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McMillan Memorial Library, Nairobi
The McMillan Memorial Library is a public library situated in Nairobi, Kenya. It is the oldest library in Nairobi, and the second oldest in Kenya after the Seif bin Salim Library in Mombasa. History The library was built by the McMillan family to celebrate William Northrup McMillan, who died in 1925. Conceived by Lucie McMillan, construction of the building was largely financed by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, close family friends of the McMillans. The Library was officially opened on 5 June 1931 by Sir Joseph A. Byrne, Governor of Kenya. Design The building is a neo-classical design featuring granite-clad columns along the façade and a grand white marble trapezoidal stairway leading up to the portico. Two lions statues guard either side of the entrance. The statues were donated by Sir John and Lady Harrington, cousins of McMillan. The external walls were constructed of smooth rendered stone under a flat roof and the internal walls are clad in polished timber panels. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenya
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Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 4,397,073 in the 2019 census, while the metropolitan area has a projected population in 2022 of 10.8 million. The city is commonly referred to as the Green City in the Sun. Nairobi was founded in 1899 by colonial authorities in British East Africa, as a rail depot on the Uganda - Kenya Railway.Roger S. Greenway, Timothy M. Monsma, ''Cities: missions' new frontier'', (Baker Book House: 1989), p.163. The town quickly grew to replace Mombasa as the capital of Kenya in 1907. After independence in 1963, Nairobi became the capital of the Republic of Kenya. During Kenya's colonial period, the city became a centre for the colony's coffee, tea and sisal industry. The city lies in the south central part of Kenya, at an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seif Bin Salim Library
Saif ( ar, سيف, links=no) is an Arabic name that means ''sword'' or ''scimitar''. also, it means the protector of something''. Saif , SAIF, or Seif may also refer to: Military * Arab sword, an Arabian sword of pre-Islamic origin * Scimitar, a curved sword associated with Middle Eastern, South Asian, or North African cultures Science and technology * HL7 Services Aware Interoperability Framework * Seif dune, a type of sand dune * Spatial Archive and Interchange Format Organizations * Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance * Social Enterprise Investment Fund * State Accident Insurance Fund Given name * Saif Ali Khan, Bollywood actor * Saif al-Adel, Egyptian al-Qaeda member * Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former Libyan politician Muammar Gadaffi * Saif al-Arab Gaddafi Saif al-Arab Gaddafi ( ar, سيف العرب القذافي, ''lit. Sword of the Arabs; of the Gaddafa''; 1982 – 30 April 2011) was the sixth son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. From around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mombasa
Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is known as "the white and blue city" in Kenya. It is the country's oldest (circa 900 AD) and second-largest cityThe World Factbook . Cia.gov. Retrieved on 17 August 2013. after the capital , with a population of about 1,208,333 people according to the 2019 census. Its metropolitan region is the second-largest in the country, and has a population of 3,528,940 people. Mombasa's location o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Northrup McMillan
Sir William Northrup McMillan (1872- 22 March 1925) was an American born Kenyan settler, adventurer, and philanthropist. Background McMillan was born at St. Louis, United States, the son of William McMillan. His father, a British subject born in Canada, moved to St. Louis in 1870, was naturalised as an American citizen in 1874 and established the Missouri Car & Foundry Company, which was one of 18 companies to be merged into the American Car and Foundry Company. McMillan's uncle was James McMillan who founded the Michigan Car Company and his paternal grandparents were William and Grace McMillan who had emigrated from Scotland to Canada. Early life After leaving school, he first tried his hand at ranching in New Mexico before seeking further adventures abroad.G. Horne, ''Mau Mau in Harlem?: The U.S. and the Liberation of Kenya'', Springer, 31 August 2009, page 20 As a young man he stood tall and muscular with a strong Texan drawl.Christine Stephanie Nicholls, Red Strangers: The W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnegie Corporation Of New York
The Carnegie Corporation of New York is a philanthropic fund established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to support education programs across the United States, and later the world. Carnegie Corporation has endowed or otherwise helped to establish institutions that include the United States National Research Council, what was then the Russian Research Center at Harvard University (now known as the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies), the Carnegie libraries and the Children's Television Workshop. It also for many years generously funded Carnegie's other philanthropic organizations, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT), and the Carnegie Institution for Science (CIS). According to the OECD, Carnegie Corporation of New York's financing for 2019 development increased by 27% to US$24 million. History Founding and early years By 1911 Andrew Carnegie had endowed five organizations in the US an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Byrne (British Army Officer)
