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Cruickshank (other)
Cruickshank ( ) or Cruickshanks is a Scottish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adrian Cruickshank (1936–2010), Australian politician * Alexander M. Cruickshank (1919–2017), American chemist * Andrew Cruickshank (1907–1988), Scottish actor * Art Cruickshank (1918–1983), American special effects artist * Bobby Cruickshank (1894–1975), Scottish golfer * Clare Cruickshank (died 2013), British cystic fibrosis sufferer * Dan Cruickshank (born 1949), British architectural historian and television presenter * Daron Cruickshank (born 1985), MMA fighter * Frank Cruickshank (1931–2015), Scottish football player * George Cruickshank (other), several people * Gord Cruickshank (1965–2021), Canadian ice hockey player * Grahame Cruickshanks (1913–1941), South African cricketer * Harry Harley, Harry Cruickshank Harley (1926–2014), Canadian politician * Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975), Scottish poet and suffragette * Helen G. Cruickshank (1902–1994), Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Cruickshank
Adrian John Cruickshank (16 December 1936 – 21 May 2010) was an Australian politician and philanthropist. He was the National Party of Australia – NSW, National Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Electoral district of Murrumbidgee, Murrumbidgee from 1984 to 1999. Cruickshank was born in Hobart, Tasmania. He spent time in countries in the southern and eastern parts of the African Continent as a miner and prospector before returning to Australia to farm. In 1966, he became New South Wales State Chairman of the Young Nationals (Australia), Young Australian Country Party, holding the position until 1968 when he was appointed to the state council, serving until 1984. He was elected to Carrathool Shire Council in 1970 and remained until 1974. He was chairman of the Rankins Springs, New South Wales, Rankins Springs branch of the party from 1972 to 1984. In 1984, Cruickshank was selected as the National Party of Australia – NSW, National candidate for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Cruickshank
James Fergus Cruickshank (13 April 1941 – 18 November 2010) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for Heart of Midlothian through most of the 1960s and 1970s, making nearly 400 league appearances. He had brief spells with Queen's Park at the start of his career and spent his final season with Dumbarton. Cruickshank also represented Scotland and the Scottish League. Life and career Cruickshank appeared 30 times in league games for the Hampden Park football club Queen's Park between 1958 and 1960. He joined Hearts in 1960 and left the club in 1977 after 17 years of service. He made 528 appearances for the first team and turned out 394 times in league matches. After leaving Hearts he joined Dumbarton, where he featured in three league matches before retiring from the game. He made nine appearances for the Scotland national football team, and was on the losing side only once. Cruickshank made three appearances during a 1967 overseas tour that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cruickshank (chemist)
William Cruickshank (born circa 1740 or 1750, died 1810 or 1811) was a Scottish military surgeon and chemist, and professor of chemistry at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. William Cruickshank was awarded a diploma by the Royal College of Surgeons of England on 5 October 1780. In March 1788 he became assistant to Adair Crawford at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, at a salary of £30 a year. On 24 June 1802, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS). Discoveries and inventions In 1797 he discovered that concentrated urine treated with nitric acid gives crystals, which exhibit acidic properties in solution, and may detonate if set on fire. That was urea nitrate. He identified carbon monoxide as a compound containing carbon and oxygen in 1800. In 1800 he also used chlorine to purify water. He also discovered the chloralkali process. Strontium Some authors credit Cruickshank with first suspecting an unknown substance in a Scottish mineral, strontianite, found near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Cruickshank
Stephen Cruickshank (born September 10, 1983 in Bointcumana) is a Trinidadian soccer player, currently without a club. Career Professional Cruickshank began his professional career in Trinidad with Caledonia AIA in 2006. He first moved to the Cleveland City Stars in 2007, playing in two matches and recording 18 minutes of USL Second Division play, but missed much of the season with a high ankle sprain. He returned to Trinidad in 2008, playing for St. Ann's Rangers and Ma Pau, before re-joining the Cleveland City Stars in the USL First Division in 2009. International Cruickshank has been capped four times by the Trinidad and Tobago national football team. Personal Cruikshank is greatly involved with Athletes in Action, a Christian sports ministry organization associated with the Campus Crusade for Christ Cru (until 2011 known as Campus Crusade for Christ—informally "Campus Crusade" or simply "Crusade"—or CCC) is an interdenominational Christian parachurch organizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheena Cruickshank
Sheena Margaret Cruickshank is a British immunologist and Professor in Biomedical Sciences and Public Engagement at the University of Manchester. She researches how immune responses of the gut are started as a result of infection and/or inflammation. Cruickshank is a science communicator. Education Cruickshank completed a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry & Immunology at Strathclyde University. She earned a PhD in immunology in 1998 from the University of Leeds for research investigating the effects of pleiotropic cytokines on liver cells. Research and career Since 2007 Cruickshank has worked in the Department of Immunology at the University of Manchester. She uses ''in vitro'' and ''in vivo'' approaches to characterise crosstalk between immune cells, commensal bacteria, pathogens and epithelial cells. These experiments make use of infectious models, including ''Toxoplasma gondii'' and ''Trichuris muris'', to understand immunity regulation in the skin and gut. By identifying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Cruickshank
