Robert Cruickshank (other)
Robert Cruickshank may refer to: * Bobby Cruickshank (1894–1975), Scottish golfer * Robert Edward Cruickshank (1888–1961), Canadian Victoria Cross recipient * Robert Cruickshank (sailor) (born 1963), British sailor * Robert Cruickshank (Australian politician) (1878–1928) * Robert Cruickshank (bacteriologist) Robert Cruickshank CBE FRSE FRCP FRCPE (26 September 1899 – 16 August 1974) was a Scottish bacteriologist. He did much early work on cancer research and aerobiology, including the airborne spread of streptococcus. He was an expert in the field ...

Bobby Cruickshank
Robert Allan Cruickshank (16 November 1894 – 27 August 1975) was a prominent professional golfer from Scotland. He competed in the PGA of America circuit in the 1920s and 1930s, the forerunner of the PGA Tour. Early life Born in Grantown-on-Spey in rural northern Scotland, Cruickshank learned his golf as a boy playing over the town's course. As a teenager he also worked there as a caddie. In that era, country houses around Grantown-on-Spey were often rented to rich Edinburgh families for the summer. A wealthy widow named Mrs. Isabella Usher made an offer to Cruickshank's parents to provide an education for their two sons in Edinburgh. In the autumn of 1909, Cruickshank and his younger brother John moved south. Mrs. Usher became their legal guardian and they lived at her house in the city's Murrayfield district. They were educated at the nearby Daniel Stewart's College. Although Cruickshank was not tall (5 ft 5in), he was a fine athlete, and in 1912 the year that he lef ...
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Robert Edward Cruickshank
Major Robert Edward Cruickshank VC (17 June 1888 – 30 August 1961) was a Canadian-born British recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for combat gallantry of the British and Commonwealth forces. Cruickshank was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888, the first of 5 children. He moved to England with his family when he was 3 where he moved frequently. In the First World War he initially volunteered for the Royal Flying Corps, but transferred to the London Scottish. After being injured in the Battle of the Somme he was returned home to recuperate before transferring to Egypt. While in Egypt, on 1 May 1918, he volunteered to carry a message along the front line where he was hit several times by a sniper. For his continued attempts at climbing the slopes of a wadi whilst wounded and under sniper fire, he was awarded the Victoria Cross. After the war he returned to business work before moving to Southend. After serving in the Home Guard as a Major in the Second Wo ...
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Robert Cruickshank (sailor)
Robert Cruickshank (born 19 February 1963) is a British sailor. He won a bronze medal in the Soling class at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ... with Lawrie Smith and Ossie Stewart. References Profileat sports-reference.com 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from London British male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of Great Britain Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Soling Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics {{UK-yachtracing-bio-stub ...
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Robert Cruickshank (Australian Politician)
Robert Waugh Cruickshank (10 December 1868 – 6 November 1928) was an Australian politician. Born in Edinburgh to tailor Robert John Cruickshank and Isabella Drysdale,''Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950'' he was educated at Moray House and Heriot-Watt College before becoming a librarian, later worked for a publishing company. He moved to Brisbane in the early 1890s, worked as a journalist for first Sir Charles Lilley's ''Chronicle'', then ''Drakes Progress'' and finally the ''Sun'' and the ''Australian Worker''. He became a Reuters representative in Brisbane and Sydney, and from around 1911 was an advertising representative for the ''Australian Worker'' and the ''Labor Daily''. He was a member of the Labor Party and contributed actively to the successful campaign against conscription in 1916. Cruickshank was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of ...
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