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Neil Campbell (artist)
Neil Campbell may refer to: *Sir Neil Campbell, known as Niall mac Cailein (died 1316), hero of the Wars of Scottish Independence *Neil Campbell (bishop of Argyll) (died 1613), Scots bishop *Neil Campbell (bishop of the Isles) (c. 1590–1645), Scots bishop *Lord Neill Campbell (c. 1630–1692), Scottish nobleman, governor of New Jersey, 1686–1687 *Sir Neil Campbell (British Army officer) (1776–1827), fought in the Napoleonic Wars *Neil Campbell (minister) (1678–1761), Principal of Glasgow University and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland *Robert Neil Campbell (1854–1928), a Scottish physician, known as Sir Neil Campbell *Neil Campbell (politician) (1880–1960), Australian politician, Tasmanian Leader of the Opposition from 1945 to 1950 * Neil Campbell (chemist) (1903–1996), Scottish chemist and amateur athlete *Neil Campbell (geologist) (1914–1978), Canadian geologist *Neil Campbell (rower) (1931–2006), Canadian rower and coach *Neil Camp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niall Mac Cailein
Sir Niall mac Cailein (died 1316), also known as Neil Campbell or Nigel Campbell, was a nobleman and warrior who spent his life in the service of King Robert I of Scotland, His Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic name means "Niall, Colin's son" since he was the son of Cailean Mór. His services to the King elevated the Campbells into the higher ranks of the Scottish nobility. Biography Master Niall By later Clan Campbell, Campbell tradition, Niall was the elder son of Cailean Mór; however, contemporary evidence seems to suggest that his brother Domhnall mac Cailein, Domhnall enjoyed this distinction. Niall's earliest appearance in the sources occurs in 1282 on a witness list to a royal charter in favour of Cambuskenneth Abbey. Niall disappears for 20 years, unless the "Master Niall" active in the service of the then Earl of Carrick, Robert, in the 1290s can be identified with Niall mac Cailein. This seems likely, because one official source styles him ''Mestre Neel Cambell''. Another of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Campbell (bishop Of Argyll)
Neil Campbell ( gd, Niall Caimbeul) (died c. 1613 or 1627) was the son of Alexander, son of the parson acPherson("Alasdair mac a' Phearsain"), a member of the Campbells of Carnassarie.MacDonald, "Campbell, Neil (d. 1613?)". He is probably the ''Nigellus Campbell'' who graduated from the University of St Andrews in 1575 as Master of Arts. The Neil Campbell who was recorded as the parson of Kilmartin and precentor of Lismore Cathedral in 1574 is probably him too. Following the death of James Hamilton in 1580, Neil Campbell became Bishop of Argyll. In March 1588, he examined witnesses in a civil dispute on behalf of the Privy Council, and in the following year the Privy Council placed him in charge of the commission against catholics in Argyll; in August of that year (i.e. 1589), the Moderator of the General Assembly, Patrick Galloway, appointed Neil as one of the Assembly's assessors. He married Christine,, ''Fasti Ecclesae Scoticanae, volume 4'', p. 13. daughter of John C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Campbell (bishop Of The Isles)
Neil Campbell, M.A. ( gd, Niall Caimbeul) (c.1590 – c.1643/47) was a Scottish clergyman who served in the Church of Scotland as the Bishop of the Isles from 1633 to 1638., ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 315. The son of Neil Campbell, Bishop of Argyll, he was educated at the University of Glasgow, obtaining a Master of Arts degree in 1607., ''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, volume 7'', p. 349. He became the minister of Glassary, Argyll in 1611,, ''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, volume 4'', p. 5. and married Jean, daughter of Adam Boyd (son of Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord Boyd) in 1620. He was elected the bishop of the diocese of the Isles on 17 December 1633 and was confirmed by King Charles I on 21 January 1634. He was deprived of the see by the General Assembly on 13 December 1638. After having signed the National Covenant and abjured Episcopacy A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Neill Campbell
