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Martin Smith (chemist)
Martin Smith may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Martin Seymour-Smith (1928–1998), British poet, literary critic, biographer and astrologer *Martin Cruz Smith (born 1942), American writer *Martin Smith (drummer) (1946–1997), British drummer for Gentle Giant and Simon Dupree and the Big Sound * Martin Smith (potter) (born 1950), English potter and professor of ceramics and glass * Martin Smith (entertainer) (1957–1994), British actor, singer and composer *Martin Smith (documentarian) (born 1949), American filmmaker for the series ''Frontline'' * Martin Smith (Delirious?) (born 1970), English vocalist, guitarist and songwriter, previously front man of Delirious? * Martin Smith (film maker), Scottish BAFTA winning writer/director of ''Tracks'' Government and politics *Martin Tucker Smith (1803–1880), British banker and Member of Parliament for Wycombe and Midhurst *Martin F. Smith (1891–1954), American politician * Martin T. Smith (1934–2015), American politician and law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Seymour-Smith
Martin Roger Seymour-Smith (24 April 1928 – 1 July 1998) was a British poet, literary critic, and biographer. Biography Seymour-Smith was born in London and educated at Highgate School and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he was editor of ''Isis'' and ''Oxford Poetry''. His father Frank was a chief librarian who supplied books to Robert Graves, and who published the survey ''An English Library, an Annotated List of 1300 Classics'' in 1943, followed by ''What Shall I Read Next: a Personal Selection of Twentieth Century English Books'' in 1953. His mother Marjorie wrote poetry and published under the name of Elena Fearn. He began as one of the most promising of Anglophone post-war poets, but became better known as a critic, writing biographies of Robert Graves (whom he met first at age 14 and maintained close ties with), Rudyard Kipling and Thomas Hardy, and producing numerous critical studies. The poet and critic Robert Nye stated that Seymour-Smith was "one of the finest Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Smith (snooker Player)
Martin Smith (born 12 June 1961) is an English former professional snooker player. Career Smith turned professional in 1985. In his first season on the main tour he won his first competitive match 5–2 against Dessie Sheehan, but earned only £984 in prize money, at the 1986 Classic, where he lost 4–5 to Perrie Mans in the last 64. Beginning the 1986/1987 season ranked 94th, he lost 5–0 to Tony Jones in the Grand Prix - earning £150, his only prize money this season, in doing so - and reached the last 48 at the English Professional Championship, where Les Dodd beat him 6–3. However, the following season brought runs to the last-32 stage of two tournaments; at the 1987 UK Championship, he defeated Frank Jonik, Paddy Browne and Doug Mountjoy before losing 8–9 to John Campbell, and in the English Professional Championship, he recorded a 6–1 win over Graham Miles prior to losing 5–6 to Dave Martin. These performances enhanced Smith's ranking to 72nd, a career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Smyth (boxer)
Martin Smyth (12 November 1936 – 25 November 2012) was an Irish boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1956 Summer Olympics. References 1936 births 2012 deaths Irish male boxers Olympic boxers of Ireland Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Boxers from Belfast Male boxers from Northern Ireland Featherweight boxers {{Ireland-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Smyth
William Martin Smyth (born 15 June 1931) is a Northern Irish unionist politician, who served as the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast South from 1982 to 2005. He was a vice-president of the Conservative Monday Club. He is also an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland and was minister of Raffrey, County Down from 1957 to 1963 and of Alexandra Church, Belfast 1963–1982. Early life Smyth was brought up in the Donegall Road area of Belfast and attended Methodist College Belfast and Trinity College Dublin. Beginning of political career Smyth became Grand Master of the Orange Order in 1971, in what was seen at the time as a working-class "grass roots" revolt against the till middle-class leadership of the Order. (He remained Grand Master until 1996). In the 1970s, he was a Deputy Leader of the Vanguard movement which had emerged as a faction within the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). However, when this faction split from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linton Smith
Martin Linton Smith, The Times, 9 October 1950; p. 6, "Bishop Linton Smith former Bishop of Rochester" (4 July 1869 – 7 October 1950) was an Anglican bishop who served in three dioceses during the first half of the twentieth century. Life Smith was born into a clerical family – his father was the Very Revd James Allan Smith, Dean of St David's Cathedral from 1904 until his death in 1918 He died in post during November 1918.– and educated at Repton and Hertford College, Oxford. Ordained priest in 1894 he was a curate at four parishes before securing his own incumbency at Colchester in 1902. By now married to Kathleen Dewe with a young family, he gained experience in Liverpool eventually becoming a Cathedral Canon. His finest hour, however, was the First World War where he gained the DSO for his sterling work at The Somme, Arras and Ypres. He had been appointed a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces in April, 1915, serving at first in Prescott before being posted abroad. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Ferguson Smith
Martin Ferguson Smith, (born 26 April 1940, Birmingham, England) is a British scholar and writer. After education at Shrewsbury School (1953–1958) he proceeded to Trinity College, Dublin (1958–1963), where he was a Foundation Scholar in Classics and won several academic prizes, including the Tyrrell Memorial Gold Medal for Greek and Latin verse and prose composition (1960). After gaining First Class Honours and a Moderatorship Prize (1962), he carried out postgraduate research under Donald Ernest Wilson Wormell for a thesis entitled "Lucretius: The Man and His Mission" (MLitt, Dublin, 1965). From 1963 to 1988 Smith taught Classics at the University College of North Wales, Bangor (now Bangor University), from 1977 as Professor. From 1988 he was Professor of Classics at Durham University. Problems with his eyesight compelled him to take early retirement from university teaching in 1995. He continues to be associated with Durham University as Professor Emeritus in the Departme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin V
