Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday (1925 - 2018)

Born 13 Apr 1925 in Bramley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Died 15 Apr 2018 at age 93 in Manly, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Michael Halliday is Notable.

Michael was born in 1925. He was the son of Wilfrid Halliday and Winifred Kirkwood.

Michael's birth was registered in the Apr-May-Jun quarter of 1925 in the Bramley district.^[1][2]

Michael, son of W J Halliday, married Trenchu (or Chunhsin^[3])Wong, sister of Wong Yi-Neng, on 27 October 1947 at the Union Church Shanghai, China.^[4]

Michael's marriage to Irene Patricia Stuart Woolf was registered in the Apr-May-Jun quarter of 1952 in the Marylebone district.^[5]

Michael and Irene had a son Andrew and daughter Polly.^[6]

After divorcing Irene, Michael had a daughter Caroline with geneticist Anne McLaren. ^[6]

Michael's marriage to Brenda Pearl Stephen was registered in 1961 in the Leith district.^[7]

Michael and Brenda had a daughter Clare. ^[6]

Michael (age 42) married Ruqaiya Hasan (age 36) on 17 November 1967 in Alameda City, California.^[8][9]

He passed away in 2018 at Uniting Wesley Heights Nursing Home in Manly.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration: "England & Wales Birth Index"
   FreeBMD Entry Information (accessed 19 January 2024)
   Halliday, Michael A.K. (Mother's maiden name: Kirkwood).
   GRO Reference: 1925 Apr-May-Jun in Bramley Volume 9b Page 353.
2. ↑ Birth Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office"
   GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 20 January 2024)
   Halliday, Michael Alexander Kirkwood.
   GRO Reference: 1925 Apr-May-Jun in Bramley Volume 09B Page 353.
3. ↑ Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday A Biography by Mick O'Donnell page 15, http://www.isfla.org/Systemics/History/HallidayLifePart1-2-vOct08.pdf (accessed 19 Jan 2024)
4. ↑ Newspaper: "British Newspaper Marriage Notices"
   Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, 13 November 1947, Page: 2, column 3
   FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 19 January 2024)
   FindMyPast Image Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday marriage to Trenchu Wong on 27 Oct 1947 in Shanghai.
5. ↑ Marriage Registration: "England & Wales Marriage Index"
   FreeBMD Entry Information (accessed 19 January 2024)
   Halliday, Michael A.K.
   GRO Reference: 1952 Apr-May-Jun in Marylebone Volume 5d Page 558.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Sydney Morning Herald 'Linguist who changed the way languages are taught' May 16, 2018 by Justin Cahill https://www.smh.com.au/national/mak-halliday-university-sydney-chomsky-linguists-20180509-p4zeap.html (accessed 20 Jan 2024)
7. ↑ Marriage Registration: "Statutory Register of Marriages"
   National Records of Scotland, Ref: 685/8/415
   ScotlandsPeople (accessed 19 January 2024)
   Michael Alexr K Halliday marriage to Brenda Pearl Stephen registered 1961 in Leith.
8. ↑ Marriage: "California Marriage Index, 1960-1985"
   citing Alameda City, California, Center of Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento
   FamilySearch Record: V66J-6P1 (accessed 19 January 2024)
   Michael A Halliday (42) marriage to Suraiya Hasan (36) on 17 Nov 1967 in Alameda City, California.
9. ↑ Sydney Morning Herald 'Professor of linguistics, Ruqaiya Hasan, leaves widely respected intellectual legacy' 22 July 2015 by Justin Cahill https://www.smh.com.au/national/professor-of-linguistics-ruqaiya-hasan-leaves-widely-respected-intellectual-legacy-20150722-gihsf9.html (accessed 19 January 2024)
10. ↑ Vale Emeritus Professor Michael Halliday https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/04/19/vale-emeritus-professor-michael-halliday.html (accessed 20 January 2024)

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