Lord Neill Campbell (c. 1630 – April 1692) was a Scottish nobleman who served as Deputy Governor of East New Jersey during 1686, succeeding Gawen Lawrie. Biography He was a younger son of the 1st Marquess of Argyll by his wife, the former Lady Margaret Douglas, daughter of the 7th Earl of Morton. His brother was Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, who was executed in 1685 for his participation in the Monmouth rebellion. Campbell himself was exiled from Scotland. On 28 January 1668, he married Lady Vere Kerr, third daughter of the 1st Earl of Lothian, and by her was the father of five children: Charles, Archibald (later Bishop of Aberdeen), Mary, Anna and Jean. Lady Vere died in 1674. In 1685 he married Susan Menzies, daughter of Sir Alexander Menzies of Weem and had four more children: Neil, Alexander, Christian and Susan. Lord Neill Campbell was brought before the Privy Council of Scotland on 1 August 1684; he was, upon posting £5,000 bond, required to remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Campbell (British Army Officer)
Major-General Sir Neil Campbell CB (1 May 1776 – 14 August 1827) was a British Army officer who fought during the Napoleonic Wars, administered several British colonies, and escorted Napoleon Bonaparte into exile. Biography Born on 1 May 1776, Campbell was the son of a British Army officer. Early career In 1797, Campbell purchased his first commission in the Army as an ensign with a regiment stationed in the Turks and Caicos Islands. In 1799, Campbell purchased a lieutenancy. In 1800, Campbell returned to England and joined a regiment of light troops there. From February 1802 to September 1803, he attended the Royal Military College, then located at Great Marlow. After his time at the college, Campbell became an assistant quartermaster-general. In 1805, Campbell purchased a promotion to major in a regiment that spent two years in Jamaica. After returning to England, Campbell purchased a promotion to lieutenant colonel. Over the next three years, Campbell participated in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Campbell (minister)
Neil Campbell (1678 - 1761) was a Scottish Minister, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland at the start of the Original Secession and Principal of Glasgow University during a flourishing period of the Scottish Enlightenment. Life Neil Campbell's origins are obscure, though it is clear he was well connected to the Patronage networks of the Argyle Interest, which was to triumph in the so-called Glorious Revolution. Hew Scott's "Fasti Ecclesiae..." (which was based on reading original parish records) says he was the son of Major John Campbell of the Clenary family, but Neil was sent to his uncle, Rev Patrick Campbell of Glenaray and his wife Jean McIver, to raise and educate him in the church. Some genealogy websites, and others who may have access to private family papers, suggest he was the, possibly illegitimate, son of a John Campbell (and possibly a cadet of the Argyle family). Neil matriculated at Glasgow University on 1 January 1697 to study ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Neil Campbell
Sir Robert Neil Campbell KCMG CB CIE (28 September 1854 – 18 February 1928) was a Scottish physician whose career was in British India. A son of Robert Campbell, of the British Linen Company's Bank, Edinburgh, and his wife Eliza Hamilton Forman, he was educated at the Edinburgh Institution for Languages and Mathematics and the University of Edinburgh. After graduating as a physician, he joined the Bengal Medical Service, which he rose to command. He was knighted in 1917."Campbell K.C.M.G. SIR (ROBERT) NEIL CAMPBELL " in ''Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage'' (1923), p. 151 Campbell retired to 29, Medina Villas, Hove, Sussex, but died at Lahore, while on a visit to India, in February 1928, aged 73."Deaths in the Services: Sir Robert Neil Campbell" in '' British Medical Journal'', Vol. for 1928, p. 474 On 3 August 1881, at Lahore, Campbell married Ethel Bensley (1860–1927). They had four sons, William Norman (1884–1907), Neil Hamilton (1885–1886), Robert Charles C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Campbell (politician)
Neil Campbell (21 March 1880 – 25 April 1960) was an Australian politician. He was born in Winkleigh, Tasmania. In 1922 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Wilmot Wilmot may refer to: Places Australia *Division of Wilmot, an abolished Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania * Wilmot, Tasmania, a locality in the North-West Region Canada *Wilmot, Nova Scotia, an unincorporated rural community and former t .... He was Chair of Committees from 1931 to 1934, when he briefly became a minister. From 1945 to 1950 he served as Leader of the Opposition. He resigned from the House of Assembly in 1955 to contest Tamar in the Legislative Council, which he represented until his death in 1960 in Launceston. References 1880 births 1960 deaths Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Tasmania Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Campbell (chemist)
