Sir Thomas Blaikie of Kingseat (11 February 1802 – 25 September 1861) was a Scottish businessman who twice served as Lord Provost of Aberdeen, from 1839...
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Thomas Blaikie (11 February 1750 – 19 July 1838) was a Scottish botanist and gardener born on Corstorphine Hill, which was at the time just outside Edinburgh...
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Blaikie is a Scottish surname. Blaikie derives from "blaik" (adj.), a word in the Scots language meaning black, plus the common Scots diminutive suffix...
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hiring landscapers and horticulturalists from Britain. These included Thomas Blaikie, a Scottish horticultural expert, another Scottish gardener, Alexander...
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time, the Chairman of their board of directors, Sir Thomas Blaikie, was the Managing Director of Blaikie Bros. Therefore, there was a conflict of interest...
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Ogilvie Blaikie of Craigiebuckler (20 May 1786 – 3 October 1836) was Provost of Aberdeen from 1833 until 1836. James Blaikie was a son of John Blaikie, plumber...
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William Alexander "Bill" Blaikie PC OC (June 19, 1951 – September 24, 2022) was a Canadian politician. He served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1979...
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James Blaikie (1836–1839) James Milne (1839–1847) Sir Thomas Blaikie (1847–1850) George Thompson Jnr (1850–1853) George Henry (1853–1856) Sir Thomas Blaikie...
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William Garden Blaikie FRSE (5 February 1820, in Aberdeen – 11 June 1899) was a Scottish minister, writer, biographer, and temperance reformer. His father...
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traditional English landscape style by the Scottish landscape gardener Thomas Blaikie. In 1787, a new city wall, the Wall of the Farmers-General, was built...
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the society, the Corstorphine hill site was a nursery, once owned by Thomas Blaikie, who planted many of the great French parks such as 'La Bagatelle'....
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naturalistic English landscape style by the Scottish garden-designer Thomas Blaikie, and dotted with sham ruins, an obelisk, a pagoda, primitive hermits'...
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Bélanger, while the garden was made by the Scottish landscape designer Thomas Blaikie. The garden was built at the same time as the Parc Monceau, and, like...
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honour of the wife of the Lord Provost of Aberdeen of Sir Thomas Blaikie. The Agnes Blaikie was first registered in Aberdeen in 1841, owned by George...
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probably the well-established Scottish gardener and landscape designer, Thomas Blaikie, who put her in touch with Lee and Kennedy; her relation with a London-based...
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upgraded. His heir, Philippe-Égalité, engaged the Scottish gardener Thomas Blaikie to replace the formal gardens with a more natural landscape, one of...
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the sister of Sir Thomas Blaikie, the Scottish magistrate. Three of Thomas Keith's brothers entered the medical profession. Thomas Keith was educated...
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1902 (aged 69) he was married to Mary Constance (1851-1921), widow of Thomas Blaikie. They had no children. Constitutions of the Free and Accepted Masons...
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museum. It opened in 1997. Scale Model of Thermopylae Wooden figure of Thomas Blaikie "Port Jackson" by Alexander Hall & Sons First aid kit Diver's boot underwater...
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Henry Anderson Wizard of the North Rev Dr Thomas Blackwell, principal of Marischal College Sir Thomas Blaikie Rev Prof William Laurence Brown (inside kirk)...
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bathing room with a vaulted ceiling and divans. The Scottish gardener Thomas Blaikie described the Folie this way: "This garden is, without doubt, an example...
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Aberdeen 1852–1857 Succeeded by William Henry Sykes Civic offices Preceded by Sir Thomas Blaikie Provost of Aberdeen 1847–1850 Succeeded by George Henry...
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Tom Nevakshonoff (redirect from Thomas G. Nevakshonoff)
votes to 3260 in the riding of Interlake. In 2003, he supported Bill Blaikie's campaign to become leader of the federal New Democratic Party.[citation...
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text from a publication now in the public domain: Blaikie, William Garden (1887). "Chalmers, Thomas". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National...
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Nineteenth Centuries". The Essex Review. LVII: 8–13. Patricia Taylor (2001). Thomas Blaikie (1751–1838): The 'Capability' Brown of France. Tuckwell. p. 150....
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daughter of John Blackie, plumber, Aberdeen, (and sister of James Blaikie and Thomas Blaikie and had issue— Alexander, his assistant and successor George Skene...
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Tom Longboat (redirect from Thomas Longboat)
Batten. The Man Who Ran Faster Than Everyone. Tundra Books, 2002. David Blaikie. Boston, the Canadian Story. Seneca House Books, 1984 ISBN 0-920598-04-8...
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Richard John Blaikie (born 25 August 1965) is a physicist who works in the field of nano-scale optics. He is currently Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research...
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replacement was Francis Blaikie, a Scottish man who had previously been employed as estate steward for Lord Chesterfield. Blaikie paid close attention to...
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shipping solicitors, and of Agnes Dingwall Bateson, daughter of Sir Thomas Blaikie. A brother was the English rugby union player Harold Dingwall Bateson...
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