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1624 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Johnson | Andrew Johnson | Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was a Democrat who ran with Lincoln on the National Union ticket, coming to office as th... |
1814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20Smith | Adam Smith | Adam Smith (baptized 1723 – 17 July 1790) was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment. Also known as "The Father of Economics" or "The Father of Capitalism", he wrote two classic works, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and An In... |
6533 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Williams%20%28British%20writer%29 | Charles Williams (British writer) | Charles Walter Stansby Williams (20 September 1886 – 15 May 1945) was a British poet, novelist, playwright, theologian, literary critic, and member of the Inklings, an informal literary discussion group associated with C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien at the University of Oxford.
Early life and education
Charles Wi... |
7612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Alexander | Christopher Alexander | Christopher Wolfgang Alexander (born 4 October 1936 in Vienna, Austria) is a widely influential British-American architect and design theorist, and currently emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley. His theories about the nature of human-centered design have affected fields beyond architecture, inc... |
8783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan%20Thomas | Dylan Thomas | Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion"; the "play for voices" Under Milk Wood; and stories and radio broadcasts such as A Child's Christmas in Wales and Portrait of ... |
15640 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Young | John Young | John Young may refer to:
Academics
John Young (professor of Greek) (died 1820), Scottish professor of Greek at Glasgow University
John Lorenzo Young (1826–1881), English-Australian educationalist
John C. Young (college president) (1803–1857), American educator, pastor, and president of Centre College
John Dragon Y... |
15766 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Brown | James Brown | James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer, musician, record producer, and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the honorific nicknames "Godfather of Soul", "Mr. Dynamite", and "Soul Brother No. 1".... |
15997 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Joseph%20Marie%20Amiot | Jean Joseph Marie Amiot | Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (sometimes Amyot; ; February 1718October 9, 1793) was a French Jesuit missionary in Qing China, during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor.
Life
Joseph Marie Amiot was born at Toulon. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1737 and was sent in 1750 as a missionary to China. He soon won the confidenc... |
16437 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Norris%20Memorial%20Trophy | James Norris Memorial Trophy | The James Norris Memorial Trophy, or simply the Norris Trophy, is awarded annually to the National Hockey League's top "defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position". It is named after James E. Norris, the longtime owner of the Detroit Red Wings. The James Norris ... |
26200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Lovelace%20%28poet%29 | Richard Lovelace (poet) | Richard Lovelace (pronounced , homophone of "loveless") (9 December 1618 – 1657) was an English poet in the seventeenth century. He was a cavalier poet who fought on behalf of the king during the Civil War. His best known works are "To Althea, from Prison", and "To Lucasta, Going to the Warres".
Biography
Early life ... |
26284 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20III%20of%20England | Richard III of England | Richard III (2 October 145222 August 1485) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field, the last decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses, marked... |
28952 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Jones%20%28philologist%29 | William Jones (philologist) | Sir William Jones (28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794) was a British philologist, a puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, and a scholar of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among European and Indo-Aryan languages, which he coine... |
30038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Henry%20Huxley | Thomas Henry Huxley | Thomas Henry Huxley (4 May 1825 – 29 June 1895) was an English biologist and anthropologist specialising in comparative anatomy. He has become known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
The stories regarding Huxley's famous debate in 1860 with Samuel Wilberforce were a key m... |
42029 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20III | George III | George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820. He was concurrently Duke and Prince-e... |
46688 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20II%20of%20England | Charles II of England | Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651, and King of Scotland, England and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.
Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France. After... |
47437 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope%20Paul%20III | Pope Paul III | Pope Paul III (; ; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death in 1549.
He came to the papal throne in an era following the sack of Rome in 1527 and rife with uncertainties in the Catholic Church followin... |
48303 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20III%20Sobieski | John III Sobieski | John III Sobieski (; ; ; 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death.