Neil Campbell FRSE FRSC OBE (29 August 1903 – 24 July 1996) was a Scottish chemist and amateur athlete. He served as Vice President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1972 to 1975. He was associated with the University of Edinburgh for 74 years of his life. Life He was born in Edinburgh on 29 August 1903 into a family of Edinburgh actuaries, and his early education was at George Watson’s College before studying chemistry at the University of Edinburgh. He graduated with a BSc in 1926, continuing his studies with a PhD, on 'Optical activity of electrolytes' graduating in 1930. After a brief period studying at University of Tübingen in south-west Germany 1930/1, he returned to the University of Edinburgh as a lecturer in chemistry from the summer of 1931. He became a Senior Lecturer in 1952 and a professor in 1967. He was a keen amateur runner and supporter of school athletics. At University he ran with Eric Liddell. He served as Chairman of the Edinburgh Union of Boys Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Campbell (geologist)
Neil Campbell FRSC (April 27, 1914 – July 12, 1978) was a Canadian geologist, and is a notable within the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame. Campbell was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta and was a 1937 graduate of the University of Alberta's Mining and Metallurgical Engineering program. He sometimes worked for the Geological Survey of Canada during his summer breaks, and in 1935 under the direction of Alfred W. Jolliffe, Campbell mapped the Yellowknife, Northwest Territories area following numerous gold strikes in 1933–1934. Upon his graduation from the University of Alberta, Neil Campbell hired on with Cominco who owned the Con Mine in Yellowknife. He was involved in the exploration department of the company and over his career with Cominco he was responsible for the following developments or discoveries: # In 1943, he began research that identified the West Bay Fault in Yellowknife as having faulted the massive ore bodies at the Giant Mine beneath the Con Mine. This new gold depos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Campbell (rower)
Neil William Campbell, CM (September 3, 1930 in Buffalo, New York – August 11, 2006) was a Canadian rower. Born in Buffalo, his parents moved to St. Catharines, Ontario, when Campbell was around one year old. He started his rowing career with the St. Catharines Rowing Club in 1952, as a heavyweight oarsman. He competed in the Coxless Four at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and the Eight at the 1968 Summer Olympics. In 1967 he became head Rowing coach at Ridley College, St. Catharines, Ontario, a position he held until 1987. Under his mentoring Ridley eights won 14 Canadian Secondary School Rowing Association (formerly Canadian Schoolboy) Championships, as well as five American Schoolboy titles and seven Championships at the English Henley Royal Regatta. In 1985, Campbell coached the University of Cambridge's rowing team in preparation for its annual University Boat Race against the University of Oxford. Campbell led the 1984 Canadian men's heavyweight crew to a gold medal at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Campbell (scientist)
Neil Allison Campbell (April 17, 1946 – October 21, 2004) was an American scientist known best for his textbook, ''Biology,'' first published in 1987 and repeatedly through many subsequent editions. The title is popular worldwide and has been used by over 700,000 students in both high school and college-level classes. Education Campbell earned his M.S. in zoology from the University of California, Los Angeles and his Ph.D. in Plant Biology from the University of California, Riverside. He taught collegiate classes for over 30 years at Cornell University, Pomona College, University of California, Riverside, and San Bernardino Valley College. Work Campbell received multiple awards: the Distinguished Alumnus Award from University of California, Riverside in 2001 and the first ever Outstanding Professor Award from San Bernardino Valley College in 1986. Campbell was also a researcher who studied desert and coastal plants. He conducted research on how certain plants would adjust in en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
