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McWhirter
McWhirter and Macwhirter, MacWhirter (also spelled McWherter and Macwherter, MacWherter) are Anglicisations of the Scottish Gaelic ''Mac an Chruiteir'', meaning "son of the harpist or fiddler". Mawhorter and McWhorter are less common forms of this Scottish name, and are found in North America. The name is derived from the Gaelic ''cruitear'', meaning "harpist", "fiddler". The Scottish name is generally found in Ayrshire. The surnames can be represented in modern Scottish Gaelic as Mac a' Chruiteir. People with the surnames ;Macwhirter, MacWhirter *Iain Macwhirter Scottish political commentator *John MacWhirter (1839–1911), Scottish landscape painter ;McWhirter *Alastair McWhirter (born 1953), British police officer and chief constable * Anthony McWhirter (1872–1932), Scottish footballer *Douglas McWhirter (1886–1966), English Olympic football player * George McWhirter (born 1939), Irish-Canadian writer * David McWhirter (1948–2005), Texas A&M English Professor * John McWhirt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross McWhirter
Alan Ross McWhirter (12 August 1925 – 27 November 1975) was, with his twin brother, Norris, the cofounder of the 1955 ''Guinness Book of Records'' (known since 2000 as ''Guinness World Records'') and a contributor to the television programme ''Record Breakers''. He was killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1975. Early life McWhirter was the youngest son of William McWhirter, editor of the '' Sunday Pictorial'', and Margaret "Bunty" Williamson. He was born at Giffnock (after Giffnock Church in Glasgow, where the McWhirters were married), 10 Branscombe Gardens, Winchmore Hill, in Middlesex. In 1929, as William was working on the founding of the Northcliffe Newspapers Group chain of provincial newspapers, the family moved to Aberfoyle, in Broad Walk, Winchmore Hill.Ayrshire Notes – Norr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norris McWhirter
Norris Dewar McWhirter (12 August 192519 April 2004) was a British writer, political activist, co-founder of The Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his twin brother Ross were known internationally for the founding of ''Guinness World Records'' (as ''The Guinness Book of Records'') which they wrote and annually updated together between 1955 and 1975. After Ross's assassination by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), Norris carried on alone as editor. Early life Norris and Ross were the twin sons of William McWhirter, the editor of the '' Sunday Pictorial'', and Margaret Williamson. In 1929, as William was working on the founding of the Northcliffe Newspapers chain of provincial newspapers, the family moved to "Aberfoyle", in Broad Walk, Winchmore Hill.Ayrshire Notes – Norris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise McWhirter
Louise McWhirter (October 19, 1896 – November 1, 1957) was a financial astrologer who purported to use astrology to forecast the financial markets. In 1937, she published her only book, ''Astrology and Stock Market Forecasting''. Some believe that “Louise McWhirter” was only an alias of famous market forecaster W. D. Gann. McWhirter’s theory The Nodal cycle McWhirter's main theory was that the major of primary trend of business volume and finance is clearly pointed out by the 18.6-year cycle of the North Node as it passes through the twelve signs of the zodiac. During a long-term trend, the four crucial points of the stock market are reached when the Node enters the four fixed signs respectively: * Aquarius: This is the extreme low of business activity, the bottom of the cycle. * Pisces: The business activity approaches the bottom of the cycle. * Aries: The business activity starts to fall below the normal level. * Taurus: The business activity reaches a no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent McCord
Kent Franklin McWhirter (born September 26, 1942), known by his stage name Kent McCord, is a retired American actor, best known for his role as Officer Jim Reed on the television series ''Adam-12.'' Life and career McCord was born Kent Franklin McWhirter in Los Angeles, California to Bert and Laura McWhirter. First using his real name on television in 1962 in ''The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet'', he later adopted his stage name. He became a close friend of Rick Nelson and made 44 appearances on the program. He also landed small parts in five Elvis Presley films and (as Kent McWhirter) portrayed a motorcycle courier in ''McHale's Navy'' in the episode "Monkey Business 007". McCord also appeared in the first episode (September 14, 1967) of Raymond Burr's '' Ironside'' series, titled "Message from Beyond", as motorcycle cop Kellogg. In the first season of Jack Webb's ''Dragnet 1967'', he appeared three times. The first appearance was an extra as a patrol officer in the episode "T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven McWhirter
Steven McWhirter is a pipe band drummer from Northern Ireland. He has won multiple World Championship titles as a solo performer and as part of band. He is the lead drummer for the Inveraray & District Pipe Band. Life McWhirter was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, in 1983. Career Band career He joined the Cullybackey Pipe Band in Northern Ireland in 1994, and also played with the Warrnambool & District Pipe Band in Australia. When he joined Cullybackey he played the tenor drum, before moving on to play the snare. Cullybackey won the Grade 2 World Championships in 2002, and J. Reid Maxwell invited him to join the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band in British Columbia. He played with Simon Fraser University every summer until 2008, winning the Grade 1 World Drum Corps Championship in 2004 and 2008, as well as the overall World Pipe Band Championships in 2008. In 2008 he moved to Scotland to join the Inveraray & District Pipe Band as leading drummer. Inveraray won all five m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie McWhirter
