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Robert Macfarlane (writer), Robert Macfarlane
Robert MacFarlane or McFarlane may refer to: General * Robert Macfarlan (schoolmaster) (1734–1804), Scottish writer, journalist and translator * Sir Robert Henry MacFarlane (1771–1843), British Army officer during the Napoleonic Wars * Robert MacFarlane, Lord Ormidale (1802–1880), Scottish advocate and judge * Robert MacFarlane (Canadian politician) (1835–1872), Canadian politician * Robert Stetson Macfarlane (1899–1982), American businessman * Robert Macfarlane (New Zealand politician) (1900–1982), New Zealand politician * Robert Gwyn Macfarlane (1907–1987), British hematologist * Robert McFarlane (American government official) (1937–2022) * Robert McFarlane (photographer) (1942–2023), Australian photographer * Robert Macfarlan (Australian judge) (born 1949) * Robert Macfarlane (writer) (born 1976), British travel writer Sports * Robert MacFarlane (cricketer) (1908–1986), Scottish cricketer and administrator * Robert McFarlane (cricketer) (born 1955), Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Macfarlan (schoolmaster)
Robert Macfarlan (also Macfarlane) (1734–1804) was a Scottish schoolmaster, notable as a writer, journalist and translator. Life Macfarlan was educated at the University of Edinburgh, where he proceeded M.A. He settled in London, and for some years kept a successful school at Walthamstow, Essex. It was at Shern Lodge, also called Shernhall House, and he ran it from about 1770 to about 1795, when he left Walthamstow. His pupils included Robert Plumer Ward. At one time Macfarlane was editor of the ''Morning Chronicle'' and ''London Packet''. He reported, from memory, some of the major speeches in parliament during Lord North's administration, in particular from those delivered in the debates on the American War of Independence. In 1792 he was employed by the Highland Society of Scotland as a teacher of Scottish Gaelic. On the evening of 8 August 1804, during the Brentford (UK Parliament constituency), Brentford election, Macfarlan was killed by an accidental fall under a carriag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Macfarlan (Australian Judge)
Robert Bruce Scott Macfarlan (born 22 November 1949) is a judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, the highest court in the state of New South Wales, Australia, which forms part of the Australian court hierarchy. Education Macfarlan is the son of Bruce Panton Macfarlan (1910-1978) and Barbara, daughter of H. R. Hamilton Scott. His father was a lecturer in law at the University of Sydney and a barrister, subsequently appointed a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, then judge in Admiralty and judge in Commercial Causes. Macfarlan's paternal grandfather, Alfred Ingram Macfarlan (1861-1929), was nephew of the timber merchant and philanthropist John Goodlet, and held a senior position in the family business, Goodlet & Smith, as company secretary. Macfarlan was educated at Cranbrook School. He subsequently graduated in Arts and Law (with first class honours) from the University of Sydney.Who's Who in Australia 2009, ed. Leanne Sullivan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob McFarlane (footballer, Born 1887)
Robert Angus McFarlane (17 January 1887 – 12 June 1955) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside left in the Scottish League for Queen's Park, Partick Thistle, Arbroath and Dundee United. Personal life Before the First World War, McFarlane worked as a marine engineer in the Glasgow shipyards on the Clyde. As a member of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, he joined the Royal Navy during the war. After the war, McFarlane studied engineering at the Royal Technical College and later went into business in Arbroath. After selling the business, he moved to Bearsden and became District Superintendent with the local council. McFarlane served with the Auxiliary Fire Service during the Second World War and was involved during the Clydebank Blitz. Career statistics Honours Arbroath * Forfarshire Cup The Forfarshire Cup is a football competition in Scotland competed for by teams in the Forfarshire Football Association from Angus, Dundee and Perth. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob McFarlane (footballer, Died 1898)
Robert McFarlane (c. 1866 – October 1898) was a Scottish association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, full-back. Born in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Airdrie, McFarlane began his career with local side Airdrieonians F.C. (1878), Airdrieonians, before moving to England to play for Bootle F.C., Bootle.Shury and Landamore (2005), p. 68. He was part of the Bootle side that took part in the inaugural season of the Football Alliance in 1889–90, helping them to second place behind Sheffield Wednesday F.C., The Wednesday. That summer, he joined Sunderland Albion F.C., Sunderland Albion, whom he also helped to a runners-up spot in 1890–91. He moved on to Manchester United F.C., Newton Heath in 1891–92,Dykes (1994), pp. 239–40. where he took over as captain from the departing Jack Powell (footballer, born 1860), Jack Powell. He immediately became the club's first-choice right-back and played in all but four league matches during the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rab Macfarlane
Robert Macfarlane (14 May 1876 – 27 July 1943) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Morton, Third Lanark, Everton, East Stirlingshire, Bristol St George's, Grimsby Town, Celtic, Middlesbrough, Aberdeen, Motherwell and Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac .... The Scottish Referee,17 February 1905. Scan via London Hearts Supporters Club Career statistics Club International References ;Sources * External links |
Robert McFarlane (cricketer)
Robert McFarlane (born 7 February 1955) is an Australian cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ... in 1981/82. References External links * 1955 births Living people Australian cricketers Western Australia cricketers Cricketers from Perth, Western Australia 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-cricket-bio-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert MacFarlane (cricketer)
