Syme
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Syme is a surname, and may refer to:
  • Sir Colin Syme
    Colin Syme
    Sir Colin York Syme AK was an Australian lawyer, businessman, technological innovator, and medical research administrator. He was noted as Chairman of BHP for nineteen years , and President of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research for seventeen years .Colin Syme studied in...

     (1903–1986), Australian medical administrator and innovator
  • David Syme
    David Syme
    David Syme was a Scottish-Australian newspaper proprietor of The Age and regarded as "the father of protection in Australia" who had immense influence in the Government of Victoria.-Early life and family:...

     (1827–1908), a Scottish-Australian newspaper proprietor of The Age
  • David Syme (pianist)
    David Syme (pianist)
    David Syme is an American pianist.Syme has played classical concerts throughout the United States as well as numerous International venues...

     (born 1949), an American pianist.
  • Ebenezer Syme
    Ebenezer Syme
    Ebenezer Syme was a Scottish-Australian journalist, proprietor and manager of The Age.Syme was born at North Berwick, Scotland, third son of George Alexander Syme, schoolmaster, and his wife Jean, née Mitchell. Ebenezer Syme's younger brother was David Syme...

    (1826–1860), a Scottish-Australian journalist, proprietor and manager of The Age
  • George Adlington Syme
    George Adlington Syme
    Sir George Adlington Syme was an Australian surgeon.Syme was born at Nottingham, England, and was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne. His father, George Alexander Syme , a brother of David Syme and Ebenezer Syme, was a graduate of the University of Aberdeen and became a Baptist clergyman in...

     (1859–1929), an Australian surgeon.
  • Hugh Syme
    Hugh Syme
    Hugh Syme is a Canadian Juno Award-winning graphic artist who is best known for his artwork and cover concepts for rock and metal bands. He is also a musician and has appeared in some Rush songs as a keyboard player. Syme is notably responsible for all of Rush's album cover art since 1975's Caress...

    , a Canadian musician and a Juno Award-winning graphic artist
  • James Syme
    James Syme
    James Syme was a pioneering Scottish surgeon.-Early life:He was born on 7 November in Edinburgh. His father was a writer to the signet and a landowner in Fife and Kinross, who lost most of his fortune in attempting to develop the mineral resources of his property...

     (1799–1870), a pioneering Scottish surgeon.
  • Jennifer Syme
    Jennifer Syme
    Jennifer Maria Syme was an American actress and production assistant. She was best known for her role in Lost Highway, and for her relationship with actor Keanu Reeves.-Early life and career:...

     (1972–2001) an American actress and production assistan
  • Ronald Syme
    Ronald Syme
    Sir Ronald Syme, OM, FBA was a New Zealand-born historian and classicist. Long associated with Oxford University, he is widely regarded as the 20th century's greatest historian of ancient Rome...

    , (1903–1989), a New Zealand-born historian and classicist. Long associated with Oxford University, he is widely regarded as the 20th century's greatest historian of ancient Rome


Fiction
  • Syme is also a minor character in George Orwell
    George Orwell
    Eric Arthur Blair , better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist...

    's Nineteen Eighty-Four
    Nineteen Eighty-Four
    Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is a dystopian novel about Oceania, a society ruled by the oligarchical dictatorship of the Party...

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  • Gabriel Syme is the main character in G.K. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday
    The Man Who Was Thursday
    The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare is a novel by G. K. Chesterton, first published in 1908. The book is sometimes referred to as a metaphysical thriller.-Plot summary:...

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Symes

  • Bob Symes
    Bob Symes
    Bob Symes is the stage name of inventor Robert Alexander Baron Schutzmann von Schutzmansdorff....

    , stage name of inventor Robert Alexander Baron Schutzmann von Schutzmansdorff.
  • Brad Symes
    Brad Symes
    Bradley Thomas "Brad" Symes is an Australian rules football midfielder who was selected by the Port Adelaide at Pick 30 of the 2003 AFL Draft.-Port Adelaide career :...

     (born 1985), Australian rules football midfielder
  • Cyril Symes
    Cyril Symes
    Reginald Cyril Symes is a former Canadian politician. He represented the Sault Ste. Marie electoral district in the Canadian House of Commons from 1972 to 1980. He was a member of the New Democratic Party....

     (born 1943), former Canadian politician
  • Devina Symes (born 1943), Poet
  • Michael Symes
    Michael Symes
    Michael Symes is an English professional footballer who plays for League One club Bournemouth—his second spell with the club. He plays as a striker....

    , English footballer

See also

  • Syme, place name: see present-day Symi
    Symi
    Symi also transliterated Syme or Simi is a Greek island and municipality. It is mountainous and includes the harbor town of Symi and its adjacent upper town Ano Symi, as well as several smaller localities, beaches, and areas of significance in history and mythology...

  • Syme (mythology)
    Syme (mythology)
    In Greek mythology, Syme was the eponym of the island Syme.According to Athenaeus, Syme was the daughter of Ialysus and Dotis. She was carried off by the sea god Glaucus on his way back from Asia. Glaucus named a deserted island he landed on after Syme...

    , a Greek mythological figure
  • Battle of Syme
    Battle of Syme
    The Battle of Syme was a naval battle in 411 BC between Sparta and Athens, during the Peloponnesian War. It took place near the island of Syme in the south-eastern Aegean Sea....

  • Syme (1984)
  • SymE toxin, regulated by SymR RNA
    SymR RNA
    SymR RNA is a non-coding RNA which forms a type I toxin-antitoxin system along with the protein SymE. SymR was originally labelled RyjC and is a 77nt RNA with a σ70 promoter. RyjC was found to overlap the yjiW open reading frame on the opposite strand by 6nt, and was characterised as an antisense...

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