Born into Polish nobility, Sobieski was educated at the Jagiellonian University and toured Europe in his youth. As a soldier and later commander, he fought in the Khmelnytsky Uprising, the ... |
48486 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20George%20III%2C%20Elector%20of%20Saxony | John George III, Elector of Saxony | Johann George III (20 June 1647 – 12 September 1691) was Elector of Saxony from 1680 to 1691. He belonged to the Albertine line of the House of Wettin.
Early life
Johann Georg III was born in Dresden, the only son of Johann George II and Magdalene Sybille of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.
John George succeeded his father as E... |
49588 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Longstreet | James Longstreet | James Longstreet (January 8, 1821January 2, 1904) was one of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse". He served under Lee as a corps commander for most of the battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia in... |
51899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas%20Smith%20%28broadcaster%29 | Douglas Smith (broadcaster) | Douglas Arthur Smith (11 February 1924 – 15 October 1972) was a British radio announcer and comedian who spent 25 years with the BBC. He began his broadcasting career with the BBC European Service (now the World Service) in 1946 and later worked as an announcer and newsreader on the Home Service and the Third Programme... |
53408 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Graves | Michael Graves | Michael Graves (July 9, 1934 – March 12, 2015) was an American architect, designer, and educator, as well as principal of Michael Graves and Associates and Michael Graves Design Group. He was of a member of The New York Five and the Memphis Group – and a professor of architecture at Princeton University for nearly fort... |
59367 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Murray%2C%204th%20Earl%20of%20Dunmore | John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore | John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1730 – 25 February 1809), known as Lord Dunmore, was a Scottish peer and colonial governor in the American colonies and The Bahamas. He was the last colonial governor of Virginia.
Lord Dunmore was named governor of the Province of New York in 1770. He succeeded to the same position i... |
61180 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Browning | Robert Browning | Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings and challenging vocabulary and syntax. His early long poems Pauline (1833) an... |
63026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope%20John%20III | Pope John III | Pope John III (; died 13 July 574), born Catelinus, was the bishop of Rome from 17 July 561 to his death.
Family
Catelinus was born in Rome to a distinguished family. His father, Anastasius, was a vir illustris, a high-ranking member of the Roman Senate. He may be identical with the subdeacon John who made a collectio... |
63402 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Turner | John Turner | John Napier Wyndham Turner (June 7, 1929September 19, 2020) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Canada from June 30 to September 17, 1984. He served as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and leader of the Official Opposition from 1984 to 1990.
Turner practised law before b... |
69594 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20III%2C%20Duke%20of%20Savoy | Charles III, Duke of Savoy | Charles III of Savoy (10 October 1486 – 17 August 1553), often called Charles the Good, was Duke of Savoy from 1504 to 1553, although most of his lands were ruled by the French between 1536 and his death.
Biography
He was a younger son of Philip (Filippo) the Landless, an aged younger son of the ducal family, and his... |
74221 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20III%20Doukas%20Vatatzes | John III Doukas Vatatzes | John III Doukas Vatatzes, Latinized as Ducas Vatatzes (, Iōannēs Doukas Vatatzēs, c. 1193 – 3 November 1254), was Emperor of Nicaea from 1222 to 1254. He was succeeded by his son, known as Theodore II Laskaris.
Life
John Doukas Vatatzes, born in about 1192 in Didymoteicho, was probably the son of the general Basil Va... |
75964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20III%2C%20Duke%20of%20Brabant | John III, Duke of Brabant | John III (; 1300 – 5 December 1355) was Duke of Brabant, Lothier (1312–1355), and Limburg (1312-1347 then 1349-1355). He was the son of John II, Duke of Brabant, and Margaret of England.
John and the towns of Brabant
The early fourteenth century, an economic boom time for Brabant, marks the rise of the Duchy's towns, ... |
77357 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20II%20of%20Navarre | Charles II of Navarre | Charles II (10 October 1332 – 1 January 1387), called Charles the Bad, was King of Navarre 1349–1387 and Count of Évreux 1343–1387.
