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Annan (surname)
Annan is a Scottish surname and Akan people, Akan surname. The use of Annan as a surname is most common in Great Britain, Ghana, and other former British colonies. The earliest reference of Annan used as a surname is found in the 13th century Ragman Rolls during which Scots pledged Homage (feudal), homage to nobles. It is likely that people originating from or living in Annan, Dumfries and Galloway adopted "Annan" as their surname. Notable people with the Annan surname include: *Abraham Annan (born 1988), Ghanaian footballer *Alyson Annan (born 1973), Australian field hockey player *Amanda Annan (born 1982), Ghanaian actress and model *Andrew Annan (1805–1896), American politician and physician from Maryland *Anthony Annan (born 1986), Ghanaian footballer *Archie Annan (1877–1949), Scottish footballer *Beulah Annan (1899–1928), American suspected murderer *Christian Annan (born 1978), Ghanaian-born Hong Kong footballer *Daniel Francis Annan (1928–2006), Ghanaian judge and pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Scottish Surname
Scottish surnames are surnames currently found in Scotland, or surnames that have a historical connection with the country. History The earliest surnames found in Scotland occur during the reign of David I of Scotland, David I, King of Scots (1124–53). These were Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman names which had become hereditary in England before arriving in Scotland (for example, the contemporary surnames ''de Brus'', ''de Umfraville'', and ''Ridel''). During the reigns of kings David I, Malcolm IV of Scotland, Malcolm IV and William the Lion, some inhabitants of Scottish towns were English people, English and Flemish people, Flemish settlers, who bore English and continental personal names, with trade names and sometimes nicknames. One of the earliest sources for surnames in Scotland is the Ragman Roll. This document records the deeds of Homage (feudal), homage pledged by Scots nobles to Edward I of England, Edward I, King of England in 1296. The surnames recorded within are for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dorothy Annan
Dorothy Annan (20 January 1900 – 28 June 1983) was an English painter, potter and muralist who was born in Brazil to British parents and was educated in France and Germany. Her works were frequently shown at the Leicester Galleries in London and she had her first solo show there in 1945. Biography Born in 1900, Annan exhibited with the Artists' International Association, and once featured in an art show in an air-raid shelter beside work by Augustus John during World War II. Annan also exhibited works at the Royal Academy, with the London Group and with the New English Art Club. In 1949 she taught at the Bath College of Art. Annan was married to sculptor Trevor Tennant (1900–80). For a time they lived in a single-decker bus. She died in 1983 at the Sue Ryder Home in Snettisham, Norfolk. Examples of Annan's paintings are held in many national collections and she is also known for her many mosaics and tile murals, several of which have been destroyed in recent decades. The la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kendall Annan
Kendall may refer to: Places Australia *Kendall, New South Wales United States *Kendall, Florida * Kendall, Kansas *Kendall, Missouri *Kendall, New York *Kendall, Washington * Kendall, Lafayette County, Wisconsin * Kendall, Monroe County, Wisconsin *Kendall County, Illinois *Kendall County, Texas *Kendall Green, Pompano Beach, Florida *Kendall Grove, Virginia *Kendall Park, New Jersey *Boonville, California (formerly "Kendall's City") *Kendall Square, a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts * Kendall Township, Kendall County, Illinois *Kendall Township, Hamilton County, Kansas *Kendall Township, Kearny County, Kansas *Kendall West, Florida Geographical features * Kendall Basin, an ice-free cirque in Antarctica *Kendall Island, an uninhabited arctic island in Canada *Kendall Mountain, a peak and ski area in Colorado *Kendall Peak, a mountain summit in Washington state *Kendall Peak (Colorado), a summit in Colorado *Kendall River, a small river in the Northwest Territories of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Thomas Annan
Thomas Annan (1829–1887) was a Scottish photographer, notable for being the first to record the bad housing conditions of the poor. Biography Born in Dairsie, Fife, he was one of seven children of John Annan, a flax spinner. Career After his initial apprenticeship as a Lithography, lithographic writer and engraver at the ''Fife Herald & Post, Fife Herald'' in Cupar, he moved to Glasgow in 1849 and worked as a lithographer and engraver for Joseph Swan until 1855. He set up business with George Berwick at 40 Woodlands Road, Glasgow, listing in the 1855 - 56 Glasgow post office directory as Calotype, calotypists, practitioners of this early form of photography. In 1855, he photographed the ship , under construction on the Clyde, which was probably a commission by engineer, Robert Napier (engineer), Robert Napier. This photograph was part of a group of images sent to the Photographic Exhibition in connection with the British Association. After dissolving his previous partner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Richard Annan
Richard Amondo Annan (born 4 December 1968) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a left back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Annan, Richard 1968 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Leeds United F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Guiseley A.F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Halifax Town A.F.C. players Morecambe F.C. players Hyde United F.C. players Farsley Celtic F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Footballers from Leeds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Noel Annan, Baron Annan
