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Monteith
Monteith or Menteith may refer to: People *Alex Monteith (born 1977), new media artist *Alexander C. Monteith (1902–1979), senior vice-president of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation * Andrew Monteith (1823–1896), Canadian businessman and politician **John C. Monteith (1853–1940), Canadian politician and son of Andrew ** Joseph Monteith (1865–1934), Canadian politician and son of Andrew *** Jay Waldo Monteith (1903–1981), Canadian politician and son of Joseph * Robert Monteith (1812-1884) DL, JP, Scottish politician and philanthropist ** Joseph Monteith (Deputy Lieutenant) (1852-1911) DL, JP, son of Robert Monteith of Carstairs * Brian Monteith (born 1958), former Scottish politician * Cory Monteith (1982–2013), Canadian actor * Dermott Monteith (1943–2009), Irish cricketer * Hazel Monteith (1917-2012), Jamaican Senator, social worker and radio personality * Henry Ruthven Monteith (1848-1922), American professor at the University of Connecticut * Jimmie W. Monteit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cory Monteith
Cory Allan Michael Monteith (; May 11, 1982 July 13, 2013) was a Canadian actor and musician who played Finn Hudson on the Fox television series ''Glee''. As an actor based in British Columbia, Monteith had minor roles on television series before being cast on ''Glee''. During his success on the show, he also acted in films. His film work included ''Monte Carlo'' and a starring role in ''Sisters & Brothers'' (both 2011). Monteith had a troubled adolescence involving substance abuse from age 13, and left school at age 16. After an intervention by family and friends, he entered drug rehabilitation at age 19. In a 2011 interview with ''Parade'' magazine, he discussed his history of substance abuse as a teen, and in March 2013, he again sought treatment for addiction. On July 13, 2013, he died of a toxic combination of heroin and alcohol in a Vancouver hotel room. Early life Monteith was born in Calgary, Alberta, on May 11, 1982, the younger son of Ann McGregor, an interior decorat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Monteith (minister)
Reverend John Monteith (August 5, 1788 – April 5, 1868)Roscoe O. Bonisteel''John Monteith, first president of the University of Michigan'' Michigan Historical Collections, Bulletin 15, Ann Arbor, MI, 1967, p.6. was a Presbyterian minister, educator, abolitionist and a founding father of the University of Michigan, formerly known as University of Michigania or the Catholepistemiad. Monteith served as president of the university from 1817 through 1821. During his five years in Detroit, he also served as the city's first librarian, and founded the first Protestant church in Detroit and the first Presbyterian church in what is now the State of Michigan. According to his son, Rev. Monteith was six feet tall, and was straight as a rod. He did not drink liquor, and he was rarely ill. As an abolitionist, a temperance advocate, a defender of the Sabbath, and an educator of young minds, he took it as his personal mission to convince others to accept his beliefs, and was therefore so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Monteith
Kelly Norton Monteith (October 17, 1942 – January 1, 2023) was an American comedian, actor, writer and producer. He was best known for writing and starring in the BBC comedy show ''Kelly Monteith''. Early life Kelly Norton Monteith was born in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, on October 17, 1942. Career During the early 1970s, Monteith performed as a guest comedian on various talk shows, including ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' and Late Show with David Letterman, ''The Late Show with David Letterman''. In 1976, Monteith had a short-lived variety show on CBS, ''The Kelly Monteith Show''. After successful guest appearances on British talk shows, he was offered his own series by the BBC. In 1979, ''Kelly Monteith'' was broadcast, and ran for six seasons. It was noted for often breaking the fourth wall by showing Monteith in his dressing room before and after a scene. ''Kelly Monteith'' won the Silver Rose for the BBC at the Rose D'Or, Montreux Television Festiva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Monteith
Brian Monteith (born 8 January 1958) is a British politician, public relations consultant and commentator. As a member of the Scottish Conservatives, he was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region from 1999 to 2007. Later a member of the Brexit Party, he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North East England from 2019 to 2020. Early life and education Monteith was born in January 1958 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was educated at Portobello High School and Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. He was a member of the Federation of Conservative Students. He also organised a successful campaign to take Heriot-Watt out of the National Union of Students which they subsequently rejoined. Early career Following university Monteith initially worked as a researcher for Thatcherite London-based think tank, the Centre for Policy Studies. Monteith moved on to work in the public relations arena for Michael Forsyth Associates – Monteith sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Monteith
John Lennox Monteith DSc, FRS (3 September 1929 – 20 July 2012) was a British scientist who pioneered the application of physics to biology. He was an authority in the related fields of water management for agricultural production, soil physics, micrometeorology, transpiration, and the influence of the natural environment on field crops, horticultural crops, forestry, and animal production. Research His pioneering work with Howard Penman on evapotranspiration is applied worldwide as the Penman-Monteith equation. It predicts evapotranspiration and is recommended by the Food and Agriculture Organization for calculating irrigation quantities. Monteith's research on the role of the environment in agriculture, the physics of crop microclimate, physiology of crop growth and yield, radiation climatology, heat balance in animals, and instrumentation for measuring physical and physiological variables in agriculture has been published in journals throughout the world. He was Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazel Monteith
