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Monteith Station, Michigan
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 (1929� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Monteith
Alex Monteith (born 1977) is a new media artist and academic, born in Northern Ireland and resident in New Zealand. She is also a competitive surfer and has won national titles in the sport. Biography Monteith was born and grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In the late 1980s she emigrated to New Zealand and settled in Auckland. She completed a bachelor's degree in photography in 2001, followed by a master's degree in intermedia and the time based arts and a doctorate in fine arts at the Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland. She later became a lecturer at the university. Monteith's works focus on political issues surrounding land ownership, history and occupation. Many of her projects are located in large-scale geographies, such as the ocean. She has staged solo exhibitions at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and the Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt, Germany. Monteith is also a member of the collective Local Time (composed of her, Danny Butt, Jon Bywate ... [...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 Correctional Complex
The Monteith Correctional Complex is a medium/maximum security prison located in Monteith, a community in Iroquois Falls, Ontario. - Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services During World War II, Monteith Correctional Complex detained captured German soldiers, and was known as POW Camp 23. See also *List of correctional facilities in Ontario
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Iroquois Falls
Iroquois Falls is a town in Northern Ontario, Canada, with a population of 4,418 at the 2021 census. The town centre lies 11 km east of Hwy 11 on the banks of the Abitibi River, west of Lake Abitibi. Timmins, one of the largest cities in northern Ontario, is approximately to the southwest. The following communities are also within the municipal boundaries: Monteith, Nellie Lake, and Porquis Junction. Iroquois Falls' primary industry was a large mill producing newsprint and commercial printing papers. In December 2014, the owner, Resolute Forest Products, announced its permanent closure. There are also three hydro-electric dams nearby. The Monteith Correctional Complex, a provincial prison serving a regional catchment area, is located in the community of Monteith (named for Samuel Nelson Monteith). History The background of the town's name varies depending on the source, attributing it to invasions by the Iroquois on Huron or Ojibway villages. It is also unclear who h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McMurrich/Monteith, Ontario
McMurrich/Monteith is a municipality and census subdivision in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada. The municipality was formed in 1998 through an amalgamation of the former Township of McMurrich and the eastern two-thirds of the unincorporated Township of Monteith. The remaining portion of Monteith became part of Seguin. Part of the area's name is named for John McMurrich. Communities The township includes the communities of Axe Lake, Banbury, Bear Lake, Bourdeau, Haldane Hill, McMurrich, Sprucedale and Whitehall. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, McMurrich/Monteith had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Mother tongue statistics for the 2006 census are as follows: * English as first language: 90.6% * French as first language: 1.9% * English and French as first l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monteith, South Australia
Monteith is a rural locality inside a bend on the east (left) bank of the Murray River downstream (south) of Murray Bridge on the other bank. It is governed by the Rural City of Murray Bridge. The dominant industry is dairy farming on the flats near the river and other farming further away from the river. Many of the farms are long and narrow along Bells Road, with irrigated land on the river side and elevated land on the other side of the road, including a dairy and farm house. The locality of Monteith is traversed by the Princes Highway and bounded by the Adelaide-Melbourne railway line. The eastern end of the Swanport Bridge is at the northwestern corner of the locality. The town of Monteith was surveyed in 1909, and formally named by Governor Day Bosanquet Admiral Sir Day Hort Bosanquet, (22 March 1843 – 28 June 1923) was a British politician and senior officer in the Royal Navy, and brother of scientist and music theorist Robert Bosanquet and philosopher Bernard B ... [...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] |
Walter E
Walter may refer to: People and fictional characters * Walter (name), including a list of people and fictional and mythical characters with the given name or surname * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 1987), who previously wrestled as "Walter" * Walter, standard author abbreviation for Thomas Walter (botanist) ( – 1789) * "Agent Walter", an early codename of Josip Broz Tito * Walter, pseudonym of the anonymous writer of '' My Secret Life'' * Walter Plinge, British theatre pseudonym used when the original actor's name is unknown or not wished to be included * John Walter (businessman), Canadian business entrepreneur Companies * American Chocolate, later called Walter, an American automobile manufactured from 1902 to 1906 * Walter Energy, a metallurgical coal producer for the global steel industry * Walter Aircraft Engines, Czech manufacturer of aero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Monteith
William Monteith, R.A., K.L.S., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. (22 June 1790 – 18 April 1864) was a British soldier, diplomatist and historian, associated with the East India Company. Early life and career William Monteith was born in the Abbey parish, Paisley, Renfrewshire, on 22 June 1790. On 18 March 1809 he was appointed a lieutenant in the Madras engineers, and became captain in that corps on 2 May 1817, lieutenant-colonel on 4 November 1824, colonel on 13 May 1839 (brevet on 18 June 1831). Persian mission Monteith accompanied Sir John Malcolm's embassy to Persia, and when at Tabriz, in February 1810, was sent to reconnoitre the Russian frontier-posts on the Aras, near Megeri, at the request of Abbas Mirza, the prince royal of Persia. When Malcolm's embassy quit Persia, Monteith was one of the officers left behind. During the Russo-Persian War, he went with Abbas Mirza to Erivan, and accompanied an expedition into Georgia, in which the Persians were unsuccessful. During the four suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Monteith
Scott Monteith is an American artist best known for his vibrant paintings of jack rabbits, lizards, quail, and landscapes of the desert Southwest. He is a curator for art in public spaces, government venues, galleries and non-profit organizations in Joshua Tree and 29 Palms, California as well as Missouri (his home state). Monteith is a leading figure in the preservation of homesteads in Wonder Valley, California and the Mojave Desert. Images of his water color's depicting the homesteads that dot the area were featured in the now defunct Palm Springs magazine Dune, as well as the L.A. Times and the SunRunner Magazine. His studio, "the Fi-Lox-See," garnered fame for the Wonder Valley area with the KCET documentary "The Road to Wonder Valley," which features fellow artists in the Joshua Tree communities. At his studio he gathered together distinguished intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights, Bohemian street people, Hollywood celebrities, and wealthy patrons. Monteith was instrumental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Monteith (umpire)
Robert Laurence Monteith (21 October 1937 – 12 July 1988) was a New Zealand cricket umpire. Making his international umpiring debut in 1974, he stood in six Test matches between 1974 and 1979, and three ODI games between 1975 and 1981. See also * List of Test cricket umpires * List of One Day International cricket umpires This is a list of umpire (cricket), cricket umpires who have officiated at least one men's One Day International (ODI) match. As of October 2022, 418 umpires have officiated in an ODI match. The first ODI match took place on 5 January 1971 between ... References 1937 births 1988 deaths Place of birth missing New Zealand Test cricket umpires New Zealand One Day International cricket umpires 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1930s-stub ... [...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] |
