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Massie (surname)
Massie is a surname sometimes derived from the Scottish clan name Matheson. Notable people with the surname include: * Alex Massie (other), multiple people * Allan Massie (born 1938), Scottish journalist and novelist * Bob Massie (born 1947), Australian cricketer * Edward Massie (1619–1674), English Parliament soldier in the English Civil War * Elizabeth Massie, American author * Hugh Massie (1854–1938), Australian cricketer * Jack Massie (1890–1966), Australian cricketer * John Massie (1842–1925), British theologian and politician * Joseph Massie (economist) (died 1784), British political economist * Joseph Massie (American football) (1871–1922), American football player and coach * Matthew (born 1985) and Nicholas Massie (born 1989), American professional wrestlers collectively known as The Young Bucks * Nathaniel Massie (1763–1813), American early Ohio Country frontier surveyor * Peter Massie (1767–1840), Scottish planter * Robert K. Massie (1929–20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands. Scotland is divided into 32 administrative subdivisions or local authorities, known as council areas. Glasgow City is the largest council area in terms of population, with Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limited self-governing power, covering matters such as education, social services and roads and transportation, is devolved from the Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lee Massie
Robert Lee Massie (December 24, 1941 – March 27, 2001) was an American convicted murderer who was executed by the state of California for the 1979 murder of a liquor store owner in San Francisco. Massie's case was notable because he had previously been sentenced to death for another murder he committed in 1965, but that death sentence was overturned following ''Furman v. Georgia''. He was resentenced to life in prison and then paroled in 1978, committing the second murder months after his release. Following his death sentence for the 1979 murder, it was overturned by the Supreme Court of California because his lawyer had not consented to a guilty plea. He was sentenced to death a third and final time in 1989 and was executed in 2001 at San Quentin State Prison via lethal injection. Early life Massie was born on December 24, 1941, in Virginia to a 15-year-old girl and a man who had married her to avoid being charged with statutory rape. During his childhood he was subjected to ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massey (other)
Massey may refer to: Places Canada * Massey, Ontario * Massey Island, Nunavut New Zealand * Massey, New Zealand, an Auckland suburb United States * Massey, Alabama * Massey, Iowa * Massey, Maryland People * Massey (surname) Education * Massey College, affiliated with the University of Toronto * Massey University, New Zealand * Massey High School, in Auckland, New Zealand Other uses * Massey Energy, an American coal-producing company * USS ''Massey'' (DD-778), a US Navy destroyer * Massey Brothers, a British coachbuilder based in Pemberton, Wigan, purchased by Northern Counties in 1967 * Massey product, a cohomology operation of higher order generalizing the cup product * Massey Ferguson, an American heavy equipment company * An alternative reading of Masei, the final parashah of the Book of Numbers See also * Massee, a surname * Massie (other) Massie may refer to: In places: * Massie Township, Warren County, Ohio People with the surname Massie: *Mass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massey (surname)
Massey is a surname, and may refer to: Academia, research and science * Doreen Massey (geographer) (1944–2016), British social scientist and geographer * Harrie Massey, Australian mathematical physicist * James Massey, American information theorist and cryptographer * Kenneth Massey, American mathematician and sports statistician * Mary Massey (1915 – 1974), American historian of the American Civil War * Walter E. Massey, American university president * William A. Massey (mathematician), American mathematician * William S. Massey (1920–2017), American mathematician Arts and entertainment Actors * Anna Massey, British actress, daughter of Raymond Massey * Brandi Chavonne Massey, American stage actress and singer * Christopher Massey, American actor * Daniel Massey (actor) (1933–1998), British-Canadian actor, son of Raymond Massey * Edith Massey, American actress * Ilona Massey, Hungarian-born American actress * Kyle Massey, American actor, brother of Christopher Massey * Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masih (surname)
Masih ( ar, مسيح, Masīḥ), also spelled Mesih or Maseeh, is a name of Arabic origin which means 'Messiah' or 'Christ'. The word is the Arabic form of the Hebrew title ( he, מָשִׁיחַ, label=none) or the Greek title ( grc, Χριστός, label=none), meaning "anointed one". It is used as a name and title for Jesus in the Quran, and is also the common word used by Arab Christians for Christ. Masih is also a common Christian surname in India and Pakistan ( hi, मसीह, ur, مسیح). Some people in India and Pakistan have adopted the surname Masih after their conversion to Christianity. In Mughal India (1526–1857), Christians such as the Bourbons of India were honoured with the title Masih. Historical *Dionysius bar Masih (died 1204), leader of the Syriac Orthodox Church *Mesih Pasha (died 1501), Ottoman Grand Admiral and later Grand Vizier *Mesihi of Prishtina ( 1470–1512), Ottoman poet *Hadim Mesih Pasha (died 1589), Ottoman Grand Vizier Modern Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Leeke Massie
Thomas Leeke Massie (20 October 1802 – 20 July 1898) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who rose to the rank of admiral. ''Massie, Thomas Leeke (1802–1898), naval officer'' by J. K. Laughton, rev. Roger Morriss, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Life He was born at Coddington Hall, Cheshire, on 20 October 1802. He entered the navy in October 1818 on board , flagship in the Mediterranean of Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, and later on of Sir Graham Moore. In different ships he continued serving in the Mediterranean, being wrecked in on the coast of the Morea on 25 January 1824. He was in at the demonstration against Algiers under Sir Harry Burrard Neale, and was frequently engaged in boat affairs with Greek pirates. He was in at Battle of Navarino on 20 October 1827. He was rewarded with promotion to lieutenant on a death vacancy, on 11 November 1827. As a lieutenant he served mostly in the Channel, North Sea, and Lisbon station. He was for three years on the Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Massie
