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22 de mai. de 2024 · British Olympic swimming champion David Wilkie has died at the age of 70. The Scot won 200m breaststroke gold in Montreal in 1976, as well as two Olympic silver medals and three world titles.
Olympic gold and a new world record – all in a day’s work for David Wilkie. At Montreal 1976, USA won every men’s swimming gold apart from the 200m breastst...
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22 de mai. de 2024 · David Wilkie MBE, a Scottish swimmer and British Olympic champion, died Wednesday morning at the age of 70 after battling cancer. One of Britain’s most successful international swimmers, in 1976 ...
22 de mai. de 2024 · David Wilkie – When ‘Dominance’ Didn’t Do Justice To His Majestic Swim In Montreal. David Wilkie’s skill and speed were beyond their time, his golden moment one that stands tall not only in the pantheon of British swimmers but in the hall reserved for the greatest performances in his sport in the ultimate aquatic arena.
Sir David Wilkie and the Scots School of Painters. Edinburgh, n.d. [1900], pp. 107, 151, as "among the pictures upon which his [Wilkie's] fame most securely rests"; records the price the earl paid for it in 1825 as 350 guineas. Ronald Sutherland Gower. Sir David Wilkie. London, 1902, pp. 93, 130, lists it among pictures that cannot be traced.
Sir David Wilkie. Wilkie achieved international recognition for his highly original paintings of events and episodes from contemporary life. His skills as a narrator were evident in the facial expressions and poses of his characters, and in the informative detail he included. He was born in Fife, the son of a rural... Read more about this artist.
Biography. Wilkie was born at Cults, in Fifeshire, on 18 November 1785, the third son of the Reverend David Wilkie and his third wife, Isabella Lister. He was educated at local schools in Pitlessie, Kettle, and Cupar until the age of fourteen. Ambitious to become a painter, he was sent in 1799 to the Trustee's Academy in Edinburgh, where he ...