Roger Cruickshank DFC (born 18 October 1982) is a Scottish pilot in the Royal Air Force, a Squadron Leader, and one of United Kingdom's top downhill skiers. Early life Roger Cruickshank was born on 18 October 1982 in Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Career Cruickshank joined the Royal Air Force, where he serves as a Eurofighter Typhoon pilot. He served in Iraq in 2016. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 2017. In March 2005, Cruickshank crashed whilst skiing, which shattered his left tibia and required a metal plate with nine pins to be permanently fixed in his leg. After regaining the ability to walk in June 2005, he qualified for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main .... In the Men's Downhill event, skiing with a kne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Cruickshank (other)
Robert Cruickshank may refer to: * Bobby Cruickshank (1894–1975), Scottish golfer * Robert Edward Cruickshank (1888–1961), Canadian Victoria Cross recipient * Robert Cruickshank (sailor) (born 1963), British sailor * Robert Cruickshank (Australian politician) (1878–1928) * Robert Cruickshank (bacteriologist) (1899–1974) {{hndis, Cruickshank, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Cruickshank
Nancy Cruickshank is a British entrepreneur in beauty, fashion, and technology. She has founded three start-ups and helped launch several others. Since 2018, she is the Chief Digital Officer at Carlsberg group A/S. Early life and education Nancy Cruickshank was born in London. Her father worked for Revlon and, when she was 11, her parents moved to Hong Kong while she attended a boarding school. She graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in history. Career Cruickshank began her career at Condé Nast in magazine and advertising sales. In 1995 she was named commercial director of Condé Nast online and helped launch the publisher's titles online, including ''Vogue'' and '' GQ''. In April 2000 she and her husband, Jim, launched a property site, Smove.com. Cruickshank joined Handbag.com in 2000, as Managing Director and 'Founder' of the media business that she joined to take forward. The business was originally founded in 1999 by Dominic Riley, and provided email, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Melvin Cruickshank
Brigadier Martin Melvin Cruickshank (1888–1964) was a Scottish surgeon, specialising in ophthalmic surgery. During the Second World War he was Chief Medical Officer for Delhi Province. He was created Companion of the Indian Empire in 1942. Life He was born in North Leith, the harbour area of Edinburgh on 22 March 1888, the son of George Hunter Cruickshank a marine engineer. He was a twin brother of Ernest Cruickshank. The family moved to Aberdeen around 1895 and he attended Robert Gordon's College with his twin. They then jointly studied medicine at Aberdeen University. He graduated BSc in 1911 (a year after his brother). In the First World War he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps, again with his twin, but they quickly were separated by events. He saw service in France, Belgium, Macedonia, Serbia, Egypt and Bulgaria. He rose to the rank of captain in this period. After the war he remained in the army and joined the Indian Medical Service. From 1921 to 1931 he acted as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Cruickshank
Margaret Barnett Cruickshank (1 January 1873 – 28 November 1918) was a New Zealand medical practitioner who died during the 1918 influenza pandemic. She was the first registered female doctor in New Zealand. Posthumously, she was the first woman, other than Queen Victoria, to have a monument erected to her in New Zealand. Early life and family Cruickshank was born a twin on New Year's Day 1873 in Palmerston, a small town in the South Island of New Zealand. Her twin was also a girl, Christina (1873-139). Their parents were Elizabeth (born Taggart) and George, who had emigrated together from Scotland; first to Australia and then to Dunstan in Central Otago, to join the gold rush there. Cruickshank's mother died in June 1883 while the twins were young and as a result they were needed at home to help raise their five younger siblings. They took turns to attend school; the one who attended teaching the one who had stayed home. In this way they completed their studies at Palmerst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandy-Rae Cruickshank
__NOTOC__ Mandy-Rae Cruickshank (born May 10, 1974, in Canada) is a world champion Free-diving, free-diver and record-holder from Vancouver, British Columbia. Cruickshank holds several Canadian and world records. She set the women's world record for constant ballast by diving to a depth of 88 metres (289 ft) on one breath, in April 2007 in the Cayman Islands. On April 8, 2005, Cruickshank set the new world record in the Constant Weight without fins discipline, free-diving to 50m. On April 11, 2005, she set the new world record in the Free Immersion discipline, diving to 74m by pulling herself down and up a line. As captain of the Canadian free-diving team at the AIDA International, 2004 AIDA World Championships, the women's team (consisting of Cruickshank and teammates Jade Leutenegger and Jessica Apedaile) took first place. In May 2006 she was the subject of media attention as one of stage magician David Blaine's ''Drowned Alive'' show safety divers (as a member of the Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Cruickshank García
Jorge Cruickshank García (July 29, 1911 – January 1989) was a Mexican politician. He was the general secretary of the Popular Socialist Party and a five-time parliamentarian.Camp, Roderic Ai. Mexican Political Biographies: 1935–1993'. ILAS special publication. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr, 1995. pp. 175-176 Early life and activism Jorge Cruickshank was born in Tehuantepec in the state of Oaxaca. He attended primary and secondary education in Veracruz. He continued his studies in the city and obtained engineering and secondary teaching degrees. He became active in the communist youth movement, and between 1939 and 1940 was a national leader of the Communist Youth. He was also a trade union organizer. He took part in the founding of ''Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación'' (SNTE), and became the general secretary of SNTE local 10 in 1943. He later held various positions in the SNTE national organization. In the PPS In 1948 he took part in founding the Popular Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |