIDS' Project Coordinating Board (PCB) 2009–2011. He later served the USAID COMET II Project as its Chief of Party until that project's scheduled end in 2018. Thereafter he worked with the International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Region Hemisphere Region (IPPF-WHR) as its Senior Country Advisor. Toda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DeWayne McKnight
DeWayne Stephen "Blackbyrd" McKnight (born April 17, 1954) is an American guitarist. He was a member of The Headhunters, a jazz-funk fusion band from 1975 through 1978 and Parliament-Funkadelic from 1978 through 2008. He served briefly as guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers after the death of Hillel Slovak in 1988 before being replaced by John Frusciante. He also played briefly with Miles Davis in 1986. Selected discography *1973 Charles Lloyd – '' Geeta'' *1975 Herbie Hancock – ''Flood'' *1975 The Headhunters – ''Survival of the Fittest'' *1977 The Headhunters – ''Straight from the Gate'' *1979 Funkadelic – ''Uncle Jam Wants You'' *1979 Parliament – ''Gloryhallastoopid'' *1979 The Brides of Funkenstein – ''Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy'' *1981 Funkadelic – ''The Electric Spanking of War Babies'' *1983 George Clinton – '' You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish'' *1983 P-Funk All-Stars – ''Urban Dancefloor Guerillas'' *1985 George Clinton – '' Some of My Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
