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Who's Who 1990
| Name | Biography |
| Jack Jesson Adie | CMG 1962; BA (Oxon); b 1 May 1913; s late P.J.
Adie; m 1940, Patricia McLoughlin; One son two daughters. Educ Shrewsbury Sch.; Magdalen
Coll., Oxford. Entered Colonial Administration Service, 1938; served in Zanzibar, 1938-48 (on Military Service, 1940-42 in Kenya Regt, KAR and Occupied Territory Administration), posts included: Private Sec. to The Sultan, Private Sec. to British Resident and Sen. Asst. Sec,; seconded to Colonial Office, 1949-51, as Principal; Asst Sec., Kenya 1951; Sec. for Educn and Labour Kenya, 1952; Sec. for Educn, Labour & Lands, Kenya, 1954; acted as Minister for Educn and Labour Kenya, Sept 1955-Feb 1956; Cheif Sec., Barbados, 1957; Perm. Sec. for Forestry Development, Game & Fisheries, Kenya, April-Dec 1958; for Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Water Resources, and Chm. African Land Development Bd. Dec. 1958-July 1959; for Housing, and Chm. Central Housing Bd, Nov 1959-April 1960; for Housing Common Services, Probation and Approved Schools, April 1960-April 1961; for Labour & Housing, 1961-62; acted as Minister for Labour & Housing, Jan-April 1962; Perm. Sec. for Labour, 1962-63; retd from HMOCS, Jan 1964; Temp Principal, Min of Overseas Development, 1964-69, Brilliant Star of Zanzibar, 4th class, 1947. ...Address 3 Braemar, Kersfield Road, Putney SW15 |
| Katheryn (Kate) Adie | Correspondant, BBC TV News, since 1982; b 19 Sept
1945; d of Wilfred Adie and Maud Adie (née Fambley). Educ; Sunderland Church High Sch.; Newcastle Univ. (BA Hons Scandinavian Studies.) Technician and Producer, BBC Radio, 1969-76; Reporter, BBC TV South, 1977-78; Report TV News, 1979-81. Hon MA Bath, 1987; RTS News Award, 1981 and 1987; Monte Carlo Internat. TV News Award, 1981. ...Address: c/o BBC Tv, Wood Lane, W12. T: 01-576 7487 |
Who's Who 1985
| Name | Biography |
Rt. Rev. Michael Edgar Adie |
To Follow |
Who's Who 1971 - 1980
| Name | Biography |
Edward Percival Adie |
To Follow |
His Honour |
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Who's Who 1929 - 1940
| Name | Biography |
William John Adie |
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Scientific Who's Who
| Name | Biography |
Raymon John Adie |
To Follow |
Royal Academy Exhibitor
| Name | Biography |
Miss Edith Helena Adie |
1893 (Exhibit - 1148) Subject : Emanual
Hospital, Westminster 1894 (Exhibit - 1148) Subject : Harvest 1909 (Exhibit - 0893) Subject : Bordighera from La Martola ... Address 154 Fulham Road S.W. 1912 (Exhibit - 1123) Subject : Villa Sicilio, Taormina ...Address 9 Brechin Place, S.W. |
Miss Eileen Veronica Adie |
1949 (Exhibit - 0098) Subject : Still Life 1949 (Exhibit - 0535) Subject : The White Gate ...Address 4 Wolverton Avenue, Kingston Hill, Surrey. 1950 (Exhibit - 0005) Subject : Alpine Farmhouse, Ortisei ...Address 164 Brompton Road, S.W. 5 |
Modern English Biographys - Boase Vol 1 A>H 1892
| Name | Biography |
Alexander James Adie |
Born Edinburgh 1775; an optian there; much employed by all kinds of inventors to give their schemes a practical form; erected on his house in Merchant Court an obsevatory, long before and public observatory existed in Edinburgh; invented the sympiesometer 1818 which contributed much to the safety of shipping; F.R.S Edinburgh. Died Canaan near Edinburgh 4 Dec 1858. [Also See Bibliography] |
Alexander James Adie |
Born Edinburgh 1808; educated at the High School and University; Apprentised to James Jardine, C.E.; Resident Engineer Bolton Chorley and Preston Railway 1836; engineer and Manager of Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway about 1863; made a series of important experiments on the expansion of stone by heat; M.R.S Edinburgh 1846. Died Rockville near Linlithgow 1879. [Also See Bibliography] |
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