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Haig
Haig may refer to: Places *Haig Avenue, football stadium in Southport, England *Haig, British Columbia, settlement in British Columbia, Canada * Haig, Nebraska, a community in the United States * Haig Point Club, private community on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina *Haig-Thomas Island, one of the Sverdrup Islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada * Mount Haig-Brown, mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia *The Haig, a jazz club in Hollywood Companies and organizations *Haig Fund, British charity set up in 1921 more properly the Earl Haig Fund charity *Haig Homes, a British charity founded in 1928 to provide housing for ex-servicemen *Earl Haig Fund Scotland, Scottish charity founded in 1921 People Mononym *Hayk (also transliterated as Haik or Haig or Haig Nahabed), Armenian Patriarch Given name * Haig Acterian, pen name Mihail (1904–c. 1943), Romanian-Armenian film and theater director, critic, dramatist, poet, journalist, and fascist political activist * Haig H. K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Haig
The Haig Dinners was a jazz club located at 638 South Kenmore Avenue in the Wilshire Distric, Los Angeles, California. Along with the Tiffany Club it was one of Los Angeles's premier jazz venues in the 1950s and strongly associated with West Coast jazz. History Author James Lincoln Collier describes the club as "the best-known Los Angeles jazz club of the day". It was located across from the Ambassador Hotel, which housed the famous supper club, The Cocoanut Grove. The Haig club was originally a bungalow home which was converted by owner John Bennett into a club. It has been described as looking more like a doll house than a club. In early 1952 Gerry Mulligan walked into the club and found Erroll Garner, Bobby Short, and others jamming without amplification. He joined in on an informal Monday night jam. He would later take over the jam night. Mulligan would audition and work with artists such as Chet Baker, Chico Hamilton and Bob Whitlock and many others. In its time, Erroll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haig Avenue
Haig Avenue (originally known as Ash Lane) is a football stadium in Blowick, Southport, Merseyside, England, that holds 6,008 people (1,537 seated, 4,471 standing). Since its opening in 1905 it has been the home ground of Southport. Location The ground is situated in Blowick, which is just inside the east boundary of Southport near the A570, the main road from Southport to Ormskirk and the M58 motorway. It is sited at the edge of a residential area, adjoining school playing fields. Stadium Haig Avenue now has a capacity of 6,008 but its record attendance is 20,010 for two matches played by Southport, against Newcastle United in the fourth round of the FA Cup in 1932 and against Everton in a 1968 FA Cup tie. Since Southport lost Football League status in 1978, the ground has seldom operated at more than a quarter full, although nearly full houses were registered for key matches such as the 1998 FA Trophy semi-final against Slough Town, which Southport won to reach their firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haig Acterian
Haig Acterian (; also known under his pen name Mihail ; March 5, 1904– August 8, 1943) was a Romanian film and theater director, critic, dramatist, poet, journalist, and fascist political activist. Alongside Mihail Sebastian and Camil Petrescu, he is considered one of the major Romanian theater chroniclers in the interwar period. Acterian was also noted for his friendships with the writer and historian of religions Mircea Eliade, the philosopher Petre Țuțea, and the British dramatist Edward Gordon Craig. He was married to actress (who had earlier been the wife of Ion Marin Sadoveanu)."Haig Acterian în prag de centenar", in ''Ararat'', Nr. 284-285 Biography Born in Constanța to an Armenian-Romanian family, he was the brother of and . Haig studied at the Mircea cel Bătrân High School in his native city, then attended the in Bucharest.Tavitian He made his literary debut in the school magazine, ''Vlăstare'', with pieces which caught the attention of his colleague, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haig Tchamitch
Haig Tchamitch (born 1951) is an American bridge player. Haig is an Armenian, who was born and grew up in Lebanon, lived for a few years in Canada and currently lives in Arizona. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Herman Trophy (1) 1992 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (1) ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1992 ** Grand National Teams The Grand National Teams (GNT) North American bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Grand National Teams is a team knockout event. The event is broken into ... (1) 2019 Runners-up Notes External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Tchamitch, Haig American contract bridge players Living people 1951 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haig (whisky)
Haig () is a brand of Scotch whisky, produced by Diageo in Scotland. It was originally manufactured by John Haig & Co Ltd. since the early 1720s. History Kane McKenzie Haig founded a distillery in the early 1720s in the Kennetpans in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, which became Scotland's largest distillery by 1733. It has been called the world's first commercial distillery. Stein had taken over some land and distilling operations from a local monastery. (Stein's distillery is now in ruins, and fund-raising was attempted in early 2015 in an effort to try to preserve its remnants.) Robert Haig was a distiller in the early 1600's and a member of the Scottish Clan Haig family. His great-grandson Kane McKenzie Haig, who lived in the Kennetpans area, married Margaret Stein of the Stein family in 1751 and founded the company known as John Haig & Co. Their daughter, also named Margaret, married a local lawyer John Jameson from Alloa in 1788. On marriage, John and Margaret James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haig Point Range Lights
