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Rennie
Rennie is a given name, nickname and surname. People with the surname * Alistair Rennie, Scottish author * Allan Rennie (born 1960), Scottish footballer * Andy Rennie (Scottish footballer) (1901–1938), footballer with Luton Town * Andy Rennie (New Zealand footballer), New Zealand footballer * Bob Rennie (born 1956), Canadian real estate marketer and art collector * Bryan Rennie (historian) (born 1954), British historian of religions * Bryan Rennie (rugby union) (born 1984), South African rugby union player * Callum Keith Rennie (born 1960), Canadian actor * Connor Rennie (born 1991), Scottish footballer * David Rennie (film editor), American film editor * David Rennie (footballer) (born 1964), Scottish footballer * Edward Rennie (1852–1927), Australian scientist * Eliza Rennie (ca. 1813–unknown) Scottish romantic/Gothic short story author * Frank Rennie (1918–1992), New Zealand soldier * Gavin Rennie (born 1976), Zimbabwean cricketer * Gaye Rennie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rennie The Elder
John Rennie FRSE FRS (7 June 1761 – 4 October 1821) was a Scottish civil engineer who designed many bridges, canals, docks and warehouses, and a pioneer in the use of structural cast-iron. Early years He was born the younger son of James Rennie, a farmer near Phantassie, near East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland. John showed a taste for mechanics at a very early age, and was allowed to spend much time in the workshop of Andrew Meikle, a millwright and the inventor of the threshing machine, who lived at Houston Mill on the Phantassie estate. After receiving a normal basic education at the parish school of Prestonkirk Parish Church, he was sent to the burgh school at Dunbar, and in November 1780 he matriculated at the University of Edinburgh, where he remained until 1783. His older brother George remained to assist in the family agricultural business. Rennie worked as a millwright to have established a business. His originality was exhibited by the introduction of cast i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Rennie
Bob Rennie (born 1956) is an art collector and a real estate marketer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the founder and executive director oRennie which is one of Vancouver's largest real estate marketing firms. The company's business divisions include rennie developer services, rennie consumer services (real estate brokerage), rennie advisory services, rennie rental services, technology and more. Some of rennie's top competitors include Key Marketing, MLA Canada (McNeill Lalonde & Associates Canada), and Magnum Projects. He is known colloquially as the "condo king". Nominated by ArtNews Magazine as one of the top 200 collectors in the world, Rennie is deeply involved in the art community locally and internationally, and maintains his own art museum in Chinatown's Wing Sang building. Life Bob Rennie was born in 1956 and raised in East Vancouver on East 5th. His mother was a homemaker and waitress, and his father a truck driver for Carling Brewery. Rennie started sellin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rennie (editor)
John Rennie (born 1959) is an American science writer who was the seventh editor in chief of '' Scientific American'' magazine. After leaving ''Scientific American'' in 2009, he began writing for '' Public Library of Science (PLoS) Blogs''. Rennie has also been involved with several television programs and podcasts as well as multiple writing projects, including his latest position as a deputy editor on the staff of ''Quanta Magazine''. Biography John Rennie was born in 1959, near Boston, MA. In 1981, he completed a Bachelor of Science in Biology at Yale University. Rennie then worked for the better part of a decade in a laboratory at Harvard Medical School before commencing his career as a science writer and editor. He began his editorial career with ''Scientific American'' in 1989 when he joined its editorial board, becoming editor-in-chief in 1994. Rennie has several published articles in ''Scientific American'', starting with the September 1989 issue and as recently as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callum Keith Rennie
Callum Keith Rennie (born 14 September 1960) is a British-born Canadian actor who started his career in Canadian film and television projects, where his portrayal of Stanley Raymond Kowalski on the television series ''Due South'' was his first international success. After years acting in over 125 Canadian and international projects, he became widely known for his portrayal of Leoben Conoy on '' Battlestar Galactica'', and following that, his role as record producer Lew Ashby on the Showtime series '' Californication''. Frequently cast as a bad guy in movies (and more often in numerous guest appearances on American television series), Rennie's regular participation in Canadian productions gives him an opportunity to show a broader range of his acting abilities, which have been recognized by several awards. Personal life Rennie was born in Sunderland, County Durham, to Scottish parents. When he was four years old, the family emigrated to Canada. Rennie was brought up in middle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Rennie
Colonel Frank Rennie (9 August 1918 – 17 November 1992) was a career soldier in the New Zealand Army, holding every rank between private and colonel, and founder of the New Zealand Special Air Service. Early life and army service Rennie was born on 9 August 1918 in Christchurch, New Zealand. At age 13 he suffered a Slipped Upper Femoral Epiphysis, slipped upper femoral epiphysis of the hip, which resulted in his spending nearly 20 months in hospital. Rennie later wrote in his autobiography that after spending so long bedridden believing he would be crippled, he felt compelled to "prove to myself that I could do anything most others could do", and viewed the Army as a way of achieving this. He subsequently joined the Canterbury Regiment of the Territorial Force at age 16, before joining the New Zealand Army in late 1936. After completing basic training at Trentham Military Camp Rennie was first posted to the Royal New Zealand Artillery, but did not enjoy it and was "first in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rennie The Younger
