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Walfrid was a prosperous and honored citizen of Pisa. Though he had six children with his long-time wife, Thesia, they conducted a dutifully religious lifestyle. There came a time when, drawn to a closer service of God, they each felt called to monastic life.
Andrew Kerins (Irish: Aindreas Ó Céirín; 18 May 1840 – 17 April 1915), known by his religious name Brother Walfrid, was an Irish Marist Brother and is best remembered for being the founder of Scottish football club Celtic.
Robinson's statue of Brother Walfrid at Celtic Park. Kate Robinson is a sculptor and writer. [1] [2]One of several floor etchings outside the Ramshorn Theatre in Glasgow. She obtained a 1st class BA (Hons) in Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art, completing her Phd at University of Glasgow, published by Dunedin Academic Press in 2006 as The Whirlpool of Artifice.
Located to the south-east of the Eastern Necropolis graveyard in the Parkhead district of Glasgow, Celtic Park was opened on 8 May 1888. [2] The club had obtained a lease on the site on 13 November 1887, [1] and over the next six months Celtic founder Brother Walfrid brought together a large group of Irish volunteers to build the ground; [3] they erected an uncovered stand with a capacity of ...
Brother Walfrid, founder of Celtic F.C.. Celtic Football Club was formally constituted at a meeting in St. Mary's church hall in East Rose Street (now Forbes Street), Calton, Glasgow, by Irish Marist Brother Walfrid [1] on 6 November 1887, with the purpose of alleviating poverty in the East End of Glasgow by raising money for the charity Walfrid had instituted, the Poor Children's Dinner Table ...
Ekman current meter. The Ekman current meter is a mechanical flowmeter invented by Vagn Walfrid Ekman, a Swedish oceanographer, in 1903.It comprises a propeller with a mechanism to record the number of revolutions, a compass and a recorder with which to record the direction, and a vane that orients the instrument so the propeller faces the current.
Walfrid Lehto, originally Valfrid Olganpoika, (May 11, 1896 – January 4, 1946 [1]) was a Finnish American singer. He is better known by his stage name Volpi Leuto . Lehto learned to sing in his home town of Hassi , Jämsä , [ 2 ] and made a study trip to California in 1926. [ 3 ]
Ekman transport is part of Ekman motion theory, first investigated in 1902 by Vagn Walfrid Ekman. Winds are the main source of energy for ocean circulation, and Ekman transport is a component of wind-driven ocean current. [1] Ekman transport occurs when ocean surface waters are influenced by the friction force acting on them via the wind.