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James Boyd (rugby Union)
James or Jim Boyd may refer to: Academia * James Boyd (schoolmaster) (1795–1856), Scottish schoolmaster and author * James E. Boyd (scientist) (1906–1998), American scientist and academician; director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute * James Dixon Boyd (1907–1968), Irish-American professor of anatomy * James I. C. Boyd (1921–2009), British author and narrow gauge railway historian * James Boyd (engineer), American mining engineer and educator Arts and entertainment * James Boyd (novelist) (1888–1944), American novelist * Jim Boyd (actor) (1933–2013), American actor who appeared in ''The Electric Company'' * Jimmy Boyd (1939–2009), American singer * Jim Boyd (newscaster) (born 1942), American news anchor and reporter * Jim Boyd (musician) (1956–2016), American musician from the Colville Indian Reservation Politics and law * James H. Boyd (mayor) (1809–1877), American politician, mayor of Jackson, Mississippi * James P. Boyd (1826–1890), Canadian busines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Boyd (schoolmaster)
James Boyd (24 December 1795 – 18 August 1856) was a schoolmaster and author. Life Boyd was born on in Paisley on 24 December 1795, the son of a glover. After receiving his early education partly in Paisley and partly in Glasgow, he attended the University of Glasgow where he gained honours in humanities, Greek, and philosophy classes. After completing his BA and MA degrees, he went on to study medicine for two years; however, he abandoned his medical studies to study divinity at the Divinity Hall of the university. He was licensed to preach the gospel by the presbytery of Dumbarton in May 1822. Towards the close of that year he moved to Edinburgh, where for three years he was a private tuition. In 1825 he was unanimously chosen house governor in George Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh. The University of Glasgow awarded him the honorary degree, Doctor of law. Boyd became classical master in the High School of Edinburgh on 19 August 1829. The largely attended classes which he alwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Boyd (sportsman)
James Lawrence Boyd (18 August 1891 – 15 June 1930) was a Scottish first-class cricketer, rugby union international and Royal Navy officer. Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for United Services. Provincial career He played for Anglo-Scots on 23 December 1911. International career Boyd was selected to play rugby union for Scotland as a fly-half in 1912, making two Test appearances against England in the Five Nations Championship in March, and South Africa in November, with both matches played at Inverleith. Cricket career In 1913 he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's. Following the war, he made a further first-class appearance for the Royal Navy against the Army at Lord's in 1919. Family The son of Thomas Morgan Boyd, a Scottish tea merchant, Boyd was born in China at Amoy. Military career He was educated in England at the Royal Naval College, Osborne from where he entered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Boyd Of Trochrig
James Boyd of Trochrig (c.1530–1581) was a Scottish clergyman in post-Reformation Scotland who served as Protestant Archbishop of Glasgow from 1573 to 1581. He was Moderator of the General Assembly in 1575. He was co-author of the Reformation document the Second Book of Discipline. Life He was the second son of Adam Boyd of Pinkhill and his wife Helen Kennedy. His paternal uncle was Robert Boyd, 4th Lord Boyd. He was present at the Battle of Langside in 1568 on the side of Mary, Queen of Scots. He studied philosophy at Glasgow University then went to France to do further studies in law under Cujacius. He returned to Scotland and around 1572 became minister of Kirkoswald in Ayrshire. He lived nearby at Trochrig House (aka Trochrague) on the coast south of Ayr. In 1573 he was promoted to Archbishop of Glasgow based at Glasgow Cathedral also being given charge of the nearby Barony Church.''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; vol. 7; by Hew Scott He was Chancellor of Glasgow Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Harbottle Boyd
James Aalapuna Harbottle Boyd (July 4, 1858 – August 14, 1915) was a military official under the Kingdom of Hawaii. He served King Kalākaua and Queen Liliʻuokalani and was the inspiration for the song '' Aloha ʻOe''. Family background Born in Honolulu, Boyd was the son of Edwin Harbottle Boyd (1834–1875) and Maria Punapanaewa Adams Boyd (1841–1891). His family background was of British and Hawaiian descent. His middle name honored his two-time great-grandfather John Harbottle (1781–1830), a British naval officer, who was one of the first foreign residents in Hawaii and Kamehameha I's port pilot. Harbottle's wife, High Chiefess Papapaunauapu, was the adoptive granddaughter of Kamehameha I. Boyd's maternal grandfather, Alexander Adams, of Scottish descent, was another well-known foreign advisor of the King and has been credited by some historians as the designer of the flag of Hawaii. His paternal grandfather Robert Lopaka Boyd (1785–1870) had served as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James William Boyd
James William Boyd (1822 – after 1865) was an American Confederate military officer who was alleged in a conspiracy theory to have been killed in the place of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, due to their resemblance. Boyd was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in 1822, and lived in Jackson, Tennessee, where he married Caroline A. Malone in 1845, and had seven children. Steers, Edward Jr., and Chaconas, Joan L.,Dark Union: Bad History", ''North & South'', Vol. 7, No. 1, January 2004, pg 19 Boyd was a captain in the 6th Tennessee Infantry Regiment of Confederate States Army, Company F, during the American Civil War.M231 roll 5, National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 atabase on-line Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Boyd was captured at Jackson in 1863 and held as a prisoner of war by the Union.M598 roll 98, Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 atabase on-line Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Boyd, 9th Lord Boyd
