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Robert Wallace (other)
Robert Wallace may refer to: Politicians *Ben Wallace (politician) (Robert Ben Wallace, born 1970), British MP for Wyre and Preston North *Robert Wallace (MP for Greenock) (1773–1855), Scottish politician, MP for Greenock, 1832–45 *Robert Wallace (Canadian politician) (1820–1899), Canadian Member of Parliament *Robert Wallace (Edinburgh MP) (1831–1899), British Member of Parliament for Edinburgh East, 1886–99 *Sir Robert Wallace (Perth MP) (1850–1939), Irish-born politician, MP for Perth, 1895–1907 *Robert M. Wallace (1856–1942), United States Representative from Arkansas * Robert Wallace (British Army officer) (1860–1929), Irish lawyer, soldier and politician *Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness (James Robert Wallace, born 1954), British Liberal Democrat Life Peer and MP for Orkney and Shetland, 1983-2001 Religious figures * Robert Wallace (bishop) (died 1669), Bishop of the Isles, Scotland *Robert Wallace (minister) (1697–1771), minister of the Church of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Wallace (politician)
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace (born 15 May 1970) is a British politician and former soldier who has served as Secretary of State for Defence since 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wyre and Preston North, formerly Lancaster and Wyre, since 2005. Before becoming an MP, he was a Conservative list Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for North East Scotland from 1999 to 2003. He stood down in 2003 and moved to Lancashire as he sought selection for a Westminster constituency in England. Following election as an MP and after serving as a backbencher for nearly five years, he was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Justice, Ken Clarke, from 2010 to 2014. Wallace was then made a whip from July 2014 to May 2015. Following the 2015 general election and the formation of the majority Cameron government, he became Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Northern Ireland Office. In 2016, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Strachan Wallace
Sir Robert Strachan Wallace (1 August 1882 – 5 September 1961) was an Australian academic, army officer and film censor. Wallace served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1928 to 1947. He was Australia's chief censor from 1922 to 1927 and served as a member of the Australian Broadcasting Commission from 1932 to 1935. Early life Wallace was born in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland on 1 August 1882. The son of a blacksmith, he was educated at Robert Gordon's College, the University of Aberdeen, and Christ Church, Oxford where he took first-class honours in English literature. Academic and military career After working as a Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen, Wallace was appointed as Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Melbourne, Australia in 1912. While at Melbourne, Wallace also served as the administrator and dean of the faculty of arts from 1914 to 1917. Wallace enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Waleys
Robert Waleys ( fl. 1373–1388) of Ipswich, Suffolk, was an English attorney and Member of Parliament. He was the son and heir of Richard Waleys, who was from Kersey, Suffolk. Waleys married a woman named Alice at some point before April 1365. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line ... in 1373, January 1377, October 1377, January 1380, 1381, November 1384, 1385, 1386, February 1388 and September 1388. He was confined to Fleet Prison over a debt. References Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 14th-century English people Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Ipswich People from Ipswich {{England-pre1707-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wallis (other)
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Robert Wallis may refer to: * Robert Wallis (engraver) (1794–1878), English engraver * Robert Wallis (footballer) (1904–?), English footballer * Robert Wallis (politician), English politician, House of Commons 1597—1611 *Bob Wallis (1934–1991), jazz musician See also * Robert Wallace (other) *Robert Waleys, MP for Ipswich *Wallis (surname) Wallis is a surname of English and Scottish origin. It is a variant spelling of Wallace, a common family name in Scotland. The surname may refer to: *Alfred Wallis (1855–1942), Cornish fisherman and artist. *Annabelle Wallis (born 1984), Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Wallace (other)
Bob or Bobby Wallace may refer to: * Bobby Wallace (American football) (born 1954), college football coach at the University of North Alabama *Bobby Wallace (baseball) (1873–1960), Baseball Hall of Fame member *Bobby Wallace (footballer) (1908–1991), Scottish footballer with Hamilton Academical and Dumbarton *Bob Wallace (computer scientist) (1949–2002), early Microsoft employee * Bob Wallace (footballer, born 1893) (1893–1970), Scottish footballer (Nottingham Forest) * Bob Wallace (footballer, born 1948), English footballer * Bob Wallace (American football) (born 1945), former American football wide receiver and tight end *Bob Wallace (test driver) (1938–2013), racing driver from New Zealand who was instrumental in the founding of automaker Lamborghini * Bob Wallace (athlete) (1951–2020), Australian marathon runner See also * Robert Wallace (other) *Bob Wallis Robert Wallis (3 June 1934 – 10 January 1991) was a British jazz musician, who had a handful of ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wallace (professor)
Robert Wallace (24 June 1853 – 17 January 1939) was Scottish professor of agriculture who worked at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester and at the University of Edinburgh where he helped establish agricultural education. He travelled around the British colonies, examining agriculture and livestock husbandry, and wrote numerous books and contributed several entries related to farming for the 11th edition of '' Encyclopaedia Britannica''. Life Wallace was born on 24 June 1853 in the ancestral family home, Wallace Hall in Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, the second son of Susan Reid and her husband, Samuel Wallace, a gentleman farmer. He was educated at Tynron Parish School and then Hutton Hall Academy near Bankend. He then studied at the University of Edinburgh graduating with an MA around 1872. He then spent ten years farming his father's estates along with his brother Samuel Williamson Wallace (1855–1932) who became director of agriculture for the state of Victoria in Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wallace (footballer)