Pope Martin V ( la, Martinus V; it, Martino V; January/February 1369 – 20 February 1431), born Otto (or Oddone) Colonna, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 November 1417 to his death in February 1431. His election effectively ended the Western Schism of 1378–1417. He is the last pope to date to take on the pontifical name "Martin". Biography Oddone Colonna was born at Genazzano, the son of Agapito Colonna and Caterina Conti, between 26 January and 20 February, 1369. He belonged to one of the oldest and most distinguished families of Rome. His brother Giordano became Prince of Salerno and Duke of Venosa, while his sister Paola was Lady of Piombino between 1441 and 1445. Oddone studied law at the University of Pavia. He became apostolic protonotary under Pope Urban VI (1378–1389), and was created Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro by Pope Innocent VII in 1405. In 1409 he took part in the Council of Pisa, and was one of the su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Luther Smith
Martin Luther Smith (September 9, 1819 – July 29, 1866) was an American soldier and civil engineer, serving as a major general in the Confederate States Army. Smith was one of the few Northern-born generals to fight for the Confederacy, as he had served most of his early military career in the South with the United States Army's topographical engineers, marrying a native of Athens, Georgia. He planned and constructed the defenses of Vicksburg. Early life Smith was born in Danby, New York, where his father had settled after moving from Maine. In 1842, he graduated 16th in his West Point class of 56, which included twenty-two future Civil War generals including James Longstreet, D. H. Hill, and Abner Doubleday. His initial assignment was in Florida, where he surveyed the terrain and drew maps for army usage. In 1846, he married a Georgia woman and subsequently raised a family. He served as an engineer during the Mexican–American War, and was brevetted for his performa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Smith (Royal Marines Officer)
Martin Smith may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Martin Seymour-Smith (1928–1998), British poet, literary critic, biographer and astrologer *Martin Cruz Smith (born 1942), American writer *Martin Smith (drummer) (1946–1997), British drummer for Gentle Giant and Simon Dupree and the Big Sound * Martin Smith (potter) (born 1950), English potter and professor of ceramics and glass * Martin Smith (entertainer) (1957–1994), British actor, singer and composer *Martin Smith (documentarian) (born 1949), American filmmaker for the series ''Frontline'' * Martin Smith (Delirious?) (born 1970), English vocalist, guitarist and songwriter, previously front man of Delirious? * Martin Smith (film maker), Scottish BAFTA winning writer/director of ''Tracks'' Government and politics *Martin Tucker Smith (1803–1880), British banker and Member of Parliament for Wycombe and Midhurst * Martin F. Smith (1891–1954), American politician * Martin T. Smith (1934–2015), American politician and la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Smith (designer)
Martin Smith is a retired automobile designer, noted for extensive stints at Audi, Opel and Ford of Europe. Background Born in 1949 in Broomhill, Sheffield, England, Smith attended King Edward VII School. A car fanatic since he was a boy, he wrote letters to Mini designer Alec Issigonis asking how to become a car designer and received kindly and encouraging replies.'Audi's Modest Mr Smith', Quality Cars pp22-24, ''The Sunday Times'', Spring 1988 He studied Engineering at the University of Liverpool before graduating with a master's degree in vehicle design from the Royal College of Art in London. Career Audi Having begun his career at Porsche in 1973 which also included a short stint working on commercial vehicles for Ogle Design in Letchworth, Smith moved to Audi in 1977, then briefly to BMW only to return to Audi where he would remain for the majority of the 1980s and 1990s. At Audi he transformed the mundane Audi Coupe into the legendary Audi Quattro and subsequently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Smith (academic)
Martin Smith is a former Professor of Robotics at Middlesex University in north London, UK. He is also a former President of the Cybernetics Society in the UK (1999 - 2020). Smith was awarded Freedom of the City of London, and was awarded the Public Awareness of Physics Award by the ''Institute of Physics''. Television appearances Smith has appeared on many television programmes: as a technical presenter on the BBC television programme ''Techno Games'' and as a judge on '' Robot Wars'' from the third series having previously competed in the first series. He was a judge and programme consultant on Channel 4's ''Scrapheap Challenge'' and technical presenter on Granada TV's ''Mutant Machines''. He has also appeared on ''Tomorrow's World'', ''Tomorrow's World Live at the NEC'', and the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures series entitled ''The Rise of Robots''. Editorships Smith is a member of the editorial boards of ''Kybernetes: The International Journal of Cybernetics and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin D
Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (other) * Martin County (other) * Martin Township (other) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Australia * Martin, Western Australia * Martin Place, Sydney Caribbean * Martin, Saint-Jean-du-Sud, Haiti, a village in the Sud Department of Haiti Europe * Martin, Croatia, a village in Slavonia, Croatia * Martin, Slovakia, a city * Martín del Río, Aragón, Spain * Martin (Val Poschiavo), Switzerland England * Martin, Hampshire * Martin, Kent * Martin, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, hamlet and former parish in East Lindsey district * Martin, North Kesteven, village and parish in Lincolnshire in North Kesteven district * Martin Hussingtree, Worcestershire * Martin Mere, a lake in Lancashire ** WWT Martin Mere, a wetland nature reserve that includes the lake and surrounding areas * Martin Mill, Kent North America Canada * Rural Municipality of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
