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James Bowman (other)
James or Jim Bowman may refer to: * James Bowman (Canadian politician) (1861–1940), politician and farmer * James Bowman (musician) (born 1980), American musician, lead guitarist of Against Me! * James Bowman (countertenor) (born 1941), British singer * James Bowman (painter) (1793–1842), American portraitist * James Bowman (surgeon) (1784–1846), Australian surgeon and politician * James Bowman Lindsay (1799–1862), Scottish inventor and author * James Cloyd Bowman (1880–1961), American teacher and author * James E. Bowman (1923–2011), American physician and academic * James F. Bowman (1849–1899), American journalist and Bohemian Club founder * James Langstaff Bowman (1879–1951), Canadian politician * Jim Bowman (trade unionist) (1898–1978), British trade unionist * Jim Bowman (American football) James Edwin Bowman (born October 26, 1963) is an American former professional American football, football player who was a defensive back for five seasons with the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bowman (Canadian Politician)
James Bowman (October 31, 1861 – May 2, 1940) was a politician and farmer. Born in Morris Township, Canada West, he was later elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1911 as a member of the Conservative Party to represent the riding of Huron East, succeeding over rival Archibald Hyslop. Bowman was re-elected in the 1917 election as a Unionist to represent Huron North. Prior to his federal political experience, he was reeve of Morris Township (1897–1898) and councillor (1892–1896) then councillor of Huron County, Ontario Huron County is a county of the province of Ontario, Canada. It is located on the southeast shore of its namesake, Lake Huron, in the southwest part of the province. The county seat is Goderich, also the county's largest community. The populat ... (1899–1905). External links * 1861 births 1940 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Unionist Party (Canada) MPs [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bowman (musician)
James Robert Bowman (born May 14, 1980) is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the punk rock band Against Me!. Starting as a solo act in 1997, Against Me! eventually expanded into a quartet, having currently released seven studio albums. Biography Early life Bowman moved around frequently during his childhood, living briefly in Louisiana and Virginia. As a teenager, he lived in St. Petersburg, Florida, where he played in his first band, the $cam$. Although the $cam$ didn't get very much recognition outside of St. Petersburg, they did release a self-titled record, which can be found on the internet. Bowman is fairly shy and rarely talks about his childhood. He is the only child to a single mother, and has very little memory of his father, who died when James was aged two. Bowman attended Naples High School where he met Laura Jane Grace on the first day of freshman year in 1994. They soon dropped out of high school to play in punk bands. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bowman (countertenor)
James Thomas Bowman CBE (born 6 November 1941 in Oxford, England) is an English countertenor. His career spans opera, oratorio, contemporary music and solo recitals. In 2010 it was announced that he would give his last London concert in 2011 at the Wigmore Hall, although he would continue to give recitals outside the capital. A few years previously he retired from the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace in London, after a decade of service. Education Bowman's background is in Anglican church music. He was educated at The King's School, Ely where he began singing as a boy chorister at Ely Cathedral, progressing to become head chorister. After the traditional rest when his voice broke he returned as a bass but around 1959 gave his first public performance as a countertenor to a small school congregation in the Lady Chapel. He later went to New College, Oxford as an Organ Scholar and was a member of the New College and Christ Church choirs. Opera In 1967, while still a student ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bowman (painter)
James Bowman (1793 – May 18, 1842) was an American itinerant artist and portrait painter. He was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh. Sometime between 1813 and 1815, James Bowman went to Chillicothe, Ohio, to learn to be a carpenter. There he met the itinerant painter Mr. J. T. Turner who taught him the rudiments of portrait painting (such as mixing paints). He gained considerable success when he started out professionally, painting in Pittsburgh and other communities in the early 1820s. He traveled to Philadelphia to learn from the masters there, but as a beginning artist could not make a living in that more cosmopolitan and competitive environment and became an itinerant portrait painter instead."Biography from the Western Press, James Bowman," ''Crawford Messenger'', May 24, 1827, vol. 5, no., 36, whole no. 244.reprinted from ''Cadet and Statesman'' published as ''Literary Cadet and Saturday Evening Bulletin'', January 27, 1827, 1, 41, 1. James Bowman was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bowman (surgeon)
