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Robert Aitken (other)
Robert Aitken may refer to: Science and medicine * Robert Grant Aitken (1864–1951), American astronomer * Robert Aitken (dermatologist) (1888–1954) Scottish dermatologist * Sir Robert Aitken (university administrator) (1901–1997), New Zealand physician and university administrator * John Aitken (biologist) (Robert John Aitken; born 1947), Australian reproductive biologist Others * Robert Aitken (publisher) (1734–1802), American publisher * Robert Aitken (preacher) (1800–1873), Scottish popular preacher * Robert P. Aitken (1819–1905), American politician * Robert Hope Moncrieff Aitken (1826–1887), Scottish army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross * Robert Ingersoll Aitken (1878–1949), American sculptor * Robert Thomas Aitken (1890–1977), American anthropologist * Robert Aitken (soccer) (1904–1962), American soccer player * Robert Baker Aitken (1917–2010), American teacher of Zen Buddhism * Robert Aitken (composer) (born 1939), Canadian flautist a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Grant Aitken
Robert Grant Aitken (December 31, 1864 – October 29, 1951) was an American astronomer. Early life and education Robert Grant Aitken was born in Jackson, California, to Scottish immigrant Robert Aitken and Wilhelmina Depinau. Aitken attended Williams College in Massachusetts and graduated with an undergraduate degree in 1887. Career From 1887–1891, he worked as a mathematics instructor at Livermore, California, then received his M.A. from Williams College in 1892. He became a professor of mathematics at the College of the Pacific, another liberal arts school. He was offered an assistant astronomer position at Lick Observatory in California in 1895. He began a systematically study of double stars, measuring their positions and calculating their orbits around one another. From 1899, in collaboration with W. J. Hussey, he methodically created a very large catalog of such stars. This ongoing work was published in Lick Observatory bulletins. In 1905, Hussey left and Aitk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Aitken (dermatologist)
Robert Aitken FRSE (1888–1954) was an 20th-century Scottish physician specialising in dermatology and was an expert on lupus vulgaris. He served as president of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts from 1941 to 1944. He was president of the British Association of Dermatologists from 1949 to 1950. Life Aitken was born on 6 April 1888 in Edinburgh and was educated at Daniel Stewart's College.''British Medical Journal'' obituary, 3 April 1954. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with an MB ChB in 1911. He then went to work as an assistant to a Dr Crerar in Maryport and before returning to the University to study dermatology under Norman Walker. In the First World War he served as a physician to the Royal Navy on a hospital ship with the Mediterranean Fleet. During this period he received his doctorate (MD) in 1917. After the war he began working as a dermatologist at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, where he remained for his entire career. From 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Aitken (university Administrator)
Sir Robert Stevenson Aitken (16 April 1901 – 10 April 1997) was a physician and university administrator from New Zealand. He was vice-chancellor of the University of Otago in New Zealand between 1948 and 1953 and of the University of Birmingham between 1953 and 1968. Born in Wyndham on 16 April 1901, Aitken was educated at Mosgiel District High School and Gisborne High School. He went on to study medicine at the University of Otago, graduating MB ChB in 1922. He played representative field hockey for Otago in 1921 and 1922. In 1924, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, and went to study at Balliol College, Oxford, where he completed a DPhil in 1926. In 1929, Aitken married Margaret Kane, and the couple had three children. In 1953, Aitken was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor The title of Knight Bachelor is the basic rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Aitken (biologist)
Robert John Aitken (born 4 September 1947) is a British reproductive biologist, widely known for identifying oxidative stress as a significant contribution to infertility and its actions on human sperm function. He also made substantial contributions to clinical practice translation in male reproductive health, notably the development of new contraceptive vaccine. He was born in Bath, England but moved to Australia in 1997, where he took Chair of Biological Sciences at the University of Newcastle, then nominated to Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Health and Medicine and Laureate Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Newcastle (Australia), University of Newcastle since 2013. He is currently Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, a former president of the International Society of Andrology. Aitken also founded and directed the Priority Research Centre in Reproducti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Aitken (publisher)
Robert Aitken (1734–1802) was an Early American publisher and printer in Philadelphia and the first to publish an English language Bible in the newly formed United States. He was born in Dalkeith, Scotland. He emigrated to Philadelphia in 1769, where he published the ''Pennsylvania Magazine, or American Monthly Museum'' in 1775–76. Starting in Philadelphia as a bookseller in 1769 and 1771, Aitken started publication of ''The Pennsylvania Magazine'' in 1775 with content derived from the colonies. English political activist Thomas Paine, who just did immigrate to Philadelphia with a letter of recommendation from Benjamin Franklin, contributed two pieces to the magazine's inaugural issue and Aitken hired him as editor. The Magazine's readership rapidly expanded, achieving a greater circulation in the colonies than any American magazine up until that point. While Aitken had conceived of the magazine as nonpolitical, Paine brought a political perspective to its content, writing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Aitken (preacher)
