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Alexander oversaw the Scottish Executive ’ s response to the recommendations of the McIntosh Commission into the future of local government in Scotland, introducing a package of measures for local government including giving local authorities the lead role in developing Community Planning, creating a formal Power of Community Initiative ( later known as a power of well being ) and establishing the Renewing Local Democracy ( Kerley ) Working Party on electoral systems.
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That same year, Alexander oversaw the admission of the British crown colony of Newfoundland into Canadian Confederation and toured the new province that summer.
Alexander II oversaw the suppression of the " Alleluia " during the Latin Church's celebration of Lent.
Alexander Christie ( c1721-1794 ) was provost in the town during the 1760s and 1780s and oversaw the establishment of Scotland's first Lunatic Asylum in Montrose in 1781 which became Sunnyside Royal Hospital.
Appointing Alexander Bach head of internal affairs, he oversaw the creation of the Bach system, which rooted out political dissent and contained liberals within Austria and quickly returned the status quo.
Archaeological investigation followed in the 20th century, led primarily by Alexander Keiller, who oversaw a project of reconstructing much of the monument.
McFadden Alexander Newell served as the school's first principal as well as the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and oversaw the first graduating class of sixteen students in June 1866.
In this capacity, he oversaw the marriage agreement between King Alexander I of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and Princess Marioara.
Other films Lin oversaw include " 10, 000 BC ," directed by Roland Emmerich ; " The Aviator ," directed by Martin Scorsese ; " Alexander " directed by Oliver Stone, " TMNT "; " Invasion "; " Unaccompanied Minors "; " Matchstick Men "; " Scooby-Doo 2 "; and " Torque.
Alexander Golitzen ( Golitsyn ), ( Moscow, February 28, 1908 – San Diego, July 26, 2005 ) oversaw art direction on more than 300 movies.
As Minister of Public Works in the government of Alexander Cameron Rutherford, he oversaw the creation of Alberta Government Telephones.
Alexander appointed the council's first social worker and oversaw Australia's first meals on wheels service in 1953.
Alexander oversaw an upturn in fortunes at the club, who were now owned by their Supporters ' Trust.
Ex-mayor Alexander Sidorov ( since 1996 ) oversaw the construction of the Surgut Bridge, the longest one-tower cable-stayed bridge in the world.
Alexander was a driving force for the business and oversaw the unsuccessful ventures such as The Patrick Motor Museum, The Lombard Room Restaurant and The Norton Place Hotel as well as the consolidation within the motor trade.
Alexander Golitzen ( Golitsyn ), ( Moscow, February 28, 1908San Diego, July 26, 2005 ) was a production designer who oversaw art direction on more than 300 movies.
Alexander died before he was able to create his library, but his friend and successor Ptolemy oversaw the beginnings of Alexander's library — a project that was to grow to become the renowned Library of Alexandria.
Archie A. Alexander, an engineer and contractor, oversaw construction of the flight school facilities.
With the nation embroiled in the Mexican-American War, Edwards oversaw the creation of the Missouri Mounted Volunteers under Alexander William Doniphan, a unit that served with distinction in the conflict.
Alexander and Scottish
* 1881 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1955 )
* 2000 – Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, Scottish jurist ( b. 1924 )
The Scottish forces reached the south coast of England at the port of Dover where in September 1216, Alexander paid homage to the pretender Prince Louis of France for his lands in England, chosen by the barons to replace King John.
At the marriage of Alexander to Margaret of England in 1251, Henry III of England seized the opportunity to demand from his son-in-law homage for the Scottish kingdom, but Alexander did not comply.
In 1284, Alexander invested the title of Lord of the Isles in the head of the Macdonald family, Angus Macdonald, and over the next two centuries the Macdonald lords operated as if they were kings in their own right, frequently opposing the Scottish monarch.
Alexander Anderson ( c. 1592, Aberdeen – c. 1620, Paris ) was a Scottish mathematician.
* 1840 – Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish pharmacist and businessman, founded Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club ( d. 1900 )
Alexander Selkirk ( 1676 – 13 December 1721 ) was a Scottish sailor who spent four years as a castaway after being marooned on an uninhabited island.
Sir Alexander Fleming, FRSE, FRS, FRCS ( Eng ) ( 6 August 188111 March 1955 ) was a Scottish biologist, pharmacologist and botanist.
In Aberdeen, Scotland, the shipbuilders Alexander Hall and Sons developed the " Aberdeen " clipper bow in the late 1830s: the first was the Scottish Maid launched in 1839.
The author based part of his narrative on the story of the Scottish castaway Alexander Selkirk, who spent four years stranded on the island of Juan Fernandez.
* 1609 – Alexander Hume, Scottish poet
* 1721 – Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor and castaway ( b. 1676 )
Scottish inventor Alexander Bain worked on chemical mechanical fax type devices and in 1846 was able to reproduce graphic signs in laboratory experiments.
* 1926 – Sir Alexander Gibson, Scottish conductor ( d. 1995 )
* 1722 – Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader ( d. 1805 )
* 1830 – The General Assembly's Institution, now the Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengal Renaissance, is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy, in Calcutta, India.
* 1925 – Alexander Trocchi, Scottish writer ( d. 1984 )
* 1997 – Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel laureate ( b. 1907 )
* 1562 – Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet ( d. 1601 )
* 1978 – Neil Alexander, Scottish footballer
* 1924 – Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Scottish jurist ( d. 2000 )
The discovery of penicillin is attributed to Scottish scientist and Nobel laureate Alexander Fleming in 1928.
Two Scottish printers, Alexander and John Donaldson, began publishing an unlicensed edition, and Becket successfully obtained an injunction to stop them.
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