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Kirkcaldie
Kirkcaldie is a Scottish surname. Notable people with this name include: * Constance Kirkcaldie, New Zealand arts administrator, winner of Chapman Tripp Theatre Award * David Kirkcaldie (1848–1909), railway executive in New South Wales * James Kirkcaldie (1875–1931), New Zealand cricketer * John Kirkcaldie, New Zealand cyclist * Rosa Angela Kirkcaldie (1887–1972), Australian nurse, daughter of David Kirkcaldie also * Kirkcaldie & Stains aka Kirkcaldie's, department store in Wellington, New Zealand {{surname, Kirkcaldie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constance Kirkcaldie
Constance may refer to: Places *Constance, Kentucky, United States, an unincorporated community *Constance, Minnesota, United States, an unincorporated community *Mount Constance, Washington State, United States *Lake Constance (other), in several countries *Konstanz, Germany, sometimes written as Constance in English *Konstanz (district), Germany People *Constance (given name), female given name, also includes list of people with the name *Andrew Constance (born 1973), Australian politician *Angela Constance (born 1970), Scottish politician *Ansley Constance (born 1966), Seychelles politician *Lincoln Constance (1909–2001), American botanist *Nathan Constance (born 1979), English actor Fictitious characters *The protagonist of a story in Nicholas Trivet's ''Les chronicles'' retold both as ''The Man of Law's Tale'' (by Geoffrey Chaucer) and as the ''Tale of Constance'' (in John Gower's ''Confessio Amantis''). Arts and entertainment *Constance (album), ''Constance'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapman Tripp Theatre Award
The Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards were the main theatre awards in New Zealand's capital city, Wellington, from 1992–2014, and have been succeeded by the Wellington Theatre Awards. Established in 1992 and sponsored by law firm Chapman Tripp, the prestigious awards were a highlight in Wellington's art and social calendar. The presentations also recognised important contributions to the arts and the community. The winners were selected by a panel of Wellington theatre critics. In 2014 Chapman Tripp ended their 22 year sponsorship due to a shift in their corporate social responsibility programme. The main theatres in Wellington such as BATS Theatre, Circa Theatre, and Downstage Theatre each had an individual ''Production of the Year'' award for their best production during the year. Notable winners Winners at the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards include the most acclaimed names in New Zealand theatre. Such names include directors such as multiple winner Colin McColl (Laureate Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Kirkcaldie
David Kirkcaldie (December 1848 – 5 September 1909) was a Scots-born railway executive in New South Wales. History Kirkcaldie was born near Leven, or Kirkcaldy, in Fifeshire Scotland. At age 13 he entered the service of the North British Railway Company, or Leven and East of Fife Railway, and remained in that service for 15 years. He had the opportunity for promotion to the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, Bombay (present-day Mumbai), but was afraid the weather would not be healthy for him, so instead emigrated Australia, joining the New South Wales Railway service in 1876 as a clerk in the office of the Chief Traffic Manager for the Western and Southern lines. Three years later he was promoted to chief clerk in that section, then assistant traffic manager for the Southern and Western lines under William Vero Read (died 1922). In 1889 the office was made redundant by the opening of a bridge over the Hawkesbury River; Read was made Railways Secretary in place of Donald Vernon ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Kirkcaldie
James Cullen Kirkcaldie (18 April 1875 – 16 August 1931) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in one first-class match for Wellington in 1903/04. Kirkcaldie was an analytical chemist Analytical chemistry studies and uses instruments and methods to separate, identify, and quantify matter. In practice, separation, identification or quantification may constitute the entire analysis or be combined with another method. Separa .... References External links * 1875 births 1931 deaths New Zealand cricketers Wellington cricketers Cricketers from the London Borough of Enfield People from Enfield, London Analytical chemists {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kirkcaldie
John Kirkcaldie is a retired professional downhill mountain biker from New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla .... Kirkaldie won the 2005 New Zealand National Championships in both downhill and four cross, and finished third in the NORBA downhill series overall. He also took fourth place overall in the downhill in the 2004 NORBA series and sixth place in downhill at the 2004 UCI World Cup Race in Calgary, BC (Canada). He was also the 2004 New Zealand National Champion, and took NORBA championships in 2000 and 2001. Following his retirement from competitive cycling in 2006, he worked in carpentry. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Downhill mountain bikers New Zealand male cyclists Place of birth missing (living people) N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosa Angela Kirkcaldie
Rosa Angela Kirkcaldie CBE (3 June 1887 – 4 August 1972) was an Australian hospital matron, writer and army nurse. She served as a nurse throughout the first world war and then became a celebrated matron at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children. Life Kirkcaldie was born in New South Wales at Homebush in 1887. Her mother, Alice Angela Kirkcaldie (born Mountain) had been born in England and her father, David Kirkcaldie, was born in Scotland. Her father was a railway commissioner earning about £1,000 per year. He died in 1909. She trained as a nurse from 1910 to 1914 at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and when war was declared she was keen to volunteer. (Her elder sister, Katherine Vida Kirkcaldie, volunteered for overseas service with the Australian Army Nursing Service in the 1914–18 War.) She resigned from the hospital and she joined the staff of HMAS Grantala which was Australia's only and short-lived hospital ship of the First World War. On 30 August 1914 she and ''Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
