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Alistair
Alistair is a male given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic name ''Alasdair''. The latter is most likely a Scottish Gaelic variant of the Norman name Alexandre or the Latin name Alexander, which was incorporated into English in the same form as Alexander. The deepest etymology is the Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (man-repeller): ἀλέξω (repel) + ἀνήρ (man), "the one who repels men", a warrior name. Another (much less common) Anglicisation of ''Alasdair'' is ''Allaster''. Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 399. People Alastair * Alastair Adams (born 1969), English artist * Alastair Aiken (born 1993), British YouTuber * Alastair Aird (1931–2009), British royal courtier * Alastair Bellingham (1938–2017), British haematologist * Alastair Biggar, (1946–2016) Scotland international rugby union player * Alastair Bray (born 1993), Australian footballer * Alastair Bruce of Crionaich (born 1960), British journalist, British Army reservist and officer of ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alastair Burnet
Sir James William Alexander Burnet (12 July 192820 July 2012), known as Alastair Burnet, was a British journalist and broadcaster, who had a career working in news and current affairs programmes, including a long career with Independent Television News (ITN) as chief presenter of the flagship '' News at Ten''; Sir Robin Day described Burnet as "the booster rocket that put ITN into orbit". He began his career in journalism as a sub-editor and junior leader writer for the '' Glasgow Herald'' newspaper from 1951 to 1958. Burnet joined the weekly news and current affairs magazine ''The Economist'' in 1958 before becoming ITN's political correspondent in 1963 and working on a number of current affairs programmes such as '' This Week''. Burnet was one of the first newsreaders of the half hour ''News at Ten'' bulletin in 1967. He left television broadcasting in 1974 to become editor of the ''Daily Express'' newspaper until 1976. Burnet rejoined ITN to read the news on the '' News at 5: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alastair Campbell
Alastair John Campbell (born 25 May 1957) is a British journalist, author, strategist, broadcaster, and activist, who is known for his political roles during Tony Blair's leadership of the Labour Party. Campbell worked as Blair's spokesman and campaign director in opposition (1994–1997), then as Downing Street Press Secretary, and as the Prime Minister's Official Spokesperson (1997–2000). He then became Downing Street's director of communications and spokesman for the Labour Party (2000–2003). Campbell was Political Editor at the ''Daily Mirror'' newspaper in the 1980s and of '' Today'' in the 1990s. In 1994, shortly after Blair was elected as Leader of the Labour Party in 1994, Campbell left the ''Today'' newspaper to become Blair's press secretary. He was one of several key people responsible for the rebranding of the Labour Party as New Labour before its victory in the 1997 general election. In addition to being the press spokesman, Campbell was Blair's speechwri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alastair Crooke
Alastair Warren Crooke CMG (sometimes misspelled as Alistair Crooke), born 30 June 1949, is a former British diplomat, and is the founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum, an organisation that advocates for engagement between political Islam and the West. Previously he was a ranking figure in both British intelligence (MI6) and European Union diplomacy. Early life and education Crooke was born in Ireland, to Frederick Montague Warren and Shona Ann Thomson. His elder brother was Ian W T Crooke who became an SAS officer, eventually commanding 23 Special Air Service Regiment. Crooke was brought up mostly in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). He was educated at Aiglon College in Switzerland and at the University of St. Andrews (1968–1972) in Scotland, from which he obtained an MA in Politics and Economics. Career Crooke started his career in London banking for a few years. Crooke later worked for nearly 30 years in the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) under diplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, migrated to Britain after its End of Roman rule in Britain, Roman occupiers left. English is the list of languages by total number of speakers, most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the list of languages by number of native speakers, third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish language, Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in list of countries and territories where English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alasdair
Alasdair () is a Scottish Gaelic given name. The name is a Gaelic form of ''Alexander Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here ar ...'' which has long been a popular name in Scotland. The personal name ''Alasdair'' is often Anglicised as '' Alistair'', '' Alastair'', and ''Alaster''.''A Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, People named Alasdair * Alexander of Argyll (died 1310), Scottish magnate * Alasdair Allan (born 1971), Scottish politician * Alasdair Beckett-King (born 1984), English stand-up comedian * Alasdair Boyle (born 1945), Scottish rugby union player * Alasdair Breckenridge (1937–2019), Scottish pharmacologist * Alasdair Caimbeul (born 1941), Scottish playwright, short story writer, and novelist * Alasdair Clayre (1935–1984), British author and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alastair Cook
