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John Rae (1845 – 1915) was a Scottish journalist and biographer. The long-time editor of The Contemporary Review, and contributor to The British Quarterly Review, he became famous for his 1895 biography of Adam Smith, Life of Adam Smith, which replaced the Biographical Memoir of Adam Smith of 1811, by Dugald Stewart, as the standard Smith reference.
John Rae FRS FRGS (Inuktitut: ᐊᒡᓘᑲ, ; 30 September 1813 – 22 July 1893) was a Scottish surgeon who explored parts of northern Canada. He was a pioneer explorer of the Northwest Passage . Rae explored the Gulf of Boothia , northwest of the Hudson Bay , from 1846 to 1847, and the Arctic coast near Victoria Island from 1848 to 1851.
John Rae with Bea Palya, Dongó Szokolay and Martin Lubenov During this time Rae was also collaborating with European musicians in the groups 'Magic Feet' with Hungarian violinist Robert Farkas, and the Balkan all star group 'Miraculous Meetings' alongside Bea Palya, Dongó Szokolay and Martin Lubenovas as well as touring and recording with the ...
He was born in Auckland on either 4 [1] or 24 [2] [3] August 1904, a son of Annie and Charles Edward Rae. He attended the University of Auckland and became an accountant. [2]He represented the Roskill electorate from 1949 to 1957, when he was defeated by Arthur Faulkner; and then the Eden electorate from 1960 to 1972, when he retired.
The Custard Boys is a 1960 novel by British author John Rae, [1] focusing on the lives of children in a small village in World War II Norfolk [2] dealing with an influx of war refugees.
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John Rae was born on 9 January 1813 at Aberdeen, Scotland, the son of George Rae, Messenger-at-Arms, and his wife Jean, née Edmond. His younger brother was George Rae, a British banker and Pre-Raphaelite Art Collector based in Liverpool. John Rae was educated at the Aberdeen Grammar School, Marischal College and University of Aberdeen. He ...
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