James Bowman (1784 – 23 August 1846) was an English-born Australian politician and surgeon. He was born at Carlisle to Edward and Ann Bowman. He was a Royal Navy surgeon from 1807, having previously been an assistant surgeon, and served in the Napoleonic Wars. In 1816 he migrated to the colony of New South Wales, and in 1823 he married Mary Isabella Macarthur, daughter of John and Elizabeth Macarthur; they had five children. He was principal colonial surgeon from 1823 to 1828, when he became an inspector of colonial hospitals. From 1823 to 1825 he served in the New South Wales Legislative Council. Bowman died at Ravensworth in the Hunter Valley The Hunter Region, also commonly known as the Hunter Valley, is a region of New South Wales, Australia, extending from approximately to north of Sydney. It contains the Hunter River and its tributaries with highland areas to the north and so ... in 1846. References 1784 births 1846 deaths Members of the New South Wale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bowman Lindsay
James Bowman Lindsay (8 September 1799 – 29 June 1862) was a Scottish inventor and author. He is credited with early developments in several fields, such as incandescent lighting and telegraphy. Life and work James Bowman Lindsay was born in Cotton of West Hills, Carmyllie near Arbroath in Angus, Scotland, son of John Lindsay, farm worker, and Elizabeth Bowman. During his childhood he was trained as a handloom weaver. However at the same time he educated himself and his parents recognised their son's potential. As a result, they saved enough money to be able to send him to St. Andrews University where he matriculated in 1821. As a student he soon made a name for himself in the fields of mathematics and physics and, after completing an additional course of studies in theology, he finally returned to Dundee in 1829 as Science and Mathematics Lecturer at the Watt Institution. Among his technological innovations, which were not developed until long after his death, are t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cloyd Bowman
James Cloyd Bowman (January 18, 1880 – September 27, 1961) was an American teacher and writer primarily of children's books, college text books and journals. Born in Leipsic, Ohio. Bowman grew up in Ohio and attended Ohio Northern University (B.S. 1905) with graduate studies at Harvard University (A.M. 1910). He taught English at Iowa State College (now Iowa State University of Science and Technology), and then at Northern State Teachers College (now Northern Michigan University) at Marquette, MI, where he was chair of the English department from 1921 to 1939. Bowman received a Newbery Honor in 1938 for ''Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time'' about the "legend" of Pecos Bill. In 1958 ''Pecos Bill'' won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Works Adult *''Into the Depths'', University Press, 1905. *''The Gift of White Roses'', 3rd revised edition, Pilgrim Press, 1914. *''Essays for College English'', Heath, first series, 1915, second series, 1918. Editor with Louis I. Bredvold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James E
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James F
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Langstaff Bowman
James Langstaff Bowman, (October 6, 1879 – September 14, 1951) was the first Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba. Bowman had been a teacher and lawyer in Dauphin, Manitoba. In 1917, he became the town's mayor. He ran unsuccessfully in the 1925 and 1926 general elections for the Conservative Party. He finally winning a seat in the 1930 election that brought R.B. Bennett to power. He became Speaker after his predecessor, George Black, suffered a nervous breakdown in the summer of 1934, and was unfit to preside when the House of Commons of Canada reconvened in January 1935. As the Deputy Speaker was ill, Bennett approached Bowman, a backbencher, hours before the House was to convene, about becoming Speaker for the rest of the Parliamentary term. Bowman had little experience as Speaker and had to deal with a tense, pre-election session. Members of Parliament on all sides of the House felt that Bowman did well in the job. But when the 1935 general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Bowman (trade Unionist)
Sir James Bowman, 1st Baronet, (8 March 1898 – 25 September 1978) was a British trade unionist. Born in Great Corby, near Carlisle, Bowman worked at Ashington colliery from the age of fifteen. He served in the Royal Marines during World War I, then returned to coal mining, where he became active in the Northumberland Miners' Association. He became General Secretary of the union in 1935, and Vice President of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain in 1939, holding the post unopposed until 1949, during which period he took a leading role in reorganising the union into the National Union of Mineworkers.Bowman, Sir James , '' Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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