Sir Alastair Nathan Cook (born 25 December 1984) is an English former cricketer and former captain (cricket), captain of the England Test Cricket, Test and One-Day International, ODI teams. He is considered one of the greatest opening batsmen in Test cricket. Cook is List of players who have scored 10,000 or more runs in Test cricket#Players with 10,000 or more Test runs, the sixth-highest Test run scorer of all time and second-highest run scorer for England ever. He retired from Test cricket in September 2018 and played for Essex County Cricket Club in English domestic cricket until 2023, while also working for the BBC Radio, BBC radio programme ''Test Match Special'', between his commitments for Essex. Cook is England's most-capped specialist test batsman and captained the England team in 59 Tests, as well as in 69 ODIs. He is the second highest run-scorer in Test matches for England, and the youngest player to score 12,000 Test runs (the sixth overall). Cook scored a record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alastair Clarkson
Alastair Thomas Clarkson (born 27 April 1968) is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and was previously head coach of the Hawthorn Football Club from 2005 to 2021, where he won four premierships (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015). Hailing from the small town of Kaniva, Victoria, Clarkson played eleven seasons of AFL football – nine for North Melbourne (1987–1995) followed by two for Melbourne (1996–1997). He played 134 games in total, playing either in the midfield or on the half-forward flanks. After retiring from playing, Clarkson served for periods as an assistant coach at St Kilda Football Club, St Kilda (1999), head coach of Victorian Football League, VFL club Werribee Football Club, Werribee (2000), head coach of SANFL club Central District Football Club, Central District (2001–2002), and assistant coach at Port Adelaide Football Club, Port Adelaide ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alexander
Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander, Oleksandr, Oleksander, Aleksandr, and Alekzandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexsander, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa, Aleksandre, Alejandro, Alessandro, Alasdair, Sasha, Sandy, Sandro, Sikandar, Skander, Sander and Xander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/ Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alastair Dunnett
Sir Alastair MacTavish Dunnett (26 December 1908 – 2 September 1998) was a Scottish journalist and newspaper editor. He edited '' The Daily Record'' newspaper for nine years and ''The Scotsman'' newspaper from 1956 to 1972. In 1975 he became chairman of Thomson Scottish Petroleum and was much involved in the establishment of the oil terminal at Flotta in Orkney. From the 1950s to the 1980s he was involved in many Scottish cultural activities including being governor of the Pitlochry Festival Theatre (1958–1984). He was awarded an honorary degree of LLD by the University of Strathclyde in 1978 and was knighted on 4 July 1995. He published a book of short stories (''Heard tell'', 1947), a description of a kayaking voyage round the coast of Scotland (''Quest by canoe'', 1950, republished in 1969 as ''It's too late in the year'' and in 1996 as ''The canoe boys''), several books on Scottish topics and an autobiography (''Among friends'', 1984). Dunnett married Dorothy Hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ally (name)
Ally is a unisex given name, nickname and/or surname. It is a variant of Allie and Ali. It is used as a diminutive nickname for the given names Alison, Alexandra or Alyssa (feminine) or Alexander, Alister, or Alan (masculine). Notable people with the name include: Given name Female * Ally Acker (born 1954), American filmmaker * Ally Anderson (born 1996), Australian rules footballer * Ally Angula (born 1979), Namibian accountant, business executive, and politician * Ally Baker (born 1986), American tennis player * Ally Blake, Australian writer * Ally Brooke (born 1993), American singer * Ally Carda (born 1993), American softball player * Ally Carter (born 1974), American author of young adult and adult fiction * Ally Condie (born 1971), American author * Ally Cook (born 2000), American soccer player * Ally Ewing (born 1992), American professional golfer * Ally Fowler (born 1961), Australian actress in 1980s soap operas * Ally Green (born 1998), Australian socc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area around Rome, Italy. Through the expansion of the Roman Republic, it became the dominant language in the Italian Peninsula and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. It has greatly influenced many languages, Latin influence in English, including English, having contributed List of Latin words with English derivatives, many words to the English lexicon, particularly after the Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England, Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons and the Norman Conquest. Latin Root (linguistics), roots appear frequently in the technical vocabulary used by fields such as theology, List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names, the sciences, List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes, medicine, and List of Latin legal terms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alastair Caldwell
Alastair Caldwell (born 1943) is a British-New Zealand motorsports manager. He was the McLaren Formula One motor-racing team manager from 1974 to 1978. Early life Caldwell's father was an army officer and he was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire but the family emigrated to New Zealand when he was 7 years old and his father became a senior civil servant there. Caldwell attended Auckland Grammar School and acquired British/New Zealand dual nationality. He was interested in cars from a young age and learnt to drive at 12. He left school for a job as an apprentice mechanic at the post office. McLaren After qualifying as a mechanic Caldwell joined McLaren for the 1967 Italian Grand Prix. He then rose to be what would now be called the technical director of the team. Drivers he worked with included Emerson Fittipaldi, James Hunt and Jochen Mass. He was involved in the design, production and preparation of the cars for racing and was the inventor of an air-starter to make t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