Robert Wallace (born 1905) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward for Cowdenbeath, Sunderland and Third Lanark Third Lanark Athletic Club was a Scottish football club based in Glasgow. Founded in 1872 as an offshoot of the 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, the club was a founder member of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) in 1872 and the Scottish .... TheStatCat References 1905 births Footballers from Paisley, Renfrewshire S ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wallace (poet)
Robert Arthur Wallace was an American poet. He was born in Springfield, Missouri on January 10, 1932, as the only child of Tincy Stough Wallace and Roy Franklin Wallace. He died April 9, 1999, in Cleveland, Ohio. Wallace was buried at the Lakeview Cemetery there. He served two years in the U.S. Army and was discharged as a private first class. Education He graduated Harvard College summa cum laude in 1953 with a bachelor's degree in English. At Harvard he became lifelong friends with fellow student John Updike. He married Emily Mitchell Wallace, a noted William Carlos Williams scholar and also a native of Springfield. Wallace attended St. Catharine's College, Cambridge University on a Fulbright scholarship and Woodrow Wilson Fellowship and received a second B.A. in English there. Career Wallace published his first book of poems in 1957, ''This Various World and Other Poems,'' in Volume IV of Scribner's ''Poets of Today'' series''.'' He began teaching at Bryn Mawr College befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madidi Titi
The Madidi titi monkey, also known as the GoldenPalace.com monkey or the golden palace monkey, is a titi, a kind of New World monkey, discovered in western Bolivia's Madidi National Park in 2004. Its scientific name is ''Plecturocebus aureipalatii'', the specific epithet meaning "of the Golden Palace", in reference to GoldenPalace.com, an online casino which paid US$650,000 to have the species named after them, with benefits going toward the nonprofit organization that maintains the park where the titi was discovered. Distribution The species was discovered in low-lying lands of northwestern Bolivia, in the forest at the foot of the Andes. Studies indicate that it inhabits the western bank of the river Beni. The extension to the east and north of its range is not known. Preliminary studies indicate that the species is not endemic to Bolivia, with habitats that may extend to the south of Peru (at least to the Tambopata River). Description The Madidi titi has orange-brown fur, a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wallace (biologist)
Robert Wallace may refer to: Politicians *Ben Wallace (politician) (Robert Ben Wallace, born 1970), British MP for Wyre and Preston North *Robert Wallace (MP for Greenock) (1773–1855), Scottish politician, MP for Greenock, 1832–45 *Robert Wallace (Canadian politician) (1820–1899), Canadian Member of Parliament *Robert Wallace (Edinburgh MP) (1831–1899), British Member of Parliament for Edinburgh East, 1886–99 *Sir Robert Wallace (Perth MP) (1850–1939), Irish-born politician, MP for Perth, 1895–1907 *Robert M. Wallace (1856–1942), United States Representative from Arkansas * Robert Wallace (British Army officer) (1860–1929), Irish lawyer, soldier and politician *Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness (James Robert Wallace, born 1954), British Liberal Democrat Life Peer and MP for Orkney and Shetland, 1983-2001 Religious figures * Robert Wallace (bishop) (died 1669), Bishop of the Isles, Scotland * Robert Wallace (minister) (1697–1771), minister of the Church o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Charles Wallace
Robert Charles Wallace (June 15, 1881 – January 29, 1955) was a Scots-Canadian geologist, educator, and administrator who served as president of the University of Alberta (1928–1936), the principal of Queen's University at Kingston, Queen's University (1936–1951), and the head of the Arctic Institute of North America (1951–1955). Biography Early life and education Robert Charles Wallace was born on June 15, 1881, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. He completed his secondary education at the Kirkwall Grammar School in Orkney funded by a county scholarship. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts, B.A. from the University of Edinburgh in 1901 and a B.Sc. in geology and mathematics from the same institution in 1907, during which time he received Exhibition Scholarship. Wallace left for Germany to pursue graduate studies in geology, obtaining an M.Sc. from the University of Göttingen. He returned to Scotland to finish his graduate work, earning his Ph.D. from Edinburgh in 1912 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wallace (MP For Greenock)
Robert Wallace (1773–1855) was a Scotland, Scottish politician. He was an electoral franchise reformer and agitator for Mail, postal service reform. He was elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Westminster Parliament as the member for Greenock (UK Parliament constituency), Greenock in the 1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 general election, sitting for that constituency until 1845. Robert Wallace was the founder of the campaign for the Uniform Penny Post, providing cheap postage regardless of distance within the United Kingdom. He appeared in 1835 before the commission of enquiry set up to consider postal service reform. Life He was the second son of John Wallace (1712–1805) of Cessnock, Glasgow and Kelly at Wemyss Bay in Renfrewshire (historic), Renfrewshire, by his third wife, Janet, third daughter of Robert Colquhoun of the Saint Kitts, island of St. Christopher. His father was a West India merchant in Glasgow, who amassed a large fortune and became prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
