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Smillie
Smillie is a surname and may refer to: * Andy Smillie (born 1941), English (soccer) footballer * Carol Smillie (born 1961), Scottish television presenter, remembered as ''Wheel of Fortune'' co-host * Don Smillie (1910–1993), Canadian ice hockey player * George Henry Smillie (1840–1921), American landscape painter * Grant Smillie (born 1977), Australian music DJ, based in Melbourne * James Smillie, British and Australian actor, as Dr. Dan Marshall in the Australian soap opera ''Return to Eden'' * James David Smillie (1833–1909), American painter and engraver * Jennie Smillie Robertson (1878–1981), Canada's first female surgeon * John Smillie (soccer) (born 1954), retired Scottish-American soccer player * John Smillie (mathematician) (born 1953), American mathematician * Neil Smillie (born 1958), English (soccer) football player and manager * Octavia Hall Smillie (1889–1970), American dietitian * Raymond Smillie (1904–1993), Canadian boxer who competed in the 1928 Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Smillie
Carol Patricia Smillie (born 23 December 1961) is a Scottish television presenter, actress and former model. Smillie became famous as a presenter on British TV during the 1990s and early 2000s. She was best known for assisting Nicky Campbell on the UK version of the game show ''Wheel of Fortune'' between 1989 and 1994. Between 1996 and 2003, she was the main presenter on the BBC One home makeover show '' Changing Rooms''. After leaving the Glasgow School of Art, Smillie was a model throughout the 1980s. Her break in television came in 1989 when she auditioned for the role of hostess on ''Wheel of Fortune'' After leaving the show in 1994, Smillie appeared on the BBC television channel, firstly as a reporter on ''The Travel Show'', and then the '' Holiday'' show, eventually becoming the programme's main presenter. The DIY programme '' Changing Rooms'' established her name and led to her presenting other primetime shows for the BBC, such as the '' National Lottery'' and her own mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Smillie (mathematician)
John David Smillie (born February 18, 1953 in Ithaca, New York) is an American mathematician, specializing in dynamical systems. Biography His father, David Smillie, was a professor of psychology. John Smillie graduated in 1974 with a B.A. in mathematics from New College of Florida. At the university he graduated with an M.S. in 1975 and a Ph.D. in 1977. His Ph.D. thesis ''Affinely flat manifolds'' was supervised by Richard Lashof. From 1977 to 1980 Smillie was an instructor at Princeton University. For the academic year 1980–1981 he was at the Institute for Advanced Study. He was a postdoc for the academic year 1981–1982 at the University of California, Berkeley and for the academic year 1982–1983 at City University of New York (CUNY). At CUNY Smillie was an assistant professor from 1983–1986 and an associate professor from 1986–1989. At Cornell University he was a visiting associate professor from 1986 to 1987, an associate professor from 1987 to December 1990, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuesday Smillie
Tuesday Smillie (born 1981 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work focuses on trans-feminist politics and the aesthetics of protest. Smillie has been recognized for her reinterpretation of protest banners through traditional craft materials. Writer Johanna Fateman describes work like Smillie's ''Street Transvestites 1973'' (2015) as "ornate, meticulously sewn and painted trans-liberation banners" that "could not get their radical point across more lovingly." Life and work Smillie holds a BFA from Oregon College of Art and Craft with a concentration in Book Arts. Many of Smillie's collections take inspiration from feminist science fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin, primarily her novel ''The Left Hand of Darkness'' about gender-fluid inhabitants of the planet Gethen. Smillie has held solo exhibitions at the Rose Art Museum, Participant Inc, and her work has been included in group exhibitions at the Rubin Museum of Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Smillie
James Smillie, (born 28 November 1944), also credited variously as James Smillie; Jim Smillie and Jim Smilie, is a Scottish-born Australian actor. He has worked in both Britain and Australia in film, extensively on stage, on television, with voice-over and animation work. Smillie was born in Glasgow, Scotland and emigrated to Australia before returning to the United Kingdom to appear in stage roles in London's West End. On television, he's best remembered for the roles of Steve Wilson in ''Prisoner Cell Block H'' and Doctor Dan Marshall in the 1980s Australian mini-series and one full series of ''Return to Eden''. Career Television and film Smillie has appeared in films and television shows as featured actor and host, and as leading man on stage in the UK and Australia. His television credits include ''Return to Eden'', '' Prisoner: Cell Block H'', '' Adventure Island'', '' Space: 1999'' the episode ''End of Eternity'', '' Thriller'', ''The Gentle Touch'', '' Skin Deep'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennie Smillie Robertson
Jennie Smillie Robertson (February 10, 1878 – February 26, 1981), known throughout her career as Jennie Smillie, was the first Canadian female surgeon and also performed the country's first major gynecological surgery. Born to farmers, she worked as a teacher to afford tuition for medical school before enrolling at the Ontario Medical College for Women which merged into the University of Toronto medical school during her time there. Due to a lack of options in Toronto, she completed her training in the United States. In 1911, she helped re-found her alma mater as today's Women's College Hospital after no Toronto hospital would let her perform surgery. She died at age 103. Early life and education Jennie Smillie was born on February 10, 1878, on a farm outside of Hensall, Ontario, to Benjamin Smillie (1839–1886) and Jane Smillie ( née Buchanan; 1849–1906) as one of several children. Jennie Smillie attended public schools in Hensall and later in Seaforth. She showed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James David Smillie
