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Monteith
Monteith or Menteith may refer to: People * Alex Monteith (born 1977), new media artist * Alexander C. Monteith (1902–1979), senior vice-president of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation * Andrew Monteith (1823–1896), Canadian businessman and politician ** John C. Monteith (1853–1940), Canadian politician and son of Andrew ** Joseph Monteith (1865–1934), Canadian politician and son of Andrew *** Jay Waldo Monteith (1903–1981), Canadian politician and son of Joseph * Brian Monteith (born 1958), former Scottish politician * Cory Monteith (1982–2013), Canadian actor * Dermott Monteith (1943–2009), Irish cricketer * Hazel Monteith (1917-2012), Jamaican Senator, social worker and radio personality * Henry Ruthven Monteith (1848-1922), American professor at the University of Connecticut * Jimmie W. Monteith (1917–1944), United States Army officer awarded the Medal of Honor * John Monteith (minister) (1788-1868), founder of University of Michigan * John Monteith (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cory Monteith
Cory Allan Michael Monteith (; May 11, 1982 July 13, 2013) was a Canadian actor and musician. He made his acting debut in the television series ''Stargate Atlantis'' (2004), and had other roles in shows including ''Smallville'' (2005), and ''Supernatural'' (2005). During his career, he starred in over eighteen dramas and seventeen films, with ''Monte Carlo'' (2011), '' Final Destination 3'' (2006), ''and Sisters & Brothers'' (2011), all becoming commercially successful. Monteith is best known for his portrayal of Finn Hudson in the first four seasons of the Fox television series ''Glee''. For his portrayal, he won a Screen Actors Guild Award and Teen Choice Award. Monteith had a troubled adolescence with substance abuse from age 13, and entered drug rehabilitation at age 19. In a 2011 interview with ''Parade'' magazine, he discussed his history of substance abuse as a teen, and in March 2013, again sought treatment for his addiction. On July 13, 2013, he died from an overdose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Monteith (minister)
John Monteith (August 5, 1788 – April 5, 1868)Roscoe O. Bonisteel''John Monteith, first president of the University of Michigan'' Michigan Historical Collections, Bulletin 15, Ann Arbor, MI, 1967, p.6. was a United States Presbyterian minister, educator, abolitionist and a founding father of the University of Michigan, formerly known as University of Michigania or the Catholepistemiad. Monteith served as president of the university from 1817 through 1821. During his five years in Detroit, he also served as the city's first librarian, and founded the first Protestant church in Detroit and the first Presbyterian church in what is now the State of Michigan. According to his son, Monteith was six feet tall and straight as a rod. He did not drink liquor and he was rarely ill. As an abolitionist, a temperance advocate, a defender of the Sabbath, and an educator of young minds, he took it as his personal mission to convince others to accept his beliefs, and was therefore some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Monteith
Kelly Norton Monteith (October 17, 1942 – January 1, 2023) was an American comedian, actor, writer and producer. He was best known for writing and starring in the BBC comedy show ''Kelly Monteith''. Early life Kelly Norton Monteith was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on October 17, 1942. Career During the early 1970s, Monteith performed as a guest comedian on various talk shows, including ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' and ''The Late Show with David Letterman''. In 1976, Monteith had a short-lived variety show on CBS, ''The Kelly Monteith Show''. After successful guest appearances on British talk shows, he was offered his own series by the BBC. In 1979, ''Kelly Monteith'' was broadcast, and ran for six seasons. It was noted for often breaking the fourth wall by showing Monteith in his dressing room before and after a scene. ''Kelly Monteith'' won the Silver Rose for the BBC at the Montreux Television Festival in Switzerland during the series' run. In the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Monteith
Brian Monteith (born 8 January 1958) is a British politician, public relations consultant and commentator. As a member of the Scottish Conservatives, he was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region from 1999 to 2007. Later a member of the Brexit Party, he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North East England from 2019 to 2020. Early life and education Monteith was born in January 1958 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was educated at Portobello High School and Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. He was a member of the Federation of Conservative Students. He also organised a successful campaign to take Heriot-Watt out of the National Union of Students which they subsequently rejoined. Early career Following university Monteith initially worked as a researcher for Thatcherite London-based think tank, the Centre for Policy Studies. Monteith moved on to work in the public relations arena for Michael Forsyth Associates – Monteith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Monteith
John Lennox Monteith DSc, FRS (3 September 1929 – 20 July 2012) was a British scientist who pioneered the application of physics to biology. He was an authority in the related fields of water management for agricultural production, soil physics, micrometeorology, transpiration, and the influence of the natural environment on field crops, horticultural crops, forestry, and animal production. Research His pioneering work with Howard Penman on evapotranspiration is applied worldwide as the Penman-Monteith equation. It predicts evapotranspiration and is recommended by the Food and Agriculture Organization for calculating irrigation quantities. Monteith's research on the role of the environment in agriculture, the physics of crop microclimate, physiology of crop growth and yield, radiation climatology, heat balance in animals, and instrumentation for measuring physical and physiological variables in agriculture has been published in journals throughout the world. He was Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazel Monteith
