Hugh Cairns

Hugh Cairns

Hugh Cairns may refer to:

* Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns (1819-1885) was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain twice
* Sir Hugh Cairns (surgeon) (1896-1952) was a British surgeon
* Hugh Cairns (VC) (1896-1918) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross in 1918
* Hugh John Forster Cairns (better known as John Cairns, born 1922), British virologist


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  • Hugh Cairns (VC) — Hugh Cairns VC, DCM (December 4, 1896 November 2, 1918) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was… …   Wikipedia

  • Hugh Cairns — est né le 4 décembre 1896 à Ashington en Angleterre et mort le 2 novembre 1918, dix jours avant l armistice. Il reçut la Victoria Cross, la distinction la plus élevée et la plus prestigieuse accordée aux militaires britanniques et du Commonwealth …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns — Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns PC , QC (27 December 1810 ndash; 2 April 1885) was a British statesman who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain during the first two ministries of Benjamin Disraeli. He was one of the most prominent… …   Wikipedia

  • Hugh Cairns, 1. Earl Cairns — Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1. Earl Cairns PC QC (* 27. Dezember 1819 bei Holywood, Irland; † 2. April 1885 in Bournemouth, England) war ein irisch britischer Staatsmann …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Hugh Cairns (surgeon) — Sir Hugh William Bell Cairns (June 26, 1896 July 18, 1952) was a British surgeon. The Cairns Library at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford is named after him …   Wikipedia

  • Cairns (disambiguation) — Cairns is a city in Queensland, Australia.Cairns may also refer to: * HMAS Cairns , a ship, and a shore establishment, of the Royal Australian NavyPeople with the surname Cairns:* Aiden Cairns Australian Rugby League player * Alan Cairns (born… …   Wikipedia

  • Cairns (Begriffsklärung) — Cairns ist der Name einer Stadt im Norden von Queensland, Australien, siehe Cairns Cairns ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Gerda Cairns (* um 1945), belgische Badmintonspielerin Graham Cairns Smith (* 1931), Chemiker und Molekularbiologe… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Hugh Primas — of Orleans was a Latin lyric poet of the 12th century, a scholar from Orleans who was jokingly called Primas , the Primate , by his friends at the University of Paris. He was probably born in the 1090s and may have died about 1160. Along with his …   Wikipedia

  • Cairns — (spr. kǟrns), Hugh Mac Calmont, Graf, engl. Staatsmann, geb. im Dezember 1819, gest. 2. April 1885, ward Rechtsanwalt in London und 1852 von der konservativen Partei ins Parlament gewählt. 1856 wurde er zum königlichen Rat, 1858 zum Solicitor… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Cairns — I. /kɛənz/ (say kairnz) noun 1. Sir Hugh William Bell, 1896–1952, Australian born surgeon in London; noted for his work in the field of brain surgery. 2. Jim (James Ford Cairns), 1914–2003, Australian federal Labor politician; regarded as the… …  

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