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Henry Chapman (railway Manager)
__NOTOC__ Henry Chapman may refer to: Politicians * Henry Chapman (MP) (1556–1623), Member of Parliament for Newcastle-on-Tyne * Henry Chapman (American politician) (1804–1891), Democratic politician in Pennsylvania * Henry Samuel Chapman (1803–1881), Australian and New Zealand judge, colonial secretary, attorney-general, journalist and politician * Henry Chapman (New South Wales politician) (1846–1930), one of the Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1898–1901 Sportsmen * Henry Chapman (cricketer) (1868–1942), Australian cricketer * Henry Chapman (rower), 19th-century English rower Others *Henry Cadwalader Chapman (1845–1909), American physician and naturalist * Henry G. Chapman (1833-1883), American banker *Henry N. Chapman, British physicist, 2015 recipient of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize See also *Henry Chapman Mercer Henry Chapman Mercer (June 24, 1856 – March 9, 1930) was an American archeologist, artifact collector, tile-maker, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Chapman (MP)
__NOTOC__ Henry Chapman may refer to: Politicians * Henry Chapman (MP) (1556–1623), Member of Parliament for Newcastle-on-Tyne (UK Parliament constituency), Newcastle-on-Tyne * Henry Chapman (American politician) (1804–1891), Democratic politician in Pennsylvania * Henry Samuel Chapman (1803–1881), Australian and New Zealand judge, colonial secretary, attorney-general, journalist and politician * Henry Chapman (New South Wales politician) (1846–1930), one of the Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1898–1901 Sportsmen * Henry Chapman (cricketer) (1868–1942), Australian cricketer * Henry Chapman (rower), 19th-century English rower Others *Henry Cadwalader Chapman (1845–1909), American physician and naturalist *Henry G. Chapman (1833-1883), American banker *Henry N. Chapman, British physicist, 2015 recipient of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize See also *Henry Chapman Mercer (1856–1930), American archaeologist {{hndis, Chapman, Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle-on-Tyne (UK Parliament Constituency)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne was a parliamentary borough in the county of Northumberland of the House of Commons of England from 1283 to 1706, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system. Newcastle first sent Members to Parliament in 1283, although it was not always possible to act upon the writ of summons, which was disregarded on at least four occasions (1315, 1327, 1332 and 1337) because of warfare with the Scots. The constituency was abolished in 1918, being split into four divisions; Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central, Newcastle-upon-Tyne East, Newcastle-upon-Tyne North and Newcastle-upon-Tyne West. Boundaries The constituency was based upon the town, later city, of Newcastle upon Tyne in the historic county of Northumberland in North East England. In 1848, the constituency boundaries were described in ''A Topographical D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Chapman (American Politician)
Henry Chapman (February 4, 1804 – April 11, 1891) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1857 to 1859. Biography and career Henry Chapman was born in Newtown, Pennsylvania, the son of Abraham Chapman, a lawyer, and Elizabeth Meredith, the daughter of a lawyer. He attended Doylestown Academy and Doctor Gummere's private boys' school near Burlington, New Jersey. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice in Doylestown. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 6th district from 1843 to 1846. He was a judge of the fifteenth judicial district from 1845 to 1849. Chapman was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1858. He served as judge of the Bucks County Court in 1861. He retired in 1871. He died at "Frosterley," near Doylestown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Samuel Chapman
Henry Samuel Chapman (21 July 1803 – 27 December 1881) was an Australian and New Zealand judge, colonial secretary, attorney-general, journalist and politician. Early life Chapman was born at Kennington, London, the son of Henry Chapman, English civil servant, and his wife Ann, daughter of Rev. Thomas Hart Davies. Chapman was educated privately at Bromley, Kent. In 1818, he entered a bank, then in 1823 emigrated to Quebec, Canada where he went into business as a commission merchant. In 1833 he started the first Canadian daily newspapers, the radical ''Montreal Daily Advertiser'', in association with Samuel Revans. In 1835, Chapman returned to England as a salaried intermediary between the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada and its friends in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Chapman remained in England for some time and took up the study of law, being admitted to the bar of the Middle Temple in 1840. Five years earlier he had published ''The Act for the Regulation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Chapman (New South Wales Politician)
Henry Chapman (1846 – 20 August 1930) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born in County Cork to policeman William Edward Chapman and Margaret Meaney. In 1869 he arrived in New South Wales, and on 27 October 1870 he married Mary Jane Chapman, his cousin, with whom he had six children. He worked as a grocer and tea merchant, and also joined the Field Artillery in 1870, becoming a major in 1890. From 1889 to 1900 he served on Sydney City Council representing Fitzroy Ward. In 1894 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Free Trade member for Sydney-Fitzroy. Defeated in 1895, he was returned in 1898 before being defeated once more (as an independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ...) in 1901. Chapman returned to his grocery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Chapman (cricketer)
