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Metters is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfred Metters (c. 1863–1918), Australian Baptist minister and chaplain during WWI * Chris Metters (born 1990), English professional cricketer * Colin Metters, English conductor, orchestral trainer and conducting pedagogue * Frederick Metters (1858–1937), Australian ironworker and businessman See also * Metters Building, building in Sydney * Metters Limited, Australian manufacturing business founded by Frederick Metters {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Metters
Alfred Metters (c. 1863 – 1 March 1918) was an Australian Baptist minister, remembered for his chaplaincy in South Australia during World War I. History Alfred Metters was born in Melbourne, the youngest child of James Metters (c. 1821 – 2 October 1881), a bricklayer from Cornwall and his wife Susan Metters, née Flux (c. 1824 – 4 July 1875), from the Isle of Wight, who arrived in Victoria some time before December 1854. His brothers Charles Henry Metters (c. 1853–1929), John Thomas Metters (c. 1853–1924) and Frederick Metters (1858–1937) were ironworkers, founders of the Victorian firm of Metters Bros., oven and stove manufacturers. Sometime before 1880, Frederick left for South Australia, where he was associated with the Norwood Baptist Church and there patented his "top fire" stove design in 1891 and founded his own business which eventually became Metters Limited. Metters followed brother Fred to Adelaide on the SS ''Victorian'' in February 1883, and is reported as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Metters
Christopher Liam Metters (born 12 September 1990) is a former professional cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...er who made his first-class debut for Warwickshire County Cricket Club in 2011. He played Minor Counties cricket for Devon from 2008 to 2010. He was born at Torquay, Devon. Metters missed the entire 2012 first-class season due to a shoulder injury. He underwent surgery in July. After failing to recover from a persistent shoulder injury, Metters was released by Warwickshire towards the end of the 2013 season. References External links * 1990 births Living people Cricketers from Torquay Warwickshire cricketers English cricketers Devon cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Metters
Colin Metters, is an English conductor, orchestral trainer and conducting pedagogue. He is Professor of Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in London where he founded the Conductors' Course in 1983. In September 2013, he retired as Head of Studies after serving in the post for 30 years. He remains as Professor of Conducting at the Academy's Postgraduate Conductors' Course. Biography Colin Metters was appointed Music Director of Ballet Rambert when he finished his studies at The Royal College of Music. Subsequently, he was appointed conductor with Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet and conducted for Sadlers Wells on tours in the UK and worldwide and conducted Gala concerts at Covent Garden. He has conducted for many of the world's leading dance companies, most recently for New York City Ballet at The Lincoln Centre. Metters has conducted many of the major symphony orchestras in the United Kingdom and abroad in Poland, Spain, Germany, Australia, Singapore, Venezuela, United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Metters
Frederick Metters (14 May 1858 – 25 September 1937) was an ironworker, founder of the South Australian company which became Metters Limited, of South Australia, Western Australia and New South Wales, known for domestic and industrial cooking ovens and other cooking equipment, and for windpumps. Two of his brothers earlier founded a similarly named company in Victoria, Australia, Victoria known for domestic and industrial cooking ovens. History Fred Metters was born in Melbourne the eighthJoyce Gibberd, 'Metters, Frederick (Fred) (1858–1937)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/metters-frederick-fred-13097/text23695, published first in hardcopy 2005, accessed online 5 January 2017. son of James Metters (c. 1821 – 2 October 1881), a bricklayer from Cornwall who specialized in setting ovens and cooking ranges, and his wife Susan Metters, née Flux (c. 1824 – 4 July 1875), from the I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metters Building
The Metters Building is a heritage-listed office building at 154-158 Elizabeth Street, in the Sydney central business district, in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Robertson and Marks and built by W. Gawne & Sons in 1914. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History The stove manufacturer Metters Limited bought this site, next to the building that was then called the Concordia Hall, from the City of Sydney early in April 1913 for . Later that month ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' announced that architects Robertson & Marks were drawing up plans for "a large four-storey building for showrooms and offices." These plans for a 4-storeyed building were approved in June 1913, but by July the plans had been changed to six storeys. ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' reported that Messrs Robertson & Marks were about to sign a contract to erect "a very fine building of six storeys for Metter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