Robert Aitken (1800–1873) was a Scottish popular preacher who formed ''The Christian Society'', with his following primarily drawn from Methodist and Anglican believers, promoting a mix of evangelism and tractarianism. Early life Born in Scotland to Calvinist parents, he attended the University of Edinburgh but according to his son the Rev. William Hay Aitken (1836–1911), he left without graduating. While still very young, Aitken became a school-master in Sunderland, and, whilst living in the village of Whitburn near that town, was ordained as deacon in 1823 by Bishop William Van Mildert. He was for some time resident in the Isle of Man, living near Douglas at 'Kirby Cottage' in Braddan. He married his first wife Anna Elizabeth Eyres (1804–1836), around this time and they had six children together. She was the daughter of Lt. Colonel William Eyres (1782–1847), a wealthy manufacturer of soap, and Elizabeth Simpson (1781–1863). Anna was tubercular and Aitken's mother-i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert P
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use Robert (surname), as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert (name), Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta (given name), Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto (given name), Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hope Moncrieff Aitken
Colonel Robert Hope Moncrieff Aitken (8 February 1826 – 18 September 1887) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Details of Nomination He was 31 years old, and a lieutenant in the 13th Bengal Native Infantry, Bengal Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deeds took place for which he was awarded the VC: Later life In later life he achieved the rank of colonel. He died in 1887 and is buried in the Eastern Cemetery at St Andrews St Andrews ( la, S. Andrea(s); sco, Saunt Aundraes; gd, Cill Rìmhinn) is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh. St Andrews had a recorded population of 16,800 , making it Fife's fou ... on the upper terrace. Family Robert was the son of John Aitken and Jane Christie, of Cupar, Fife, Scotland. He came from a long line of army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ingersoll Aitken
Robert Ingersoll Aitken (May 8, 1878 – January 3, 1949) was an American sculptor. Perhaps his most famous work is the West Pediment of the United States Supreme Court Building. Life and career Born to Charles H. Aitken and Katherine A. Higgens in San Francisco, California, Aitken studied there at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art lso called the California School of Design – now the San Francisco Art Institutewith Douglas Tilden. From 1901 until 1904 he was an instructor at the Institute. During this period, Aitken in 1900 designed San Francisco's original municipal flag; the design was in use from 1900 until sometime in the early 1920s. In 1903, he sculpted the Victory figure for the top of the Dewey Monument, which still stands in San Francisco's Union Square. In 1904, Aitken carved a statue of a female figure, representing the Republic for the William McKinley Memorial, which still stands in the San Francisco Panhandle Park. In 1904, Aitken moved to Paris where he co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Thomas Aitken
Robert Thomas Aitken (June 13, 1890 – June 22, 1977) was an American anthropologist known for his work in Oceania while at the Bishop Museum in Hawaiʻi. Biography Born in Livermore, California, in 1890, Aitken was raised and educated with his sister and two brothers atop Mt. Hamilton, where his father was an astronomer at the Lick Observatory. He married Gladys Page Baker in 1915, and had two sons, Robert Baker Aitken (Zen Buddhist teacher and author) and Malcolm Darroch Aitken. His life work included anthropology, ethnology, and archeology. He did graduate work at Columbia University, and started his professional career as an instructor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, and then as anthropologist at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Under the guidance of Franz Boas, Aitken and John Alden Mason excavated ''Cerro Hueco'' (Antonio's Cueva), a cave in Puerto Rico, in 1915. While human skeletal remains were unearthed, nothing else of significance was found. Docu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Aitken (soccer)
Robert Aitken, Jr. (October 19, 1904 – December 20, 1962) was an American soccer player who earned two caps with the United States national team. His first came in the 11–2 loss to Argentina at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from .... Following that game, the United States played a June 10, 1928, exhibition game with Poland. The game ended in a 3–3 tie. At the time of the Olympics, he played for Caledonian F.C. References External links * 1904 births 1962 deaths American men's soccer players Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players for the United States United States men's international soccer players Men's association football defenders {{US-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Baker Aitken
Robert Baker Dairyu Chotan Aitken Rōshi (June 19, 1917 – August 5, 2010) was a Zen teacher in the Harada-Yasutani lineage. He co-founded the Honolulu Diamond Sangha in 1959 together with his wife, Anne Hopkins Aitken. Aitken received Dharma transmission from Koun Yamada in 1985 but decided to live as a layperson. He was a socialist advocating social justice for gays, women and Native Hawaiians throughout his life, and was one of the original founders of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. Biography Robert Aitken or Bob, as he liked to be called, was born to Robert Thomas Aitken and Gladys Page Baker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1917. He was raised in Hawaii from the age of five. He was the son of a war enthusiast and was a rebel and loner in the 1930s and 40s before the war. Living in Guam as a civilian working in construction—at the onset of World War II—he was detained by the Japanese and held in internment camps for the duration of the war. A guard at one of the internme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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