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Dr Gill Hicks, MBE, FRSA is the founder of the London-based not-for-profit M.A.D for Peace. She is a motivational speaker author, curator, and trustee for several cultural organisations. She began her career as a speaker in the wake of the 7 July 2005 London bombings.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ending conflict is a personal choice all of us can make, says London blast victim Gill Hicks )〕 She was the last living victim rescued. Both her legs were amputated below the knee, and her injuries were so severe that she was initially not expected to live. She was admitted to St Thomas' Hospital without a name, identified only as "One Unknown". The Adelaide, South Australia-born Hicks has lived in London since 1992. She is former Publishing Director of the architecture, design and contemporary culture magazine Blueprint. Director of the multi-disciplinary design and publishing group Dangerous Minds, and Head of Curation at the UK's Design Council. Her first book, ''One Unknown'', was shortlisted in 2008 for the Mind Book of the Year for 2007. The following year, in 2008, she carried the Olympic torch in Canberra.〔(Profile of Gill Hicks ), telegraph.co.uk〕 Hicks was named South Australian of the year in November 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gill Hicks, London bomb survivor and amputee named 2015 South Australia's Australian of the Year )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bomb survivor SA's Australian of the Year )〕 ==Awards and honors== * Ambassador for Peace Direct (Best New Charity), 2005〔(Peace Direct website )〕 * Advocate for the Leonard Cheshire Disability, 2006〔(Leonard Cheshire Disability website )〕 * MBE for her services to charity in the Queen's New Year's Honours List for 2009 * UK's Australian Woman of the Year (2009)〔(Australian Woman of the Year designation for Gill Hicks ), australiaday.co.uk (2009)〕 * Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy from London Metropolitan University, 2009, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to architecture and design, and her work in promoting the importance of establishing sustainable peace * Recipient of the Iman Wa Amal Special Judges Award at the 10th Annual Muslim News Awards for Excellence in March 2010.〔(10th Annual Muslim News Awards for Excellence )〕〔(Gill Hicks speaks at the Young Muslims Advisory Group )〕 * Listed in the ''Who's Who of Australian Women'', 2011 * Fellow, Royal Society of Arts〔(Royal Society of Arts website )〕 * Trustee of the Women's Playhouse Trust〔(Women's Playhouse Trust website )〕 * Trustee of the Architecture Foundation〔(Architecture Foundation website )〕 * Advisor to Psychology Beyond Borders〔(Psychology Beyond Borders website )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gill Hicks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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