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MacRae (surname)
MacRae is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Alexander MacRae (c. 1888–1938), Australian entrepreneur and clothing manufacturer * Alistair Macrae (b. 1957), Australian clergyman * Allan MacRae (1902–1997), American theologian * Andrew MacRae (soccer) (born 1990), Canadian soccer player * Angus MacRae (b.1967) Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland 2018 * Bill Macrae, British musician * Calum MacRae (b. 1980), rugby union coach * Callum Macrae, Scottish journalist and film maker * Danny MacRae, Scottish shinty player * Dave MacRae (b. 1940), New Zealand keyboardist * Donald MacRae (1916–2006), Canadian astronomer * Donnchadh MacRath, also known as Duncan MacRae of Inverinate, 17th-century poet * Duncan Macrae (rugby union) (1914–2007) Scottish rugby union player * Duncan MacRae (rugby league) (1934–2019), New Zealand rugby league player * Duncan Macrae (actor) (1905–1967), Scottish actor and comedian * Ebenezer James MacR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander MacRae
Alexander John MacRae (25 December 1889 – 30 November 1938) was a sports entrepreneur and clothing manufacturer. Born in Scotland, he emigrated to Australia where, in 1914, he founded the company that became the swimwear giant Speedo. Biography Early life MacRae was born on Christmas Day 1889 in Applecross, Ross, Scotland, the son of Murdo and Mary MacRae. In 1910, he immigrated to Australia. Career It was in 1914 that he founded the hosiery Hosiery, also referred to as legwear, describes garments worn directly on the feet and legs. The term originated as the collective term for products of which a maker or seller is termed a hosier; and those products are also known generically as ... company MacRae Knitting Mills in Regent St Sydney, Australia. In 1918, the company moved into a larger factory in Camperdown. The company was growing quickly, which required more space to manufacture what was becoming an icon of Australia. In 1928, a competition was held to see who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Fordyce MacRae
Emma Fordyce MacRae (April 27, 1887, Vienna – August 6, 1974) was an American representational painter. She was a member of the Philadelphia Ten, a group of women artists who worked and exhibited together. Her work — including still lifes and paintings of women — shows the influence of Asian flower paintings and of Georges-Pierre Seurat, Seurat. Biography MacRae grew up in New York City, where she attended Miss Chapin's School and the Brearley School. She enrolled at the Art Students League in 1911, studying first with Frank DuMond and Kenneth Hayes Miller, and beginning in 1915, with Luis Mora, Ernest Blumenschein, and John French Sloan. She also attended one of Robert Reid (painter), Robert Reid's summer courses. MacRae's painting, "Green Jade," was shown at the Anderson galleries in 1928, at an exhibit of artist members of the American Woman's Association. Many exhibitions and gallery showings followed. In 1937, MacRae's painting "A Persian Girl," was listed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Macrae
Joshua J Macrae (born 1964 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an English drummer, audio engineer and record producer. Starting with a snare drum & hi hat in Primrose Hill Primary orchestra then from school punk band in Cornwall "Inconvenience" he left school & toured Europe with local band "Metro Glider". Upon return he moved to Bath & became a founder member of "Still Life", later renamed "Wadi Vision", show casing at The Embassy Club & doing a "Live In Maida Vale" Radio One session For Bruno Brooks. With the demise of "Wadi Vision" he played various sessions, did a short promotional tour of Europe with Spandau Ballet standing in for John Keeble who remained home with his expectant wife. In '87, answering an advert in the back of The Melody Maker, he landed the drum throne in Roger Taylor's band The Cross. and went on to co-produce all of Taylor's solo albums from 1992 on, played drums at Roger Taylor's solo concerts and works with Queen in the studio from 1992. Selected discography * Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John MacRae-Gilstrap
Lieutenant Colonel John MacRae-Gilstrap (31 December 1861 – January 1937) was a British army officer and a senior figure of the Clan Macrae. He contested a rival claim to the chiefship of the clan, and in 1912 he purchased and subsequently restored the Macrae stronghold of Eilean Donan Castle on Loch Duich in the west of Scotland. Family John MacRae was the second son of Duncan MacRae and Grace Stewart. He was born in the Punjab where his father had served as a surgeon with the East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The family later returned to Scotland, where Duncan MacRae took up residence at Kames Castle in Bute, becoming Deputy Lieutenant of Buteshire; his older brother Stuart, though also born in India and Scottish by heritage, later played international football for England in the 1880s.Stuart MacRae Scots Footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John David MacRae
John David MacRae (19 February 1876 – 20 February 1967) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Apple Hill, Ontario and became a farmer. MacRae served as councillor and reeve of Kenyon Township. He was first elected to Parliament at the Glengarry riding in the 1935 general election. After serving one term, the 18th Canadian Parliament, MacRae campaigned under the Conservative-based National Government party banner for the 1940 election but was defeated by William MacDiarmid William Burton MacDiarmid (23 May 1875 – 13 May 1947) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Athol, Ontario and became a physician by career. MacDiarmid graduated from McGill University where he re ... of the Liberals. References External links * 1876 births 1967 deaths Canadian farmers Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Conservative Party of Canada (1867 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chester MacRae
John Chester "Chet" MacRae MC (August 29, 1912 – October 5, 1997) was a Canadian school teacher, soldier, and politician. Known by his second name, Chester, he was widely referred to as "Chet." Born in Hope Town, Quebec, MacRae lived most of his life in the Province of New Brunswick. He graduated from high school in Campbellton, New Brunswick then attended the provincial Normal School in Fredericton. He taught in the public school system until 1940. A veteran of World War II, serving in the Canadian Army he rose to the rank of captain in New Brunswick's North Shore Regiment and participated in the D-Day Normandy Landings in France. He was awarded a number of medals including the Military Cross. In later years he was appointed an honorary Colonel of the First Battalion Royal New Brunswick Regiment, the Carleton-York regiment. MacRae was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1957 as the Progressive Conservative Party's candidate in the York-Sunbury riding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Macrae (botanist)
