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MacColl
__NOTOC__ MacColl is a surname from the Scottish Gaelic ”''MacColla''”, meaning "Son of Coll" shared by several notable people: ;Born after 1800 * Evan MacColl (Gaelic poet) (1808-1898), Scots-Canadian Gaelic poet * Hugh MacColl (1837–1909), Scottish logician and author * Malcolm MacColl (1838–1907), British clergyman and publicist * Dugald Sutherland MacColl (1859–1948), Scottish painter and writer ;Born after 1900 * James MacColl (1908–1971), British Member of Parliament * Ewan MacColl (born 'Miller', 1915–1989), British singer-songwriter, actor and playwright ;Born after 1950 * Catriona MacColl (born 1954), English film and television actress * Kirsty MacColl (1959–2000), British singer-songwriter with several top-10 singles on the UK and Irish music charts * Mary-Rose MacColl (born 1961), Australian novelist * Angus MacColl, scottish bagpiper from Benderloch (Oban), who won Gold Medals at both the Northern Meeting and Argyllshire Gat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewan MacColl
James Henry Miller (25 January 1915 – 22 October 1989), better known by his stage name Ewan MacColl, was a folk singer-songwriter, folk song collector, labour activist and actor. Born in England to Scottish parents, he is known as one of the instigators of the 1960s folk revival as well as for writing such songs as "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Dirty Old Town". MacColl collected hundreds of traditional folk songs, including the version of " Scarborough Fair" later popularised by Simon & Garfunkel, and released dozens of albums with A.L. Lloyd, Peggy Seeger and others, mostly of traditional folk songs. He also wrote many left-wing political songs, remaining a steadfast communist throughout his life and engaging in political activism. Early life and early career MacColl was born as James Henry Miller at 4 Andrew Street, in Broughton, Salford, England, to Scottish parents, William Miller and Betsy (née Henry), both socialists. William Miller was an iron moulde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsty MacColl
Kirsty Anna MacColl (10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was a British singer and songwriter, daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl. She recorded several pop hits in the 1980s and 1990s, including "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" and cover versions of Billy Bragg's "A New England" and The Kinks' "Days." Her song " They Don't Know" was covered with great success by Tracey Ullman. MacColl also sang on recordings produced by her then-husband Steve Lillywhite, most notably "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues. Her death in 2000 has led to the Justice for Kirsty campaign. Early life and career Kirsty MacColl was the daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl (1915–1989) and dancer Jean Newlove (1923–2017). Her father was born in England of Scottish parents. MacColl and her older brother, Hamish MacColl, grew up with their mother in Croydon, where she attended Park Hill Primary School, Monks Hill High School and John Newnham High School, making appearances in s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maccoll
__NOTOC__ MacColl is a surname from the Scottish Gaelic ”''MacColla''”, meaning "Son of Coll" shared by several notable people: ;Born after 1800 * Evan MacColl (Gaelic poet) (1808-1898), Scots-Canadian Gaelic poet * Hugh MacColl (1837–1909), Scottish logician and author * Malcolm MacColl (1838–1907), British clergyman and publicist * Dugald Sutherland MacColl (1859–1948), Scottish painter and writer ;Born after 1900 * James MacColl (1908–1971), British Member of Parliament * Ewan MacColl (born 'Miller', 1915–1989), British singer-songwriter, actor and playwright ;Born after 1950 * Catriona MacColl (born 1954), English film and television actress * Kirsty MacColl (1959–2000), British singer-songwriter with several top-10 singles on the UK and Irish music charts * Mary-Rose MacColl (born 1961), Australian novelist * Angus MacColl, scottish bagpiper from Benderloch (Oban), who won Gold Medals at both the Northern Meeting and Argyllshire Gat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan MacColl (Gaelic Poet)
Evan MacColl ( gd, "Eòghann MacColla"; 1808–1898) was a Scottish-born bilingual poet in both Canadian Gaelic and Canadian English. He is commonly known in his native language as Bàrd Loch Fìne (the "Poet of Loch Fyne"). Later he became known as "the Gaelic Bard of Canada". Early life Evan MacColl was born at Kenmore on the banks of Loch Fyne, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on 21 September 1808 when the area was thoroughly Gaelic speaking. His father was Dugald MacColl who was possessed of "the richest store of Celtic song of any man living in his part of the country." Alexander Mackenzie, 'Evan MacColl – the Bard of Loch Fyne', in ''The Celtic Magazine'', Inverness: A & W Mackenzie, 1881, Volume VI, p.54. This is a three part biography: (1) No. LXII, December 1880, pp,. 