James Boyd, 9th Lord Boyd (–1654), was a Scottish noble who adhered to the Royalist cause during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Biography James Boyd was the younger brother of Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd and inherited the title in 1641 on the death of his nephew Robert Boyd, 8th Lord Boyd. James Boyd was a steadfast Royalist, joined the Association at Cumbernauld in favour of Charles I in January 1641, he was one of the Committee of War for the South 16 April 1644, and for Ayr 24 July 1644, and 18 April 1648. He was included in the list of the nobility to be summoned to the Committee of Estates, in Cromwell's letter to Lieutenant-General David Leslie 17 January 1650, and was fined £1,500 under the Cromwell's Act of Grace on 12 April 1654, a sum afterwards, 9 March 1655, reduced to £500. His steady support of the royal cause appears to have financially embarrassed him, as he was obliged to wadset several portions of his estate to Sir William Cochrane of Cowdoun. Lor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Boyd, 2nd Lord Boyd
James Boyd 2nd Lord Boyd (c. 1469–1484) was a Scottish peer. He was the grandson and heir of Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd. His parents were Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran, and Mary, eldest daughter of King James II. His father Thomas was the eldest son of the 1st Lord Boyd, but died in about 1472 while his father still lived. In 1482, on the death of his grandfather, although a minor, James became the titular head of the Boyd family. James was restored to his lands on 14 October 1482, but has been generally supposed by Peerage writers not to have been restored to his honours.Cokayne reported the opinion of Peerage writers , but Balfour was of the opinion that James Boyd's uncle James II did restore him to his title . He was however sasine of various lands, on three different dates in October 1482, as James Lord Boyd, and was witness to a charter on January 1484 under the same designation. Nevertheless, he was killed in a feud with Hugh Montgomery of Eglintoun in 1484, when he must hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Boyd (American Football)
James Aaron Boyd (born October 17, 1977) is a former defensive back for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He attended Indian River High School (Chesapeake, Virginia), Indian River High School in Chesapeake, and as quarterback, guided the team to a state football championship in 1995. College career Boyd played free safety at Penn State Nittany Lions football, Penn State. In 2000, he was one of 12 semifinalists for the Jim Thorpe Award, which is given to the best defensive back in college football. Professional career James was selected in the 3rd round (94th overall) of the 2001 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars. He wore #42. In his rookie season (2001–02), he played in 16 games, assisting on 3 tackles and making 6 of his own. In 2002, he deflected two passes and made five solo tackles in ten games. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyd, James 1977 births American football defensive backs Jacksonville Jaguars players Living people Penn State N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Tasman Series
The 1967 Tasman Series was a motor racing competition open to racing cars complying with the Tasman Formula.Official Programme, Tasman Championship - International Meeting, Sandown, Sunday, February 26, page 29 Officially known as the Tasman Championship for Drivers,The Tasman Championship for Drivers - Season 1967, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport - 1967, pages 65-68 it was organised by the Motorsport Association, New Zealand Inc. and the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport and was contested over six races in New Zealand and Australia between 7 January and 6 March 1967.''Tasman Cup 1967'' & linked race result pages, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 17 March 2021 The series, which was the fourth annual Tasman Series, was won by Jim Clark driving a Lotus 33. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Boyd (racing Driver)
James or Jim Boyd may refer to: Academia * James Boyd (schoolmaster) (1795–1856), Scottish schoolmaster and author * James E. Boyd (scientist) (1906–1998), American scientist and academician; director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute * James Dixon Boyd (1907–1968), Irish-American professor of anatomy * James I. C. Boyd (1921–2009), British author and narrow gauge railway historian * James Boyd (engineer), American mining engineer and educator Arts and entertainment * James Boyd (novelist) (1888–1944), American novelist * Jim Boyd (actor) (1933–2013), American actor who appeared in ''The Electric Company'' * Jimmy Boyd (1939–2009), American singer * Jim Boyd (newscaster) (born 1942), American news anchor and reporter * Jim Boyd (musician) (1956–2016), American musician from the Colville Indian Reservation Politics and law * James H. Boyd (mayor) (1809–1877), American politician, mayor of Jackson, Mississippi * James P. Boyd (1826–1890), Canadian busines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Boyd (ice Hockey)
James Patrick Boyd (born June 4, 1949) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Career Boyd played three seasons (1974–1977) in the World Hockey Association (WHA) with the Phoenix Roadrunners and Calgary Cowboys The Calgary Cowboys were an ice hockey team that played two seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1975–1977. The Cowboys played at the Stampede Corral in Calgary. The franchise was founded in 1972 as the Miami Screaming Eagles, t .... He scored 49 goals and 80 assists for 129 points, while earning 68 penalty minutes, in 169 WHA games played. References External links * 1949 births Living people Amarillo Wranglers players Calgary Cowboys players Canadian ice hockey forwards Fort Wayne Komets players Graz 99ers players Oklahoma City Blazers (1965–1977) players Phoenix Roadrunners (WHA) players Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL) players Ice hockey people from Calgary Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey players Canadian expatriate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Boyd (boxer)
James Boyd (November 30, 1930 – January 25, 1997) was a boxer from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States, who competed in the Light Heavyweight Light heavyweight, also referred to as junior cruiserweight or light cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the division is above and up to , falling between super middleweight and cruise ... division during his career as an amateur. Boyd won the gold medal in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia. Amateur career Boyd was the National Golden Gloves Light Heavyweight Champion of 1956, and the Olympic Light Heavyweight (179 pounds) Gold Medalist at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. Pro career Boyd turned pro in 1959 and had limited success. He retired in 1962 having won 2, lost 2, and drawn 3, with 1 KO. References * External links * 1930 births 1997 deaths Sportspeople from Rocky Mount, North Carolina Boxers from North Carolina Light-heavyweig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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