Major General Sir Thomas William Glasgow KCB, CMG, DSO, VD (6 June 1876 – 4 July 1955) was a senior Australian Army officer and politician. Glasgow rose...
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William Glasgow may refer to: William Glasgow (art director) (1906–1972), American art director William Glasgow (general) (1876–1955), Australian general...
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soldier, settler of Tristan da Cunha William Glasgow (general) (1876–1955), Australian military officer Maude Glasgow (1876–1955), Irish-born American pioneer...
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The Glasgow Necropolis is a Victorian cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland. It is on a low but very prominent hill to the east of Glasgow Cathedral (St. Mungo's...
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Glasgow Cathedral (Scottish Gaelic: Cathair-eaglais Ghlaschu) is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in Glasgow, Scotland. It is the oldest cathedral...
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Glasgow (UK: /ˈɡlɑːzɡoʊ, ˈɡlæz-, ˈɡlɑːs-, ˈɡlæs-/ GLA(H)Z-goh, GLA(H)SS- ; Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu [ˈkl̪ˠas̪əxu]) is the most populous city in Scotland...
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founder Bishop William Elphinstone also graduated from Glasgow. In June 1933 Albert Einstein gave the first Gibson Lecture, on his general theory of relativity;...
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abolition in 1997. Prior to the 2005 general election, boundary changes led to a new constituency named Glasgow Central being introduced. The constituency...
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Glasgow is a home rule-class city in Barren County, Kentucky, United States. It is the seat of its county. Glasgow is the principal city of the Glasgow...
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The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Glasgow is the convener of the Glasgow City Council. The Lord Provost serves both as the chair of the city council...
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Drochaid) is a district to the east of Glasgow city centre. Historically part of Lanarkshire, it is bounded by Glasgow Green to the west, Dalmarnock to the...
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Glasgow is a private, co-educational day school in Glasgow, Scotland. The original High School of Glasgow was founded as the choir school of Glasgow Cathedral...
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him. William was initially educated at home, due to his poor health, but he later attended Ayr Academy (1828–29) and then the High School of Glasgow (1830)...
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Loch Line (category Companies based in Glasgow)
The Loch Line of Glasgow, Scotland, was a group of colonial clippers managed by Messrs William Aitken and James Lilburn. They plied between the United...
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The City Chambers or Municipal Buildings in Glasgow, Scotland, has functioned as the headquarters of Glasgow City Council since 1996, and of preceding forms...
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of University of Glasgow people provides a selection of the well-known people who have studied or taught at the University of Glasgow since its inception...
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Conservatives in 2023 MSP for Glasgow since 2021 Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn (2011–2016) and Glasgow Maryhill (1999–2011)...
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Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery (category Category A listed buildings in Glasgow)
in the west end of Glasgow. In 1783, William Hunter, a Scottish anatomist and physician who studied at the University of Glasgow, died in London. His...
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In 1450, King James II granted the parkland to Bishop William Turnbull and the people of Glasgow. The Green then looked quite different from the Green...
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The Sir William Glasgow Memorial is a heritage-listed statue of Sir William Glasgow in Post Office Square at 270 Queen Street, Brisbane CBD, City of Brisbane...
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University of Glasgow, He was from an academic family: his father Professor William Hamilton, had in 1781, on the recommendation of William Hunter, been...
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Sectarianism in Glasgow takes the form of long-standing religious and political sectarian rivalry between Catholics and Protestants. It is particularly...
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Burrell Collection museum in Glasgow. Born on 9 July 1861 in Glasgow, Burrell was the third of nine children to ship owner William Burrell (1832–1885) and...
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overwhelmingly defeated in the Glasgow East constituency. The Scottish Labour Party had held the majority of seats in Scotland in every general election since 1959...
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Stirling (Principal of the University of Glasgow) 1709 John Currie (Haddington) 1710, 1714, 1717, 1722 and 1726 William Mitchell (Edinburgh: High Church)- the...
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at Glasgow City Chambers in George Square, completed in 1889. Glasgow was given its first burgh charter sometime between 1175 and 1178 by William the...
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Lord Kelvin (redirect from William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin)
Belfast, he was the professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Glasgow for 53 years, where he undertook significant research and mathematical...
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Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow is an institute of physicians and surgeons in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded by Peter Lowe after receiving...
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Botany at Glasgow University), and were intended to supply the University of Glasgow. William Hooker was regius professor of botany at Glasgow University...
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1845, it is the oldest continuously fully private school in Glasgow. In May 1845, William Campbell of Tullichewan convened a meeting in the Star Hotel...
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