Besides the Pyrenean Kingdom of Navarre, Charles had extensive lands in Normandy, inherited from his father, Count Philip of Évreux, and his mother, Queen Joan II of Navarre, who had rece... |
78586 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Smith | Paul Smith | Paul Smith or Paul Smith's may refer to:
Music
Paul Smith (composer) (1906–1985), American film music composer
Paul Smith (pianist) (1922–2013), Los Angeles jazz pianist
Paul Smith (rock vocalist) (born 1979), vocalist and songwriter of British indie rock band Maxïmo Park
Paul Smith (Christian music singer) (born ... |
78921 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Jones | Charles Jones | Charles, Charlie, Charley or Chuck Jones may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Chuck Jones (1912–2002), American animator, director, and producer
Charles Jones (c. 1889–1942), American actor better known as Buck Jones
Charles Jones (photographer) (1866–1959), gardener and photographer
Charles Jones (composer) (1910... |
80128 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Ellsberg | Daniel Ellsberg | Daniel Ellsberg (born April 7, 1931) is an American economist, political activist, and former United States military analyst. While employed by the RAND Corporation, Ellsberg precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of the U.S. government de... |
86700 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20Fox | Terry Fox | Terrance Stanley Fox (July 28, 1958 June 28, 1981) was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist. In 1980, with one leg having been amputated due to cancer, he embarked on an east to west cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. Although the spread of his cancer eventuall... |
87585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Irving | David Irving | David John Cawdell Irving (born 24 March 1938) is an English author and Holocaust denier who has written on the military and political history of World War II, with a focus on Nazi Germany. His works include The Destruction of Dresden (1963), Hitler's War (1977), Churchill's War (1987) and Goebbels: Mastermind of the ... |
95888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Smithson | James Smithson | James Smithson (c. 1765 – 27 June 1829) was an English chemist and mineralogist. He published numerous scientific papers for the Royal Society during the late 1700s as well as assisting in the development of calamine, which would eventually be renamed after him as "smithsonite". He was the founding donor of the Smiths... |
97509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Collins%20%28Irish%20leader%29 | Michael Collins (Irish leader) | Michael Collins (; 16 October 1890 – 22 August 1922) was an Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the early-20th century struggle for Irish independence. He was Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State from January 1922, and commander-in-chief of the National Army... |
97666 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Collins%20%28astronaut%29 | Michael Collins (astronaut) | Michael Collins (October 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021) was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the surface. He was also a test pilot and major general in the U.S. Air Force Reserv... |
100456 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth%20Clarke | Kenneth Clarke | Kenneth Harry Clarke, Baron Clarke of Nottingham, (born 2 July 1940), often known as Ken Clarke, is a British politician who served as Home Secretary from 1992 to 1993 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1993 to 1997 as well as serving as deputy chair of British American Tobacco from 1998 to 2007. A member of the Con... |
104960 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20III%20of%20Sweden | John III of Sweden | John III (, ; 20 December 1537 – 17 November 1592) was King of Sweden from 1569 until his death. He was the son of King Gustav I of Sweden and his second wife Margaret Leijonhufvud. He was also, quite autonomously, the ruler of Finland, as Duke John from 1556 to 1563. In 1581 he assumed also the title Grand Prince of ... |
106257 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Murray | John Murray | John Murray or John Murry may refer to:
Arts and media
Literature and music
John Murray (publishing house), a British publishing house, founded by John Murray (1745–1793)
John Murray (publisher, born 1778) (died 1843), second head of the publishing house
John Murray III (1808–1892), third head of the publishing hous... |
123453 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Edward%20Robinson | John Edward Robinson | John Edward Robinson (born December 27, 1943) is an American serial killer, con man, embezzler, kidnapper, and forger who was found guilty in 2003 for three murders committed in and around Kansas City, Missouri, receiving the death sentence for two of them. In 2005, he admitted responsibility for five homicides in Miss... |
125697 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Collins | William Collins | William Collins may refer to:
Arts
William Collins (poet) (1721–1759), English poet
William Collins (painter) (1788–1847), English landscape artist
William Lucas Collins (1815–1887), English author and clergyman of the Church of England
William Wiehe Collins (1862–1951), English architectural and landscape genre p... |
137562 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Allen%20Muhammad | John Allen Muhammad | John Allen Muhammad (December 31, 1960 – November 10, 2009) was an American convicted murderer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He, along with his partner and accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo (aged 17), a native of Kingston, Jamaica, carried out the D.C. sniper attacks of October 2002, killing 10 people. Muhammad and Malvo were a... |
142918 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Marie%20Jacquard | Joseph Marie Jacquard | Joseph Marie Charles dit (called or nicknamed) Jacquard (; 7 July 1752 – 7 August 1834) was a French weaver and merchant. He played an important role in the development of the earliest programmable loom (the "Jacquard loom"), which in turn played an important role in the development of other programmable machines, such... |
143063 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan%20Bailey | Nathan Bailey | Nathan Bailey (died 27 June 1742), was an English philologist and lexicographer. He was the author of several dictionaries, including his Universal Etymological Dictionary, which appeared in some 30 editions between 1721 and 1802. Bailey's Dictionarium Britannicum (1730 and 1736) was the primary resource mined by Samue... |
143066 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20James%20Bailey | Philip James Bailey | Philip James Bailey (22 April 1816 – 6 September 1902) was an English spasmodic poet, best known as the author of Festus.
