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Hector the Hero" is a classic lament penned by Scottish composer and fiddler James Scott Skinner in 1903. [1] It was written as a tribute to Major-General Hector MacDonald, a distinguished Scottish general around the turn of the century. MacDonald, a friend of Skinner's, had not long before committed suicide after false accusations and charges ...
James Scott Skinner (5 August 1843 – 17 March 1927) was a Scottish dancing master, violinist, fiddler and composer. He is considered to be one of the most influential fiddlers in Scottish traditional music, and was known as "the Strathspey King".
The Skinner Baronetcy, of Pont Street in the Borough of Chelsea, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 9 February 1912 for Thomas Skinner . He was the founder of Thomas Skinner & Co, publishers, and a Director of the Canadian Pacific Railway , of the Hudson's Bay Company and of the Bank of Montreal .
Jack Schlossberg, the only grandson of JFK, trolling political enemies in unhinged rants on social media to back progressive causes
George William Skinner (simplified Chinese: 施坚雅; traditional Chinese: 施堅雅; February 14, 1925 – October 26, 2008) was an American anthropologist and scholar of China. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Skinner was a proponent of the spatial approach to Chinese history, as explained in his Presidential Address to the Association for Asian Studies in ...
Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox broke up in November 2024 and Fox is “healing” and not interested in “revisiting the past.”
Quintin Jardine (born 1945) is a Scottish author of three series of crime novels, featuring the fictional characters Bob Skinner, Oz Blackstone, and Primavera Blackstone. [ 1 ] Biography
When "Dangerous" -- now Ben's favorite Jackson CD -- hit stores in late 1991, he and his parents went to WHSmiths, bought it, took it home, and listened to it immediately. Lots of '90s kids liked Sonic. Everyone liked Jackson -- at least until 1993, when allegations first emerged that the pop star had sexually abused underage boys.