Hazel Conupe Monteith, O.D., J.P. ( Williams; 19 June 1917 – 22 May 2012) was an Afro-Jamaican consumer rights advocate, radio personality and social worker. Graduating from the first course in social work offered by the University of the West Indies, Monteith worked for twelve years as a traveling field agent coordinating social welfare projects for the Jamaica Federation of Women. In 1972, she became a regional officer at the Council of Voluntary Social Services and was tasked with creating the Citizen's Advice Bureau. Through innovative programs, she developed training and advice centers and radio broadcasts to help citizens with a wide variety of issues, from how to register vital records, to employment training, to where to obtain assistance for household goods. She was honored as an officer in the Order of Distinction in 1982 and subsequently appointed a Senator from 1986 to 1989. Early life Hazel Conupe Williams was born on 19 June 1917 in Savanna-la-Mar in the West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Ruthven Monteith
Henry Ruthven Monteith (1848–1922) was an American educator who served as Professor of History and English at Connecticut Agricultural College (now the University of Connecticut) from 1900 to 1922. Education and early career Monteith was born on April 12, 1848, in McIndoes Falls, Vermont, the son of William R. Monteith, a prominent local citizen, and Isabel Gilchrist. Earning his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 1869, Monteith served in 1869–71 as the principal of McIndoes Academy, of which he was an alum and his father a trustee. He then moved to New York City, where he passed the bar exam and practiced law for several years. Returning to Vermont, he again became principal of McIndoes Academy in 1877. Monteith served in that position for two years before moving to Connecticut, where he was principal of Farmington High School from 1879 to 1899. He lived in Farmington for the rest of his life, commuting and staying overnight in Storrs three days a week. Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dermott Monteith
James Dermott Monteith (2 June 1943 – 6 December 2009) was an Irish international cricketer. Monteith was a right-handed Batsman (cricket), batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. Monteith was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Queen's University Belfast. Career Monteith played the majority of his club cricket for Lisburn Cricket Club and also had spells at Queen's University Belfast, Queen's University and Middlesex County Cricket Club. He also toured with the Marylebone Cricket Club to Marylebone Cricket Club cricket team in Bangladesh in 1980–81, Bangladesh and East Africa. Monteith captained Ireland national cricket team, Ireland on 38 occasions, winning 11 times, passing James Boucher (cricketer), James Boucher's record number of wickets in 1984 and ended his playing career with Ireland with 326 wickets in 76 matches. It remains an Irish record. While a bowling all-rounder, who rarely went in above No 8, on his international debut in 1965 ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Monteith (Deputy Lieutenant)
Joseph Monteith (29 March 1852 – 10 Oct 1911) DL, JP, of Carstairs, County Lanark, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Knight of Malta, was Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Lanark, Scotland. Family He was the son of Robert Monteith, DL, JP, of Carstairs, by Wilhelmina Anne, daughter of Joseph Mellish of Blythe, Nottinghamshire. On 13 October 1874 he married Florence Catharine Mary Herbert (17 April 1850 – 23 Jan 1900), daughter of John Arthur Edward Herbert and the Hon. Augusta Charlotte Elizabeth Hall of Llanarth Court at Llanarth, Monmouthshire. The children from this marriage were: *Major Henry Monteith, b. Aug 1876; Major in the Lanarkshire Yeomanry; k.a. Gallipoli, 27 Dec 1915. *Revd. Robert Monteith, SJ, CF; b. 6 Nov 1877; died of wounds received in action 27 Nov 1917. *Major Joseph Basil Lawrence Monteith, CBE, DL, JP, b. 1878 Major in the Gordon Highlanders; married Dorothea, daughter of Sir Charles Nicholson, 1st Baronet of Harrington Gardens and had issue. *Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monteith, Glebe
''Monteith'' is a heritage-listed residence at located 266 Glebe Point Road in the inner western Sydney suburb of Glebe in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1890. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History History of Glebe The Leichhardt area was originally inhabited by the Wangal clan of Aborigines. After 1788 diseases such as smallpox and the loss of their hunting grounds caused huge reductions in their numbers and they moved further inland. Since European settlement the foreshores of Blackwattle Bay and Rozelle Bay have developed a unique maritime, industrial and residential character - a character which continues to evolve as areas which were originally residential estates, then industrial areas, are redeveloped for residential units and parklands. The first formal grant in the Glebe area was a grant to Rev. Richard Johnson, the colony's first chaplain, in 1789. The Glebe (la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Monteith
William Monteith, R.A., K.L.S., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. (22 June 1790 – 18 April 1864) was a British soldier, diplomatist and historian, associated with the East India Company. Early life and career William Monteith was born in the Abbey parish, Paisley, Renfrewshire, on 22 June 1790. On 18 March 1809 he was appointed a lieutenant in the Madras engineers, and became captain in that corps on 2 May 1817, lieutenant-colonel on 4 November 1824, colonel on 13 May 1839 (brevet on 18 June 1831). Persian mission Monteith accompanied Sir John Malcolm's embassy to Persia, and when at Tabriz, in February 1810, was sent to reconnoitre the Russian frontier-posts on the Aras, near Megeri, at the request of Abbas Mirza, the prince royal of Persia. When Malcolm's embassy quit Persia, Monteith was one of the officers left behind. During the Russo-Persian War, he went with Abbas Mirza to Erivan, and accompanied an expedition into Georgia, in which the Persians were unsuccessful. During the four succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Monteith
Andrew Monteith (August 15, 1823 – February 1, 1896) was a Canadian businessman and political figure in Ontario. He represented Perth North in the Parliament of Ontario from 1867 to 1874 and in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative member for Perth North from 1874 to 1878. He was born in County Tyrone, Ireland in 1823, the son of John Monteith, and came to Downie Township in Perth County, Upper Canada with his family in 1834. For a time, he worked with his brother who owned a store in Stratford. He served on the county council from 1850 to 1865 and on the town council for Stratford from 1857 to 1861. Monteith married Jane Dunsmore in 1850. He was elected to the 1st Parliament of Ontario in 1867; in 1874, he was elected to the House of Commons. He resigned from politics in 1878. He died at his home in Downie Township in 1896 after suffering a stroke. His sons, John and Joseph, served as mayors of Stratford and were elected to the Ontario legislature. John's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