Life
Bailey was born on 22 April 1816 in Nottingham, the only son of Thomas Bailey by his first wife, Mary Taylor. He was brought up on the poetry of Lord Byron. Educated in Nottingham, he was tuto... |
144489 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Smith | George Smith | George Smith may refer to:
Business
George Smith (architect) (1782–1869), southeast London architect
George Girdler Smith (1795–1878), engraver in Boston, Massachusetts
George Smith (publisher, born 1789) (1789–1846), Scottish-born publisher
George Smith (financier) (1808–1899), Chicago financier
George Samuel Fereday... |
147123 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20III%20of%20Portugal | John III of Portugal | John III ( ; 7 June 1502 – 11 June 1557), nicknamed The Pious (Portuguese: o Piedoso), was the King of Portugal and the Algarves from 1521 until his death in 1557. He was the son of King Manuel I and Maria of Aragon, the third daughter of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile. John succeeded his f... |
147616 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Harrison%20%28priest%29 | William Harrison (priest) | William Harrison (18 April 1534 – 24 April 1593) was an English clergyman, whose Description of England was produced as part of the publishing venture of a group of London stationers who produced Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles (1577 and 1587). His contribution to Holinshed's work drew heavily on the earlier work of Jo... |
147969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20II%20of%20Scotland | David II of Scotland | {{Infobox royalty
| name = David II
| succession = King of Scots
| image = Scotland penny 802002 (obverse).jpg
| caption = A coin depicting David
| reign = 7 June 1329 – 22 February 1371
| coronation = 24 November 1331
| predecessor = Robert I
| successor = Robert II
| reg-type = ... |
148025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20III%20of%20Scotland | James III of Scotland | {{Infobox royalty
| name = James III
| succession = King of Scots
| more = sc
| image = Hugo van der Goes - The Trinity Altarpiece - James III of Scotland accompanied by his son James, presented by St Andrew (cropped).jpg
| caption = James III depicted in the Trinity Altarpiece by Hugo van... |
148026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20II%20of%20Scotland | James II of Scotland | James II (16 October 1430 – 3 August 1460) was King of Scots from 1437 until his death in 1460. The eldest surviving son of James I of Scotland, he succeeded to the Scottish throne at the age of six, following the assassination of his father. The first Scottish monarch not to be crowned at Scone, James II's coronation ... |
148035 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20III%20of%20Scotland | Donald III of Scotland | Donald III (Medieval Gaelic: Domnall mac Donnchada; Modern Gaelic: Dòmhnall mac Dhonnchaidh), and nicknamed "Donald the Fair" or "Donald the White" (Medieval Gaelic:"Domnall Bán", anglicised as Donald Bane/Bain or Donalbane/Donalbain) (c. 1032–1099), was King of Scots from 1093–1094 and 1094–1097.