Sir John Rennie FRSA (30 August 1794 – 3 September 1874) was the second son of engineer John Rennie the Elder, and brother of George Rennie. Early life John Rennie was born at 27 Stamford Street, Blackfriars Road, London, on 30 August 1794. He was educated by Dr. Greenlaw at Isleworth, and afterwards by Dr. Charles Burney at Greenwich. He subsequently entered his father's manufactory in Holland Street, Blackfriars Road, where he acquired a practical knowledge of his profession, and in 1813 he was placed under Mr. Hollingsworth, resident engineer of Waterloo Bridge, the foundations of which he personally superintended. In 1815 he assisted his father in the erection of Southwark Bridge, and in 1819 he went abroad for the purpose of studying the great engineering works on the continent. J. & G. Rennie On the death of his father in 1821, John remained in partnership with his brother George, the civil engineering portion of the business being carried on by him, whereas t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Rennie (sculptor And Politician)
George Rennie (1801 or 1802 – 22 March 1860) was a Scotland, Scottish sculpture, sculptor, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency), Ipswich, and patron of the arts, who served as Governor of the Falkland Islands between 1847 and 1855. Life George Rennie was born in Phantassie, East Lothian, Scotland, to George Rennie (agriculturalist), the agriculturist George Rennie by the same's wife. He was a nephew of John Rennie (engineer), the engineer John Rennie. Rennie studied sculpture in Rome before he returned to Britain to exhibit statues and busts at the Royal Academy, and three times at the Suffolk Street Gallery, from 1828 to 1837. His most important works at the academy were: ''A Gleaner'' and ''Grecian Archer'' (both 1828); ''Cupid and Hymen'' (which depicts Cupid blowing the torch of Hymenaios, Hymen) which is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum; and busts of Bertel Thorvaldsen and his uncle John Rennie (1831). His commended 1833 works inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Rennie (engineer)
George Rennie (3 December 1791 – 30 March 1866) was an engineer born in London, England. He was the son of the Scottish engineer John Rennie the Elder and the brother of Sir John Rennie. Early life Born in the parish of Christchurch, Blackfriars Road, Southwark, London, he was educated by Dr. Greenlaw at Isleworth, and was subsequently sent to St. Paul's School and to the University of Edinburgh. In 1811 he entered his father's office, where many great works were in progress. In 1818, on the recommendation of Sir Joseph Banks and James Watt, he was appointed inspector of machinery and clerk of the irons (i.e. dies) at the Royal Mint, which post he held for nearly eight years. J. & G. Rennie On the death of his father in 1821 he entered into partnership with his younger brother John, as J. and G. Rennie, and for many years they were engaged in completing the vast undertakings originated by the elder Rennie.p. 54 John concentrated on the civil engineering portion of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza Rennie
Eliza Rennie or Mrs. Eliza Walker was a minor Scottish-born romantic and gothic short story author most notable for writing about her friendship with Mary Shelley and her contemporaries, including meetings with such celebrities as the Duke of Wellington. Her biography remains somewhat of a mystery. She was possibly born on 17 May 1813, spent most of her adult life in London, and died sometime after 30 March 1869, when she was awarded £25 by the Royal Literary Fund. She published a two-volume autobiographical work of literary gossip entitled ''Traits of Character: being Twenty-Five Years' Literary and Personal Recollections, by a Contemporary''. Biography It has proven difficult to trace the ancestry and parentage Eliza Rennie, as no contemporary accounts have been found. The following biography is therefore tentative and incomplete, deduced from a comparison of published local and family histories, clues left by Eliza in her own writings, and a search of parish records a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Rennie
Edward Henry Rennie (19 August 1852 – 8 January 1927) was an Australian scientist and a president of the Royal Society of South Australia. Early life Rennie was born in Balmain, New South Wales, Balmain, Sydney, the eldest son of Edward Alexander Rennie (who later became auditor-general). E.H. Rennie was educated at the Fort Street public school, Sydney Grammar School, and the University of Sydney where he graduated Bachelor of Arts, B.A. (1870) and Master of Arts, M.A. (1876); there he was influenced by Archibald Liversidge. He was a master at Sydney Grammar School for five years and at Brisbane Grammar School for about 18 months. He then went to London to study chemistry. Scientific career Rennie was assistant to Dr C. R. Alder Wright in the chemical department of St Mary's hospital medical school for two years, did some teaching at the Royal College of Science, South Kensington, and graduated Doctor of Science, D.Sc. Lond. in 1881. Returning to Australia in 1882 he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Rennie
Henry George Rennie (1 June 1873 – 17 March 1954) was a Scottish football goalkeeper who played for Morton, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Rangers, Kilmarnock and the Scotland national team. Career Born in Greenock, Rennie started his career as a half-back with local Junior sides Volunteers, Bellgrove Ramblers and Greenock Junior West End. His early talent earned him selection for the Scottish Junior International side and eventually a move to Scottish Football League Division Two Morton, where he belatedly became a goalkeeper in 1897, at the age of 23. Rennie introduced several innovative concepts to goalkeeping in Scottish football. He was the first to demark his goal area to assist him with judging angles, while he also pioneered the study of opposing forwards gestures and body-language as they prepared to shoot. His scientific approach quickly brought him to national prominence and he signed for First Division Hearts in 1898 for £50. During two seasons at Tynecastl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Rennie (agriculturalist)
George Rennie (1749–1828) was a Scottish agriculturist. Life He was the son of James Rennie, farmer, of Phantassie, Haddingtonshire (now East Lothian), and elder brother of John Rennie, the engineer, born on his father's farm in 1749. On leaving school he was sent by his father, at the age of sixteen, to Tweedside to make a survey of a new system of farming which had been adopted by Lord Kames, Hume of Ninewells, and other landed gentry of the district. In 1765 he became superintendent of a brewery which his father had erected. The elder Rennie died in 1766, and, after leasing the business for some years, the son conducted it on a large scale from 1783 to 1797, when he finally relinquished it to a tenant. Rennie then devoted himself to the pursuit of agriculture on the Phantassie farmland and in 1787 he employed Andrew Meikle, the eminent millwright (to whom his brother, John Rennie, the engineer, had been apprenticed) to erect one of his drum thrashing-machines. This was d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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