54–58; (2) No. LXIII, January 1881, pp. 95–103; (3) No. LXIV, February 1881, pp. 139–145 (an extract from MacColl's diary for 1838–39 of a tour of the Highlands). His mother, Mary Cameron, "was noted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm MacColl
Malcolm MacColl (27 March 1831 – 5 April 1907) was a Scottish cleric and publicist, noted for his views on Islam and the Eastern Question. Early life MacColl was a native Scots Gaelic speaker, the son of a poor crofter or labourer in Glenfinnan. His father died when he was still a boy. Despite difficulties, MacColl succeeded in obtaining an education. He claimed Jacobite descent, and seems early to have adopted High Church Anglican views. He won a place at Trinity College, Glenalmond, for the Scottish Episcopal ministry, and was ordained a priest of the Episcopal Church in 1857. In May 1858 MacColl approached William Ewart Gladstone in a letter warning him about measures against High Church bishops in the Scottish Episcopal Church, also alluding to his own financial circumstances. He tenaciously continued the correspondence, and eventually managed to meet Gladstone. There developed a lifelong friendship and political alliance. Gladstone secured preferment for his protégé, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh MacColl
Hugh MacColl (before April 1885 spelled as Hugh McColl; 1831–1909) was a Scottish mathematician, logician and novelist. Life MacColl was the youngest son of a poor Highland family that was at least partly Gaelic-speaking. Hugh's father died when he was still an infant, and Hugh was educated largely thanks to the efforts of his elder brother Malcolm MacColl, an Episcopalian clergyman and friend and political ally of William Ewart Gladstone. Early in his acquaintanceship with Gladstone, Malcolm MacColl persuaded the Liberal politician to provide funds for Hugh's education at Oxford. It was proposed to send him to Oxford University's St. Edmund Hall, but Gladstone made this conditional on Hugh MacColl agreeing to take orders in the Church of England. Hugh MacColl refused this condition and, as a result, never obtained a university education, which may have limited his contribution to philosophy, and certainly prevented him from ever obtaining a formal academic position. After a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catriona MacColl
Catriona MacColl (born 3 October 1954) is an English actress who has worked extensively in both film and television across Europe. She is best known for her work in Italian horror films, as she has appeared in Lucio Fulci's ''City of the Living Dead'' (1980), '' The Beyond'' (1981) and ''The House by the Cemetery'' (1981). Early life MacColl was born in London on 3 October 1954. In her youth, she trained professionally as a ballerina from the age of five, attending the Royal Ballet School. As a young adult, MacColl suffered a foot injury that prevented her from continuing her career path in dancing. Career MacColl is recognised for her work on European television and film, mainly in Italy. She has gained somewhat of a cult status, by horror fans, because of her career as an Italian horror actress. MacColl began her career in the late 1970s, making her debut in the French romantic drama ''Le dernier amant romantique'', in which she received a small role. In 1979, she received h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary-Rose MacColl
Mary-Rose MacColl (born 1961) is an Australian novelist. MacColl's first novel, ''No Safe Place'', was shortlisted for the 1995 Australian/Vogel Literary Award. In the 2016 Queensland Literary Awards, she won The Courier-Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award for her novel ''Swimming Home''. She was nominated again in the 2017 Queensland Literary Awards in The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award for ''For a Girl''. MacColl is a graduate in journalism from the Queensland University of Technology. She has contributed two essays to the ''Griffith Review''. Firstly"The Birth Wars"for the issue, MoneySexPower, and more recently,The Water of Life for The Novella Project/Annual Fiction Edition. At the 2022 Queensland Literary Awards The Queensland Literary Awards is an awards program established in 2012 by the Queensland literary community, funded by sponsors and administered by the State Library of Queensland. Like the former Queens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James MacColl