Early life
Donald w... |
148049 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20II%20of%20Scotland | Donald II of Scotland | Domnall mac Causantín (Modern Gaelic: , IPA:[ˈt̪oːvnəɫ̪ˈmaʰkˈxoːʃɪm]), anglicised as Donald II (died 900), was King of the Picts or King of Alba in the late 9th century. He was the son of Constantine I (Causantín mac Cináeda). Donald is given the epithet Dásachtach, "the Madman", by the Prophecy of Berchán.
Life
Donal... |
149441 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20III%20of%20Spain | Charles III of Spain | Charles III (Charles Sebastian; ; Italian and Neapolitan: ; ; 20 January 1716 – 14 December 1788) was King of Spain (1759–1788). He also was Duke of Parma and Piacenza, as Charles I (1731–1735); King of Naples, as Charles VII, and King of Sicily, as Charles V (1734–1759). He was the fifth son of Philip V of Spain, and ... |
149675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Hunter%20%28surgeon%29 | John Hunter (surgeon) | John Hunter (13 February 1728 – 16 October 1793) was a Scottish surgeon, one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons of his day. He was an early advocate of careful observation and scientific method in medicine. He was a teacher of, and collaborator with, Edward Jenner, pioneer of the smallpox vaccine. He is... |
150209 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Smith%20%28musician%29 | Robert Smith (musician) | Robert James Smith (born 21 April 1959) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer, guitarist, primary songwriter, and only continuous member of the rock band The Cure, which he co-founded in 1978. He was also the lead guitarist for the band Siouxsie and the Ban... |
151744 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Johnson%20%28basketball%29 | Kevin Johnson (basketball) | Kevin Maurice Johnson (born March 4, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player and Democratic Party politician who served as the 55th Mayor of Sacramento, California from 2008 to 2016. He is the husband of educator Michelle Rhee. Elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2012, Johnson is the first African Amer... |
153161 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Smithson | Robert Smithson | Robert Smithson (January 2, 1938 – July 20, 1973) was an American artist known for sculpture and land art who often used drawing and photography in relation to the spatial arts. His work has been internationally exhibited in galleries and museums and is held in public collections. He was one of the founders of the land... |
153672 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Powell | Robert Powell | Robert Powell (; born 1 June 1944) is an English actor who is known for the title roles in Mahler (1974) and Jesus of Nazareth (1977), and for his portrayal of secret agent Richard Hannay in The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) and its subsequent spinoff television series. Other major screen roles have included Tobias "Toby" W... |
154501 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Williams%20%28disambiguation%29 | John Williams (disambiguation) | John Williams (born 1932) is an American composer (specializing in film scores), conductor and pianist.
John Williams, Johnnie Williams, or Johnny Williams may also refer to:
People
Businessmen
John Williams (football executive) (born 1939 or 1940), English football executive
John Williams (winemaker) (born 1953)... |
154554 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Williams | John Williams | John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career that has spanned seven decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinematic history. Williams has won 25 Grammy Awards, seven British Academy Film Award... |
154556 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Williams%20%28guitarist%29 | John Williams (guitarist) | John Christopher Williams (born 24 April 1941) is an Australian virtuosic classical guitarist renowned for his ensemble playing as well as his interpretation and promotion of the modern classical guitar repertoire. In 1973, he shared a Grammy Award in the Best Chamber Music Performance category with fellow guitarist ... |
155254 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Smith%20%28fashion%20designer%29 | Paul Smith (fashion designer) | Sir Paul Brierley Smith (born 5 July 1946) is a British fashion designer. His reputation is founded on his designs for men's clothing, but his business has expanded into other areas as well. Smith was made a Royal Designer for Industry in 1991.
His eponymous fashion company was founded in 1970 and has expanded into o... |
155313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Ward-Steinman | David Ward-Steinman | David Ward-Steinman (November 6, 1936 – April 14, 2015) was an American composer and music professor. He was the author of Toward a Comparative Structural Theory of the Arts, and co-authored Comparative Anthology of Musical Forms.