James David Smillie (January 16, 1833 – September 15, 1909) was an American artist, cofounder of the American Watercolor Society and New York Etching Club. His brother was painter George Henry Smillie. Biography James David Smillie was born in New York City on January 16, 1833. His father, (1807–1885), a Scottish engraver, emigrated to New York in 1829, was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1851, did much, with his brother William Cumming (1813–1908), to develop the engraving of bank-notes, and was an excellent landscape-engraver. The son studied with him and in the National Academy of Design; engraved on steel vignettes for bank-notes and some illustrations, notably F. O. C. Darley's pictures for James Fenimore Cooper's novels; was elected an associate of the National Academy in 1865—the year after he first began painting—and an academician in 1876; and was a founder (1866) of the American Water Color Society, of which he was treasurer in 1866–73 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Smillie
Robert Smillie (17 March 1857 – 16 February 1940) was a Scottish trade unionist and Labour Party politician. He was a leader of the coal miners, and played a central role in moving support from the miners away from the Liberal Party to the Labour Party. He had a firm commitment to socialism as an ideal, and militancy as a tactic. Early life Born in Belfast, the second son of John Smillie, a Scottish crofter. Until his adult years, he spelt his name as "Smellie"; including on his wedding certificate in 1878. During his early years, he was orphaned and brought up by his grandmother who taught him how to read and write. By the age of nine, he was working as an errand boy and by the age of eleven, he was working at a spinning mill. He was able to obtain some books by authors such as Charles Dickens, Robert Burns and William Shakespeare, but his education suffered as he had to provide income for the family. By the age of fifteen, he had left Ireland for Glasgow, where he found em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Smillie
William Smillie (c. 1810 – 11 Dec 1852) was an appointed member of the first Legislative Council of South Australia, serving from March 1840 to February 1851. History Smillie was a son of Matthew Smillie (c. 1781 – 12 March 1847), a solicitor of Leith, Scotland and his wife Elizabeth Corse Smillie, née Nairne (c. 1791 – 17 October 1861). Smillie was a partner in his father's legal practice. He became fascinated with the newly founded colony of South Australia, and published a series of articles in the '' Stirling Advertiser'', reprinted as a book ''The Great South Land'' in 1838. He and his parents subsequently emigrated on the ''Indus'', arriving in South Australia in January 1839. His father purchased three sections in the vicinity of Mount Barker, which he subdivided, establishing the township of Nairne which he named in honour of his wife. They established a home, "The Vallies" or "The Valleys" in the area. In 1840 Smillie was appointed advocate-general, which positio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavia Hall Smillie
Octavia Irene Hall Smillie (August 30, 1889 – December 2, 1970) was an American dietitian. She was chief dietitian at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, and president of the American Dietetic Association from 1922 to 1924. Early life and education Smillie was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the daughter of Edward L. Hall and Addie (or Ada) Loomis Hall. She graduated from Colorado College in 1913. Career Smillie taught music in Colorado as a young woman. She was head dietitian at Boston's Peter Bent Brigham Hospital when she started the hospital's nutrition clinic in 1921. She was elected to a two-year term as president of the American Dietetic Association in 1922, succeeding Mary deGarmo Bryan Mary deGarmo Bryan (August 1891 – May 12, 1986) was an American dietician and professor at Columbia University and served as the second president of the American Dietetic Association (ADA). She helped pioneer the federal school National Lunch .... She presided over the associat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Smillie
Thomas William Smillie (April 15, 1843 – March 7, 1917) was a British-American photographer and archivist. He served as the first official photographer of the Smithsonian Institution, as well as the first official curator of the Smithsonian's photography collection. Early life Smillie was born in Edinburgh, but moved to the United States with his family at age five. He eventually attended Georgetown University as a student in medicine and chemistry. Career At the age of 27, Smillie started for the Smithsonian as a staff photographer using different photographic techniques to document the Smithsonian's daily operation, its exhibitions and people. In 1890, Louisa Bernie Gallaher was transferred to his photographic department after Smillie had noticed her photography skills. Gallaher became his chief assistant. Smillie gained field experience as an expedition photographer for the United States Fish Commission and he photographed the Solar eclipse of May 28, 1900. Additio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Smillie
Neil Smillie (born 19 July 1958) is an English former professional football player and manager. He played for a number of clubs, and appeared in the 1983 FA Cup final for Brighton & Hove Albion. Playing career The son of the former Barnsley and Lincoln City player Ron Smillie, Neil Smillie was born in Barnsley. He began his career with Crystal Palace, where he spent seven years, during which he had a spell on loan at Brentford and also spent two summers playing for Memphis Rogues in the North American Soccer League. In 1982, he was sold to Brighton & Hove Albion. During his time with that club, he played in the 1983 FA Cup final, in which Brighton held Manchester United to a 2–2 draw before losing in a replay. In 1985, Smillie moved to Watford for a fee of £100,000 but his spell at Vicarage Road was unsuccessful, with only 16 first-team appearances. In 1986, he moved on to Reading. Two years later, he moved again to Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Smillie
Ronald Drummond Smillie (27 September 1933 – 17 August 2005) was an English footballer who scored 32 goals from 205 appearances in the Football League playing for Barnsley (in two spells) and Lincoln City. He played on the right wing. After leaving Barnsley he moved into the Southern League with Chelmsford City, Margate, Folkestone Town and Dartford. Smillie's son Neil Neil is a masculine name of Gaelic and Irish origin. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish ''Niall'' which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", "victory", "honour" or "champion".. A ... also played football professionally. References 1933 births 2005 deaths People from Grimethorpe Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley Footballers from South Yorkshire English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Barnsley F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Chelmsford City F.C. players Margate F.C. players Folk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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