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James Armstrong (fire Chief)
James Armstrong may refer to: Politics * James Armstrong (North Carolina politician) (died 1794), American Revolutionary War officer and politician * James Armstrong (Georgia politician) (1728–1800), Georgia politician and candidate in the United States presidential election of 1789 * James Armstrong (Pennsylvania politician) (1748–1828), American Revolutionary War physician, United States congressman * James Rogers Armstrong (1787–1873), manufacturer and political figure in Upper Canada * James Armstrong (Texas politician) (1811–1879), member of the Second Texas Legislature * James Armstrong (Ontario politician) (1830–1893), Canadian MP from Ontario * James William Armstrong (1860–1928), Canadian politician from Manitoba Sport * James Armstrong (Scottish footballer) (1887–1915), Scottish footballer * James Armstrong (American soccer) (died 1952), American soccer player and coach, in National Soccer Hall of Fame * James Armstrong (footballer, born 1892) (1892–196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Armstrong (North Carolina Politician)
James Armstrong (died 1794) was a well-to-do planter from Pitt County, North Carolina and served as an officer in the Revolutionary War. Revolutionary War service Armstrong's service record included the following * 1776–1781, 8th North Carolina Regiment, Captain in the New Bern District Minutemen, then Pitt County Regiment of the North Carolina militia * November 26, 1776, Commissioned a Colonel * June 1, 1778, commander of 4th North Carolina Regiment * June 20, 1779, wounded at the Battle of Stono Ferry in South Carolina * January 1781, retired on half pay * 1781, appointed Brig. Gen. (Pro Tempore) for very short while when the NC General Assembly thought (incorrectly) that BG William Caswell had resigned. Post war years Armstrong was active in politics after the war * 1782, Commissioner of Confiscated Property for the District of New Bern * 1784, elected by the North Carolina General Assembly of October 1784 to serve as a member of the North Carolina Council of Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Francis Armstrong
James Francis Armstrong (April 3, 1750 – January 19, 1816) was a chaplain from New Jersey in the American Revolutionary War and a Presbyterian minister for 30 years in Trenton, New Jersey. Armstrong was born in West Nottingham, Maryland. He attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), living with the family of college president John Witherspoon. Armstrong graduated in 1773 with future notables such as Henry Lee, Morgan Lewis, and Aaron Ogden. A younger classmate was Aaron Burr. After graduation, he continued to study theology under Dr. Witherspoon. He was preparing to enter the ministry in New Brunswick in 1776, but the arrival of the British Army in New Jersey disrupted those plans. Armstrong took up a musket and served as a private in the New Jersey militia, but he was soon thereafter ordained a minister and obtained a post as a regimental chaplain in the Continental Army. He was promoted to brigade chaplain of the Second Maryland Brigade in May 1777 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Armstrong (musician)
James Armstrong (born April 22, 1957, Los Angeles, California, United States) is an American soul blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He released three albums on HighTone Records and is signed with Catfood Records. His songs have been used in the soundtracks of three films; '' Speechless'', '' Hear No Evil'', and '' The Florentine''. Biography Armstrong's father was a jazz guitarist and his mother a blues singer. Having learned the guitar at a young age, Armstrong formed his first band at school, and was touring the United States in his late teens. Inspired by Albert King and Robert Cray, his musical education included backing musicians such as Albert Collins, Big Joe Turner and Smokey Wilson. Armstrong relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area and, in 1995, released his debut album, ''Sleeping with a Stranger'', on HighTone. However, in April 1997, Armstrong was almost stabbed to death by an intruder at his home. The shoulder injury necessitat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Armstrong (engineer)
James Armstrong OBE, FREng, FIStructE, FICE, FGS, MASCE was a British structural engineer born in 1947 in Cumbria and died in 2010. Early life and education Armstrong was born in Cumbria in 1926 and read Civil engineering at the University of Glasgow. Career After graduating in 1946, Armstrong undertook engineering training in Scotland in design and site supervision. He became head of foundations and special structures at Soil Mechanics Ltd (liquidated 2019).) In the early 1960s, he joined Harris & Sutherland (part of Jacobs Group since 2004) working on a prestressed concrete buoyant foundation for a sugar store in Guiana and the parabolic roof structure of the Commonwealth Institute in London. In 1963, he moved to BDP where he remained until he retired in 1989. He was head of civil and structural engineering and responsible for the Falklands airport, the Channel Tunnel terminal at Folkestone and gave expert evidence to Parliamentary Select Committees. Armstrong was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Isbell Armstrong
James Isbell Armstrong (April 20, 1919 – December 16, 2013) was an American academic who was President of Middlebury College. He was born in 1919 in Princeton. Armstrong was appointed as Middlebury's 12th president in 1963 and served until 1975. Armstrong graduated from Princeton University in 1941 and completed his Ph.D. there in 1949. He served as a professor of classics and Associate Dean without Portfolio at Princeton prior to his arrival at Middlebury. Armstrong led Middlebury through the national political upheaval of the 1960s. On campus, student life for men and women was fully integrated for the first time. He created the month-long Winter Term which allows students to spend four weeks in January to enroll in one intensive course or pursue independent research or internships. Armstrong is credited with laying the groundwork for Middlebury's emergence as a nationally renowned institution, significantly growing the College's enrollment, endowment and physical plant. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Sherrard Armstrong