The Haig Point Range Lights were range lights on Calibogue Sound at the northeastern end of Daufuskie Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina. The Haig Point Range Lights were built in 1873 and were maintained as an official aid to navigation until about 1924. The Rear Range Light house has been restored. It is a guest house for the Haig Point Club and serves as a private aid to navigation. Calibogue Sound is between Daufuskie and Hilton Head Islands. It connects the Intracoastal Waterway and the Harbour Town Marina with the Atlantic Ocean. In 1871, the U.S. Congress authorized two sets of range lights on Daufuskie Island. The other range lights were the Bloody Point Range Lights on the south end of the island. Land was procured in 1872 at Haig's Point for the first set. The Haig Point range lights were lit in 1873.Burn, Billie, ''An Island Named Daufuskie'', The Reprint Company, Inc., Spartanburg, SC, 1991, pp. 187-203, .Clary, Margie Willis, ''The Beacons of South Caroli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan Haig
Clan Haig is a Lowlands Scottish clan. History Origins The 13th century poet, Thomas the Rhymer, made the prophecy ''Tyde what may, what'er betyde, Haig shall be Haig of Bemersyde''.Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). Published in 1994. Pages 156 - 157. Bemersyde has been in the hands of the Haigs for eight hundred years from the founder, Petrus de Haga, to the present chief. Alexander Nisbet asserted that the Haigs were of Pictish or early British extraction. However, it is evident that the name de Haga is Norman. Petrus de Haga appears as a witness on a charter of Richard de Morville, who was Constable of Scotland from 1162 to 1188, to Dryburgh Abbey. Petrus is mentioned in several charters as ''Dominus de Bemersyde'' (Master of Bemersyde) which is evidence that the family were considerable magnates at that time. de Haga was amongs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Haig
Earl Haig is a title in the peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1919 for Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig. During the First World War, he served as commander of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front in France and Belgium (1915–18). Haig was made Viscount Dawick and Baron Haig, of Bemersyde in the County of Berwick, at the same time he was given the earldom, also in the peerage of the United Kingdom The viscountcy of Dawick is used as a courtesy title by the Earl's son and heir apparent. the titles are held by the first earl's grandson, the third earl, who succeeded his father in 2009. The family seat is Bemersyde House, near Newtown St. Boswells, Roxburghshire. The family motto is "''Tyde what may''", which refers to a 13th-century poem by Thomas the Rhymer which predicted that there would always be a Haig in Bemersyde: Lairds of Bemersyde (c.1150) ''The dates stated denote the period of proprietorship of the respective Lairds.''John Russe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haig (surname)
Haig is a surname of Old English origin. Notable people with the surname include: *Al Haig (1922–1982), American jazz pianist *Alice Haig (born 1985), English actress *Alan Haig-Brown (born 1941), Canadian novelist * Alan Haig-Brown (footballer) (1877–1918), British Army officer and footballer *Alexander Haig (1924–2010), U.S. Army general, White House Chief of Staff and U.S. Secretary of State * Brian Haig (born 1953), American novelist *David Haig (born 1955), British actor *David Haig (biologist) (born 1958), Australian biologist * Derek Haig, fictional character in Canadian TV series ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' *Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861–1928), senior British commander during World War I * Douglas Haig (actor) (1920–2011), American child actor in silent and sound films *George Haig, 2nd Earl Haig (1918–2009), British soldier and artist *Georgina Haig (born 1985), Australian actress * Henry Haig (1930–2007), English stained-glass artist * Ian Maurice Hai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Haig Ferguson
James Haig Ferguson (18 December 1862 – 2 May 1934) was a Scottish obstetrician and gynaecologist. He served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh from 1929 to 1931 and was president of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society. He chaired the Central Midwives Board of Scotland and was manager of Donaldson's School for the Deaf. In 1929 he was a founding member of the British (later Royal) College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. In 1899 he founded the Lauriston Home for unmarried mothers to give birth without chastisement. The home was renamed as the Haig Ferguson Memorial Home following his death until its closure in 1974. Early life He was born on 18 December 1862, in the manse at Fossoway, Perthshire, the son of Elizabeth Haig of Dollarfield and Rev. William Ferguson, the local minister. He attended the Edinburgh Collegiate School before entering the faculty of medicine of the University of Edinburgh. He graduated MB CM in 1884 and in the same y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Haig Brown
William Haig Brown (1823–1907) was an English cleric and reforming headmaster of Charterhouse School. Life Born at Bromley by Bow, Middlesex, on 3 December 1823, he was third son of Thomas Brown of Edinburgh and his wife Amelia, daughter of John Haig, of the Haigs of Bemersyde. At age nine he went to Christ's Hospital, where he remained, first in the junior school at Hertford, and later on in London, until 1842. In 1842 Haig Brown entered Pembroke College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1846 as second in the first class in the classical tripos. Elected a fellow in October 1848 (M.A. 1849), and taking holy orders (deacon 1852 and priest 1853), he was engaged in college work until 1857, when he was appointed headmaster of Kensington School. In 1863, on the resignation of Dr. Richard Elwyn, the Schoolmaster of Charterhouse School, Haig Brown was appointed his successor on 12 November, against tradition that the schoolmaster should have been educated at the school. In 1864 he pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