Hazel Conupe Monteith, O.D., J.P. ( Williams; 19 June 1917 – 22 May 2012) was an Afro-Jamaican consumer rights advocate, radio personality and social worker. Graduating from the first course in social work offered by the University of the West Indies, Monteith worked for twelve years as a traveling field agent coordinating social welfare projects for the Jamaica Federation of Women. In 1972, she became a regional officer at the Council of Voluntary Social Services and was tasked with creating the Citizen's Advice Bureau. Through innovative programs, she developed training and advice centers and radio broadcasts to help citizens with a wide variety of issues, from how to register vital records, to employment training, to where to obtain assistance for household goods. She was honored as an officer in the Order of Distinction in 1982 and subsequently appointed a Senator from 1986 to 1989. Early life Hazel Conupe Williams was born on 19 June 1917 in Savanna-la-Mar in the Westm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Ruthven Monteith
Henry Ruthven Monteith (1848–1922) was an American educator who served as Professor of History and English at Connecticut Agricultural College (now the University of Connecticut) from 1900 to 1922. Education and early career Monteith was born on April 12, 1848, in McIndoes Falls, Vermont, the son of William R. Monteith, a prominent local citizen, and Isabel Gilchrist. Earning his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 1869, Monteith served in 1869–71 as the principal of McIndoes Academy, of which he was an alum and his father a trustee. He then moved to New York City, where he passed the bar exam and practiced law for several years. Returning to Vermont, he again became principal of McIndoes Academy in 1877. Monteith served in that position for two years before moving to Connecticut, where he was principal of Farmington High School from 1879 to 1899. He lived in Farmington for the rest of his life, commuting and staying overnight in Storrs three days a week. Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Monteith (Deputy Lieutenant)
Joseph Monteith CBE DL JP (29 March 1852 – 10 October 1911) of Carstairs, County of Lanark, County Lanark, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Knight of Malta, was Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Lanark, Scotland. Family He was the son of Robert Monteith (politician), Robert Monteith, DL, JP, of Carstairs, by Wilhelmina Anne, daughter of Joseph Mellish of Blythe, Nottinghamshire. On 13 October 1874 he married Florence Catharine Mary Herbert (17 April 1850 – 23 January 1900), daughter of John Arthur Edward Herbert and the Hon. Augusta Charlotte Elizabeth Hall of Llanarth Court at Llanarth, Monmouthshire. The children from this marriage were: * Gertrude Mary Monteith, nun of the Sacred Heart order. * Major Henry John Monteith, b. Aug 1876; Major in the Lanarkshire Yeomanry; k.a. Gallipoli, 27 Dec 1915. * Revd. Robert Joseph Monteith, SJ, CF; b. 6 Nov 1877; died 27 Nov 1917 at Ribécourt-la-Tourof during the battle Cambrai while serving as a military chaplain. * Major Josep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dermott Monteith
James Dermott Monteith (2 June 1943 – 6 December 2009) was an Irish international cricketer. Monteith was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. Monteith was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Queen's University Belfast. Career Monteith played the majority of his club cricket for Lisburn Cricket Club and also had spells at Queen's University and Middlesex County Cricket Club. He also toured with the Marylebone Cricket Club to Bangladesh and East Africa. Monteith captained Ireland on 38 occasions, winning 11 times, passing James Boucher's record number of wickets in 1984 and ended his playing career with Ireland with 326 wickets in 76 matches. It remains an Irish record. While a bowling all-rounder, who rarely went in above No 8, on his international debut in 1965 against MCC at Lord's, he scored a half century batting at 4 and didn’t bowl. In his last match he made his highest score of 95. Monteith took 100 club wickets in a se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monteith And Rand
Monteith and Rand were a comedy team consisting of John Monteith (November 1, 1948 – January 16, 2018) and Suzanne Rand (September 8, 1949 – April 2, 2025). They had their own Broadway show at the Booth Theater in 1979, produced by James Lipton, after a successful off-Broadway run. "They are highly talented comedians, quick on their feet and resourceful," according to ''The New York Times''. "They have an engaging, good‐natured charm which is useful for the thinner parts of their material. But they have more: An exuberance that leaps at bubbles and sometimes catches them; an instant, poetry of wit." "Monteith and Rand are funny," said ''The Washington Post'' in 1982. "They are usually very funny, even as they take risks in the Arena that haven't been seen since the days of Roman gladiators. This is a daredevil business, with death always in the balance, and it's exhilarating when they escape without a scratch." Monteith and Rand met in the early 1970s at The Proposition, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monteith, Glebe
''Monteith'' is a heritage-listed residence at located 266 Glebe Point Road in the inner western Sydney suburb of Glebe in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1890. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History History of Glebe The Leichhardt area was originally inhabited by the Wangal clan of Aborigines. After 1788 diseases such as smallpox and the loss of their hunting grounds caused huge reductions in their numbers and they moved further inland. Since European settlement the foreshores of Blackwattle Bay and Rozelle Bay have developed a unique maritime, industrial and residential character - a character which continues to evolve as areas which were originally residential estates, then industrial areas, are redeveloped for residential units and parklands. The first formal grant in the Glebe area was a grant to Rev. Richard Johnson, the colony's first chaplain, in 1789. The Glebe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Monteith Of Salmonet
Robert Monteith of Salmonet (1603–1660) was a colourful character who abandoned his role as a Presbyterian minister in the Church of Scotland to join the Roman Catholic Church where he rose to be a Canon in Notre Dame de Paris, France. He claimed descent from the Menteiths or Monteiths of Stirlingshire where his family had held a property at the small hamlet of Salmonet. However this was not an official aristocratic title nor were the family lairds of the land. This story was further corrupted by historians saying that his father was a salmon fisher (using nets) west of Alloa. Life He was born in January 1603 and baptised on 25 January 1603. He was the third and youngest son of Alexander Monteith, an Edinburgh merchant, and his wife, Rachel Sandilands. He attended the High School in Edinburgh then studied at Edinburgh University from 1617, gaining an MA in 1621.''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; by Hew Scott He obtained a post as Professor of Philosophy at the University of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