James Eugene MacColl (27 June 1908 – 17 June 1971) was a British Labour politician. He was the younger son of Hugo MacColl, a master marine engineer. At the age of 12 he was orphaned. MacColl was educated at Sedbergh School and Balliol College, Oxford. At Oxford he became secretary of the University Labour club. He graduated with degrees in philosophy, politics and economics.''Obituary: Mr James MacColl, Labour MP for Widnes'', The Times, 18 June 1971, p.18 Following his graduation he received a Commonwealth Fund fellowship and spent two years at Chicago University in the United States. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1933, and practiced on the North East Circuit. He subsequently moved to Paddington, London, and became a member of the borough council. He was mayor of Paddington in 1947 - 1949. His interest in education led to him being co-opted on to the London County Council education committee from 1936 to 1946. He was appointed a justice of the peace in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus MacColl
Angus MacColl is a Scottish bagpipe player. Life He was born in Benderloch, near Oban, and initially learnt the pipes from his father. MacColl is descended from a number of famous pipers, including John MacColl. His son Angus J. MacColl is also a competitive piper. He teaches at the Oban High School. Career MacColl won Gold Medals at both the Northern Meeting The Northern Meeting is a gathering held in Inverness, Scotland, best known for its solo bagpiping competition in September. History The Northern Meeting was set up in 1798 "for the purpose of promoting a Social Intercourse", and early editions ... and Argyllshire Gathering. He also won the former winners Clasp at the Northern Meeting, several Ceòl Beag prizes, and the Metro Cup, in 2012. Additionally, he won the Glenfiddich Championships four times, in 1995, 2006, 2010 and 2015. He played with the Spirit of Scotland Pipe Band when it formed in 2008 and 2016. References {{DEFAULTSORT:MacColl, Angus Grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dugald Sutherland MacColl
Dugald Sutherland MacColl (10 March 1859 – 21 December 1948) was a Scottish watercolour painter, art critic, lecturer and writer. He was keeper of the Tate Gallery for five years. Life MacColl was born in Glasgow and educated at the University of London and the University of Oxford between 1876 and 1884. He also studied at the Westminster School of Art and the Slade School under Alphonse Legros between 1884 and 1892. Although an accomplished watercolourist, he is best remembered as a writer and lecturer on art. From 1890 to 1895 he was art critic for ''The Spectator'', and for the '' Saturday Review'' from 1896 to 1906. MacColl became a member of the New English Art Club in 1896, and edited the ''Architectural Review'' from 1901 to 1905. He published the authoritative book, ''Nineteenth Century Art'', in 190and his biography ''Philip Wilson Steer'' was awarded the 1945 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. In his journalism and books he was a major advocate of the French Impr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan Donald
Clan Donald, also known as Clan MacDonald ( gd, Clann Dòmhnaill; Mac Dòmhnaill ), is a Highland Scottish clan and one of the largest Scottish clans. The Lord Lyon King of Arms, the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in that country, issuing new grants of coats of arms, and serving as the judge of the Court of the Lord Lyon, recognises under Scottish law the ''High Chief of Clan Donald''. Historically the chiefs of the Clan Donald held the title of Lord of the Isles until 1493 and two of those chiefs also held the title of Earl of Ross until 1476. There are also numerous branches to the Clan Donald and several of these have chiefs recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms; these are: Clan Macdonald of Sleat, Clan Macdonald of Clanranald, Clan MacDonell of Glengarry, Clan MacDonald of Keppoch, and Clan MacAlister. There are also notable historic branches of Clan Donald without chiefs so-recognised, these are: the Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg, Clan MacDona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
