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James McGill (October 6, 1744 – December 19, 1813) was a Scottish-Canadian businessman, fur trader, land speculator, and philanthropist best known for being the founder of McGill University in Montreal. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Montreal West and appointed to the Executive Council of Lower Canada in 1792.
James Morgan "Jimmy" McGill, better known by his business name Saul Goodman, is a fictional character created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould and portrayed by Bob Odenkirk in the television franchise Breaking Bad. He appears as a major character in Breaking Bad (2009–2013) and as the titular protagonist of its spin-off Better Call Saul ...
McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter, [12] the university bears the name of James McGill, a Scottish merchant, [13] whose bequest in 1813 established the University of McGill College. In 1885, the name was officially ...
James M. Buchanan. James McGill Buchanan Jr. (/ bjuːˈkænən /; October 3, 1919 – January 9, 2013) was an American economist known for his work on public choice theory [1] originally outlined in his most famous work, The Calculus of Consent, co-authored with Gordon Tullock in 1962.
A few weeks before the Better Call Saul season 6 premiere on April Fools' Day 2022, the CNBC Prime YouTube account uploaded American Greed: James McGill. [19] The ten-minute short is a faux documentary done in the same style as the popular series with the same name, and recaps the events of both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. [20]
Prediction Company was founded in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, in March 1991 by J. Doyne Farmer, Norman Packard, and James McGill. The company used forecasting techniques to build black-box trading systems for financial markets, mainly employing statistical learning theory. In September 1992, Prediction Company entered into an exclusive contract ...
Hamdillah Abdul Wahab (BEng 1974) – former Deputy Minister of Industry and Primary Resources. Michael Žantovský (MA 1975) – Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman of the Czech Republic. Euan Howard, 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (BEng 1951) – British Minister of State for Defence, 1979–1981.
Although described as a slight figure, standing 5 feet 10⁄ inches (1.791 m) and listed at 178 pounds (81 kg) [10] he was a talented and versatile athlete, representing McGill in football, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, and gymnastics. He played centre on the football team, and made himself some padding to protect his ears.