James Macrae was a Scottish botanist. Early life Career Voyage of H.M.S. ''Blonde'' In 1824, James Macrae was sent by the Royal Horticultural Society, aboard the HMS Blonde (1819), H.M.S ''Blonde'' to gather botanical and agricultural information, collect plants and give seeds to Hawaiians. Another naturalist Andrew Bloxam whose brother Rowland was ship's chaplain. Ship's artist Robert Dampier also made several important paintings on the voyage. Maria Graham (later, Maria Callcott) wrote a book about the voyage of the H.M.S. ''Blonde'' including an account of the voyage and funeral ceremony for the Hawaiian sovereigns whose bodies were being returned to the Kingdom of Hawai'i. After the specimen hunting voyage to the Kingdom of Hawai'i, Macrae was sent to Ceylon to work at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya. Death James Macrae died in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in 1830. Written works References 19th-century Scottish scientists Scottish botanists {{Scotland-botanis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Macrae
James Macrae (1677 – July 1744) was a Scottish seaman and administrator who served as the President of Fort St George from 1725 to 1730. He is known for naval exploits against the pirate Edward England and for reforming the administration of Madras Presidency. Early life James Macrae was born in 1677, in Ayrshire, Scotland. Little is known about his ancestry; according to the history of the clan Macrae his paternal grandfather was one John Macrae, also known as Ian Mac Ian Oig Dubh, "Black John the young son of John". Macrae's father died when he was barely five years old and the family moved to the town of Ayr where they lived in a thatched hut. Macrae's mother found a job as a charwoman, washerwoman. Macrae did not have any formal education of his own but picked up bits and pieces of knowledge on the world about him. He added his own to the family's meagre earnings by delivering messages. Tired of poverty, Macrae soon ran away from home and sailed to India. James Talboys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade MacRae
Jade Aurora Moana MacRae (born 4 June 1979) is an Australian soul singer and the daughter of professional musicians Joy Yates and Dave MacRae. MacRae is best known for her top 40 singles MacRae " So Hot Right Now" and " Superstar", both released in 2005. In 2012, following her marriage to Australian hip hop artist Phrase, MacRae continued her musical career under the new moniker of Dune. Biography Early years Jade Aurora Moana MacRae was born on 4 June 1979 into a musical family. MacRae's mother is respected session vocalist Joy Yates and her pianist father is Dave MacRae. MacRae grew up in the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. The singer commenced learning the piano at the age of three years and the violin at the age of eight. MacRae studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and engaged in musical projects with members of The Sleepy Jackson and Pnau. After completing her Australian Higher School Certificate, MacRae began singing in a number of entertainment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry MacRae
Henry Alexander MacRae (August 29, 1876 – October 2, 1944) was a Canadians, Canadian film director, film producer, producer, and screenwriter during the silent film, silent era, working on many film Serial (film), serials for Universal Studios. One of a number of Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood, MacRae was credited with many innovations in film production, including artificial light for interiors, the wind machine, double exposures and shooting at night. Biography Henry MacRae was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on August 29, 1876, and died in Beverly Hills, California, United States on October 2, 1944, aged 68. He was active as a director from 1912 to 1933, making more than 130 films, most of them silent. In addition to the many Western (genre), westerns and adventure films to his credit, he directed the first Cinema of Thailand, Thai-Cinema of the United States, Hollywood co-production, ''Miss Suwanna of Siam'', in 1923. His first "talkie" was the first ''Tarzan'' m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen MacRae
Helen MacRae ( fl. 1909–1914) was a British suffragette who won a Hunger Strike Medal from the Women's Social and Political Union, and was one of those who embroidered the '' Suffragette's Handkerchief'' whilst in prison. Life Macrae and her sister Georgiana supported women's suffrage. In 1909, they both adopted a 2-year-old girl from South Wales, Hilda Maud. Their third sister was Betty. The sisters lived together as adults and opened their home to recovering suffragettes. Activism MacRae was a member of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) but soon joined the militant Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), and in 1911, she joined with Muriel Sackville (Countess de la War) and her daughter, Marie Corbett and daughters Margery and Cicely, Lilla Durham, and others to establish the East Grinstead Suffrage Society (EGSS). In an EGSS parade through the town on their way to join the Women's Grand March in London, they were jeered by local people and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather MacRae
Heather MacRae (born October 5, 1946) is an American actress known for her role in the Woody Allen 1972 comedy '' Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)''. Early years MacRae is the daughter of motion picture, stage, and television stars Sheila MacRae and Gordon MacRae. Meredith MacRae was her sister, and she has two brothers, Bruce and Gar. She studied at the University of Colorado but left academics to pursue a career in show business. Career MacRae's film career included roles in '' Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)'' (1972), '' The Connection'' (1973), ''Bang the Drum Slowly'' (1973), '' Secrets of Three Hungry Wives'' (1978) and '' Life with Mikey'' (1993). She also appeared in a singing role in Robert Altman's 1979 film ''A Perfect Couple''. She also appeared in several television roles, including parts in ''Starsky and Hutch'', ''Frasier'', and ''The Sopranos'' and as the judge who marries Mira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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