Noel Gilroy Annan, Baron Annan OBE (25 December 1916 – 21 February 2000) was a British military intelligence officer, author, and academic. During his military career, he rose to the rank of colonel and was appointed to the Order of the British Empire as an Officer (OBE). He was provost of King's College, Cambridge, 1956–66, provost of University College London, 1966–78, vice-chancellor of the University of London, and a member of the House of Lords. Annan's publications include ''Leslie Stephen'' (1951)—awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, ''Roxburgh of Stowe'' (1965), ''Our Age'' (1990), described by Professor John Gray in the ''New Statesman'' as a "marvellous compendium of the higher gossip", ''Changing Enemies'' (1995), and ''The Dons'' (1999). His best-known essay is "The Intellectual Aristocracy", which illustrates, according to Robert Fulford in the ''National Post'', the "web of kinship that united British intellectuals (the Darwins, Huxleys, Macaulays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kojo Annan
Kojo Adeyemo Annan (born 25 July 1973) is a Ghanaian-Nigerian businessman and son of the late former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Early life Kojo Annan was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on 25 July 1973. Kojo Annan and his sister Ama Annan are from Kofi Annan's first marriage with Titi Alakija, a Nigerian. The couple separated when Kojo Annan was six years old and divorced two years later. After his parents separated, he lived with his father and spent holidays with his mother and sister. Kojo Annan's second name "Adeyemo" means "the crown befits the child" in Yoruba. Kojo Annan is a maternal grandson of Sir Adeyemo Alakija. Kojo Annan was educated in Wales at the independent Rydal Preparatory School, and in England, at Rendcomb College, where he excelled as a rugby playerMacAskill, Ewen"English public schoolboy turned businessman who 'disappointed' his father" ''The Guardian'', 30 March 2005 and subsequently at Keele University. He was also educated in Switzerland. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan (8 April 193818 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founder and chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, as well as chairman of The Elders (organization), The Elders, an international organisation founded by Nelson Mandela. Annan joined the United Nations in 1962, working for the World Health Organization's Geneva office. He went on to work in several capacities at the UN Headquarters, including serving as the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, under-secretary-general for United Nations peacekeeping, peacekeeping between March 1992 and December 1996. He was appointed secretary-general on 13 December 1996 by the United Nations Security Council, Security Council and later confirmed by the United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly, making him the first officeholder to be elected from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kodwo Sam Annan
Kodwo Sam Annan was a Ghanaian politician. He served as a member of parliament for the Asikuma constituency from 1965 to 1966. Upon his return from his studies in United Kingdom in 1960, he was appointed regional secretary for the Convention People's Party. See also * List of MPs elected in the 1965 Ghanaian parliamentary election This is a list of members of parliament appointed to represent the various constituencies of Ghana in 1965. Composition In 1964 a constitutional amendment was passed by the CPP majority in parliament to make the country a One-party state. All me ... References Ghanaian MPs 1965–1966 Convention People's Party (Ghana) politicians {{Ghana-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
John Annan Bryce
John Annan Bryce (1841 – 25 June 1923) was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician. Background and family He was the son of the politician and geologist James Bryce and his wife Margaret Young, daughter of James Young. His elder brother was the 1st Viscount Bryce. Bryce was educated at Balliol College, Oxford and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, winning the Brackenbury Scholarship. He studied first at the University of Edinburgh, then made his Master of Arts at the University of Glasgow. On 2 August 1888, he married Violet L'Estrange, daughter of Captain Champagne L'Estrange. They had two sons and two daughters. His two daughters Marjery (Marjorie/Margaret) and Rosalind (Tiny) were leading the Women's Coronation Procession of suffragettes and suffragists on 17 June 1911. Annan Bryce did not support women's suffrage, wrote to the press and voted against law changes. Career Bryce worked as merchant in India and was chairman of the Rangoon Chamber of Commerce. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
James Craig Annan
James Craig Annan (8 March 1864 – 5 June 1946) was a pioneering Scottish-born photographer and Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society. Early life and education The second son of photographer Thomas Annan, James Craig Annan was born at Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 8 March 1864. He was educated at Hamilton Academy before studying chemistry and natural philosophy at Anderson's College, Glasgow (later to merge to become the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College; later again, the Royal College of Science and Technology, and eventually becoming, in 1964, the University of Strathclyde.)The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art 2002. James Craig Annan Retrieved 5 November 2010 Annan subsequently joined his family's photographic business, T. & R. Annan and Son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
James Annan
James Douglas Annan is a scientist involved in climate prediction. He was a member of the Global Warming Research Program at Frontier Research Centre for Global Change which is associated with the Earth Simulator in Japan. In 2014 he left Japan, returning to the United Kingdom as a co-founder of Blue Skies Research. Education Annan was awarded a DPhil degree in graph theory by the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Division of the University of Oxford in 1994. His doctoral thesis was entitled ''The complexity of counting problems''. Climatology Annan has made several bets against those who believe the scientific consensus on climate change to be incorrect. The November 10, 2004 online version of ''Reason'' magazine reported that Lindzen is "willing to take bets that global average temperatures in 20 years will in fact be lower than they are now." Annan contacted Lindzen to arrange a bet and they exchanged proposals for bets, but were unable to agree on terms. The final proposa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