James Sherrard Armstrong (27 April 1821 – 23 November 1888) was a Canadians, Canadian lawyer, jurist, and landowner from Quebec. From 1871, he served as the Chief Justice for the colony of Saint Lucia and in 1880, he was additionally appointed Chief Justice of Tobago. Resigning from both offices in 1882, he returned to his home at Sorel, Quebec, Sorel. In 1886, he was given the chairmanship of the Royal Commission on the Relations of Capital and Labor in Canada. It was in a hearing of that commission that Olivier-David Benoît was to make his case about the conditions faced by workers in the boot and shoe industry. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1879 Birthday Honours. Notes References * External links Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online'' * 1821 births 1888 deaths Lawyers in Quebec British Windward Islands judges Canadian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Chief Justices ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Armstrong (naval Officer)
Commodore James Armstrong (17 January 1794 – 27 August 1868) was an officer in the United States Navy. Armstrong joined the United States Navy as a midshipman in 1809 and served on the sloop-of-war when it was seized by the British in 1814 during the War of 1812. Promoted to commodore and given command of the East India Squadron in 1855, Armstrong served aboard the squadron's flagship, during the Second Opium War. Following the battle of the Pearl Forts, Armstrong's health began to fail and he returned to the United States. In 1860 Armstrong was given command of the Pensacola Navy Yard Naval Air Station Pensacola or NAS Pensacola (formerly NAS/KNAS until changed circa 1970 to allow Nassau International Airport, now Lynden Pindling International Airport, to have IATA code NAS), "The Cradle of Naval Aviation", is a United State .... On January 12, 1861, two days after Florida voted to secede from the Union he surrendered the facility to the secessionists. Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Armstrong (judge)
James Armstrong (February 15, 1794 – August 13, 1867)The Death of Judge Armstrong , ''The Sunbury Gazette'' (August 24, 1867), p. 3.''The Progressive Men of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania'', Vol. 2. (1900) p. 656 was a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from April 6, 1857 to December 1, 1857. Career Born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Armstrong (Unitarian Minister)
James Armstrong, D.D. (1780–1839), was an Irish Unitarian minister. Life Armstrong was born in 1780 at Ballynahinch, county Down. He was the son of John Armstrong, who married a daughter of Rev. John Strong, for 36 years (1744–1780) presbyterian minister of Ballynahinch. He was a descendant of John Livingstone, of Killinchy, one of the founders of Irish presbyterianism. He was first trained at the Rademon Academy, under Moses Neilson, after which he became classical assistant to William Bruce at Belfast Academy, and conducted a special class of sacred history. He graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, and studied philosophy in the University of Edinburgh under Dugald Stewart. He was licensed 11 May 1806 by the Presbytery of Antrim (non-subscribing). The same year he received calls to Clonmel and Strand Street, Dublin (2 October); choosing the latter, he was ordained 25 December 1806 by Dublin Presbytery (non-subscribing) as colleague to John Moody,(b. 11 Dec. 1742, d. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Armstrong (footballer, Born 1892)
James Armstrong (10 October 1892 – 1966) was a professional footballer who played as a centre forward Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role .... References * Portsmouth F.C. players Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players 1892 births 1966 deaths English Football League players English footballers Association football forwards Place of death missing Date of death missing Scotswood F.C. players {{England-footy-forward-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Armstrong (Georgia Politician)
James Armstrong (1728–1800) served in the Continental Army, in the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment, 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment. History James Armstrong was born in 1728, in Pennsylvania. Much of his early life is unknown. He served in the Revolutionary War, starting in February 1776 when he became Regional Quartermaster of the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Army. He became an ensign of the 5th Company of the same regiment on 21 May, and was promoted to second lieutenant on 11 November. He was commissioned as first lieutenant of the 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment in April 1777. After the war, Armstrong was admitted as an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati in the state of Pennsylvania.Metcalf, p. 36. He received one electoral vote in the first U.S. presidential election. References Bibliography * * *Metcalf, Bryce (1938). ''Original Members and Other Officers Eligible to the Society of the Cincinnati The Society of the Cincinnati is a fraternal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Soccer Hall Of Fame
The National Soccer Hall of Fame is a private, non-profit institution established in 1979 and currently located in Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The Hall of Fame honors soccer achievements in the United States. Induction into the hall is widely considered the highest honor in American soccer. History The Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 by the Philadelphia "Old-timers" Association, a group of former professional and amateur soccer players that wanted to recognize the achievements of soccer in America. Museum The Hall of Fame museum opened on June 12, 1999, in Oneonta, New York. The museum featured the hall of fame, a library, and an interactive soccer play area. The United States National Soccer Team Players Association partnered with the Hall of Fame to create the Time In program, which honored people with a connection to soccer battling leukemia. Since the disease disproportionately targets children a majority of the honorees were youth soccer players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