Ward-Steinman spent his remaining days dividing his time between San Diego State Univers... |
157721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy%20West | Timothy West | Timothy Lancaster West, CBE (born 20 October 1934) is an English film, stage, presenter and television actor, with more than fifty years of varied work in the business. As well as many classical theatre performances, he has appeared frequently on television, including spells in both Coronation Street (as Eric Babbage) ... |
159002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth%20Clark | Kenneth Clark | Kenneth Mackenzie Clark, Baron Clark (13 July 1903 – 21 May 1983) was a British art historian, museum director, and broadcaster. After running two important art galleries in the 1930s and 1940s, he came to wider public notice on television, presenting a succession of programmes on the arts during the 1950s and 1960s, ... |
159915 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Smith%20%28Labour%20Party%20leader%29 | John Smith (Labour Party leader) | John Smith (13 September 1938 – 12 May 1994) was a Scottish Labour politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his death from a heart attack in May 1994.
Smith first entered Parliament in 1970 and, following junior ministerial roles as Minister of State for En... |
160327 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Smith%27s%20Brewery | John Smith's Brewery | John Smith's Brewery in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England, produces beers including John Smith's, the highest selling bitter in the United Kingdom since the mid-1990s.
The majority of John Smith's sales are of the nitrogenated Extra Smooth product, although a cask conditioned variant is available nationally. A stron... |
161745 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20II%20of%20Naples | Charles II of Naples | Charles II, also known as Charles the Lame (; ; 1254 – 5 May 1309), was King of Naples, Count of Provence and Forcalquier (1285–1309), Prince of Achaea (1285–1289), and Count of Anjou and Maine (1285–1290); he also styled himself King of Albania and claimed the Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1285. He was the son of Charles ... |
163002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20II%20of%20Spain | Charles II of Spain | Charles II (; 6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700), known as the Bewitched (), was the last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire. Best remembered for his physical disabilities and the War of the Spanish Succession that followed his death, Charles' reign has traditionally been viewed as one of managed decline. However, ma... |
163151 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Smith%20%28explorer%29 | John Smith (explorer) | John Smith (baptized 6 January 1580 – 21 June 1631) was an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, Admiral of New England, and author. He played an important role in the establishment of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America, in the early 17th century. He was a leade... |
163378 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Smith%20%28dentist%29 | John Smith (dentist) | John Smith (1825–1910) was a Scottish dentist, philanthropist and pioneering educator. The founder of the Edinburgh school of dentistry, he served as president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (1883) and president of the
British Dental Association. He was the official surgeon/dentist to Queen Victoria whe... |
163379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Smith%20%28missionary%29 | John Smith (missionary) | John Smith (1790–1824) was a missionary whose experiences in the West Indies attracted the attention of the anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce. As a result of his actions, trial by court martial and subsequent death whilst under imprisonment, Smith became known as the "Demerara Martyr". His case, and news of t... |
163552 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Butler | Joseph Butler | Joseph Butler (18 May 1692 – 16 June 1752) was an English Anglican bishop, theologian, apologist, and philosopher, born in Wantage in the English county of Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire). He is known for critiques of Deism, Thomas Hobbes's egoism, and John Locke's theory of personal identity. The many philosophers and ... |
163585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Marshall%20%28archaeologist%29 | John Marshall (archaeologist) | Sir John Hubert Marshall (19 March 1876, Chester, England – 17 August 1958, Guildford, England) was the Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1902 to 1928. He oversaw the excavations of Harappa and Mohenjodaro, two of the main cities that comprise the Indus Valley Civilization.
Personal history ... |
165836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Williams | Joe Williams | Joe Williams may refer to:
Music
Big Joe Williams (1903–1982), Delta blues singer
Joe Williams (jazz singer) (1918–1999), American jazz singer
Sports
Joe Williams (footballer, born 1873), English footballer
Smokey Joe Williams (1886–1951), Negro leagues baseball pitcher
Joe Williams (guard) (1896–1949), American f... |
170995 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Jenkins%20%28master%20mariner%29 | Robert Jenkins (master mariner) | Robert Jenkins (1730s-40s in Llanelli, Wales – fl.) was a Welsh master mariner, famous as the protagonist of the "Jenkins's ear" incident, which became a contributory cause of the War of Jenkins' Ear between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Spain in 1739.
