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Medland
Medland is a surname, and may refer to: * Hubert Medland (1881–1964), British Labour Party politician *Lilian Marguerite Medland Lilian Marguerite Medland (29 May 1880 – 16 December 1955) was an English-born nurse and Australian illustrator of books on birds. She produced paintings to illustrate Gregory Mathews' books on Australian birds. She also illustrated the pla ... (1880–1955), English-born Australian nurse and illustrator of books on birds * Sarah Medland, Australian psychiatric geneticist * Thomas Medland (c.1765–1833), English engraver and draughtsman {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubert Medland
Hubert Moses Medland (1 July 1881 – 11 December 1964) was a British Labour Party politician. Born in Okehampton, Medland was educated at Tavistock Grammar School before becoming a civil servant. He also joined the Labour Party, and served on Plymouth City Council from 1923, including a term as Lord Mayor of Plymouth in 1935. He stood unsuccessfully in Torquay at both the 1929 and 1931 United Kingdom general elections. In 1938, he became the president of the British Waterworks Association, and during World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ... he was the civil defence regional commissioner for the south west. Medland was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Plymouth Drake constituency at the 1945 general election and held the seat until the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilian Marguerite Medland
Lilian Marguerite Medland (29 May 1880 – 16 December 1955) was an English-born nurse and Australian illustrator of books on birds. She produced paintings to illustrate Gregory Mathews' books on Australian birds. She also illustrated the plates for her husband Tom Iredale's books ''Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds'' (1950) and ''Birds of New Guinea'' (1956). Biography Lilian Marguerite Medland was born on 29 May 1880 in London, England. She trained as a nurse at Guy's Hospital in London. In her late twenties, Medland became almost completely deaf as a result of an attack of diphtheria. Medland moved to Sydney, Australia in 1923, the same year she married Tom Iredale. Lilian Medland's mother was Ada Emmeline Cranstone, niece of Lefevre James Cranstone. Ada Emmeline was a pupil at the school run by Lefevre James' wife, Lillia Messenger, in Hemel Hempstead, where Lefevre James taught art. Career In 1925 Medland painted a series bird for the Australian Museum Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Medland
Sarah Elizabeth Medland is Professor and Psychiatric Genetics Group Leader at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Herston, Brisbane, Australia. She played a major role in the development of the ENIGMA brain imaging consortium. Honours and awards In 2010, Medland received the Queensland Young Tall Poppy Science Award from the Australian Institute of Policy and Science. In 2011, she received the Fuller & Scott Award from the Behavior Genetics Association. In 2015, she was awarded the Theodore Reich Young Investigator Award from the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics. In 2017, she received the Ruth Stephens Gani Medal from the Australian Academy of Science. In October 2019, Medland was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS). Also in 2019, she was elected Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, while in 2020 she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for "service to medical research in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |