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Millar (surname)
Millar is a surname. It may refer to: People * Alan Millar (born 1947), former head of philosophy at the University of Stirling * Alex Millar (born 1985), British professional poker player * Andrew Millar (1707–1768), British publisher and bookseller * Bill Millar (born 1950), Scottish-born Canadian soccer player * Blair Millar (born 1956), Scottish footballer * Brian Millar (born 1966), Irish cricketer * Charles Vance Millar (1853–1926), Canadian lawyer and financier * Chris Millar (born 1983), Scottish footballer * Craig Millar (ice hockey) (born 1977), Canadian former professional hockey player * Darren Millar (born 1976), Welsh politician * Dave Millar (born 1945), Scottish footballer * David Millar (born 1977), Scottish road racing cyclist * Derek Millar (born 1962), Burmese musician * Duncan Millar (1824–1881), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross * Fergus Millar, British historian * Frederick Millar, 1st Baron Inchyra (1900–1989), British diplomat * Gavin Mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Millar
Alan Millar FRSE (born 14 December 1947) is the former Head of Philosophy at the University of Stirling, Scotland. He earned his PhD at the University of Cambridge and joined the department at Stirling University in 1971. His primary research interests are philosophy of mind and the theory of knowledge. He is a member of the editorial board of ''The Philosophical Quarterly ''The Philosophical Quarterly'' is a quarterly academic journal of philosophy established in 1950 and published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Scots Philosophical Club and the University of St Andrews. Since 2014 its publisher is Oxford Acade ...''. Works * ''Reasons and experience'' (1991) * ''Reason and Nature: Essays in the Theory of Rationality'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2002). Edited with José Luis Bermúdez. * ''Understanding People: Normativity and Rationalizing Explanation'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2004hb, 2008pb). * ''Epistemic Value (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009)'' Edited with Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Millar
Geoffrey Alan Millar (born 22 November 1955) is a former Australian cricketer who played several matches for Western Australia during the early 1980s. From Perth, Millar played at colts level during the late 1970s, generally as an all-rounder. He made his Sheffield Shield debut for Western Australia during the 1981–82 competition, and failed to take a wicket in what was to be his only first-class match. In the match, against Queensland at the WACA Ground in February 1982, he was part of a pace attack that included David Boyd (who he opened the bowling with in the first innings), Mick Malone, and Ken MacLeay. Millar also appeared at List A level several times for Western Australia. In his first match, the third-place playoff of the 1981–82 McDonald's Cup, he took 2/17 and scored 30 runs, and was thus named man of the match. His two further matches both occurred in the following year's tournament. At grade cricket level, Millar played 177 matches for the Mount Lawley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Millar
Maggie Millar (born 6 January 1941) alternatively Maggie Miller, is an Australian former actress, artist, writer, radio personality and public relations officer. She is known for her television series roles in '' Bellbird'', ''The Sullivans'' and ''Prisoner'' (1976, 1981-84). Millar came out of retirement when she was offered a part in ''Neighbours'' in 2002. After a year she was written out of the series and again retired in 2007, except for a brief return in a short film in 2016. Biography Career Millar was born in Sydney, Australia and trained in London, England at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, having won a scholarship to go there. Although she has appeared in pantomime and other theatre, she is best known for her many Australian television appearances. She won the 1976 Logie Award for Best Individual Performance by an Actress for ''Homicide'', and she is best known for appearances in soap opera in shows such as ''Hunter'', ''Division 4'', ''Matlock Police'', ''Cop S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Millar
Liam Alan Millar (born September 27, 1999) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club Basel and the Canada national team. He featured in the youth ranks of Brampton Youth SC and North Mississauga SC before moving to England to join Fulham Academy aged 13. After three years with Fulham, he joined the Liverpool Academy in 2016. Early life Millar was born in Toronto and raised in Brampton and Oakville. He moved to England at the age of 13 for footballing purposes. He began playing soccer at age four with Brampton YSC. Afterwards he played with North Mississauga SC and Burlington YSC. His father played for Charlton Athletic and is an electrician who works on television series, including ''Game of Thrones''. Club career Early career Millar began his career with Brampton Youth SC at the age of four. After two years he joined North Mississauga SC and remained at the club until his move to England. He joined Fulham at the age of 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Millar
Kevin Charles Millar (; born September 24, 1971) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) and is a current analyst for MLB Network. He played in MLB for the Florida Marlins, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, and Toronto Blue Jays from 1998 through 2009. He is currently a host along with Stephen Nelson on the MLB Network show '' Intentional Talk'', and (as of March 2018) the show's companion audio podcast ''Intentional Talk: Caught Listening''. Early life Millar was born in Los Angeles. He attended and played baseball for University High School in West Los Angeles, which won the 3-A City title in 1988 under coach Frank Cruz, during his junior year. He graduated from Hart High School in Santa Clarita, California. He attended and played college baseball for Los Angeles City College and later Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. Under the tutelage of Coach Jim Gilligan, Millar and the Cardinals prospered. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Millar
