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General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham, GCMG, KCB, DSO, MC (1 May 1887 – 30 January 1983), was a senior officer of the British Army noted for his victories over Italian forces in the East African Campaign during the Second World War. He then commanded Eighth Army in the desert campaign, but was relieved of command during the Crusader battle ...
A.Cunn. Allan Cunningham (13 July 1791 – 27 June 1839) was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his expeditions into uncolonised areas of eastern Australia to collect plants and report on the suitability of the land for grazing purposes.
Allan Cunningham (1791-1839), by unknown artist, c1835. Allan Cunningham (1791-1839), botanist and explorer, was born on 13 July 1791 at Wimbledon, Surrey, England, elder son of Allan Cunningham of Renfrewshire, Scotland, and an English mother, née Dickin. He was educated at a private school in Putney and worked for a time in a conveyancer's ...
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After months of bombings, kidnappings, and murder, the high commissioner for Palestine, Alan Cunningham,was finally authorised to act. So the British army planned to arrest the leadership of the Jewish Agency (the main representative body of the Yishuv, led by Ben-Gurion). Often described by British authorities as an imperium in imperio, or a “stat...
Then, in what GCHQ historian John Ferris called an act which “finalised the Anglo-Zionist divorce”, on July 22 Irgun terrorists bombed the British headquartersat the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, killing more than 90 people, including GCHQ and other intelligence personnel. Deceptive intelligence, disseminated by none other than Kim Philby – later ...
In January, Britain referred the Palestine question to the newly formed United Nations, and was surprised when the UN recommended ending British ruleand the creation of an independent Jewish state. The leaders of this new Jewish state had learned from Britain’s intelligence mistakes, as well as its own. More significantly, by late 1947, Haganah beg...
Allan Cunningham - Botanist and Explorer. Birth : London 1791. Arrival: Surry in 1816. Occupation: Botanist, explorer. Death: Sydney, June 1839. In 1827 Allan Cunningham already possessed vast experience in the exploration of Australia, both by land and sea. He was acquainted with botanist Robert Brown and was a Botanical Collector for the ...
Reel M692. outh WalesFilmed: 1967BIOGRAPHICAL NOTEAllan Cunningham (1791-1839) was born in London. d educated at a private school in Putney. In 1808 he took up a position at the Kew Herbarium as clerk to William Aito. the Superintendent of the Royal Gardens. In 1814, on the recommendation of Sir Joseph Banks, he was appointed a botanical ...
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Allan Cunningham, portrait by Daniel Macnee c. 1831. Reproduced by courtesy of the Trustees, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Assistant to William Aiton at Kew, 1810/11–14. Collector for Kew in Brazil with James Bowie 1814–1816. In Australia and New Zealand 1816–31. Worked on his collections at Kew 1831–36.