Thomas Harold Massie (born January 13, 1971) is an American politician and businessman. A member of the Republican Party, Massie has been the United States representative for Kentucky's 4th congressional district since 2012, when he defeated Bill Adkins in the special and general elections. The district covers much of northeastern Kentucky, but is dominated by the Kentucky side of the Cincinnati area and Louisville's eastern suburbs. Before joining Congress, Massie was Judge-Executive of Lewis County, Kentucky, from 2011 to 2012. He also ran a start-up company based in Massachusetts, where he previously studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Massie has been described as a libertarian Republican and a member of the Tea Party movement, which backed his candidacy for Congress in 2012. Early life, education, and business career Massie was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He grew up in Vanceburg, Kentucky. He met his wife Rhonda at Lewis County High Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay, which provide habitat for much of its flora and fauna. The capital of the Commonwealth is Richmond; Virginia Beach is the most-populous city, and Fairfax County is the most-populous political subdivision. The Commonwealth's population was over 8.65million, with 36% of them living in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. The area's history begins with several indigenous groups, including the Powhatan. In 1607, the London Company established the Colony of Virginia as the first permanent English colony in the New World. Virginia's state nickname, the Old Dominion, is a reference to this status. Slave labor and land acquired from displaced native tribes fueled the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Continental Army
The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies (the Thirteen Colonies) in the Revolutionary-era United States. It was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, and was established by a resolution of Congress on June 14, 1775. The Continental Army was created to coordinate military efforts of the Colonies in their war for independence against the British, who sought to keep their American lands under control. General George Washington was the commander-in-chief of the army throughout the war. The Continental Army was supplemented by local militias and volunteer troops that were either loyal to individual states or otherwise independent. Most of the Continental Army was disbanded in 1783 after the Treaty of Paris formally ended the fighting. The 1st and 2nd Regiments of the Army went on to form what was to become the Legion of the United States in 1792. This became the foundation of what is now the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Massie (planter)
Thomas Massie (1747-1834) was an American planter, Continental Army military officer, and magistrate from Virginia during the American Revolutionary War who also served as an aide-de-camp to General Thomas Nelson at the Siege of Yorktown. Biography Thomas Massie was born August 22, 1747, in New Kent County, Virginia to William Massie and Martha Lucy Bland. Both his father and grandfather, Thomas Massie, had been members of the Virginia House of Burgess. Massie attended the College of William and Mary, starting at the age of 13 before withdrawing three years later to assist in the maintenance of his family's estate—the Windsor Forest Plantation in New Kent County—following the death of his father in 1751 and mother in 1759. When the American Revolution broke out, Massie would serve with the Elizabeth City District Battalion of Virginia minutemen in September 1775 before entering service with the Continental Army. Military career In March 1776 Massie was appointed as a ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Massie (burgess)
William Massie (1718-1751) was a colonial Virginia planter and politician who served in the Virginia House of Burgesses. Biography William Massie was born May 28, 1718 to Thomas Massie Thomas Harold Massie (born January 13, 1971) is an American politician and businessman. A member of the Republican Party, Massie has been the United States representative for Kentucky's 4th congressional district since 2012, when he defeated Bi ... and Mary Massie (née Walker). His father, Thomas, had previously served as a member of the House of Burgesses from 1723 until 1729. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Massie, William 1718 births 1751 deaths Massie family of Virginia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colony Of Virginia
The Colony of Virginia, chartered in 1606 and settled in 1607, was the first enduring English colonial empire, English colony in North America, following failed attempts at settlement on Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland by Sir Humphrey GilbertGilbert (Saunders Family), Sir Humphrey" (history), ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'' Online, University of Toronto, May 2, 2005 in 1583 and the colony of Roanoke (further south, in modern eastern North Carolina) by Sir Walter Raleigh in the late 1580s. The founder of the new colony was the Virginia Company, with the first two settlements in Jamestown, Virginia, Jamestown on the north bank of the James River and Popham Colony on the Kennebec River in modern-day Maine, both in 1607. The Popham colony quickly failed due to Starving Time, a famine, disease, and conflicts with local Native American tribes in the first two years. Jamestown occupied land belonging to the Powhatan Confederacy, and was also at the brink of failure before the arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