Penelope Judith Millar (born 1957) is a New Zealand artist, who lives in Auckland, New Zealand and Berlin, Germany. Education Millar received a BFA in 1980 and an MFA from Auckland University's Elam School of Fine Arts in 1983. As recipient of a Scholarship from the Italian Government in 1990, she spent a year in Turin, Italy, where she studied Italian arts of the 1960s and 1970s. Paintings Millar is known for her abstract acrylic and oil paintings. While her works may recall Abstract Expressionist paintings, Millar does not consider her paintings as being 'gestural'. In an interview with Ocula in 2016, she said that,The word that always sets my teeth on edge is ‘gesture.’ Gesture seems like something that comes gushing out from deep inside you. That is not really what I am interested in. My work is much more about drawing; it is about looking and seeing, less about ‘expressing’. I’m using gesture only in the sense that a gesture can communicate something. Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Millar
Joseph Millar is an American poet. He was raised in western Pennsylvania and after an adult life spent mostly in the SF Bay Area and the Northwest, he divides his time between Raleigh, NC and Richmond, CA. Life Millar received a BA degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1967 and an MA degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1970. He has worked as a telephone installation foreman and commercial fisherman and in 1997 gave up this blue collar life to try his hand at teaching. He has poems about fatherhood, labor, relationships and the life of the American man in the 20th Century. His work has appeared in many magazines and journals, including ''The Alaska Quarterly Review'', "DoubleTake," ''Ploughshares'', ''Poetry International'', and ''Prairie Schooner, The Southern Review, TriQuarterly, New LettersRaleigh Reviewand Shenandoah''. He has taught at Mount Hood Community College, Oregon State University. He now teaches in the MFA in Writing Program at Pacific University an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Millar (other)
John Millar may refer to: * John Millar (philosopher) (1735–1801), Scottish philosopher and historian *John Millar, Lord Craighill (1817–1888), Scottish judge * John A. Millar (1855–1915), New Zealand politician *John Millar (Canadian politician) (1866–1950) *John Millar (footballer, born 1923) (1923–1986), Scottish footballer *John Millar (footballer, born 1927) (1927–1991), Scottish footballer *John Millar (footballer, born 1966), Scottish footballer (Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers, Heart of Midlothian) *John Millar (rugby union), Scottish rugby union player *John Millar, Scottish confectioner, see Millar McCowan *John Millar, American spiritual head of Elohim City, Oklahoma *Sandy Millar (John Alexander Kirkpatrick Millar, born 1939), Anglican bishop *John Millar, musician in The Hush Now See also *John Miller (other) *John Millar Andrews (1871–1956), Prime Minister of Northern Ireland *John Millar Watt John Millar Watt (14 October 1895 – 13 December 1975) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Millar (other)
James Millar may refer to: *James Millar (artist) (c. 1735–1805), English portrait painter *James Millar (educationalist) (1893–1989), Scottish educationalist *James Millar (physician) (1762–1827), Scottish physician and editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica *James Millar (Australian actor) (born 1980), Australian actor, singer and writer *James Duncan Millar (1871–1932), Scottish barrister and Liberal, later National Liberal, politician *James R. Millar (1936–2008), American economist *James Millar (loyalist) (born 1966), Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary * James D. Millar (1869–1948), American teacher, bookkeeper, businessman and politician *James Broom Millar, British Foreign Service personnel and media executive *James Millar (judoka), competitor in the 2009 European Judo Championships *James Millar (skier), Paralympian who represented Australia at the Winter Olympics in 2006 and 2010 See also * Jimmy Millar (other) *James Miller (other) James M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Millar
Ian Millar, CM (born 6 January 1947) is a Canadian Equestrian Team athlete for show jumping. He is a two-time winner of the Show Jumping World Cup, and an Olympic silver medalist. Due to his longevity and accomplishments, he is often nicknamed "Captain Canada" in his sport. He holds the record for most Olympic appearances by any athlete in any sport (10). A member of Canada's 2012 Olympic Games team, he broke the record when he took part in his tenth Games in London 2012. Biography Millar was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He operates "Millar Brooke Farm" near the small town of Perth, Ontario, alongside his children Jonathon Millar and Amy Millar, and daughter-in-law Kelly Soleau-Millar. In 1986 he was made a Member of the Order of Canada, and in 1996 was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. In 2013, he was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. He has a degree in business administration from Algonquin College, and received an honorary doctorate from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntly D
Huntly ( gd, Srath Bhalgaidh or ''Hunndaidh'') is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie. It had a population of 4,460 in 2004 and is the site of Huntly Castle. Its neighbouring settlements include Keith and Rothiemay. Both Huntly and the surrounding district of Gordon are named for a town and family that originated in the Border country. Huntly is the historic home of the Gordon Highlanders regiment which traditionally recruited throughout the North-East of Scotland. Huntly has a primary school (Gordon Primary) and a secondary school (The Gordon Schools) beside Huntly Castle. It is the home of the Deans bakers, which produce shortbread biscuits. In November 2007, Deans of Huntly opened their new visitor centre. Four of the owls from the local falconry centre starred in the Harry Potter films. History Settlement around the confluence of the Bogie and Deveron rivers dates back to the Neolithic period. Settlement remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Millar (writer)
George Reid Millar DSO MC (19 September 1910 – 15 January 2005) was a Scottish journalist, soldier, author and farmer. He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) in early 1944 for escaping from Germany while a prisoner of war and making it back to England, which he wrote about in his 1946 book ''Horned Pigeon''. Millar was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and the French '' Légion d'Honneur'' and the '' Croix de Guerre avec Palmes'' for his service as an SOE officer in France in 1944. He recorded his experiences fighting behind the lines with the local Resistance in his 1945 book ''Maquis''; this book, his most well-known, belongs with others written by British servicemen who fought behind enemy lines including '' Ill Met by Moonlight'' by W. Stanley Moss, '' Eastern Approaches'' by Fitzroy Maclean and '' Seven Pillars of Wisdom'' by T. E. Lawrence. Early life Millar was born at Bog Hall p11 in Baldernock, Stirlingshire, the younger son of Thomas Andrew Mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
