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The 19th-century historian W. F. Skene, stated that members of Clan Macfie were the ancient inhabitants of Colonsay. He also wrote that the clan was one of the seven clans of Siol Alpin, and that "their genealogy, which is preserved in the manuscript of 1450, evinces their connexion by descent with the Macgregors and Mackinnons". [5]
Macfie or MacFie is a surname of Scottish origin. The name is derived from the Gaelic Mac Dhuibhshíthe, which means "son of Duibhshíth" (or alternately MacDhubhshith, "son of Dubhshithe"). This Gaelic personal name is composed of two elements: dubh "black" + síth "peace". [1] [2] The earliest record of the surname is of Thomas Macdoffy, in ...
Robert Andrew Macfie FRSE FRCI (4 October 1811 – 16 February 1893) was a Scottish businessman and, in later life, a Member of the British Parliament. Life [ edit ]
Harry Macfie (February 11, 1879 in Lysekil - died October 27, 1956) [1] was a Swedish adventurer, writer and businessman. His grandfather came from Scotland. His grandfather came from Scotland. Macfie learned how to build and use canoes as fur trappers in Canada around the turn of the century.
This time Macfie was the comfortable winner. [4] In the third round Macfie beat Thomas Gilroy 2&1 and then beat Walter de Zoete by 1 hole. [6] Macfie was the lucky player to receive a bye at the semi-final stage with Horace Hutchinson beating Ball 2 up in the only semi-final match. After his morning round, Hutchinson played badly in the ...
Ronald Campbell Macfie (1867–1931) was a Scottish medical doctor, poet and science writer specialising in eugenics and evolution. [1] [2] Macfie was a critic of Darwinism and developed his own non-Darwinian evolution theory which was a form of neovitalism. He believed that chance played no role in evolution and that evolution was directed.
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The Macfie monoplane was a British shoulder wing, tractor monoplane. The aircraft was powered by a 35 hp (26 kW) J.A.P. V8 engine fixed at the front of an open-frame ' fuselage ', at the rear end of which a tailplane and vertical rudder were mounted.