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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 ...
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 was born at 52 Kirkgate in Leith, the son of John Macfie, sugar-refiner, and his wife, Alison Thorburn. [1] He attended Leith High School then the Royal High School in nearby Edinburgh, to which he had won a scholarship. As a schoolboy he displayed particular interest in geology and mineralogy.
Ian McPhee during his Iron Butt rally, 2019. McPhee, McPhie, MacPhee or Macphee is a Scottish surname.Like MacFie, it is usually regarded as a shorter version of McDuffie, [citation needed] which is an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic name mac Dhuibhshithe ("descendant of the dark fairy") and originated in Colonsay.
He was born in Kasen near Gothenburg, Sweden, one of ten children of William Thorburn (1780–1851) and his wife Janet Mafie (1790–1863), both from Scotland.Janet was the sister of Robert Andrew Macfie, after whom Robert was named.
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.
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.
Senga Macfie (born 1968), English-born Scottish professional squash player Senga McCrone (1934–2020), Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler Senga Nengudi , née Sue Irons (born 1943), American visual artist and curator