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Andrew Barclay
Andrew Barclay may refer to: * Andrew Barclay (bookbinder) (1737–1823), who emigrated from Scotland to the British-American colonies * Andrew Barclay (mathematician) (1849–1943), Scottish mathematician * Andrew Barclay (merchant) (1719–1775), Scottish-American merchant * Andrew Whyte Barclay (1817–1884), Scottish physician * Andrew Barclay Sons & Co., Scottish builder of steam and diesel locomotives *Andy Barclay Andrew "Andy" Barclay is a fictional character and one of the primary protagonists of the '' Child's Play'' horror film series. He was introduced in '' the original Child's Play'' and has become one of the lead archenemies of the series’ ant ..., character in ''Child's Play'' series See also

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Andrew Barclay (bookbinder)
Andrew Barclay (1737–1823) was a Scottish bookbinder who emigrated from Kinross-shire, Kinross, Fifeshire, to Boston in the British-American colonies in the mid-eighteenth century. As the American Revolutionary War drew near, Barclay sided with the Loyalists and was compelled to leave Boston when the British were driven out in March 1776. Upon leaving Boston he was assigned a command in charge of getting Loyalist refugees out of Boston to Nova Scotia. Soon after, he continued his trade in British-occupied New York for the duration of the war. Bookbinder's trade labels like Barclay's, found on the inside cover of some of his works, are considered a rarity among books printed in colonial America.#wroth1938, Wroth, 1938, p. 212#french1962, French, 1962, p. 155 Background Andrew Barclay was born in a small rural town called Cleish, near Kinross-shire, Kinross, Fifeshire. He was the third born son, of four sons, of James Barclay, and his wife, Marion. He was baptized on 31 March 1738 ...
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Andrew Barclay (mathematician)
Andrew Jeffrey Gunion Barclay (19 April 1849 – 15 September 1943) was a Scottish mathematician, known for being one of the founders of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society. Life and work Barclay studied at University of Edinburgh where he graduated in mathematics in 1880., MacTutor History of Mathematics. Then he was professor of mathematics at George Watson's College (Edinburgh) and at High School of Glasgow. He retired in 1914 and went to reside in London with a son. Barclay, with Alexander Yule Fraser and Cargill Gilston Knott, issued in January 1883 a circular calling for a Mathematical Society. That year the Edinburgh Mathematical Society The Edinburgh Mathematical Society is a mathematical society for academics in Scotland. History The Society was founded in 1883 by a group of Edinburgh school teachers and academics, on the initiative of Alexander Yule Fraser FRSE and Andrew ... was founded and Barclay became its president in 1884. References Bibliography ...
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Andrew Barclay (merchant)
Andrew Barclay (October 1719 – June 19, 1775) was a Scottish-American merchant who served as the 4th president of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York. Early life Barclay was born in Albany in the Province of New York in British America in October 1719. He was the son of Anna Dorothea (née Drauyer) Barclay, a Dutch speaker, and the Rev. Thomas Barclay, a native of Scotland who became the first rector of St. Peter's Church in Albany, himself the son of East Jersey Governor John Barclay. Among his siblings was the Rev. William Henry Barclay, rector of Trinity Church in Manhattan who graduated from Yale College in 1734 and was the father of Thomas Henry Barclay. Barclay, who was educated in Albany, was the maternal grandson of Gertrud (née Van Schaick) Drauyer (a daughter of Levinius Van Schaick) and Capt. Andries Drauyer, a Dane in the Dutch navy. Career Following the death of his father in 1726, he was sent from Albany to New York City to learn business. ...
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Andrew Whyte Barclay
Andrew Whyte Barclay MD (1817–1884), was a Scottish physician. Biography Barclay was born at Dysart, Fife, and educated at the High School of Edinburgh. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and after visiting Berlin and Paris took the MD degree in 1839. He later attended Caius College, Cambridge, graduating MB in 1847 and MD in 1852. He was elected assistant physician to St George's Hospital in 1857, and devoted much attention to the interests of the medical school, lecturing on medicine, and serving as physician from 1862 to 1882. At the College of Physicians he was examiner in medicine, councillor, censor, Lumleian lecturer, and Harveian orator (for 1881), being elected treasurer in 1884. He was president of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society The Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London (RMCS), created in 1805 as the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, was a learned society of physicians and surgeons, that received a Royal charte ...
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Andrew Barclay Sons & Co
Andrew Barclay Sons & Co., currently operating as Brodie Engineering, is a railway engineering company, specialising in the heavy maintenance, refurbishment and overhauls for both passenger and freight rolling stock. Based around its works at Kilmarnock, it is the only active rail engineering business in Scotland. The company's history can be traced back to the establishment of an engineering workshop in Kilmarnock in 1840 by Andrew Barclay. It produced numerous steam locomotives during the nineteenth century and, during the following century, it produced several fireless locomotive, fireless and diesel locomotives as well. Ownership of the company has been exchanged several times, having become a private limited company in 1892. It was acquired by the Hunslet Engine Company, Hunslet Group during 1972, after which it was renamed Hunslet-Barclay. During the twenty-first century, the business has changed hands multiple times, having been purchased by LH Group in December 2003, the ...
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