Julie McWhirter, also known as Julie Dees and Julie McWhirter-Dees (born October 12, 1947), is a retired American voice actress and impressionist best known for her work as Jeannie in the animated version of '' Jeannie'', Bubbles in ''Jabberjaw'' and Baby Smurf and Sassette in ''The Smurfs''. Biography McWhirter graduated from DePauw University in 1970, with a degree in speech. She studied acting and improvisational comedy under the guidance of Howard Storm and Charles Conrad. One of her first voice roles was as the title character in '' Jeannie'', alongside Mark Hamill, Bob Hastings and Joe Besser. She also portrayed the character in her multiple appearances in other Hanna-Barbera series. She did the voice of Kanga in ''Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore'', taking over the role from Barbara Luddy. Her voice acting also includes numerous other animated programs, such as ''Casper and the Angels'', ''Drak Pack'', ''The Smurfs'', ''The Flintstone Kids'', and the Ruby-Spears ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George McWhirter
George McWhirter (born September 26, 1939 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish-Canadian writer, translator, editor, teacher and Vancouver's first Poet Laureate. The son of a shipyard worker, George McWhirter was raised in a large extended family on the Shankill Road in Belfast. He and his extended family spent the war years and then weekends and the summers at their seaside bungalow in Carnalea, now a suburb of Bangor, County Down. In 1957 he began a "combined scholarship" studying English and Spanish at Queen's University, Belfast, and education at Stranmillis College, Belfast. His tutor at Queen's was the poet Laurence Lerner, and he was a classmate with the future literary critic Robert Dunbar and the poets Seamus Heaney and Seamus Deane. After graduating, McWhirter taught in Kilkeel and Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, and in Barcelona, Spain, before moving to Port Alberni, B.C. Canada. After receiving his M.A. from the University of British Columbia (UBC), where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McWhirter (mathematician)
:''See John McWhirter (other) for other people of the same name.'' John G. McWhirter FRS FREng FIMA FInstP FIEE FLSW is a British mathematician and engineer in the field of signal processing. John McWhirter attended Newry High School. He graduated in mathematics from Queen's University Belfast in 1970, and did his PhD there in 1973 on "The Virial Theorem in Collision Theory" under Benjamin Moiseiwitsch. He started working in the Signal Processing Group at the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment, Great Malvern, in the late 1970s, and has worked there for RSRE's successor organizations, currently QinetiQ. Prof. McWhirter left QinetiQ on 31 August 2007 to take up his current post as Distinguished Research Professor in Engineering at Cardiff University. His work has mainly been in military areas including radar, sonar and communications, recently branching into civil applications. A particular interest is "blind" signal detection in which one does not know whethe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alastair McWhirter
Alastair McWhirter QPM is a British retired senior police officer. Born in 1953 in Lanarkshire, he was educated at Hamilton Academy and Aberdeen University where he studied for an MA in English and History; this was followed by a Post Graduate Certificate of Education at Aberdeen Teacher Training College. Alastair McWhirter was the Chief Constable of Suffolk Constabulary. He came to public prominence during the police 2006 Suffolk serial killer investigation in Ipswich in December 2006, one of the most prolific killers in recent British criminal history. He taught English and drama in Winchester and joined Hampshire Constabulary in 1977. He served in all ranks up to Chief Superintendent in Hampshire working in cities and more rural areas with diverse populations and policing challenges. McWhirter was in 1996 appointed Assistant Chief Constable (Operations) in the Wiltshire Constabulary, responsible for all operational policing. He was largely responsible for returning the po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas McWhirter
Douglas S. McWhirter (13 August 1886 – 14 October 1966) was an English amateur footballer who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics. McWhirter, born in Erith, Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ..., was part of the English team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament. He played one match. References External links * 1886 births 1966 deaths English footballers England amateur international footballers English people of Scottish descent Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Great Britain English Olympic medallists Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Footballers from Erith Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Association football midfielders {{England-footy-m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony McWhirter
Anthony McWhirter (6 September 1872 – 1932) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's .... References 1872 births 1932 deaths Scottish footballers English Football League players Association football midfielders Great Lever F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Manchester City F.C. players {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norrie McWhirter
Norrie McWhirter (born 4 September 1969, in Johnstone) is a Scottish former footballer, who played for St Mirren for the entirety of his career which began in 1985 and ended due to injury in 2000, following 301 appearances for the club. McWhirter was inducted to the St Mirren Hall of Fame in 2009. See also *List of one-club men List of one-club men may refer to: * List of one-club men in association football * List of one-club men in rugby league * List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise * List of NBA players who have spent ... External links * 1969 births Living people People from Johnstone Association football central defenders St Mirren F.C. players Livingston F.C. non-playing staff Scottish Football League players Scottish footballers Footballers from Renfrewshire Scotland under-21 international footballers {{Scotland-footy-defender-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