Brigadier-General Sir Joseph Aloysius Byrne (2 October 1874 – 13 November 1942) was the Royal Irish Constabulary's Inspector-General from 1916 until 1920. He later served in Sierra Leone, Seychelles and Kenya. Biography Byrne was born on 2 October 1874, the son of Dr J. Byrne, Deputy Lieutenant for County Londonderry. He was educated at St George's College, Weybridge.Robert M. Maxon, Thomas P. Ofcansky, Historical Dictionary of Kenya, Rowman & Littlefield, 9 Sep 2014, p.41 He joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and was commissioned a second lieutenant on 23 December 1893, then promoted to lieutenant on 1 June 1897. After the outbreak of war in South Africa in October 1899, Byrne was with the 1st battalion of his regiment as it arrived in Durban for war service later the same year. The regiment soon saw heavy fighting, and Byrne was wounded at the Siege of Ladysmith, following which he returned home on the hospital ship ''Maine'' in March 1900. Promoted to captain on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenya Colony
The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, commonly known as British Kenya or British East Africa, was part of the British Empire in Africa. It was established when the former East Africa Protectorate was transformed into a British Crown colony in 1920. Technically, the "Colony of Kenya" referred to the interior lands, while a 16 km (10 mi) coastal strip, nominally on lease from the Sultan of Zanzibar, was the "Protectorate of Kenya", but the two were controlled as a single administrative unit. The colony came to an end in 1963 when an ethnic Kenyan majority government was elected for the first time and eventually declared independence as the Republic of Kenya. History The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya was established on 23 July 1920 when the territories of the former East Africa Protectorate (except those parts of that Protectorate over which His Majesty the Sultan of Zanzibar had sovereignty) were annexed by the UK. The Kenya Protectorate was established on 29 Novem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanjiru Koinange
Wanjiru is a name of Kikuyu origin that may refer to: *The main character of a Kikuyu story, " Wanjiru, Sacrificed by Her People" *Daniel Wanjiru (born 1992), Kenyan long-distance runner *Esther Wanjiru (born 1977), Kenyan long-distance track and road runner and 1998 Commonwealth Games champion *Esther Wanjiru Mwikamba, Kenyan crime victim in Dubai in 2012 *Helen Wanjiru Gichohi, Kenyan ecologist and President of the African Wildlife Foundation *Grace Wanjiru (born 1979), Kenyan race walker and four-time African champion *Margaret Wanjiru, Kenyan bishop and Member of the National Assembly for the Orange Democratic Movement * Samuel Wanjiru (1986–2011), Kenyan marathon runner and 2008 Olympic champion * Ruth Wanjiru (born 1981), Kenyan road runner based in Japan *Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru (born October 29, 1989 in Nyahururu) is a Kenyan runner who specialises in 1500 metres. She now lives in Kaptagat, where she attends PACE training camp. She took part at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Wachuka
Angela may refer to: Places * Angela, Montana * Angela Lake, in Volusia County, Florida * Lake Angela, in Lyon Township, Oakland County, Michigan * Lake Angela, the reservoir impounded by the source dam of the South Yuba River Fiction * Angela (character), in the ''Spawn'' and Marvel universes * Angela (Inheritance), a character in the Inheritance Cycle novels * Angela Martin, a character in ''The Office'' * Angela, a character in the '' Gargoyles'' TV series * Angela, a character in the ''Stranger Things'' Netflix TV Series, portplayed by Elodie Grace Orkin Music * angela (band), from Japan * ''Angela'' (album) by José Feliciano, 1976 * "Angela" (The Lumineers song), 2016 * "Angela" (Jarvis Cocker song), 2009 * "Angela" (Bee Gees song), 1987 * "Angela", a song by John Lennon and Yoko Ono from their album '' Some Time in New York City'' * "Angela", a song by Mötley Crüe from ''Decade of Decadence'' * "Angela", a song by Saïan Supa Crew from the album '' KLR'' * "Ange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Bunk Trust
A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this physical arrangement is ''codex'' (plural, ''codices''). In the history of hand-held physical supports for extended written compositions or records, the codex replaces its predecessor, the scroll. A single sheet in a codex is a leaf and each side of a leaf is a page. As an intellectual object, a book is prototypically a composition of such great length that it takes a considerable investment of time to compose and still considered as an investment of time to read. In a restricted sense, a book is a self-sufficient section or part of a longer composition, a usage reflecting that, in antiquity, long works had to be written on several scrolls and each scroll had to be identified by the book it contained. Each part of Aristotle's '' Physics'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Libraries
A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also civil servants. There are five fundamental characteristics shared by public libraries: they are generally supported by taxes (usually local, though any level of government can and may contribute); they are governed by a board to serve the public interest; they are open to all, and every community member can access the collection; they are entirely voluntary, no one is ever forced to use the services provided and they provide library and information services services without charge. Public libraries exist in many countries across the world and are often considered an essential part of having an educated and literate population. Public libraries are distinct from research libraries, school libraries, academic libraries and other special libraries. Their mandate is to serve the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