Returning home from a trading voyage in the West... |
173741 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Carroll%20University | John Carroll University | John Carroll University is a private Jesuit university in University Heights, Ohio. It is primarily an undergraduate, liberal arts institution accompanied by the John M. and Mary Jo Boler College of Business. John Carroll has an enrollment of 3,650 students. The university offers undergraduate programs in the liberal a... |
176242 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Lehmann%20%28winemaker%29 | Peter Lehmann (winemaker) | Peter Leon Lehmann AM, (18 August 1930 – 28 June 2013) was an Australian wine producer based in the Barossa Valley.
Biography
Lehmann was born in Angaston, South Australia in Barossa Valley on 18 August 1930.
His father was Lutheran Pastor Franz Julius Lehmann, and son may have joined father in the ministry but for F... |
176961 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20III%20%28play%29 | Richard III (play) | Richard III is a play by William Shakespeare. It was probably written c. 1592–1594. It is labelled a history in the First Folio, and is usually considered one, but it is sometimes called a tragedy, as in the quarto edition. Richard III concludes Shakespeare's first tetralogy (also containing Henry VI, Part 1, Henry VI,... |
177583 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20II | Charles II | Charles II may refer to :
Charles II of France or Charles the Bald (823–877), king of the West Franks and Holy Roman Emperor
Charles II of Naples (1254–1309)
Charles II, Count of Alençon (1297–1346)
Charles II of Navarre (1332–1387)
Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (1364–1431)
Charles II of Sweden or Charles VIII of ... |
181005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Young%20%28actor%29 | Robert Young (actor) | Robert George Young (February 22, 1907 – July 21, 1998) was an American film, television and radio actor best known for his leading roles as Jim Anderson, the father character, in Father Knows Best (CBS, then NBC, then CBS again) and the physician Marcus Welby in Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC).
Early life
Born in Chicago, Y... |
182583 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Taylor | John Taylor | John Taylor, Johnny Taylor or similar may refer to:
Academics
John Taylor (Oxford), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, 1486–1487
John Taylor (classical scholar) (1704–1766), English classical scholar
John Taylor (English publisher) (1781–1864), British publisher and Egypt scholar
John B. Taylor (born 1946), America... |
182589 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Taylor%20%28jazz%29 | John Taylor (jazz) | John Taylor (25 September 1942 – 17 July 2015) was a British jazz pianist, born in Manchester, England, who occasionally performed on the organ and the synthesizer.
Early life
John Taylor was a self-taught pianist. With his family, he moved from Manchester, first to the Midlands and then to Hastings where he played l... |
182620 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Taylor%20%28bass%20guitarist%29 | John Taylor (bass guitarist) | Nigel John Taylor (born 20 June 1960) is a British musician, singer, songwriter, and producer, who is best known as the bass guitarist for new romantic band Duran Duran, of which he was a founding member. Duran Duran was one of the most popular bands in the world during the 1980s due in part to their music videos which... |
184016 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Pierre%20Flourens | Jean Pierre Flourens | Marie Jean Pierre Flourens (13 April 1794 – 6 December 1867), father of Gustave Flourens, was a French physiologist, the founder of experimental brain science, and a pioneer in anesthesia.
Biography
Flourens was born at Maureilhan, near Béziers, in the département of Hérault. At fifteen he began studying medicine at ... |
189686 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Taylor%20%28classical%20scholar%29 | John Taylor (classical scholar) | John Taylor (22 June 1704 – 4 April 1766), English classical scholar, was born at Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England.