Henry Chapman (7 January 1868 – 5 May 1942) was an Australian cricketer. He played in two first-class matches for Queensland between 1895 and 1902. See also * List of Queensland first-class cricketers This is a complete list in alphabetical order of cricketers who have played for Queensland in First-Class matches since 1892–93. The Appendix contains names of 18 players who appeared for Queensland teams in List A or Twenty20 cricket matches ... References External links * 1868 births 1942 deaths Australian cricketers Queensland cricketers Sportspeople from Tredegar Cricketers from Blaenau Gwent British emigrants to colonial Australia {{Australia-cricket-bio-1860s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Chapman (rower)
Henry Chapman was an English 19th century rower who four times won the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur championship of the River Thames. Chapman lived in London and rowed as a member of Crescent Club. He first competed in the Wingfield Sculls in 1838 when the event was won by H Wood. Chapman won the event in 1839 against C Pollock and Crockford. However, in 1840 he was away in Boulogne because he was suffering from ill-health and so he could not compete. He lost the event in 1841 to Thomas Lowten Jenkins after he suffered a rheumatic attack. However he won the Wingfield Sculls in 1842 and 1843 when he beat S Wallace. In 1844 he lost to Thomas Bumpsted but reversed the result in 1845. Also in 1845 he competed at Henley Royal Regatta when he came third in the Diamond Challenge Sculls behind S Wallace and J W Conant, and runner up in Silver Wherries partnering E G Peacock. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Cadwalader Chapman
Dr. Henry Cadwalader Chapman (August 17, 1845 – September 7, 1909) was an American physician and naturalist. Early life Chapman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Henry was the son of George W. Chapman, lieutenant in the United States Army, and Emily, granddaughter of Abraham Markoe, first captain of the Philadelphia City Troop. His grandfather was Dr. Nathaniel Chapman, the founding president of the American Medical Association. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1864 and then matriculated into the medical department. In 1867 he took his M. D. with a thesis on "Generation." He entered the Pennsylvania Hospital, first as an assistant in the apothecary shop, and later as a resident physician, but in 1869 went to Europe for three years' study with Sir Richard Owen, London; Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Paris; Emil du Bois-Reymond, Berlin; and Josef Hyrtl, Vienna. Career On his return from Europe he prepared for publication his first work, ''The Evolution of Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry G
Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king) ** Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal ** Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne * King of Germany **Henry the Fowler (876–936), first king of Germany * King of Scots (in name, at least) ** Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545/6–1567), consort of Mary, queen of Scots ** Henry Benedict Stuart, the 'Cardinal Duke of York', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX * Four kings of Castile: **Henry I of Castile **Henry II of Castile **Henry III of Castile **Henry IV of Castile * Five kings of France, spelt ''Henri'' in Modern French since the Renaissance to italianize the name and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry N
Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king) ** Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal ** Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne * King of Germany **Henry the Fowler (876–936), first king of Germany * King of Scots (in name, at least) ** Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545/6–1567), consort of Mary, queen of Scots ** Henry Benedict Stuart, the 'Cardinal Duke of York', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX * Four kings of Castile: **Henry I of Castile **Henry II of Castile **Henry III of Castile **Henry IV of Castile * Five kings of France, spelt ''Henri'' in Modern French since the Renaissance to italianize the name and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (german: link=no, Förderpreis für deutsche Wissenschaftler im Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Programm der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft), in short Leibniz Prize, is awarded by the German Research Foundation to "exceptional scientists and academics for their outstanding achievements in the field of research". Since 1986, up to ten prizes are awarded annually to individuals or research groups working at a research institution in Germany or at a German research institution abroad. It is considered the most important research award in Germany. The prize is named after the German polymath and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716). It is one of the highest endowed research prizes in Germany with a maximum of €2.5 million per award. Past prize winners include Stefan Hell (2008), Gerd Faltings (1996), Peter Gruss (1994), Svante Pääbo (1992), Theodor W. Hänsch (1989), Erwin Neher (1987), Bert Sakmann (1987), Jürgen Habermas (1986), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