Robert MacFarlane (29 April 1908 — 13 February 1986) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and administrator. MacFarlane was born in April 1908 at Uddingston. He was educated at Uddingston Grammar School, before matriculating to the University of Glasgow. A club cricketer for Uddingston, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Scotland against Ireland at Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ... in 1939. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 48 runs in the Scottish first innings by James MacDonald, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 20 runs by James Boucher, with Scotland winning the match by 162 runs. MacFarlane later served as the president of the Scottish Cricket Union in 1960. By profession, he was a schoolmaster. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Macfarlane (writer)
Robert Macfarlane (born 15 August 1976) is a British writer and Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He is best known for his books on landscape, nature, place, people and language, which include ''The Old Ways'' (2012), ''Landmarks'' (2015), ''The Lost Words'' (2017) and '' Underland'' (2019). In 2017 he received The E. M. Forster Award for Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is married to professor of modern Chinese history and literature Julia Lovell. In 2022 and 2024, Macfarlane was named as an outside contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Prize in those years was won by Annie Ernaux and Han Kang respectively. Early life and education Macfarlane was born in Halam in Nottinghamshire, and attended Nottingham High School. He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and Magdalen College, Oxford. He began a PhD at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 2000, and in 2001 was elected a Fellow of the college. Family His father John Macfarlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert McFarlane (photographer)
Robert McFarlane (1942–2023), was an Australian photographer, born in Adelaide, South Australia. He specialised in recording social and political issues, as well as documenting performance in film and theatre within Australia. Among the prominent figures he’s photographed are Charlie Perkins, Cate Blanchett and Bob Hawke. He has also been recognised for his contributions with a $50,000 award, named in honour of philanthropists Dr. Jim Bettison and Helen James. Early life McFarlane was born in Glenelg, in beachside Adelaide, South Australia - 1942. He was given a Kodak Box Brownie at the age of 9 by his parents, Bill and Poppy McFarlane. Five years later, while at Brighton High School (today known as Brighton Secondary School) in Adelaide's southern suburbs, he used a then recently purchased Durst medium format rangefinder camera to capture an image of a teacher striking a pupil at the school assembly. After leaving school he began to work in a small advertising agency, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Henry MacFarlane
General (United Kingdom), General Sir Robert Henry MacFarlane, Order of the Bath, KCB, Royal Guelphic Order, GCH (19 April 1771 – 6 June 1843) was a British Army officer during the Napoleonic Wars. Biography He was born in Calcutta, the son of Captain Robert MacFarlane, 9th of Gartartan. He joined the British Army as an Ensign on 26 May 1780 and was promoted Lieutenant on 22 May 1793, Captain on 25 September 1793, Major on 12 November 1794, Lieutenant-Colonel on 19 September 1794, Colonel on 1 January 1800, Major-General on 25 April 1808, Lieutenant-General on 4 June 1813 and General 22 July 1830. MacFarlane was "a gallant and highly distinguished officer", who accompanied the Battle of Copenhagen (1807), expedition to Copenhagen in 1807. He served subsequently in Sicily as second-in-command under Lord William Bentinck. In 1823 he was made Colonel of the 89th Regiment of Foot, transferring in 1837 to be Colonel of the 32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot, a position he held until h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert McFarlane (American Government Official)
Robert Carl "Bud" McFarlane (July 12, 1937 – May 12, 2022) was an American Marine Corps officer who served as National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan from 1983 to 1985. Within the Reagan administration, McFarlane was a leading architect of the Strategic Defense Initiative, a project intended to defend the US from Soviet ballistic missile attacks. He resigned as National Security Adviser in late 1985 because of disagreements with other administration figures but remained involved in negotiations with Iran and with Hezbollah. McFarlane was a central figure in the Iran–Contra affair, an operation in which the Reagan administration funneled weapons to Iran and diverted the profits to illegally fund right-wing rebels in Nicaragua. When the scheme came to light, administration officials implemented a plan to insulate Reagan and senior officials by focusing blame on McFarlane. He ultimately pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor counts and admitted that he had hidden info ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gwyn Macfarlane
Robert Gwyn Macfarlane (26 June 1907 – 26 March 1987) was an English hematologist. Life Born in Worthing, Sussex, Gwyn Macfarlane left Cheltenham College in 1924 and a year later entered the Medical School of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. In 1936 he married Hilary Carson MD and over the next 11 years had five children, a girl followed by four boys. Hilary practised as a GP, whilst always offering Gwyn great academic support. She died in 2010 aged 100 years. During Macfarlane's clinical years he was exposed to the sufferings of haemophiliacs and this subject became the core for his lifelong study into the processes of blood clotting. He examined the venom of many different snakes and isolated the poison of the Russell's viper to have the strongest blood coagulant powersee video He found that when a compound that included venom at dilutions of 1 in 100,000 was applied to a wound, bleeding diminished. This medicine was later marketed as ''Stypven'' by Burroughs Welcome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