Life
His father was a barber, and, by the generosity of one of his close customers, the son, having received his early education at the grammar school of his native town, was sent to St John's College, ... |
193229 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Taylor%20of%20Caroline | John Taylor of Caroline | John Taylor (December 19, 1753August 21, 1824), usually called John Taylor of Caroline, was a politician and writer. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates (1779–81, 1783–85, 1796–1800) and in the United States Senate (1792–94, 1803, 1822–24). He wrote several books on politics and agriculture. He was a Jefferso... |
195542 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Williams%20%28jazz%20singer%29 | Joe Williams (jazz singer) | Joe Williams (born Joseph Goreed; December 12, 1918 – March 29, 1999) was an American jazz singer. He sang with big bands such as the Count Basie Orchestra and the Lionel Hampton Orchestra and with his combos. He sang in two films with the Basie orchestra and sometimes worked as an actor.
Life
Williams was born in Cor... |
199352 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Taylor%2C%20Baron%20Kilclooney | John Taylor, Baron Kilclooney | John David Taylor, Baron Kilclooney, PC (NI) (born 24 December 1937) is a Crossbench life peer from Northern Ireland, who has sat in the House of Lords since 2001.
He previously served as an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Strangford from 1983 to 2001. He was deputy leader of the UUP from ... |
199400 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Taylor%20%28Mormon%29 | John Taylor (Mormon) | John Taylor (1 November 1808 – 25 July 1887) was an English-born religious leader who served as the third president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1880 to 1887. He is the first and so far only president of the LDS Church to have been born outside the United States.
Early life
Tay... |
199634 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Taylor%20%28dissenting%20preacher%29 | John Taylor (dissenting preacher) | John Taylor (1694–1761) was an English dissenting preacher, Hebrew scholar, and theologian.
Early life
The son of a timber merchant at Lancaster, he was born at Scotforth, Lancashire. His father, John was an Anglican, his mother, Susannah a dissenter. Taylor began his education for the dissenting ministry in 1709 unde... |
199731 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Taylor%20%28poet%29 | John Taylor (poet) | John Taylor (24 August 1578 – December 1653) was an English poet who dubbed himself "The Water Poet".
Biography
John Taylor was born in the parish of St. Ewen's, near South Gate, Gloucester on 24 August 1578.
His parentage is unknown, as the parish registers did not survive the Civil War. He did, however, attend elem... |
200041 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Collins%20%28poet%29 | William Collins (poet) | William Collins (25 December 1721 – 12 June 1759) was an English poet. Second in influence only to Thomas Gray, he was an important poet of the middle decades of the 18th century. His lyrical odes mark a progression from the Augustan poetry of Alexander Pope's generation and towards the imaginative ideal of the Romanti... |
202514 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Morris%2C%203rd%20Baron%20Killanin | Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin | Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, (30 July 1914 – 25 April 1999) was an Irish journalist, author, sports official, and the sixth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He succeeded his uncle as Baron Killanin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1927, when he was 12, which allowed him to sit in t... |
204745 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Novak | Michael Novak | Michael John Novak Jr. (1933–2017) was an American Roman Catholic philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat. The author of more than forty books on the philosophy and theology of culture, Novak is most widely known for his book The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism (1982). In 1993 Novak was honored with an honorary... |
204989 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20III%20of%20Naples | Charles III of Naples | Charles the Short or Charles of Durazzo (1345 – 24 February 1386) was King of Naples and the titular King of Jerusalem from 1382 to 1386 as Charles II, and King of Hungary from 1385 to 1386 as Charles II. In 1381, Charles created the chivalric Order of the Ship. In 1383, he succeeded to the Principality of Achaea on th... |
206467 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Adams%20%28pilot%29 | William Adams (pilot) | (24 September 1564 – 16 May 1620), known in Japanese as , was an English navigator who, in 1600, was the first Englishman to reach Japan leading a five-ship expedition for a private Dutch fleet. Of the few survivors of the only ship that reached Japan, Adams and his second mate Jan Joosten were not allowed to leave the... |
206477 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh%20Andrew%20Johnstone%20Munro | Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro | Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro (29 October 1819 – 30 March 1885) was a British classical scholar.
Biography
Munro was born at Elgin, Moray, Scotland, the illegitimate son of Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar by Penelope Forbes, and educated at Shrewsbury School, where he was one of Benjamin Hall Kennedy's first pupils... |
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